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Hmmm in a democratic system of government Abeg Nigeria is ���� people say Bleep trump openly and even castigate religion openly but here the inspectors relation or whatever he is to him is saying distasteful statement aliko in tears right now for giving his kid to a clown

The beef between the two stars continue as they both have been constantly putting themselves in a place of constant pain by competing over who’s better.

Well recently they both released new songs respectively but have continued dragging for top spot
And it’s becoming a cankerworm that’s eating their souls up and the music industry as both are great men

Tonypens48:
Hmmn

Abeg hmmmn oh but the issue now is that our lawmakers have spoken against payment of kidnapping.
https://www.nairaland.com/7127365/senate-disagreement-trails-law-against

Tonypens48:
Hmmn

My brother hmmm oh

In yet another mindless attack, terrorists, yesterday, wreaked havoc in Kaduna. They killed one person and kidnapped 20 others at Kurmin, near Millennium City in Chikun Local Council of the State.

“Since 2015, when bandits took over Kaduna and its environs, They have kidnapped many of our people and we have paid huge amount of money as ransom. Some farmers have been killed, while those who managed to pay the ransom have remained in abject poverty till now,” says a helpless farmer

Meanwhile, effort to speak with the Police spokesman, ASP Mohammed Jalige for confirmation was not successful. And since that is the occasion they have decided to pickup arms and fight for themselves.

The question is what if your family members body has started to be cut and sent to you in little parts there are only two things that can happen
1 pay if you can afford it
2 be a law abiding citizen and watch your loved ones die
3 save them and face the law!!!!

Hypertension (high blood pressure) is one medical term the average person has heard quite often in private conversations, during medical outreaches in religious settings and in workplaces. Home use medical devices now enable people measure their blood pressure and sugar level.

When they use a digital blood pressure meter and it gives a reading of 110/70 (110 over 70) or 120/80, for example, it gives them a sense of peace. But there is natural concern if they get a reading of 135/90 or higher, which prompts a visit to their doctor.

A person is said to have low blood pressure when the reading is lower than 90/60. However, hypotension or low pressure is not always a problem. Unlike high blood pressure, doctors usually don’t use a standard set of numbers to figure out if you’re ill. But if you also have symptoms like dizziness and nausea, it could be a sign that your blood pressure is too low for good health.

Your brain usually shows the first symptoms of hypotension. Besides dizziness and nausea, your spirits might be low, you might lack energy, and find it hard to think straight. Some people feel lightheaded enough to faint or notice cold, clammy skin, faster breathing, blurry vision, or chest pain. If your low pressure is caused by dehydration, you also might feel unusually thirsty.



Why it happens

There are a number of reasons why a person may have low blood pressure. One of such is when the blood vessels widen. What this means is that the blood vessel has more internal space, thereby allowing the blood to spread out and put less pressure on the walls of those vessels. Some drugs, especially the type called vasodilators, can cause this. So can spinal injuries that damage certain nerves, serious bacterial infections, and allergic reactions. Hormone problems like Addison’s disease, which weakens the adrenal glands, can also do it.

Again, having less blood means less pressure on the veins and arteries. An injury might cause the person to bleed, either outside the body where you can see it, or inside. It might also happen if you don’t get enough to drink, your blood vessels leak fluid, or you have a blood condition called anaemia. Sometimes your kidneys get rid of too much fluid because of illness or certain drugs, like diuretics.

Heart problems have been established to cause low blood pressure. The more blood the heart pumps per minute, the higher the blood pressure. Certain medications, along with hormone problems, heart damage, or misfiring electrical signals, can make the heart beat too slowly, which lowers that pressure. Or it could be that the heart is not as strong as it used to be because of a heart attack, heart failure, or problems with the valves, and so doesn’t pump as much blood per beat.

Normally, when a person stands up suddenly, the body sends a signal to the brain that says, “Hey! We just dropped a bunch of blood down to the legs and belly, and we need to pump some more back upstairs before you get dizzy and pass out!” But sometimes, your brain doesn’t get the message quickly enough and you start to feel lightheaded. You might even faint. Your doctor might call this problem “orthostatic hypotension” or “vasovagal syncope.”

