₦airaland Forum

Congrats to Joseph,a minority from maidugari and the ever ebullient Barr.Antony Muoneke who hails from Anambra state,may you continue to carry the ever shining light of ndigbo and may your every day decision be marked by excellency as exemplified by our governor and other Anambrarians that has served this nation and the world over.God bless Nigeria.

idumuose: We know the cult members on nairaland.

thats far from it and of course i do not share thesame political ideology with Ngeneukwenu and when you check my posts you will know where my loyalty lies!..i may nt really be a strict PDP man but i remain a core GEJITE!and every human society appreciates the fact that being a gentlemen does nt imply uniformity of ideas.

NgeneUkwenu: Dear Nairalanders,

I am currently on a fact-finding mission to Ebonyi State, criss-crossing states like Ogun, Edo, Delta, Anambra, Enugu via Ebonyi!

Trust me, I am already well loaded with pictures of "Fresh air'" to embarrass the "supporters of APC"

*Watch out this space on Monday*

you ve cleared my doubt,the social media is a very big community of people,alot ve been revealed,i will play safe and clean but try to decipher my message.in view of A-saporita!!!....welcome s---y going on! PRINCIPLES & CONVICTN KVG..if you get it,reply by saying 'yes' and nothing more.

This is a poor attempt to launder a very bad image which arises as a result of several years of shedding innocent blood in various higher institutions of the federation...meanwhile Buccaneers Association of Nig is nt registered in Nigeria,what was registered perhaps to disguise the real motive was Brothers Accross Nigeria (BAN),am nt here to hold brief for any group but i also think that Barr.Femi who stands as the president of BAN made a mockery of himself and the association in trying to chastise our politicians when he said,and i quote 'the silliest tantrums otherwise known as 'open letter' is their stock-in-trade'.
Why i also think that any discerning mind would also assume that his 'open letter' to Pyrate Confraternity is also the silliest tantrum,cldnt he have found a way of reaching out to them if they had hurt BAN so much,since he claimed there was a form of tie between Wole Soyinka and the lost members who became buccaneers and that there was an attempt to lure them back.
Though i doubt if pyrates will honour them with a reply,from information available online seems to me that Pyrates have long created a niche for themselves and a world far apart from these psuedo-fraternities.Every other time i come across Nigerian dailies is either 'a Buccaneer hacked down at Uni-Ben gate',or 'an axe man shot at gun point','vikings on rampage','Aiye in a show of strength,shoots at anyone on sight','3 buccaneers downed in a party vice versa! But pyrates are always in the news for good reasons e.g charities,seminars,converges,peaceful march etc. Sorry,i do nt mean to spite on any group but am just a Nigerian citizen and an observer of happenings in my dear nation.

AkinEgba: Thank God the commissioner is not an Igbo man. So no one will accuse Igbos of selective treatment here.

you got me laughing,before you know it the 'NATIONS NEWSPAPER' owned by APC sorry Tinubu,will carry this caption!'FULANIS LAMENT AS IGBOS HUNT THEM DOWN IN ABIA'! Or 'GEJ ORDERS POLICE TO ARREST NORTHERNERS IN THE SOUTH EAST AND SOUTH SOUTH'...God bless Nigeria!!!

babagy82: What alse do you want to hear from those fVcking lairs? They will tell their own story and make you believe they didn't commit any crime but we can't be fooled any more. This is how boko haram started by extrajudicial killings of innocent people (yes I call them innocent because by then they are just like the normal izala, tijjaniyya islamic group we have in the country) in cemetary while they went for burial of one of their dead brother in Maiduguri, its something that has been well documented and the videos are still their online, they were burying their dead brother in maiduguri when some member of nigerian armed forces started shooting at them, killing many people on the spot and injuring many (this is somewhere around 2008). The then leader of BH muhammed yusuf wanted answer as to why they were killed, he was then told that they were ordered to be terminated (operation flush), this was how muhammed yusuf made a video known as 'open letter' telling the world about what Nigerian security did to them and he swore to God thet they will take revenge with his famous quote that "we will never forgive, we will never stop, and we must avenge our dead brothers" (the viideo is stilll there on youtube). On the course of seeking revenge that's how boko haram turn out to be a terrorist organization and then the worst thing happened when muhammad yusuf was killed making shekau to ascend the throne as the leader of BH, this is how boko haram started. And what people don't understand is that what boko haram are doing is a child's play compared to what shi'ites can do. May God protect us, becos if shi'ites start their own it will be a very serious trouble

