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Thursday, October 16, 2008
65 US Nobel laureates endorse Obama

By Agency Reporter

Sixty-five United States Nobel Laureates have urged Americans to support Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, in his quest to become the next US president.




The North America Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria reported that the laureates made their request in an open letter they sent to the American people on Tuesday.

In a copy made available to NAN in New York, the scientists wrote, "This year's presidential election is among the most significant in our nation's history.

"The country urgently needs a visionary leader who can ensure the future of our traditional strengths in science and technology and who can harness those strengths to address many of our greatest problems - energy, disease, climate change, security, and economic competitiveness."

"We are convinced that Senator Barack Obama is such a leader, and we urge you to join us in supporting him,'' they said.

In reaction, Obama's campaign office said in a statement that the letter "marks the largest number of Nobel Laureates - `the nation's greatest minds'-- ever to endorse a political candidate.''

Americans will, on November 4, go to polls to elect a new leader to replace President George Bush.

Currently, Obama leads his Republican opponent, John McCain in most of the national surveys of preferred candidate conducted by some American media outfits and other polling organisations.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/oct/16/406.html

Airport police nabs undergraduate for kidnapping Lebanese passenger
Shola Adekola, Lagos
Thursday, October 16, 2008
There was a mild drama at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State on Wednesday when the airport police command paraded a student of Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, who was having his Industrial Training (IT) with the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), for attempting to kidnap a Lebanese on arrival at the airport.



The student, Samuel Olarewaju, was said to have posed as a protocol officer from Adamic Group of Companies with the intention of offering protocol services to the Lebanese, Mohammed Elmamud, who arrived aboard Qatar Airlines.

According to a statement issued by the Commissioner of Police, Lagos airport command, Hashimu Argungun, “the suspect was intercepted by security task force in the airport as he was leading the unsuspecting passenger away to a waiting vehicle manned by his cohorts who zoomed off on sighting him with the operatives.”

Olanrewaju, a 400-level Applied Physics student, was alleged to have posed as the protocol officer of the host company which the Lebanese was expected to meet at the airport.

“On arrival around 2.20 p.m., one Samuel Olanrewaju, of 21, Ikale Street, Ijeshatedo, Lagos and a student of LAUTECH, who was having his IT at NAMA in Ikeja, in his bid to kidnap the passenger, posed as a protocol officer from Adamic Group of Companies sent to pick the foreigner,” the statement said.


http://odili.net/news/source/2008/oct/16/612.html

22 die after drinking ogogoro in Lagos - NAFDAC
Ayodele Adesanmi, Abuja
Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Dora Akunyili, has disclosed that over 22 people died last month in Lagos State after taking many bottles of locally brewed gin called ogogoro in local parlance.







The drink has other names such as Sapele water, Kainkain, Apetesi and Baba Erin. It is distilled from industrial alcohol and it is reported to be dangerous to health.

The people reported to be mostly affected were from the llaje community in Lagos State.

Speaking during consumer education and awareness campaign in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, Akunyili appealed to the youth to stop consuming ogogoro, noting that for each reported case, many others must have died unreported.

She advised the people to reject any drug, medical device, food, cosmetics, drinks, that did not have NAFDAC number, saying that the agency had destroyed counterfeit and substandard products worth N24.25 billion in the last seven years.

She lamented that the agency enforcement officers had been attacked severally in the course of their duties which, according to her, “is too bad”

She explained that “on Monday, 12th May 2008, NAFDAC regulatory officers, along with some police officers on routine surveillance and raid on drug hawkers in a market in Damboa Local Government Area, were attacked and pounced upon by miscreants and lay-abouts youth who chanted “Allahu Akbar” thereby trying to give the raid action a religious undertone so as to attract sympathy for mob action against our officers

“Despite the number of armed police officers with the NAFDAC team, they were overpowered by the surging crowd and were chased away.”

Akunyili called on the people in the villages to cooperate with NAFDAC officials so as to enlighten them on the dangers of fake and counterfeit drugs and other substandard regulated products.


http://odili.net/news/source/2008/oct/16/604.html

Immigration deports 56 illegal aliens in 2 months

, Refuses 412 entry
By Chris Anucha
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Fifty-six illegal aliens were eased out of the country through the Zone ‘A’ command of the Nigeria Immigration Service in the last two months.

A total of 412 inadmissible persons were also refused entry into the country, while 249 others were refused departure.






This was disclosed by the Assistant Comptrollers General (ACG) and Zonal Coordinator of Zone ‘A’, which comprises, Lagos and Ogun states, Mr. Samuel Eluwa, during a recent visit to the Zone by the Comptroller General of Immigration, Mr. Chukwurah Udeh.

