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Former West Bromwich Albion striker Brown Ideye has warned against the dangers of Premier League players using witchdoctors. A report in The Sun newspaper claims players are using black magic to try to improve their performances. It says they are paying thousands of pounds to witchdoctors in a bid to find another level. The players are visiting juju men in West Africa, where they are shown how to conduct bizarre rituals that are also said to break the curse of injury. Emmanuel Adebayor claimed earlier this year that his mum used black magic to ruin his form in front of goal for Spurs. Ideye, who left Albion to join Olympiacos last month, has warned some stars are being conned by tribesmen. He said: “I know players who get involved with the Juju men and they can’t get out. It’s a trap. They might get short-term benefits, but in the long run they pay for it. Juju men have a lot of influence. “These are men who are just trying to make themselves rich and tell you they can make your life perfect. “If things like that worked then instead of Messi and Ronaldo winning world player of the year it should be some African players. “I would advise players not to follow this route but it’s their choice, I can’t stop them.” According to The Sun some of the rituals include the £460-a-time Troupkéka Milika. Benin-based Juju man Marabout Degla explained: “During its nine days you cannot sleep with a woman and you should cover yourself with a white loincloth while you sleep at night.” Also on offer to players is “a magic ring that allows you to dominate playing partners and opponents during every competition you take part in.”
Source: thenationonlineng.net/ideye-african-players-use-juju/

Foremost traditional ruler in the Southwest and Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his leadership style since he took over the mantle of leadership in the last 100 days. The paramount ruler made the commendation during his condolence visit to Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, on the transition of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade. Enumerating the successes recorded by the administration since May 29, Oba Adeyemi stated that Buhari has proved to the world that corruption was an alien and epidemic disease to Nigeria and Africa. The traditional ruler said Buhari had shown his capability to the entire world as a man capable and ready to liberate the country from her myriads of challenges of corruption, insecurity, poverty, poor infrastructure, unemployment, poor education system among others crises that have been ravaging and stunting the socio- political and economic growth and development of the nation. Oba Adeyemi said the few days spent by the current administration had recorded positive impacts in all the sectors of the economy, especially on corruption and security.
Source: sunnewsonline.com/new/100-days-buhari-has-changed-economy-alaafin/

And I am sure d Op is ignorant of d fact that some girls will know it almost immediately u begin to feel something for them though d guy has done nothing to show it, in such cases, d girl will either shut u down before u can make ur intention known, encourage u to talk about ur feeling so she can turn u down, or encourage u cos she is curious to see how things will go.
Op really have a point with d method cos girls indeed detest a guy appearing desperate and clingy, but the truth is, if she doesn't like u, she doesn't like u, and no method will make I like u.
And forgot to mention some guys ended up being friend zoned cos they apply this Op method.

CONTRARY to his public show of bravado when he shunned Super Eagles coach and the NFF in London, Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi has reached out to officials of the federation to plead for forgiveness. According to SportingSun findings, Mikel called officials of the NFF from the northern part of the country where he spoke in Hausa language appalling to them to plead with coach Oliseh to forgive him for ignoring his calls when he visited London to meet with players like Victor Moses, Carl Ikeme to crave their commitment to the cause of the. national team. According to the source, Mikel called some NFF officials last week to beg for forgiveness. He spoke to them in Hausa, weeping that they should. save his career by appealing to the coach to forgive him for shunning his calls. He said his career was in danger if he was shut out of the national team completely. Since he is not playing regularly for Chelsea he reckons that his career could be over if he not invited to the national team” The decision on whether to invite him on not rests with Oliseh. It would be recalled that Mikel has had running battle with successive Super Eagles coaches from Samson Siasia, Stephen Keshi and now Oliseh. The NFF is said to be divided on whether he should be invited or left out of the new- look team.
Source: sunnewsonline.com/new/mikel-weeps-begs-nff/

Each time I remember that some people are living in so much fear and restlessness, I feel stupid for complaining about not getting all I want.

