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Election for 2015 will most likely hold by Dec. 2014 , I guess it is too early to mobilise contractors, for Lag-Ibada exp way and Second Niger Bridge

psalmdave: come nd see for self cos even i waste my time xplainin all dos ur impression avt him wnt change...thank u 2

My own impression will change if you can state them, and many others

Bayelsa story is a paradox, so much with so little to show.

Igbos should seek for peace rather than war, they are the tribe that will likely suffer the biggest casualty, should there be a civil war. 2/3 of Igbos in Nigeria are outside of igbo states.

Get well soon sir !

honey86: Family planning in rural areas is free of charge but they don't use it.

They must be sensitized for most of them to use it.

I think the message still stays, dont conceive a child you know in your heart you can not take care.

Government needs to help to sensitize many nigerians especially in the rural areas, Family planning services should be made free of charge.

The Biological mom will not have killed her. That child ought to have been with her mom.

goldylock: Oga grammer sorry oh! No be all of us go IVY league school. Na the tot of the yam experience cos the typo.

But the typo sort of rhymed,"massage from a crush". Dont tell me it is message you planned to write o,

goldylock: My own Yam moments was horrible till today I peel yam with respect. As a teenager you had all these crushes that made you uneasy and nervous. I was home alone oh! Peeling yam, then my crush (a family friend's son)came to deliver a massage. I was busy starring till date I don't even know what he was saying, before I knew it I had hugged myself with yam hand touched my head,my face my leg almost everywhere. By the time he had gone I was still in a daze. 5mins later was awakened from my daze with this ITCH from hell. I was dancing Alanta e be like say na me start that dance, I took my bath a million times rubbed calamine lotion but for where. When it finally subsided I was red all over and malaria joined! I will never ever forget that day.

Did you enjoy the massage?

Afam4eva: How are you almost certain it's a lie. Do you know them personally?

How can someone own a shop in Lagos, was arrested for months and no one he could call in that Lagos where he owns a shop to identify him, common sense tells me he is a DESTITUTE

From Naptu's post yesterday, which i have quoted below, it is very likely those deported were destitutes who refused to learn a skill but want to remain as beggars, although none of those deported will ever accept that is the case when questioned, one even claim to own a shop, which i am almost certain is a lie

3) Beggars, street traders, destitutes, area boys, psychotics, etc are arrested by the Task Force on Environmental Offences.

4) They are given a choice: (a) go to prison (b) go to rehabilitation centre (c) return to your state of origin.

A) The law stipulates punishment for those who commit these offences. They include prison term, fine, forfeiture of goods.

B) Rehabilitation centres were set up (the most famous/infamous was at Ita-Oko Island). At the centres the inmates are sorted. They are tested for drugs. Those who are drug addicts are detoxified. Those who have mental illnesses are sent to the asylum. The inmates (apart from the lunatics) are then taught skills (skills acquisition centre) so that they'll be able to earn a living. When they complete the course, they are given a loan with which they will start a business and made to sign an undertaking that they will not return to the streets.

C) Return: Those who choose to return are transported to their state of origin. The state government is usually informed ahead of time (although I know of 3 instances in which their state governments claimed that they were not informed) so that they can make arrangements to cater for the people. Most of the people who have chosen to return are from the northern part of the country (note: they chose to return).

I think those deported are those who refused to learn a skill.

The Governor ought to be arrested for spreading rumours.

He has spent 1.5 years, to whom much is given, much is expected.

I laugh at psalmdave, who claims to be from ibadan state.

Nigerians are too emotional, virtually all of the airlines have suffered plane crash.

If you know any of the airlines in the last 20 years, that has not suffered a plane crash, whether cargo plane or passenger plane, state it.

[quote author=P.Stacks]You shouldn't talk like that..
Population is not a curse
Population is a Blessing.

In China, Population is strength. Strength to power industries, strenght to power growth.. That is why Nigeria can run to china today to take a loan, because china has used her manpower to have much external reserves such that its enough and they can even lend out, with our crude oil in Nigeria and manpower we still borrow to finance capital projects, our Reserves are dwindling everyday.. Come on men! Population is strength..[/quote]You are not getting her point, the problem is not mainly population, the problem is the poor households giving birth to more than enough mouth they can take care of.

