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Is it only true muslim ladies? Who is a "true muslim man" that will surely join Allah in paradise/heaven whenever he dies? What are his qualities?

So not Funmi

Which is [b]more [/b]debilitating to Nigeria as a nation:

Ethnocentrism or Religion?

Which one do you think we should face squarely first?

It seems the north is going down on education and poverty and improving in the field of crime. Something must be done to alleviate this situation otherwise the southerners will soon reap from it. We are already having problems with many jobless almajiris flowing to the south for daily bread.

But DeepZone make una take am easy na, una dey corrupt all these small pikins wey dey flock this forum these days.

I didn't corrupt Pataki and Hannibal for God's sake although Hannibal massaged my feet with his tongue last time. Eldee is over 50 and pataki is a 40 year old virgin.

[size=14pt]Immigration arrests suspected passport forgery syndicate, recovers fake N10m [/size]
From Funmi Awoyale (Abuja)

OFFICIALS of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have recovered N10 million fake Nigerian currencies from a passport forgery gang in Wappa area of Kano State.





Comptroller-General of the Service, Mr. Chukwurah Udeh, while parading the suspects before journalists in Abuja at the weekend, gave the names of the eight-man gang as: Ibrahim Hussaini Bappa, Husaini Taye Ahmed, Kabiru Pele, Haruna Yarbawa, Abdu Baba, Yau Lagos, Subairu Jafaru and Ahmed Sanni.

According to Udeh, the suspected fraudsters offered immigration operatives about N3 million after being nabbed so that they would be let off the hook, but the officials rejected the offer.

The forged currency notes, which were all in the N1,000 denomination all bore the same serial number and were neatly packed with paper wrappings.

His added: "The irony is that these crooks go to unsuspecting villagers, collect their money and promise to take them to Mecca and what they do is total package deals, promising to take them to Mecca and bring them back."

Udeh, who added that the gang also specialised in the forgery of Nigerian travel documents, including the recently launched electronic passport (e-passport), cautioned Nigerians to be wary of the likes of the suspected fraudsters, to avoid being duped.

According to the Immigration Comptroller General, the activities of the suspects were uncovered after the Service received disturbing information from the Kano State Command during the last Umrah exercise that required Moslem faithful to go to Jeddah to carry out their religious pilgrimage.

He stressed: "We began to get information from our office in Kano that our travel documents were being tampered with, so we became very interested. And arising from that we asked that this information should be further probed to enable us unravel or get details."

"But of course you will recall that before the launch of the electronic passport, we had put specialist equipment in place in all our international points of entry to enable us process passengers that present themselves with the electronic passport or with any of our travel documents, that is the electronic passport and the machine-readable passport," he added.

"We arrested about six of them with the machine-readable passport, passengers that have substituted pages in their passport and some of the machine-readable passports we picked are here. We picked them with tampered pages, substituted pages and so on," he stated.

The Immigration boss said eight of them were arrested during the exercise and items including Niger Republic passports, the old non machine-readable passport and machine-readable passports were recovered from the gang.

He said the Service would continue investigations to ensure that the likes of the suspects are completely put out of business in order to provide respite to honest and innocent people seeking to acquire genuine travel documents.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/oct/13/25.html

[size=14pt]UBA's Tony Elumelu emerges African Banker of The Year[/size]

The Group Managing Director of United Bank for Africa (UBA)Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has been voted African Banker of the Year 2008.

Tony Elumelu (R) with Sir Richard Branson




The UBA boss was pronounced African Banker of the Year on Friday at a ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom of Willard International Hotel, Washington DC, U.S.A.

The event was organised by The African Business magazine in collaboration with Business in Africa Events alongside the World Bank/IMF annual meetings.

Witnessed by Central Bank Governors, leading bankers and Finance Ministers from several African countries and other parts of the world, Elumelu emerged winner ahead of other notable bankers including Paul Fokam, President & Board Chairman, Afriland First Bank, Arnold Ekpe, CEO, Ecobank, Mahmoud Abdel Latif, Chairman/CEO, Bank of Alexandria, Erastus Akingbola, CEO, Intercontinental Bank and Mamadou Igor Diarra, CEO, Banque Internationale pour le Mali.

According to the organisers, Elumelu was voted African Banker of the Year because he has shown "exceptional dexterity, leadership and vision, consistently delivering strong financial results and broadening the reach of banking services in Africa, whilst also bringing world class practices to the industry".

He was selected by a panel of judges including; Nkosana Moyo, Chairman of Actis Africa Advisory Board; Koosum Kalyan, Chairman of Kgontsi Holdings, South Africa; Aissa Hidoussi, CEO of Best Lease, Tunis and Tunisia's leading banker; Dr. Virgy Anohu, leading Nigerian Mortgage banker and CEO MGSL, Nigeria as well as Christopher Hartland-Peel, Head of Africa Equity Research, Exotix.