Standing for long periods can also cause hypotension. What happens is that after a person has been on his feet for a long time, blood can start to pool in the legs. If the brain doesn’t tell your heart to pump enough to keep your blood pressure up, it might drop low enough to make you dizzy and nauseous. You might even pass out. Your doctor might call this “neurally mediated hypotension.” Like a bad relationship, the problem is poor communication, in this case, between the heart and brain.





What to do – get a diagnosis

Once your doctor knows your symptoms, blood tests can help diagnose the reason for your low blood pressure. An electrocardiogram, ultrasound, and other tests check the health of your heart. The Valsalva maneuver observes nerve signals that control your heart and blood vessels, and a “tilt table” test looks at how your body responds to position changes.

Treatment

The treatment to be administered by the doctor following diagnosis depends on the cause. You may need to the treat the conditions that are giving you low blood pressure. If medication is the problem, you may need to change it or lower the dose, but always talk to your doctor first. Other drugs can help increase your blood pressure if needed, and compression socks can help push blood up from where it pools in your legs. If you don’t have bothersome symptoms, you might not need treatment.



Lifestyle changes

As with most life issues, you can help lessen the symptoms of low blood pressure at home.

Add a bit more salt back into your diet, but discuss with your doctor first.

Drink more water (unless your doctor has restricted your fluid intake). It keeps your blood volume up, which raises blood pressure.

Cut back on alcohol. It can dehydrate you and lower blood volume and blood pressure.

Eat multiple, small meals that are low in carbohydrates, instead of three big ones, if your pressure drops after eating.



When to see a doctor

If you feel confused or notice fast, shallow breathing, a weak, rapid pulse, and cold, clammy skin, you may be in shock (extreme hypotension). Get to an emergency room right away. However, having lower blood pressure numbers, especially without other symptoms, isn’t usually a sign of a big problem. Talk to your doctor if you start to feel dizzy or lightheaded as well.

The Senate has continued to receive bashing for the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill, 2022 it passed into law on April 27.

The said law makes it an offence for kidnapped victims or their relatives to pay ransom to their abductors.

The Senate claimed that the law will “prevent terrorist groups from laundering money.”
Before its passage, the bill received an overwhelming support from the senators.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan believes that the new law can “turn around not only the security situation in Nigeria, but even the economic fortunes of our country.”

But Nigerians – activists, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), socio-cultural organisations, among others – have continued to see things differently.

In their latest reactions, a cross section of lawyers, former legislators and social commentators said that the law is uncalled for.



Perspectives to the law

Providing an insight, a lawyer, Dennis Azeke, noted that “by the time you keep throwing money at kidnappers, the ill will continue to blossom. It becomes a bigger industry for the criminals. Worldwide, responsible countries have known this. So, some have legislated on it.

“The US has the executive order discouraging payment of ransom.

“But the government still uses its agencies like the FBI to find a way to negotiate with terrorists and meet their demands – especially when they cannot find a way to rescue their kidnapped citizens, whether they are held by kidnappers for money or for political reasons.

“But in our case, the idea is to make payment of ransom non-lucrative for the kidnappers.

“But practically, is it workable in the Nigerian set up? The question again is do we have the instrumentality to enforce the law we are talking about? The answer is no.

“For those in government, when their top persons are kidnapped, they still use third parties to pay ransom.”

Spirit and morality of law

Meanwhile, Azeke and Yusufu Alli (SAN) have been reflecting on the morality or otherwise of the law.

According to Azeke, “the idea of the law is that kidnapping is illegal and not permissible.

“Therefore, we cannot be talking about morality here.”

He admitted that law and morality can meet and can also diverge. “But what is moral, might be legal, and what is legal might not be moral.”

In his contention, Mr Alli noted that “there is nothing moral or immoral about the amended law.”

To him, “it is simply a law.”

He, however, expressed concern that the Senate had enacted a law that is non-implementable, cautioning that it is against the spirit of the law to have legislation “that will be hard to implement.”

To buttress his point, he asked: “If someone is kidnapped, how do you monitor that ransom has been paid before the individual is released?”

Azeke equally shared Alli’s view by declaring: “Yes, the law is good. But is it implementable; does it make any impact? The answer is no – because we have weak institutions, weak security agencies, weak judiciary agency – to enforce such a law.”

