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What does wishing death on this woman have to do with the governors duty of keeping the state clean? That was really harsh and uncalled for. We are beginning to see the true colours of some these our so called leaders.

I can't laff! Asari said he is now from Benin the other time, abi. He built University in his new country of his, right? I still don't know where he got the money that he used to build the university. Na dem sabi sha. But what school or other structures has he put in place to better the lot of the so called militants and his people in the Niger Delta? . Why are we wasting time on someone who does not want to be a Nigerian?

This Enyeama is on point. Beautiful game of football. This not that Nig-Ethiopia moi moi ball.

This is just one state and things turned out this way, I shudder at what will happen in 2015! We still have a very long way to go in this country.

Nice thread!

Thank you CHELSEA!

Over joy don make Chelsea coach craze finish

obongtunji: I had similar experience 3 times, but turst me i didn't fall for any, let me tell you how the last one happened in Abuja. I came out of the car as soon as I stopped my car, the attendant asked me "Oga how much fuel" I told him full tank, after resetting the pump he was actually pumping the fuel but gently because he didn't press the nozzle very well, so it was dispensing very slowly, I knew he was up to something before you know it another woman came to ask if I wanted injector cleaner and I told her no but she engaged me in irrelevant stories, after the guy dispensed #100, he removed the nozzle and placed it back to the pump claiming they changed the power source from generator to phcn, I saw it clearly that it was #100. After resetting the pump he later dispensed #4000 fuel he now said including the first one which was #1000, that was where I started shouting on him and told him I was aware of all his tricks, he couldn't say a word, his colleague in crime started begging me to pay what I said he dispensed, but I made sure I talked sense into their heads. Please guys you should watch out when you want to buy fuel........lop

Same thing happened to me at the Conoil filling station as you join the express from the old domestic airport in Lagos. The lady attendant kept denying but from her body language it was obvious she knew exactly what she and her colleague did. We fight our leaders but the main killers are those that kill from amongst us.

See as stadium quiet now!

Finally a goal!

WTF

That woman made Adam to sin against God. But if you read Gen3:6, you would see that Adam was there with Eve and the serpent but didn't refuse the fruit when he was offered some, neither did he rebuke satan. That guy fall men hand for life! He was just there committing lookery . So no be Eve make us sin anything. The same brain wey Eve get na im Adam get but the brain no pick for dat day. The tin pain me well well. . Man con make us accessory to the "crime".

While dismissing criticisms trailing the suspension as “bar (beer parlour) comments from drunks and addicts,...” Princess Oduah

The caustic tongue of a minister! . These people have no decorum sha.

And what did she base her conclusions on? The report of from experts who are supposed to start investigating the cause of the crash? O ga o.

What a cold thread! I am alReady too drained to put down my experience. As sad as it may be, the thread has confirmed to many that 'you are not alone'. And others would get some healing from this. I have come to realise that God and maybe time ease the pain. May we remember to keep in touch with people we love. Peace!

Wishing them a lovely day.

Ermm, where are all the NL e-tishas? Today is your day o. .

Those women deaf abi dem blind ni? No be their governor say im prefer small small girls for marriage? Who dem say dem wan report give again? Their governor must have encouraged the matured men in the state to go for minors!

Someone please tell these women say dem demonstration don enter voice mail. According to your governor, you are not fit for purpose,pele. M

Rest in peace to the dead.

Thanks OP.

Beats me why people still insist on playing mr or mrs god. So what if the couple admitted to telling lies,watching porn movies, stealing, engaging in 'holy gossip', back stabbing etc, before getting married, did the pastor over look those but picked on the sex before marriage part? Which sin Is greater than the other? What if you insist that they conduct repentance and they pretend to do so and get wedded by the pastor? How can you tell the heart of man? Why won't the pastor just tell them the implications of what they did and leave the decision they take thereafter between them and God? And if people hear this in church, how many proposed couple will come out after now to tell the pastor that they committed such sin. From many of the posts here, we can see how judgemental people can be in this country while at the same time carrying their own baggages of sin which they haven't cleared with God. Na wa o!

Hahahaha! My uncle thought me then that I will know that I placed the pair properly before wearing them if I see an 'O' in the middle of the pair, after placing them side by side. BINGO, that did the magic for me!!!

One lesson that I learnt from this is that bigotry and tribalism should just stop! Don't think that because this is a faceless forum you should post things that incite people against others. You may say that you are having fun and don't take these things serious. However remember that there are some immature minds here who may think otherwise. This cancer systematically eating up this country. Tribe determines if you will get a job, promotion, rent apartment, even get a school etc. What are we planning for the next generation? People, let us think, THINK!

