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SimonAndal: [b]I HATE NIGERIA!!!
No matter the justification (which in this case I'm pretty sure the JTF guys aren't 100% sure the dudes are boko haram), torture is unwarranted, barbaric and inhumane!
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And for those of you applauding, I pray somebody close to you gets accused of terrorism without proof and is tortured like the guys in the picture! In Jesus' Name!

You hate Nigeria so much yet you are still a Nigerian. Why don't you disown your citizenship and go and live in Afghanistan.
All of you saying they are not Boko boys, how do you know? Before the real boko boys would be nailed down, won't arrests be made? Is it not in d course of interrogation that the grain would be separated from the chaff?
Or you guys are saying that suspected members should not be arrested because the JTF are not "sure"? How will they be sure then, if not through this?
Some people sef!

Jesus Christ!
If not for God, it would have been worse!

"I know the governor" by fire by force

Owerri - Imo Police Command on Friday said that it had  rescued a nine-month-old baby boy from suspected traffickers in Lagos.



The child was abducted on Nov. 23, 2011 by five armed men along with a little girl at gunpoint from the City of Life Hospital and Maternity, Akuma, in Oru-East Local Government Area of the state.


Addressing newsmen in Owerri, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Adisa Bolanta, said the children were later sold to one Ngozi Ukonu, for N450,000.


Ukonu, a mother of six and operator of Daughters of Zion Motherless Babies Home in Aba, had told police that she received the babies without knowing they were kidnapped.


She claimed that the kidnappers had told her that the babies belonged to their relation, who died at childbirth, adding that she paid for the children because the men claimed they needed assistance.


Ukonu said she had given out about 25 babies in the past eight years she ran the home, adding that the babies were given out to families, who paid as much as N500,000 for a baby boy and N400,000 a baby girl.


The Medical Director of City of Life Hospital and Maternity, Dr Anthony Ilobi, expressed joy over the rescue of the boy, saying the operation had established his innocence.


“When this incident happened, I was arrested and held in custody for two weeks; this rescue will clear any lingering doubts.


“What makes this case painful is that the mother of this boy had a still-birth from a previous pregnancy before she was referred to me,” he said.


The commissioner said the baby was rescued from one “Mama Junior” of Esia Aba, saying the police were also on the trail of the baby girl belonging to one Ifeoma Mbodom of Amaifeke, Orlu.


“Our operatives were able to rescue this baby because we did not allow the case to go cold. We have been following this investigation diligently and it has paid off.


“We are already in the process of rescuing the baby girl who was sold to a retired matron.


“We have four suspects and we will charge them to court as soon as investigations are concluded,” he said.


The suspects in the case are: Ngozi Ukonu, Nneka Ezeigbo, Anayo Udozo and Chidozie Onyenwe. (NAN)

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/police-rescues-abducted-baby-arrest-suspects/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Nice work. People should desist from abusing MTN free SMS bonanza

"are you serious?"
*rolling my eyes while gisting*
"what the hell?"
"who the hell?"
"why the hell?"
Everything- hell hell hell hell hell

tobechi74: ..,d op must me a child

You mean the op must be a child?
If that was what you meant, then I'm not

N5000 Note: Is Nigeria a Developing or Under-developing Economy?
By Chiwuike Uba, CPA, FCMA

The redesigning of Nigeria’s currency and introduction of N5000 into the economy as announced by the CBN Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi during a press briefing has elucidated several opinions. The opinions, as expected, are divergent. Some supported the policy while others vehemently rejected the policy.

One interesting observation is that most experts, including non-experts have either shown their reservations or outright rejection of the policy because of its negative implications on the economy.

Personally, I have found it so difficult to understand and reconcile the rationale behind the policy. What a contradiction and summersault of policies. The CBN is currently wasting billions of our collective resources - revenue from taxes, levies and direct income from sales of our petroleum products on its campaign to promote cashless economy. Only God knows how much CBN has spent on this campaign as at date. While we are still assimilating and working to accept the cashless economy concept/policy, the CBN came up with this new irreconcilable policy, which in its entirety contradicts the cashless economy policy. Going by the report in the Punch of 27 August, 2012, CBN is expected to spend more than N40b of tax-payers money to execute the proposed policy. What a waste! Its either the current CBN leadership lacks the requisite knowledge, skills and expertise to manage the economy or they are positioned to constructively, in a wilful manner ruin the economy completely.