let me start by saying that the death of 'civilians'in the hands of the military,in any form of struggle is painful and condemnable.Having said this,i wld equally like to assure you that the story told by Sheik El Zakzaky cld be 99% falsehood,i ve been priviledged to witness a Quds day match in Jos some yrs back,i went on an emergency trip to Jos and saw exactly what happened because i was also on the path of the road leading to Rukuba Road where the Shittes had their Mosque,though the governor warned earlier that the security situatn on ground means that the procession to Rukuba Road Mosque,which is in christian deminated area cld lead to crisis and shld be averted.But they insisted that they must do it and they were given military protectn but by the time they finished their prayers and were leaving,we started hearing the shout of 'Allah Akbar',in a blink of an eye,the devotees started shooting up and had set few shops on their path on fire and that angered the indigenes who now mobilized and fought back inspite of the presence of soldiers,though the soldiers in protecting the devotees,shot at some indigenes.
This led to the not famous Rukuba fight were human flesh were eaten,but the propaganda by this group afterwards,made the whole world to think muslims were unjustly killed and massacred in Rukuba Road and ever since then both Alqeada in the Magreb and boko haram has always singled out Plateau state in their hate speech...until we start telling the truth and not portraying the opressor as the oppressed,Nigeria may never know peace.Eye witness account coming out from Zaria says that the shittes shot at the military during the procession and in defence the military shot back and for El Zakzaky to think that a brig.Gen Okuh will stoop so low as to pick up a gun and knife and go on a killing spree in an ordinary riot,means that El zakzaky needs his head examiined.where his children caught with Arms?did they attack the military?where they at the wrong place at the wrong time?where they involved in the destructn seen at the site of the procession?did the bullet that unsettled the military come from them?.

peppyluv02: Pls modify your sensible post and seperate it with that of a terrorist so that ediots like him will read the truth clearly.

thanks for the observation,i ve seperated it,its a system error.

nagoma: Large percentage of Chibok girls are Christian but GEJ and his don't even believe there was any abduction. They have done nothing for over three months now. All northerners should realize the conspiracy is against the north - Christian and Muslims alike. These desperate PDPpeople have no religion.

I ve always known you are an extremist but i didnt know you ve lost every sense of reasoning!While your muslim northern brothers formed maitasine in the 80's in their quest for innocent blood and countless of religious riots targeted at southern and northern christians,you didnt realise you ve long lost the relationship you ever had with northern christians.When Boko haram was busy bombing northern churches and Fulani herdsmen busy with their ethnic cleansing of minority christian northern tribes.While IBB,Abacha and co,where busy in the past indicting innocent northern christian officers in phantom coups and successfully eliminated the famous langtang Mafias and the popular southern kaduna mafias from the Nigeria military,just to achieve a sinister motive and you still have the effontry to mention GEJ in your usual islamic northern propaganda.....BYE BYE to one monolithic north,'you cant fool all the people all the time.'

CriminalIbos: [size=50pt]WHY CAN'T JESUS SAVE HIS PEOPLE, BRAINWASHED EVERYWHERE[/size]

is that why you and your brothers are killing people everywhere...i pray you find inner most peace in life.Jesus loves you.

NafeesaAA: Maybe while the Muslims where busy observing their religious grounds, the members of St Charles where busy collecting tithes and offering, or rather the Mosque attempt was a decoy to make the security lapse thinking we are done for the day,

too bad this happened on Sallah day. I guess this should be the first church bombing in Kano. I pray they take proactive measures just like the Christians did in Jos. RIP to the death and HELL to Boko Haram.

you have proven some of us right,that an average northern muslim supports Boko Haram directly or indirectly,you celebrate in your hidden covens whenever any christian target is hit,the scream of 'Allah Kubar' is heard all over your houses when boko haram kill innocent southerners and minority northern christians.When Boko haram members are killed,you all cry out and canonize them with the name martyrs!You only come to faceless forums and pretend you are against what your brothers,uncles,fathers,sons are doing.....sorry to inform you,evil will never triumph over good,no matter how long it takes and some day your Tigers wont find anybody to feed on and they will definately make a feast of their owners.

