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nice

Baroque:
funny wen am talkin sumtin serious?

Anyway, keep laughing at urself.
Ediot

easy bro. One Love

any idea on wen registration would commence??

gloryaaa:
wah was ur Pume score... Wah course did u get

66 .english language /literature

im now a zikite

list is awt

naijaboiy: Are you saying your parents are the holy spirit

#NoOffence

No. They are not, its rare to have those gifts. So you have every right to be jealous.

naijaboiy: I thought those were gifts of the holy spirit

#NoOffence

Oh! Are the gifts for the holy spirit`s use ? You are funny

My fellow nairalanders, I learnt that procrastination is a killer and ya all should avoid getting trapped in its web.
So tell Us, What is the most important lesson you’ve learned in life?

Hello Nairalanders,
Uhm I inherited the trait of tolerance and having faith from my Dad.
Tell us the best quality you inherited from your Parents

i expect the list to be out soon.

Chanchit: Yes, do you think it easy to be an atheist..? Before you can be an atheist, you must have a stand, if God should look at the way of life of people on earth, more atheist would make heaven, cos most of this christians and muslims do not fear d God they claim they are serving.

Being an atheist can't guarantee a change. It is all about handling the pressures of being a president. I think most atheist would struggle, reardless of their stand and will succumb to the power of corruption

A device that could tell when Nepa would interrupt the power supply. Haha.
You nko ?

Lanrefreshkid: Why not?

We have been voting for christians and muslims still no changes..

Now i can only vote for an atheist President.


I am a Christian*

ehmm. will voting for an atheist President guarantee a change?

Ahead of the 2015 presidential election, I thought it impossible to vote for an atheist if there would be one.
My friends and foes, would you vote as your president an atheist?

Ha ! im shy. i neva knew

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has petitioned the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over the unpleasant attitudes of the Gabonese authorities toward members of the Nigeria’s U-17 men team delegation in Lome, the Togolese capital yesterday.

The Nigeria’s U-17 team, Golden Eaglets, who travelled by road from Lagos to Cotonou following the cancellation of direct flight from Lagos to Gabon because of the Ebola virus disease, who were issued boarding passes on the ASKY Airline flight from Cotonou to Libreville, via Lome, were disembarked by Gabonese authorities after landing in the Togolese capital, Lome.

The team of 18 players and six officials, led by NFF Chief Technical Officer, Siji Lagunju, were dumbstruck when the airline informed them that Gabonese authorities had instructed that they be offloaded from the aircraft alongside their luggage.

The protest letter signed by NFF’s General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu, read: “on getting to Lome, our delegation members were disembarked and their luggage brought out of the aircraft, and told that they would no longer be flown to Libreville, on the orders of the Gabonese authorities.

“We strongly protest this harsh, unkind and unfair treatment of players below the age of 17, who have had to go through this arduous and tiring journey only to further their career in football. We are very much aware that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has stated clearly that football matches should not take place in only three countries, namely Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, as a result of the Ebola Virus Disease pandemic.

“Our players have taken serious precautions and even have Ebola –free medical certificates.

“The Nigeria Football Federation is sorely disappointed by this attitude of the Gabonese authorities and we implore CAF to come into this matter and determine the issue of the qualifying fixture.”

Source: http://leadership.ng/sports/383889/ebola-gabon-denies-golden-eaglets-flight-libreville

temigracie: ..lwkmdfh oooo.....

wat funny ma

A patient at a Miami-area hospital is being retested for Ebola after showing symptoms of the virus last week, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.

The unnamed patient, who was admitted to Jackson Health System, is considered to be “at low risk for Ebola" after testing negative for the virus last week, CDC spokesman Tom Skinner told local reporters per the Miami Herald.

No further details on the patient’s symptoms or health status had been released by press time on Monday.

Director-General of the World Health Organization Dr. Margaret Chan said the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is “the largest, most complex and most severe we’ve ever seen.”

As of Aug. 31, 3,707 suspected and confirmed Ebola cases and 1,848 suspected deaths have been documented in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.

