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adewaleafolabi:
hmm, lets see, people are hungry and would surely love some maize. the idea of ethanol can't work here. A better alternative would be hydrogen fuel cell technology

I totally support you. Why must we follow-follow, we must do things that serve our interest. Fuel cell technology is a much better option considering the fact the Nigeria has a large Natural Gas reserve.

Bussdoor FC new kid on the block of Naija clubs rhythm with Booze-door

Beating a woman is neither a Nigerian neither an African concept.

It exist everywhere and it is abuse of a person's rights, because now even women are becoming more violent, especially in Asia (Thailand) in recent times, women are tearing their men's penis if they caught them with another girl.

radiopalmwine is just one of those sites that take your personal info probably for spamming your email.

I ve even registered, I still can listen to it.

EFCC Freezes Kalu’s Assets•Slok Air, Sun newspapers affected
By Nosike Ogbuenyi and Davidson Iriekpen, 07.25.2007

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday secured an order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to freeze assets allegedly owned by the former governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu. He is currently on trial on a 107-count charge of corruption and abuse of office.
Notable among the assets temporarily forfeited to the EFCC is Sun Publishing Limited, publishers of Daily Sun, Saturday Sun and Sunday Sun.
Others are Slok Air Nigeria Ltd, which was grounded four years ago by the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Firmbase Inter Ltd, Slok Marine Vessels, Reality Organisation Nig. Ltd, International Insurance Com-pany Ltd, Tanji Resort, Gambia, Banque International in Gambia and Sierra Leone and many companies allegedly registered in the name of his wife and children.
In all, a dozen companies and numerous local and foreign accounts were frozen in an order issued by Justice A. I. Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in Suit/ Abuja/M462/107.
EFCC had, pursuant to Section 34/1 of the EFCC Act of 2004, prayed the court for an order for freezing/forfeiture of accounts/assets of the former governor who was arrested two weeks ago on his arrival from a trip to the United States. He was subsequently charged to Federal High Court, Abuja on July 16 and remanded in Kuje Prisons custody on the orders of the court.
Yesterday’s order also asked the EFCC to take over various landed property scattered in some major cities in the country including Mai-duguri, Bama, both in Borno state, Port Harcourt, and Owerri, in Rivers and Imo State, purportedly owned by Kalu.
Kalu had appeared before Justice Binta Murtala Nyako after being charged by the EFCC for allegedly transferring billions of naira belonging to the Abia State government to Slok Airline over a period of eight years.
According to the charge, Kalu transferred money belonging to the Abia state government account in the defunct Manny Bank (now part of Fidelity Bank) to the Slok Airline account at Inland Bank.
The former Abia governor was also alleged to have at various times between 1999 and 2007 transferred huge sums of government money into Slok Investment, Slok Nigeria Limited, Slok Incorporated and other companies owned by him.
The former governor was charged alongside Emeka Uzor Kalu (now at large) and Eunice Agwu (also at large). In the 107-count charge, he was said to have conspired with the two others to divert a total N2.7 billion Abia state monies to finance his private business, Slok Nigeria Limited.
An EFCC official told THISDAY yesterday that the companies and accounts that were forfeited to the commission would still continue to operate unhindered as long as their managements “co-operate with the commission in the exercise of its oversight and supervisory function over them.”
The EFCC is presently overseeing over 100 assets forfeited to it by persons suspected to have acquired them with ill-gotten money.
Some assets put under EFCC supervision in the past few years are Russel Suites, Abuja, built by Mr. Emmanuel Nwude after swindling a Brazilian businessman of over $200million in the biggest single 419 cases in Nigeria.
Also, Chelsea Hotel, Abuja bought by the former Bayelsa governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, through a front two years ago, was forfeited to EFCC.
“If Kalu cannot prove that the temporarily forfeited companies were not established or funded with Abia State money, they would be returned to him,” the official said. “If he cannot prove that, then the assets would be handed back to the people of Abia State. They would become property of the state government from whose treasury the funds were taken in the first place.”


http://odili.net/news/source/2007/jul/25/212.html

I never new that Kalu is the owner of Sun Newspapers plus all the other assets.