Talking about population, it can alo be a curse if the rate of growth of development, industrialisation is not commensurate with the population growth. The china example you pointed out already have a one-child policy for a family, did you ever ask yourself why they've done that. We are in a nation where social security is absent, it is important households especially poor ones give birth to few offsprings they can relatively take care of, it is self destruction and selfishness to give birth to what you cant adequately take care of, and burying your head in sand like an ostrich claiming "God will take care of them", attitude like this by selfish parents brings up child hawkers e.t.c

the baby's codition is called cleft lip and cleft palate it can be corrected. http://nigeria.gounna.com/show/show/37787/1
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/bringing-lasting-smiles-to-their-faces/151279/

This foundation; Health, Education, Work and Shelter Foundation (HEWF) helps with free surgery for indigent parents. @OP, since you said the parents are going to UCH, i guess the foundation will be notified.

[quote author=P.Stacks]You don't need to Insult or Abuse someone directly even what you don't say can be infared.

Aregbeshola has succeded in Hanging Yerima without exchanging words with him or meeting him one on one..

Nao my point is..

Is Aregbeshola not a Devout Muslim with Beards on his Goatee same as Yerima?

Is Islam not Islam?
Is Aregebshola's Islam different from Yerima's Islam.. I want to know.. I need someone to enlighten me..

Is there and Islam for Yerima and the North and another Islam for Aregbeshola and the South. Oh guuush!

Is christainity not Christainity?
Catholic
Anglican
Orthodox
Methodist
Adventist
Jehovah witness
Eccanka
Protestants

Nao the pope can forgive sins on Twitter
Christains would still come and argue the pope is a human being and doesn't hav the right to forgive sins, not to talk of i-Forgive abi E-forgive.

We would use Islam and chritainity to confuse ourselve and finish ourselves..

Muslims would fight amongst Muslim (in house fight) intra-faith fight and Christains would fight within christains and the most deadly of all Christains fighting Muslim (inter-faith)..

Guush.. Religion is a Menace!
Religion is a Tool for Segregation.
Religion is a Tool for Chaos.
Religion is a Tool for Anarchy.
Religion is a weapon of Mass Destruction.

If Muslims can't even agree what is what within themselves

If Christains can even agree what is what within themselves

How do you ever expect Muslims and chritains to agree on anything ever?

Humanity is plunging in the Name of Religion and we all have a First class ticket to Collapse being very Religious people..

This is what Abraham Lincoln said about America and I make bold to say thesame of Nigeria.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
― Abraham Lincoln

Nigerians would destroy Nigeria and nobody would destroy Nigeria from the outside..

Religion is Number root of Destruction..

Even Christain Association of Nigeria CAN doesn't hav One Voice, Muslims don't have one voice, How can People of Nigeria (Muslims + Christains) hav One Voice..

We have plenty segregated small small voice everywhere and Nobody is really talking..

Until we Talk with One Voice, No ones voice is ever gon be heard.

Religion is the Evil we talk about but u know what? We all Embrace it.

You are guilty of Religion
I am guilty of Religion
Everybody is guilty of religion

Until we Abolish Religion I will keep enjoying the In-fighting between Muslim such as Aregbeshola and Yerima or between Christain like those other chritain nairalanders that comes to fight Catholics on why Mary mother of Jesus has no say whatsoever and I see plenty catholics get infuriated..

I swear I enjoy watching those fights on nairaland..

We would use Religion to Offend ourselves and kill ourselves, Av lived in the North, an Average Illitrate Hausa man takes Islam like his everything, av seen passionate Christains and I see lovely people that can live together but are apart because of religion..

Anoda reason why religion is dangerous is this, an average illitrate Hausa Man with diluted Islam is catastrohic, av seen where a Mai-guard goes into his Masters house, throws the three kids into the Well and beheads his master and the wife During Religious crisis in Kaduna, av seen where Churches were burnt, av seen where mosques where burnt... This is a Muslim mai-guard that the christain boss buys sallaha ram and cloths for the childrren during sallah ooo, but during a crisis, because of Islam and Xtainity I stoop so low to take anoda man's life..

Guuusssh! Religion is disgusting both Islam and Christainity..

If Religion doesn't bring us to our knees, nothing else will.

In my Opinion Racism is better than Religion yet the world is tackling Racism and Religion flourishes everyday..

What is Racism? A divide for white and Black.
What is Religion? A divide for Muslims nd xtain.

Why Tackle Racism and watch Religion flourish by the day...

Somebody must hav told a lie somewhere..
Somebody must have pitched Humanity against itself.
Somebody must have programmed a Crash-Course for Humanity on the Wings of Religion..

To think of it That islam and xtainity is not Native to Nigeria Culture but Imported even kills me..

Islam and Christainity are not Original to Nigeria.. We imported them...

How come something we imported or allowed gain entrance into our country by missionaries and Islamic scholars is killing us more that Malaria and HIV/AIDS.. Religion has taken more lives than Cancer, HIV and Malaria put 2geda..

