Capture October 13
Issues date November 16
Collected today Dec 28
DIY Sagamu

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Please who knows the name of this bird kill by snake bite this morning.

ok following thanks.

Manni0011:
I have a valid belize Visa and i have to go for a conference soon anyone know how i can book a flight that does not require transit visa?

Please I need information on official Bank of Belize in Nigeria. I will appreciate your ugent response. Thanks.

No permanent enemies in politics.

Miracle indeed.

dasparrow:


No, you don't need an invitation letter but you must show that you have a hotel reservation and sufficient funds. Also you must have genuine documents when applying. The Belize consulate in Abuja does not approve visa applications. All they do is collect all your documents and send them to Belize immigration electronically. It is Belize immigration that will process your visa application and either approve you or deny you. Then they will notify the consul-general here at the Belize consulate in Abuja of their decision. It takes 30 days for them to process your application. Nigeria is one of the very few countries who must get their visa approved by the immigration director of the entire country of Belize. I am guessing it is because of Boko Haram. Most commonwealth citizens do not need a visa to Belize but Nigerians are required to have a visa.

If you are going to transit through Atlanta, you need a USA transit visa. Getting to Belize is tricky because not too many airlines fly to Belize and most times you will have to transit through first world countries to get there. Alternatively, you can fly to Brazil and from Brazil to Mexico and Mexico to Belize but that will cost you a lot of money in transportation. I will also suggest you get a transit visa for Brazil if you choose the Brazil route to avoid any embarrassment at Sao Paulo airport in Brazil because they are known to be tough at that airport.

If you have any further questions, feel free to ask me on this thread so others too can learn. I will not be emailing.

Please I need info about official bank of Belize in Nigeria. Thanks.

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Lady G and Justwise thank you for all the wonderful jobs you people have been doing. I will be glad if you advice on this. I am a civil servant with monthly salary of #65000 and a potential agric business man. How can I marge both on my ds-160 form thanks.