Nigeria’s Professor of Economics, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo could best be described as the “Nostradamus of the Nigerian economy”. He foresaw what is happening (and will still happen) to the Nigerian economy when he proposed the redenomination of the Nigerian currency. If we had accepted that proposal/policy, nobody would have been bamboozling us with these policies of contradictions. It is not in doubt that we would have been able to save our currency from further collapse, increase the citizens’ confidence in the naira currency, reduce corruption to the barest minimum and ultimately rebuild our economy for sustainability.

The only basic advantage of high denomination currency is reduction in transaction cost. Note that the reduction in transaction cost is for high/heavy business transactions as majority of Nigerian population will experience difficulties in business transaction activities as a result of the high denomination. Yes, it makes high value transactions easy, since a large amount can be carried with great ease but, on the other hand, cash transactions will not be traceable, since unlike in the bank, they leave no footprint. This is to say, the introduction of N5000 note will make it the preferred currency for storing black money created out of tax evasion and public fund looting. Corruption will deepen and serve as the life-blood of parallel economy. The other terrible consequence of the introduction of the N5000 note will be gross reduction in the use of banking system in our economy. The direct result of this will be poor credit formation and inadequate capital supply to the economy.

Corruption and the breakdown of formal systems of governance together will fuel more social insecurity. The high prevailing cost of capital and the flawed taxation system will lead to high input costs. The high input cost will render our local industry uncompetitive, and result in more unemployment.

High denomination currency results in ease of corruption and weakening of banking system. In addition to its harmful impact is fake currency and its consequences e.g. weakening of official currency, most importantly this fake currency works as tool for anti-national & anti-human activities. High denomination facilitates printing of fake currency.

Majority of Nigeria’s population do not even use high denomination of currency. It is interesting to observe that other countries, realizing the detrimental effects of higher denominations in the economy, took currency cut- down steps. The US government in 1996 redesigned their currency after 67 years, and as a measure to stay ahead of currency counterfeits and also save cost of minting/printing currency, announced that currency redesign shall be for every 7 -10 years. It is only in Nigeria that a CBN governor wakes up to announce currency redesign and introduction without consideration to its implications to the economy.

The introduction of N5000 into the Nigerian economy shall worsen the existing annual fiscal deficits in the economy. Government’s inability to provide the basic infrastructure, such as power and water, roads, efficient railway network, ports and airports and so on to Nigerians is as a result of Fiscal deficit. We have severally witnessed the face-off between the legislature and the executive on budget performance as a result of this problem. We are now so used to the fiscal deficit, that we have accepted it as a fact of life. Our budget is a deficit budget. Some common measures normally taken to bridge fiscal deficit have an inflationary effect. The natural response to inflation is hardening of the credit policy. As credit gets scarce, lending becomes tighter.

The increase in high input cost arising from both poor credit/capital formation and less use of banking system will in turn lead to uncompetitive local industry/trade. On the other hand, further restrictions will be placed on subsidies given for agriculture, on which most of our rural economy is based. As the Agriculture sector fails, rural purchasing power is directly affected and as a result, there will be very little demand for goods and services. This will also hit the local industry.

The banks will tend to conserve their funds and become very selective in their lending instead of aiding credit creation and expansion. As a result, the economy will further starve for capital. The direct impact will be on business growth, leading to the slowing down of GDP growth. As the business environment worsens, and cash flows dry up, a lot of businesses will fail and many loans will become non-performing assets. Who knows, CBN’s ultimate intention for this policy may be to inject more funds into the banking industry!

Current government’s efforts to reduce the gap in fiscal deficit will amount to efforts in futility if the N5000 is eventually introduced in the system. The current wave of privatization will persist and all subsidies will be removed. The consequence of these shall amongst others include the total loss of governmental control on the pricing of several essential commodities, downsizing of manpower both in public and private establishments, which actually is a threat to organized employment and Nigerian economy and ultimately entrench social insecurities.

