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I'm starting to think most men are actually married by the wives. There is something underneath dis married people are not telling.

mmsen:
Nobody wanted him they just wanted Rohr gone.

The real problem is Pinnick who keeps hiring incompetent people.

Just shut ur lips there. Pinnick is not d issue here.

Dis man go resign tire.

VictorUSA:
Oga op, the war in ethopia and cameroon are both internal conflicts that can be taken care of.

Says who?

FIFA bans a "non-living" thing: stadium! hahahahahahaha....
Stadium mind now go be "wetin kwain concern me for d mata now. FIFA or CAF think say I go like host dis kind mumu match bfr if Dem allow me? Abeg make una go front, notin concern me for d mata"

Bruce Willis will step away from his acting career after being diagnosed with aphasia, a condition that impedes a person's ability to speak and write.

The actor's family, including his wife Emma Heming-Willis and ex-wife Demi Moore, announced his condition on Instagram on Wednesday.

Aphasia is "impacting his cognitive abilities", the statement said.

Willis, 67, is best known for playing John McClane in the Die Hard films, which made him a star.

"With much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him," his family wrote in a joint statement. "This is a really challenging time for our family and we are so appreciative of your continued love, compassion and support."

Willis has five daughters, three with Ms Moore and two with Ms Heming-Willis.

What is aphasia?
*It's when a person has difficulty with their language or speech
*Usually caused by damage to the left side of the brain, like a stroke
*Hampers reading, listening, speaking, typing or writing
*Speaking problems are most common and can involve putting words together incorrectly

His acting career began in the early 1980s but he did not become a household name until later in that decade - first after starring opposite Cybill Shepherd in the ABC TV series Moonlighting and then in his 1988 performance as John McClane in the first Die Hard film.

Since then, his films including The Sixth Sense, Armageddon and Pulp Fiction have grossed more than $5bn worldwide, according to Variety. He's been nominated for five Golden Globes, winning one for Moonlighting, and three Emmys, winning two.

Several actors and other stars offered their condolences to Willis and his family following the news.

"Grace and guts! Love to you all!" actress Jamie Lee Curtis wrote in response to Demi Moore's post.

"Sending lots of love and healing to you all!" wrote journalist Katie Couric.

We are all equal, but some are more equal than others.
This play on George Orwell's adage has been brought to life as war broke out at the gates of the European Union.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has rightly led to widespread condemnation. But from an African perspective, watching global powers unite in pulling out all the stops to curtail the conflict, has been simultaneously impressive and frustrating.
On the one hand, the crippling sanctions and UN resolution are more than understandable because no-one wants a war involving a nuclear-armed superpower to descend into an even more catastrophic situation.
On the other, there has been palpable surprise on our continent that not all armed conflicts are treated with the same lack of resolve that much of the fighting in Africa gets.
Yes, there are statements of concern and international envoys have been sent on missions, but no wall-to-wall coverage, no live televised statements from global leaders and no enthusiastic offers of help.

Millions forced to flee
In Ethiopia, the last 16 months have been hell.
In the north of the country, as a result of a conflict in Tigray, more than two million people have been forced from their homes.
In addition hundreds of thousands face starvation, and the government has been accused of blocking deliveries of aid and essential medicines - something it denies.
There is mounting evidence that war crimes may have been committed by both sides, include mass killings and widespread use of rape as a weapon of war.
On the scale of human suffering it is surely on a par with anything else that is grabbing the world's attention.
And there are many other conflicts that barely get a mention.
I spent most of January in Cameroon for the Africa Cup of Nations, where some of the matches were staged in the verdant city of Limbe, tucked away at the southern foot of Mount Cameroon.
The drive into the city on matchdays was always intense as the competition was taking place amid a separatist conflict.
Security was tight.
Every kilometre or so, a balaclava-wearing Rapid Intervention Brigade soldier was posted with a semi-automatic rifle, menacingly staring down passing vehicles.
On the morning that I left to watch Tunisia take on Mali in the group stages, there was a shooting 20km (12 miles) away in Buea.