Receiving the award on behalf of Elumelu, the CEO of UBA Capital, Mr. Nandan Mer dedicated the award "to the over 20,000 employees of the bank around the world from China to Nigeria, to the United States of America, for serving our customers better everyday with innovative products and services and for powering the vision to build a model global African financial institution".

Elumelu has been gaining increasing recognition as one of Africa's leading and widely influential corporate leaders in Africa since he conceived and managed the merger of Standard Trust Bank Plc and legacy UBA Plc in 2005, a union that has grown to today's largest financial services group in West, Central and East Africa.

Amongst other accolades, Elumelu was voted African Business Leader of the Year by the Africa Investor magazine in 2006.

His pursuit for excellence is relentless as shown in the recently released third quarter results which saw remarkable growth and improvement in all performance indices.

Analysts and investors are hoping and waiting for another superlative performance when UBA's 2008 financial year results will be released, any time soon.

Under Elumelu's leadership, UBA asserted an ambitious vision to be the leading financial services institution in Africa and a respected player in the global financial arena.

Towards this end, the bank has been rapidly expanding its operation beyond Nigeria into countries spanning Ghana, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Uganda, in addition to the international presence in New York and London.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/oct/13/707.html

How Nigerian died in China –Envoy
By Emma Emeozor
Monday, October 13, 2008

The Chinese Consul General in Lagos at the weekend said a 28-year-old Nigerian who died in China on Tuesday fell on a staircase contrary to allegations that Chinese security men killed him.

In a follow-up to its response to Daily Sun’s query published on Friday, t[b]he Consulate General spokesperson Mao Yizong said local authorities in Guangzhou, China have said Ojide John Ekene fell on the staircase of Yulong building as he tried to run to urinate, adding that in the process he got a heavy hit on his head. Mao, however, did not elaborate.[/b]



"We have contacted the local authority in Guangzhou and got the report of this case according to the records provided by many parties. The fact is: September 25th, Ojide John Ekene wanted to urinate somewhere inside Yulong building but had been refused by the security men of the company. The two parties quarreled for a while before Ojide chose to run to answer nature’s call in the D exit of Sanyuanli metro station. Unfortunately, he fell on the staircase and got a heavy hit on his head."

What happened thereafter. Mao says somebody took Ojide to a nearby military hospital. "Then somebody took him to the military hospital nearby but the two weeks treatment given him could not save his life. He passed on October. 8th".

Mao says the management of Yulong building was responsible for payment of Ojide’s medical bill. "That afternoon, Ojide’s relatives gathered for mourning and demanded to know the truth about his death. They held talks with the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce in Guangzhou, represented by Mr Ojukwu Emma and the Chinese police and immigration officials."

According to Mao, the relatives of Ojide "left after getting the report including Ojide’s death certificate," while "the management of Yulong building paid all the medical fees on moral basis." It will be recalled that Daily Sun’s source in China had earlier said Chinese security men killed Ojide after he was clubbed with heavy iron rods as he tried to urinate where they were on duty.

"There was a mild exchange of words between the security men and Ojide over where or not to urinate. The security men objected to his urge to answer ‘nature’s call,’ while "abusing him and calling him derogatory names," the source said.

The incident occurred around the subway to the metro station in Lihua Sanyuanli, near Dragon Hotel in China. According to our source, Ojide was descending the steps leading to the subway metro station to look for another place to urinate when the security men rushed him and began to beat him. He was "hit on the head with heavy iron battens, knocking him to the ground in a pool of his own blood.

"Ekene was rushed to the intensive care unit of a military hospital near China hotel in Lihua Lu where doctors tried to save his life by draining blood from his already battered skull.” The incident was said to have triggered off a wave of anger and sorrow among Nigerians resident in China.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/oct/13/503.html

our people are becoming calous everyday. where are their families. all the churches along that road are on sabatical i bet. where are party throwing religious nigerians? i bet nta don't do such news do they?

God have mercy. we never used to be like this

E go better sha.

I can hide enough for you in my bra.

Majority of Lagos state indigenes are muslims (not fanatically ones sha). Those that are christians only converted to christianity later.

if not true, why is it that most of the Lagos state past governors are muslims.

@bold,
Islamic mafia, short and simple.

Some still deny tribalism even when it's glaring.

Yoruba Actors Are Being Cut Off From Nollywood - Nike Pellar


Nike PellerNike Abiola, popularly known as Nike Peller, has seen it all in acting. Having started well over a decade ago, she could be said to have paid her due. Cornered recently in Lagos by GBENGA OLUMIDE, she spoke about her career, her marriage, among other sundry issues. Excerpts:

Your face seems to be scarce on screen these days. Are you still in the industry?
I’m still very much in the industry. I can’t leave the industry. It’s my profession.

