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ROSYL: It could be weather hun. I rem when I came back, my cousins were all whispering to themselves that I use lightening lotion.They actually sent a spy to find out the kind of cream I use.Hahahahahahah, they were really disappointed, when they found Johnson body wash and Garnier mosturising cream in my room...lol.
Here it is,Skin color is determined genetically. Genes tell the body how much of the two types of melanin, the pigment that helps to determine the skin color, to produce. Pheomelanin causes reddish yellow pigments, and eumelanin gives deep brown coloring. But skin tone is not all genetic: more melanin is produced when you are out in the sun,and vice versa. Sunlight exposure causes the optic nerve to signal the pituitary glad to release more melanin, and that's exactly what happens when you are in Naija( too much sun, kai). Most pple tend to be dark, buh their skin tone tends to change once they leave the shores of Africa.When pple migrate to Europe and east into Asia, they are exposed to different amounts of sun. There, you find your dark skin working against you,preventing you from absorbing enough sunlight to create vitamin D. To adapt, your body start producing less melanin, hence lighter skin.
The above was exactly what happened to me, and threw my cousins into midnight gossips.

Good analysis and flow!
It's evident, you can make a good career as a writer! If you are not writing yet, you can start now! You can't imagine how far this obvious talent can take you! Make the step now, starting from your field.

4bobo: very soon they will start soliciting for money to assist him after he ruined his career like his brother babayaro. we are watching.

@4kobo, can you give explanations? I remember Cele was vocal also, but where and when did he solicit for financial help?

dridowu: D only thing i learnt is that we all would die. VANITY UPON VANITY

With due respect, if this is the only lesson you have learned, then you have learned NOTHING, absolutely!

Well said @ tyson55! Thank you for a provoking reminder here!!

RIP Goldie!

vokal_guy: Sooo keshi made mikel the #1 pk taker, has he been following this boy? Mikel can not score a pk even if the life of his parents depended on it. We have a center forward in Emenike who would be able to score WITHOUT any difficulties. I am sorry but the statement he made has convinced me that he does not have football brain and he SHOULD be replaced. He can never move the team forward.

I would that we express our opinions in such a way that we don't allow the mouth (and emotions) to be this faster and quicker than the brain! Keshi, the former SE longest-ever captain (also an AFCON gold medalist), not having football brain? How easy it is to judge the man in the battlefield. Worst still, how people under-rate Mikel, questioning why the SE star player should take PK?


Again, perhaps, Theodore Roosevelt (1891 & 1910) was in this dilemma when he wrote "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat...the man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done."

Bo-large:
THE LIST IS NOT IMPRESSIVE.

NO GANGLING STRIKERS IN THIS SQUARD.

WEL IS BETTER THAN NOT QUALIFY.

But we never had such striker for years now and presently there is no single Nigerian gangling striker any where, just as we don't have any ball juggler like J.J. So no need to cry about what we don't have.

But we do have pacy and potent forward line who may hurry defenders into error.

Let's support this team!

TouchDown: Taiye Taiwo ahead of Celestine Babayaro?

Stupid list.

I think there's no basis. Taye Taiwo is good but cannot be ahead of Celestine Babayaro. This list is invalid!

Sagamite: At what level did Chidi Nwanu play that you want to compare him with Taye Taiwo?

That is like comparing one of the Sodje brothers with Yobo.

Is it the number of years or the quality of years, your talent and your achievements? How many Nigerian players have done better than Mikel?

For sure you do not know Chidi Nwanu and never followed his game! Wondering why you have to comment on someone you do not know. Watch USA 94 clips again!

A-40:
... Was Siasia dropped for technical and tactical reasons or prejudice?? We've seen Keshi's man-management issues at Togo and Mali! You guys should stop painting Osaze the villain here without hearing both sides

I wish you could see this one thing, that there is no football reason more important than discipline. One can be efficient without being effective. A coach knows what he wants! We have heard from both. Coach says he does not want him for this very tournament. Player says (1) I am the best I deserve to be there (2) Coach disrespected me (3) team lacks captainship (3) ...