Confession ,
This married man goes to confession and he tells the
priest, "I had an affair with a woman, almost."

The priest says, "What do you mean almost?"

The man says, "Well, we got undressed and rubbed together but then I stopped."

The priest replies, "Rubbing together is the same as putting it in. You´re not to go near that woman again, now say five Hail Marys and put $50 in the poor box."

The man leaves the confessional, goes over and says his prayers, then walks over to the poor box. He pauses for a moment and then starts to leave.

The priest, who was watching him, quickly runs over to him and says, "I saw that, you didn´t put any money in the poor box!"

The man replied, "Well Father, I rubbed up against it and you said it was the same as putting it in!"

ngojoygurl:
Well, that's just the beginning, if you check my post somewhere, I wrote that girls really like guys who lie to them.

I ve just tell you one big truth and you said I don't have the qualities. And you are looking for someone who won't lie to you , Goodluck Jonathan

It is possible that God can help you to find a compatible person, but you can never find all that you want in a man.

That is the truth.

who said SA doesn't belong to black?

I will just say, the blacks in SA are just lucky, because they could have been wiped out the way the natives in North and South America were wiped out.

ngojoygurl:
are u sure u can get a man with all that qualities. Believe me u don't always get what u want.

lol really dumb

oseun ogbeni richy.

Dumbest things ever said in court
The following questions were actually posed by real-life lawyers and are taken from official court records

Now, doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, in most cases he just passes quietly away and doesn’t know anything about it until the next morning?

Lawyer: What is the meaning of sperm being present?
Witness: It indicates intercourse.
Lawyer: Male sperm?
Witness: That is the only kind I know.

How far apart were the vehicles at the time of collision?

Lawyer: Can you describe the individual?
Witness: He was about medium height and had a beard.
Lawyer: Was this a male or female?

Lawyer: I show you Exhibit 3 and ask you if you recognize that picture.
Defendant: That’s me.
Lawyer: Were you present when that picture was taken?

How many times have you committed suicide?

Lawyer: Do you know how far pregnant you are now?
Witness: I’ll be three months on November 8.
Lawyer: Apparently, then, the date of conception was August 8?

You don’t know what it was, and you didn’t know what it looked like, but can you describe it?

Lawyer: She had three children, right?
Witness: Yes.
Lawyer: How many were boys?

Lawyer: You say that the stairs went down to the basement?
Witness: Yes.
Lawyer: And these stairs, did they go up also?

Lawyer: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
Witness: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Witness: None.
Lawyer: Were there girls?
Witness: Yes.
Lawyer: What were you doing at that time?

yogun:
for me nday, ntime, it'll always be Baba E.A.Adeboye. He's got d word of GOD and one of d least controversial men of God around Naija

Yes, Pastor E A Adeboye is also one of my favourite, at least, he doesn't call the other churches or preachers fake and the word he preaches has a lot of positive impacts on lives, including mine.

Yoruba ko soro pupo lati ko, awon ti ko lo si ile iwe rara nka Yoruba ni Naija.

Awon eeyan nba ara won soro nibi yi ni, wa eni to ba fe ba soro , bi oba wu asi da o loun, lati ibe lo.

segoye2:
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Camera Lens: f=9.6 F2.8 52
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You can as well check www.xmmicro.com for more on information.


You have a clue where I can get it? I need the information as early as tomorrow 12.00 afternoon for my client.

Eni toba so oyinbo nile ana, oun naa lo ma tu.

segoye2:
Lónìí, àwọn ènìyàn tó lé ní mílíònu méèédógbòn, ní àwọn orílè-èdè bíi àadóta kaàkiri
àgbayé, ni rògbòdiyàn àti ìtako ètó ọmọnìyàn ti fà tu kúrò ní ibùdo wọn nínú orílè-ède wọn.
Iye àwọn ènìyàn béè tàbí jù béè lọni a ti pa nípò dà látàrí ìsèlè ìjàǹbá tó kọjá ipá tàbí ìmò
ènìyàn, tàbí àwọn tí irininsé tàbí ohun èèlò isé fà.

