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IN THE OTHER ROOM
The other room;
Where a woman pretends to be weak
So that a man
Can believe he is strong;
Where a woman pretends
To be foolish
So that a man
Can say he is wise;
Where a woman stoops
So that a man can conquer.
The other room;
Where gods of men
Become worshipers of women;
Where leaders of thought
Become minions
Of the bleeders of blood;
Where wielders of power
Succumb to power.
The other room;
Where the brashness of testosterone
Yields to the bra straps of estrogen;
Where the bravado of masculinity
Is tamed by the wiles of femininity;
Where the turgid
Becomes the flaccid.
Three room;
In a house,
One in which a man
Believes he is king.
Two, in which
He realises
A woman is God!
Author - unknown

Here is what Robert Mugabe said:
"If your wife belongs to your kitchen and bedroom only, why do you waste your country's scarce resources to travel to Imperial Germany to visit another mans wife, who does not belong in the kitchen?"‎
- Robert Mugabe (October 2016, International African Women Summit - Botswana)

A nairalander wrote this on his facebook timeline:
In the midst of Nigeria political and economical crisis, God has yet refused to speak to Mbaka!
God why are u far from us, or is it not the same God we had under GEj

I hope we all know that in Nigeria
*DSS discovers £13B in Diezani's House
*DSS discovers $30B in Maku's Farm
*DSS discovers $20M in Judges House
DSS discovers and continues discovering...
Upon all the discoveries, our budget which is below 6trillion can't be fully implemented?
Upon all the discoveries, we're still talking about borrowing?
Upon all the discoveries, we're still in recession?
I HOPE IT'S NOT AN AUDIO MONEY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DISCOVERING SINCE?

I hope we all know that in Nigeria
*DSS discovers £13B in Diezani's House
*DSS discovers $30B in Maku's Farm
*DSS discovers $20M in Judges House
DSS discovers and continues discovering...
Upon all the discoveries, our budget which is below 6trillion can't be fully implemented?
Upon all the discoveries, we're still talking about borrowing?
Upon all the discoveries, we're still in recession?
ABEG, WHICH KIND AUDIO MONEY UNA DEY DISCOVER SINCE?

Its better they win Zambia away and home, I dont want to hear that their mathematics.... if Zambia draw kenya, uganda lose to Togo, Nigeria will win kenya and qualify... I hate to hear that math. I wish them luck tho.

LIKE, if you believe that Nigeria needs Niger Delta more than Lagos state...
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SHARE, if you believe that Nigeria Needs Lagos More Than Niger Delta...