One of the Chibok girls freed in May has been telling journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani how a diary was kept of some of her three years in captivity with Boko Haram Islamist militants.
One of the oldest in her class, Naomi Adamu was 24 when she and more than 200 mainly Christian students were taken off into Boko Haram's Sambisa forest hideout in north-eastern Nigeria in 2014, sparking global outrage.
While in captivity, the girls were given exercise books for the Koranic classes they were made to attend.
But some of the girls used these to keep secret diaries. When the militants found out, they were forced to burn the books.
Ms Adamu managed to hide hers. She and her close friend, Sarah Samuel, now 20, and three other girls used the books to chronicle some of their experiences.
The diary entries, written in passable English and poor Hausa, are undated and appear to be from their early months in captivity.
Here are 10 of the many disclosures. Some spelling and punctuation have been altered for clarity:
1) Kidnap was not the plan
The militants who attacked the Chibok school on 14 April 2014 had come with the intention of stealing an "engine block", the diary notes. It is not clear what piece of machinery they wanted - there had been some construction work at the school a few weeks earlier, so it may have been the machine used for moulding cement blocks, which can also be used for constructing crude weapons, or they may have been after an engine block from a vehicle.
But when it could not be found, they argued over what to do with the students they had gathered in groups. After considering a number of gory options, they decided to take the girls with them.
"They started argument in their midst. So one small boy said that they should burn us all and they said, 'No let us take them with us to Sambisa.' Another person said, 'No let's not do that. Let's lead them... to their parent homes.' As they were in argument, then one of them said, 'No, I can't come with empty car and go back with empty car... If we take them to [Abubakar] Shekau [Boko Haram's leader], he will know what to do.'"
2) A telltale prevented escape
Some girls were loaded into the militants' vehicle at the school while the majority were made to walk at gunpoint for miles, until several trucks arrived to ferry them away.
Who wrote the diaries?
Main diarists: Naomi Adamu and Sarah Samuel
Rhoda Peter, Saratu Ayuba and Margaret Yama made smaller contributions
Four of them were freed in May 2017, after negotiations
Sarah Samuel agreed to marry a militant last year and remains in captivity
On their way to Boko Haram's forest hideout, when some students began escaping by jumping off the trucks, one of the kidnapped girls alerted their abductors - perhaps out of fear of being left alone, or a propensity to obey whoever is in authority, or the desire to have company in misery.
"Then one girl in the car said, 'Driver, some girls are jumping to escape.' Then the driver opened the door of the car then searched for them with the torch but didn't find anyone. So they said to them that they should stay [in] one place, that if they jump down again, if they saw her or any they will shoot her."
3) Cruel tricks
The militants played a number of cruel tricks on the kidnapped girls, including pretending that their parents had been captured by Boko Haram. On one occasion, they separated the Christian girls from those who were Muslim and threatened to burn those who would not convert to Islam with petrol.
"Then they came to us and said, 'Those who are Muslim, it is time for prayer.' After they had prayed, [they said], 'Those who are Muslim, let them be on one side and those who are Christian let them too be on one side.'
"Then we saw jerrycan in the car so we thought it was petrol. Then they said, 'Who and how many of you will turn to Muslim.' So many of us, because of fear, some of us stand up and went inside... So [they said], 'The rest that remain you want to die, is that why you don't want to be Muslim? We are going to burn you...' Then they give us that jerrycan which we thought it was petrol. It is not petrol, it is water."
4) Militant anger over rape claims
Some of the Chibok girls have stated in previous interviews that they were not sexually abused or forced into marriage - although they were sometimes whipped to persuade them to marry. Some girls were also taken as official concubines.
The diaries show that the militants were livid about insinuations in the media that they were raping the girls. The group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, ranted about this a number of times, first in a recorded message that was played to the girls.
"Then in the night, they gathered us and preached to us and put [on] a cassette. They said that cassette is from their master Mr Abubakar Shekau.... So he said that just because of they kidnapped us to come and teach us the way of God, then your parents and the government and your principal are crying to us and saying that we are raping you and are doing bad, bad things to you… We brought you to teach you the way of Allah."
5) Hijabs against temptation
The militants pleaded with the girls to not lead them into temptation, encouraging them to always keep their bodies covered in a hijab.
"He opened the Koran and started reading it, then he read one place that said anybody which they kidnap on the fight of jihad, it is your own, whatever you like, you will do with that person... But we that they give us hijab is that they don't want to see our body, which will make them to sin and do what is very bad."
6) Marriage proposals
The marriage proposals from militants were frequent and forceful.
"One girl wanted to go inside the room and pick something, then Malam Ahmed [one of the militants] went and met her and asked her about marriage. Then she said, 'No.' He asked her, 'And so what is your own decision about this marriage?'
