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[size=28pt]This is a curious case of a bored man[/size]

190 has finally materialized here. I was wondering when he would

looks like the find in Niger may be named after IBB too

Beaf: The biggest quest question is why Rilwan Lukman was not summoned by the reps when the vast bulk of fraud took place when he was petroleum minister.
Big question.

I agree and I also think they should probe further into the past records. They only probed 2010 and found out we lost N2 trillion who knows how much we´d have lost when they probe further. I think the massess deserve to know.

In this analysis, KUNLE ODEREMI says the report of the House of Representatives’ ad-hoc committee on the controversial N2 trillion oil subsidies will require the political will of the authorities to implement in order to restore sanity into the oil industry.

AT last, the report of the House of Representatives probe panel on subsidy fund management has been made public. It has brought a temporary relief to the vast majority of Nigerians, following initial speculations about a grand plot by some powerful forces to torpedo it. This stemmed from feelers that the report contained incredible details on the rot in the industry, coupled with the huge financial fraud allegedly perpetrated by oil companies.

Before the report was tabled on the floor of the House on Wednesday, part of its findings had found its way to the public domain. The media had been abuzz with a worrisome list of some oil firms that the report found extremely wanting and invariably actually have a case to answer. The report recommended that each of the companies was to refund huge sums of money received through undercut as subsidy. The least amount to be refunded to the state was a sum of N1.2 billion, while the highest was N8.5 billion. By the report, no fewer than 69 firms were to pay back without question, the total of N241.247 billion to the state.

Unbelievably, the report also expressed strong reservations on the transactions of both the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Petroleum Product and Pricing Agency (PPRA), following discrepancies in fuel import and actual subsidy. The report faulted alleged discrepancies from the corporation.

Another startling detail of the leaked report was that 46 firms evaded tax, which were statutorily to be collected by the Federal Inland Revenue Service [FIRS].

Curiously, however, some names were missing from the list, going by the names of firms reeled out during the public hearing and said to have short changed the country through dubious subsidy. The original list contained the names of firms belonging to famous names in the Nigerian business community. A few of the companies were even said to be merely acted as conduits for siphoning the scarce resource of the country.

Nigerians were on edge on Wednesday when the actual report was brought before the House. People were devastated by the claim of the ad-hoc committee that NNPC, PPRA and 72 other oil companies were discovered to have been fraudulently paid subsidy. This implies that the country and indeed the more than 160 million population of the country was denied a staggering a sum of N1 trillion in the name of oil subsidy, a colossal amount that could have gone into other strategic sectors of the national economy. The report also indicted the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation for allegedly paying N127.8billion within 24 hours to some unknown beneficiaries.

It is hard to believe that NNPC could be such a storm and be found culpable, as it ought to enjoy the confidence of the people and the government as the primary manager of the economic mainstay of Nigeria. The committee has recommended that the corporation should refund N595.49 billion to the Federation Account and PPRA. It is equally disturbing that OAGF allegedly paid N999 million in 128 times within 24 hours.

From all indications, the report could be a tip of the iceberg on the scale of corruption and theft in the oil industry on the issue of subsidy, given the fact that the probe was limited to the period 2010 and this year. It can be reasoned that more mind-boggling revelations and discoveries await the nation if the authorities acquiesced to the fresh clamour that the probe should be extended to the time the country returned to civil rule about 12 years ago. But beyond such call is the sickening reality about the degeneracy and decadence in public institutions and agencies that have the statutory responsibility of managing public resources.

One important issue arising from the strange discoveries and recommendations of the probe panel is the place of probity in the industry. The summary of the whole report, according to observers, is that there appears to be a system collapse in the management and running of the sector. Efficiency, proficiency, transparency and due process have all taken flight from the sector, which incidentally, is the pivot of the Nigerian economy.

But what is the guarantee that the recommendations of the probe will not go the way of others before it? The fear is strengthened by one of the recommendations that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) should be mandated to take necessary steps towards recovering the sum of N230.1 billion from the indicted 72 oil companies. The anti-graft agencies have more than a handful of high profile cases that have been pending for several years, with some critics insinuating that the additional burden could amount to whipping a dead horse.