'Real war' in Cameroon
A Danish colleague of mine, Buster Kirchner, spent some time in that city.
"Maher, there's a real war going on," he told me with heavy eyes upon his return.
"It is not just a skirmish. I saw hospitals and schools shot up. People are really suffering."
Yes, there have been many articles about both Ethiopia and Cameroon published here by the BBC and on other international news sites but where is the widespread outrage?
Why hasn't the world shown a fraction of the concern that's been on display over the past week or so for African suffering?
Somehow the wider audience doesn't really see it in the same way.
The media coverage of the war in Ukraine has revealed why this might be.
A startling string of insensitive, if not implicitly racist, takes were broadcast by various outlets, which are mostly based in major European or North American cities.
One anchor was astounded to see that the refugees from Ukraine were "prosperous, middle-class people, not obviously refugees trying to get away from areas in the Middle East or North Africa".
That struck me - the most prosperous countries I have been to were all in the Middle East.
Another absurd claim was broadcast on French television, when a pundit argued the Ukrainians were similar to the French because "they drive the same cars as us".
Looking around me in Algeria, and the other places I have been in the region, I asked myself: "Are we not similar to the Ukrainians?"
A quick internet search confirmed that Ukraine and Algeria post very similar economic and human development indicators.
Both countries have populations of a little more than 40 million people; Ukraine is 55th in the world in nominal gross domestic product, Algeria sits at 58th; Ukraine has the 22nd strongest military and Algeria has the 31st.
Why then did someone say that Ukrainians were so much more "prosperous" or "middle class" than North Africans?
Why is it impossible for some to imagine that Africans could drive a nice car? In Algeria, we drive the same cars as people do in France.
And why are we all required to have a position on Ukraine and not on the conflicts in Cameroon or Ethiopia?
Humans are humans, and war is war whether it be in Kyiv, London, Bogota or Buea.
If anything good is to come out of the last week, may it be that we all collectively learn to deconstruct the implicit biases which rank the value of human lives.
Let us all be as equal as each other.