"Then she said that no, they kidnapped her from GGSS [Government Girls Secondary School] Chibok and brought her to Sambisa and now they are talking to her about marriage. How will she get married - after all her mother and her father and her aunties and the rest of her colleagues, they don't even know… Then she asked him, if she says no - that she will not get married, she will only stay and follow her God alone, is it not good? Then he said, 'No, it is bad.'"
Some were pressured to change their mind.
"We saw the people come in two Hilux [vans]. Then they came asking for those who want to get married. They asked us and said anybody who accepts Muslim religion… must get married if truly she holds the religion with two hands. They gave us 30 minutes to give them their answer but we kept quiet. Then we stayed for an hour but nobody answered them."
Naomi Adamu told me that those who refused to get married were treated as slaves: "Every day, they beat us. They tell us to marry and if you refuse, they will beat you. We will wash cloth, fetch water, do everything for their wives. We were slaves."
7) Escapees returned by villagers
Despite the global Bring Back Our Girls campaign, which saw the involvement of celebrities like former US First Lady Michelle Obama, some people in surrounding communities wanted no part in bringing back the girls, and returned some of the girls when they managed to escape.
"There is another day that some girls ran. They tried to escape but they couldn't. So those people arrested them. The way they arrested them was they entered into a shop and asked them to help them and give them water and biscuit. So, the people asked them, 'Who are you and where did you come from?' The girls said, 'We are those that the BH kidnapped from GGSS [Government Girls Secondary School], Chibok.' So, one of the people said, 'Are these not Shekau's children?'
"So they gave them good food to eat and a place to sleep and the next day, they returned them to our place... As they brought them to Sambisa at night, they whipped them and said that they are going to cut off their necks."
Conversion blame game
The girls were told that they would be allowed to go home to their families if they all, with no exception, agreed to convert to Islam. Those who agreed to convert then blamed the girls who refused for their continued captivity.
"They said that those that do not accept Muslim religion are [like] sheep and cows and goat... they will kill them... Then Malam Abba [one of the militants] said those that who did not accept Muslim religion, they should be on one side, let them not enter into those who have become Muslim. So he told us to stay aside - that they are going to arrange another place for them. Another person said no, that let us stay together. As they left, one week later, the rest of us said that we that did not become Muslim, we are those who are stopping ourselves from going home."
9) How videos were filmed
Boko Haram released several videos about the Chibok girls. This is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of them.
"Then there is a day before this, they came and… [filmed] about 10 girls under the Tamarind tree. They called them one by one and asked them about their name and the name of their parents and then they [film us] and said, 'Did we hurt you in any way.' We said, 'No.' They told us to tell our parents and the government what they are doing to us. The government and our parents are saying that they are raping us and disturbing us.
"So they called out one of us and asked her, 'Since we kidnapped you and brought you to this place, have we ever slept with or raped you?' She answered, 'No.' He asked her again... 'I will like you to let you show to your parents and the government what we have offered you and how we are taking good care of you.'"
10) Militants followed the news closely
The videos were sometimes filmed straight after the militants listened to the news.
"They stayed a little while and listened to the BBC [Hausa service]. As they finished listening to the radio, they called us one by one. They told some to stand and some to kneel and some to sit so they [filmed] us and told us to read. Then we read from [Islamic text]."
What's happened to the diarists?
Naomi Adamu and three other diarists - Rhoda Peter, Saratu Ayuba and Margaret Yama - were released in May.
In September, the government sent them to study at the American University of Nigeria in the north-eastern town of Yola.
Ms Adamu, the second of seven children, said she kept the diaries with only her family in mind, and seems baffled by my interest.
"I wrote it because of remembrance," she said.
"For my brothers to see it, my sisters to see it, my parents to see it."
But her friend Sarah Samuel, who wrote many of the entries, is yet to return, which is a source of sadness for her.
"I feel pained. I feel so pained. Up till now, I'm still thinking about her."
About two years into their captivity, at a time when a military crackdown led to Boko Haram's supplies being cut off, she succumbed to pressure and married, a decision that entitled her to leave the camp with her Boko Haram husband, hopefully for a better life elsewhere with access to food. None of those who got married have been released so far.
Her father, Samuel Yaga, told me that he was not surprised to learn that his oldest child wrote while in captivity.
"She was always reading. Sometimes, she fell asleep with a book in her lap," he said.
On the last page of one notebook, she had listed the names of her five siblings, ending with: "My father's name is Samuel and my mother's name is Rebecca."
It was almost as if she did not want to forget.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41570252?iorg_service_id_internal=624173547714020%3BAfqSMd2JcYUgDuGz