Are you married now?
Yes, I’m married.

https://www.tribune.com.ng/11102008/images/weekendride3a.jpg
Nike Pellar

To whom, if I may ask?
The person I’m married to is a very private person. We’ve been together for years, so I should know what he likes and what he dislikes.

One of the things he dislikes is being talked about publicly. He is a rather private person. However, those who attended our traditional marriage and the rest, know him.

Is he the reason your fans have not been seeing much of you lately?
No, he’s not. What happens is that I do more of behind-the-screens work nowadays. I do most of the costumes used by my colleagues, and I have things like generators and buses which I rent out to them.

Basically, I’m trying to take my time, considering how things are now. You know, films are churned out anyhow, many of which are wishy-washy. I don’t want a situation whereby my fans will be calling me to ask why I take part in films that are of low standard. So, I’m taking my time.

Before you got married, tongues have wagged –you have been described as an old maid. How do you feel about this?
I feel nothing. I believe it is not how far, but how well. What is the point in getting married at a young age, and having problems in your marriage. If I marry late and I’m happy with my husband, then all glory be to almighty Allah.

What do you do aside acting?
I’m a fashion designer. Before I became an actress, I went to a fashion school, Singer Fashion School, Lagos. I was there for two years. Though acting has been taking me away from fashion designing, I’m about to take it more seriously.

Any film of your own?
I have films of my own, and I’m about to release another one into the market. I have a working title, but it won’t be wise to say it here, because it could have been changed by the time it finally comes out. Part of the film was shot in Mecca, when I went for Hajj.

Even as a married woman, there will be admirers. How do you cope?
Of course, there are admirers. It is expected since I’m a woman, and, with all modesty, I’m famous. The only thing is that one should know how to ward persistent ones off without injuring their pride. I know how to go about it; I have no problem in that regard.

Are you romantic?
Of course I am! I’m very romantic. My husband can attest to that fact.

What was your experience in Hajj like?
Ha, my brother, Hajj is what I pray that all Muslims should experience. Anybody who goes to the Holy land will be convinced of the pre-eminence of God. When I got there, I looked at the wonders there and started crying like a baby. If I have my way, I will go to Holy land every year. It’s just too wonderful. And I also met some wonderful people there. I had a nice time.

If you were to kiss a man in a movie, who would it be?
There is a way to do it. We call it miming. I can do that with any man. But when it comes to real kissing, it’s not in our culture in Africa. Anyway, as artistes, we can do miming and it will look so real to you that you won’t believe if I say it was not a real one. It all depends on the director.

At times you dress like someone from the North, like now, you are wearing two earrings together. Why?
Nothing. I just like it. Although my maternal great-grandmother was a northerner, I only see the way I dress as being fashionable, nothing more.

How do you see Nollywood?
Nollywood is okay. It’s still young, so we cannot expect perfection yet. However, it seems, we, the Yoruba-speaking actors are being cut off from the running of the body. And it’s not the fault of our colleagues at the other side; it’s our fault. I say this because many, in fact, most of us Yoruba-speaking actors don’t attend meetings and other get-togethers.

Thank God that we have an elite at the helm of affairs now; I’m talking of Prince Jide Kosoko. He’s the one who makes all the moves to ensure that we are part and parcel of Nollywood. Left to my colleagues, they see anybody who attends meetings as not having anything tangible doing.

I don’t know if it’s complex. I just don’t know. This attitude has made us look inferior to our counterparts; whereas we are superior in all ramifications.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/11102008/weekendride3.html

so ikere is in oyo state

I know one in Ekiti, like 25/30 minutes away from Ado.

I am rather shocked that a Prof. could be known to be a cultist and he or indeed people around him seem not to be bothered. What is he then teaching his students? Cultism?

Is pyrate confraternity a clandestine cult? Do they do illegal activities in Nigeria? You guys should stop all these tribal bullshit here abeg.

what is gender card?

Example:

By michelin89

I do too eventhough I know it's quite dishonest.

Darling my arms are so tiny, can you help me turn that pounded yam? Make sure it's big ooo!!!

Who says stupidity cannot be a good sense of humor at times.    I love to see how you keep validating that you are bereft of thinking at most times. Sarah Palin that cannot effectively manage her own home, you are shouting for prosperity and justice? You need to see your SHRINK.

This is the epitome of jealousy. Do all you can but you can never reach her level. The qualities she has that were denied to you by God are cute, smart, clever and ingenuity. Keep fking every LovePeddler on the street, I am afraid to inform you that there is no price for that except HIV.

