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happy birthday bro,mine is also today

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chibwike:
Lol...am not a mod oh

i don make u 1 today na...lol....abeg help push this stuff to fp

mods.


chibwike,
obinoscopy
mynd44

Washington – The owners of the website
Ebola.com have scored a big payday with the
outbreak of the epidemic, selling the domain for
more than $200,000 in cash and stock.
The deal highlights the rewards and risk of
industry trading and speculating in domain names
that see high interest following news events.
According to a securities filing, the buyer was a
Russian-registered firm called Weed Growth
Fund, previously known as Ovation Research.
The October 20 filing said the price was
$50,000 cash and 19,192 shares of Cannabis
Sativa worth close to $170,000, which promotes
medical uses for marijuana.
The reasons for the sale were not clear but
Cannabis Sativa chief and former New Mexico
governor Gary Johnson has publicly said he
thinks marijuana may be used to treat the deadly
disease.
The seller was Nevada-based Blue String
Ventures, which describes itself as an “Internet
real estate investment and branding” company.
“If you are looking for a great name for your
company there’s an excellent chance we can
help,” the company says on its website.
Some of its holdings have included
Africanmango.com, Fukushima.com and
RaspberryKetones.com.
The Ebola.com website contains articles offering
facts and frequently asked questions about the
disease, which has infected almost 10,000
people worldwide, killing nearly 4,900.
source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/ebola-com-domain-sold-big-payout/

doroboss:
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bros i hail o

Serendipity:
hbd. Lets condone this woman for her fresh is weak but spirit willing

freshi quit

Dame Patience Goodluck
Jonathan was born into a
respectable Christian family of Chief
Lazarus Iwari-Oba at Port-Harcourt
in Rivers State on 25 october 1957.
With the advantage of primary and
secondary education, she obtained
the National Certificate of Education
(NCE) in Mathematics/ Biology in
1989 from Rivers State College of
Education and a Bachelor of
Education in Biology and Psychology
from the University of Port
Harcourt, Rivers State,
Nigeria. Dame Jonathan’s working
experience spanned through
Teaching, Banking, Sports
Administration and Civil-Service
before she became the wife of the
Deputy Governor of Bayelsa state
and years later, Bayelsa State
Governor’s wife, wive of the Vice
President and wife of the acting
President.
As the First Lady of Nigeria, a
position she assumed after her
husband was sworn-in as President
following the death of President
Umaru Yar’Adua, she has been
associated with the socio-economic
upliftment of the Youths and
Women of Nigeria.
This amiable woman is endeared to
many people for her philanthropic
and charity works. Founder of the
A.Aruera Reachout Foundation that
has over the last eight years trained
over 4000 women in different skills
to enable them take care of
themselves and their families.
She has been described by many as
a role model who has never
stopped adding value to people’s
lives with her charity works.
Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan
displays a mindset and commitment
underlying her avowed mission to
help the less privileged break from
the shackles of poverty, disease
and underdevelopment.
She is a friend of the less-privileged
and a mother to the orphans who
has never stopped supporting the
poor through her Soup Kitchen
largesse; scholarship awards to
children of the less-privileged in the
society and medical support and
assistance to children with heart
conditions.
In attestation to her charitable,
political and humane contribution to
society, she has received more
international and national accolades
such as:
1)A recipient of the International
award for Excellence by the Yitzhak
Rabin Centre, Tel Aviv, Israel 2008.
This is the first of such recognition
by this famous centre since its
inception
2) The “Beyond the Tears”
International Humanitarian Award
New York, USA, 2008 for her role in
the global fight against HIV\AIDS.
3) Pro-Chancellor and Fellow,
African Business
School (October, 2008)
4) African Goodwill Ambassador
Award
(Los Angeles, USA, April, 2009)
5) The Conferment of traditional
Stool of
Iyom“Ada di oha mma of Ukpo” by
H.R.H Igwe
Robert Eze.
6) The conferment of the
traditional title of
Unume Wheshi Ekpeye 1 of Ekpeye
Kingdom
in Rivers State by the Eze Robinson
O.
Robinson the Ekpeyelogbo.
7) A traditional Staff of office
bestowed on her by
the Okpahgwe Amawbia in Anambra
State.
Recipient of the Award for
Excellence from the
Christian Women Fellowship for
upholding
dignity and positive projection of
womanhood
in our generation.
9) Recipient of the Wind of Positive
Change
Award from the South\South
Women
Organization.
10) Recipient of ‘Defender of the
Poor’ Award by Society of St
Vincent de Paul (Abuja Catholic
Archdiocese)
A lover of peace, a mother, Dame
Jonathan spends her leisure time
swimming, reading, writing and
traveling.
She is happily married to the
President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, a
man whose humane, consultative,
prudent and visionary intellect is
unparalleled.
The marriage is blessed with two
children.happy birthday mama peace!!!