Kesh is not nuts, he has been a leader right from playing days. Must a child call his kinsmen to complain and insult family elders because his dad refused to take him along to one outing? That is not maturity!

It's obvious Osaze has accumulated anger which would have busted in camp ones substituted in a game!

Shall we spare the rod and spoil the child? Let's not encourage this attitude. We love Osaze but he failed it here! Just a little test of patience, he went wild!

Amuneke spoke about mafia in camp in those days: http://www.completesportsnigeria.com/news/2012/12/amuneke-i-was-jittery-when-westerhof-listed-me-for-1994-final

A-40:
... The guy believes he was not left out for footballing reasons which I don't doubt! So he has every right to vent at any perceived injustice! He is a grown man!

No bro! A really full grown man will never do such! A fully grown man knows that the sky is so wide that no two birds can collide. So no need for such ranting from Osaze whom we have all loved. A player Nigeria has given so much.

No matter the angle we look at it, Osaze's outburst is unnecessary. Let's teach our children not only intelligence but also character values. In 2004 AFCON, there were players who were dropped while Osaze was taken. None of the dropped players twitted.

Take Osaze to 2013 AFCON, he'll rock the boat! With this attitude, no disciplined coach will take him to camp (a caution against disunity). What actually is this Osaze's pride? Rufia and Olofinjana were well educated while playing for Nigeria. We have players who have been there before and proved themselves time and time again. Can his so called commitment match that of Aghahowa's, Amokachi's or Amuneke's? When Amokachi was being played instead of Siasia, heaven's did not fall. How did Emenalo make the USA 94 team? Remember he wasn't even invited in the first place. Equaveon captained Nigeria in the '94 AFCON finals when Eagles beat Zambia. Can someone still remember what happened when our team was presented with the cup? Equaveon humbly handed it over to Keshi! What a humble attitude!! It speaks of unity and selflessness in camp.
Now that Martins is about to be invited (by mother providence), this will teach not only Osaze, but all of us, that that arrogance is only but a loss while and humility (and patience) is gain, a virtue, a finer ornament.

Even if our poor-rated team comes back home after the first round, many Nigerians will still be proud of them. Unknown to some people, Keshi has just scored a great point!

Our beloved Osaze has fallen our hands, again!

Omo_Tier1: Name one player in eagles recently that plays his heart out for Nigeria like Osazee? Personally, I think it is a good thing He spoke His mind. How rude and immature it is of Keshi to down select players and do not bother to contact them in the first place?

How many at times do players get abused by their fans when they fail to honour their call up, but Here is a player that is in form, wants to play his heart for His country ( as He always have) yet get excluded for self interest of the coach? Nigeria can not continue to do things the wrong way and expect the right results! NFF ought to know better that these players deserve some respect. They are not tools you use and dump. Surely not Osazee. He may not play at this AFCON, but Keshi should know that Internationally, His image is more damaged by this saga than that of Osazee. You need to listen to sport commentators in England on this issue with corruption bring fingers in Keshi's selection list as possible reasons why seasoned players will be left out by Him in such a tournament like AFCON.

Bro, you mean you don't see IK Uche? You don't see the potentials in Ideye? What about Musa?

Osaze plays in the EPL, so those commentators can say whatever they like. And Martins who has been more fired-up for the AFCON than Osaze, who speaks for him?
In my professional career so far, I have learned that you can have all the skills in the world, but if you lack discipline, if you are the type that brings divisibility in the team, then comes failure quickly. Would Osaze take it cool when he is substituted, like IK Uche does? No! He would grumble and mumble to let us know that he's better and doesn't deserve to be changed.
A coach makes stars out of unknown names. Let's leave Keshi alone to work. If he does well with the local lads, then there comes our special one! Zambia reckoned without a certain unknown Amuneke in the opponents camp at the 1994 AFCON finals! And they paid dearly for it!!

baby-boy:
You make it sound as if Kanu knew that he had a hole in his heart? and the Olympics was an under 23 tournament, Was Kanu under 23 yrs in 1996?

