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THE MAIN THING I LIKE ABOUT IT IS THE IGBO ACCENT. ITS NICE PLEASE TAKE AWAY ANY FOREIGN ACCENT IN YOUR SUBSEQUENT WORKS

This can never happen in Nigeria

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whats wrong with this OP. Someone is learning how to drive a high capacity bus!!!!!!!! and come here to yearn pxx. that you can drive a minibus car or anything does not mean you don't need to learn how to drive this bus.Olodo. maybe next time when you see a trailer jump into it and start driving because you've learned how to move your fathers bettle!

Nelson Mandela was 75 when he became president of South Africa. He was far better than Thabo mbeki and Jacob Zuma. Roland Reagan became president at 70. He was by far the best republican president in recent years.

Why are u pple bothering yourself about chika Ike. Kim K an international LovePeddler is a her role model! Kim K has divorced twice. So this is just her beginning. There's no marriage without issues working your issues out is what makes you a hero! What the Americans will turn this world to ehn...... And Naija must copy.

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How does this affect us here in Nigeria. Is Mississippi a street in Yobe state? Or LGA in bayelsa state. Stop swallowing every poo western media serves u

When I got married. I was into small business and not always tired when I get home so giving my hubby sex wasn't an issue if he asks. About 6months ago. I got a banking job and I come home late and tired. Now sex is a weekend thing. My husband too works in bank but he's never tired to have sex
This issue is causing serious wahala in my marriage.its really not my fault cos I get so tired I can't even get turned on. Pls advice.

The Honest truth is that heads will roll in Etisalat for this mistake. MTN didn't just hijack Saka. Something must have happened. The honest truth was that Saka was never an Etisalat ambassador

i deferred my admission because of marriage and my wife is currently pregnant she works with a telecoms coy. how do all these affect my Visa application

I laugh at Christians who think. Prayer is the key to world's problems . Didn't you read in that your bible that in the end time things like these will and must happen. Nothing can stop it. You heard that wars pestilences earthquakes will all happen. Boko haram alqeeda are all part of the sign of the end. If you are able to avert an attack. Thank your Intelligence units. Look at how US is reacting to North Korea. I bet this Christians would prefer prayer to moving defense system toward the east coast

Believe this believe anything. How much do movies generate. How many pple buy movies or watch it at the cinemas 2million my foot. Figment of someone's immagination

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ALL YOU NAIRALAND WARRIORS ARE STUPID, FLEXING MUSCLE ON THE INTERNET IS THE HEIGHT OF STUPIDITY MAKE UN STOP AM

I used to think corruption was Nigeria’s biggest problem, but I’m starting to doubt that. Every time I probe into one of the many issues this country is encountering, at the core I find the same phenomenon: the widespread celebration of mediocrity. Unrebuked underachievement seems to be the rule in all facets of society. A governor building a single road during his entire tenure is revered like the next Messiah; an averagely talented author who writes a colourless book gets sponsored to represent Nigerian literature overseas; and a young woman with no secretarial skills to speak of gets promoted to the oga’s office faster than any of her properly trained colleagues.

Needless to say the politician is probably hailed by those awaiting part of the loot he is stealing; the writer might have got his sponsorship from buddies he has been sucking up to in hagiographies paid for by the subjects; and the young woman’s promotion is likely to be an exchange for sex or the expectancy of it. So some form of corruption plays a role in all of these examples.

But corruption per se does not necessarily stand in the way of development. Otherwise a country like Indonesia—number 118 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, not that far removed from Nigeria’s 139—would never have made it to the G-20 group of major economies. An even more serious obstacle to development is the lack of repercussions for underachievement. Who in Nigeria is ever held accountable for substandard performance?

Since I came here, I have been on a futile search for a stable internet connection that does what it promises. I started with an MTN FastLink modem (I consider the name a cruel joke), and then I moved on to an Etisalat MiFi connection (I regularly had to keep myself from throwing the bloody thing against the wall), and now I am trying out Cobranet’s U-Go. I shouldn’t have bothered: equally crap. And everyone knows this. They groan and mutter and tweet about it. But still, to my surprise, no one calls for a class-action suit against those deceitful providers.

