Wow...a mod is saying trash...hmm..and you the all knowing one has the right to point out their "trash" in a trashy manner and to label them as BMC all because they opined differently?
Learn to be civil...
Quit being dramatic about this shi# and move on. No swallow panadol for another person head ache. Except you are the same person on another moniker.
Really? So cause mynd44 is a mod he shdnt have an opinion? Wow...where did you get that skewed idea from?
Son state yours and move on...if what he said or what anyone says makes you loose sleep please counter theirs in a civil manner and not trying to gag em...nowhere in the Nairaland rules does it say that a mod can't make a submission on any thread at least Seun comments whenever he deems it fit to!
And youths like you (that's if you are one) that label people as BMC and what not, all because they don't see things through your prism are a huge problem you know!
Oga, mods are allowed to have their opinions as well as everyone else. it is also right to point out when someone is saying trash....Thats the essence of the forum.
They kidnapped the girls, the president didn't release an official statement until his red carpet show of shame at Dapchi. A week later, they are released in broad daylight and even have the time to preach and cruise through town.
Meeeeen....we need to sell this country and give each person his share of the cash.
They had a window where they were promised that they wont be attacked or arrested.
That is how you negotiate peace accords to save civillians
Sir, as a Nairaland mod, I plead that you save the last remaining piece of dignity you have by not commenting on what you don't know of. Or were you part of the negotiating team? Or perhaps a BMC member in which case you shouldn't be a mod.
pinkcottoncandy: When Jonathan sits back to reflect on his time as a president, what do you think his regrets will be?
The man had his chance to stamp his name in history books and he failed woefully..
This opened the door for the daura d-ullardinho to unleash carnage on the Nigerian people.
Do you think he will be hating himself now>?
Thank God Jonathan allowed the cattle to take power. At least the so called messiah has been demystified . Now we can vote with our brains and not our hearts.
It is with great joy that I want to celebrate our special, charming and charismatic President for commissioning three big projects in less than a month.
He was in Kano to commission the marriage of the governor's daughter on 3rd of March, was in Kano again on the 16th of March to commission the daughter of Africa's richest man and just one day after, he is in Abuja today commissioning the daughter of the Vice President.
Thank you President Buhari for your noble achievements in the space of three weeks.
Let us all ignore those whose daughters were kidnapped cos those ones are abandoned projects
FortifiedCity: There's nothing that gives you a larger than life aura than having to leave people to lkeep guessing your source of financial abundance
Rubbish....all billionaires have known sources of income. Anybody who cannot clearly state his source of income is not proud of it because of its illegality or immorality.
They were capture and killed and were not in a five hour battle. Their hands and legs were tied before the execution. Boko Haram is much stronger than APC is claiming. Thanks to PMBs ransom money.
OtemAtum: Juju is a mere psychological manifestation. I know how many people currently think that I am a wizard with Juju right now because of the way I make jest of witches and wizards and the gods, including Yahweh, Allah etc continuously without having any repercussion. Well, it's probably because I am another god out there
Those people are ignorant. All I see in you is a person who has his fears about the supernatural. You only fight your fear through doubt. I have been an atheist once. So I know how guys like you are.
OtemAtum: Africans can fear rumours and propaganda sha. So your forefathers have this juju, yet the whites colonised them like that? hmm.
Lol. Every society has their own Juju. While Juju has it's limits, it's existence cannot be overruled. Seeing is believing. I know you have not seen, so I'm not surprised about your beliefs. Like I said, let's pray we do not experience it.
OtemAtum: First of all, I haven't denied spiritual powers, rather, I have denied the use of spiritual powers extensively in our physical world. What I am saying is that spiritual powers are used in the spiritual worlds, not here. Over here, we manifest physical and psychological powers which give the the ignorant people the illusions of spiritual powers.
Now back to what I saw in the video, pls OP, tell me, if you are sleeping and somebody is jumping over you, will you not have the feeling that someone is actually around you? For crying out loud, how will someone be jumping over my body in sleep and I won't wake up when I am not dead? Even ordinary sound of crawling cockroach sef I am awake not to talk of the stamping of legs very close to me. Am I dead that I won't hear the sound and wake up?
