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Jokes Etc / Re: Some Mothers Can Be So Funny by bluebutton: 6:21pm On Jan 04, 2015
Abeg oyibo people do it too. Have you not seen them with baby walkers. When African people try it, it becomes cruel but posh for oyibo.
Sango, Amadioha and Thor are the same people. The difference na the packaging.
Family / Re: What Was Your Nickname As A Child? by bluebutton: 3:58pm On Oct 03, 2014
I was called PAPA C. As a young lad, I reported so many bullies to strict teachers.
Funny, after that I became a bully myself.
The name changed from Papa C to Little Wizard then to Ozone then Sly then Sledge then Sphinx.
Now, I have stopped responding to my mates when they call out those names. I don't want my children to trace the reasons behind those names. All I can say it that I did cross your path, forgive my mistakes. If not, let he that tempts you protect you.
Jobs/Vacancies / Sphinx Media Inc. (uk-based Agency) Recruiting Now. by bluebutton: 10:03am On Sep 29, 2014
Sphinx Media Inc., a firm dedicated towards boosting academic proficiency in it's host country has opened it's doors to the public for employment.

SMI tries to blend education with entertainment making learning fun. It has also developed a scholarship scheme to train successful Nigerian undergraduates in any institute they get admitted into.

Application forms will soon be made available on the SMI website. ( http://www.sphinxmediainc.org/career.php )

However for updates please like the facebook page ( http://www.facebook.com/sphinxmediainc )

This firm is duly sponsored by the Duke and Duchess of Derbyshire. To put forward an application, please e-mail Ms. Gaven M.A. (admin@sphinxmediainc.org)

There are NO application fees for intending staff members. Do not let yourself be deceived by fraudulent agencies. Hurry Now!!!

Religion / Re: Pastor Okotie Replies Catholics Over His "Hell Fire"sermon by bluebutton: 4:33am On Dec 05, 2013
I dont plunge into the details of any church's doctrine. The central idea is to get to heaven... how they go about it is their cross. criticism wont ensure a ticket. i have learnt one thing.... the catholics dont play with their doctrines as much as other new generation churches.
those people no dey play o!
Travel / Please Do Not Patronize Parcel Force To The Uk. by bluebutton: 12:20pm On Dec 12, 2012
5 PARCELS WERE SENT TO ME FROM NIGERIA CONTAINING HOME MADE STUFF. MY SISTER WAS GRADUATING AND WE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO SERVE GUESTS WITH THE REAL NIGERIAN FOOD AND NOT ALL THE JUNK THEY STUFF UP IN THE RESTAURANTS IN THE UK.

WEEKS AFTER THE GRADUATION CEREMONY, ONLY TWO PARCELS GOT THROUGH. AT FIRST THREE WERE RECORDED TO BE DAMAGED. NEXT, I GOT A LETTER THAT ONE WAS DISPOSED AS THE DAMAGE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. I HAVE TRIED CONTACTING PARCEL FORCE SEVERALLY AND THEY KEEP REDIRECTING MY CALL TO SEVERAL BRANCHES. THE LAST STRAW WAS THAT I SHOULD CALL THE SENDER TO PLACE A COMPLAINT ABOUT IT.

MY ADVISE TO ANYBODY TRYING TO SEND STUFF VIA PARCEL FORCE IS TO STOP. DESPITE THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY THEY COLLECTED, THEY DID LITTLE TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF SERVICE THEY WERE PAID TO RENDER TO CLIENTS.

THIS SERVICE IS USED MOSTLY BY EMS. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE UK BORDER AGENCY IS WHY THEY DISALLOW NIGERIAN FOOD STUFFS FROM CROSSING THE BORDER BUT NIGERIANS ALLOW ALL THEIR TRASH TO MAKE IT TO THE DINING TABLE.

UNTIL PARCEL FORCE OR EMS DOES SOMETHING ABOUT IT, PLEASE DO NOT WASTE YOUR FUNDS TRYING TO SEND STUFF THROUGH THEM. YOU MIGHT AS WELL THROW IT INTO THE LAGOS LAGOON.
Romance / Re: Shld She Be Accepted? - My Friend Needs Answers... by bluebutton: 3:19pm On Sep 24, 2012
MRbrownJAY: @OP
let me ask you:
1) what is it about you that makes women not appreciate who you are as a person (or is there something about YOU that warrant such behavior)?


WELL...
MAYBE I NEED TO TOUGHEN UP.


I BELIEVE I AM JUST A CALM PERSON... I DON'T BELIEVE IN THROWING LADIES OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT COS THEY INSULTED MY MUM. YES, SHE'S NUTS AND I AM OPEN MINDED.
BUT REMEMBER PEOPLE CHANGE. SHE CLAIMS TO BE INVOLVED WITH A CHURCH AND SHE'S GOT A CLEAN HEART.

obowunmi: Why are you shouting? Pls don't type in all caps.