I do not wish death for any body regardless of religion or ethnicity but why is it that anytime this blood sucking occultic islamist called boko haram,makes attempt to bomb a crowded mosque they do not succeed,either an informant or a so called vigilant muslim informs the security of the bomb.
But as soon as the want to bomb churches they use meticulous and scientific means to hit their targets......i dont want to use the word 'stage-managed'!but your guess is as good as mine.MAY THE SOULS OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED,THROUGH THE MERCY OF GOD REST IN PERFECT PEACE.AMEN!!!

...actually wondering why innocent of innoson motors,Arthur Ezeh of Atlas groups and Emeka offor of 'chrome groups' who is also quoted in New york stock exchange and worth over 6 billion dollars,with interest in chartered Airlines and oil interest in Nigeria and oil wells in gulf of guinea and principe and Sao Tome....i cant believe the list and meanwhile Ibrahim Jimoh is a northerner from Kwara state and i still think with his level of indebtedness to banks,he should be temporarily out of that list till he becomes solvent again...though his young and intelligent,i hope he gets over this.

etcme: As of now, 1 person actually died. The rest are in coma and some are recovering. Carbon monoxide from their generating has said to be the cause.

...i had 'heavens gate' tragedy on my mind or 'jones town'!I thankGod you revealed the true story and nt this sensational headline that '30 people died in a new generational church in Aba'...na wa for this our press boys.

Its bad enough that people(Nigerians) were killed by soldiers but eye witness account devoid of the usual 'Islamist' propaganda is that the protestants shot the first bullet and the soldiers following 'rules of engagement',responded in defence.In military 'rules of engagement',a civilian seizes to be a civilian,once in possession of arms.....but isnt it pathetic that 3 days to the evil procession that a bomb went off in the same Kaduna where over 100 innocent Nigerians were massacred and the El Zak zaky's Shia movement never deemed it fit to demonstrate for their fellow Kaduna people who were massacred unjustly by boko haram,rather they are protesting against a war 100's of miles away in the Arab world.Why nt send some devotees to Gaza,so that Isreal will nuke them too.This protest is foolishness at its highest order.

....i didnt know that the whole reason for the civil war was to create the south-south zone,it implies carving out any part of old Eastern Nigeria that has oil into south-south!I also didnt know that friendship btw south-south and south-East is also a big problem for the custodians of the old order,now i understand why Goodluck Jonathan is attacked relentlessly from certain zones.ThankGod that the wind of change has come,either you change by it or you and your zone are carried into permanent irrelevancy.

...when leadership is handed to the right man,the state and its people will be better for it...like the good people of Anambra often says 'Anambra Adigo mma!!!

nagoma: Buhari -

The People's General, an officer and a gentleman
Law and order makes a nation, same law for rich and for poor.
The man who walks his talk , riches are not his worldly objective
A nationalist who wants to see Nigeria great and respected
A man focused and upright & not given to temptations
Tea totaller non smoker seeks for altruism and a society just and prosperous.
Chains of property, foreign accounts , fleet of jets and cars and other lusts are weaknesses for a leader.
Real strength is of character, real wealth is the wealth of all, real nation is a just nation.
A man of experience , never haughty or arrogant yet head and shoulder above the midgets.
Unassailable ,incorruptible, tested and trusted - use him while he is available.
BUHARI - hated by criminals.

You never seize to dissappoint!in higher climes,Buhari shld be spending time in jail.Let me start by informing you that your mentor was a coupist who truncated a democratic government in the eighties,during his inglorious reign of terror,he muscled human right groups.He killed young Nigerians for allegedly doing drugs.two billion dollars as of then was equally unaccounted for,inspite of his short reign.As PTF chairman,he concentrated majority of his developmental programmes in the North(infact about seventy percent). Except you have selective amnesia,Buhari can never be a stateman,a man who once asked muslims to vote for muslims only and called for total sharia in a secular nation.A man whose unguarded utterances led to the massacre of innocent youth corpers duing the pre and post election madness by his extremists supporters and failed to call them to order,even when the whole world was crying out...dont also forget his infamous baboon and dog threat,that man stinks with violence,must he be the president,why wont he back a young and formidable candidate who hasnt got a history of blood and corruption on his trail.Mind you history has it that the little so called achievement he had during his tyranical regime was made so by admiral Idiagbon(his deputy).