Nonetheless, Nigerians hope that all the recommendations would be faithfully implement by the appropriate quarters by not treating the issue as a family matter and based on glaring political considerations. It is important the authorities establish the identities of those unnamed entities that were paid 128 times the sum of N127.872 billion. They cannot be ghosts. The secrecy of such categories of firms and individuals is among the questions still begging for answers in the overall report.

http://tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/politics-analysis/7157-more-questions-on-oil-subsidy-rip-off.html

For more than three months now, Nigerians have been held spell bound by the revelations contained in the oil subsidy probe report.

The cold calculations of the so-called power cabal, the sleaze, incompetence and sloppiness commonly cited as the bane of the management of the nation’s cash cow have been well captured.

Against the disdain of teeming Nigerians, the operators relentlessly unveiled the scam in the fuel subsidy at the House of Representatives where the leadership of the chambers have been widely commended for remaining focused.

But beyond the probe, so many Nigerians and experts are contending that the findings would eventually end up in the trash-can.

This is because the theory of crimes and punishment has failed to work ever since the country embraced democratic governance. The only time it works is when the offender fails to romance the powers that be.

History has shown that during the military era Nigerians were always apprehensive of any probe since the outcomes were often devastating and persons indicted in such probes were summarily dealt with.

A look at the report of the Faruk Lawan- led Subsidy Probe Committee released penultimate week did not only expose the undue manipulations that drained about N1.3 trillion from the national purse, it also revealed some lapses on the part of senior government officials saddled with the responsibility of managing the oil and gas resources of the country .

Indicted were 72 oil marketing firms, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Petroleum Product Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA).

Others accused of poor monitoring were the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF), Akintola Williams and Co. and Olushola Adekanola and Co. The only body that earned commendation was the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The report also listed 17 marketers said not to have obtained forex but claimed to have imported petroleum products based on which they collected subsidy to the tune of N7 billion in 2010 and N55 billion in 2011.

About 20 marketers who were not registered with PPPRA got their allocations, while four marketers did not even apply for import, but got allocations from PPPRA. These and many more were revealed in the report.

There was also a case of the waste disposal firm that got N1billion subsidy in a country where greater percentage of Nigerians struggle daily to eke out a living.

According to Yemi Ogunsola, a public affairs analyst: “They are simply maggots. Unless Nigeria as a country and Nigerians move against these human maggots, it is bye to the country. It’s a battle that must not be lost.

“Over the years, we have created favourable conditions for maggots to grow and thrive. They are revered and pampered. Even “common thieves” are elected governors over millions of straight citizens.They get national honours and have streets and other structures named after them.”

Ogunsola, not surprised by the revelation from the probe, noted that if the system continued to favour the crooked, with time, the straight ones would give up in frustration and join the bandwagon.

“That is the most tragic part, many otherwise straight Nigerians, frustrated by the glaring impunity of the crooked ones give up and go crooked. These people are human maggots? Look again and think! They thrive best in the midst of decadence and social rot – just like the natural maggots,” he said.

Piqued by the sad tales that made the nation’s oil sector a curse rather than being a source of growth and development, the convener of Save Nigeria Group(SNG), Pastor Tunde Bakare, and others had since served notice to the federal government of another round of mass protest in Lagos and other towns in the country following the House of Representatives’ committee report.

Professor Pat Utomi, a strong ally of the Save Nigeria Group said the culprits that depleted the country’s fortune must be brought to book, hinting that some concerned civil society groups had gone far in their preparation to prosecute some individuals and government agencies found culpable by the findings.

The SNG said that it had started dissecting the report, adding that another ‘Occupy Nigeria,’ was imminent if government failed to act swiftly in prosecuting the offenders.

Comrade Yinka Odumakin, a frontline human rights activist who described the probe report as a searing and an open book on the rape of the nation by the organisations, marketers, and parastatals indicted in the report urged the government to begin the process of prosecuting.