DUDE, IT SAYS CONTRIBUTE NOT AUDIT MY WRITE-UP... IF U AINT GOT NOTHING TO SAY, DROWN UR LAPTOP!

laberry101: That's what I sAy about Us humans, u started seeing rough times with relationships before her time,u saw/ seen during her time, she left and u saw from others (2) failed relationships there, then she comes back, u being ignorant of whAt or who she must have slept with,(fling wise) and / or otherwise, you are still saying u love her and want us to advice u! Dude that alone shows u might not even tAke our advice because na where go kill us we dey find!

U will still feel same for another chick! So RUUNNN for ur life and that of ur generations unborn I use OGHENE! Beg u

AGAIN, HASN'T ALMOST ALL WOMEN WE'VE SEEN SLEPT WITH ONE MALE OR THE OTHER.

MRbrownJAY: @OP
with all due respect, your mugu/mumu status has clearly been confirmed and approved!
EXTREME!!! A MAN THAT TREATS HIS WOMAN LIKE AN ANGEL SHOWS HE WAS BROUGHT UP BY A QUEEN.

I KNOW IT IS A LITTLE BIT NERVE WRECKING BUT I HAVE ARRIVED @ THE RIGHT DECISION. THANKS PEOPLE!
Romance / Shld She Be Accepted? - My Friend Needs Answers... by bluebutton: 2:36am On Sep 24, 2012
I HAVE BEEN THROUGH SERIES OF FAILED RELATIONSHIPS.
I AM A NICE GUY - LOOKS AND ATTITUDE. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT MY EXS SAY. NOT THAT I HAVE DATED TOO MANY.
MET THIS GIRL AND FELL IN LOVE STRAIGHT AWAY. SHE SEEMED TO HAVE BOUNCED OFF A SHAKY ONE.
HERE I WAS HOPING THAT SHE WAS COOL. LET'S JUST SAY, SHE HAD AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM.
WANTED TO TEACH HER A LOT BUT SHE SUDDENLY CAME BACK FROM HOME AND TOLD ME SHE HAD A FLING WITH HER EX-BOYFRIEND WHO LIVED ACROSS THE STREET.

GOT ANGRY AS EXPECTED. MAINTAINED THE BUBBLE BUT SHE STARTED RAINING ABUSES ON MY MUM.
I JUST COULDN'T SLEEP IN THE SAME ROOM. I LEFT HER UP IN THE ROOM AND WENT DOWN TO MY COUCH. THE NEXT MORNING, I WATCHED HER DRIVE-OFF UNDER THE RAIN.
SHE QUICKLY GOT HOOKED UP WITH A DIFFERENT GUY AFTER THAT.
I STAYED FOR MONTHS BEFORE I STEPPED INTO ONE. WASN'T GOOD SO I STAYED SINGLE.
MONTHS AFTER, SHE HAS BEEN TRYING TO RESOLVE ISSUES WITH ME. SHE'S GOT THIS "LET'S JUST BE FRIENDS VIBE"
I DON'T APPROVE OF IT COS I STILL MADLY LOVE HER BUT IT STILL HURTS COS I HAVE BEEN THROUGH TWO ROUGH RELATIONSHIPS SINCE SHE LEFT.
ONE SNEAKED INTO MY LIFE AND TRIED TO TRAP ME INTO A PREGNANCY AND THE SECOND WAS FIGURATIVELY 'THAT CYNICAL BITCH' YOUR MUM NEVER WANTS AS A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
MY EX VISITED AND WAS WELCOMED, NEXT SHE WANTED TO ACCESS MY ROOM BUT I DIDNT LET HER. TRIED TO STAND MY GROUND.

NOW THE TRICKY PART...
DO I STAY PUT OR GRANT HER AUDIENCE...
IF SHE WANTS TO COME BACK, DO I ACCEPT HER BACK OR NOT

I DO NOT WANT HER GONE COS SHE MIGHT BE A CHANGED PERSON(MIGHT)

YET AGAIN, II MAY ACCEPT HER AND SHE'LL JUST CONCLUDE A HATCHED PLAN B

ANSWERS COS I HAVE THIS WEEK...
Education / Coventry Might Be Implementing A Daily Register To Check Students: UKBA Rules! by bluebutton: 11:58pm On Sep 04, 2012
It is disheartening to note that the administration of the Coventry University has decided to commence a daily roll call for both New and Returning Students. All students are now required to check in and sign a register in their respective departments.

In line with this backdrop, not long ago this happened....