Uba, Chiwuike N., CPA, FCMA
A Policy Analyst

*I saw this online and thought it wise to share*

EIGHT LIES OF A MOTHER
This story begins when I was a child:

I was born poor. Often we hadn't enough to eat. Whenever we had some food, Mother often gave me her portion of rice. While she was transferring her rice into my bowl, she would say "Eat this rice, son! I'm not hungry." This was Mother's First Lie.

As I grew, Mother gave up her spare time to fish in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught, she could give me a little bit more nutritious food for my growth. Once she had caught just two fish, she would make fish soup. While I was eating the soup, mother would sit beside me and eat the what was still left on the bone of the fish I had eaten, My heart was touched when I saw it. Once I gave the other fish to her on my chopstick but she immediately refused it and said, "Eat this fish, son! I don't really like fish." This was Mother's Second Lie.

Then, in order to fund my education, Mother went to a Match Factory to bring home some used matchboxes, which she filled with fresh matchsticks. This helped her get some money to cover our needs. One wintry night I awoke to find Mother filling the matchboxes by candle light. So I said,"Mother, go to sleep; it's late: you can continue working tomorrow morning." Mother smiled and said "Go to sleep, son! I'm not tired." This was Mother's Third Lie.

When I had to sit my Final Examination, Mother accompanied me. After dawn, Mother waited for me for hours in the heat of the sun. When the bell rang, I ran to meet her. Mother embraced me and poured me a glass of tea that she had prepared in a thermos. The tea was not as strong as my Mother's love, Seeing Mother covered with perspiration, I at once gave her my glass and asked her to drink too. Mother said "Drink, son! I'm not thirsty!". This was Mother's Fourth Lie.

After Father's death, Mother had to play the role of a single parent. She held on to her former job; she had to fund our needs alone. Our family's life was more complicated. We suffered from
starvation. Seeing our family's condition worsening, my kind Uncle who lived near my house came to help us solve our problems big and small. Our other neighbours saw that we were poverty stricken so they often advised my mother to marry again. But Mother refused to remarry saying "I don't need love." This was Mother's Fifth Lie.

After I had finished my studies and gotten a job, it was time for my old Mother to retire but she carried on going to the market every morning just to sell a few vegetables. I kept sending her
money but she was stead fast and even sent the money back to me. She said, "I have enough money." That was Mother's Sixth Lie.

I continued my part-time studies for my Master's Degree. Funded by the American Corporation for which I worked, I succeeded in my studies. With a big jump in my salary, I decided to bring
Mother to enjoy life in America but Mother didn't want to bother her son; she said to me"I'm not used to high living." That was Mother's Seventh Lie.

In her dotage, Mother was attacked by cancer and had to be hospitalized. Now living far across the ocean, I went home to visit Mother who was bedridden after an operation. Mother tried to smile but I was heart broken because she was so thin and feeble but Mother said,"Don't cry, son! I'm not in pain." That was Mother's Eighth Lie.

Telling me this, her eighth lie, she died.

YES, MOTHER WAS AN ANGEL!

M - O - T - H - E - R
"M" is for the Million things she gave me,
"O" means Only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the Tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her Heart of gold,
"E" is for her Eyes with love-light shining in them,
"R" means Right, and right she'll always be,

Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER" a word that means the world to me.

Hit LIKE
and write, "I LOVE YOU MOM" if you are really proud of her, you can also include a special note for her, or some sweet memories.

This boy must have been under the influence of alcohol or some hard drugs or even ogbanje spirit following him.
By the way, how much did he give his mother to cook the food? Even if he gave her N1million, it does not warrant laying his filthy hand on a woman that carried him for 9 months in her womb.
Tufiakwa !

STUNTS007: In my most candid opinion devoid of any bias or sentiments, I can accurately postulate that some people derive pleasure from bashing others. Nairaland should portray Nigeria and Nigerians in a positive light. Look at what d British are doing with BBC, Iran with press TV, US with CNN and the Arabians with Aljazeera. There is no society that doesn’t face challenges or have its own ills, but washing one’s dirty linen in public is not always an intelligent line of action. Outside the shores of this country people look at Nigeria as an entity and not in fragments.
The moderators of this site seem to have exhausted their intellectual prowess cause the only thing that seems to give them more pages on a thread has to do with ethnic bashing. The moment I see crime on a front page, its definitely going to involve an Igbo person and for sure that will give you some pages cause my Igbo peeps are allergic to bul..sht and crap.
I understand that in the media business, bad news spreads like wildfire, but take a look at a site like Bellanaija or even Lindaikeji’s blog, they always try to portray their information positively, objectively and without ethnic/religious undertones.
The result of most searches about Nigeria on Google will still link you back to Nairaland and when we derive pleasure in bashing ourselves at the slightest provocation, then it’s as if we are shooting ourselves in the legs. If this ugly trend continues, Nairaland will keep losing people who make quality contributions and ultimately lose its traffic. Nairaland needs to improve in quality, search for ingenious ways doing things, think of ways to bridge the ethnic/religious gap and most importantly portray Nigeria and Nigerians (Igbo’s inclusive) in a positive light.