He also raised other fears. “Now, when those who are to arrest the bandits – as we are hearing recently – are part of the terrorists helping them to push the kidnapping agenda, what faith do we have in those we are relying on to help push this law?”

Ex-NASS members dismiss law

Former of House of Representatives member, Hon. Uche Onyeaguocha, said that the law is simply not enforceable.

He is of the view that the government had failed to put measures in place to secure the release of kidnapped victims.

“It is not whether the law is moral or not. The law is not enforceable especially in a country where the government has collapsed.

“How can such a law be enforced when the state is incapable of providing security for its citizens? What have they put in place to secure the release of kidnapped victims?”

Not done he added: “Look at a situation where you cannot secure the release of kidnapped victims who have been held for years, and you turn around to pass a law that now, nobody should pay ransom to kidnappers?”

Onyeaguocha who is the erstwhile Secretary to the Imo State Government under the administration of Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha also said: “It is, therefore, not the business of the government to bother any family that has the means and ways to secure the release of their kidnapped relatives, especially where the government has (been) literally ineffective and inefficient.

“We have a failed system; so Nigerians are fending for themselves and taking care of their security.

“Every individual today is almost a local government (of their own). You build your own house; you provide your own water, electricity and even road to your house. So, tell me, what else does the government do? They are not building schools; they are not building hospitals. Who are they to pass such law?”

Also, Bosun Oladele, a former House member who represented Irepo/Olorunsogo/Orelope Federal Constituency in Oyo State between 2015 and 2019, welcomed the amendment.

However, Oladele, a former Commissioner for Information in Oyo State, noted that “the payment of ransom has its advantages and its disadvantages.

According to him, there is nothing bad at all in making any law for the good of the people.

“But one challenge we always have, especially in Nigeria is the implementation and enforcement of such a law.

“Most of the people that have been kidnapped so far – except some – ransom had been the most potent solution for the release of such persons.

“If families and associates will not pay ransom again, it will mean that technology has to be deployed to the highest level to make it impossible for them not to be kidnapped.

“Until that is done, it will be very difficult to criminalise payment of ransom.

“But the law is good because any law that is made will not just take care of the present, it will also take care of the future. So, as we are working on our security system, and technology for security purposes, we should also make laws that will assist the enforcement of security.”

Meanwhile, a former Commissioner for Information and Culture in Niger State, and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Jonathan Vatsa, has lambasted the Senate for the passage of the bill, describing it as “dead on arrival.”

“This is yet another very unpopular bill like the hate speech bill which died even before it was conceived.

“You don’t sit in an air-conditioned office and pass a law that has no meaning to Nigerians whose relations are languishing in kidnappers’ den,” he said.

The former publicity secretary of the APC in Niger State pointed out that it is highly regrettable that the senators who are the representatives of the Nigerian people could be thinking differently from what Nigerians really want from them, wondering whether they will not pay the ransom if their relations are kidnapped today.

He asked: “Since Nigerians are being kidnapped, how many of them have the security agents rescued? The situation has been either you pay or you lose your relations because nobody will rescue them and our senators know this too well.

“People are being kidnapped on the highways, and in their homes without any resistance from the security agents, and Nigerians are aware of this. And now, you are bringing a law that they should not pay ransom to secure the release of their loved ones?”

To underline his argument, he recalled that “today, we have over 2,000 Nigerians in captivity, including students and new born babies born in kidnappers’ den few days ago. Yet the government is only there issuing directives to security agents without any action.

“The victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack have spent over one month in the kidnappers’ den within Nigerian territory, yet, there is no effort to secure their release by the government, and yet they are here telling Nigerians that payment of ransom is prohibited.”

Weighing in on the law, ace journalist and public affairs commentator, Kanayo Esinulo, described it as “terrible.”

“I have never seen such level of nonsensical idiocy before.

“The Senate should rather stop the killings, the kidnapping, the banditry – at source. Not when my relative is held, and there is the resource to bail him out. Or I can borrow to do that, and you say oo, don’t borrow, you will be offending the law. That is abominable. That is questionable,” he fumed.

He lamented that the action of those in government “has destroyed Nigeria, declaring: “The country is on the ground; we are just pretending.”



