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An explosion in the red light district of Bauchi city has killed 10 people and injured 14 others, police said Saturday.

The cause of the late Friday blast was not
immediately clear, but Boko Haram Islamists have attacked Bauchi repeatedly during their five-year uprising aimed at creating a strict Islamic state in the north.

Bauchi state police spokesman Mohammed Haruna said the targeted building in the Bayan Gari neighbourhood on the outskirts of the city was widely known as a brothel.

“Ten people were confirmed dead, while 14 others sustained various degrees of injury,” Haruna said, adding that the explosion went off at roughly 10:00 pm (2100 GMT).

“The entire area has been cordoned off and (the) scene secured,” Haruna said. Bomb attacks on targets which Boko Haram has branded sinful – including bars, churches and schools teaching a Western curriculum – have formed a major part of the insurgency.

Nigeria has estimated that more than 10,000
people have been killed since the conflict began in 2009.

The violence has escalated in recent months,
with more than 2,000 deaths recorded since the start of the year.

The capital Abuja has been hit with three separate bomb attacks since mid-April, most recently on Wednesday when 24 people were killed in a blast at a popular shopping plaza in the heart of the city. Police had initially given a death toll of 21 for the
attack, but the health ministry revised those figures upwards on Saturday.

In Kano, the largest city in the mainly Muslim north, a bomb planted in the parking lot of a public health college killed eight people on Monday.

The Islamist extremists have received unprecedented international attention in recent weeks following their April 14 abduction of more than 200 teenage girls from the town of Chibok in the northeast.

The gruesome mass abduction has drawn
condemnation from governments and prominent people worldwide and offers of military help from major world powers to boost Nigeria’s counter-insurgency effort.

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Which House do you support?


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Most consistent home wins record although has been known to squander leads late in games.

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A Lannister always hits his nets.

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Definitely their away kit, as temperatures around Winterfell probably require long sleeves most of the year.

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Arguably the strongest squad but differences over the captaincy and pay have caused internal divisions in the locker room which sometimes spill out onto the field.

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Hopefully fireproof, as Drogon has been known to get overexcited when the Targaryens get into the final third.

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Refusing to play in the Seven Kingdoms league, the all black kit helps the team in matches against Wildling FC, who never bother to wear the same colours.


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berem: Picture/video of Charly boy grabbing the microphone from Okorocha or I refuse to believe.

Picture/Video of Berem taking bath this week or i refuse to believe.

i support charly Boy on this one. Most of these politician are only after where they will score some cheap popularity

Odunharry: lol

harry z not a laughing matter o

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The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh meet cast and crew of TV series Game of Thrones in Belfast, 24 June 2014.

(CNN) -- Look out Lannisters ... Windsor is coming. Queen Elizabeth came face to face with royalty of a
very different kind when she met the cunning
Cersei -- otherwise known as actress Lena Headey
-- on a visit to the "Game of Thrones" set in Northern Ireland on Tuesday. The monarch and her husband, the Duke of
Edinburgh, were touring Belfast when they called in
at the sound stage where the hit show -- famed for
its violent scenes and frequent nudity -- is filmed. "Game of Thrones" showrunner David Benioff and
writer and producer Daniel Weiss guided the royal
party around the Paint Hall studio in the city's Titanic Quarter. During the visit, the Queen met the show's prop and
costume makers and set designers, as well as
actors Kit Harrington (Jon Snow), Maisie Williams
(Arya Stark), Conleth Hill (Lord Varys) and Sophie
Turner (Sansa Stark). The Queen was spotted looking with
interest at the Iron Throne, supposedly
forged from the swords of defeated
warriors -- but chose not to sit down
and put her feet up. Instead, she was offered a small model
of the saga's famous seat as a souvenir. It is not clear if Queen Elizabeth or any of
the royal family are fans of the award-
winning HBO show, which is screened around the world. "Game of Thrones" has been filmed in
Northern Ireland since 2009,
contributing millions of dollars to the
local economy during the past five years, providing thousands of jobs, and
encouraging tourism to a region once bitterly
divided by sectarian violence. Season four of the critically-acclaimed fantasy
drama recently concluded in typically gory fashion; fifth and sixth seasons are planned.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/24/showbiz/game-of-thrones-queen-elizabeth-visit/

Arequiem mass organised for the late Socrates of the Supreme Court, Justice Chukwudife Oputa at his country home in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State was disrupted yesterday, when the first son of the former erudite judge, Charles Oputa, a.k.a Charley Boy prevented Governor Rochas Okorocha from paying tribute to his father.