...any state that elects the best minds to govern and direct the affairs of the state,shall in no long time be blessed with the grace of light,whatever a state wants to achieve,they people must make up their mind to work for their state(patriotically unrelenting either physically,educationally,commercially,industrially,morally,financially or effective information dessimation like Chino,SincereNigeria and co.does) and then God will bless their effort because,He will realise that they people are using their intelligence for the best. God bless the good people of Anambra state and the entire Igbo race. Like the wise always say,Anambra Adigo mma!!!

let them release the man forthwith,he is only a victim of depression,he doesnt mean any harm....i expect the army to tell him to 'go home and sin no more' and equally give him transport fare.He deserves a second chance.

when they read the story and finds out is their usual criminal brothers,they will avoid the thread and they will never take it to the front page!can an average man from that region do without robbery,cheating,scamming,rituals,touting(alaye boyism) or the ultimate omoniles etc....a people and their evil culture,you cant seperate both.

barcanista: let me start by saying that you are a shamless f0ol! Yes....

How can yu a living nonetity support such witch-hunt of Admiral Nyako? Sane people will cheer government whenever they prosecute public officials for corruption but the "Treasonable" charge is a fallacy! Anyway, you are a paid agent/robot, I you can't reason like other humans.

when you spew nonsense online just to impress a few,it doesnt make you intelligent,it rather exposes your ignorance,you made a lot of noise about 'treasonable felony',am sure you are nt a legal practitioner,Nyako's letter was a clear case of treason,he was calling for genocide against the Igbos,he told the whole world that the president was sponsoring the Boko haram activities in the North-East so as to render the zone useless,he was virtually calling for a violent revolution and indirectly calling for a coup against the president.....incase you dont know,'treasonable felony',is charge against a person that has by his action directly or indirectly committed a crime that undermine's the government and equally as a government official an utmost disloyalty by virtue of subversive behaviour,so i think its better you allow the lawyers to do their Job and stop playing the victim.Let the defense counsel meet with 'all the presidents men'in court and lets see who's fingers is burnt.

Yorubas and there many gods!I ve said times-without-number that Yorubas must institute a cultural re-orientation and desuade there youths from this believe in moribund traditions and rituals,For God sake this is 21st century and some people still believe that consulting Ogun,Oshogbo,Orisha,Sango and a host of ineffectual dieties can give them success in daily human endeavour,it is absurd and denigrates humanity,whatever culture practised in the south-west that does not uphold the sanctity of human life must immediately be jettisoned...God bless Nigeria.
Btw why are some yoruba states bearing the name of dieties e.g Ogun and capital of Osun,known as Oshogbo etc!Religion as the constitution stated shld be seperated from 'state'!am proposing a change of name for these states and some one shld please notify south-west delegates at the on-going conference to do something about this.

There are certainly topics that sounds funny,most informed Nigerians knows that Igbos are by far the largest ethnic group outside politics,Festus Odumegwu was relieved of his appointment as Census Board Chair,when he started making noise about adding ethnicity and religion to our census data.The old order felt threatened and asked for his head,that is a story for another day.
Then bringing it home to even our own Nairaland,a state by state census was conducted on this forum and lo and behold,Anambra was the state with the highest population on Nairaland,followed strongly by Imo state and other Igbo igbo state didnt do badly!except someone will also have to postulate a theory that the reason the Igbo states topped the E-census was because we are more educated,adventurous,prosperous and more likely to have access to online forum.
But less wait for the great day when ethnicity will appear in our census and only then,we will realise that truth is constant.
God bless Nigeria.....Hausa-Fulani's wld ve been the largest ethnic group but for the fact that both do not belong to thesame ethnic group and when seperated,they are in-comparable to the Igbo ethnic group.