In a series of letters from African journalists, Ismail Einashe meets a young Senegalese man who was accused of people smuggling soon after he survived crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
The 16-year-old from Senegal was relieved to have landed safely in Sicily - staying in what he thought was a migrant reception centre.
This was in 2015, after he had survived a perilous boat journey from Libya. But two days into his stay he became concerned that the doors to his room were locked shut.
Unwittingly, in fact, Moussa - whose name has been changed to protect his identity - found himself in prison in Trapani, a port city in the west of the Italian island.
"This can't be, I got to Italy and ended up straight in prison. I am 16," he thought to himself.
He could not believe what had happened to him - this was not the Europe he had dreamt about before he embarked on the arduous journey from Senegal in search of a better life.
Moussa would go on to spend almost two years in an adult prison on charges of people smuggling even though he was a minor.
His case is far from unique.
In the last decade more than 2,500 people have been arrested in Italy on the same charges, according to a recent report by Palermo-based non-governmental organisation Arci Porco Rosso.
Those arrested in Italy are accused of aiding and abetting illegal migration, a crime that can result in up to 20 years imprisonment and huge fines.
'Used as scapegoats'
Hundreds of innocent migrants are currently locked up waiting for the legal process to be concluded, according to Maria Giulia Fava, a paralegal who co-authored the report.
She says that Italy is using people-smuggling laws to criminalise migrants and refugees in an attempt to scapegoat them over immigration levels.
Migrants are charged on extremely weak evidence, she adds, court hearings are rarely open, there is a lack of adequate access to legal defence, evidence can be based on unreliable witnesses and minors can end up in the adult prison system.
Cheikh Sene knows the system well.
He is now a Senegalese community organiser in Sicily's main city, Palermo, but spent two years in prison after being found guilty of aiding people smuggling and says that many migrants are unjustly kept in prison simply for saving lives at sea. He says that is what happened to him.
Arci Porco Rosso also states in its report that it came across cases in which Italian police officers offered migrants documents in exchange for their testimony against alleged boat drivers.
The Italian Ministry of Justice said that it could not provide information on trials or arrests, but it did provide data on those currently held in prisons on people-smuggling charges. As of 22 March, it said, there were 952 inmates, of which 562 were convicted in Italy for people smuggling
However, the ministry did not respond to the allegations made in the Arci Porco Rosso report.
'Minors in adults prisons'
In Moussa's case when his boat landed in Trapani, he was left to disembark and waited with others who arrived at the port for a bus to take them into town.
But as he stood there he was called over by an Italian official.
"They asked me to follow them inside. They gave me a paper, and took a picture.
"Then they made me get in a big car and drove me away. The trip lasted more than two hours, and then they took me to an office."
It turned out to be a police station where he was interviewed through a French-speaking Moroccan translator.
She explained to him that two fellow passengers on the boat had accused him of having steered the vessel.
He pleaded to know who these two people were, as he could not understand the allegation, but she told him she was a translator and not a lawyer.
The next morning he was put in a police car.
"I didn't know I was being taken to prison. I thought it was a reception centre."
He tried to explain that he was a minor. In the prison, he says he had two scans to determine his age. One assessment found that he was a minor, while the other did not.
Because the results were inconclusive he was placed in an adult prison.
And he says he was not alone in this. He remembers other young African migrants his age and younger in prison with him.
He recalls meeting plenty of Gambians, Tunisians, Nigerians and Malians.
Missed father's death
It was nine months before he was able to call his family in Senegal who had presumed he was dead.
A few months later, on a second call, he found out that his father had passed away.
In prison he was at least able to study for his Italian middle school qualifications and dreamt of escaping prison.
Finally, in spring 2017, Moussa got an appeal court hearing date in Palermo.
But when he walked into the courtroom the judge stood up and said he could not preside over the case of a minor.
Then, three days later, in the small hours of the morning, guards came to his cell and told him to pack up as he was being released.
"They walked me to the door and closed it behind me. I was standing there, with a plastic bin bag full of my clothes."
He had no idea where to go and one of the guards suggested he take the road and wait until he found other Africans to ask for advice on what he should do.
That night he arrived at the Piazza Vittoria square in Trapani. There he met some Senegalese who told him to head to Volpita, a migrant camp.
Eventually Moussa left Volpita after hearing he could make money by picking olives somewhere else.
After spending many months working there he settled in the popular tourist town of Cefalù, near Palermo, where he now works as a chef in a hotel.
But his case has not been addressed yet and he remains in a distressing legal limbo.
His documents have also expired and he is waiting for a new court date.
As Moussa explains his predicament six years after arriving in Italy he becomes overwhelmed - traumatised by what he had been through. He simply wants the nightmare to end.

Breakpad

Is it that dese people are daring d govt or dey are doing all dese knowing that d govt won't do a pinch becos dey are on same agenda....

I no watch d 1$t leg, but dis 2nd leg.... God give us victory.

There has been much speculation about what Russia wants from the peace talks, just beginning in Istanbul.
According to the Financial Times, Russia has dropped demands that Ukraine is "denazified" and is prepared to let it join the European Union as long as it is not militarily aligned.
The paper quotes four people close to the talks saying a possible deal would involve Ukraine abandoning its drive for Nato membership in exchange for security guarantees.
But it does not contain discussion of three initial core Russian demands over denazification, demilitarisation or legal protection fort the Russian language, the FT says.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said his county was not "trading people, land or sovereignty", while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said talks have so far not yielded substantial progress.