Eye witnesses said that the mass which was conducted by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rt Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Oguta, went on smoothly until Okorocha was permitted by the
Bishop to pay his tribute to the fallen judge.

However, Chief Okorocha, was stopped midway into his speech, by Charley Boy who was visibly infruiated with Kukah for granting the governor the permission to speak.

He walked up angrily to the altar and snatched the micro-phone from the governor, to the embarrassment of all the dignitaries present. It was a disgrace to the governor.

Among eminent Nigerians present at the church service included representative of President Goodluck Jonathan, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, Governors Willie Obiano (Anambra), Theodore Orji (Abia); the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha and former governors of Anambra State, Senator Chris Ngige and Mr Peter Obi respectively. Also present, were the former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim,, Senator Uche Chukwumerije and the Minister of Labour, Chief Emeka Wogu, the state Police Commsiioner, Almajid Ali and the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, for Oguta, Ikembuchukwu Abugu.

The intervention of Bishop Kukah could not assuage Charly Boy’s anger as he insisted that no politician would take advantage of his father’s burial to score “cheap political” goals. He insisted that the Governor should not speak at the event.

However, obviously embarrassed by Charley Boy’s action, the Governor and members his entourage hurriedly left the church service mid -way, despite entreaties from the officiating Bishop Kuka for them to stay on.

It was gathered that Charly Boy’s action followed a recent statement by Government House, Owerri, to the effect that the Oputa family was given N20 million to assist it in the burial arrangements.

Sources told Saturday Vanguard, however, that “the family never received a dime from either Okorocha or the state government, not to talk ofthe alleged N20 million said to have been made available to them,’’ as reported by a section of the media.

Earlier in his sermon, Bishop who lauded the virtues of Justice Oputa, stressed that “to tolerate a son like Charley Boy by a man of late Justice Oputa’s reputation, is a measure of the greatness of the
man.” He called on Nigerians to stand up in defence of justice and equity, adding that late Oputa had serious liking for the concept of justice and equity during his life time.

”Oputa before he died, was worried about the quality of Nigerian lawyers and judges because he believed in the judiciary as the last hope of the nation. Today, his legacies are beyond his
immediate family,” Bishop Kuka said

Meanwhile, the state government has described the incident that played out at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Oguta, as “ugly and regrettable.” According to a statement by the Seniour Special Assistant, SSA, Media, to Governor Okorocha, Mr Sam Onwuemodo, “It is highly regrettable that the son of the late Justice, Mr Charles Emeka Oputa, aka,
Charly Boy, threw caution to the wind and turned the church service into a political theatre that saw him acting or playing out the script he drafted in
Abuja with some Imo politicians, who have remained cowed by the overwhelming popularity of Governor Rochas Okorocha.” Onwuemeodo insisted that the state government
made “substantial financial input and also organized a special day of tributes for the late Justice Oputa at the expense of state government with Charly Boy also present with other members of the family.

”We condemn that ugly incident and also wish to advise politicians from the state to stop heating up the polity over power since God is the giver of power.

In 2015, God will decide who will be
governor of Imo State and when God decides that, there is nothing anybody can do about it.”

He did not make to reference to the N20m said to have been given to the family.


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mencade5: she surprised me by asking for recharge card. Haba!

for what na? Did she give you any recharge card to keep for her?

fifa fall my hand here.

I was expecting nothing less than 2yrs ban from football sef.

We should all join him & celebrate his biting hat-trick

I must confess BBM, Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter can never give me joy nairaland give me.

To me Nairaland beat all these social networks hands down.

The first and last thing i do every morning and night is to check www.nairaland.com is back


Mr Seun i recommend you ask all your MODs to Unban everyone cus you never if it was their prayers that helped you to fix this site back.

Musa

how did you cope?..


I must confess BBM, Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter can never give me joy nairaland give me.

