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So this means what actually?

One month from today or one month instead of 2 weeks freezing?

That's it. One month instead of 2 weeks freezing but people have decided to twist the info to mean, u can't get help even if u were 30days old and due. People should read meaning into messages before creating panic.

it's such an unfortunate situation the MDCN that is suppose to protect doctors create. I just hope somebody looks into this.

I just love reading comments on nairaland. Hilarious comments that will just make ur day.

very hilarious & entertaining piece and original too.

oh dear! hav'nt laughed this hard in a while. good sense of humour.

Have been quite broke sha. 2day i spent
#1200 on recharge cards
#1000 Fueling my car
#200 bread
#150 egg
#100 tin milk
#200 Orbit gum
Total#2,750. Sincerely high 4 a broke me.

BSUTH has very impressive infrastructure & equipments but lack a lot personnel wise. Having said that the efforts put in by the state Govt in building the hospital is very commendable,i visited this hospital about this time last year.kudos to Gov. George Akume & Gabriel Suswam on this.

Have lost several amounts of money,$15,000(FX trading platform) ,$3,800. Most recently was when i ordered a samsamg galaxy tab from "wireless everything" via Amazon.com for $570 & never received d package. When i kept complaining & threatening,the fraudulent site(wirelesseverything.com) closed down. Now am so careful with the net

I have always loved Nigerian military but this thread has made me even love them the more. God bless & protect our troops,help them crushthis minority group that wants to rubish the sovereignity our leaders past worked for.

World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948. Each year a theme is selected for World Health Day that highlights a priority area of public health concern in the world.

The theme for 2013 is high blood pressure.About high blood pressure

High blood pressure – also known as raised blood pressure or hypertension – increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure. If left uncontrolled, high blood pressure can also cause blindness, irregularities of the heartbeat and heart failure. The risk of developing these complications is higher in the presence of other cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes. One in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure. The proportion increases with age, from 1 in 10 people in their 20s and 30s to 5 in 10 people in their 50s. Prevalence of high blood pressure is highest in some low-income countries in Africa, with over 40% of adults in many African countries thought to be affected.

However, high blood pressure is both preventable and treatable. In some developed countries, prevention and treatment of the condition, together with other cardiovascular risk factors, has brought about a reduction in deaths from heart disease. The risk of developing high blood pressure can be reduced by:

reducing salt intake;
eating a balanced diet;
avoiding harmful use of alcohol;
taking regular physical activity;
maintaining a healthy body weight; and
avoiding tobacco use.
Goals: Greater awareness, healthy behaviours, improved detection, and enabling environments

The ultimate goal of World Health Day 2013 is to reduce heart attacks and strokes. Specific objectives of the campaign are:

to raise awareness of the causes and consequences of high blood pressure;
to provide information on how to prevent high blood pressure and related complications;
to encourage adults to check their blood pressure and to follow the advice of health-care professionals;
to encourage self-care to prevent high blood pressure;
to make blood pressure measurement affordable to all; and
to incite national and local authorities to create enabling environments for healthy behaviours.
www.who.int/world-health-day/en/