Don't eat or drink anything at Russia talks - Ukraine minister
Before today's talks in Istanbul started, Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba advised anyone going to the negotiations with the Russian Federation "not to eat or drink anything, and preferably avoid touching any surface".
He was speaking during an interview with Ukrainian news channel Ukrayina 24.
The warning came after the suspected poisoning of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian negotiators earlier this month at peace talks on the Ukraine-Belarus border.
There is some scepticism about the alleged poisoning and an unnamed US official was quoted by Reuters as saying that intelligence suggested the men's symptoms were due to "environmental" factors, not poisoning.
As we've been reporting, Abramovich has been spotted at the negotiations, in pictures broadcast by Turkish media.

Talks begin, but hopes of a breakthrough are low
The Russian and Ukrainian delegations have now arrived at the Dolmabahce - President Erdogan’s office on the banks of the Bosphorus here in Istanbul.
They're sat along a long table facing each other. The Turkish leader has addressed them, followed by applause.
These are the first face-to-face talks in over a fortnight but hopes of any breakthrough are low.
Erdogan spoke of his “deep sorrow” that conflict has entered its fifth week, saying Turkey’s friendship with both countries gave it an obligation to mediate.
"It is in the hands of both sides to stop this tragedy," he said.
Turkey is a Nato member but retains strong ties with Russia. Mr Erdogan has resisted joining the West’s sanctions against Moscow - one of the few countries still to do so.

Peace will not have a loser - Erdogan
Continuing with his welcome, Recep Tayyip Erdogan says there is a lot resting on the talks.
He says a "fair peace" will not have a loser and that the conflict continuing benefits no one.
"At such a critical time we are pleased to welcome you and to contribute to your efforts to establish peace," he says, adding: "I wish that our meetings and discussions will prove to be auspicious for your countries, our region and all humankind."
He has called for an immediate ceasefire and says stopping the tragedy is up to both sides.

Talks need to yield results - Erdogan tells delegates
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says both Ukraine's Zelensky and Russia's Putin are "valuable friends", as he sets the scene for talks in Istanbul this morning.
He says progress at the talks would pave the way for the leaders to meet - and that Turkey could host that too.
He also tells the Russian and Ukrainian teams that both sides have "legitimate concerns" but that we have reached a moment when talks need to yield "concrete results".

Russian propaganda. Person wey nobody get record of her prophecy. Different prophesies have been put in her name since she passed on. Those close to her says she never made the prophesies. She was just a traditional healer.

Matter that is not your own, you want to carry it on your head, @op, people have went missing cos of matters like dis. Leave Dem to their stealing. After all, the quantity is nothing compared to the one stolen from Nigeria each day.

orisa37:
There are many ATHEISTS AND WITCHES THERE.

Evidence

City is undoubtedly one of the most exclusive locations in the world to live in, and there is a good reason for that.
Therefore, the chances are that you will never be allowed to live in Vatican City.
Home to the most significant figures in Catholicism
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, making up only 100 acres and holding a minuscule population of 800 people. The Vatican itself lies in the centre of Rome, Italy, however, it is an absolute Monarchy. Therefore, it is unlike any other country in the world. Due to the prestigiousness of the Vatican and its citizens, it has its own currency, police, laws, and so much more. The current Pope is the absolute monarch, meaning he holds complete power of absolutely everything to do with the state and can essentially do whatever he pleases.
Who are the 800 people that live in the Vatican?
The entire population of Vatican City is only around 800 people. Every citizen who resides in the city is Roman Catholic and is considered to be influential or significant in some way within Catholicism. The clergy (those who contribute to the operation of the Vatican City religiously) and the Swiss Guards who ‘defend’ the Vatican City are the only people allowed to reside inside the Vatican City. There are actually over 2,400 people who work within the Vatican City, generally in the museums, and attractions, that commute each day from Italy. There is no hospital in Vatican City, therefore, to gain citizenship you actually cannot be born in the country. Citizenship is granted based on authority and power within the Vatican.

