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Great idea if BRF will not come up with an oppressive tax regime for cycle owners. BTW is it based on an electrical or mechanical system? Remember we are still working on power supply.

camrygmail:
Is Mr. Kolade really 80 years old. when will nigerians ever give young people a chance. The man at 80 should have refused the offer and so he can live his last years with a good name. I believe this assignment will make tarnish his public service record (i.e if it was any good to begin with).

Wow, didnt realise hes that old. His profile confirms that he was born in 1932! This type of assignment isnt in his or our best interest.

Christopher Kolade is a man worthy of respect anyday. He is not known to be corrupt or greedy. He seems satisfied with what he has and preaches good old school values wherever hes called to speak. I have listened to him a few times and all i have for him is deep respect.

This committee thing is a different ballgame though. Sounds like new PTF. Once outnumbered or outwitted by the PDP hawks who will certainly lobby to plant their own men for contract purposes, he may be doomed to fail. He can always resign if it comes to that anyway. But who dey resign for Naija? God dey, lets hope for the best.

simpleseyi:
Allahu Akbar. The Lord has proven again that He is still as He was in the time past. The same yesterday, today and forever. My wife gave birth to a bouncing baby boy on Xmas day. If you will recall, my wife is a Xtian while am Muslim. The naming ceremony was on 1st of January and the special boy has been named Mohammed Emmanuel. Now, can you all see that GOD has special uncommon love for my family? We married for LOVE and GOD is living permanently with us. Halleluyah!

So happy for you! I pray that the boy grows up in line with your hearts desires under Gods love and care. May God grant you and his mum many more happy and fruitful years together. May spoilsports trying to get to you always be derailed. You will have more good news to tell over the years by Gods grace. Amen.

@Poster

May you never lack and may Gods divine mercy,protection, grace and favor always be yours.

''Love thy neighbor as thyself" The greatest law indeed.

I dont understand how the killing of innocent xtians going to church on xmas day solves their perceived problem of not wanting Jonathan in Aso villa.

Why on earth will any human being be happy doing this to anyone? I am so upset and wondering whats happening to our brothers keeper culture irrespective of tribe. This level of hatred and wickedness is amazing. May their souls rest in peace and may the woman be consoled somehow.

Am just too dazed, sad and confused with all these Madalla reports messing up our xmas/new year merriment.

My agony, by woman who lost husband, five children
By Yomi Odunuga, Abuja and Jide Orintunsin, Minna 23 hours ago
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•IN DISTRESS: Mrs Dike , yesterday
For the family of Williams Dike, Christmas was to be celebrated in a grand style – going by the preparations a week before the day. All was set for the family of seven – husband, wife and five children - to rejoice that another year was gradually coming to an end. They planned to start the day by thanking God in church and round it off with a family get-together.
It was never to be. All but the woman of the house were set for the 6:30 am mass to celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. She stayed behind when others were leaving to enable her perfect the celebration of the day. She bid them bye with a promise to be set for the second mass. And that was the last time she set her eyes on her family members.
All of them, except Mrs Dike, the woman of the house, were consumed in the Christmas bombings that ravaged the St. Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State.
Mrs. Dike, who has cried herself to a state of stupor since Sunday, was a pitiable sight yesterday. Some family members brought her to the church when Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu visited the church and victims of the blast.
She said: “I have lost my husband and my children. I have lost all. My life is empty and void. I don’t know where to go now. No husband and no child; where do I start my life? Somebody should tell me I am dreaming.”
Clad in a red and ox-blood skirt and blouse under a blue sweater, the Imo State-born housewife and mother of three boys and two girls spent the better part of the interview asking rhetorical questions. Nobody in the congregation, not even her husband’s relations could venture to answer her questions, because no one has answer for her.
When she was calm, our correspondent asked: “How did it happen?”
“My brother, I cannot say how it happened. My husband and my five children left home for early mass. I stayed behind to perfect preparation for Christmas celebration, only for me to hear a loud sound and when I inquired, I learnt it was a bomb blast in our church. I ran to the church and behold all I saw was my husband’s burnt car.
“I did not know what to do or who to ask about the whereabouts of my husband and children. All I recalled was that some people just came and carried me out of the church premises. I have been asking for my husband and my children, three boys and two girls, but nobody has been able to tell me where they are.
“Though I was told that my first son, Martins, is in Kubwa Hospital and Favour, his sister, is said to be at National Hospital in Abuja. The fact is I have not seen any of them since they left home on Sunday. Please, let the President and the Governor help me look for my family members,” Mrs Dike pleaded.
Surrounded by family members, the bereaved woman was pensive. She often burst into tears as she spoke.
“Where am I going to start from? I have no work, no husband, what is my future?” she asked her husband’s younger brothers who were with her.
When it was time to take her home, Mrs Dike, who had agreed to leave, suddenly stopped when she got to the spot where she found her husband’s burnt car. After a few seconds, she cried out in her local language, “Williams, ebee k’ino din. Darling, ebee k’ino” (Williams, where are you? Darling, where are you?). It took the persuasive power of her relations to move her off the spot.