Àwọn tí a fi ipá òun túláàsì mú fi ilé àti òna wọn sílè, àwọn tí ogun abélé ti sọdi
ìsánsá àti alárìnkiri ní orílè ẹwọn ni àwọn ènìyàn, tí a kì í rántí rárá, tí a kì í sì í kà kún nínú
òpòlopò àwọn ìsèlè àjálù káàkiri àgbálá ayé.

Inú ùn mi dùn láti só pèlú ìgbàgbó pé ìrànlówó yio de ba
gbogbo àwọn akópa nínú òrò ọmọnìyàn.

Ogbeni segoye, ibo ni mo tile ri keyboard(mi omo oyinbo e) ti o le te leta ti oni awon aami lori.

tabon tabo:
Has anyone listened to www.nigerianwebradio.com.

They offer 100% Nigerian music. Clearly Nigera's best at the moment.

Obviously NigerianWebradio is the best

Nigeria is to Africa what the US is to North, Central and South America.

For the careful observer, when Nigeria was under military rule, peace in Africa was scarce, but with the advent of a new democractic dispensation, peace has returned to most part of Africa.

SA, the so-called giant of Africa has contributed virtually nothing to peace in Africa. It is well pronounced in the area of peacekeeping.

50cent - P.I.M.P.

The best trashing in the history of women soccer.

Naija beat SA hands down _{peace out}

Well I notice that denex is attacking me. I think he should go and rest before he has heart attack.

For your info Bush contributed to African growth than Clinton in many ways. Peace in Africa has reached a new level, Congo, Liberia, etc are good examples, and when OBJ started his third term bid, Bush invited him and talk shit sense into his head. And I believe that has an impact on the final outcome.

I'm only concerned about Africa, I've said it before and will said it again. It's time to get selfish and defend our own interest only.

Profile: Joshua Dariye
By Senan Murray
BBC News, Abuja

Few Nigerian politicians are as controversial as former Plateau State governor Joshua Dariye, 50, who is never far from the news - usually for the wrong reasons.

Mr Dariye came to international attention when he skipped bail in the UK in September 2004 following his arrest on money-laundering charges.

Twice he has been sacked as governor and twice he returned to reclaim his position, earning him the nickname "the cat with nine lives".

But it appears Mr Dariye may have finally run out of luck, as a Nigerian court has sent him to jail following charges of corruption and money laundering.

A former accountant and businessman, Mr Dariye has interests in banking and real estate with property in expensive areas in Abuja and London.

He is currently defending charges of stealing about $9m of public funds and of money laundering before two Abuja high courts.

One of the courts has granted him tough bail conditions - unsurprising given his history.

Taking sides?

In May 2004, Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo sacked him for failing to halt ethnic clashes in Plateau where he was governor.

Mr Dariye was seen as part of the problem and Mr Obasanjo decided that sacking him would put an end to the ethnic and religious violence that had claimed over 1,000 lives in the state.

The clashes were between indigent Christian groups and the Hausa-Fulani people who are predominantly Muslim and originally came from further up north.

What Mr Dariye lacks in height and personal charm, he more than makes up for it in self-confidence and a lack of fear.

His political opponents, notably a predecessor and Mr Dariye's political benefactor, Chief Solomon Lar, know about the former governor's sharp tongue.

'Born-again Christian'

When Chief Lar moved against Mr Dariye's re-election bid in 2003, the ex-governor issued a warning to "spent political forces" to "shut up" if they had nothing new to contribute to the state.


I am a peaceful man. I take after Martin Luther King Jnr
Joshua Dariye

Although the two later made up, the spat established Mr Dariye's profile as a fearless politician.

Not known for his diplomatic finesse, Mr Dariye once described the Hausa-Fulani as "unruly tenants", bent on evicting their own landlords.

The statement provoked a torrent of criticism against Mr Dariye who issued a statement saying he was misquoted by "mischievous reporters".

But his position had already further driven a wedge between Plateau's Christians and Muslims, leading to some sections of the state capital, Jos, being nicknamed Afghanistan and another New Jerusalem.