mods pls can you lock up the thread and open it tomorrow.thanks

this topic don make fp b4 na.....mods una dey compete?

brilliant and intelligent student




2mao z my bday nd it happens to be same with d first lady..i know m gonna be great

SAPELE—LAWYERS in Sapele Judicial Division
have refused to sit for the past four days in
protest of their kidnapped colleague, Mr.
Desmond Dudu.
Dudu was abducted last Sunday evening along
Eku-Abraka Road in Ethiope East Local
Government Area by unknown gunmen.
In a protest for the unconditional release of
Dudu, hundreds of lawyers of the Nigeria Bar
Association, NBA, Sapele branch, took to the
streets of Sapele carrying placards.
Freedom march, appeal
Some of them had “Free Barr. Dudu,”
“Kidnapping is wrong and evil,” “Stop the
kidnapping and release our colleagues,” among
others, written on them.
Speaking on behalf of the protesting lawyers the
Sapele Police Station, Chairman of the branch,
Gabriel Ekerewe, said: “We are highly irritated
with the kidnap of our colleague and we are
using this medium to appeal to the kidnappers
to release him unconditionally.”
In his response, the Divisional Police Officer, Mr.
Mammah Rijau, while expressing sympathy over
the incident, told the lawyers to be patient,
saying police was on top of the situation and
doing their best to ensure the release of their
colleague and arrest of the kidnappers.
He said: “I urge you to advice the Dudu family
not to negotiate with his abductors, but to
provide the police with every available
information.”
source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/sapele-lawyers-strike-abducted-colleague/

op can u start afresh

Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan will on
Friday depart Lagos on a brief pilgrimage to
Israel, his office said in a statement on
Thursday.
The statement issued in Abuja by Dr Reuben
Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, said that Jonathan would
visit Christian Holy sites during the pilgrimage.
According to the statement, he will join other
Nigerian pilgrims in a prayer session for the well-
being and progress of the country at an Inter-
Denominational Service in Jerusalem on Sunday.
The president, who will be accompanied by the
Chaplain of the Presidential Villa, Venerable
Obioma Onwuzurumba and his principal aides, is
expected back in Abuja on Monday.
Before leaving for Israel, Jonathan will
participate in the ground-breaking ceremony for
the construction of the Seme-Krake Joint Border
Control Post on Friday morning, the statement
said.
“He will be joined at the event by President Boni
Yayi of Benin Republic and officials of the
Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS).
“The Seme-Krake Joint Border Control Post is
being constructed under the ECOWAS Transport
Facilitation Programme which has the objective
of boosting trade and economic relations among
member countries,” it said.
source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/jonathan-leaves-pilgrimage-israel/

i love this girl

but make she try make children o,YOLO

berem:
I have seen you and you are handsome.

*unfollows thread*

baby pls dnt go......
seun lock her for me o,,,she z all i ve gat [

chibwike:
wats up bro

no dey shine teeth,do the needful...i go access ur facebook o

chibwike

destante:
This is so not the right time for my phone to die

let there be light

cram-jokes where are u

not too bad

ILORIN—Governors of All Progressives Congress,
APC, controlled states, yesterday, complained
about dwindling allocation to their states and
wondered why their Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, colleagues were not sharing their concern.
The APC governors who met in Ilorin, Kwara
State expressed concern about a possible secret
funding for the PDP states. The governors, who
vowed to meet President Goodluck Jonathan
over the issue, also resolved to allow internal
democracy to guide the selection of a
presidential candidate for the party.
The summit of the APC governors under the
aegis of the Progressive Governors Forum, PGF,
in Illorin, however, did not rule out the adoption
of a consensus presidential candidate, but
insisted that it must be done within the ambit of
internal democracy.
The meeting of the APC governors was also a
valedictory session for former Governor Kayode
Fayemi who stepped down as governor of Ekiti
State last Thursday. The APC governors praised
Fayemi for what they described as his exemplary
strength of character.