SOURCE: THE NATION 28/12/11

Lafta wan kill peson. Take am easy wit de yabis na. Happy married life jare.

Wahala dey!

aribisala0:
Some things really are NOT that complex. In this case a good trashing will be good for the soul.
After the trashing you can do the Oprah Winfrey thing but trash him well. Make sure you have a few elders present so the trashing does not get out of hand that's all.

Really? All he will learn is how to pretend in his immediate environment while exposing himself to "advisers" outside who can easily lead him astray. His parents need to understand that their silence and holier than thou attitude is not the best way to to train a jet age or millennium child who has access to more information than they can ever imagine. Trashing surely wont help.

@ Poster
Thank God you saved a young confused child from going astray and learnt your own lessons. Seems your hubby and the cousin may have to play the fatherly role to him for a while cos the questions will keep coming for now if hes given the option. May your children appreciate your wealth of experience and learn from you and your husband. I pray for safe delivery - maybe a girl this time.

I stopped eating meat few years back and feel much better taking fish. Fish is lighter, gentler on the stomach and rich in some valuable minerals. Eat more vegetables too. I do feel healthier without red meat in particular. Meat takes much longer to digest and IMO its okay for young people who are still growing but not so wise as we grow older.

Nwaka77:
What's the big deal? Mtshew. After all, we africans speak all sorts of european languages from french to spanish to english to portuguese and I don't see oyibo giving us a standing ovation or any sort of acknowledgement. I don't know why we naijas always need some of validation or another from oyibos when they are just mere mortals. Its quite irritating.

Haba! Cant we just appreciate the simple pleasures of life that come with  the world turning to a global village. Loosen up, have some fun, forget tribal stuff. No need for bad belle! Enjoyyyyy, its Xmas.

@Poster
Fun to watch.

There will always be bad choices. I have learnt over time that making the best of our situation and the determination to learn from our mistakes and move on is what makes a difference in our lives.

Failure arises when we refuse to rise up from the rubble of disapointment and defeat arising from the choices we make.
Success comes when we have the ability to overcome all elements of frustration/ rejection and learn to seize better opportunities and walk in faith.

''Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes.The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future. Many of us crucify our.selves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future, just look ahead." ( Dale Turner)

Its so easy to condemn the man for whining but the issue is that sacrifices have to be made both ways to keep a marriage going. When one person insists on having her way all the time, the union is heading for trouble. If this guy gets into the habit of going out to drink like some people suggested, he will certainly get the attention he badly craves for outside.  He will then abandon madam and that may create a wide gap if madam is too engrossed in TV series to notice in time. Watching everyday within the only time they seem to have together shows a nonchallant attitude IMO.

She should grow up. Its not the same as football which isnt a daily affair. A wife and mother knows that managing the home for peace and progress requires some tolerance,tact, lots of wisdom and a large dose of mutual consideration and patience. You cant do the wrong thing and fire prayers to your detractors and perceived enemies when things go bad due to carelessness.