According to him: “This is a searing report. It’s an open book on the rape of a nation by mindless people. We expect that the federal government will want to treat the report as a family affair, but we (SNG) will ensure that this is the final nail on the coffin of corruption in Nigeria.

“If you recall, the slogan of Save Nigeria Group is ‘Kill Corruption Not Nigerians.’ And this is what this report is saying, if you don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigerians. In the report, in 2009, the Accountant-General released N999million 128 times in 24 hours.

“And as at that time, only 36 marketers were participants under the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF). How come they suddenly became 128? Does it mean that 128 fuel marketers collected the same amount of subsidy and they imported the same quantity of oil? It’s all fraud.

“I want the executive to be sanctioned for its budget rascality. The budget presented and approved by the legislature in 2011 on subsidy payment was N245 billion and they ended up spending N2.6 trillion. The president must be made to answer for extra budgetary spending.”

For the Executive Director, Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice( ANEEJ), Rev. David Ugolor, the Faruk Lawan’s committee report has further confirmed the rot and mind boggling corruption in the country.

According to him: “It exposes the fact that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison Madueke, has been presiding over dishonest people and she has no option now than to take the path of honour.

“By now, it should be clear to President Goodluck Jonathan that he was misled on the issue of fuel subsidy removal on January 1. It means the people of Nigeria have triumphed over the negative forces in government. We expect Mr. President to do what is needful this time around and demonstrate to the whole world that he is truly committed to fighting corruption in the oil and gas sector.

“He should get his anti-graft agencies to prosecute all those linked with this monumental fraud that led to the crisis of confidence between Nigerians and his administration. He should be courageous enough to fire the petroleum minister so that Nigerians could be convinced that there are no sacred cows in his cabinet.”

To calm the nerves of Nigerians, President Jonathan, has promised Nigerians that he would act on the report accordingly and ensure that those indicted were not spared.

The president through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, assured he would act in the best interest of Nigerians.

He said: “Nigerians can be rest assured that President Goodluck Jonathan will act in the best interest of Nigerians in this matter. After the report is properly laid before the federal government, President Jonathan will not condone any wrongdoing and he will act in the best interest of all Nigerians.”

The hope of the people of Bida Basin in Niger State to join the league of oil-producing community in Nigeria has heightened with the discovery of what looks like hydrocarbon deposits in the area. Abu Nmodu reports.

The history of Niger State is just about to be re-written: its status is likely going to transit from a solid mineral-producing to an oil-gushing state, if the current effort it is putting in that direction yields the required results.

If indeed, what has been found in the Bida Basin turns out to be hydrocarbon and in the right quantity to support commercial oil production, then the state and its people have every reason to roll their drums to the street in self adulation.

The confirmation that there are hydrocarbon deposits is just what the people were waiting to hear. They do not seem to worry about the confirmation of the quantity of the minerals in the basis for now.

Their joy seems to have hit the rooftop when the committee raised by the Niger State Government last year to look into the quantity of hydrocarbon deposit in the basin reported that their finding was positive. The committee worked in conjunction with the Ibrahim BadamasiBabangida University, Lapai to determine the extent of the deposits.

In turning in the epoch-making report, the Secretary of the Bida Basin Development Committee, Yabagi Yusuf Sani, that the progress report on the availability of hydrocarbon deposit in the area was positive.

“The result of the analysis of samples collected so far has shown high prospect in certain acreage so far explored,” Sani said, adding that the environmental impact of the programme had also been examined by the team.

Sani explained that the first phase of the programme had been completed with surface geological mapping and production of geological prospective maps as well as the identification of areas of thick sediments and geological sinks in the basin where large amounts of samples were collected during the field mapping.

According to him, the outcome of the committee’s work is to present to investors what is available in the basin, with all the indices for such studies readily established by the finding.

"So, the effort of the Niger state Government is to bring the prospects of the basins to the investors that there are hydrocarbon deposits in the place with a view to enabling them to take the next step with a sense of confidence,” the secretary said.

