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Lagos is bigger than this.. celebrating street light... while single lane street in areas like enugu shines every night for the past 4 years or so..Lagos is a gaint and shouldn't act less

Kim K leaving empty-handed, then turns around to retrieve baby....
Kim Kardashian can't keep up.The star of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" was shown in a funny videoleaving a Paris hotel Wednesday solo before backtracking to retrieve her most valuable fashion accessory, baby North West.
Did Kim just forget her kid?
The video, posted by Frenchcelebrity site Storm Shadow, appears to show Kardashian in her pink Chanel finest ready to climb into an SUV before turning tail and retreating back into the Le Royal Monceau. Then she's seen emerging withher 1-year-old daughter with hubby Kanye West tucked under her left arm.


Kardashian was in France for Paris Fashion Week.
Even though Kim clarified why she was seen walking out to the car alone and then going back inside to retrieve Nori by saying "I went to the car to make sure the car seat was in because the day before we had a car seat issue".— Kim Kardashian West(@KimKardashian)
What do you think..?
source.. http://m.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/kim-kardashian-leaves-paris-hotel-baby-north-article-1.1961781

really weird happenings ... lol to the alchemist that said souls could be transplanted via a funnel

I am in uyo and the case here is slightly different, what it does is showing for about 15 minutes, then hangs for a while and restarts... this keeps repeating itself

36STATES: Cheating is a very serious issue that has to be comdemed. One of the greatest problem with most of us Nigerians is our lack of sense of responsiblity. It is so rare for a Nigeria to plead guilty even when he's caught red handed; we simply don't like taking responsibity for the consequences of our actions. We lack sense fairness. That's why jobseekers are asked to pay money to get non existent job by govt officials. We lack sense of meritocracy which is a vehicle to make sure a society is lead by its best hands. Those that cheat in exam and forge result take opportunities away from those that have really worked for it and are more capable. To cite such ignominy as cheating to pass exam as a positive thing is very tragic.

I think you don't seem to understand the impact of cheating in exam,... maybe you have not had the opportunity to observe how things are done in other countries.

what's your own sef... could you just write your experience and if you don't have any leave this thread...I wonder why you have to keep repeating your self about how things are done in schools abroad...if you want ppl to know you are schooling abroad, just say it and stop citing it all your comments

most are locked in glass casing.. heard some haunted item do not act outside their enclosed casing then some of the spirits occupying the items needs to be owned by an individual to act.. but the likes of Annabelle the doll does not have boundaries that's why its still in the home of the warren's cos they are exorcists

for #5 wedding dress

#14: Delhi Purple Sapphire
The Delhi Purple Sapphire has had an equally wicked history. According to Edward Heron-Allen, a scientist and personal friend of Oscar Wilde: “This jewel is accursed and is stained with the blood, and the dishonor of everyone whohas ever owned it,” or so said the last owner of the beautiful gem. Though many people consider this rare gem a purple sapphire, it’s actually a large amethyst. Edward Heron-Allen offered the gem to the London Natural History Museum in 1943 claiming that it was indeed cursed, causing grief and loss to his family and himself.


#15: The Florentine Diamond
The Florentine Diamond is a massive 139karat, amber-colored diamond that is also associated with a long line of infamous deaths. Of the most famous deaths, or at least a listing of the most famous misfortunes are seen in the dramas of Queen Elizabeth I of England, King Faruk of Egypt and Maximillian of Austria, notably that of King Louis XIV and Mary Antoinette, the jewel’s ill intent can also be seen as the cause of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophia’s assassination on 28 Jun 1918 in Sarajevo, thus igniting World War I. Though only coincidence for many, the fact that Sophia was wearing the stone at the time only fuels inquiry of a paranormal kind.

#10: The Cursed "Chair of Death"
In 1702, a convicted murderer named Thomas Busby wasanonymous about to be hanged for his crimes. His last request was to have his final meal served at his favorite pub in Thirsk, England. He finished his meal, stood up, and said, "May sudden death come to anyone who dare sit in mychair." It is said that throughout the years all who have set in it have died. I guess its best to take curses seriously.


#11: The Basano Vase
This fancy little vessel; made of carved silver during the latter half of the 15th century, is the object of Italian folklore that continues to frighten and inspire. Itshistory is foggy at best, but is believed tohave been made as a wedding gift for a young woman in a northern village near Napoli. She is said to have either died or was murdered on her wedding night, clutching on the vase as she passed away. It was then passed around to family member to family member, causing death in one form or another until it was boxed and hidden away from sight.