Obasanjo is the greatest living nigerian.
https://www.nairaland.com/2898506/obasanjo-greatest-living-nigerian#42423967

There is no doubt about the fact that former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, is one of the greatest leaders we have ever produced in Nigeria. when you look at it, people forget that it is true that some people are born great, some people acquire greatness, some have greatness thrust on them. So, which one would you say Obasanjo falls into? I think it was forced upon him. God doesn’t make mistakes. Look at how many people have sought to become the President of Nigeria among the Yorubas. Our revered Baba, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, tried, he did not get it. Chief MKO Abiola nearly got it. But Obasanjo became Head of State reluctantly in 1976. Chief Olu Falae equally tried. But Obasanjo cannot be said to be the most righteous person. In fact, they told him before (he became president) that he could not become a deacon in the Baptist Church because of many vices he was said to have perpetrated. Yet, God said this is the person that is going to be your leader. So, whether we like it or not – luckily Yoruba respect two things, age and position. So far in Nigeria, nobody has attained the height of ruling Nigeria for almost 12 years like Obasanjo. There must be something good in him. Since he became Head of State in 1976, he has always has a hand in who becomes the president of Nigeria. It was said he has a hand in how Alhaji Shehu Shagari became the president of Nigeria in 1979. After Shagari, the next one we had was when he became president in 1999. Look at this paradox, Obasanjo became president 20 years after he was said to have had a hand in how Shagari became president. He also has hand in how the late Alhaji Umar Yar’Adua became president in 2007. He also has hand in how Goodluck Jonathan became president and he has hand in how Muhammadu Buhari became president. Tell me if there is any Nigerian that can be said to be greater than that. Obasanjo’s voice in Africa today is about number one. When he talks, everybody knows that Obasanjo has talked. We should not minimise the fact that God decides what he wants to do. I believe that God has a hand in everything is happening in Nigeria, and even everything that is happening in the world. If he calls the United States President, Barack Obama, he doesn’t need to say who is Obasanjo? The world leaders know him. The Secretary General of United Nations, Ban ki Moon, knows him. He may not be the most righteous but he has been the one that has been so favoured. Buhari became President, essentially because of the vote of the North. Obasanjo became president, not because of the votes of the West, it was not the vote of his own people. it cannot be denied that so far he is the biggest Nigerian and as of today, the greatest African after Nelson Mandela, who is no more. Whether the Yoruba accepts him as leader or not, he is not the leader of the Yorubas, but of Nigeria.

The fedral Government has declared December 24,25 and 28 as public holidays to mark malud nabiy, Christmas Day and Boxing Day respectively. Source : http://thenationonlineng.net/yuletide-fg-declares-dec-24-25-28-public-holidays/

Fight for themself. Not for nigerian

We are waiting.

Reps adopt APC’s zoning formula
A make or mar meeting between opposing factions of All Progressives Congress members in the House of Representatives, ended early Tuesday with the two sides adopting an earlier directive from the APC leadership on the zoning of key leadership positions.
The party had zoned the positions in a letter to the speaker, Yakubu Dogara, on June 23.
In the letter, the party presented Femi Gbajabiamila (South-West) as the house leader; Ado Doguwa (North-West) as deputy leader; Mohammed Monguno (North-East) as chief whip; and Pally Iriase (South South) as deputy chief whip.
The letter from the APC was in response to the lingering leadership crisis that has rocked the house since its inauguration June 9.
Mr. Dogara rejected the nominations, and suggested other candidates for the offices.
But at Monday’s meeting, at the behest of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Dogara faction and the APC leadership agreed the letter from the party be respected, several sources told PREMIUM TIMES.
However, the names nominated by the party will no longer stand, both sides agreed, lawmakers who attended the meeting said.
Instead, each zonal caucus will conduct elections to decide the winners of the slots based on the zoning formular conveyed in the party’s letter.
The agreement has broadened the chances of Mr. Gbajabiamila emerging the majority leader, a key demand that has been at the centre of the nearly two-month old crisis.
The adopted formular zoned House Leader position to the South West; Deputy House Leader – North West; Chief Whip – North East; Deputy House Whip – South South.
The zonal caucus elections are expected between Tuesday and Wednesday.
The house crisis started after the speaker, Yakubu Dogara, emerged speaker in defiance of the APC leadership’s decision to anoint Mr. Gbajabiamila for the position.
The party later adjusted its demand and nominated Mr. Gbajabiamila as the majority leader, a proposal Mr. Dogara again rejected. The speaker said Mr. Gbajabiamila’s south west region had produced the deputy speaker, Yusuf Lasun.
In his response, Mr. Dogara nominated members who supported Mr. Gbajabiamila as majority leader and chief whip, proposals rejected by Mr. Gbajabiamila, a former minority leader.
Mr. Buhari told the lawmakers on Monday that the dispute had emboldened the opposition, and warned that it was unacceptable for the PDP to be allowed to dictate who occupies positions in an APC administration he heads, a member who attended the meeting told PREMIUM TIMES.
Source: http://247nigerianewsupdate.co/house-crisis-update-reps-adopt-apcs-zoning-formula/