London Metropolitan University has vowed to "defend its reputation" after launching legal action against a decision to revoke its licence to sponsor international students.
The institution last night announced it is challenging evidence gathered by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) so thousands of students left in limbo can return to study "as a matter of urgency".
The Government revoked London Met's highly-trusted status (HTS) for sponsoring international students last week after it found more than a quarter of a sample of students studying at the university did not even have permission to stay in the country.
Immigration minister Damian Green said a "significant proportion" did not have good English and there was no proof that half of those sampled were turning up to lectures.
The university said it would be contesting the decision after reading the UKBA's report in full.

London Met said in a statement: "Working with its advisers, the university has conducted a thorough review of UKBA's 'evidence', and in the strongest possible terms challenges the outcome.
"London Met appreciates that as the first UK University to be placed in this position it has a duty to the sector to try and bring an end to the damage arising from UKBA's decision."
The institution said that there was "no evidence of systemic failings" at the university, and that the evidence it had given to UKBA shows it was taking every reasonable measure to be compliant with their rules.
It also said it had been conducting checks on its international students, specifically in relation to English language and their educational ability and to check that they are legally entitled to do study at the institution.
The university accused UKBA officers of "ignoring information that was made available to them when they conducted their audit".
Up to 2,600 foreign students have been affected by the decision and have until December 1 to either find an alternative course or arrange to leave the UK.
London Met said the move to revoke its HTS could also result in up to a £30 million annual loss to the institution.
Its vice-chancellor Professor Malcolm Gillies, said: "London Met will fight this revocation, which is based on a highly flawed report by the UKBA.
"The University will continue to give top priority to the interests of our international students who have been so distressed by this precipitate action."
The institution accused the UKBA of changing its requirements too frequently in recent years and said the UK's immigration policy was creating confusion across universities and "irrevocable damage" to Britain's education sector.
It added in its statement: "UKBA's requirements have changed substantially at least 14 times in the last three years.
"We believe the university's approach to complying with this multitude of changes is of a standard that not only equates with practices adopted by the majority of other universities in the sector but in a number of key areas exceeds sector-wide practice."
It continued: "The UK has a long-standing reputation of educational excellence and for attracting genuine students from a diverse international market.
"It is not in anyone's interests for there to be a system in place which constantly changes and which forces universities, their management and their staff automatically to treat students with suspicion until proven otherwise."
Keith Vaz, the Labour chairman of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, said he was not surprised by London Met's move.
"The process has left a large number of genuine students with nowhere to study. This cannot be right or fair to them."
UKBA said the decision to revoke the university's licence was the correct course of action and that it will "strongly" contesting any legal challenge.
Further details of the legal action are expected to be announced by London Met later this week.
UKBA figures showed that of 101 sample cases, 26 students were studying at London Met between December last year and May despite the fact they held no leave to remain in the UK.
A lack of required monitoring meant there was no proof students were turning up to lectures in 142 of 250 (57%) sampled records.
And 20 of 50 files checked since May for evidence of mandatory English language testing and academic qualifications showed poor assessment where documents were either not verified or not held.
Universities minister David Willetts said a task force - led by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Universities UK - would be formed to help overseas students affected by the decision.
Critics said the move sent a damaging message that the UK deports foreign students to all corners of the globe, with Universities UK, the National Union of Students and the University and College Union among those who criticised the decision.

Let us not forget that most students have their visa notifications for collection delayed at the UKBA and when they get to the city, they sometimes miss out on the school accommodation arrangement. Let's not begin to talk about how international students are restricted to demeaning jobs that pay the basic £6.08 per hr plus the added insults experienced.
Let's not deviate from the point here though... If students live as far as Wolverhampton or Birmingham, it would mean that they are compelled to waste their hard earned money on irrelevant transport fares.

Let the Nigerian Ambassador to the UK, if he ever knows what he is doing, other than sitting down and swallowing unnecessary policies melted out on Nigerians schooling abroad.

You ideas are needed on this issue as this is about to be carried out as soon as the school starts....
Religion / Pastor Sunday Adelaja Is To Be Unjustly Jailed - Pass This On Till Jona Hears by bluebutton: 7:20pm On Aug 26, 2012
Ukrainian Police has summoned a Pastor, Sunday Adelaja, to report for what is feared may be an arrest and detention in a controversial racial discrimination and religious victimisation case which has been going on for three years, Empowered Newswire reported.

Confirming the invitation by the nation's Internal Affairs Ministry in an interview over the weekend, Adelaja said the case over which he was being summoned was about the collapse of a business outfit owned by members of his church.

The Nigerian-born Ukranian pastor, who was described last year by the New York Times as one of the country's "Best Known Public Figure" is facing what many see as trumped up charges in a country where another young Nigerian man was recently charged with attempted murder for defending himself against four Ukrainian attackers.