The current outbreak in West Africa “does not pose a significant risk to the United States,” according to the CDC, and so far no confirmed Ebola cases have been reported in the U.S. In August, however, three U.S. aid workers were infected with the virus in Liberia. Two have since been released from treatment, while the third is still recovering in Nebraska, according to NBC Washington.

The Ebola virus can spread from person to person through blood or bodily fluids. Symptoms, which include nausea, vomiting, high fever and body aches, typically appear between two and 21 days after contracting the virus, according to the World Health Organization.

Source. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/08/ebola-miami-case_n_5785488.html

I am a really thin guy and I love myself that way.
This thread is specifically for the thin.
If you hear, Holla!!

Aidy97: Wow..I have onli chekd I avnt put any reg no

heard it was post graduate list dat was released, not undergraduate.

Aidy97: That's nt true..iav chekd it it says enter ur registeration number to chek ur adm status

i entered my reg number n it displayed something in igbo ." table onyeisi anabatara 2014 does not exist" something like that.

wen u checked, wat did it display ?

Aidy97: Follow this link
http://my.unizik.edu.ng/admissions/add_m_ur_ind.php

it displayed something in igbo. i dont think d list is awt yet

The Presidency has made a proposal for an upfront deposit of N1.5billion for a brand new private jet, which will become the Presidential Air Fleet’s (PAF) 11th aircraft. This figure is contained in the details of the 2014 Appropriation Bill presented to the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan through the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The Federal Government has budgeted another N1.52b for the maintenance of the 10 aircraft currently in the PAF in 2014 and it is now set to spend just about that amount on a new one. This prodigious squandering of taxpayers’ money is reckless and unacceptable.

The PAF already boasts two Falcon 7X jets, two Falcon 900 jets, Gulfstream 550, one Boeing 737 BBJ (Nigerian Air Force 001 or Eagle One), and Gulfstream IVSP. Others are one Gulfstream V, Cessna Citation 2 aircraft and Hawker Siddley 125-800 jet. The combined estimated value of the PAF is about $390.5m (N60.53bn). According to industry experts, it costs a minimum of 20 per cent of that figure to maintain them annually. So we’re looking at about $58.57m (N9.08bn) yearly for maintenance. Private jets are money guzzlers either in the air or on land.

The proclivity of this administration for frivolous spending is well documented. The government has been severely criticised in the past for the colossal amount of embezzlement, rip-off and wastage that have been its hallmark. The rationale behind this new aircraft in the PAF must be condemned .

Apparently to hush the cacophony of voices that will rise in opposition to the proposed new jet, the Presidency in its usual deceitful manner, has made part payment for what can best be described as a completely unnecessary toy of comfort. The Nigerian PAF is already bloated. If he can’t travel in any of the 10 jets in PAF’s possession, then there’s absolutely no need for an eleventh one.

At a time we would think the numerous editorials and op-eds have succeeded in curbing waste and frivolities which this government now symbolises, then came this new proposal. We must continue to resist their recalcitrance. This lavish lifestyle must be checked.

The waste in government is also demonstrated in the large entourage that accompanies Mr. President on his foreign trips. One can only imagine the millions spent on hotel bills and estacodes that accrue to the government officials. According to reports, world leaders are stunned at the strangely large number of such entourage. The recent trip of President Jonathan in the first week of January this year to Kenya and the hullabaloo about his entourage are apt.

It is shocking that the same people who have budgeted millions for this new flying toy are aware that the country has no national carrier as I write. It is shameful that the PAF has about the third largest fleet of aircraft in the country with a total of 10 aircraft, coming closely behind Aero Contractors with 12 and Arik Air, the largest commercial airline in Nigeria with a fleet of 23 aircraft. Nigeria happens to be one of the few countries in the world with such a large PAF. It is ridiculous that this is happening in an aviation sector that is dominated by foreign airlines. Nigerian carriers are going under due to cash constraints. Countries with visionary and focused leadership like Malaysia, Ghana, South Africa and a host of others across Europe maintain only one aircraft in their PAF.