At the meeting yesterday were Rochas Okorocha
of Imo State; Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Ibrahim
Geidam (Yobe), Kashim Shettima (Borno), Ishaq
Ajimobi (Oyo), Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), Rabiu
Kwankwaso (Kano), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara)
who was the host and Dr. Fayemi.
Chairman of the PGF, Governor Okorocha, who
briefed newsmen at the end of the session which
lasted several hours, expressed concern over
what he described as the dwindling monthly
allocation to the APC states.
He said: “This issue has become a very serious
concern to us as governors and we felt that
issues that affect the lives of our people must
never be politicised. We refuse to accept the
fact that this nation is broke and thank God that
the Federal Government has confirmed that the
nation is not broke. If the nation is not broke,
what is due to states should be given to states.
“This idea of cutting what should go to states
does not in any way promote democracy and
democratic dividends. And so, we as progressive
governors, call on the Federal Government to
look into the issue of dwindling resources and
convince us why the states should not get what
is due to them.
“We demand to have a meeting with the
President on this issue of dwindling resources as
quickly as possible,” he stressed.
Cash crunch aimed at APC states
Expressing concern that the cash crunch was
partisan and directed at APC states, Okorocha
wondered why the PDP governors were not
complaining.
“We do not know why our colleagues in the PDP
are not talking of this matter. If they are not
talking, it is either they are not affected or
somehow they are getting something from the
back door which we do not know. I think the
President or the Federal Government should act
quickly to quell the present ugly situation which
this terrible condition of dwindling resources
points out to us by making sure that the states
get what is due to them, at least to pay salaries
of their workers.”
Giving the backing of the governors to the APC
leadership’s efforts to ensure smooth
nomination of candidates for various elective
positions and the prospects of a consensus
presidential candidate for the party, he said:
“Our forum is in full support of consensus as
one of the ways to produce our presidential
candidate or any candidate in the party as long
as it is done with respect to internal democracy.
“There will be no imposition of candidate in our
party. Our forum has not adopted any candidate
but we shall encourage consensus and dialogue
within the leadership of the party and aspirants
to see how we come up with a candidate. But
where that is not possible, like true
progressives, we shall have free and fair
primaries.”
Governor Okorocha, on behalf of his colleagues,
also lauded the former governor of Ekiti State
“for a commendable show of character and a
successful tenure in office, having handed over
the office of the Ekiti State Governor on
Thursday October 16, 2014.
Valedictory seesion for Fayemi
Lauding Fayemi, Okorocha said: “You had great
vision for the state with the achievements you
recorded, history cannot say that you were
without a purpose. Your humility and display of
sportsmanship after the announcement of a
result different from what majority of Nigerians
expected and would have preferred to be
outcome of the June 21, 2014 election leaves
us, your brothers and colleagues, in admiration
of you.
“In a free and fair democratic system, the voice
of the people is sacrosanct. It is the thrust on
which the foundation of good governance,
transparency and accountability is built. It is a
voice that must be respected. But whether the
voice that supposedly spoke on the election day
is really the voice of the people is another
matter. The people of Ekiti, whom you served so
well and so honourably, will live to tell. Needless
to say that you have carved your name in gold in
the annals of Ekiti State, in our great party and
the political history of Nigeria.
“JKF,(John Kayode Fayemi) you have shown to
the world what it means to be progressive and
your conduct, both in and out of office will
always be a point of reference so we enjoin you
to continue in your good stride, never forgetting
your strength of humility, hard work and
steadfastness in fighting for the good of the
people and the eventual development of our
country Nigeria.”
Responding, an elated Fayemi said: “I am elated
and full of gratitude for the support and
solidarity that you extended to me as a member
of this forum and as a former governor of Ekiti
State. That I had served as a governor is even a
rare privilege but to have served alongside you
as a member of this forum is a greater
opportunity as a Nigerian. This group has played
a critical role in the formation of our party
because it was our maiden meeting in Lagos
that gave us the name progressive. I shall miss
this body greatly”.
Fayemi, however, assured the forum that he
would forever remain a progressive, and shall
continue to make his impact felt in the country,
Ekiti State and APC.
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of
the Economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala last
Tuesday assured that Nigeria is financially sound
and has been meeting its local and international
financial obligations despite dwindling revenue
from crude oil export.
The Minister who gave the assurance at a press
conference in Abuja said: “Despite the dwindling
revenue of the nation due to falling crude oil
prices and decrease in output, the nation is not
broke”.
She said, “right now, we have fluctuations in the
price of crude oil and when that happens, it
means that the money that comes into the
coffers is a little bit small. Does that mean that
the country is broke? If we are not able to pay
salaries to people or meet other obligations
then we can say the country is broke but we
have not got there. Nigeria is not broke.
“We may have to cut down on some of our
expenditures. We may have to mobilize more
revenue; we have to look at the fiscal policy; we
have to look at the monetary policy –all of these
have to come together and we are looking at
them right now in the Ministry of finance.
“I want to assure Nigerians that we are putting
in place contingency plans so that our economy
remains stable.”
According to the minister, the current realities
of falling oil prices and reduction in quantity of
production have made the diversification of the
economy more imperative now than ever.
She added that in spite of the global economic
challenges the Nigerian economy remained
resilient, growing at about 6.5 per cent, making
it one of the fastest growing economies of the
world.
Her team at the Ministry of finance, she added
had been working round the clock to ensure that
the real sectors of the economy, especially,
agriculture and power, among others received
the needed impetus to boost productivity and
provide jobs.