What is there to see and do in Vatican City?
Although it is known for its tiny size, Vatican City actually has a lot to see and do when visiting. It is actually receiving a whopping 6 million tourists each year! Notable attractions to explore include:

The Vatican Museums
The Vatican Museums are home to large collections of historic, and famous artworks that have been collected over hundreds of years. Showcasing a range of monumental art collections, historical artefacts, and archaeology.

The Vatican Palace
The Vatican Palace is the home of the Pope at the time and has served as a residence for prominent figures since 1929. The Palace is an impeccable renaissance style building that was constructed in 1589, with details and artwork that will leave you mesmerised.

The Sistine Chapel
Located inside the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful attractions in Vatican City. The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel took over four years to complete and was painted by one of the worlds most well-respected artists Michelangelo in the 1500s.

Saint Peter’s Basilica
Saint Peter’s Basilica is the most important and holiest Catholic church in the world. The influential Saint Peter is buried under the church, making it a very holy location for Catholics.

Ask am very well

Iliveforever:
Of which country

immortalcrown:
Hmm! Are all these disasters natural or man-made?

If you ask me, na who I go ask?

Na love

For many Nigerian children, teens, youths and adults who have never been abroad, few stories about the West are as fascinating as the fact that electricity can stay on from dusk till dawn seven days a week.
"Ehhhh?!" I've often heard children exclaim in amazement when presented with this detail.
No sudden power outages just when mummy is about to iron the blouse she will wear to work, or just when Kelechi Iheanacho is about to take a penalty in a Super Eagles' World Cup qualifying match.
Not even stories of snow, or underground trains, or double-decker buses, can compare with the wonder of constant power - a basic feature of modern living that has eluded our beloved country for decades.
Nigeria has been going through what is probably the most trying power outage the country has experienced since I was a child.
Some of my fondest memories of childhood in the 1980s are of sitting with my family in our home in the south-eastern town of Umuahia at night, the entire living room dark except for the glow of a kerosene lamp on the wooden centre table.
With the TV off and the entire neighbourhood silenced by the power outage, we devised ways to fill the time and darkness.
Usually, my parents told us Igbo folk tales, many of which included choruses that required my siblings and me to sing along, or stories from their childhoods, growing up in colonial Nigeria, when many communities had no electricity.
My maternal grandfather, Wilfred Okonyia Okoroafor, was one of the first men in the town of Oguta to own a Tilley lamp, my mother said. This meant that their home in the early 1950s became one of the few in the community to be lit by a device safer and more potent than the usual fireplace or feeble oil lamp.
My ancestral home of Umujieze had no electricity, my father said, until the late 1970s when his close friendship with the-then manager of the state power company, Nepa, influenced the decision to prioritise our village and connect us to the national grid.
But there is a major difference between those times when my family shared stories in the dark and today
Back then, we knew that it was only a matter of time before the electricity was restored - an hour or two, or three perhaps.
Apart from when something major went wrong, usually with the district's transformer, it was rare for power outages to last for hours, let alone days, on end.
Over the years, however, Nigerians gradually got used to the fact that our government just cannot generate enough electricity for the entire country.
Nepa, the acronym for the Nigerian Electricity Power Authority, soon became known jocularly as "Never Expect Power Always".
When the government renamed the company Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), the joke became: "Problem Has Changed Name" or "Please Hold Candle Now".
Nigerians who can afford it always find a way to solve their problems when their government can't.
They dig boreholes at their backyards for potable water.
They buy SUVs to overcome the cavernous potholes, or hire bulldozers to grade and gravel the portions of road on their regular routes.
They employ private security to protect their premises and accompany them on trips to insecure regions.
They acquire electricity generators for their homes and offices, the size and efficiency of the machine depending on what each can afford.
The proliferation of generators, particularly cheap ones from China, mean noise pollution and noxious fumes that sometimes in unventilated environments have wiped out families in their sleep.
It also means the additional expense of fuel to power the machines.
The richer you are, the more likely your generator would run for hours on end instead of only at night. In the past few years, inverters have also become popular among those who can afford the uninterruptible power device that can be charged when the electricity is on and act as a standby during outages.
Alas, this perfect arrangement for managing a long-standing problem was scuttled for many Nigerians in recent weeks.
Presidential regrets
A national scarcity of fuel coincided with the collapse of the national power grid that plunged parts of major cities across Nigeria, including Lagos and Abuja, into darkness for days on end.
"I deeply regret the inconvenience caused," President Muhammadu Buhari apologised to the country last week.
He blamed marketers for the fuel shortages and technical issues for the power outages, promising that the twin misfortunes would be resolved soon.
Many inverters ran out of battery charge. Many people have their generators but can find no fuel to buy.
Not even the black market sellers, who usually quadruple their price at such times, could provide a regular supply.
Not even the rich, who can afford fuel at any price, have been able to escape at least some of the darkness.
I doubt if anybody was in the mood to tell folk tales.

