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USarmy: So @ op are you suggesting Nigeria should call it troops back from Mali, because Abacha loved Maryam

this is just effortlessly funny! got cracked up reading this

gramci: Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, yesterday, wept openly while presenting the 2013 appropriation bill before the state House of Assembly following the havoc wreaked on the state by members of an Islamic sect.

Presenting the N184.3 billion budget tagged The Budget of Collective Renaissance, he said it was aimed at kick-starting the recovery, growth and development of all segments of the state through conscious, scientificand consultative approach to create new avenues for reviving the state’s economy.

abubello: According to the contracts documents, the contract sum includes the costs of seaway or airworthy packing of the equipment and documentation.

slex: First of all. The black guy in the video is not a Nigerian and this video was last year April. I am not supporting anyone. Just let us be more detailed in what we show people on forums

how does that change anything. Does the black guy have to be Nigerian (any black guy will do) or does the video have to be yesterday? VicJustice don talk hin own, he who have ears, make dem hear. Dem no say make small pikin no catch leprosy, make e carry go if only am fit sleep for bush

Siena: Not my current car, but cars I've owned and built in the past have been head-turners and show-stoppers. A couple were actually magazine featured, so were quite well known. People taking pictures of my cars, or wanting me to take pictures of them, while they posed with my cars does give me a sense of achievement.

Right now, my BMW doesn't turn heads, my S8 goes unnoticed, untill I punch the gas pedal to the floow. Then there's no doubting the supremacy of the 4,2 V8 motor. The vehicle I'm building now will be a head-turner, and show-stopper, once she's completed. I like cars that have the performance to go with the looks. I'm not into all "show-and-no-go" cars, with nasty bolt-on bits - Lexus-style lights, stupidly-loud exhausts, stupidly-loud audio systems, over-sized wheels, blacked-out windows, stickers etc. All things that make a slow car even slower.

If anything, assuming I could only choose one theme, it would be outright power. Nothing better than having a car that looks scruffy, or standard, but packs a massive punch from a potent power-plant under the hood. A real street-sleeper.

EasyG: There is not the slightest doubt in my mind that humans do not exist alone in this universe, but I do not believe any aliens visited Earth in the past. I think the ancient civilizations of Atlantis and Lemuria had survivors who interacted with the more backward civilizations in those days, teaching the Egyptians scientific methods that enabled them build the pyramids, and naturally they were regarded as gods by the more primitive civilizations.

jakaiso: Deevelopment and progress anywhere in the world depends primarily on leadership and the ability of that leader to build a team of dedicated people around him and then carry the populace along.
What you are refering to is Operation Sweep when Buba Marwa was military administrator of Lagos under Abacha. Its not that, there were not armed robbers and military adminstrators before Marwa-there were-but Marwa brought a differenct style to goverment: it was simple-do the job you were sent to do. Maybe his stint as Nigerian Military attachee with the Nigerian Embassy in the USA-and the exposure to US life made him different.

I remember going to night vigil in 1996-in Ojodu. We passed a group of the Operation Sweep at the corner of Sabo and Berger road in Sabo-it was about 10.30pm -On our way back in the morning around 5.30a.m. they were still there: resolute and on guard.I was impressed.

During that time as well, without fail-an Operation sweep van would patrol our estate (Morgan Esate) EVERY NIGHT.

CNN even did a special on them once focusing on the dramatic reduction in armed robbery and home invasion and the difference and professionalism with which these policemen and soldiers under Operation Sweep operated compared to the general reputation of the Nigerian police.

Note: Rapid Response came after 1999

dramenda: I SINGY SOME SOME TIME AGO,DEM CALL AM CON-FU-TION,THEN ARMY NEVER BURN MY HOUSE,OIL MONEY DEY FLOW FOR LAGOS THEN,LARUKU REPEKE---- REPEKE LAU,LAU LAU.

MY PEOPLE DEM SAY NIGERIA DON DEY,BUT AS ME AS I SEE AM,I NO SAY NIGERIA GO GO DOWN,OUR COUNTRY GO DEY MAKE MONEY,WEY POEPLE OF COUNTRY NO SEE MONEY , LARUKU REPEKE


My best FELA song.
RIP Abami Eda.

Immigration officers 'tried to sneak Nigerian nanny into Britain with false visa application so they could employ her for just £300 a month'

Natasha Vukic, 36, tried to bring nanny to UK as 'cheap labour', jury hears
She allegedly hatched plan while working for UK Border Agency in Nigeria
Vukic's partner James Mooney, 33, also denies immigration charge
Mooney worked for the Foreign Office in Lagos, court told
Couple 'planned to make nanny work 11 hours a day, five days a week'


An immigration officer faked a visa application in an attempt to bring a Nigerian nanny to Britain to work for only £300 a month, a court heard today.