As for the scream made by the child after waking up, it is natural. She shed tears to sleep, awoke and saw the bad man who kidnapped her, so she screamed out loud.
Anything needing more clarification?
Lol. I like the way you state your personal inexperienced beliefs as facts. The earlier you accept what is true, the less likely you will fall victim.
More work for Tinubu. How does he reconcile the parties in this situation. APC is worse than a sinking ship right now. It's more like a burning sinking ship with a time bomb.
Obinwenite: Is all because of hatred!,Good luck was an innocent man,with love for Nigeria. All the protest you saw during his era was all borne out of hatred.
I also don't think it was hatred for GEJ cos Buhari is hated now even more than Jonathan was in 2014.
If you and your kind don't like it , then protest. Why come here to rant By the way, you can't compare UNILAG, a first generation university with all the history and heritage with some obscure glorified kindergarten somewhere in poto poto land.
So Abiola is not worthy of being immortalized because Unilag is bigger than him?
When GEJ renamed Unilag as MAULAG, he was nearly crucified and all the supposed Abiola lovers preferred that Unilag retains its name rather than immortalized their hero.
Now PMB has renamed Ebonyi University as Alex Ekwueme University and the whole Nation is quiet.
So what's really the difference between these two situations.
laidelaitan: Tiwa Savage Slams BIzzleo For Calling Nigerian Artist Lazy.
Popular Nigerian PR guru, BIzzleo threw jabs at Nigerian artist for not investing in their music after posting a video of Cardib explaining how she worked hard to get to where she is now.
This post apparently didn't go down well with Tiwa Savage, as she put BIzzle on a blast in the comment section.
Most Nigerian artists are lazy with the exception of artists like Tu Baba and Djinee who do not play their CDs and lip sync to the background music while shouting rubbish from time to time.
It's true that Buhari is a comedian that's why he cracks people up. No wonder Nigeria of today is a joke. We don't want comedians in Aso Rock come 2019.
maclatunji: I see them invading threads spewing vitriol all over Nairaland.
Does this translate to our dear President not getting reelected in 2019? No.
Keep massaging your pathetic egos like the President has told you, he is strategic and doesn’t need to rush to achieve results. The man is quietly fixing the country in places that are fundamental and will almost certainly return him to power outside of divine decree that might say otherwise.
Outside of this, he is unstoppable.
Do we have problems in Nigeria? Obviously, huge ones but I definitely don't count the likes of you as part of the solution more like a greater part of the problem.
Ultimately, I am confident that Nigeria will prevail despite people like you.
Let's see if your hate will win you a councillor's seat. #LOL
I'm happy that you guys have seen that the presidency is not a bed of roses. In 2015, it was like Buhari was just going to wave his magic wand and everything will be good. Everybody said Jonathan was a demon that didn't do anything right and Buhari was the messiah. And Because of the awful propaganda, expectations were over the roof.
Don't blame people from Criticizing...thats what you did in 2015. Mind You, the bulk of Buhari's critics are former supporters.
President Buhari is a saint and can do no wrong. Everybody who is criticizing him are wailing wailers and members of the corrupt PDP who want to take back power to continue their looting spree effectively stopped by President Buhari.
I'll like you all to note the following and understand why President Buhari can do no wrong: 1. If President Buhari slaps you, it's your fault as you are the one that must have provoked him. 2. If Buhari takes any unconstitutional decision, it's because he has the interest of the country at heart and the constitution is hindering his love. 3. If President Buhari sleeps with your wife, it's because he is so charming that your wife seduced him and he decided to help you save your marriage by sleeping with her. 4. If President Buhari steals, he did not steal but only took some resources to save the Nigerian people from suffering. 5. If there is no fuel, it is because the economy is so good that Nigerians bought too many cars.
There are many reasons why President Buhari can do no wrong, but you can add yours.
I love my President and will support him till 2030. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria, God bless APC and God punish all those pretending to be suffering.