A 34 year old bakery worker, Mohammed Ahmed, on Wednesday confessed that he raped his daughter six times. Ahmed, who was paraded by officials of the Osun State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, told journalists in Osogbo that he started having sex with his 14-year-old daughter (name withheld) since April. The distraught primary 5 girl, dressed in public school uniform was not allowed to speak to journalists. He said, “I have two wives. The first had left and she gave birth to three children. The second wife gave birth to two children before she died. “This one is the first child of my first wife. I don’t know what came over me from April when I started having sex with my daughter. I did not see anything wrong then, whenever I was having sex with her. I only have sex with her six times since April 2015.” “I am ashamed of my action. It is wrong and I pray for forgiveness. I did not know what came over me, but I am regretting the whole thing now. I don’t drink alcohol and I don’t smoke.” Asked why he chose to turn his daughter to his sex partner, Ahmed said he did not know but said his wife died two years ago. The Head Public Relations and Protocol Unit of the NSCDC, Mr. Wale Folarin, said the command was alerted of the man’s act by one of his neighbours. He said the neighbours told the officials that he used to hear the cry of the daughter almost every night and this prompted him to asked the girl, who confided in him the disgraceful act of his father. Folarin said, “The incident was related to us by one of the neighbours of Ahmed who said he used to hear the cry of the girl every night and this made him to inquire from the girl. “The little girl confessed to her father’s neighbour and he narrated the story to us.” He said the command would transfer the case to the Ministry of Women Affairs in the state.
Source: www.punchng.com/news/i-raped-my-daughter-six-times-father/

This issue looks really trivia, so it's normal if people doesn't understand, but the point is not dishing d food, d point is d woman being so occupied with other chores, and then having to leave those to dish food, it can b frustrating to have many things to do at the same time, then d husband insisting she leave those things to dish food which is placed right in front of him, it makes him look insensitive, and some how egocentric. But then, if that's what he want, the woman will just have to try adjust, cos no option, whoever u chose to marry, u must submit to.

Somebody should please tell Oshomole to stop making noise and follow this good example. Am sure he can't remember d last time he hired a teacher in edo

mbolajide2010:
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Thanks

Hi everyone. Please does anyone have any idea about how genuine Shortlist Nigeria is? (www.shortlistnigeria.com). For those that may not know about Shortlist Nigeria, it's an online job portal, but unlike most online job portals, it doesn't list hiring company, job seekers only need to create an online resume.
I got an email that an advertising agency viewed my resume and will love to contact me, but I have to pay 3000 naira for premium membership before I can respond to the agency, I saw the name of the agency and the website. But I don't know if I should pay. The 3k will be renewed after a year.

And he still refused to announce batch c pop date?

mayorkyzo:
If government should offer them amnesty other regions would erupt with violence..these guys are cold blooded killers with no realistic demands...

I so agree with u, if govt offer those guys amnesty, then I think they should go to the prison I grant all prisoners amnesty. Some people are there cos of small offences, compared to these folks

