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Come take over your thread o. Btw, you have a nice update.
-Guy Maryam wants you online tonight. Serious talks she called it.

No dey loud am na. Na im dey write am. No be d9ty7 you see?

Onemansquad:
D9ty7 luk here are u d 1 writing dis story









MY JOY....(The Touching Story Of A Blind Girl)

Thanks boss.

femyodsky:
You are doing not just well but VERRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYY WELL.


DAZALL.

Good job my oga at the top.

I have thought about this from the start of the Miss NL contest.

kingphilip:
Emzypaz,
Dammygoody,
Princessusan
Seunviju.
fatalveli
jeanfortune
smallpenis
tecno4life
Hameenat94

Gudpm y'all
I think we've slacked alot by not conducting interviews this past few weeks
let's reawaken the zeal by conducting one this weekend n I think a gud start should b the recently crowned Miss nairaland

what do u all say?

who will contact Jennimma? Should I?

Yes!

Divalyn:
And so, the thread went dry! it started on a very active note, but then again, here we are! There must b a revival!!!!!!..

[b]ARMY RELEASES 125 SUSPECTED BOKO HARAM MEMBERS:

[size=24pt] The[/size] Nigerian Army, on Saturday, released 125 persons arrested for allegedly having links with the Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram.
This latest release followed an earlier release of 42 persons who were investigated and found to have no link with the fundamentalist group.
The 42 persons were released on Thursday to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State.
Handling over the new set of 125 persons to the governor, the spokesman for the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Col. Sani Usman, said 254 persons were intercepted while fleeing from the state after attack on Boko Haram strongholds in September.
He said the arrest was made in Biu on September 23 and after proper investigation, 125 men were found to have no link with Boko Haram.
He however said those who were considered to have links with the sect would be prosecuted.
Shettima, who received the detainees, said the action would go a long way to build trust between the military and the people of the country.
He noted that the released detainees looked well treated and described it as a plus to the military.
He said, “It shows that the military are core professionals and know how to go about their duties.”[/b]

[b][size=24pt]The[/size] Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Al-Makura’s head driver has been assassinated on Saturday by some yet to be identified gunmen.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Ismaila Numan, who confirmed the killing, the driver, Abdullahi Mairuwa, was said to be travelling with his wife from Lafia to Keana Local Government Area on Saturday morning when he was attacked by the gunmen at Tudun Adabu village in Obi Local Government Area of the state.
“The report we got from the scene indicated that Mairuwa’s killers shot him at close range in the presence of his wife, before escaping through a bush path,” Numan told News Agency of Nigeria.
The PPRO said detectives had been deployed to investigate the killing.
A family source, who preferred anonymity, told NAN that the gunmen had told the victim’s wife not to panic and that they had come for her husband alone, whom they shot twice in the chest.
The source added Mairuwa’s remains had been taken to Keana for burial according to Islamic rites.[/b]

[b]INEC, PDP have merged- Tinubu


[size=24pt]A[/size] former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission have joined forces to ensure that the All Progressives Congress does not retain power in Lagos next year.
Tinubu said that just as three parties merged to form the APC and become a more formidable opponent of the PDP, the INEC had also merged with the PDP to ensure that the PDP wins overwhelmingly in 2015.
Tinubu spoke during a press conference to address the “shoddy” Permanent Voter Card distribution in Lagos on Saturday.
The APC leader, who berated INEC over the manner it conducted the PVC distribution, said the commission had no excuse for failing to put its house in order.
He said, “Just as we (APC) merged to form a formidable opposition party, they have merged with Jonathan to form a formidable rigging machine.
“This exercise is a colossal failure. INEC has the responsibility to give us a date when the exercise would start which they did. They were the ones that picked the date. On the eve of the exercise, they announced they could only carry out the exercise in 11 Local Government Areas out of the 20 recognised by the Federal Government.
“Rather than outright boycott, we endured the frustration and appealed to the public to participate. Our field report and personal experiences indicated that the exercise in those 11 LGAs failed and it is unacceptable. In some instances, you didn’t find INEC and then in some, they did not start on time.”
Tinubu said if four months to the election, INEC had yet to put its house in order, it was safe to say that the commission could not conduct a free and fair election next year.
The former governor said INEC must explain in full detail why it reduced the number of registered voters in Lagos from 6.2 million to 4.8 million.
He argued that INEC’s excuse that it reduced the figure because there were many cases of double registration in 2011 was not tenable. He therefore questioned the commission’s right to “disenfranchise 1.4 million Lagosians without recourse to a court of law.”
He said, “You cannot automatically, without a court of law, disqualify them, you can only suspend them and give them another opportunity to register. To me, this exercise has failed, it is not acceptable, and we consider it as a rigging exercise. INEC has colluded with the presidency and the opposing party to rig the election from the data to the end.”
He stated that the APC would embark on protests across the state if things were not corrected and urged INEC to publish the names of those who were removed from the voter register.
He told INEC to return to the drawing board and start the exercise afresh.
Reacting to the APC chieftain’s allegation, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Kayode Idowu, said there was no reason for the commission to merge with the ruling party.
“INEC has not filed any paper with the country’s Corporate Affairs Commission to be merged with the PDP. It is not a political party,” Idowu said.
He added, “I don’t understand what he meant by INEC merging with the PDP. The Permanent Voter Cards exercise is being conducted without any political colouration. And this exercise is not being conducted in PDP-controlled states alone.”[/b]

Good morning and welcome to the major news.
First the major headlines.
*PDP, INEC have merged- Tinubu
*Gunmen kill Al-makura aide
Army releases 125 suspected Boko haram members

Now the news in full. Good morning and welcome, my name is Emzypaz.