I'm sorry if I made it sound so. But did you watch that match? Just before the last two goals came? Kanu was already feeling the holes in his poor heart, even though he never knew what it was. But he was ready to die on that Atlanta pitch for our nation. Watch that match again!

Remember USA 94? Ikpeba was dropped (Klinsman, his strike partner in Monaco was shocked!). Kanu, who was doing fine at Ajax then, was also not taken. But in 1996? They won Gold in Olympics!

Is 2013 AFCON the last football tournament for Nigeria?

Please someone needs tell Osaze urgently that unnecessary arrogance doesn't make heroism. It's a thing of the heart, not mouth! GOD WORKS WITH THE HUMBLE AND THE MEEK in heart!

Do we still remember Julius Aghahowa's commitment to the National team (watch Senegal vs Nigeria 2000 AFCON)? Can someone remind Osaze of Alloy Agu who lost his tooth while playing for Nigeria. Amokachi who shed 'blood and sweat' for Nigeria. Let someone remind Osaze about one Kanu who played for Nigeria at '96 Olympics even with a hole in his heart. A certain Yekini who never missed a penalty for Nigeria. Amuneke whose runs from the left flanks left our opponents in awe and disarray. J.J who held sway in the middle carrying the whole Nigerian populace on his strained shoulders. A certain Odegbami who played for Nigeria with all zeal when there was little or no reward, ...

May someone kindly remind our dear Osaze that self-management calls for continued self re-evaluation and assessment. It calls for humility. It calls for self-control and contentment, patience and perseverance.

Whether Ameobi honours the call up or not, makes the final cut or not, there is 60% upward likelihood Martins would be called up finally. Remember Emenike is not only over weight now but also is in his worst form ever.

Series22: Nairaland tribalism don spoil me.
17 igbos out of 32 players made d list.

Do we also need Federal character in super eagles team selection? And the Igbos are not Nigerians to make the team? If Nigeria wins, is the glory coming to the Igbos or to Nigeria? No matter how much we try so hard to build Nigeria, the problem is tribalism and hatred! I see many posts here pointing to this very scourge.

agbari socket: Igbos are not happy bcuz then no see mikel robbed.thief people

Brainless, blank mind and void heart! ...'then [/b]no see mikel [b]robbed...'

Do you belong here? Check!

Danny Shittu and Kalu Uche surely deserve their inclusion.

But the surprise omission is Sone Aluko!

Watch Aluko's YouTube clips on the pitch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbvRgJyW__k

Undoubtedly, Nigeria is blessed with quality players. Your list is ok. But is there really no place for Kalu Uche (Elder brother of IK Uche) in the Nigerian AFCON team? Is his present form in vain for country? Ok, let's compare: Kalu Uche vs Amobi. Kalu Uche vs Emenike. Who would be your choice?

9 goals in 15 starts for club! Remember him in the world cup in SA? Does anyone know why this guy is being ignored? By merit and form, can he really displace anyone in the present SE team composition?

Can we share our views?

Napolitano: Why put this on front-page to damage a bank's repute. Such nonsense!!!

I feel surprised too, if they are referring to the same First Bank that I use. The success of any bank transaction depends on the information you gave. Let the @OP check the wire information he gave to the bank. Let the @OP also let us know after cross-checking these things.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt

doctorjohn: Please permit me to use this medium to let nigerians know how unreliable our banks are. I have a domicilliary account wit first bank nigeria at owerri douglas road branch. I transfer some money for some business transactions on friday 16th on this month . Since then the money has not gotten to the recipient.
My problem is the local first bank claims the transaction has been forwarded to there head office which assured them that the have transfered it. The recipient bank said they haven't received any funds to that effect nor is there any pending transaction wit regards to the bank account..
First bank refuses to give me the transaction details and keeps telling me everyday that it will reflect on the account anyday.
My business partner now looks at me as dupe having not received his money.
First bank has no answers for the reasons why the money hasn't reflected.
Am really in deep fried first bank shit.