To me Nairaland beat all these social networks hands down.

my main fear was me loosing my nairaland account

The match will end like dis:
Nigeria 3:2 France (Nigeria will score the winning goal in Extra time)


off topic;

Those who own playstations help me. Am playing FIFA 2014. Where do i press if i want Luis Suarez to bite?





Please Seun kindly fix nairaland back up to date cus i cant imagine how my 1203 like will just drop from 1203 to 163 likes.
Pls bring back my hard earned likes or....

Overview Match number 53 is the fifth match of the knock- out stages. France won 2 matches and drew 1 to collect 7 points to finish on top of Group E. Nigeria, on the other hand, won 1 match and drew 1 to collect 4 points to finish second in Group F.

France: France's performance in group stages was quite impressive. This is especially significant because there were several big European teams which failed to perform well in the tournament. Spain, Italy, England and Croatia failed to qualify for the "Round of 16" while France, which had a poor run at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, has been brilliant. France scored 8 goals in its first 2 matches. Karim Benzema has been playing well, scoring 3 goals in the first two matches.

The third match, however, was a striking contrast of its first two matches. The match against Ecuador ended in a goalless draw even though France had numerous opportunities to score.

There could have been 8-9 goals in the second half itself but there seemed to be a strange French inability to score. As we go to the knock-out stage, France needs to get back to its goal scoring approach.

Nigeria: Nigeria won against Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 and had a goalless draw against Iran to collect 4 points. However, its best performance came against Argentina even though it lost it 2-3.

Historically, the African team has an uncanny tendency of being in Argentina's group. Its best performance often comes against the South American team.

Nigeria played excellent football and scored goals soon after Argentina did. Vincent Enyeama, the Nigerian goalkeeper who was the man of the match in 2010 world cup match against Argentina, played brilliantly again and denied several goals. Ahmed Musa was fabulous in scoring two brilliant goals to match Lionel Messi.

Nigeria has all the fire power to match France if it manages to stay organised. Head to Head These two teams played only once times against each other before. Nigeria scored 1 goal to win the match. Key Players France: Karim Benzema and Moussa Sissoko Nigeria: Vincent Enyeama and Ahmed Musa Date,

Time: 5:00 PM

The match will be held at Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasília.

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I think i've found the answer to these question.
Check out the screenshots from google tranlator.

sorry

muslem and holiday..

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does it mean there is no guru in this section to help me out?

check this thread. It will help. You can drop questions there
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https://www.nairaland.com/260225/learning-igbo-language

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eluquenson: Will the soap wash away our sins?

falls from indomie tree

Good morning guys,
i tried to snap some pictures this morning with my NOKIA E5:00 symbian phone but couldnt believe/understand what it has been showing me. [b]"UNEXPECTED ERREOR OCCORED. RESTART PHONE"[/B] I restarted the phone but the thing still persist. Plz gurus in the house how do i get rid of this cus i cant do without my phone camera. I tried using some camera application but none of them worked.

No fewer than 25 political parties will participate in the Anambra Local Council poll slated for Jan. 11.


The Acting Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, Mr Sylvester Okonkwo, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on the preparedness of the commission on Monday in Awka.


The chairman said that the number of political parties was the highest in the country in the conduct of any local council polls.


He said that some of the parties included: the Peoples Democratic Party, Action Alliance, All Progressives Congress, Labour Party, All Progressives Grand Alliance and Accord Party.


Okonkwo, however, said that he only received a text message from the APC stating its withdrawal from the poll but there was no official letter.


According to him, the text message which was simply signed “SDS’’ was also sent to the state governor.


“I only got a text message from them saying that they will not participate because of the flawed voters’ register used in the governorship poll.


“They noted that since their candidate in the last governorship poll was in court challenging the same register, they will not take part in any election where the same register will be used.


“But we already have names of some of their party members for the poll,’’ he said.


Okonkwo said that adequate security had been made for the conduct of the election.


He denied an allegation that the commission had concluded plans to ensure victory for APGA, saying that the sensitive materials for the poll were intact.


“It is a figment of imagination of those making the allegation,’’ Okonkwo said.


He urged voters to come out en masse to vote for the candidates of their choice on Jan. 11.


The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that local council election was last conducted in the state in 1999.


The local government election had been postponed more than seven times since then. (NAN)

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who cares? Sore looooser

good for him

i like that