He said between January and July 2008, the zone, through the entry posts, processed 672,484 arriving passengers and 582,763 departing passengers.

The ACG also told the Immigration boss that the zone realized a total sum of N2, 658,121,593 between January and July this year, while fines from defaulting Airlines was put at $624,000.

Eluwa explained that the revenue profile of the zone had been on the upsurge due to the on-line payments.

He said the zone had made appreciable achievements in service delivery, especially, in the areas of passport processing; issuance of residential and entry permits; control of entry and departure of persons; combating human trafficking, monitoring of illegal migration, among others.

According to Eluwa, the re-orientation of officers and men in the Immigration service had been on the increase since Udeh assume office, as a result of the strategies adopted in training and re-training of officers and men.

He said: " This laudable development has improved tremendously, the enforcement of Immigration laws and regulations and engendered international best practices on migration management and efficient service delivery. All the officers and men of this zone share your vision and mission for the growth of the service and would do everything to ensure that these objectives are fully realized."

The ACG further explained that the zone issued a total of 148,579 standard passports and renewed 18,435 to eligible Nigerians. A breakdown showed that Ikoyi passport office issued 93,296, while Festac and Ogun passport offices issued 41,873 and 13,410, respectively.

Similarly, 6,144 Resident Permits and 271 Aliens Movement Cards were issued to foreigners resident in the zone.

Responding, Udeh commended the zone for its efforts and promised to give the necessary assistance to enable it perform optimally.

He took time to explain the innovations he introduced into the Immigration since 2005. This include, the e-passport, and consequently, on-line payment, IT revolution, infrastructural development, improvement in the welfare of officers including prompt payment of salaries, among numerous others.


http://odili.net/news/source/2008/oct/16/505.html

ayinba1:
"should not imitate women.

The simple word imitate is used here, NOT "emulate". Mimicking such as voice, hairdo,dressing,etc, as opposed to emulating piety in a woman


Oh Allah, I seek refuge against knowledge which is of no benefit to me. Amin

Was it not Olabowale that always attack the bible about interpretation based on language? How come y'all are confusing 'imitate' with 'emulate'? Which one is it since you use the original translation?

samba123:
@Deepzone

Now you have all this information presented by Babs 787. Do you think you need extra curricular for that a Muslim to take another route to follows? It’s simple and presentable aside from that what else you should trying to imitate others to give such impressive ideas on this issues. Nothing more just keep its simple and doing your responsibility of God fearing Mumminin/believer.

Still did not answer my question. No need running around it like Hussein obama.

Anybody is free to post the chapter and verse in the bible because i don't know it.

dayokanu:
I support eziachi on this

I am not surprised because somebody said in one thread 2 days ago that you are an angry man who has never made any happy remark for once on this site apart from empty attacks on eminent Nigerian citizens. It seems you have a little problem with respecting your elders.

The vast majority of CNN viewers are democrats and like the loud mouths they are, they use this poll rubbish to confuse people but not me. I pray fervently everyday that Sarah Palin will make it to the white house. who knows when another opportunity will come for a woman.

NaijaBarbi:
LOL!!!! I just logged in here and read all this talk about my comment post, which was just my own person response to the question ( Re: What Have You Done To Hurt Your Ex? ) Did i do or say something terrible?!! ah ah! KILODE??!!its funny that d topic did a 360 flip to my story, and turned into my justifications for WHAT I DID. I'm not trippin, its how nairaland works unfortunately. But regardless~ i wanted to respond to a couple of d comments, and i wont recall who posted them.

#1. I never said d 2 chiks that he was sleeping with were my friends. i said in my GROUP of friends. this typically means that they know someone that i hang out with, so they are amongst d circle, but we are not close. (hence the reason for them being shady) I considered them scandalous women anyway- because they have a reputation so i wasnt surprised.

#2. i can never be envious of this man, nor this girl-his fiance. Everything he owns now is because of my guidance! and he knows this for sure. In fact, d car she drives- he bought for ME- with d cash from d job that I got for him when he was a JJC from naija. This is why he can never face me or confront me for telling his chik these details. I can drop a man quickly if he doesnt have respect for me, no shakin. So y hesitate to call him out? I was a happy girl when i left him oo- it was me who ended it due to his lack of appreciation and his cheating. AND i wasnt single when i did that- i had my own thing.

#3. If you saw what i mean by her "attitude" and u know how some Nigerian chiks in usa can be, even when they are still small girls with no income-cocky as hell. u will understand y i wasnt shy to open my mouth. The straw that broke the camels back was when he got bold n said something so low to my girl. His fiance got in the argument (even though she didnt know anyone as a visitor) and she tested me by getting smart when i told them to calm down. thats how it started~~~~

#4 (ahem, KARMAMOD) this is the thread i meant to post on. 'stupid things u have done for love' is for you my dear. better yet for all d insane men that DARED to put up with your smart mouth.