GLORIA OKON, The Story of Nigeria’s Most Mysterious Drug Pusher
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INTRODUCTION:
Gloria Okon was caught in 1985 with heroin in Nigeria and died in very controversial circumstances.
FULL NAMES (alternate names): Miss Gloria Okon
BIRTH AND EARLY DAYS
She was born in 1950.
HER ARREST
On the 22nd April, 1985, a petite society lady, Gloria Okon, was about to board a Nigeria Airways aircraft WT840 (Lagos-Kano-London) at the Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano State when she was arrested with substances suspected to be heroin and other hard drugs (the National Security Organization, NSO or Nigeria’s secret intelligence agency is often mentioned in her arrest). Tucked in internally were 56.70 grammes of the substances. She was also caught with the sum of N20,000, 60 pounds sterling, $301 and 19,000 Italian lira. The customs officers and drug law enforcement agents were very excited to have nabbed her, not because they had caught her alone but because they would also be stars of the show for a while as all the arrests were being made by their counterparts at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. But their jowls of excitement were pangs of sheer agony for the 35-year-old Okon. Why?
The year was 1985 and anyone caught with drugs would face the death penalty, no stories. That was the provision of the Decree 20 put in place by the junta of General Muhammadu Buhari . She was going to die, and she knew it. Stunned and stupefied at her sudden stare at death, Okon became an unwilling and helpless star before the nation’s news-thirsty media. Newspapers and magazines contained her story and the radios gave the chilly broadcast. For many who read the story or heard the announcement, it was not a big deal they thought, she was going to be executed like others. But then, there would be a twist in Okon’s story that would turn her into the most mysterious drug pusher in Nigeria’s history. What happened next still remains very bizarre even 30 years after.
DEATH
On the 28th April, six days after her arrest, the most unexpected happened: Gloria Okon died in custody. From an ordinary ‘heroin suspect’, the sudden demise of Okon led to what is now one of the most enduring narcodramas in Nigeria. She did not just die, she died in very questionable and mysterious circumstances. The Buhari regime would not bury the case and an investigation was launched into the matter, with a judicial commission of inquiry given the complicated task of unraveling all the circumstances surrounding the very suspicious death of Okon who gave up the ghost at the Aminu Kano Hospital, Kano.
INVESTIGATIONS
The judicial commission of enquiry working on the Okon case was headed by Justice CNO Ubbaonu of the Kano High Court. It began its sitting in Kano almost three months (precisely 5th Monday, August) after she died. Other members of the panel were:
Wing Commander PG Asemota
Tunde Oloko, a university don
JI Obianwu, who was the secretary
The case was so serious that the Inspector-General Etim Inyang was mandated to ensure there is a reasonable conclusion to the case and to make sure all the mysteries are solved. The commission was to carry out three main tasks:
Make proper inquiry as to the arrest and death of Gloria Okon
Determine whether during the period of her arrest and custody, if any person(s) contributed to her death through acts incidental to the case
Make suitable recommendations
But that would never happen: on the 27th of that same August, the military regime of Buhari was toppled by General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and till date, no one knows how it all ended and the demise remains a mystery. However, it must be stated that before she died, Okon reportedly confessed and revealed a ‘big baron’, as a matter of fact, a customs official said of her revelation:
‘If carefully handled, she may lead us to the big brains behind the business.’
But before Okon could even mention the name of her mentor or sponsor, she was stone-dead. According to those who investigated her case and questioned her, the only clue she left was simply the name ‘Bassey’. Ibrahim Coomasie was the commissioner of police for Kano State and he stated that it was almost impossible to track her mentor because Okon did not give the second name of Bassey or even an address, so the investigation met a dead end.
However, it must be pointed out that although Okon was just one of the many female carriers arrested, she was the only drug mule very willing to cooperate and say it all, revealing all information on her sponsors. But before she could utter anything, she was gone. An autopsy conducted stated the cause of death as food poisoning. There was no time Okon showed any sign of ill-health, she was quite healthy when she was arrested as the public inquiry found out but according to Misharck Okitiakpo, a customs officer who kept her in custody, Gloria Okon fell ill just a day after she was arrested. Okitiakpo also explained that on the day she was arrested (22nd), Okon made a request for rice and beans which she was given. But on the 23rd and 24th, she was rushed to the hospital after she complained.
But that is where Okitiakpo’s accounts stopped. He did not explain or was unable to explain what happened from the 25th to the 28th when Okon finally breathed her last. Okon had been in the custody of the Customs until the 25th when she was handed to the police. Therefore, it is not precisely clear whether she was poisoned while with the customs or under the police custody where she eventually died. In an interview with The Guardian in May 1985, Coomasie said Okon had changed saying:
‘…the late suspect was not talking when she was brought to the police and did not make any statement to the police, when the police took custody of Okon, she looked weird and neither ate nor talked. ’
But later, she was given some egusi soup by the police (egusi with what? Abi she drink the egusi ni, police no tell us that one). The police also said she took some bananas and tea after the egusi. Amazing food combination: egusi, banana and tea.
The mystery of Okon’s case was further deepened when no one showed up to claim her, not even one relative showed to identify her as a suspect or even her corpse. According to Babadisa Ciroma, an assistant commissioner of police (ACP) who was in charge of Okon’s interrogation said no one paid her a visit while in custody or even when she was admitted at the hospital. That was not all, 39 days after her death Okon’s corpse remained unclaimed at the Murtala Muhammed Hospital Mortuary where it was deposited. This prompted the police force Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to issue a notice that her remains might be treated as unknown if it not claimed after seven days of warning to the general public. Apparently embarrassed by the mysterious death of Okon in custody and to prevent a repeat, the government compelled state police commands to transfer suspects and exhibits in cases of hard drugs to the Force CID Headquarters in Lagos by ‘the most expedient means’.
The Nigerian nation was supposed to hear from the judicial commission of inquiry by the end of August and shed light on the case but by the end of August, a new leader was in place and he was a military president: IBB. The late lawyer Gani Fawehinmi attempted to resurrect the case but this put him on a path of direct clash with Haliru Akilu and Kunle Togun, two of IBB’s most dreaded security agents. No one was ever charged over the death of Gloria Okon.
THE CONTROVERSIES
In the absence of a conclusive investigation, so many tales have been spun by many so as to fill in the gaps. According to some, Okon never died, the corpse presented was all a ruse and part of a grand conspiracy. In June 2009, Professor Taiyemiwo Ogunade, in an interview with THE NATION said of the Okon case:
‘Gloria Okon is actually Chinyere, that’s her real name. She married Charles “Jeff” Chandler, the fellow who killed Nzeogwu and was killed a day later. Chinyere, Maryam and Princess Atta were young friends who hung out together. They all married into the military, because the military was a proud and respectable profession then. Charles Chandler, who was Tiv, married Chinyere who I think is from Imo State. IBB married Maryam from Asaba and Mamman Vatsa married the princess. So Chinyere became a widow and resorted to trading between UK and Nigeria. And then she was caught with drugs; Mamman Vatsa was the person who put Chinyere on the next available flight from Kano to London – and then claimed that she was dead by parading a dead woman picked out of the mortuary. Dele Giwa later found out that she was in London having delivered a baby by another man. He sent a French photographer to the place and they saw Maryam Babangida at the event. Kayode Soyinka brought back the photographs. Dele was sitting across the table from Kayode examining the photos taken of “Gloria Okon” (Chinyere, Richard Chandler’s wife) at the naming ceremony in London. Maryam Babangida was there. And then a letter parcel was delivered to him and he said excitedly that it must be from “Mr. President” referring to the discussions he had with IBB days earlier. The bomb exploded and severed his lower abdomen; he died a few hours later.’
Some others say Dele Giwa knew that Okon was Maryam Babangida (or even IBB)’s drug mule and wanted to blackmail IBB, which is why he was killed. Newswatch has denied any link between their late founder who was killed by a parcel bomb in 1986.
Tom Mbeke-Ekanem in his book, Beyond the Execution: Understanding the Ethnic and Military Politics in Nigeria insisted the corpse sent to Calabar to Okon’s family was a fake corpse and that the family returned it saying it was not the corpse of their daughter, but that the authorities insisted the corpse was that of Okon. The claim was that the real Okon was freed to go live overseas and replaced with an unclaimed corpse brought in from the mortuary. The crazy controversies around the case prompted the Federal Government to make attempts to unearth everything thus launching the public commission.
According to others, she was a drug mule for the former Nigerian First Lady Maryam Babangida shuttling between the USA and Britain and she was killed so she would not squeal. As it is now, the truth is hanging somewhere, and the only way I think Nigerians will eventually get to know the truth is when a government comes and re-opens the case and declassifying all the documents relating to the case. Whether that will take 10 or 100 years, no one knows. But before then, the story of Gloria Okon is one eerie chapter that will continue to haunt the world’s largest black nation.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
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REFERENCES
Ben Edokpayi, Who Killed Gloria Okon, Newswatch, August 12, 1985.
Mohammed Buba Marwa Delivered The Letter Bomb That Killed Dele Giwa – Professor Taiyemiwo Ogunade, June 2009.
Trials & Triumphs: The Story of THENEWS by Wale Adebanwi.
Beyond the Execution: Understanding the Ethnic and Military Politics in Nigeria by Tom Mbeke-Ekanem