The Bida Basin Hydrocarbon Exploration Research is divided into four phases namely: Geological mapping and sample collection, shallow core-hole drillings and sample analysis, geophysical evaluation and sediment logical logging and commercial packaging, business incorporation, lease acquisition and drilling for oil and gas”.

As uncertain as oil exploration at Bida Basin is, like any other hydro carbon exploration, the people of the area are already in high spirits, warming up to join the league of oil production states in Nigeria. They are overjoyed by the development, which many of them believe would change their fortunes and bring them into new economic dawn and social socio-economic status in Nigeria.

Many of the indigenes of the Bida Basin said they could not wait to see the emergence of oil refinery in the area so as to reap the benefits of oil production.

“It is a very important development that we believe has come at the right time and we believe it is coming to change our status and fortune,” one of the community leaders, Alhaji Suleiman Naikia, told our correspondent.

The state government has already indicated its readiness to build a refinery in Baro to process the potential oil to be explored there. This arrangement is also coming in the wake of the decision of the federal government to construct a dry port in area as part of the dredging of the River Niger.

The Mua’zuBabangidaAliyu administration appears to have hit the bull by the horn with the setting up of the MuhammedInuwaWushishi committee on October 15, 2011 to look for oil in the Bida Basin and explore the possibility of building a refinery in Baro.

The chief servant, as he is widely referred to, may as well make history as the first governor in the north whose state will be earning revenue from oil, if the hydrocarbon quantity in his state is large enough to support commercial oil production in the months to come.

If that happens, the Bida and Sokoto basins, which have remained the only two of such in the country yet to produce oil blocks for auctioning by the Federal Government, would soon join the league and earn hard currency for the country.

That is the prayer that seems to be running on the lips of every native of Niger State. How soon their prayer becomes reality is left at the mercy of the God, though.

Idowuogbo: amebo! face front!

na u sabi

[quote author=~Bluetooth]My bad. . . .Why not organize a strike action where you are in solidarity of your peeps in Lagos ? [/quote]Its really ur bad isn´t it. But what u say is easy said than done and u know it. The problem is in lagos and it must settle in lagos, am just sorry for the patients that would be stoke in the centre of it all and my heart goes out to them but if the government decides to be unreasonable, then reasonable people will have to act like animals. All our colleague here are in support, carry on colleagues.

adonisgold: You must marry her! You proposed to her when u had no house, she turned you down on dat point, you then got a house meanwhile your proposal was not withdrawn and you slept with her! C'mon! marry am!

em, na lie ooo, proposal ended when she refused. Her words exactly were and I quote

favinvest: "I have prayed about it and wouldnt date u. U dont have an apartment ( because i was still staying with a christian brother); u dont look like the person she was asking God for"

MRbrownJAY: he didnt act right, you should have first confirmed with "Daniel" if that was the deal in place (or not).
- what if Daniel invited them to have some sexy ashis in his Bday, to brighten up the place?
- what if Daniel actually had a deal with her to pay for their fare?
- shouldnt the lady ask for the money right away, since they are probably all dead broke?
- why couldnt you simply ask the girl if that was the deal (and call Daniel to confirm)?
- what did Daniel said when he sent the guy to pick the ladies up?

only Daniel has the answer to this drama.

long and shot of it is that Daniel should have paid 4 the cab. Guys, I will not shake cos one local fine champion I don´t know walks over to me with effrontery..

Cuteobi: I blame u for fallen into the temptation of having s e x with her.u should hav turned her down the moment she started flashing the green light.pray that God forgives u. if the church council suspends u ,go to another church afterall they aren't ur God.

em! na she carry her nyash go there. Na she open her legs make the guy Bleep. Na she no ask the guy, abeg ol boy wetin we go do. Abi u won date me or wetin?

[quote author=12 inches!]The following conversation ensued between me and my elder doctor sista doing residency today.