You see how fetid your mind is. No inkling of positive thinking at all. Always warped up with some moronic or disgusting to the senses. How you keep surviving beats my imagination.

I say the truth and that's all. Are you gonna crucify me for saying the truth? Men are the scum of the earth while women are the salt. Imagine if we have 1000 Hannibals in Nigeria alone, won't we be declared a disaster zone by UN?

Mere shouting the statements I have quoted in the bold is an indication towards how good you are with playing the gender card. Keep denying the obvious. Intellectual dumbness is one of your major characteristics.

Stop accusing me of what I'm not because I don't do same to you. I've only accused you of being a scum, LovePeddler, d.i.c.k head and a problem to our ecosystem and none of them is a lie.

Must I teach you logic also? Scared of the idea in his idea? Is he not a man? Are you not still talking the same thing? Keep playing dumb. I suspect that is one of your gender card games.

Last time I checked, people that reason from their peewee lack logic. The last smart man that lived on earth was Albert Einstein and he was very feminine in all aspect of life. Go and ask yourself why since then, men has been dwindling everyday. Ask God to give you grace to survive the next holocaust which will be women taking control of household and government including your damn liabilities. Vote Sarah Palin, vote for prosperity and justice. We are tired of D.i.c.k.heads running our affairs.

And the topic of the message in church today was Gender Card in Relationships? I am trying to breakdown what has necessitated this moronic topic of yours, when you are very good with playing the gender card and trying to throw the blame on men. Is your Ijesha boyfriend accepting this rubbish from you all the time?

I said it one day that before 2015, men will need affirmative action to get whatever they want. They are getting more petty everyday. Imagine Pataki accusing me of playing the gender card. I will never allow a man to override me and that is not playing gender card. Oniranu.

Just for the record, I do not go to church to watch women. On the contrary, they watch ME. Get it simple and straight. T[b]opic of discussion in church: Let Me Loose![/b]

Let you loose to what? To ashawo? Did the pastor also tell you today that women are the salt of the earth while men are the scum of the earth?

That's the problem, you're incapable of cognitive reasoning . . . I'm sure your boyfriend whips you hard
That's the way to play the gender card with a she-goat

And you are incapable of abstract reasoning. I'm sure your girlfriend makes you go down on her thrice daily unless you wanna become homeless.

Scared of a man? I love to hear that continually. The fear of a man is the beginning of sensibility. You are on the pathway of recovery.

I said i'm scared of the idea in his head because it'll be a stumbling block to our relationship trying every time to exercise his useless ego. I crush egomaniacs and use them for dinner.

Why is my lifestyle your concern? Did you go to church today? Thank goodness you are not yet enrolled as my housemaid, I would beaten sense into that gender card  of yours.

Yes I went to church and not like a fornicating hypocrite like you that go there to fart, belch and watch women walk by. What was the topic of discussion in church today?

What is your own version of a gender card? Farting your way through just to get his attention and your demands met? I thought you women are independent of the men?

Women are more independent of the men than men are independent of the women. We are smarter, more resourceful and have longer life span. The word utility gender can best be used to describe us.

Is that not what I've been drumming into your skulls since??

Drumming? You may need to drive a 6 inch nail into my skull to agree with you. He antelope.

what exactly IS the gender card in regards to a woman?

Those that play it know what it is. I rarely do because I'm scared of a man having any iota of feeling that I'm weaker than him. There are consequences to equality.

When it comes to giving to God, most of us believe that God should understand! While we cannot knowing give a friend we intend to assist financially 20 naira, at the end of a week, 7 days, our thanksgiving to God, is 20 naira carelessly dropped in the offertory basket! I have to confess it was my younger brother who challenged me bout a year ago to give more. If we give 5 naira a day, which in itself is pitiful, we would not come up to 20 bucks at the end of the week. So I ask you today, as another sunday draws near, will it still be 20 naira or less?!!

This is more than a blackmail.

REALLY??

Yes really. make sure you have a bullet proof when this trouble you are looking for starts because Hannibal and Pataki will not spare you for thinking they are dumb.

I said it because i just have to say the truth irrespective of the consequences.

C'mon . . . I said Tasha not Funmi!!!

You can't have Funmi, so Tasha is your best option but instead of resorting to prostitutes to blackmail your girlfriend, why not use imaginary girlfriends or better still pay Tope $200 per hour to call and pretend to be your girlfriend?

How bout going . . . 'Baby, if I don't do it now, I'll go out, and you know how many hott Tasha looks on Sunday evenings'

Ooooh Please! You can't go any lower than that. Threatening your girlfriend with ashawo. Are you Pataki?

People actually say stuff like that?

Girl, men are so daft. Ask Hannibal and Eldee.