BY NAIJARCHIVES · AUGUST 6, 2015

Op your list is fake because, SHORT ABOKI by MI2 is not there..... It was one of the best diss track then...

Tompolo is the most dangerous amongst the four

Pl someone should help me with the title and the name of the singer of this old time song... "If he say him no want you again oooh, sombody go love you you ooh"

I have been dating this lady for two years now. I love her and i know she loves me too. i really want to make her my wife. I proposed to her and she told me that she has to go and see her pastor for her pastor to confirm if we are compatible and if am truely her husband. i dont know what to do now. Pals pls, what if the pastor says am not her husband. I've built my life around her and i dont want to suffer heartbreak.

To all bloggers who have put out links or plan to put out links to OLAMIDE's #‎EYANMAYWEATHER‬ New Album album ..... How wicked can u be? ...for a young man to sweat out to create a product, spend alot of time and cash to finally have his desired product for sale and within minutes you ruin all his investment for your own personal gain...is it worth it?.... did u pay his producers? ..did u give him free studio sessions ?, did u pay the sound engineers to mix/master those tracks? did u design or print his cd jackets? ... what gives you the right to steal his sweat n give it out for free ? Please let dis young man enjoy his sweat...fear God. @officiallindaikeji never made it by ruining others deliberately... you are smarter than this, be responsible. #‎buy‬ #‎support‬

Lucky Igbinedion former Edo state governor was a thief. He used Edo people's money to build Igbinedion University. He built factories that are not working"

-Edo State Governor
''Oshiomole is the biggest thief. He built a house worth 10 Billion naira in his village, owns houses in US, UK. He used Edo people's money to buy a wife.'' Oshiomole had the mind to lie to Nigerians that rain disturbed Edo state for seven years, that's why he did not build roads.

Who is the bigger thief nairalanders?

Nairaland Thomas's, here is the evidence:

Former vice predident of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar the turaki of Adamawa state gives three of his beautiful daughters out in marriage today

Here is what he wrote on his facebook wall:

One of the happiest days of my life, as 3 of my daughters are getting married today. #‎TurakisDaughters‬ #‎3in1‬ #‎smile‬

Only my sister was awake... Akwa ibomites don't sleep on duty.... Op u stole d pics from her facebook.