Law not what Nigerians want

Vasta told our correspondent that the Senate ought to know that the amended law is not what Nigerians want as part of their contributions to the fight against the current spate of insecurity in the country.

“How many of our senators, especially those of them from the North can confidently go to their constituencies even with security?

“Why can’t they pass a bill making kidnapping itself a capital punishment? That is when Nigerians will take them seriously.

“You don’t fight a problem without addressing its root cause.

“This is one bill that will have no meaning to Nigerians; in fact, they should not even count it among the bills passed by this 9th Senate.”

What amended law portends

According to Esinulo, criminalising people for paying ransom clearly suggests that Nigeria is in deep crisis.

“What it means is that the country is in chaos; there is anarchy in the land; and I think some people are trying to rope all of us into this.

“I have never seen this level of funny thinking before. Such law, to say the least, lacks deep thinking. It shows that the leadership of Nigeria does not reflect the realities on the ground. It is low,” he argued.

He expressed fear that anarchy, which is clearly ruling the land at the moment, is not being addressed scientifically.

“Now, look at this. How do you rehabilitate and integrate a Boko Haram or bandit of yesterday into the army? Someone who only three days ago was fighting the army he is being integrated into it? It shows you the level of thinking of the Nigerian political leadership. It shows you that we have lost everything.

“Whether you are going to rehabilitate those that have been released or you are going to arrest those that produced the funds that facilitated those that have been released, one thing is clear to me as a Nigerian, as a person, a journalist: there should be a total reorganisation or total abandonment of the present 1999 Constitution.

“The fundamental problem of Nigeria is not the payment of ransom. It is not the enactment of a law in the Senate against those who pay ransom or the consequences that await those who pay. No! The problem with Nigeria starts and ends with the present constitution written by a certain Prof Angulu, which is not people-orientated – which did not attract the participation of the people.

“It was the fault of retired General Abdulsalami who fetched Angulu, and gave him some pieces of paper to write a constitution and say ‘we the people of Nigeria,’ when did we do that?

“There is the fundamental question of who will be arrested after paying ransom or people who will be held responsible for banditry. It is a matter that could be debated till the end of time.

“The most problematic situation in Nigerian facing and demanding the attention of patriots and not pretenders is the total abrogation of the present constitution.”

For Alli, the amended law “shows that as a matter of fact, if we have been up and doing, and our security system up to the task, we should not be talking about paying ransom to kidnappers.

“By paying ransom, we are elevating kidnapping to a trade which is a big shame. But we have started. So, I think we should first of all stem the occurrence of kidnapping, and by the time it is no longer becoming rampant, we can now begin to talk about discouraging ransom payment. And by so doing, the actors will now know that it is no longer financially viable.”

What Senate should have done

Hon. Onyeaguocha is of the view that the Senate “should have first put measures in place so that whatever is fuelling the insecurity is tackled by creating jobs and providing the security agents starting with the police with the necessary equipment and training.”

Alli equally reasoned that “rather than dissipating energy on this, Senate should have focused its attention on how to secure lives and property by ensuring that our security has what it takes to tackle the myriad of challenges they have.”

Then he added: “I think when that bill becomes law, it will be interesting to see how it will be enforced.”

Toeing the same line, Azeke believes the Senate did not do justice to the law.

“What the Senate should have done,” he insisted, “is to find a way of advising on strengthening our security agencies.

“In fact, before you pass this kind of legislation, there should have been a stakeholders’ meeting at which participants would proffer advice.”

He reasoned that it ought to have been appropriate to give less punishment to the ransom giver, saying: “You can criminalise ransom payment, but recommend lesser punishment for the giver lesser. Punishment for persons who demanded money and their associates should be stricter.

“Besides, the Senate should have passed appropriate laws on how the institutions should he strengthened. Because the same institution you are relying on are the front runners in this criminality going on in the country.”

Ordinary man and the law

The said law makes it an offence for kidnapped victims or their relatives to pay ransom to their abductors.

The Senate claimed that the law will “prevent terrorist groups from laundering money.”
Before its passage, the bill received an overwhelming support from the senators.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan believes that the new law can “turn around not only the security situation in Nigeria, but even the economic fortunes of our country.”