Regardless of the new panel bro, you could have took to the mantle. Sir, in case of next time, please do take the responsibility.

Fatalveli:
Trust me I would have done so but a new panel has been chosen and I'm not among them.... We have 2 follow d rule

Please guys, go in here and vote for Temigracie and Jennimma to enable them progress into the next round in the ongoing Miss Nairaland contest.
The link is... https://www.nairaland.com/1980633/miss-nairaland-december-2014-contest/14

Making fp is a dream come true. Congrats guy.

Aiit sire.

SMALLPENIS:
done boss.

Now that Jeanfortune failed to nominate her favourite writer before 11:59pm I will do that on her behalf.
On behalf of Jeanfortune, I NOMINATE Tiffanyj

@SMALLPENIS: Someone already nominated Handie. Please change it asap.
BTW where is Jeanfortune?

We are waiting on SMALLPENIS and Jeanfortune to nominate their favourite writer. They have until 11:59pm today to respond to this. Failure to do this, the nomination will be done by Emzypaz.

Exactly my point.

LarrySun:
Few of you would know Humbledbygrace; a
wonderful writer from South Africa who has sometimes ago trod the
footpath of this section with her own blend of quills. I remember quite
vividly that the lovely young lady made an almost similar complaint
about two rainy seasons ago; but it is safe to conclude that very little
was done about the innocent lady's lamentations. And because she seemed
to be only fighter who attempted to slay these dragons of prejudice,
her complaints were soon swept under the rug of oblivion. Suffice to
say, the obvious neglect became the catalyst that skyrocketed her flight
from this section. She has always avoided this section as a devout
Isrealite would the plague of Egypt. It's so sad.

Writers, good writers, are gradually deactivating their accounts for
obvious reasons. With the way things are fairing, this wonderful session
is losing good literati, and dancing on the pins of obscurity!

I'm not writing to point fingers, for even my phalanges are circled
around my faithful pens; but I'll still end this diatribe with my common
mantra--When giants are toppled, what hope is there for the midgets?

Exactly me point. But I believe you and I with some other like minded people can change things.

timpaker:
There are lots of poems
and stories (short ones inclusive) that can be put up too but I think
the MOD feels it won't generate traffic (which I feel is one of the
goals on Nairaland - to generate traffic!)


But I must voice my mind.... the Poems of Review Section is as dormant
as a diplomat bank account
None of the topics or poem there graces the FP... This year alone, I can
say that just 2 or 3 poems or topics have appeared on FP.


Such a way to promote the section sha.

If you are a regular literature section user, you'll understand what I mean. Between the period of November 2013-June 2014, you'll understand. The rate at which stories makes frontpage, even stories that are yet to start made fp then. But everything just changed all of a sudden.

braine:
The problem is that no one puts up
interesting topics. I think the mods are fair enough.

I have been a registered member of this platform for over a year now and I strongly believe something is wrong.
Sometimes last week, Seun created a thread about employing a super-moderator who will be paid and will see to bringing interesting topics from all sections to the frontpage. My question is, are there no interesting topics in the literature section?
When I first joned Nairaland, on a daily basis, at least a story or
two will make the frontpage but now it is not so. For the past two
months, no story has graced the fp and we still have moderators here? I doubt it.
My ultimate question now is, are topics being moved at random by a robot or on level of credibility and views by a moderators? You'll see topics that will make you switch off your phone on the fp.
Topics like, 'which one is better? Male or female teacher?' ....Please
how does that concern me?
'Dangote cement is now N1,000.' Please does that concern me in anyway.
Yes, it concern some people who wants to go into a building project or the other and yes, stories from the literature section deserves to grace the front page because there are some life changing stories in this section.
I want to call on the pillars of the literature section to do something about this neglect. Lets stand up to the mods, let them know we deserve representation.
Myndd44
Obinnau
Seun..... Do something.
Ishilove
Larrysun
Mazi omenuko
Repogirl
Frank317
Orikinla and others.
Lets join hands and make sure we are well represented. There is a endorsement thread which am sure is not active because other section has nothing like this.
Move topics because they meet the requirements to grace the fp and not on sentiments.

I don't think anything o. I need a babe from among the numerous babes we have here. Send ur CV to my mail.

adeh39:
He's my s.heart nau, I need 2 do watever he wnts me 2 do. Abi wat do u think

It should be TemitopeDaniel. But lets not jump to conclusion as he is yet to respond to my message. I am in talks with two writers who have promised to come in incase, T.Dan dissapoints.

Onemansquad:
Emzypaz who is our guest 2da

Why will you want to make hot tea for him? ETT....

adeh39:
Eyah!!!, my s.heart, I'm sooooo sorry, I did nt knw u were sick, ehn, I
thought u did nt come online cos u are busy or sumthing, hw are u
feeling nw? Should i come nd make hot tea 4 u?

Sir T.Dan, check your mail.