Natasha Vukic, who was working for the UK Border Agency (UKBA) in Nigeria, tried to bring housekeeper Rose Inah back to the UK with her as 'cheap labour', jurors were told.

Vukic, 36, and her partner James Mooney, 33, wrongly claimed that Ms Inah had been working for them in Nigeria for a year to ensure that she would qualify for a visa, it is alleged.
On trial: Immigration officer Natasha Vukic is accused of faking a visa application in an attempt to bring a Nigerian nanny to Britain to work as 'cheap labour'
Accused: Ms Vukic's partner, James Mooney, who worked for the Foreign Office in Lagos, also denies assisting unlawful immigration

On trial: Immigration officer Natasha Vukic (left) and her partner James Mooney (right) are accused of faking a visa application in an attempt to bring a Nigerian nanny to Britain to work as 'cheap labour'

In reality, they had only employed the woman for six months, Inner London Crown Court was told.

Vukic and Mooney, who had also worked as an immigration officer but later took up a management position with the Foreign Office in Lagos, both deny a count of assisting unlawful immigration.

They are alleged to have faked Ms Inah's documents so they could bring her to their home in Coulsdon, south London, where she would have worked 11 hours a day, five days a week, looking after their three year-old son for just £300 a month.

Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones told the jury: 'The motive is one of greed. Had they succeeded, had Rose come to the UK for a period of a year, she would have worked for what can only be described as a pittance.'

Vukic and Mooney are alleged to have hatched the plan in May 2011 at a secure compound where government staff were posted.

Miss Karmy-Jones said: 'Their role in this offence is all the more culpable and serious because of what they do, for Natasha Vukic and James Mooney have both considered and approved and refused the applications made by others.

'They have, in effect, stood in judgement over others for the very same offence they have now committed.'

Outlining the allegation, Miss Karmy-Jones said: 'Sometime in the spring of 2011 Natasha Vukic and James Mooney decided to return to the UK.

'Natasha Vukic had obtained a transfer back to the UK. She was due to take up a post in the UKBA’s Criminal and Financial Investigations Unit, based in Croydon.

'She planned to take her young son with her. No doubt on her mind was childcare, and specifically the cost of childcare in London was something that she and James Mooney had to consider.'

The prosecutor added: 'They hit upon a plan that their Nigerian nanny and maid Rose would be the ideal candidate to continue to look after their son when Natasha worked in London.'

Vukic was then said to have filled out a visa application form on their maid’s behalf.

Mooney allegedly submitted the form on May 25 last year, together with a copy of the maid’s contract claiming she had been working for the couple since May 10, 2010.

However, Miss Karmy-Jones told jurors that Ms Inah had only been working for the couple since November 2010 - six months less than they had written on her visa application.

She added: 'In submitting that form, as they did, Natasha Vukic and James Mooney were breaking the law.'

Having been granted the visa, Mooney was said to have asked for it to be reissued as it had only been granted for 11 months as opposed to the full year requested, jurors were told.

This attracted the attention of issuing officer Lindsey Moore, who knew the couple and recalled visiting their flat in the autumn of 2010 before a night out.

On that visit, Mrs Moore had found Vukic annoyed that their maid was late, it is claimed.

Mrs Moore is then said to have heard that the couple had sacked the unreliable maid shortly afterwards and found a replacement called Rose - months later than claimed on the application form.

Further investigation revealed a log showing the previous maid, Georgina, had not handed in her security pass until November 2, 2011 and that Rose had only been issued her first pass sixteen days later, the court heard.

The maid named Georgina was interviewed and confirmed that she had been sacked ‘a few months before Christmas 2010’ after being accused of stealing around £4, it is claimed.

A search of Mooney’s staff email uncovered a message sent by him to a colleague, confirming he and Vukic had hired a new nanny, jurors heard.

Vukic, who had since returned to the UK, was arrested on June 8 last year. She had allegedly emailed a UKBA colleague, saying: 'It’s not looking good, I’ll speak to you later.'

Vukic denied the allegation, as did her partner when he returned to the UK for an interview later that month.

Mooney even claimed that Mrs Moore ‘did not like him because he went out drinking with her husband,’ the court heard.

The trial continues.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2218152/Immigration-officer-faked-visa-application-Nigerian-nanny-employ-just-300-month.html

HQ: I agree with you that it's possible, BUT we can't say it will happen "because" it's on Joomla, ANY website could have flaws that could enable a hacker modify or point URLs to other locations. Even if they went for a custom application, it still doesn't shield them from such attacks, so to say.

But, not that I wholly agree with use of Joomla here (perhaps they do that to reduce costs or they have their reasons).

The developer here could just be the "cousin" to an "uncle" in a Top position, if you follow.