Humanity would fight itself for a Truth it would never Know..

Until we think of what to do with Religion, Let's enjoy killing ourselves for Religion..

Christains would die
Muslims would die..

People hav died. (Muslims + Christains = People)

Until we emancipate ourselves from mental slavery, only us can free ourselves by ourselves.

Until what we know is not what they tell us there is no Redemption anywhere..

Whatever we know about Islam and xtainity today is only what they have Told us..
Until what we know is more than what they told us, we would only act on what we know that was told to us....



We can Abolish Religion.
Yes we can..[/quote]Your long epistle lacks common sense.

If i follow your logic,it goes like this "Husband and Wife disagrees, then lets cancel marriage"

sanklose: Bt I tought Ex.convicts are not qualified for presidency ooo

He was not convicted. He was discharged and acquitted.

Seecreets: *sighs of relief* so relieving to know that someone truly understands me. Thanks so much. I actually hav a few clues I only want a situation where denial is impossible.thnks once againlike I said above, there are clues. Seen couple of strange text messages frm a particular number, off course if I decide to confront him, he'll give some silly stories.besides that so many more.like the guy above sed, I'll just take it slowy when doing my findings out.you guys rock. Thanks once again

Strange text messages ?!, What were the contents of the strange text messages, since it is coming from a particular number. I will implore you to challenge your fears once and for all, instead of going through continuous emotional pain that might get worse if you eventually get married to him. Hack in to his phone for a short duration.

tap in to his phone for just 2 weeks, if nothing special is detected, you are simply insecure.

I've tried reaching him severally at night and my boos phone is busy for long minutes, he keeps claiming its an international call

There is a very strong case you are simply insecure based on what you wrote above as fuelling your suspicion.

Accomplishment by my own definition means someone who touched or made positive impacts on millions or billions of life.


I will give it to Awolowo, for his positive impact on past and present generations of the yorubas in particular and Nigerians in general.

nne4: well done senators.These are the people that Nigeria needs.

What a sweeping conclusion !,many of those senators are not what nigeria needs.

Delivering dividends of democracy to the people is primary, every other political manoeuvering is secondary.

Kudos to Amaechi

Sincere 9gerian: For the last time, I would rather believe a PREMIUM TIMES (known critic of the govt) reporter who may have done some research and who's write up passed thru an editorial board, than an unknown, hateful anonymous internet rat.

For the purpose of analysis, the link you provided claim the distance by ROAD from Lagos to Kano is about 1000km. How can the distance from Lagos to Kano by ROAD be 1000km when the distance of the RAIL TRACKS from Lagos to Kano is 1126km? Shouldn't the road distance be farther than rail tracks?
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/africa/nigeria-backs-rail-to-boost-economic-growth.html

Assuming the distance is even correct, the arithmetic with which you arrived at 12hrs or 15hrs is very simplistic. If we do the same arithmetic for the trains travelling at about 45km per hour (maximum speed of the narrow guage railway is about 64km per hour) and for a distance of 1126km the train will arrive its destination in 25hrs. If we add the same extra 3hours for stoppages, it gives 28hrs.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21364541

Notwithstanding these simplistic calculations, I still stand by the Premium Times duration of 25 to 28hrs by road and 33hrs by train because it is based on INVESTIGATION

Will you shut up if i tell you i have travelled this route before, back in 2008,i was on this route, i spent roughly 15-16 hours.

The link i quoted claim 13hours plus. http://www.distancesfrom.com/ng/distance-from-lagos-to-Awka-via-Kano/DistanceHistory/4398124.aspx

Common sense should tell you the rail tracks are not exactly laid on the same road that traverses Lagos-Kano, and there would be variations in distance, as attempts will be made for the train tracks to link certain cities. A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
Call me whatever name, i will strive to enlighten you,if you will open your mind.

BTW, who told you those old locomotive can speed as much as 45km/hr?

In the cheap seats, of course, the ride is anything but easy. On a recent journey, the train fell short of its promised average speed of between 28-31 mph, instead reaching Kano six and a half hours late.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/nigeria/130424/nigeria-economy-security-boko-haram-railway-lagos-kano-train

FYI, A mile is roughly 1.6km. 28mph is roughly 44kmph. That report said the train arrived kano 6hrs 30 mins late

[quote author=Longeria][/quote]I know your kind, it is the normal bus,
Lagos to Kano is a distance of 1000km,

A bus moving at an average speed of 80km/hr will spend 12hours 30 minutes.