What a "bomb scare"!
So I was in church for sunday service and from no where appeared this middle aged man with 90% morphology that of a northerner and dressed exactly like a contemporary "Aboki"(note that the service was almost coming to an end,so y is someone coming to church now).My mind told me-"u re dead",this is a suicide bomber."Phewww!!" ,tarchycardia ensued.what do I do now?i asked myself as most of the horrifying pictures of church bombings flashed through my mind. And then he spoke Ibo to the girl in front of me telling her to move so that he can sit,hmmmm,that brought down my BP to abt 170/140mmHg,so he is ibo!!! I mused,but i dismissed that with a wave of the hand telling myself this man must have gone to learn ibo as a perfect strategy to fit into the east for his mission. Every move of this man was suspect-he looked up,down,left,right and then backwards almost every minutes. To worsen the situation,an announcement which came over d speakers caught my attention which has been lost in deep thoughts(how re my gonna die this early?I ve not even enjoyed this car )should I shout "BOMB"!!!!hmmm,i may be raising a false alarm i thought, or should I just sneak out?,all this thoughts came in split seconds),the announcement was about a security donation which we have been urged to make to help curb the insecurity associated with bombings in d country $ especial in the churches. At this point i felt deceived $ cheated,so this guys knew about this imminent bombing $ kept quiet all this while only to be talking about it now the "threat is real". In my mind i was already up to make 4 the door only 4 d priest to urge people to sit $ listen to this "very important announcement,i was back to reality sitted and figetting inside of me.
Dear Lord......,i started to pray as soon as i was sane enough to remember i was even in a church $ could ask God to help change the heart of this man to desist from bombing his place of worship. The more i prayed,the more the whole situation looked even more real and the more scared i got. Time was'nt also helpful here as it looked as though the time just froze. Why did i even come to church,i started to blame myself. Could'nt u have just stayed at home and watched EWTN?(a christian TV network on Dstv which airs live masses),now look at the situation u are in.And just as God answers prayers,the service came to an end amid my horrendous thoughts. I need not to tell u that i was the first to leave the church and its environs and without being pessimistic was waiting to watch the news of the bombing on TV. Phewwww,God saved me!!!

[quote author=uzoo]After his Gaffe on National TV, the Lagos State NSCDC Commandant, Mr Obafaiye Shem, who was interviewed on Channels Television and couldn’t tell his organisation’s website, has immediately issued a statement in his defense, saying his “reluctance to put ‘dot.com‘ at the end of the website was totally intentional and not regretted”
In his statement, he says he “intentionally shied away from using the dot com”, as it sounded sexual, in fact, too sexual to be uttered on “Live TV”. He also said the presence of a Woman on the panel made him “too uncomfortable to say the word ‘com’, a Homonym of ‘cum’ as it would have been embarassing for her”
In an exclusive Telephone chat with Fake9janews, he further said:
“Look, i did not want to embarass myself by saying such dirty word. There was a woman there, how would i have sounded? I am a man of high moral standing…….if you think i’m telling lie, ask MY OGA AT THE TOP. That Is All”
Meanwhile, GEJ has just watched a recording of the interview, and has set up a committee to find out the real Website of the NSCDC.[/quoteak kaii!!! U pple won't kill me on NL LWKMD!!!

Ubenedictus: it happened some centuries ago and you may not witness it in your life, urban vi elected 1379, wasnt a cardinal he was arch bishop, i think dat was d last time a non cardinal became pope, his papacy was a disaster, he allowed pride to enter his head and had many uncharitable words for his cardinals, the cardinals took advantage of d fact that there were hipcups in his election (d cardinals were pressured), and elected and anti pope in france and another anti pope in portugal. Meaning 3 people claimed to be pope. The situation was a shame to behold.
The last non priest to become pope was leo x 1513, his dogmatic ponouncement with military precision was a catalyst for d "reformation". that means protestanism started in the time of leo x wu seemed to rebuke luther with d same fierceness luther used to attack d church. The result was catastrophe.
Those are two non cardinals who became pope and something just seem to go wrong with them.

simply put,judging 4rm d above cardinals re just d best to occupy d position. I pray they continue to make the correct decision 4 d betterment of the church & our faith.

Ubenedictus: that is very correct, many a time none cardinals have been pope, none bishops too and other times none priests. But recently we havent had a none priest. Wo knows maybe the cardinal will suprise somebody, though i honestly doubt that. If a none priest emerge that means the cardinal couldnt reach a decision early that means a long conclave.

surprised anyway , ve been a catholic 4 yrs & neva heard or seen that. Who knws d last tym such happened?

engrtee: If another candidate wins, can arinze go to court and protest?

very funny

"Any baptised catholic can be elected" did u see that!! That means i can be d nxt pope!!!!

Pope Benedict XVI resigned at the end of february, at the age of 85.

He is the first pontiff to have stepped down since Gregory XII in 1415.

Canon Law states: "If it happens that the Roman Pontiff resigns his office, it is required for validity that the resignation is made freely and properly manifested but not that it is accepted by anyone."

Pope Benedict's resignation has set in motion the centuries-old process of electing a new pope.