The army after toppling our democratic regime have no option but to install Buhari as head of state so as to avoid credibility problems, especially in the sight of the international community because of his being an epitome of integrity."
- SHAGARI. “There are only 2 honest & reliable Nigerians. Myself & Buhari. All what PDP is saying of Buhari being fundamentalist is mere hot lies. They just fear, let‘s go to jail “
– OBJ. General Muhammadu Buhari as a member of the Supreme Military Council and as Head of NNPC was by nature taciturn and introvert. But he took any work that was given to him very seriously. He is reliable as he is hardworking and honest, his path of moral probity and rectitude” Incorruptible – President Olusegun Obasango , in his book, “Not My Will”. “Buhari was a big brother & a father to some extent that mean nothing in life & to the nation always other than good. So, I fear no harm from him.“
– LATE YAR‘ADUA. “Buhari was honest & sincere in all his conduct that perhaps, only very few Nigerians could match in integrity.“ –GEN. ABDUSSALAM “Gen. Muhammadu Buhari was a true patriot, respected former head of state & elder statesman & a nationalist.“
-PRESIDENT JONATHAN. “I have realized our collective mistake in over-throwing you. I have seen the terrible damage which our inaction caused to the Nigerian psyche. I am most sorry. Please, come and do what is best known about you. Patriotic service to the nation.“
–LATE ABACHA (PTF inaugural speech). “If Buhari quit PTF job as he promises & as we knew him to mean his words, all along, I support the idea of scrapping PTF as no one else can do the job as him.“ –IBB I respect Buhari. He was my Boss.He was an honorable man. And I can say this anywhere”. -General Ibrahim Babangida. “As a member PDP BOT, I decided personally to donate the #5,000,000 to Buhari‘s campaign organization because of my firm believe in his ability to right all the nation wrongs
- ALH. ISIYAKU IBRAHIM. “Buhari is as clean as the book I am holding” ~ Alhaji Isiaku Ibrahim, a Member of PDP Board of Trustees @ a Book launch in Kaduna “The issue of Gen. The Buhari‘s presidency was always being derided by the criminals who looted the nation to stupor by embarking upon a campaign of calumny so as to smear his name with a view to denying Nigerians having a leader who can improve their lots.“
–PROF. DAVID WEST. “If the truth must be said, Buhari remain the only real threat to PDP wether he runs for the presidency or not due to his wider followership among the masses that now hit the elite circle.“

How to get invitation letter from my friend in united kingdom. To apply for u.k visiting. One of my friend told me that my friend will apply for the invitation at the high commision in u.k . I dont know how true is it. I need enlightment on this. Extremely urgent pls.

Great Man shall die but dead can,t kill there name.

I like someone in the house to enlighten me, i wish to study in malta and i dont know how i can go about evaluating my educational qualification. Thanks.

I greet all people in the house. Please help me on this admission matter.
I learn that Advance NABTEB is equivalent to OND, I will like to know if any polytechnic or Institute in Nigeria accept Advance NABTEB for HND Admission.