China officials have confirmed that all 132 passengers and crew died when flight MU5735 crashed on Monday in southern China.
The China Eastern flight was flying from Kunming to Guangzhou when it nose-dived and crashed in a heavily-forested area in Guangxi.

Rescue teams said they had identified 120 of the victims so far through DNA analysis, aviation officials said.

State media reported that both black boxes have now been found.

The flight data recorder - which could provide crucial information about why the plane crashed an hour into its journey - was recovered on Saturday.

The first black box has already been sent to Beijing to be inspected by experts, Reuters said. That one is believed to contain the cockpit voice recorder.

Though there had been little hope of finding any survivors, victims' families have been waiting for news from the search teams, which have been combing the heavily-wooded area for days.

But the search has been difficult in the remote hills near the city of Wuzhou, with rescue teams working in very muddy conditions.

Hu Zhenjiang, deputy director-general of China's civil aviation administration, said the search would continue for the remains of the victims and parts of plane wreckage, Chinese news website Sina reported.

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing - which made the 737-800 jet - said on Saturday its technical team is supporting the US National Transportation Safety Board and China's civil aviation administration with the investigation, Reuters reports.

Following the crash, China's President Xi Jinping called for a full-scale investigation.

The crash is China's most deadly aviation incident in nearly three decades, and has prompted a national outpouring of grief.

In the words of Nkem owoh "I wonder if Nigerians were created by God's apprentice"

This guy sha(•‿•)

Concobility. Just imagine.

DoctorOlasDesk:
You're made for each other abeg. You both look good together

Made for each other you said Wen tins go south, they will both be made for other persons. You people should stop posting pictures of what holds no value.

Being married holds no value. Dis afternoon I saw a man and wife walking along d road, d man was carrying d new born baby and smiling forcefully while d woman was just walking like she's d man. I shook my head in pity of d man. Everyday I see reasons why I decided not to get married but just have babymamas. I don't feel guilty about it. marriage is a scam. Big scam!

The north is really taking Nigeria aback by the minute.

What do you expect from uncivilized group of people who refused to be civilized despite all efforts by Lord lugard through almagamation.

Italy play Turkey next week in possibly the most insensitive and meaningless friendly match in football.

Both teams lost their respective World Cup play-off matches in heartbreaking fashion yesterday. Turkey suffered a 3-1 loss to Portugal, but things could have been different had Burak Yilmaz not blasted his 85th minute penalty over the crossbar when things were still 2-1.

Italy fell to a last minute North Macedonia in their play-off in Palermo, breaking hearts up and down the Italian peninsula. Now both teams are forced to play a meaningless friendly on Tuesday March 29 at 19.45 UK time, a game which could be considered insensitive considering the fact that both squads will be full of incredibly downcast players.

Sweeping changes are needed in both Italian and Turkish football if either team is to recover in time for Euro 2024 in Germany, and this useless friendly is an incredibly strange way to move on from the play-off heartbreak.

wiseoneking:
. Just to talk, you don't even know the meaning of Junk. You called a vegetable soup junk? Are your Follow come

Why do you call fastfoods junk?