*A resident doctor is a doctor employed by the hospital to perform normal doctor work while he or she is being trained quite different frm an house officer as resident doctors cn alredi practice anywhere since they are through with medical school*

Me: hi what's up I heard luth doctors av joined the strike too.
Sis: Yes ooo but it doesn't rily affect me. I'm still working sha.
Me: I need money to rent accommodation for NYSC.... I wasn't given a place.. Can you imagine.
Sis: I so much need money too. Luth is yet to pay me. Can you imagine this Nigeria is nonsense. How can I av been working since january and this is almost June and I av not been paid?
Me: Na wa oooo.... Since January....
Sis: Do they expect you to steal. And if you complain they will say they're saving it for u. And u shud be lucky u're not doing supra. And of all the federal hospitals luth pays the lowest and give no accommodation. Shebi fashola has sacked all the doctors and taken his father to america. Useless man. I cn barely eat right now and transport myself to work.

*Supra are doctors who pay the teaching hospital to do residency because the slots for resident doctors employed by the hospital has been filled*

Me: U're a charity doctor...ℓ☺ℓ
Sis: God forbid. Was it charity that paid my school fees. Or is it charity that will put food on my table or buy car for me.
I hate to say residency came at the wrong time... I was making good money in ****. At times close to 200k
Me: Is **** doing residency also?
Sis: Yes. Thnks for her.. I wud av been very broke. I'm staying in her accommodation for now sha. She started residency like 2 years ago.

*end of conversation*
Should doctor's strike? U decide for yourself[/quote]this is just a tip of the ice berg of problems Doctors face

bamosagie: I think the major problem is that she is Fulani & not that she is a muslim.
Someone should please remind me how many stroke of d cane the groom must receive before marrying a Fulani girl.

did u say strokes of the [size=28pt]Cane[/size] men someone´s nyash would go red cos he wants 2 marry fulani. Abeg come me out

[quote author=~Bluetooth][s]You are so fu-cked and frustrated sir ! [/s][/quote]on the contrary I work outside but I do have colleagues and friends there and I know what they suffer cos am in contact with them.

naptu2: If Fashola agrees to this, then other health workers (pharmacists, etc) will go on strike. Once he increases the salaries of other health workers, the doctors will then go on strike. It's time to take a stand.

he can have fun with taking his stand, at the end of the day who suffers

Punch Report

The British Broadcasting Service and Cable News Network on Monday afternoon demanded explanations from the Nigerian government over the invasion of their Lagos offices by State Security Service agents.

The agents were said to have forced their way into the offices of the BBC and CNN at noon to stop them from further reporting on the street protests over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Nigerian government.

In postings on its BBC Newshour handle, the BBC wrote, “We’re investigating reports that secret service have forced their way into CNN, BBC building in Lagos, Nigeria.

“We’re talking to our Lagos bureau team now to find out what’s going on. Security services leave BBC, CNN building in Lagos. Correspondent tells us Nigeria wants to keep media on a “short finger”.

In a posting on its Twitter handle, CNN wrote, “Nigerian authorities enter CNN Lagos bureau unannounced today. No raids occur. CNN requests explanation and continues to report as usual.”

A foreign journalist, Sami Srhan, also confirmed the invasion of the media organisations’ offices by the SSS.

It has been over a year since Samuel Eleng and his wife, Favour, lost their two-year-old twin daughter at the Children’s department of the Canaan Land, Winners Chapel headquarters, Sango-Ota in Ogun State, and yet, there is no sign of the girl.


Sam and his twin girls: Image credit: Daily Times
The couple are still stunned by the mysterious disappearance of Praise on April 17, 2011, an Easter Sunday.

Although the Church’s founder, David Oyedepo, was said to have shown support to the family, however, Samuel alleged that the Church had been meddling with the case to prevent it from going public.

“We handed our girls, Praise and Glory, over to the school teachers under whose custody many other children were kept. They gave us two tags as proof that we had our children under their care for that day,” said Samuel.

However, by the end of the church service, Praise had gone missing from the class in which she was left.