HBD, peaceful Peace! Wish you many more fruitful years.

Can Fashola Deport Non-Lagosian Nigerians?
Rotimi Fawole - August 2, 2013 - Politics

“Gentrification” – the transformation of a run-down neighbourhood into a more prosperous one – is a word that one comes across much more frequently these days, in discussions about the government of Lagos State. While the state government, under the leadership of Governor Fashola, regularly receives plaudits for its approach to infrastructural development and the restoration of law and order, it seems that the side-effect is that Lagos is no country for broke(n) men.

In addition to banning commercial motorcycles (“okada”), rickshaws (“Keke Marwa”) and destitute persons from many parts of Lagos, the government has gone further on least 2 occasions to barrack some of these people into buses and forcibly transport them to other parts of the country. The most recent deportation/repatriation took place on the 24th of July 2013, with the “dumping” of 72 persons forcibly transported from Lagos at the Iweka Bridge, Onitsha. Naturally, the reactions have been of deep concern and outrage.

Governor Fashola’s Special Adviser on Youth & Social Development, Dr. Enitan Dolapo Badru, has gone on record in defence of the administration to claim, amongst other things, that the operation was not a repatriation, but the facilitation of a reunion between the destitute persons and their families. Apart from the confirmation that “at least 1,708 beggars and destitute have been expelled from Lagos to their various States and countries since January 2013, in government’s bid to rid the streets of beggars and the mentally challenged”, Dr Badru stated further that “the international standard requires the State to reunite them with their families…The end result is to reunite them back with their families. We are not repatriating them out of Lagos, we are reuniting them with their families because once we rescue them, we cannot as a government, hold a child under the age of 18 in custody without parental or guardian’s consent. We found out that a lot of children on the streets of Lagos come from outside the state thinking that Lagos is an Eldorado. It is unfortunate that many of them are underage and very vulnerable because they can be introduced to so many vices.”

“When we rescue them, we try as much as possible to carry out social investigation to know where they actually come from and why they absconded in the first place. And this takes time, because most of them don’t usually tell the truth since they don’t want to go back home. Once we have them in our custody, we must take a Court Order to keep them since the law provides for that and we cannot keep them indefinitely, so we still need to send them back to their parents. And our practice is to get in touch with the social welfare services of their respective states, which would in turn get in touch with the families.

“In the last one year, a total number of 3,114 beggars, destitute and mentally-challenged have been rescued in day and night operations and 2,695 were taken to the Rehabilitation and Training Centre, Owutu, Ikorodu, where the state government has made provisions for facilities to help in turning their lives around, while the mentally-unstable are given medical attention.”

It is necessary to quote him as extensively as done here because of the implications and ramifications of what the government of Lagos State is doing here.

The SA appears to be implying that only those under the age of 18 are carted away on these family reunion projects, the reason being that Lagos State cannot indefinitely hold minors in its custody without parental consent. His statement implies further that the mentally infirm are not repatriated but looked after in state-run facilities. If this is the case, the constitution would appear to justify the government of Lagos State.

Section 35(1) of the 1999 constitution provides that “[E]very person shall be entitled to his personal liberty and no person shall be deprived of such liberty save in the following cases and in accordance with a procedure permitted by law: …(d) in the case of a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years, for the purpose of his education or welfare; (e) in the case of a person suffering from infections or contagious disease, persons of unsound mind, persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or vagrants, for the purpose of their care or treatment or the protection of the community…”

What this means is that while everyone is entitled to personal liberty, government is allowed to deprive under-18s and the mentally challenged of this liberty, for the stated purposes.

However, it is doubtful that only under-18s are deported, given the statements that have been made by some of the Iweka 72 and the fact that none of the political leaders of that geopolitical zone has commented on the deportees being children. And, in any event, that section of the constitution does not justify forcible removal from Lagos.

There is also the question of the basis on which the government determines that these minors have parents and whether it repatriates such people regardless of whether or not they are orphans. What measures does it take to ensure that minors are actually reunited with their parents rather than merely exchanging Carter Bridge for Upper Iweka Bridge? If indeed, the government of Lagos State merely dumped 72 minors at Iweka Bridge, has it not breached its obligation of security and social welfare to these minors, as guaranteed by Section 14(2)(b) of the constitution?