But Nigerians – activists, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), socio-cultural organisations, among others – have continued to see things differently.

Perspectives to the law

Providing an insight, a lawyer, Dennis Azeke, noted that “by the time you keep throwing money at kidnappers, the ill will continue to blossom. It becomes a bigger industry for the criminals. Worldwide, responsible countries have known this. So, some have legislated on it.

“The US has the executive order discouraging payment of ransom.

“But the government still uses its agencies like the FBI to find a way to negotiate with terrorists and meet their demands – especially when they cannot find a way to rescue their kidnapped citizens, whether they are held by kidnappers for money or for political reasons.

“But in our case, the idea is to make payment of ransom non-lucrative for the kidnappers.

“But practically, is it workable in the Nigerian set up? The question again is do we have the instrumentality to enforce the law we are talking about? The answer is no.

“For those in government, when their top persons are kidnapped, they still use third parties to pay ransom.”

Spirit and morality of law

Meanwhile, Azeke and Yusufu Alli (SAN) have been reflecting on the morality or otherwise of the law.

According to Azeke, “the idea of the law is that kidnapping is illegal and not permissible.

“Therefore, we cannot be talking about morality here.”

He admitted that law and morality can meet and can also diverge. “But what is moral, might be legal, and what is legal might not be moral.”

In his contention, Mr Alli noted that “there is nothing moral or immoral about the amended law.”

To him, “it is simply a law.”

He, however, expressed concern that the Senate had enacted a law that is non-implementable, cautioning that it is against the spirit of the law to have legislation “that will be hard to implement.”

To buttress his point, he asked: “If someone is kidnapped, how do you monitor that ransom has been paid before the individual is released?”

Azeke equally shared Alli’s view by declaring: “Yes, the law is good. But is it implementable; does it make any impact? The answer is no – because we have weak institutions, weak security agencies, weak judiciary agency – to enforce such a law.”

He also raised other fears. “Now, when those who are to arrest the bandits – as we are hearing recently – are part of the terrorists helping them to push the kidnapping agenda, what faith do we have in those we are relying on to help push this law?”

But Is this really what Nigerians want

The cardi b drama and nickiminaj resurfaced again while at a club owned by rich romero a shout out was given from the dj for nickminaj. which she seemed unfazed but she later went up on iG and ranted here are " i bet you that professional cameras where there and it was all a set up she says.

But the dj refutes the claims saying he didnt do none of that and he was just moving according to instructions and says he is sorry well...
we hope the two women do not further cause any dastardly act's as they have been brawls in the past

anonimi:
More like living abroad turns you into a liar, assuming you in the abroad sef.

Lol not currently tho relax anonimi

anonimi:
Is your relationship on the other thread, with a French woman

Nope bro a Nigerian it turns out that living abroad makes you easy going!!!

Superwave16320:
Just listen to the tale of this dead brain. In Nigeria where men own all the edge, just imagine this foolish soul in America se this fool no go wash mensuration pant for the ashana he calls a partner.

Omo this one vex you oh

jendhorlee:
So, show me where you said wizkid got angry

Omo he should be that boy told us tems was his on stage but you no machala and been cool well !!!!

sollolucci77:
How does wizkid fit into what you posted?...failed so called blogger

Lol crack my ribs further

jimmychang:
Your living yet you are dead inside

Whew!!!!

satandeterrible:
A completely finished man.
This is what happens when simps let women break them down, basically manipulating every strand of their thinking faculty.

How low can a man go as to not realise he is being taken for a fool?
Probably in your yesteryears, you were denigrating Redpillers and joining forces with women to call them names. Now the chicken has come home to roost.

Weak men like you deserve no sympathy.
You disgust me.

Omo

Jayrockk:
pussy ass nigga

Lol is that your pastor

oilmane:
Please how can I unread this rubbish? Past decade in a one sided open relationship? Who do you bad gan, why will you repair yourself? Just continue managing it as you've been doing, continue being in love, na wah, people day, I sincerely hope you don't pass this streak to your male kids.

calm down love is real

traps here and there

Kobojunkie:
Make an appointment with a mental health counselor and seek help with finding yourself first. You may have lost you in that jungle that lasted over a decade. Seek help to help find you again and drag you out of where you are so you can begin anew.