@OP
Try to ignore her totally for a while by being positively busy. Make it obvious once in a while,without nagging that you need her attention. Let her figure out if the TV series is precious enough to replace her husband. When she complains, you can then reason together and work out something convenient for both of you. Avoid the beer palour option, you will only end up with more problems.

Thanks for removing the forex advert. Rather confusing.

Efforts to maintain our refineries have always failed due to corruption. How are we sure that we will not end up with abandoned projects if FG decides to build new refineries. NNPC with all its noise about being commercialised is unable to operate like its peers in Saudi and Venezuela for e.g. Even Angola that enjoyed our support during her fight for independence is many steps ahead of Nigeria in managing its oil sector. Angola has gone far by investing in the oil sector outside their country. Their state owned company SONANGOL is doing business in Iraq, Brazil and Venezuela. So whats the problem with NNPC or Nigerians generally?

What stops us from dealing with the corrupt ones among us? Strangely the beneficiaries of the helpless status of government are also "advisers" on the economy. What advise do we really expect from Otedola and Dangote who have to consider their personal business interests before thinking of the average Nigerian?

I believe we need the private sectors investment in our oil industry but its mainly because FG/NNPC are total failures with regards to project implementation and maintenance. Sad to agree that OBJ was right about privatisation of many things. The truth is that most people in public institutions are there just to steal and they get so rich, powerful and uncontrollable after a while. Nobody is punished yet our people continue to suffer.

Bottom line is that whether we like it or not, the subsidy is on its way out. What follows is a different matter.

What has forex got to do with the topic?

Seems Senator MAMORA was far better and well respected in the Senate. He could be a better choice if we still have to choose between the two rogue parties (ACN & PDP)

I read this on Yahoo news as many people may have done but i really wonder if any of our billionaires can do this just to boost the economy of the poor man through the multiplier effect. A few rich men can make a difference in the lives of our unemployed youth if only they care. May God soften the hardened hearts of our oppressors and open the eyes of the ignorant rich to understand the need to give selflessly for a good purpose.

Meet Charles Feeney, Cornell's $350 Million Donor

By Ray Gustini | The Atlantic Wire – Tue, Dec 20, 2011 11:15 AM EST

The New York Times has unmasked 80-year-old Cornell alum Charles F. Feeney as the anonymous donor who gave the school a $350 million donation to construct a new technology-based satellite campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City. Officials at The  Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation started by Feeney in 1982, confirmed to the paper last night that he was the one who made the gift for the project, which is expected to generate an extra $1.4 billion in tax revenue for the city, plus 20,000 construction jobs and as many as 30,000 new jobs once the facility is up and running.


Which leads to the inevitable question: who is this guy? To begin with, he's a very rich guy. He co-founded Duty Free Shoppers Group in the early 1960s, and sold his stake in the company to LVMH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton for $2.47 billion in 1996. At the time, The Times noted Feeney's "net worth far exceeds the $975 million estimated by Forbes magazine." After the sale, The Times reported estimated that the proceeds, paired with other funds Feeney turned over to the foundation "left the charity with $3.5 billion, even after the $610 million that has already been distributed to charities."


To that point, he'd be donating anonymously, but it was Judith Miller of The New York Times who coaxed Feeney into discussing his donations with a member of the press for the first time in 1997, though he wouldn't pose for a picture.


In adidition to donating to universities and hospitals, Feeney told Miller that he's also made personal contributions to Sinn Fein, the IRA's political arm, worth up to $280,000, which made him the organization's biggest American donor (Feeny holds dual citizenship.) As of 1997, the foundation's largest grant was $30 million, a figure that Feeney has dwarfed in recent years. In 2009, he gave $125 million to build a new medical center for the University of California-San Francisco that would treat women, children, and cancer patients. Over the course of the last decade, he's given more than €46m to the University of Limerick in Ireland. Hs total donations for Cornell over the years -- not counting the latest $350 hit -- exceed $600 million.