Furthermore, if the government of Lagos State is sifting through destitute persons within its territory, on the basis of states of origin, to determine who would be entitled to social welfare, there is a clear question of whether or not such a process is discriminatory. I would in fact argue that it is discriminatory, given that it is highly unlikely that these repatriated/deported persons were actually reunited with any family as the government would have us believe.

Section 42(1) of the constitution says “A citizen of Nigeria of a particular community, ethnic group, place of origin, sex, religion or political opinion shall not, by reason only that he is such a person – (a) be subjected either expressly by, or in the practical application of, any law in force in Nigeria or any executive or administrative action of the government, to disabilities or restrictions to which citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places of origin, sex religions or political opinions are not made subject;…”

Section 41(1) of the constitution states that “[E]very citizen of Nigeria is entitled to move freely throughout Nigeria and to reside in any part thereof, and no citizen shall be expelled from Nigeria or refused entry thereto or exit therefrom.

Taking these two sections of the constitution together, a citizen of Nigeria is entitled to move freely within Nigeria and live in any location of his choice and has the right not to be discriminated against on the basis of his place of origin.

Indeed, there would be implications for the “indivisibility” of Nigeria (Section 2(1) of the constitution) if every state began deciding who would be entitled to its services on the basis of their places of origin.

I would suggest that the government of Lagos State reevaluate its strategy for the gentrification of the mega city. The mega city, no matter how mega or giga or even tetra it may become, will only be a city within a state, within a federation. Unless, of course, the deportations are a declaration of secession…and we have been down that road before, have we not?

Really! So people 'voted' the 'blackmailed' senators to the senate to do what Mr. Yerima dictates and not the constitution? Don't they have their own brains? And after this they take home their armed-robber salaries for sitting down to discuss such rubbish!

This is just the herd-mentality at work, if you ask me. The constituencies involved should recall the 'blackamailed senators, including Mr Yerima immediately. LHM.

Some people just need to be castrated, period!

NL, una dooo! Dem send una? See as dis pipo wan use laff wound me o!

Hahahaha! LWKMD. Children plenty here, I swear. What is her sin again? She is Single and 38! People are just here voking any how because she has refused to live her life according to una dictates abi? Make una continue, una hear. Just continue sniffing her age and her backside whilst she continues to be light years ahead of you in every aspect(AGE,FINANCE, FAME etc). She worked hard to be where she is today and owes no one any apology for what her marital status is.

A word of advice though, why don't you people transfer this your anger to the "married" agbayas in government who have sworn to keep this generation in perpetual poverty!

And who will visit the graves of those eliminated by him and the government that he served? Mustapha is now a celebrated 'saint'! Wonders will never end in this country.

Erhm, if it is as serious as they want us to believe, why hasn't he been flown abroad like others before him? Have they not(before now) been giving us the impression that our hospitals are not good enough for them? The same people that will suffer small headache and they are on the next available plane to oyinbo man's country? Abi, is the man playing kalo kalo with his life because of party politics? When they were chopping alone, dem remember me? I beg, make I park well joor make dem pass. I need body and soul intact to make sure I am able to cater for me and my people. For the rest of una, make una allow these people settle their quarrel. If dem no fit, na dem sabi! But one thing I know is that THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT US!

I am just tired of this whole thing a beg. When the going was good for these people, how many of them remembered the populace when they were carrying ghana must go bags from Abuja. How much of the monies that they collected from their NGF for instance finally got to the people? Why are they now dragging the whole nation into their rofo rofo fights? The people I pity are those 'thugs' who get involved in these fights all in the name of protecting their useless masters. The fighters know what exactly happened. Their short movie series are not adding up. My prayer still remains that all gatherings for the selfish ends of some of our politicians to the detriment of the masses should fail-ALWAYS!

Yes o, the poor guy has no means of communicating with you people on the state of affairs of the country from wherever he is! We hear you Mr. Microphone!!! You people should check yourselves before you go down in history as the ones that brought back the khaki boys.

Really sad! Who knows what these dead student would have turned out to be in this universe? Their lives were cut short by some imbeciles called cultists.

My pain is that after they perpetrated such heinous crimes almost all of the cultists have long integrated themselves into our society. Many of them would have families of their own. I also just have the feeling that most of them are still the same rascals in government pretending to be running the affairs of this country. Some of them do behave like wild animals.

R.I.P to dead. You went to sleep early but you won't be forgotten. Wonder what their loved ones went and are still going through.