#12: The Hope Diamond
The infamous Hope Diamond is likely themost noted example of crystal-like curses. The large, blue diamond when it was stolen from a sacred idol in India, for which holding a curse of misfortune and death to anyone other than the prescribed guardians, who touched it, letalone anyone who would steal it. Its perfect quality, size and its rare color make it unique and sought-after, though it is also known for its sad and deadly history. Once owned by King Louis XIV, and later stolen during the French Revolution, it is remembered for causing tragedy for its owners throughout its freedom among the rich and powerful.


#13: The Crying Boy
The famous ‘Crying Boy’ paintings, notably those by the Spanish artist Giovanni Bragolin, also hold on to legends as curses and hauntings. As far back as the 1950s these mournful images of crying children have had manylegends attached to them, even so far as to actually weep, apparently causing tears to drip from the canvas. In addition to these rumors, these paintings have been blamed for various misfortunes to the owners, including house fires and unexpected deaths.

#6: Haunted Chairs of Belcourt Castle
Belcourt Castle was founded by Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, a wealthy American socialite and politician, in 1894. There are many different documented hauntings within this lavishhome, but perhaps the most famous haunted objects in the castle are two chairs that reportedly have spirits attached to them. Visitors who sit in the chairs say they immediately feel cold, queasy, and uncomfortable. Their hands feel like their pricked by static electricity when held near the chairs, and many people have claimed that they've felt like they're sitting on someone when they attempt to sit in the chairs. Several visitors have actually been ejected from the chairs by an unseen force.

#7: Haunted Doll
This is another haunted doll that inspired a movie; you may know it as “Child’s Play”. Though this doll was not possessed by serial killer, it was an evil doll. Given as a gift by a voodoo priestess to a little boy, it would seem that the woman didn’t like the family because through the dolls time there it terrorized the whole family.


#8: The Women of Lemb StatueNicknamed "The Goddess of Death,"

The Women from Lemb is a statue carved from pure limestone that was discoveredin 1878 in Lemb, Cypruss. The item datesback to 3500 B.C., and is believed to represent a goddess, similar to a fertility idol. The statue was first owned by Lord Elphont, and within six years of having the statue in his possession, all seven ofthe Elphont family members had died from mysterious causes.


#9: "The Anguished Man"
This scary-looking painting was kept in Sean Robinson's grandmother's attic for twenty-five years before he inherited it from her. She had always told Robinson that the painting was evil, and the artist who had created it had used his own blood mixed with the paint, and had killed himself shortly after completing it. She claimed to hear voices and crying when the painting was displayed, and to see the shadowy figure of a man in her house, which is why she locked it away in the attic.As soon as Robinson took the painting into his home, he and his family started experiencing the same kinds of creepy phenomenon. His son fell down the stairs, his wife felt something stroking her hair, and they saw the shadow man and heard crying.Frightened, Robinson soon put the painting down in his basement, but he is not interested in selling it.

The World's Top Most Haunted and Cursed
Items

#1: The Dibbuk Box
This box has had more history than could
ever be described in this article. A Dibbuk
box is a wine cabinet which, according to
Jewish folklore, is said to be haunted by a
restless, evil, spirit that is capable of
haunting and possessing the living. And it
did just that as it made its round on ebay
and eventually a museum. The story is so
horrifying that it inspired a movie called “The
Possession”.
#2 : Annabelle the doll
This creepy doll so made a cameo in a
movie, and no it’s not chucky that comes
later. It was said that this doll could come
to life and terrorize the owner of it. The
infamous Warren couple own it now and the
movie it was in is called “The Conjuring”.

#3: The "eBay Haunted Painting”
In 2000, an anonymous eBayer listed a painting created by artist Bill Stoneham, called "The Hands Resist Him." This painting is now largely considered to be one of the world's most haunted works of art.According to the couple who sold it on eBay, the figures in the painting moved around at night, sometimes disappearing from the canvas entirely. The boy in the painting was said to actually enter the room where the painting hung, and everyone who viewedthe painting reported feeling sick and weak. Small children would take one look at the painting and run from the room screaming. Adults sometimes felt like unseen hands were grabbing them, and others said that they felt a blast of hot air, as if they had opened an oven

#4: The Myrtles Plantation Mirror
Myrtles Plantation is an allegedly haunted bed and breakfast that is largelyconsidered to be the most haunted home in the United States, as well as oneof the most haunted houses in the world.The plantation dates back to 1796, and it was built on a Native American burial ground. Additionally, it is rumored to be the location for at least ten murders, and paranormal events are an almost-daily occurrence.Legend claims that the mirror contains the spirits of Sara Woodruff and her children. The Woodruffs were poisoned to death, and though custom dictates that mirrors should be covered after death to prevent spirits from getting trapped, this mirror was not covered, so the belief is that the Woodruff souls are very much present and active within the mirror.