Perhaps not surprisingly, he took the "Giving Pledge" created by Bill and Melinda Gates earlier this year, vowing to give away everything in the Atlantic Properties coffers by 2020. As Dealbook noted at the time, the rapid timetable illustrates Feeney's specific brand of philanthropy, which eschews trusts and foundations for what he calls "giving while living," in which the philanthropist's goal is to become flat broke before his own death.


Nearly every profile makes note of how unimpressed Feeney is with what his wealth can buy him, noting that he flies coach, wears a $15 watch, and doesn't own a house or a car. When Miller asked him why he decided to give everything away, Feeney replied, "I simply decided I had enough money."
In 2007, when The New York Times convinced him to sit for a profile again, Jim Dwyer said, not inaccurately, that Feeney was "what Donald Trump would be if he led his life backward."
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God bless you Ify and Jarus.

Sometimes speaking out eases the pain and removes the bitterness in our hearts. BTW this case helps us realise that violation is a two way thing. If we are so passionate about the violation of women, we should also consider what young men go through.

Most gay men were violated by men when still young and naive and got used to it as a way of life. The effect of violation by an older woman could also have disastrous effects. IMO such cases should be prosecuted the same way its done when a woman is affected. Problem is that we have a society that emphasizes the keep-it -in- the- family mentality apart from the ever present male ego.

I wonder why some other credible and charismatic people cant join any party apart from Alariwo Crowd of Nigeria and Poverty Distribution Party to give those extreme capitalist and anti people parties a run for their money. Maybe its a matter of cash and the fear of ending up like Williams. One day, a Moses will rise to deliver us from the modern day Pharaohs but we need to start planning for 2015 before we become ashiwaju slaves for life. This Lekki toll issue is nauseating to say the least.

This is nice!

[quote author=aloy/emeka link=topic=826733.msg9786156#msg9786156 date=1324148816]I don't know why Nigerians love to deny that depression is a deadly disease. Some claim her death is due to remote control from village, some claim it is karma, some claim it is due to abuse by her dad/parents but nobody is ready to agree that she may have been sick from manic depression and the same way most of us deny it here may have been the same way she lived in denial. Same thing they claimed when Uche Okafor killed himself and many went as far as saying that he was too rich and had a very good job to think of killing himself. May I remind many of you that Anderson Cooper's only brother committed suicide even though he was from a super rich family. There are numerous examples of rich people who killed themselves for no reason. It is called depression my people.[/quote]So true! I pray that our people learn to give less prominence to all this juju stuff and understand that ANYBODY can be depressed and the consequences can be tragic if not properly treated conservatively or medically.

Toll on a road that is only being upgraded without an optional route, na wa! Jakande who constructed the road and opened up the area didnt derive any personal benefit from it as far as i know, so why should latter day "repairers" become mercenaries to maximise their gains?

The write up referred to below is now making sense to me. One wonders why none of the other political parties is not cashing in on this brouhaha to drive ACN and PDP out of Lagos. Supporting Lekki residents and other oppressed people may place them on good footing towards 2015.

To think i wasted my energy queuing up to vote for an oppressor. Mschewww!!


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-418970.0.html

Good effort, better than all those scary cartoons that give children nightmares. Also takes our culture into consideration but needs some fine tuning.

I sympathise with you on the loss. May her soul rest in peace and may God be your constant companion. Amen.

Be careful about your choice of a lawyer. Many hawks out there.

BTW if you are not the only child, you are better off including the names of your siblings if you have to process a Letter of Administration to avoid objections which will delay the process or render it null and void. Its usually easier with a will or trustee in place.

Hilarious!

If they can stop constituting themselves into a nuisance on the roads then there's no need to ban them. Problem is they just refuse to obey rules and Lagos cant afford to tolerate lawlessness. As for me I'd rather walk than ride an okada. Too dangerous IMO. You need only one visit to Igbobi to make up your mind.

They didnt exist some years ago and we moved around somehow. Its understandable that the high rate of unemployment and the get rich quick attitude of our people may have contributed to its growth. BTW dont people derive some health benefits from walking in between bus stops as is done outside these shores? We have just become impatient and lazy to our detriment.

yeah, you are right on the tones.