Suspecting that Mr Dariye, who likes to say he is a born-again Christian had taken sides in the conflict, former President Obasanjo suspended him for six months and declared a state of emergency in the predominantly Christian central state.

Mr Obasanjo's action was quickly interpreted by Plateau's Christians as tacit support for Muslims, a situation that propped up Mr Dariye as some kind of defender of the Christians.

This was partly why he returned to a big welcome after his six-month suspension.

'Courageous politician'

But Mr Obasanjo was unhappy - even though they were both members of the governing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

When the Metropolitan Police arrested him in a London hotel in September 2004, Mr Dariye immediately accused Mr Obasanjo of putting them up to it.

Mr Dariye was accused of embezzlment.

"Many people know that Mr Dariye was not the courageous leader that he seemed," says Aminu Manu, a Jos-based reporter who has covered Mr Dariye's eight year reign as governor.

"But it was former President Obasanjo, who without meaning to do so, gave him that profile when he tried so hard to humiliate him.

"Mr Dariye was seen as a courageous politician who could stand up to the might of the central government," Mr Manu says.

When the case against Mr Dariye became public, Plateau State legislature launched a probe into the allegations and later found him guilty of corruption and money laundering.

Last November, eight out of the assembly's 24 legislators impeached Mr Dariye in controversial circumstances.

'Bin-Laden style'

Having lost his position as governor and with it his constitutional immunity from criminal prosecution, Mr Dariye simply disappeared.

His deputy Michael Botmang took his place as governor.

But Mr Dariye, a father of four, continued to make Osama bin Laden-style broadcasts from hiding, assuring his supporters he was still in charge and would soon return to Jos to reclaim his mandate.

He continued to fight his corner from hiding, using his vast wealth to employ the best lawyers in the country to challenge his impeachment in court.

After a series of cases and appeals he was reinstated as governor in May just 27 days before the end of his tenure following the April elections.

"I bear no grudge. I am a peaceful man. I take after Martin Luther King Jnr," he told reporters in Jos.

But legal analysts say they doubt Mr Dariye will be able to emerge unscathed from his current predicament as he has done before.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/6908960.stm

Published: 2007/07/24 08:28:34 GMT

© BBC MMVII

Click it and you would like it. you dey fear wetin you no see?

A bus filled with politicians was driving through the countryside one day, on the campaign trail. The bus driver, caught up in the beautiful scenery,loses control and crashes into the ditch. A farmer living nearby hears the horrible crash and rushes out to discover the wreckage. Finding the politicians, he buries them.

The next day, the police come to the farm to question the man. "So you buried all the politicians?" asked the police officer. "Were they all dead?"

The farmer answered, "Some said they weren't, but you know how politicians lie."

whoever designed the webpage must really have a sense of humor.

but the most annoying thing is I wanted to copy and send it, then I mistakenly click "open in new window" that made it two such page on my desktop. But sha I just click through it.
He/she says you sucks and you said OK

ALERT, be very careful, any man who doesn't want to marry you and want to (export) take you to the US could be a trafficker.

That's one of the reasons why Nigeria still remain high on the list of human trafficking countries.

Don't follow a man you don't trust. It's better to stay at home and build a live than go outside and be a forced prostitute.

knotty:
Dariye Granted Bail, Re-arrested
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?action=post;topic=56363.352;num_replies=362

these people had this coming and this is good omen for naija

Which kind of link be this?

I have no argument for US of Africa.

Let's strenghten ECOWAS and we will see results ECOWAS is as big as (or probably bigger) than EU. We are the most populous and richest in mineral deposits.

I guess its all working fine now.

Jesus never said christians should fight on his behalf, because how can you protect your protector, so for me I don't like getting into religious arguments.

Using CIA to disrupt the governments of other countries.

Always remember that Clinton bomb a lot of places in addition to Sudan, Yugoslavia etc.

The only misadventure he had was in Somalia. So the man is not a saint.

And as far as am concerned all US presidents are the same, only the way they go about their atrocities are different.