#5 whats up with all this analyzing/dissecting of peoples comments or stories here, just to say something rude- instead of posting your own experiences or responses? I guess d arguing or fighting is more fun eh? lol. Its like black naija vultures that pic on a juicy comment when someone is being real or honest about something they did in d past. GOOD OR BAD! HE DESERVED IT SHA, no lie. Thats even just a small small thing karma brought his way.

Eeyaah. Your picture is cute tho, that guy must be very stupid to leave you. Are you Itsekiri?

Which TV or radio personality do You love or hate so much?. It could be anywhere in the world even China.






Mine is Glenn Beck, I hate that fat fool so much that he makes me puke anytime he comes on CNN.

I love Elizabeth Hasselbeck and Rush Limbaugh(radio).

Eziachi:
What is your definition of a reverend?
He is a scumbag as long as I am concern, along with countless of others like him thieving from brainless and gullible Nigerian is the name of God and Christ.
They are the original 419er throught their fake healings and phoney miracles and crusades.
I am sure by now they must have in their possession, God's email address and Jesus SMS number too.

You need to see a shrink. Don't hate plz.

The bible says that the only sin that is unforgivable is the sin against the holy spirit. What is that particular sin abeg? I know it's not murder or adultery, so what is that sin?

McCain is winning in the fox poll.

I would've posted another in Glenn Beck show but I hate that guy to death. Bleep Glenn Beck.


The bitch called Fey that thinks she's all that:

https://www.koat.com/2008/0913/17466374.jpg

Very hilarious Youtube clip:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qUVQDmLf7s



and even funnier one


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qUVQDmLf7s

https://img530.imageshack.us/img530/7677/obambitd4.jpg

Nairaland's favorite mallam, Mohammed Hussein obsama is a common shoe shiner with his empty rhetorics. Look into the future guys, that's how it's going to be when women completely take over power in the west.

StephenP:
This might sound hella cheesey but money ain't a thing.

Some chics will shop you to death unless you have a bail out plan. Be warned.

I know! She probably has a huge piece of paper next to her computer to remember what new username she's using and as soon as Seun bans the username she crosses it out and writes out the new one

Possible user names in future:
Je kadi

J Kadi

Jen kadi

Jen Ka

Jen K

J K

Je K

Kadiri jenny


Kadiri Jenni

Jenny Kadiri*


Na Seun go tire.

StephenP:
Though I think this IQ thing is simply overrated and all, [b]I would still like to marry a woman who is book smart yet street smart [/b]because let's face it, getting all A's doesn't necessarily mean you are smarter than the person that got a C and it definitely doesn't always guarantee that you'll get the best job.

Street smart may include chain shopping. Can you afford that?

ifyalways:
who are you asking?
shebi na you start the thread,what were you expecting?
tsk !

ok

What makes this scumbag think that he is different, to be respected or not a 419er? Is he the one that use to pray for OBJ for wisdom? If the wisdom that had sent million into life of depravity and wants is not a 419 act, I don't know what is.
Collect from the poor and call it tithe to have the money to travel abroad in the first instance, if that is not 419, he should tell us what is. Nigeria is a rogue nation and their subject don't expect to be treated decent outside their shore.

What made you address a revered man of God with so much contempt?. Consider this as your last warning.

YOU ANSWER LIES IN YOU ABILITY TO EXPERIENCE THE ORIGINAL FIRST

Get that tiny thing behind me,bro.

NA PHOTOCOPY I SHOW YOU. TRY SEE ORIGINAL Cool

YOU GO CRY O

Did you reduce the size with your copier?

Something with you and money sha

OR COME TO ME

Only that you have a very tiny peewee.

5 reasons why geeks are bad.

1) Tell him to suck your tits and he opens your mouth sucking your dentition.

2) Tell him to go down on you and he gets off the bed on to the FLOOR

3) Put on a sexy lingerie and all he would be fascinated to is the design on the cloth.

4) Slot in a porn tape and all he sees and talk about is the picture quality of the camera.

5) Give him a condom and he tells you about the latest development in Latex technology.

Na lie.

DeepZone is quite happy with that!!!
All she wants from her geek husband is his cash and she needs to "get some", she comes to ME for a hot quickie.

Come to you? I rather go to Obasanjo.

OBJ who was the clerics friend led naija to that terrible state. OBJ's govt wrecked naija

You dey smoke weed? . IBB and Abacha wrecked Nigeria, OBJ fixed the much he could in a short time. Our banks are safer today because of Obasanjo otherwise they would have all closed down since the world's economic trouble.