A one-day conference I attended last year left me equally puzzled. Organisation, attendance and outcome left a lot to be desired, if you ask me. But over cocktails, after the closing ceremony, everyone congratulated each other over the wonderful conference—that started two hours late, of which the most animated part was undeniably lunch, and in which not a single tangible decision had been made. This left me wondering whether we had attended the same event.

I thought these issues to be unrelated at first, but gradually I came to see the connection. Nigeria is the opposite of a meritocracy: you do not earn by achieving. You get to be who and where you are by knowing the right people. Whether you work in an office, for an enterprise or an NGO, at a construction site or in government, your abilities hardly ever are the reason you got there. Performing well, let alone with excellence, is not a requirement, in fact, it is discouraged. It would be too threatening: showing you’re more intelligent, capable or competent than the ‘oga at the top’ (who, as a rule, is not an overachiever either) is career suicide.

It is an attitude that trickles down from the very top, its symptoms eventually showing up in all of society, from bad governance to bad service to bad craftsmanship.

Where excellence meets no gratification, what remains to be celebrated is underachievement. That is why it is not uncommon to find Nigerians congratulating each other with substandard results. It is safer to cuddle up comfortably in shared mediocrity than to question it, since the latter might also expose your own less than exceptional performance. Add to this the taboo of criticising anyone senior or higher up and it explains why so many join in the admiration of the emperor’s new clothes.

I have been writing this column for the last year, and after ten months I realised my angles were getting more predictable and my pieces less edgy. I figured newcomers do not remain newcomers forever and therefore decided to round up the ‘Femke Becomes Funke’ series this month, a year after it started. Ever since I announced the ending, tweeps have been asking me to change my mind and in comments on the columns and through my website I get songs of praise that make me feel my analyses of Nigerian society are indispensable. If I had no sense of self-criticism, I might be tempted to reconsider my decision to discontinue the series and start producing second-rate articles. Who would point this out to me if I did?

The hardest thing to do in Nigeria is to continue to realise there is honour in achievement and pride in perfection. I imagine the frustration of the many Nigerians who do care for their work, who take pride in their outcomes and who feel the award is in a job well done. When you know beforehand that excellence will not be rewarded, you are bound to do the economically sane thing and limit your investments to accomplishing the bare minimum. This makes Nigeria a pretty cumbersome place for anyone striving for perfection.
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A friend boarded a brt bus from Apapa to Oshodi. All of a sudden the driver just veered off the route and decided to carry passengers along the road to CMS.they were all angry that he got so angry he decided to call the LAGBUS number on the bus where he reported the guy. He is afraid they might sack him. Was he wrong to report the driver?

The Inspector General of Police has described use of tinted vehicles as unlawful.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has directed state Commissioners of Police to arrest vehicles with tinted glasses and prosecute their owners in line with extant laws.

Mr. Abubakar also extended the directive to all Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs).

The directive is contained in a statement issued by Frank Mba, the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, on Thursday in Abuja.

“Police Officers nationwide have been directed to commence a massive operation aimed at enforcing all existing laws bordering on tinted glasses and the use of unregistered/unlicensed vehicles,” it said.

The statement quoted the IG as describing as alarming and unlawful the use of such vehicles by some motorists across the country.

It also noted with “grave” concern the use of unregistered/unlicensed vehicles by some motorists on the highways in spite of repeated warnings from police authority.

“This unbecoming attitude has the capacity not only to heighten criminal activities but to place unnecessary pressure on security agencies and law abiding citizens,” it said.

The statement noted that their indiscriminate use posed danger as security reports indicated that “`criminal elements including suspected terrorists” hide behind them to execute their nefarious activities.