#5: Haunted Wedding
DressThis dress once belonged To Anne Baker, a woman who never lived to see herself get married in it. It now resides ina museum where people say that it moves on its own like a bride admiring herself in the mirror.

marieolae: alright. Another stalker.

lol.. I can't stalk you miss..cos most of your comments are overly just too childish for me..

maryhaam: ur encounter with the good one will change ur perception.

I've seen good ones... but like I said if you are a good one remain that good one cos ppl will definitely see it in you , cos the analysis to ascertain a good one is not done by words anymore...

maryhaam: dont speak for us all,u guys shuld stop ridiculing us,with this fat account thing,to me if he's physical look n account is good that just a plus......not a criteria hon....some of us are focused we look beyond that.

but how come almost every girl uses this same statement as you did,and yet the complaints are still so widespread?. doesn't it show that most of you who use it doesn't actually mean it but just use it to sound good in the eyes of men.. all I know is if you are good be good ppl will see it.. ppl can't stop generalizing cos cos most of you can't stick to what dey say..

XketchDesigns: A thread for you marieolae

LOL.. seriously.., always mixing up words.

jeez...! just so happy seeing the likes of Charles okafor, Basorge and Liz... its been long

Sweetlemon: I didn't believe this too until I did some homework.

my dear try doing the home work again with this article

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescent_sexuality_in_the_United_States
and you should also consider the countries population

musiwa95: I beg to disagree with you, I am an Engineer, that is not a normal building collapsing, that is a terror attack. If a building has structure problem, it will gradually crack or even if that collapse was same day, it will give few minute to go down. That was man made collapse building.

1. pictures onlines does not show any earth crust shift..in its foundation . Which could make it collapse.

2. The building had enough reinforcement from one side.. It had 10 reinforcement, beam looks Ok

3. The distance of the floor space to each others.. looks Ok from picture.. I would say about 7.5-8 feet. Which is Ok

4. There was no earthquake

5. The helicopter vibration was not enough to bring it down

6. History of the area may have been Swamping but, because there are no visible earth crust shift. I pass it.


My conclusion.. they either planted bomb at the base or earth shift or the helicopter had something, it is carrying to blow it up.



I believe there most be standard the way, they build in nigeria.

if you an engineer with all these your analysis, then you'll have to return your certificate... which standard states that a two story base foundation can carry 3 more floors built on it... and in which country does it take a planted bomb to explode after one hour, if you are an engineer, you could have looked at video critically to notice the time difference in the cctv footage and find out that it was edited to serve the purpose of deceiving ppl including an engineer like you....smh

Alejhandro: 1. If dis is how it actually happened, then there wud hav been no survivors.

2. Y did it take them a whole day to release d video if it was actually caught on camera by their CCTV?

3. Therefore i think dis tape is mere fabrication.


And less i forget, d owner of dat voice shud b arrested.

that is cos they had to edit the video.. the time interval bw the last flight and the collapse is a whole one hour... watch the video again looking at the time on the cctv

to my own understanding., I believe the house was never built well... take a close look at the video with its time, the last aircraft flew over the building at 11:54 while the building came down at 12:44 am.a whole one hour gap and also the video was now edited to seem like it happened immediately..just watch it closely , why was it now edited

ZACHIE: This is misinforming.
The etymologies of the specific words you listed up there are not exclusive, rather borderline assumptions.
Okra,Juju,Tango,etc have much wider spread and use than Nugeria.
The only genuine addition to English language in that list is a Yoruba word: DASHIKI which describes a traditional clothing item.
There are indeed several other words absolved into English emanating from Nigeria b7t certainly not the ones captured by the op in that they are not exclusive.
SUSU is exclusive in area catchment, meaning and application.
I will update this later.

