₦airaland Forum

Four expatriates
and two Nigerians working for the
South Korean construction firm
Hyundai Heavy Industries Limited
were kidnapped Monday in
southern Nigeria, police said.
“Some armed men went to a
Korean company, Hyundai, located
in a forest by the Atlantic Ocean
beach, and kidnapped four
expatriates and two Nigerians,”
police spokesman Fidelis Odunna
told AFP.
A fisherman, Tare Kolugha, said he
witnessed the abductions as the
workers were travelling to their
workplace in southern Bayelsa
state.
“We were on the waters fishing
close to Odioma Creek when we
noticed two … boats with armed
men (who) shot into the air and
stopped the passenger boat
conveying the Hyundai workers to
their yard,” Kolugha told AFP.
Gangs have frequently abducted
expatriates working in the oil-
producing Niger Delta in ransom
kidnappings, but Nigerians from
wealthy families have increasingly
become their targets in recent
years.
A 2009 amnesty deal in the Niger
Delta led to a sharp drop in unrest
in the region, but criminality
remains widespread.
Late last month, two foreigners
who were identified by the local
media as Lebanese were
kidnapped at a work site in the
region.
And the 83-year-old mother of the
Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, was kidnapped
from her home in Delta state and
held captive for five days before
being freed on Friday.
www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/six-hyundai-heavy-workers-kidnapped-in-bayelsa/

I used to sing his song on my way to school bak in da dayz!!!!!! he is a legend . imop

end time is near!!!!!!!

Achukwunet

Chelcy10: CHELSEA CAN STILL QUALIFY IF JUVENTUS
DRAWS
European champions Chelsea can still qualify if
Italian champions juventus draws with group E
leaders Shaktar, the group E standings show
P W D L GF GA Pts
Shaktar 5 3 1 1 12 7 10
Juventus 5 2 3 0 11 4 9
Chelsea 5 2 1 2 10 9 7
Na'jalland 5 0 1 4 3 16 1
Now, Chelsea 3rd placed can qaulify on goal
diference ahead of Juventus if the Italian
champions will draw against shaktar, chelsea
needs six goals to nil to stay ahead of juve, but
if
juve gets a one all draw against shaktar,
chelsea
will need a 7-0 win against the Danish side, the
more the goals in the juve-shaktar draw, the
more chelsea needs to add to the must atleast
6
goals.
Now the big Qs? Here is, can chelsea score
atleast a 6 goal under interim coach Rafael
Benitez?
Chelsea had just scored a goal in 3 matches
since under the care of Benitez.
With Roberto Di Mateo, the man who brought
attacking flair into the chelsea team, one
perhaps, will be sure chelsea can get a pounce
out of this whole situation.
Dear friends, what do you think?

my frnd you knw nothing abt football, guess you new to football.

yea, everything have been from bad to worst after the defeat to Juventus. hope this will continue

julioralph: That's really Good.
we want more of these, not those 'making it' in the drug world.

yea, first good news abt Nigeria this week.

California Governor Jerry Brown on
Thursday named four new Superior
Court judges for the Central Valley.
Among the judicial appointments
announced was the appointment of
48-year-old Nigerian woman, Bunmi
O. Awoniyi in Elk Grove, California.
According to
Centralvalleybusinesstimes, of the
four, three replace judges who have
retired and the fourth fills a long-
standing vacancy.
Ms. Awoniyi has served as a
principal attorney with a family law
practice since 1994. She was an
adjunct professor at the University
of Northern California, Lorenzo
Patiño School of Law from 1997 to
1998, an associate attorney at the
Law Office of Steven L. Wessels
from 1993 to 1994 and an associate
attorney at the Law Office of Brady
and Kent from 1992 to 1993.
Ms. Awoniyi was a law clerk at the
Law Office of D. Kapp Nees in 1991
and a crown prosecutor at the
Crown Prosecution Service in
London from 1989 to 1990.
Awoniyi earned a Juris Doctorate
degree from the Inns of Court
School of Law, a Masters of Law
degree from the University of
Leicester School of Law and a
Bachelor of Law degree from the
University of Essex.
She is a certified family law
specialist. She fills the vacancy
created by the conversion of a court
commissioner position on December
3, 2011. Awoniyi is a Democrat.
Each of the new judges will be paid
$176,789 (over N28 million) per
year.
Michael Jurkovich was named to a
judgeship in the Madera County
Superior Court.
Brian McNamara was appointed to a
judgeship in the Kern County
Superior Court.
And Bunmi Awoniyi and Steven
Gevercer were named to judgeships
in the Sacramento County Superior
Court.

Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan
Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend early
this morning, then drove to the team
facility and committed suicide in front of
his coach and general manager, this
according to the Kansas City Police
Department. Police Capt. David Lindaman
says that Belcher and his girlfriend -- who
had just given birth to the couple's child
three months earlier -- began arguing
around 7:00 AM local time. Lindaman
says Belcher shot the woman multiple
times and she was later pronounced dead
at a local hospital. Police says the
girlfriend's mother witnessed the
shooting. Police say Belcher left the
scene and drove to the stadium where he
was confronted by team personnel,
including GM Scott Pioli and head coach
Romeo Crennel. According to police, they
tried to keep Belcher from committing
additional acts of violence. Just as police
arrived on the scene, they heard a
gunshot and discovered Belcher had shot
himself in the head. Cops say before
firing the shot, Belcher thanked Pioli and
Crennel for all they had done for him.The
coaches told police they never felt as if
they were in danger. Belcher had been
with the Chiefs for four seasons after
being undrafted out of the University of
Maine.The Chiefs are scheduled to host
the Carolina Panthers tomorrow. So far,
the NFL has said that game will be played
as scheduled.Kansas City Chiefs Chairman
& CEO Clark Hunt released a statement
saying, "The entire Chiefs family is deeply
saddened by today's events, and our
collective hearts are heavy with
sympathy, thoughts and prayers for the
families and friends affected by this
unthinkable tragedy. We sincerely
appreciate the expressions of sympathy
and support we have received from so
many in the Kansas City and NFL
communities, and ask for continued
prayers for the loved ones of those
impacted."

keeping my finger crossed.

What would you call this? Love for their pet or stupidity?

A California couple and their 16-year-old son were swept out to sea over the weekend after a deadly chain of events set off when the teenager jumped into frigid waters to save the family dog from turbulent Pacific Ocean waves.

Although the dog escaped on its own from the water off the Northern California coast, Howard Kuljian, 50, and Mary Scott, 54, of Eureka died while their 16-year-old son, Gregory Kuljian, remained lost at sea, said Deputy Ariel Gruenthal of the Humboldt County Coroner’s office.

“The dog was able to get out somehow,” said Dana Jones, a state parks and recreation district superintendent. “It’s very sad, and we just always have to be aware when we’re around the ocean that nature is sometimes out of control.”

According to Jones, the tragedy began on Saturday afternoon while the family, including an 18-year-old daughter who was unharmed, was walking with Gregory’s girlfriend along a steep beach at Big Lagoon, about 270 miles north of San Francisco.

Howard Kuljian threw the dog a stick, she said, and a wave, possibly as high as 10 feet, pulled the animal into the water. The son went in first to try to rescue his dog, Jones said.

“Then the father went in to save the son. The mother was swept in at that point,” she said. “The waves are big and powerful, and that’s a very steep beach. The waves pound the beach. When the waves are pounding like that, you don’t have a chance to breathe.”

A bystander summoned help while Olivia Kuljian, 18, and Gregory’s girlfriend, Lily Loncar, 16, watched in horror, Gruenthal said.