Please cross-check the details you gave to the bank: recipient’s Routing/IBAN N0, account N0/name, bank name/address. Something may be missing from the info you gave! Check these things and also ask the recipient to confirm the details he gave you.
I feel your frustration, as I've had similar issue with another bank. But I use First bank, and I don't think their service is all this bad. They have been very supportive even on phone. My branch in Aguda has always been so swift doing my transactions.
Why not do your things online? Go to any First bank branch and activate your online banking, and you can do all your transactions (locally/internationally) from your bed room. It’s safe and secure with your token.

Long overdue!

ziccoit: Is this the same UBA where I abandoned my account for lack of innovation and poor service delivery? GEJ is certainly the African president of the year by extension.

Do not mock your leader
Pls leave GEJ alone!
Leave him out of this misplaced award.

la cosa nostra: i hv tried talking to many so called christians dat luv screaming pastor nd private jet, my question to them is hw much help hv they remdered to those among them, when last did they visit an orphange, when last they saw people begging for alms, hw much did they give, instead they will be busy deciding if they are fake or real nd also between buying a private jet nd lying which can we confidently say is a sin, because d stand of bible is dat even if u lie nd it does not affect anybody negatively, u hv no right to condem a murderer.

Your comment got me thinking again! But you are right.If we can judge ourselves, we wont be so careless to judge others. First remove the plank in your eyes so you can see well to remove the one in your bros eyes. The life style of most of us here may not be better than the Pastors we are all condemning. Many here have never visited the prisons, orphanages or destitute homes to at least lend them hope for 15 minutes. Yet we are quick to judge where the doer of deeds should have done better!

This change must start from within each of us, to the family, to our very environments/community and our places of work, then to our nation.

Let's pause and check ourselves now. If we can change individually, we can change as a nation.

How many more bombs shall have to explode in the churches?
How many more blood shall have to flow on the Northern streets?
How many more burials shall we attend?
How many more tears shall we shed?
Please how many more innocent people will have to die before we bury our religious differences?
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ZENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A soccer match between Muslim imams and Catholic priests has helped raise funds for a new kindergarten in Bosnia.

More than 4,000 people paid 1 euro ($1.30) to watch the game in the central town of Zenica on Wednesday night, cheering "Bosnia, Bosnia" and celebrating whoever scored.

The Catholics won 5-3.

The match, organized by Bosnia's Inter-religious Committee, was played by priests of the Bosnian Franciscan order and Muslim imams, said Priest Fra Zdravko Andjic. His good friend, Imam Jakub Salkica, said both sides got along well, but joked that shouldn't raise suspicions about match fixing.

Nearly two decades ago, more than 100,000 people died in this country in a war that involved Muslim Bosniaks, Christian Orthodox Serbs and Catholic Croats.
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Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm74NQ2pW-M
http://rustywoodger..com/2012/11/zenica-imams-priests-play-for-youngsters.html
http://news.yahoo.com/imams-priests-play-soccer-match-bosnia-115849720.html.

eddy42k: U can only compare siena to quest and xterra to 4runner ...it now depend on the one that suit ur purpose ...

You cannot compare Xtera to 4runner.
Rather, Compare Xtera to Highlander and Pathfinder to 4Runner.
@Nelly30: If you are concerned about the bad road, get Xtera then. But for family, get Sienna.

carefreewannabe: Well, he is not my type but other ladies like him. He doesn't lack chances. And he has had many attractive girlfriends.
So it's in the eye of the beholder.

You have to open your mind, dear. Do not say he's not your type. Read some good books on marriage. And really you need to pray about it (so you don’t reject or miss your very own!)