source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/fg-starving-apc-states-funds-govs/

mods on this section need to be sacked..i created this topic yesterday,what an injustice


www.nairaland.com/1962173/keshi-nigeria-not-serious-footballcountry

this is 1billion dollar nd not naira

there own cease fire na to stop cooking,foolish set of pple

check well,thats d hausa mentality

anty linda,,,yeye de smell

yes o,product of foreign education wasting his Time here on nl beefing some1 none of ur lineage can be capable of being her house help...




cram-jokes

me likey

As HND Discrimination Bill narrowly scales
second reading in senate
Abuja – The Bill for an Act to Abolish and
Prohibit Dichotomy and Discrimination between
First Degrees and Higher National Diploma in the
same Profession/Field and related matters on
Wednesday scaled second reading in the Senate.
The bill, which scaled second reading after
heated debate at plenary on its relevance, seeks
to resolve controversy over wage disparity and
gross discrimination against HND holder in public
and private sectors of the economy.
The Senate President, Sen. David Mark in his
remarks, said it would be difficult to legislate on
the bill, given that polytechnics were not
originally established to be degree awarding
institutions.
He said rather than canvass for abolishion of the
dichotomy, polytechnics should be changed to
degree awarding institutions.
“ The problem here is whether we can legislate
on this. I think obviously that is not going to
work for several reasons that we have all
advanced here.
“We can’t legislate here and say you must
employ an HND instead of employing somebody
with B.SC.
“I think it is more of attitude than what we can
legislate on but we can get an arrangement
where the polytechnics begin to award degrees,
in which case the polytechnics will no more be
polytechnics; they will be universities,’’ he said.
Mark, who did not outrightly condemn the bill,
said it should be sent for public hearing, to get
the views of relevant stakeholders on the way
forward on the issue of dichotomy.
He, however, said that “our attempt really to
equate HND to a degree is not likely to work.
Nobody who has done a degree has gone back
to the polytechnic to do HND and you can’t
blame that logic.
“The whole essence of allowing the bill to go
through second reading and public reading is for
us to get more ideas about how to get the way
forward.
“That will be the only benefit that will come out
it’’, he said.
The lead debate, presented by Sen. Patrick
Akinyelure (PDP-Ondo), highlighted the need to
abolish the discrimination between HND and First
Degree.
Akinyelure said the continuing discrimination
against HND holders was threatening to ruin the
nation’s core policy thrust of evolving a
technological and scientifically based society.
He said that findings had proved that some
polytechnic graduates were in some cases better
on the field than their university counterparts.
“To all intents and purposes, a government
employment policy that places degree holders
ahead of HND holders without recourse to skill
and ability of the HND holder thereof does more
harm than good to the nation’s development
plans.
“Therefore, the aim of the bill is to promote the
technological advancement of our great nation
by encouraging many qualified candidates to
pursue polytechnic and technological
advancement,’’ he said.
Some lawmakers, however, argued that rather
than seeking to abolish the dichotomy, efforts
should be made to transform all polytechnics to
degree awarding institutions.
The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike
Ekweremadu, said even if the bill did not
succeed, it would help to raise awareness on the
dysfunctional nature of the country’s educational
system.
He decried the growing trend where polytechnics
offered courses outside their field, adding that in
order to correct the abnormally, all polytechnics
should be converted to degree awarding
institutions.
“All we need now is to expand the knowledge
base of our polytechnics, increase entry
qualification and employ qualified teachers for
the polytechnics.
“We should then make conscious effort to set
up technical schools that would award only
diploma to support our industries and help the
system industrially.
“To say we will abolish the dichotomy is difficult.
The committee to handle the bill should invite
experts to look into harmonising the
institutions,’’ he said.
On his part, Sen. ITA Enang (PDP-Akwa Ibom)
decried the poor standard of some polytechnics
in the country.
He called on the regulatory body in charge of
polytechnics to adequately regulate the
establishment of the institution in the country.
“I have seen polytechnics operate in two
bedroom flats and this is the situation that
brings suspicion about the quality of our
polytechnics.
“I have also seen standard polytechnics and the
quality of their product compete favourably with
universities.”
He called on relevant agencies to improve on
the carrying capacity of universities to
accommodate all those seeking admissions.
He also called for harmonisation of universities
and polytechnics to help manage a situation
where people went to polytechnics because they
could not secure admission into universities.
“This bill should pass a second reading to find
solution to the problem. I support this bill,’’ he
said.
Sen. Chris Ngige (APC-Anambra) said in as much
as he sympathised with HND holders, the bill
should be dropped.
He said that relevant agencies should rather
harmonise the institutions and make
polytechnics degree awarding institutions.
“The bill evokes emotion but laws should not be
made based on that to avoid mistakes. This has
to do with fundamental structure of the
education sector.
“Let us conserve the resources of the senate; it
will not go through second reading,’’ he said.
Sen. Abubakar Bagudu ( PDP-Kebbi), a member of
Senate Committee Education, said if the
dichotomy should be abolished, there would be
standardisation of policy.
He argued that standardisation of policy was
vital because universities and polytechnics had
different structures.
“The university is theory and research oriented
as compared to polytechnic which is supposed
to turn out industrial ready graduates,’’ he said.
Similarly, Prof. Olusola Adeyeye (APC-Osun), the
Vice Chairman of Senate Committee on
Education, canvassed for the harmonisation of
the institutions to enable polytechnics to award
degrees.
“I believe that for as long as there is difference
in admission standard and training for both
institutions of learning, there will be difference
in employment.
“ Let us go the U.S. way and equalise both
polytechnics and universities and have
specialised institutions to handle the technical
aspect.’’
The lawmaker explained that Nigeria inherited
the polytechnic system from the colonial
masters, who thought of having a middle level
manpower where people could be trained
without the lengthy period in university.
He further explained that UK subsequently
abolished the system after meeting the purpose
for which it was established to meet its
industrial need.
“We need to make the admission standard the
same for polytechnics and universities; forget
the dichotomy issue. It is a lie to say you need
HND to run an industrial state,” he said.(NAN)