Rescuers found the bodies of Howard Kuljian and Scott close to the shore, Jones said. The U.S. Coast Guard searched by air and sea for Gregory, but fog, darkness and the impossibility of survival prompted them to quit on Saturday evening, said Lieutenant Bernie Carrigan of the Coast Guard.

He estimated the water temperature at between 55 and 57 degrees, so cold that hypothermia would rapidly set in, though a dog’s coat would protect against it.

“It’s kind of a reminder to never turn your back on the ocean,” Carrigan said. “It’s neat to see that kind of power. It’s also dangerous.” [Reuters]

http://news.yahoo.com/three-california-family-drown-ocean-trying-save-dog-222921018.html

5much: bb all d way, no going back.

then u dnt want to move 4wrd

A 45-year-old Dutch woman has
been jailed for four years for
organising nine sham marriages,
involving Nigerians living in the
United Kingdom.Diana Olivieira flew the brides overfrom Holland to the North West for the ceremonies.
They all married Nigerians so that
they and their partners could take up residency in the UK.
She was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to
conspiracy to facilitate non EU
persons into the UK. Olivieira was
arrested at her home address in
Rotterdam and brought to the UK
on 25 July. Investigations by the UK
Border Agency found she travelled
from Holland to the UK several
times with her clients.
Flights were arranged for Dutch
nationals to visit the UK for short
periods. As people from the
Netherlands are entitled to live and
work in the UK, while here their
spouses applied for documents and
National Insurance numbers. After
they married, the Nigerians applied
for European Economic Area (EEA)
residency status as spouses of EEA
nationals.
Dave Magrath, from the UK Border
Agency, said: "The sentence handed
to Olivieira sends out a clear
message that we will not tolerate
abuse of our immigration system."
Six of the grooms and some of their
partners have been prosecuted and
received jail sentences totalling 17
years.

and this made da front page. wht is nairaland turning into?

nobody hates mtn in this world more than me.

I'm so happy everything is going frm bad to worst for chelshit. forze JUVE

can't stop laughing. lol

up chelshit!!!!!!!!!!!

Ericsdm55: I just needed some1 to pour out my anger upon. I dey vex seriously.

go n hug nxt available transformer. UP JUVE FOR LIFE.

Chelsea will lose tonight.

JUVENTUS for life. I will win against chelshit tomorrow by the special grace of almighty God.

yeah, those mod do feel like lil gods n dey enjoy banning ppl for fun. yeye ppl (I knw I will get banned for this) well I'm ready.