“The IG wishes to remind Nigerians from all walks of life, including politicians, military and security personnel that the ban on unlawful and indiscriminate use of tinted glasses and legislation forbidding the plying of unregistered vehicles are still in force. He wishes to clearly state that the Nigeria Police will no longer tolerate few misguided Nigerians who abuse the use of tinted glasses and unregistered/unlicensed vehicles. Similarly, owners of unregistered/unlicensed vehicles are advised to immediately register them and obtain appropriate licences or withdraw them forthwith from public roads,” the statement noted.

The statement said that the habit complicated the challenge of effectively policing the country and endangered the lives and property of law abiding citizens.




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Obama look like the Devil, his number also adds up to the beast.!!!....Obama is 44th president of the United States of America and the word "Beast" is mentioned in its singular form 44 times in the book of Revelations. ........Barack Obama Born 4 August 1961 the 216th day of the year. 216 = 6x6x6........A=6 B=12 C=18 D=24 E=36 etc. BARACK = 216 = 6X6X6..............A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4 E=5 F=6 G=7 H=8 I=9 J=10 K=11 L=12 M= 13 N=14 O=15 P=16 Q=17 R=18 S=19 T=20 U=21 V=22 W=23 X=24 Y=25 Z=26. Barack: =2+1+18+1+3+11=36 Hussein=8+21+19+19+5+9+14=95 Obama = 15+2+1+13+1=32 Add these three totals 36+95+32=163 Multiply by the Beast: = 163 x 666 = 108,558 Split and Add: = 108 + 558 = 666. From this compiling evidence we can now take it that Obama is the Devil incarnate to be.






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Indications are emerging that president Jonathan may drop Vice president namadi Sambo for the current senate president David mark as running mate. in the 2015 president. 2015 will be Hot.

There's this guy who parades himself as an activist on twitter claiming to protect girls from potential suitors/predators and 'in the best interest of all Nigerian". However its now known that he formed an Ngo for selfish purposes.
One major thing about him is the fact that he doesn't welcome criticism of any sort. He will block anybody who tries to criticize him. What is he hiding why can you allow the public to criticize you.

Oprah Winfrey, $2.8 billion

American. Television
Oprah still remains the only African-American billionaire in the world. Her cable channel, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) enjoyed favorable ratings with an exclusive interview with disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong and other extremely popular interviews with stars like Beyonce and Rihanna. She also announced an upcoming Tyler Perry-helmed sitcom on her network. Still one of America’s more generous philanthropists, Oprah’s lifetime giving is estimated at $400 million. She has spent about $100 million on the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.

for real?

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday called for the abolition of the indigenship clause.

According to the governor, such a move will allow people, particularly women, to contest elections wherever they reside instead of being forced to go back to their states of origin.

The governor said this in Lagos at the 2013 Annual Lecture of non-profit organisation Women in Management and Business, which had the theme, ‘Leadership: Women Making a Difference’.

Oshiomhole said, “The issue of whether a woman should claim her husband’s state of origin or your own state of origin is part of our national problems. To start with, the real legal issue is why should our right to contest for any office be determined by our state of origin?

“It would have been easier for me to win election in Kaduna State where I had lived all my life, where I had mobilised all sorts of people and protests. But for political reasons I was told I had to go to my state of origin. I had no choice about where I was born, but I chose where to live.

“We must support, particularly now that they are talking of constitutional amendment, that this concept of indigeneship, we should have it completely abolished in our public discuss.”

The governor, who urged women to participate more actively in politics, explained that if residence rather than indigeneship was what determined where a person could contest election, then the issue of where a woman or her husband is from, would not matter.

According to Oshiomhole, while the lots of women has improved over the years, there is still the need for women to occupy more leadership roles in the society in order to ensure equality between men and women.

He said, “Between 2010 and mid-2012, we had about 20 women who were serving as presidents or as Prime Ministers in different countries. About 15 women are known to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”

He added, “It is clear that some progress has been made in terms of girl child education, but increases in women education relative to men has not resulted in gender equality.”

He explained that the fact that no political party in the country had a woman as national chairman showed that there was still a long way to go.