Even the teachers in charge of the twin girls were not in sight, as they were said to have all gone for service as at the time the couple went to get their daughters.

“I saw my wife around the vicinity of the Children’s section, she was crying. She told me that Praise was missing,” he said.

Samuel said they eventually got hold of one of the four teachers supposedly in charge of the children’s class, who was also at a loss regarding the whereabouts of Praise.

“She claimed not to know but advised us to check other classes. So we started moving around from class to class, around the church premises,” he continued.

By then apprehensive but still hopeful, the couple waited until after the service and reported the matter to Oyedepo, who prayed and joined them in the search.

“He (Oyedepo) walked with us to the Children’s department and after praying, he said he has not seen any evil signal,” Samuel said.

However, a more frantic search for Praise was not successful as the hours harrowingly dragged on into days and months for the troubled family.

“I was thinking so many things; how can I come to the house of God and my child will suddenly disappear? Even if it was time for rapture, how can it just pick my child only?” Samuel said.

Thwarting police investigation
The case was later reported by the church’s Chief Security Officer, Supol Cosmas, at the Police Area Command in Onipanu, Sango-Ota in Ogun State, where one Ijeoma Lawal was assigned as the Investigating Police Officer (IPO).

A source at the police station said that Samuel was questioned but the four teachers directly connected to Praise’s disappearance were prevented from making statements.

The source also claimed that a call had come from a senior pastor of the church asking the police not to interrogate the teachers because they had volunteered for the job and should not be put through any hassles.

“The caller told the police that the church will handle the matter themselves and the four teachers were promptly released,” said the source.

After there appeared to be no headway in the efforts to find Praise, Samuel said he became disturbed and suggested that the case be made public.

With photographs of his missing daughter and his wife in tow, Samuel got an interview at the Africa Independent Television (AIT) in Alagbado, Lagos.

But when Samuel’s plea to the public for information aired on the station, the broadcaster gave the impression that Praise had disappeared at the couple’s Satellite Town residence, and not the Winners Chapel.

“I called the AIT man named Desmond to complain and he told me that was the instruction he received from the church. Even the IPO called me to say that she watched the broadcast and was shocked at what was reported,” he said.

Samuel added that his complaints about the AIT broadcast to the church were also not taken seriously.

“Is it a sin for me to go to a church of God with my family? This is a year that my child disappeared under the church’s custody. How can I go to AIT only to have a different thing shown? How can the church interfere with police investigation?” He asked.

Samuel claimed that, in the same week his child got missing, he had suggested that the four affected voluntary teachers be invited for questioning with Lawal in attendance.

But none of the voluntary teachers nor the Investigating officer showed up for the meeting as the Elengs and a neighbour, one Blessing, who had accompanied the couple, waited in vain.

Also, last August when Samuel had gone to visit Lawal, he said he was welcomed with congratulatory messages from police officers at the police station, who claimed to have received a call from the church informing them that Praise had been found and that the case be withdrawn.

In the same month, thoroughly dissatisfied with the way his church was handling the matter, coupled with the meddling, Samuel took matters in his own hands.

One Sunday, Samuel said he went to the Church’s Children Department and bared his anger by declaring that no kid should go in unless his daughter was found.

Samuel said his attitude was promptly reported to Oyedepo, who warned him never to go near the Children’s department again.

Before then, according to Samuel, Oyedepo was in constant communication with him, but since the classroom incident, “he stopped taking my calls and no more talk about my missing daughter.”

Calls for more prayer

Samuel said he did not meet Oyedepo again until recently when they met on April 12, 2012, almost a year since his child was missing.

“I told him (Oyedepo) that my child was still missing and he said ‘be prayerful, the Lord will strengthen you and your child will be found’,” Samuel said.

A source at the church however claimed that a handful of church members, including Cosmas, who also doubles as Aide-de-camp to Oyedepo, are making efforts to find Praise.

The source also said that series of meetings were recently held by the church, where the four teachers were invited.