Cardinals summoned to Rome

Popes are chosen by the College of Cardinals, the Church's most senior officials, who are appointed by the Pope and usually ordained bishops. They are summoned to a meeting at the Vatican which is followed by the Papal election - or Conclave.


There are currently 203 cardinals from 69 countries. The rules of the Conclave were changed in 1975 to exclude all cardinals over the age of 80 from voting. The maximum number of cardinal electors is 120.

During the forthcoming Conclave, there will be 115 cardinal-electors: they have to be younger than 80 to be eligible to vote, but Cardinal Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, the 78 year-old Archbishop Emeritus of Jakarta, has ruled himself out of travelling to Rome due to the "progressive deterioration" of his vision.

Cardinal Keith O'Brien - Britain's most senior Catholic cleric - has also been ruled out of the voting after his resignation over allegations of inappropriate conduct.

Normally the Dean of the College of Cardinals would be responsible for the convoking the Conclave. However, as the Dean, Italian Cardinal Angelo Sodano, is 85 and too old to vote, the senior cardinal-elector, Giovanni Battista Re, takes on the responsibility.

Sixty-seven of the men who will vote for the new pope were appointed by Benedict XVI, and 49 by his predecessor John Paul II. About half (60) are European, and 21 are Italian. There will also be 19 Latin Americans, 14 North Americans, 11 Africans, 10 Asians and one cardinal from Oceania among the voters.

During the time between the Pope's resignation and the election of his successor, the college of cardinals will govern the Church, headed by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, as the cardinal camerlengo - or chamberlain.

It is his job to supervise the whole election process, with secret votes being held four times daily inside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. During the Conclave, cardinals reside within the Vatican and are not permitted any contact with the outside world.

During this period all the cardinals - retirees included - will begin to discuss in strict secrecy the merits of likely candidates.

The cardinals do not have to choose one of their own number - theoretically any baptised male Catholic can be elected pope - but tradition says that they will almost certainly give the job to a cardinal.

The Vatican talks about the cardinals being guided by the Holy Spirit. But although open campaigning is forbidden, a papal election is still a highly political process.

The coalition-builders have about two weeks to forge alliances and senior cardinals who may themselves have little chance of becoming pope can still exert a considerable influence over the others.

Secret conclave


The election of a pope is conducted in conditions of secrecy unique in the modern world.

The cardinals are shut away in the Vatican until they reach agreement - the meaning of the word conclave indicating that they are literally locked up "with a key".

The election process can take days. In previous centuries it has gone on for weeks or months and some cardinals have even died during conclaves.

The process is designed to prevent any of the details of the voting emerging, either during or after the conclave. The threat of excommunication hangs over anyone tempted to break this silence.

John Paul II changed the rules of the Conclave so a Pope could be elected by simple majority.

But Benedict XVI changed the requirements back so that a two-thirds majority is required, meaning the man elected is likely to be a compromise candidate.

Before the voting begins in the Sistine Chapel, the entire area is checked by security experts to ensure there are no hidden microphones or cameras.

Once the conclave has begun, the cardinals eat, vote and sleep within closed-off areas until a new pope has been chosen.

They are allowed no contact with the outside world - barring a medical emergency. All radios and television sets are removed, no newspapers or magazines are allowed in, and mobile phones are banned.

Two doctors are allowed into the conclave, as well as priests who are able to hear confessions in various languages and housekeeping staff.

All these staff have to swear an oath promising to observe perpetual secrecy, and undertake not to use sound or video recording equipment.

Voting rituals


Voting is held in the Sistine Chapel, "where everything is conducive to an awareness of the presence of God, in whose sight each person will one day be judged".

On the day the conclave begins, the cardinals celebrate Mass in the morning before walking in procession to the chapel.

Once the cardinals are inside the conclave area, they have to swear an oath of secrecy. Then, the Latin command "extra omnes" ("everyone out" instructs all those not involved in the election to leave before the doors are closed.

The cardinals have the option of holding a single ballot on the afternoon of the first day. From the second day, two ballots are held in the morning and two in the afternoon.

The ballot paper is rectangular. Printed on the upper half are the words "Eligio in Summum Pontificem" ("I elect as Supreme Pontiff". Below is a space for the name of the person chosen. The cardinals are instructed to write the name in a way that does not identify them, and to fold the paper twice.