I wonder what the fuss is all about!my state is better than yours,abi...Enugu was the capital of Anambra state and most development there were put in place by both Anambrarians and Enugu people,Anambra is relatively a new state however, I for once respects Chime for his Urban renewal program and achievement and wld ve done better if he had extended more to the rural Areas!just may be the next governor will take over from there but Anambra state is in a class of its own,when you talk about rural development,Anambra is not a one town or one city state,i guess is one part of Nigeria where some unknown towns can even contest for aesthetics,structures and serene organization with some capital cities in Nigeria!one can at the tip of his fingers mention about fifteen towns in Anambra that many Nigerians may find it had to believe that these areas where meant to be rural areas and yes Ngige and Obi contributed in these developments by way of accessable roads,but though developments in Anambra are also private driven.
Obi also made it possible in Agriculture,Education,Health,Commerce and Investment etc....but am also very proud of great strides in other Eastern states,it makes me more proud and complete!
God bless ndigbo!

Yoritshekiri: Descendant of Awolowo

like serious,is it true that Awolowo took suicide?i need an honest answer.

Who will speak for the Northern minority christians?
Why are other Nigerians turning a blind eye to the plight of these minority christians?
When will the genocide against this group of people stop?
Why do the Northern Muslim elites only care about this people only during election,when there votes are needed to make-up one 'monolithic north'?
...a novelist once said 'do not allow them take your brothers or neighbours in the daytime because at night they will come for you.
The human right community and all good and patriotic Nigerians must speak out now or remain silent forever!

How 258 Northern Christians Were Massacred In 7 Days
Category: SPECIAL REPORTS
Published on Monday, 30 June 2014 12:19
By Emeka Umeagbalasi


(Onitsha Nigeria)*Christians at Risk in Northern Nigeria -The leadership of International Society for Civil Liberties & theRule of Law-Intersociety wishes to raise local and international alarm over coordinated
efforts by Islamic jihadists operating under the platforms of “Boko Haram” and “Fulani Jihadists/herdsmen” to eliminate all Christian communities in northern Nigeria with a view at imposing the so called “Islamic Republic of Nigeria” or “Arewa Islamic Republic”. The ethno-religious cleansing campaigns launched in July 2009 are also targeted at forcing the federal governing authorities in the country to return the presidency to core northern Muslims. The likes of Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwamkwaso, Governor of Kano State, recently told the AFP that “the injustices meted out to northern Muslims by a Christian President fueled Boko Haram insurgency”. Other leading northern Muslim politicians have also not hidden their support and sponsorship of “Christian blood-for-northern presidency” campaigns.
It is still a part of recorded history that the “Hausa Land” and a number of other neighboring principalities were conquered in early 19th century by a Fulani jihadist named “Shaihu Usman dan Fodio” (Usuman bii Foduye 1754-1817). As the leader of “Maliki School of Islam”, he later led a jihad that conquered strategic Hausa States starting from 1804 and became the Sultan of Sokoto from 1803 to 1815. The conquest led to forceful conversion of strategic Hausa areas to Islam and imposition of “Fulani Emirate Council” in all the Hausa States and their environs including Bornu, Ilorin and Adamawa. Till date, all heirs apparent to northern Muslim Emirates are drawn from the Fulani or Fulfulde populations. With the mixture of politics and Islam, the minority Fulani populations have ruled and continued to rule over the majority Hausa populations in the form of “politico-religious slave-masters and slaves”. On the other hand, a good number of minority tribes sharing boundaries with their Hausa neighbours were converted to Christianity particularly those that were not conquered and converted to Islam during the “Fulani Islamic Jihad”. These minority populations are today called “northern Christians”. Sadly, these same innocent populations are in a verge of being wiped out per ethno-religious cleansing.
Mortuary overflows
On 29th and 31st May as well as 6th and 7th of June, 2014, we wrote graphically grounded and expository four-part letter to President Goodluck Jonathan on Boko Haram terror and internal and external solution mechanisms available at his disposal. Part of the letter indicated that in 66 days (April to first week of June), Nigeria lost 1,296 innocent citizens to Boko Haram terror campaigns. Most of the causalities are northern Christians, followed by Igbo-Christians. Our recent checks have clearly indicated that between June 23 and June 29, 2014, a period of seven days, at least 258 citizens, mostly northern Christians, have been murdered by the Boko Haram and the Islamic Fulani terror sects. The number of Muslim victims in the attacks is too insignificant and accidental. The causality records showed that on June 23, at least eight citizens were killed in bomb explosion at the Kano State School of Health Technology. On June 19th and 20th June, 91 people including 60 married women and other young girls and children were reportedly abducted in Kumanza, Yaga and Dagu villages in Borno State. Though the Federal Government has denied the abduction saga but independent sources have stuck to their guns over the issue.
refugee camp overflows with displaced persons
On June 23, 40 rural Christians in Kabamu and Ankpong villages in Sanga LGA of Southern Kaduna State were massacred by the Islamic Fulani jihadists popularly called “Fulani Herdsmen”. On 24th June, over 123 innocent minority Christians of Kobrin, Dogon-Daji, Naidu, Kabamu, Hayin Kwanta, Kabani and Gani villages in the same Sanga LGA of Kaduna State, were butchered by the invading Islamic Fulani jihadists or “Fulani Herdsmen”. According to a local vigilante group leader quoted by various media, 38 were killed in Kobrin, 21 in Dogon-Daji, 30 in Kabamu, 16 in Naidu, 9 in Gani, 5 in Hayin Kwanta and 4 in Kabani. The Chairman of the Sanga LGA, Mr. Emmanuel Adamu also confirmed the causality figures on June 26, 2014 during the mass burial of 100 out of the over 163 deaths in an area between Gwantu Kumi and Kobin communities in the State. He added that others killed in the butchery have been retrieved by their loved ones for the purpose of giving them befitting burials and that those who were mass-buried were in a state of decomposition. On June 25th June, bomb exploded in the Kasuwan Kuturu Market in Mubi area of Adamawa State. The causality figures were not ascertained.
www.elombah.com