When called to confirm the report, Lawal declined to comment on the issue, saying, “please, don’t involve me in the matter.”

Cosmas also denied any knowledge of the incident, appearing to be more interested in how Daily Times got his number.

However, Desmond confirmed that Praise’s disappearance was reported and broadcasted by the television station a year ago.

The Elengs are now at a crossroad, torn between reverence for their church pastor whom they fondly call ‘Daddy’, and their filial love for their child whom Samuel referred to as “our first fruit”.

Also, the couple’s pain has recently been heightened by Glory’s constant queries about her missing sister.

GboyegaD: There are better ways of showing solidarity than going on strike. Their profession has to do with lives as such, there is a need to weigh the pros and cons of their decisions. Fashola and his cohorts doesn't visit the government hospitals therefore, their decisions wouldn't hurt him. NMA should interfere and get Fashola reverse his silly decision through some form of negotiations. The guy has messed up big time and I hope he would be reasonable enough to correct his mistake.

U are not a doctor, so u can say anything u want 2 but still will not understand the bullshit that is going on in these silly government institutions. I find it soooo annoying . The silly state government sacks working doctors and then employs new ones immediately in the hope to, what was the word they used "curb a stubborn child" . Ofcourse what do u expect will happen. All colleague will come 2getther 2 declare support, its part of oat that is taken. If they don´t work, then we don´t work period.

funny but if u love him u won´t come to NL to ask our opinion. Besides we won´t have video right if u finally succumb so what am I doing here, trying to advice you!
Definitely not.

Idowuogbo: ^yeah right! davidi lo wo jericho ni gba na!

hmm abeg translate in plain english

slimyem: they have only exchanged a few message and calls.
They haven't had any dates,they haven't kissed,they have no fond memories!
He is not hooked YET!
Its all just initial attraction!
Better end it now than later when it becomes harder to leave!

what was his hand doing on her lap, why did she not resist the advance? If u ask me they have already done everything in their head but are both too scared do it physically.

ijebabe: ^^ I hope you got your answer

hmm, I agree with some answers, but its the yabbing and insults that is making my day. I believe they could be more people haven´t mentioned yet. I´ll just watch and see..

slimyem: Chances are in the end, it won't work!
Walk away before it gets deeper than this!

how much deeper do u expect it 2 get. The man is already hooked like a fish.
@ poster, u get 2 come 2 a decision now. U got 2 decide if she is what u want. U got 2 consider the religion too. It may work in some places (I know a man who is christian and the wife muslim) but may not work in others. Once u´ve decided then u got 2 ask her directly. She obviusly likes u. A lady must really like u b4 she allows u place ur hand on her lap without complaining. The ball is in ur court.

joeydozzy: Simple. romance section got a little bit of every other sections on nairaland.
What makes my day is logging in and waiting for one thread to be created and see members bashing it and before u know it turns to a warfront of jokes and insults. all I have to do is to view the topic

nice one there

DONkollione: I hear igbo women like money too much like their men is this true? Am hausa oo. Should I go ahead or should I run ?

anoda one of those silly posts

spikes C: @Op; because i like talking to small guys with big teeth and flat nyash e.g Killz

And yes, who's not looking for a little romance,just haven't found my NL cinderela

hmm, looks like all u guys know urselves

some Nlers do make it fun on the romance thread.
Anoda link 4 u guys of such very passionately funny thread is this one from 190 https://www.nairaland.com/820252/meet-romance-section-nairalanders-what

[quote author=Killz.][color=#000030]o da kpe cable networki yen ti wa faulty. . . Won kon fun ni zobo mu sha. . . You berra sack dem ni.

What do you say to a guy who's father is igbo and his mother is yoruba and has an hausa grandmother?[/color][/quote]men thats a complicated identity

ijebabe: Well you covered most of it, but I come back hoping to find that image Killz posts on threads he finds boring

u are right there, I also enjoy laughing at how killz enter those people that post what he doesn´t like

I heard they are here to stay since they have invested billions already in the Nigerian project.