you are the one missinforming your self and others who are busy liking your comment without proper verification, you think the o.p just stood up and started assuming... any way, for that of okra; The word okra is of Nigerian origin and is cognate with ọkwurụ in the Igbo language spoken in Nigeria.[2]Okra is often known as "lady's fingers" outside of Africa.source(Wikipedia.com)

for juju, juju noun1.an object venerated superstitiously and used as a fetish or amulet by tribal peoples of West Africa.
2.the magical power attributed to such an object.
3.a ban or interdiction effected by it.OriginHausa1890-1895 source(dictionary.com)
Your dashiki is also correct it has a Yoruba origin, but please don't write off ppls opinion unless you are very sure.

a nice topic which is meant to be fun, just from no where, turns into a tribal was zone just cos some clueless individuals decides to say whatever they so feel like..its funny when ppl you see as sensible and mature acts so childish.. it takes a mature mind to avoid the use of words that fuels tribal bashing, and even a wiser mind to ignore when one starts it up..

funny.. but I can only see about 3 girls out of your list that I can refer to as "cuties" and among the guys I can only see 5 of them... In my own opinion.

moonraker: oooo wow, feeling good about yourself, aren't you? Well at least the people in charge had the balls to shutdown down the airport which i

rightly pointed out. What did your FAAN do? do we even have such an organisation in Nigeria at all?

you are talking another thing.. I just wanted to drive a point and I've done that...if you like say any thing you like it doesn't help Nigeria in any way..your type simply runs to other countries and wait on nairaland to see bad news and then talk sh.it.... this is the first time its happening since that airport was built and I will only say the government didn't do their work well if only they did not find necessary things put in place to avoid future occurrence..

moonraker: Remove Tokyo from that list. Yes, there is snow blockage during winter which usually

they are prepared for and they have machines clearing it up for planes to land and take off. if they cant, they shut down the

airport for a while. No floods. Dont embarass yourself please.

. LOL... seriously I shouldn't embarrass my self,cos you think you know it all... pls get your facts right be4 being so sure.. read this little stuff :
10:20 AM|World NewsTOKYO, April 8 (KUNA) -- More than 100 flightsat Tokyo's Haneda airport, Japan's busiest domestic air hub, were cancelled on Tuesday due to strong winds and heavy rains that hit the Tokyo metropolitan area.Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways, the nation's two biggest carriers, cancelled a total of 102 domestic flights in the morning and early afternoon, affecting about 13,700 passengers, the airlines said.Haneda airport had one of the three runways closed in the morning as some parts of the runway became submerged caused by flooding, according to the airport authority.The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of the possibility of thunder and gusty wind in eastern and central Japan, including the region centering on Tokyo....

source:http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?language=en&id=1897667

CityNG: You're part of the Nigerian problem and you need to stop quoting out of context (you come across as educated).

Stop supporting lame duck projects.

It's simply unacceptable for Nigeria.

you don't not understand me., I do not support a badly executed project... all I was complaining about is how we Nigerians criticize and blows things out of prop.. you earlier said something about those other floodings been caused by maybe typhoon... why I'm saying this about this particular topic is cos I 've been there.. the topography is not even close to being a flood prone zone, but this has happened, which means there must be an extra amount of rainfall than usual..for me when I'll refer to it as a bad project is if necessary things are not done to avert such from happening again since it has started happening... blame it on climate change..

CityNG: We should always strive to be better than them.

Maybe those floods were caused by typhoons and such??

like you said "strive" such news about such flooding has never been seen in that airport , which makes it a new development, so the striving aspect would now be placed into consideration.. this is like to say an earthquake happens in Nigeria and we start blaming ppl for not makin the house that were affected to be strong like that of the Western world , without considering the fact that the western world puts the consideration of having an earthquake implace be4 construction...even here if you try to put the American standards into place in a building, our contractors will simply tell you that it is a waste of material

New Delhi airports
Brasilia airport
bankcock airport
Tokyo airport
it happens in other places . I wonder why we so much castigate ourselves

this her birth certificate is that of national population commission so any body can get it... I actually have one which I got 2years ago and what you tell them is what they fill... ppl know about this type of certificate that's why most organizations insists on a church baptismal card or the hospital 's own birth certificate

bro.. I agree with you in most of the names here but I'll have to disagree with you as regards to that of Leonardo da Vinci... if you've followed this guy well like I've done.. not just by reading brief history on him but books upon books and documentries , you'll understand well enough as not to include him here.. he had concentration problem but that can never write him off as a genius.. 2ndly about Einstein, I also think he shouldn't be on the list even if for any thing but that he broke laws of physics which were originally seen to be flawless....