The recent media report that
Nigeria is now holding the enviable
record of a country with the highest
private jet ownership in Africa is
unarguably rankling.This untoward
development has brought into
sharper focus the paradox of a
nation that is endowed with huge
oil resources but where only a few
privileged individuals are wealthy.
In a country where the average
citizen or over 70 percent of the
population lives on less than $1 per
day, it is astonishing that there is a
super rich class of business moguls,
bankers, preachers, politicians and
oil magnates whose private
ownership of jets is more than that
of any other country in the
continent.
The report has it that ownership of
state-of-the-art jets in Nigeria has
increased to over 200 in 2012 from
50 in 2008.
It also indicates that N1.30 trillion
may have been spent by Nigerians
in the last seven years to acquire
jets. The cost of a jet ranges
between N2.4 billion and N9 billion.
Though successive Nigerian
administrations have generously
dubbed the country as the “Giant of
Africa,” the reality on ground
indicates that Nigeria does not
deserve to be so called.
Ours is a system riddled with
systemic corruption and officially-
sanctioned profligacy. Over the
years, we have not fared better in
any index of development by any
African and global ranking bodies.
While it is the prerogative of
individuals to decide what to do
with their money, we think that the
rush by wealthy Nigerians to acquire
private jets is fast becoming an
obsession that should be curbed.
The new craze among public office
holders is unnecessary show of
power, prestige and personal ego.
Acquiring a private jet has now
become a status symbol for a few
privileged nouveau riche Nigerians
including members of the political
elite.
Given that some oil-rich states of
the Niger Delta region can afford
the luxury of a private jet for their
chief executives, the same can
hardly be said of other states of the
federation where basic necessities
of life are still a campaign issue.
Even among the oil-rich states,
some environmental challenges
occasioned by years of oil
exploration and exploitation are still
begging for attention that
acquisition of jets cannot be a top
priority.
The recent havoc caused by flood in
many parts of the country shows
the enormity of environmental
problems facing most of the states.
Besides, every state in the country
is bedevilled by the blight of
unemployment and poverty. The
country is still battling with general
insecurity occasioned by armed
robbery, kidnapping, terrorism and
other social ills.
Moreover, the nation’s education
and health sectors are in a shamble,
yet we parade the highest number
of jet owners in Africa. We decry
the new craze to acquire jets among
Nigerians, especially the public
office holders. In fact, public office
holders should seriously face
governance and other
developmental issues and do away
with the tendency to buy jets.
Apart from being an avoidable drain
on the state’s resources, there is no
need and justification for such ego-
tripping. This overt and stupendous
consumerism culture epitomizes
poverty of ideas and misplacement
of priorities. It should be stopped
forthwith.
While there is nothing basically
wrong with private individuals
owning jets, we should not bring the
Nigerian factor to bear on it so that
it does not become nauseating.We
urge Nigerians to moderate their
taste for ostentation and curb the
new craze. We appeal to state
governors to channel those
resources to the enhancement of
democracy deliverables to the
people. Let them compete on
developmental issues and not on
jets. Above all, government should
regulate the acquisition of luxury
goods including jets by increasing
taxation on them. Efforts should be
geared towards improving the
nation’s aviation industry.

just once in my life, when I was 6yrs, my mum's office was not tht far from our home. tht particular day I missed my mum so much tht I had to look for her at the office (which is like a 5mins walk) omo na so I pass her office n didnt realize it,kept on walking when I got to ogba-ijaye bus stop I got lost. those market women asked me wht n who I'm I looking for n I told them my mum. cut da long story short one of them was kind enough to take me to ogba police station (Area G) bak home my parents were already looking for me n a search team also, my elder bro was already recievin da beating of his life for letting me out of his sight. at last they went to area G to report n they saw me watching t.v at da station, they were very happy to see me. those stup!d police men asked my parents to give them money b4 they can handover me to them well my parents no mind.

inurmind: Hmm..not surprised this thread is empty. If it had been something about tithes, sex or private jets it would have been like oshodi by now.
Just goes to show u the mindset of most people, not just christians.
Its also another reason nigeria isn't letting go of corruption anytime soon.
There's really no spirit of nationalism anymore, just individualism, myopic views, and way off priorities.

I wonder oooo, just 5 views and two comments. I cry for this country

I prayed for Nigeria this morning, can't really give a good reason why I did it but da spirit just came over me to do. can't even remember the last time I prayed or say something good about naija coz I'm one of those Nigerian tht swear or say bad things abt this country.

InvertedHammer: LOL. It doesn't mean anything anymore...Why? Because you got one. LOL.
Denial is not a river in Africa.
Back to my point, Candieangel and JallowBah...I will boink you if need be....
but wife material? Are you kidding me?

If it is so glamorous, why are you pointing out that it is covered with your shirt?
Embarrassed by it? You and I know it. You got stamped babe! Live with it.
Good thing is that grand kids will know that grandma was a ho.

Most teenagers are sagging...does that mean that it does not have homo undertone anymore?
You cannot change the rules in the middle of the game...come off your high horses.

YOU CANNOT TURN A HO into A HOUSEWIFE

Don't shoot the messenger!

guy I dey feel you die!!!!!! don't mind those hoes esp tht $lut called candieangel, she is a bisexual n a s3x freak, don't pay any attention to her coz her generation r cursed.