I support you! Afterall the topic of the thread says "a Nigerian" and not "an Igbo man". Instead of condemning the crime committed, they derail into nonsense talks.
All this derailment of thread comments into tribal fights only portrays the Ignorance level of those that engage in it.

What on earth is a 50 yr old man doing with hard drugs in Malaysia, knowing fully well that the punishment if caught is death
Abeg o, we Nigerians must be careful in all our deeds. We should know that there are repercussions for everything we do on earth. We shouldn't get our hands soiled and risk our lives all in the name of hustling for quick money.
May God have mercy on him and forgive him his sins.

Then, all foreigners residing in Nigeria must also get the full punishment for whatever crime they commit here too.

"Every adult out there, we really want you to know that...


1. Our hands are small; so you shouldn't always expect perfection whenever we make our bed, draw a picture, or write essays.
2. Our legs are short; slow down so that we can keep up with you
3. Our eyes have not seen the world as yours have; let us explore safely and do not restrict us unnecessarily
4. Our feelings are tender; do not nag us all day long after all, you wouldn't want to be nagged for your inquisitiveness.
5. Give us the freedom to make decisions concerning ourselves. Permit us to fail, so that we can learn from our mistakes, then someday we will be prepared to make decisions that life requires of us

 6. Do not do things for us; it makes us feel that our efforts did not measure up to your expectations. We know it is hard, but don't compare us with our elder siblings.
7. Go easy on the criticism; remember you can criticize the things we do without criticizing us.
8. We really do hope you abide by these rules,

thankyou.
Culled from Gemwoman, Volume 5

M M M: Sorry am not from 9ja

Who re dose things

So since you are not a Nigerian, what the hell are u doing on Nairaland? No wonder your posts always sound somehow.
SEUN what do you have to say about this?

Atter negotiations/ meeting with the Fed Govt, they've agreed on terms which would be favorable for all.
Well done FG

I heard over the radio that SSS wants to handover the suspects in their custody to the Police. By the time this is done, how then will the Police handle the investigation being that they said they have different suspects on the same case at hand? I just wonder o!
I just hope truth and justice prevails at the end of the day

One more thing, look for how to get in touch with Ambassador John Fashanu for advice/ assistance. Maybe u can hook him up on Facebook/twitter/ e-mail.

ACN & CPC leaders are obviously Muslims while PDP is mainly christian-based, as we can all see. If they succeed in merging, then they would be working towards taking over power at the federal level in order to finally Islamise Nigeria. By then, Christians would no longer be free to practice their religion.
Let us look before we leap, we have to choose leaders that would allow us to feel free with any religion of our choice, and not ACN & CPC that would force Nigerians to be muslims.

because he's humble and has a good heart. Then, if he succeeds in d power reforms I'll vote for him

If he resigns, who takes over? Christian or Muslim? This is not an all-Jonathan-affair; we all have roles to play in curbing this menace. We can start by being security conscious, be our brothers keepers and give useful information to d police. I really feel for those who have lost their loved ones in dis boko haram Wahala. God dey

leslieu63: when will the nigeria be wiped out from the map?

I bind you! It will not work for you

afam4eva: Nice...Northerners are coming up

It's not just about northerners, it's about Nigerians shining their light for the world to see

Not at all. Even a blind man can attest to the fact that the men are different, using his sense of smell and sense of touch.

Chubhie: Make dem quick do cos me go soon dey show. No place like ome.

Come back home my dear! I'll be waiting 4 u with foo-foo and ofe-egusi, amala & ewedu, with fresh palm wine for u to wash it down.