Then go from there.

okay junkie

rickleye:
Lol � .

This one don sweet you bar?

Johntitus:


This life nah cruise sha. Some persons dey go broken out of thinking about wentin dem go chop the next day, others dey broken cause of woman. Hahahaha.

OP, I no dey laugh your situation. I just dey talk say life no balance.

Omo i understand the situation but i guess you be single man do you really know what love is??

This area of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Le Roannais was peaceful and empty of tourists. And, as this summer will be the first foreign holiday for many after two years of limitations, it is the perfect place to get away from it all, especially of the lingering threat of Covid make crowds unpalatable.

The Auvergne is one of the most sparsely populated areas in Europe, and Le Roannais is a tapestry of gold and green vineyards and villages between the cities of Roanne and Vichy. I knew that Auvergne was a land of volcanoes, dramatic regional parks and very few people, but in 16 years of writing about France, this slice of gentle rolling countryside and high wooded hills almost in the centre of France was a complete revelation.

While Le Roannais has been tamed by its vineyards and farms, the Livradois-Forez regional park is an altogether wilder prospect, its dense pine forests dotted with meadows and moors and tiny hamlets. Its largest town, Thiers, has a population of just 11,000, halved since the early 20th century, but it is the knife-making capital of France. En route, I stopped for lunch to tuck into a delicacy closely linked to the trade: the cabbage sausage of Arconsat. At the cosy Auberge de Montoncel, Jean-Louis Garret – Grand Master of the Brotherhood of the Cabbage Sausage – explained how, in the 19th century, half the town’s working population peddled knives door-to-door. One of these hawkers made it as far as Greece, took a fancy to the local lamb-and-cabbage sausage and brought the idea back to make his own. In mid-November, the cabbage sausage festival attracts a whopping 1,700 people. Jean-Louis serves it with a sauce made from the park’s signature cheese, fourme d’ambert. It’s rich and filling, with the cabbage inside lending it some bite – ideal sustenance for both the knife-makers and the itinerant sellers of Thiers.

rickleye:
Will smith , is this you homie ?

Lol ad slap the shit out of you if you make a joke on my family

greymiles:
This wizkid fans including the op just mumu anyhow
Wat u posted and wat u claimed happened doesn’t correlate at all, d mumu wey Dey up too dey shout make u leave machala babe
Wen u no be aboki, dey get sense na

I bet you think otherwise

MrBrownJay1:
she broke your spirit and made you to become who she wants you to be....to the point that you even believe you wouldnt be good enoug to anyone but her. as much as you hate the thought, you have to get away from this negative woman as you will never ever be valued by her again,,,,so why stay?!

the future you dont know, is way better than what you are experiencing now...which is basically "nothing"!

Bless you mr brown jay

cherryCola:
continue.....

nice idea i mean whats life without fun

JBoss25:
Young thug gone leave prison in his 50s or 60s sad

well you never know people would surely be out there shouting free thugger and that might help

I am a fortysomething man in a long-term relationship – nearly 20 years – and have two children. For the past 10 years my partner has been having short-term lovers. These were clandestine, but more recently she has stopped hiding, called our relationship “open”, and currently has a lover who I do know about. But this “open relationship” can only be one-sided, because she is jealous and suspicious while I am basically not polyamorous. So why stay together? We get on, communicate well (other than the no-go zone of her other love life), rarely argue, are bonded by bringing up our children and are financially tied together.

However, the years of suppressing my emotions – of jealousy, rejection, insecurity, being lied to – have left me broken. Sex (which we still occasionally do have) has become stressed: if I don’t perform enthusiastically, it will justify her seeking other lovers. Also, I am expected to remain sexually attracted to her, which gets more difficult when I know she’s been with someone else recently. We had frank talks when she offered to end her extramarital affairs and be monogamous with me – or plan how we might separate without affecting our children. We were both very upset, as we are very much still in love, and wish the sex side of our relationship wasn’t such a terrible mess.

But it has occurred to me that I am emotionally and sexually broken after this past decade. If I was single again – or my partner was to become monogamous with me again – I don’t think I would be a viable person to be in a relationship with. How do I start to repair myself, inside or outside this relationship?

Any advice would be cool.