After all the votes have been cast, the papers are mixed, counted and opened.

As the papers are counted, one of the scrutineers calls out the names of those cardinals who have received votes. He pierces each paper with a needle - through the word "Eligio" - placing all the ballots on a single thread.

The ballot papers are then burned - giving off the smoke visible to onlookers outside which traditionally turns from black to white once a new pope has been chosen.

Damp straw was once added to the stove to turn the smoke black, but over the years there has often been confusion over the colour of the smoke. More recently a dye has been used.

If a second vote is to take place immediately, the ballots from the first vote are put on one side and then burned together with those from the second vote. The process continues until one candidate has achieved the required majority.

Reaching a decision


Pope John Paul II changed the rules of election in 1996. Previously, a candidate had to secure a majority of two-thirds to be elected pope (two-thirds plus one vote if the number of cardinals does not divide by three).

John Paul II ruled that the voting could shift to a simple majority (50% plus one vote) after about 12 days of inconclusive voting.

In 2007, Pope Benedict passed a decree reverting back to the two-thirds majority, thus encouraging cardinals to reach consensus, rather than one bloc backing a candidate with more than half the votes and then holding out for 12 days to ensure his election.

If after three days of balloting nobody has gained the two-thirds majority, voting is suspended for a maximum of one day to allow a pause for prayer, informal discussion and what is described as "a brief spiritual exhortation" by the senior cardinal in the Order of Deacons.

At the end of the election, a document is drawn up giving the results of the voting at each session, and handed over to the new pope. It is kept in an archive in a sealed envelope, which can be opened only on the orders of the pope.

The only clue about what is going on inside the Sistine Chapel is the smoke that emerges twice a day from burning the ballot papers. Black signals failure. The traditional white smoke means a new pope has been chosen.

New pope announced


After the election of the new pope has been signalled by white smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney, there will be a short delay before his identity is finally revealed to the world.

Once one candidate has attained the required majority, he is then asked: "Do you accept your canonical election as Supreme Pontiff?"

Having given his consent, the new pope is asked: "By what name do you wish to be called?"

After he has chosen a name, the other cardinals then approach the new pope to make an act of homage and obedience.

The new pope also has to be fitted into his new robes. The papal tailor will have prepared garments to dress a pope of any size - small, medium or large - but some last-minute adjustments may be required.

Then, from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica, the traditional announcement will echo around the square: "Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum... habemus papam!" - "I announce to you a great joy... we have a pope!"

His name is then revealed, and the newly-elected pontiff will make his first public appearance.

After saying a few words, the pope will give the traditional blessing of Urbi et Orbi - "to the city and the world" - and a new pontificate will have begun.
Source http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21412589?SThisFB:BBc

Can't 4get that morning.Came out to buy bread @ d shop in d estate & then i saw her.I was stunned by her beauty & was only re-awakened by her subtle voice when she greeted me.I came out d nxt morning to buy bread & saw her again,dis tym i had courage & chatted her up.We became friends & then dated 4 5yrs.I really loved her

Prettychyna: @beautiful onyi,You sounded so bitter,why? Can't believe that a doctor can be this myopic. Is that what you were told in school?that you alone make use of your brain while others are dunces. This is the same thing we have been saying all this while,your statement defines the kind of doctor you are. You mean to tell me that I spent 5years in the university learning just that? And am being paid well for it? Wow,that sounds so great! Did the pharmacist also spend 6years in the uni learning how to count and dispense drugs? You need to wake up girl,no need to ague with somebody who is probably suffering from delusion of grandeur

lol @ pharmacists counting drugs . A nurse once tld me that she heard we were taught how to treat nurses as subordinates while in sch ,wtf!!how can that be true.I think this problem is more of a mind thing than its actual.For me,nurses re my collegues & i treat them well to the best of my ability & professionalism.

what a piece!!!

Lol @ afam4eva:no allow make fear kill u ooo.For me i think its fear of failure(atychiphobia) but not that type that make pple settle 4 mediocrity.I also fear rodents(not proud of this anyway

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