Ex-Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has explained told his own side of the story following the clash with coach Sunday Oliseh which ultimately led to the Lille star’s premature international retirement.
Enyeama called it quits with the Super Eagles after 13 years with the Nigerian senior national team.
Enyeama revealed that he lost faith in the coach whom he highly regarded but told him that he longer could count and trust him.
In a tell-all video interview with Muveeztv Entertainment, the Lille goalkeeper said he deserves a chance to know why he was treated the way he was.
Completesportsnigeria.com can reveal that the Lille shot-stopper stormed out of the Eagles camp immediately former junior goalkeeper Dele Alampasu joined up the squad and when it was obvious Enyeama wasn’t in the starting line-up for Thursday’s friendly with DR Congo.
“I think it’s not the best way to treat a player who has served the country with so much passion, enthusiasm, so much dedication and commitment. I’ve honoured almost every invitation I have received and the way I have been treated these past few days personally I won’t accept that,” Enyeama began.
“I arrived in camp and with no issues with the coach. The coach being a big part of me fought for me when I had issues with the Nigerian Football Federation, the coach defended me all the way. I never knew him and he didn’t know me either. We never shared the football pitch together, we never trained together but I had so much respect for him. He even visited me in Lille.
“I watched the team train and after that there was a meeting where he talked about how the team trained and he ended it up saying he invited four goalkeepers because he never expected me to come to the camp.
“And secondly, that I was no more the captain of the team. That he decides and calls the shot. That was before we had dinner and he said enjoy your dinner.
“To me it was a little bit shocking because during my mother’s burial I was with the NFF President and was trying to excuse myself from the games but he insisted that I have to be in camp which I respected. He pushed me to go to Belgium. I abandoned every thanksgiving service and the family meetings in the village to report to camp.
“So for me to get my first welcome message in camp like being stripped of the captaincy was not good for me. After I had my meal, I insisted I wanted to talk and he said I can’t talk that if I talk he will order the team out so I can talk alone or I have go out but I insisted and he said ‘get out. Vincent if you don’t leave I will call the security to throw you out.’
“And he went to open the door to leave. For me to lose my mother and get stripped of the captaincy and you calling the security was the height of it. In other countries like Brazil, they never treated Thiago Silva or Javier Mascherano like that.
“Nigerians can say whatever they want to say but now I want to just be with my family. Why I said that was because the coach came into the bus and said he doesn’t know me, he doesn’t care about me and that he doesn’t want to have anything to do with me and I didn’t say anything. That he can’t count on me. So, that part people don’t know. I waited because the NFF President Amaju Pinnick told me to wait.
“I shouldn’t be forced to play with such coach. I don’t have any problem with him because he’s a great guy but I want to be with my family.
“This moment that I’m mourning my mum I don’t want more issues to it. I just want to be with my family. I think I deserve to know why I was stripped of the captaincy, moreso I was invited, I didn’t come through the back door. I have been playing for this country for 13 years and deserve such respect.
“In my club and I’m sure that happens everywhere, If you’re not playing, the coach comes to your room to tell you reasons why you are left out of the squad. If I have been part of the success story of our football and to be treated like that isn’t fair.
“I’m feeling so sad because I would have quit after the World Cup last year but I love Nigeria so much. It hurts me that Nigeria is struggling right now and I want to help bring back the good days.
“If the coach and the people don’t want me you can call me and take me out. You don’t have invite me to humiliate me in the midst of the players.
“This will only make me trust God and not man. What he did will discourage young players from giving their best. I never tried to fight with him but I insisted to talk.”

Source: completesportsng

Super eagles camp at Belgium in disarray... Courtesy of Oliseh and Enyeama.

Going by the previous performance of Enyeama and Oliseh for Nigeria, which of them can we pursue from super eagles?

This is to inform the general public that the post UTME forms of Bokoharam University (UNIBOKO) is out..
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P-utme screening date : September till
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Note all postgraduate students for msc and phd must be present to help supervise the
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Goodnews: The vc has promised to send the best pume candidate to russia and Pakistan for 30yrs terrorism
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I believe that the prophet told her that because she doesn't lie to me.

Yesterday when I went to my lover's place to see her, she openly told me that she wants to be left alone, that I should go and look for my wife.
I asked her why she said that to me, she told me that she went to a church and the prophet told her that I am not the right man for her, that I am not going to marry her, she said I should go and find out from my pastor if truly she is the woman I want. I pleaded with her to understand that some prophecies are not from God, I told her that God can still counter and turn things around for our good. It took me time before she promised me that she is not breaking up. I truly love this babe and i wish to marry her. As I am right now, I'm heartbroken, I don't know what to do, I feel like looking for the so call prophet so he can tell me why he said that.
Please nairalanders what should I do?

Happy Birthday to TUFACE IDIBIA, Akwa Ibom inlaw fortified

LadyJul you are a disgrace to the women folk

HERE IS MY OPINION...

She is not a Nigerian, because Nigerian women don't kill their husbands, they love their husbands.


If it was an Award she won, they wouldn't have said that she is a Nigerian.

Ladyk:
Calaber gals nor sabi close leg....most of dem be free givers....ever ready to fu*ck any guy....na dat kind one person go marry put for house? Mtcheeeeew.....most of Dem are too cheap abeg.....if any of my bro bring calaber babe come house to marry eh....e doh red for am...

ladyJul is a MORO.N

@Ladyjul or whatever your name is, u are not better that the most loosed calabar girl, if u are not a virgin, please kindly keep your mouth shut.

For all I care, are an ashi