In this era of tense political and ethnic differences in Nigeria and indeed the world. Let's look at this old American "Nazi Propaganda" video from the 1940s. It is still very relevant today.
I read a thread on front page where Northern Elders Forum Bugage said Nigeria's Oil Belong to the Nigerian state and our claim to the oil in the sea is due to the landmass of the North.
I did a little research on territorial waters and found out that there is no international law that determines the extent of territorial waters based on the land mass of any country. Rather it is fixed based on the various types of territorial waters involved except in cases where the territorial waters between the two countries is less than the maximum distance. Where both countries would have to negotiate their territorial waters.
Abeg if we have any lawyers that have the UN treaty which Bugage quoted here, kindly post it for us.
See Summarized version below and Extended wikipedia version further below:
Background
The extension of a nation regarding seawater is Guarded under UNCLOS - United Nation Convention On Laws of Sea. Thanks for the A2A
Primarily 4 terms are taken into for these matters;
1. Baseline 2. Territorial waters 3. Contiguous Zone 4. Exclusive Economic Zone
Baseline is the imaginary line drawn which includes the low waters close to the land. It acts as a base for redrawing of other zones thus the term baseline.
Territorial Waters extend to 12 nautical miles from baseline. It is that zone in which a nation has right to use any resource- mineral or human, regulate shipping etc.
Contiguous Zone extend to another 12 miles from the point where territorial waters end. It is mostly for regulation of laws regarding immigration, Customs, pollution etc. A country can catch a erring boat, ship if not following protocol in this zone.
Exclusive Economic zone (EEZ) extend to 200 nautical miles from the baseline. In this zone a country has exclusive right to exploit the resources at sea. International Shipping, military exercise usually take place in this zone. Beyond this zone is International waters.
Problem arises when countries are so close to each other that defining autonomy becomes an issue e.g. South china sea, India- Bangladesh, India - Sri lanka (Katchthivu islands). In such cases bilateral or international arbitration is required. If countries are spaced apart, the above rules follow.
Territorial waters or a territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,[1] is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state. The territorial sea is regarded as the sovereign territory of the state, although foreign ships (civilian) are allowed innocent passage through it, or transit passage for straits; this sovereignty also extends to the airspace over and seabed below. Adjustment of these boundaries is called, in international law, maritime delimitation.
The term "territorial waters" is also sometimes used informally to refer to any area of water over which a state has jurisdiction, including internal waters, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone and potentially the continental shelf.
Baseline Main article: Baseline (sea) Normally, the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured is the low-water line along the coast as marked on large-scale charts officially recognized by the coastal state. This is either the low-water mark closest to the shore, or alternatively it may be an unlimited distance from permanently exposed land, provided that some portion of elevations exposed at low tide but covered at high tide (like mud flats) is within 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) of permanently exposed land. Straight baselines can alternatively be defined connecting fringing islands along a coast, across the mouths of rivers, or with certain restrictions across the mouths of bays. In this case, a bay is defined as "a well-marked indentation whose penetration is in such proportion to the width of its mouth as to contain land-locked waters and constitute more than a mere curvature of the coast. An indentation shall not, however, be regarded as a bay unless its area is as large as, or larger than, that of the semi-circle whose diameter is a line drawn across the mouth of that indentation". The baseline across the bay must also be no more than 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) in length.
Internal waters
Internal and external territorial waters of the Philippines prior to the adoption of new baselines in 2009. Main article: Internal waters Waters landward of the baseline are defined as internal waters, over which the state has complete sovereignty: not even innocent passage is allowed. Lakes and rivers are considered internal waters. All "archipelagic waters" within the outermost islands of an archipelagic state such as Indonesia or the Philippines are also considered internal waters, and are treated the same with the exception that innocent passage through them must be allowed. However, archipelagic states may designate certain sea lanes through these waters.
Territorial sea A state's territorial sea extends up to 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) from its baseline. If this would overlap with another state's territorial sea, the border is taken as the median point between the states' baselines, unless the states in question agree otherwise. A state can also choose to claim a smaller territorial sea.