I think (my opinion) it's better to marry your friend, someone who knows you, who understands you, someone who knows some part of your yesterday.
I married my friend. In those days when we were just friends, she saw my lowest points, failures and also some few victories. Initially I never had any feelings for her. I remembered telling her in strong terms not to look to my side for marriage. But little did I know she was around for a purpose. And at the fullness of time, we got married! But the interesting thing is that the story of my yesterday (when we were only friends) has strengthened our marriage today, even during trials. Sometimes she wakes me up at night and call up one event of yesterday and we'll cry and also laugh and praise God together for every second chance, grace and restoration. And we feel strong in Faith to move on!
Sometimes we may not know why a friend has remained there all the while. Just free yourself first! And think about it. Then PRAY about it.

@Shy Steady, well said!

Please calm down and do scan on your nose, if need be.

Hold on, do not walk away yet!
This is a turning point!! And it'll be all be for good.
You father could have some good heart, no matter what the present circumstances say.

May be unknown to you for now, but I think the hidden reason of this thread is to hear the wonderful counsel from Messrs: X-factoria, lucom, cheddarking, acidtalk, Ivynwa.
And they have indeed spoken to you. These priceless contributions did not come from ordinary minds. Please do not neglect them.

You have the power to lead the change in your family. It starts from within, from you. The time is now!

Coldfeet: Exactly my thoughts feeding a one year old akpu and ewedu or any swallow isn't really a bad idea just make sure its not too thick! akpu especially,and the soup not peppery! My mother grew up on akpu and ofe ogbankpo! Its copy copy of the west that has made our own food taboo to us.

Spot on! I keep asking why westernize our food also? We are rich in greenfield. Let's feed our kids with foods from our own soil, prepared by us. And less visit to hospitals! Golden Morn, Silver morn, ... crap! I still yearn for ofe ogbankpo!

Hon. SuQ Ma'DIQ:
Cynthia is dead and gone. My concern is for other young girls that take that kinda mad and blind risk in their insatiable quest for MATERIAL THINGS and SEXUAL ADVENTURE.
To the ladies in the house, CYNTHIA's CASE IS JUST ONE OUT OF TOO MANY THAT GO UNREPORTED OR UNRESOLVED. DON'T BE PART OF THE STATISTIC.
Why are we wasting time talking about her soul resting in peace. CYNTHIA HANDED HER SOUL TO THE DEVIL THE MOMENT SHE WALKED INTO THAT SIN HOUSE(HOTEL) with her CRIMINAL LOVER. Even if she wanted to negotiate business with her fellow girl, it could have taken place anywhere but not a SIN HOUSE, talkless of negotiating what useless business apart from SEX-FOR-CASH DEAL in a HOTEL.
Say whatever you like, but your own days are numbered if currently you are as LOOSE as CYNTHIA. And 2moro people will come on NAIRALAND to blab about your SINFUL SOUL resting in which peace.
PEACE OF THE WICKED? We cant hoodwink GOD. For it is WRITTEN that "the soul that sinneth it shall die".
Her killers even have chance of making heaven if only they admit their sins and repent today. But for CYNTHIA, I know she burns right nw in hell. THAT'S THE BIBLE TRUTH

Truth is bitter, it has to be told! Yes we have all sinned and come shut of His Glory. But this is a call for repentance. What on earth is a General's ONLY daughter doing in a hotel with unknown 'Facebook' friends! With all her education and training? I have never stopped thinking about this, for I still cry in my closet. Where is morals again among us, people? Ladies and dear sisters in the house, please listen to God. Each choice or step we take without guidance only leads to crisis. Live good, live right, shun immorality! Think about what really matters at the end of life. Men and brothers here, remember that lady is someone's daughter or sister! Do not harm her anymore, let her go!! "Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity" (2 Tim 2:19)

@ chiebube, your accusation here makes no sense! You want him to spend his hard earned money to send you a car only for you to reject it and tie his money down? Imagine your reasoning? You think only about yourself! What if this man has no bad intentions, and only protecting his business? And you have already gone on this forum to condemn him! Why not get yourself a Sienna van in Lagos? You can even get it cheaper than N1.25m! I don't know this man you are slamming here (who has done you no wrong) neither am I defending any scam, but it hurts me when innocent and genuine people are defamed by the shallow minds who thrive in judging and condemning others!
What a poor post!!!