source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/findings-proved-polytechnic-graduates-better-university-counterparts/

u don finish?

Adventurist:
He's not serious

thats just his opinion

Former Super Eagles manager Stephen Keshi has
thrown a parting shot at Nigerian football, saying
the country should stop seeing itself as a
serious football nation because it was still
lagging behind in many vital areas needed to
attain such levels.
The former Togo and former Mali manager
noted, for instance, that but for his
intervention, the Akwa Ibom State governor was
planning to lay artificial grass on the newly built
world-class Uyo Stadium. That venue will host
the decisive clash of the Super Eagles with South
Africa next month.
“How
many
good
pitches do we have in this country? Keshi
queried. We say we are a football nation and we
don’t even have good training pitches for the
national team, or good field to play on. Instead,
there are artificial pitches everywhere, even the
new Stadium in Uyo.
It was when I heard from the governor that they
wanted to use artificial pitch that I had to shout
and tell him no way. That is how they used
natural grass pitch there. But why should I be
the one to say it? Where are the journalists?”
He said he was proud of his achievements during
his spell as Nigeria’s manager.
“People keep saying I drew a lot of matches. But
how many Nigerian coaches agreed to play
friendly matches all the time or to use home-
based players without fear? But people don’t
see that. Every time it’s Keshi this and Keshi
that. Then they say I always try to use the
President against them. President that I cannot
even see!”
He also said he was happy that the drama was
finally over, as was his family.
“I am not bitter. I’m just disappointed in some
of you,” he pointed out, referring to journalists.
“Now people can stop talking about Keshi.”

source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/keshi-nigeria-serious-football-country/