The 15-16 hours is considering stoppages and other unforeseen delays

Sincere 9gerian: See double speak and confusion! On the one hand you said the writer is "ignorant" because the 25-28hrs does not suit your evil imagination while on the other hand you'r emphasizing other parts of the write-up that suits your evil mind.

I would rather believe an ignorant writer that has name and is traceable to an organisation (PREMIUM TIMES) than believe an unknown, hateful anonymous internet rat on NL.

Meanwhile, notwithstanding the complaints of poor services on the trains, they'r still CONGESTED. CONGESTED with human beings, with flesh and blood. In fact, the Nigeria Railways has been battling to ease the problem of congestion through increased frequency of trips and other measures.

You see figures are either correct or wrong ,with little tolerance level (very objective), but that does not necessary apply for opinions (subjective)

If you tell me you are 30 years and intelligent.

You are either 30 years or you are not, but someone might see you as dumb, and another see you as very intelligent

Is 15 hours anywhere near 25-28 hours ?

Lagos to Kano is barely 1000km, you will spend 15-16 hours with a public bus.

http://www.distancesfrom.com/ng/distance-from-lagos-to-Awka-via-Kano/DistanceHistory/4398124.aspx

You this lady,dont get bitter and insultive because i am exposing your ignorance, learn and move on.

Abu Mikey: Are You normal
Maybe its Your father your Miserable self that's a "Sleeping Electorate"

You are a sleeping electorate !, say YES SIR ! .

A man was your senator from 2007-2011, and was a sleeping senator, and you lined up in large numbers to vote him back in 2011 .


Infact you are not only sleeping electorates, you are daft electorates nincompoop !

nameee: We need to stop dis naija graduate mentality, in more developed countries there are graduates doing this kinda jobs. If the money is good I see no reason why they cannot apply. They should have not made any restrictions cos u dont need a degree to drive a truck.

May be in their own wisdom, they felt there is a greater possibility of levelheadedness, intelligence, maturity and value for life for someone who has passed through the 4 walls of a tertiary institution to a primary school dropout.

In logical sense they are right, but sometimes logic fails, i hope its not the case with the graduate truck driver scheme of Dangote. If they suceed , other companies in inter city logistics might copy the Dangote model.

I am not aware if any of the graduates have been assigned trucks yet, the training for the job intakes will take nothing less than 3 months of both classroom based and practical attachment to a current driver.

Sincere 9gerian: Then maybe you should be cross-checking that your stupid fact with PREMIUM TIMES because I just copied and pasted the cost and duration DIRECTLY from Premium Times (follow the link if you'r interested)

I dont care what ever stupid fact an ignorant writer has stated, Lagos - Kano in bus is roughly 15-16 hours.

15 hours versus 35 hours .

Even the writer described his experience as hell .

07.37

…I have never been to hell but based on literatures, but if there is a train there, then that would be my coach. Folks using hand fans to blow themselves and their kids – furiously. Just two minutes there and I already started sweating. And then there was a shouting match between two women. At 2 a.m.? Chai!

18.23

Oh. Did I add that I received another elbow? This time to my face and it sent my glasses flying to the floor. That was the last straw before I headed out again – to the bar.

13.38

I think there are barely clad kids watching and waving at the train. I can’t see clearly. My glasses are covered with dust.

13.25

If you’ve got a respiratory problem. AVOID Second Class. I repeat, if you’ve got a respiratory problem, avoid Second Class coaches. The screen of my Blackberry is so coated with dust I’ve had to continually wipe the screen to see what I’m typing.

Sincere 9gerian: There are now 3 options for those willing to travel from Lagos to Kano: air, road or RAIL. Air transport is out of the reach of most Nigerians so the COMPETITION really is between road and rail transport.

Now lets compare road and rail transport:

A bus journey from Lagos to Kano costs roughly N5,000. And it lasts about 25 – 28 hours (Average from Premium Times)
https://www.nairaland.com/1335980/premium-times-train-trip-kano

But if the same journey is done by train, it costs N1,900 (second class) and it lasts 30 to 33hours.

Now lets bring in the safety factor. Obviously, it is far far safer to travel by rail than by road.

So, if you were to choose between rail and road, which would you choose? I would go for rail any day, any time. The choice is yours

Dont peddle lies especially in figures to support mediocrity, a bus journey of Lagos -Kano will not last 25-28 hours ------(Fact 1)

On the issue of safety, it is relative, as safety and security are siamese twins, there is no guarantee passengers can not be robbed , sitting as a passenger in those slow moving train for 35 hours will come with health issues better imagined than witnessed.

You know in your heart of heart you can never make a choice of travelling in that train from Lagos -Kano for 35 hours, abi u want to suffer miscarriage ni ?