Conflicts still occur whenever a coastal nation claims an entire gulf as its territorial waters while other nations only recognize the more restrictive definitions of the UN convention. Two recent conflicts occurred in the Gulf of Sidra where Libya has claimed the entire gulf as its territorial waters and the U.S. has enforced freedom of navigation rights twice, in the 1981 and 1989 Gulf of Sidra incidents.
In the U.S. federal system, individual states exercise ownership (subject to federal law) up to 3 nautical miles (9 nautical miles for Texas and Florida) from shore, while the federal government exercises sole territorial jurisdiction further out (see Tidelands).
Contiguous zone The contiguous zone is a band of water extending from the outer edge of the territorial sea to up to 24 nautical miles (44.4 km; 27.6 mi) from the baseline, within which a state can exert limited control for the purpose of preventing or punishing "infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea". This will typically be 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) wide, but could be more (if a state has chosen to claim a territorial sea of less than 12 nautical miles), or less, if it would otherwise overlap another state's contiguous zone. However, unlike the territorial sea, there is no standard rule for resolving such conflicts and the states in question must negotiate their own compromise. The United States invoked a contiguous zone out to 24 nmi on 29 September 1999.[2]
Exclusive economic zone Main article: Exclusive economic zone An exclusive economic zone extends from the outer limit of the territorial sea to a maximum of 200 nautical miles (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) from the territorial sea baseline, thus it includes the contiguous zone.[3] A coastal nation has control of all economic resources within its exclusive economic zone, including fishing, mining, oil exploration, and any pollution of those resources. However, it cannot prohibit passage or loitering above, on, or under the surface of the sea that is in compliance with the laws and regulations adopted by the coastal State in accordance with the provisions of the UN Convention, within that portion of its exclusive economic zone beyond its territorial sea. Before the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982, coastal nations arbitrarily extended their territorial waters in an effort to control activities which are now regulated by the exclusive economic zone, such as offshore oil exploration or fishing rights (see Cod Wars). Indeed, the exclusive economic zone is still popularly, though erroneously, called a coastal nation's territorial waters.
Continental shelf Definition Article 76[4] gives the legal definition of continental shelf of coastal countries. For the physical geography definition, see the continental shelf page.
The continental shelf of a coastal nation extends out to the outer edge of the continental margin but at least 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) from the baselines of the territorial sea if the continental margin does not stretch that far. Coastal states have the right of exploration and exploitation of its natural resources, however other states could lay cables and pipelines if they are authorised by the coastal state. The outer limit of a country's continental shelf shall not stretch beyond 350 nautical miles (650 km; 400 mi) of the baseline, or beyond 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) from the 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) isobath, which is a line connecting the depths of the seabed at 2,500 meters.
The outer edge of the continental margin for the purposes of this article is defined as:
*a series of lines joining points not more than 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) apart where the thickness of sedimentary rocks is at least 1% of the height of the continental shelf above the foot of the continental slope; or *a series of lines joining points not more than 60 nautical miles apart that is not more than 60 nautical miles from the foot of the continental margin. The foot of the continental slope is determined as the point of maximum change in the gradient at its base.
The portion of the continental shelf beyond the 200 nautical mile limit is also known as the extended continental shelf. Countries wishing to delimit their outer continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles have to submit information on their claim to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. The Commission must make recommendations on matters related to the establishment of the outer limits of their continental shelf. The limits established based on these recommendations shall be final and binding.
Countries were supposed to lodge their submissions to extend their continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles within ten years of UNCLOS coming into force in the country, or by 13 May 2009 for countries where the convention had come into force before 13 May 1999. As of 1 June 2009, 51 submissions have been lodged with the Commission, of which eight have been deliberated by the Commission and have had recommendations issued. The eight are (in the order of date of submission): Russian Federation; Brazil; Australia; Ireland; New Zealand; the joint submission by France, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom; Norway and Mexico.
Politics / Re: Freed Dapchi Girls Arrive Home (Photos) by BlackPeni5: 7:35pm On Mar 21, 2018 