Adelaja, founder of the largest church in Europe, The Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations in Kiev, told Empowered Newswire that he had been summoned by the Ukraine police to appear on August 28 and discuss how members of his church ran a business enterprise aground, and also allegations that he was running a crime organization.

Dismissing the allegation as mere political charges that bore no resemblance to fact, Adelaja said "in Ukraine, you don't have to commit a crime before you are accused, you only have to be targetted."

His attorney, Andrey Fedur, assured that Adelaja “cannot be punished, for he does not have anything to do with this case. The charges are absolutely made up and have no foundation.”

While Adelaja's political battle had been on since 2009, the invitation to the state police on Tuesday is seen as a heightening of the case after some church members had been detained for over two years.

Besides, the Pastor had been under police surveillance and he’s not allowed to travel out of the country.

Washington DC publisher, Dr. Segun Olanipekun, informed that five others had been arrested by the police ahead of Pastor Adelaja's invitation on Tuesday.

According to Olanipekun, "the church fears that this invitation and the change of the charge to a criminal one is part of the plot to jail the pastor as he is seen to be a threat to the present government."

The business outfit was formed by some members of Adelaja's church, but amidst the global economic crisis, the company failed and many investors lost a lot of money. While there had been no direct link to Pastor Adelaja in the management of the company, besides that the owners were members of the church, the Ukrainian police was said to be insisting on linking Adelaja to the failure of the company and alleging criminal acts against the company.
Romance / Does He Give In Cos Of Love Or Lose It Cos Of Personal Principle??? by bluebutton: 4:50pm On Aug 21, 2012
I CANT THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO PUT THIS... PLEASE YOUR ADVICE IS NEEDED!

MY FRIEND APPROACHED ME. HIS GIRLFRIEND CAME UP WITH THIS SEEMINGLY SINISTER IDEAS...
SHE WANTS TO TRY OUT MouthAction OR RATHER ENJOY IT. HE SAID HE CAN'T WRAP HIS HEAD AROUND THE IDEA THAT THE REST ROOM SEES THE PLACE PLUS THE MENSTRUAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH IT...
IT IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE TO HIM. FOR ME, MY PARTNER HATES IT... I CANT STAND IT EITHER...
WHAT DO I TELL MY FRIEND... I DON'T WANT TO APPEAR SELFISH. THEY ARE GOOD TOGETHER BUT THE GIRL IS KINDDA HELLBENT ON ENJOYING THAT IN pre-intimacy.
Romance / Re: Lawyers Marrying Each Other by bluebutton: 9:20pm On Aug 10, 2012
U should see what happens... It is a constant tug - of - war.
Romance / Lawyers Marrying Each Other by bluebutton: 8:02pm On Aug 10, 2012
I'm a legal practitioner and my intended wife is a lawyer too. We are brilliant critics in virtually all the cases we handle.
She's into commercial/business law while I am into the criminal law. Hired by several companies, I say she is quiet rich.
For me, I deal with high-profile criminals so the practice is hmmm... in it's way, okay for me.

The issue here is that, she is always telling me that as a defense attorney, that I let criminals back into the streets even when I know that they are guilty.
She brings in this whole moralistic perspective and sometimes it leads to me sleeping on my couch and she gets the bed.
I also tell her that she ignored the plight of the masses and sign off contracts to the detriment of the poor. That's where the devil in her escapes the hell within.

I love her no doubt about it but marrying her means saying 'I'm so sorry' everytime.

I might not get be able to come home, cuddle my wife and tell her 'Honey, my client killed a ***** and I managed to twist the technicalities and he is free.
I've got a huge cheque just for saving his behind.

Now WHAT DO I DO? COS PRETTY SOON, I'LL BE EXPECTED TO RING MY BELLS.
Foreign Affairs / Re: Hillary Clinton Warns African Leaders About Co-operating With China. by bluebutton: 11:04pm On Aug 04, 2012
Before much is said about telling the US to forget the idea of allowing relations with China,
We must also observe the adage - He who goes aborrowing, goes assorrowing...
Chine issues loans... If we become indebted to China, the matter no go end o!
Africans think those guys are good to go. Wait until you interact with them...
Those who have actually been out o' naija will attest to that.
I stopped talking to a colleague cos her family threatened to kill her (Honor Killing)
Cos she did biz with an African. (Biz being working on a legal case as a lawyer)
We should be cautious...
For me, I suggest that they all leave...
Romance / Re: Romantic Names For Your Lover/Spouse? by bluebutton: 10:55pm On Aug 04, 2012
I call mine [size=13pt]IED or RPG[/size]... We are both lawyers and argue about EVERYTHING...
However my pals know better than to try to settle our never ending quarrels.
We'll just face the person squarely. I'm suprised she's not on NL yet!

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