I dont know what to say,but the rate at which our south-west brothers are taking suicide these days is becoming alarming!May God have mercy on his soul,Amen.

Policemen attached to the Ibafo Police DivisionOgun State, on Saturday recovered the decomposed body of the manager of a commercial bank, Mr. Habeeb Olatunde, at an uncompleted building at Arepo.
PUNCH Metrolearnt that Olatunde, who had been declared missing since June 18, allegedly committed suicide.
The policemen, led by the Divisional Police Officer, Salawu Jimoh, a Chief Superintendent of Police, were said to have concluded that the matter was suicide based on what they found on ground.
The state’s Police Public Relations officer, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, explained that the decomposed body was found hanged in the building when the police detectives arrived at the scene.
Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, added that preliminary investigation revealed that Olatunde committed suicide by hanging himself.
He said, “Since Olatunde was declared missing on June 19, 2014, the police have intensified efforts to find him. However, his remains were discovered after a thorough search with the help of members of the community.”
Adejobi said the police were investigating the circumstances leading to the incident. He added that initial findings showed that the deceased complained of stress in the office and was permitted to have a rest.
“He committed suicide while he was on casual leave,” he said.
He said his corpse had been released to his family for burial according to Islamic rites as no mark of violence was seen on the body and no foul play was suspected.
www.punchng.com

....this is the spirit needed,not always sitting in front of your lap top to spew nonsense,where are all those #Bringbackourgirls# team.

20,000 applicants defy downpour to write army recruitment exam in Calabaron July 06, 2014 at 12:56 am in News

By Emma Una
OVER20,000 applicants, yesterday, defied a downpour and sat quietly at the 13 Amphibious Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Calabar to write the examination to be recruited into the army.
Comprised of young men and women, the teeming crowd sat quietly as rain drops pelted their bodies and soaked them right down to their under garments while horse whip bearing soldiers stood guard.
The youth underwent rigorous screening exercise before being allowed entry into the field at the Brigade headquarters at Akim where they wrote the examination as no hall was big enough to accommodate them.
They first stood in a long queue which stretched two kilometres beginning from the gate of the Brigade through Mary Slessor Avenue to Calabar Road .
Captain Ibrahim Yussuf, the Army Brigade Public Relations Officer, was not present at the examination venue and several calls to his mobile phone were not answered. A source at the venue of the exercise said this year’s rigorous screening exercise of the applicants was to safeguard against any breach in security during the exercise.
www.vanguardngr.com

ojimbo: senseless point. He made a point but you replied out of point

of course my post wld be senseless to you because am not a devils advocate,stick to your clandestine association and allow those who savour in the glory of true LIGHT to be.If you are Ogboni or whatever,come out fully and represent it,dont use christianity to shield your self(just like what Olori Olowo Oladimeji did!),nobody is against your freedom of association but as for me and my household,we are proudly for Jesus christ.