As the much publicised take-off of the proposed national carrier before the end of the year failed, it won’t be out of place to make a case for the government to seriously consider converting the PAF to a national carrier, retaining one or two for use by Mr. President and his co-travellers. The private jets can form the hub of the charter aircraft.

What better example than the one given by a national leader like British Prime Minister, David Cameron, in 2010 when he slummed it in business class of a commercial airline flying from London to Washington. He was caught on camera swanning around the world in hired jets. He flies around the world on British Airways! Had it been in Nigeria, security risks, flight delays are few of the sundry reasons government officials would have given for not flying commercial airlines. The U.S. President, Barack Obama, reportedly pays for his food, ours spends almost a billion naira to entertain himself and members of his government yearly.

It amazes many Nigerians who watch in utter disbelief the profligate nature of government.

This government has embarked on some white elephants like mere renovation of official residences with billions of naira. We can recall the uproar that greeted the N2.2billion allocated to the construction of a plush banqueting hall, last year, with the lame excuse that what the country had was way smaller than what other tiny African countries have.

In this part of the world, only citizens are asked to cut costs, make sacrifices; the pains of today are incomparable to the joy of tomorrow are some of the ‘blues’ we get daily from government. In the same breath, political office holders, to our chagrin, take their spending to absurd heights. Sacrifice is a language that the over 60 per cent impoverished population must understand while our leaders continue their obsession with living in opulence. They sacrifice nothing. In these circumstances, how do you convince the various labour unions who are waiting on the flanks to embark on strike to press home their demands that there are no funds to meet their grievances? Downturn in government’s finances would be a hard sell in a situation where the Presidency is competing with individuals for private jets.

It is lamentable that at a time when we still haven’t seen the infrastructural dividends promised with funds freed up from the partial fuel subsidy removed, the President is more concerned with splashing billions on banqueting hall, renovation of residential apartments and covert medical tourism trips abroad.

This waste in the face of limited resources extends to the federal bureaucracy that has brought about an increase in the number of ministries from 21 to about 40 with the number of ministers jumping in equal quantum or even more.

sOURCE: PUNCH

http://pukkagist..com/2014/01/president-jonathans-11th-private-jet.html

A taxi driver, Peter Okwuokei, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for delivering a gallon of palm oil containing 9.2kilogrammes methampheamine for export to South Africa.

The discovery was made during the screening of cargoes on a South African Airline flight at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos.

NDLEA Lagos Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar, while confirming the arrest, said Okwuokei was arrested for attempting to export 9.2kg of methamphetamine to South Africa. He said the drug was packed in 41 parcels and hidden inside a gallon containing palm oil.

Okwuokei however claimed ignorance of the drug. The father of four said he was contracted to take the gallon of palm oil to the airport.

He said, “I was simply delivering the oil as requested by a regular passenger; he asked me to send the gallon of oil to him. I thought I was doing him a favour, but little did I know that it would land me in big trouble. He called me and asked me to collect a gallon of palm oil from somebody.

“When I got to the estate junction as directed by the passenger, a young man walked up to me and asked if I was Peter. When I answered yes, he gave me the gallon of sealed palm oil. I was confused and speechless when at the airport, the oil was found to contain drugs during search.”

Section 11, sub section b of the NDLEA Act states that anybody who without lawful authority export, transports or otherwise traffics in the drugs popularly known as cocaine, LSD heroine or any other similar drugs shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to be sentenced to imprisonment for life.

NDLEA Chairman, Mr. Ahmadu Giade, urged members of the public to shun drug trafficking.

“Ignorance is not an excuse under the Act. If you are not sure that a consignment is drug-free, then do not take it for export; otherwise you are liable. People must be cautious,” he said.


http://pukkagist..com/2014/01/taxi-driver-hides-92kg-drug-in-palm-oil.html

nawa o

chai

A preacher today said " when God WAKES up he will......."
Is God asleep in the first place?. Nawa o

@lucrownt. Dats cool. i do chat in igbo language, with few peeps who understand

i rarely see people chatting with apps such as facebook, 2go, etc in their native language. What is your opinion

ok