Barrister Aisha Kalil Wakkil, a human rights
activist with the National Human Rights
Commission, who claims to be a very close
confidant of Boko Haram foot soldiers, has said
she knew some of the insurgents right from when
they were circumcised.
In a recent interview with Daily Trust, on Sunday,
August 16, Wakkil, who has been peacemaking
between the Jama’atu Ahlil Sunnah (Boko
Haram) and the federal government for over five
years spoke on a number of issues.
According to her, the insurgents were very
wonderful children and most of them lived in her
house as it was open to all the children in that
area.
She said: “That was how I got to know most of
them. Then they were not Boko Haram and
Jama’atu ah-lil Sunnah members. It is surprising
how these children turned out to be what they are
now. I keep on saying there is certainly no smoke
without fire. Something must have triggered those
innocent-looking children to grow up behaving the
way they are behaving now. You needed to see
them growing up. Sometimes when I start talking
about them, I shed tears. Those children prayed,
and still pray a lot. I have a mosque in the house
and they would always go in and pray .”
Wakkil narrated how she started noticing changes
in them. How they would go out in the morning
and return in the evening and during the fasting
period, they would not return until around 11 or
12 midnight. They also started attending
Muhammad Yusuf’s lectures to listen to his
preaching.
“I didn’t observe anything strange about the
teaching. Soon, the children began to be
conscious of themselves. It was then that the
rumour started that they were planning a war.
When I heard of it, I went straight to Muhammad
Yusuf because I had been very close to him.
When I realized that Muhammad Yusuf was
frequently being arrested, detained and released, I
went to Baba Fugu and asked him why his son-
in-law was always being detained? But I learnt he
was always preaching things government didn’t
like and insulting them ,” she said.
The lawyer explained that after about a year or
two, the rumours started again that they were
planning to fight, saying: “Those boys in my
house suddenly disappeared for about a month; I
did not set my eyes on them. I was tensed up and
started asking people where they were, but
nobody could tell me. Eventually when they
returned, one of them told me he had something
to tell me. He said, ‘Mama we went for training.
Mama, I swear, our guns have already arrived in
Maiduguri and that included AK47s. I then asked
him where they trained and he respectfully replied,
“Mama, I will not tell you this one.”
Wakkil had called Yusuf, who confirmed that they
were planning to start a war and there was
nothing that could be done to stop them, adding
that the war would engulf everybody.
That was how the insurgents began causing
havoc. The boys in her house left and in a short
while became commanders in the Boko Haram
group.
She stated that she had visited the insurgents
several times at different locations in the bush
and she used to take food and drugs to them,
which were their major requirements.
Asked if she had ever told the insurgents to
accept an amnesty, she replied: “Yes, I have been
doing that right from day one. In the beginning,
they were telling me that, ‘Mama, we don’t like
this thing that is happening to us. We are sure
something is wrong somewhere. If government
can call us and ask us, we shall tell them
everything. Let government dialogue with us and
tell us how to stop all these things and we will
stop.
“But as time went on, they started talking
negative of government. They were saying
government was no more doing this and that.
One of them told me, ‘Mama, the ocean we are
swimming in is very deep. This thing has
graduated from the Jama’atul Ahlil Sunnah into
something else. The big men in Nigeria know
what I am saying. Such people will not allow
peace to emerge because they have their
interests .’”
On whether the insurgents would accept an
amnesty, she said: “Let me ask you this question;
are they not human beings? If they are human
beings like you and I, why won’t they accept the
offer of amnesty? This administration is willing to
dialogue with them. I am sure the president
would like to ask them what happened and I am
sure the children will be willing to say it. I was
with them recently and they were asking me if the
society will be willing to forgive them. I said why
not if they will drop their arms and become good
boys. If Nigeria and Nigerians can accommodate
the OPC in the West, MASSOB in the East and the
Niger Delta militants, why won’t they
accommodate them ?”
When asked if Shekau was really dead, she
replied: “ I am sorry, I won’t answer that question.
I do not want to discuss that issue .”
Differentiating between the leadership of Yusuf
and Shekau, she said Yusuf was cool-headed,
adding: “But you should also know that they are
not responsible for all the killings. Some of the
killings are politically motivated while others may
be for economic reasons. When finally there is
peace and the boys come into the open, Nigerians
will hear from them. They will tell the world who
and who were sending them to do what.”

Source: https://www.naij.com/522260-boko-haram-told-govt-big-men-nigeria-barr-aisha-opens.html

And there is no Carol King on this list? Guess d op didn't watch edge of paradise, everyday people, tinsel, and some others I can't remember, to me, that women is number 1

So he has been receiving loans and I wonder where he has been spending d money on. I know edo state have a somehow good reputation, esp when u v never been there, cos I thought it is one of best States too, but living here for some months has opened my eyes. Edo state has got d worst educational system have ever seen or heard of in the south, can't wait to leave cos this place really sucks... Now I mean d govt

Ddonoflife:
guess av learnt smetin today..tnx

I kinda like what u did there, that's a matured response, quite unusual.

A cleric from Oyo state urged Nigerians to be patient with President Muhammadu Buhari over the delay in appointing the new ministers and taking other crucial decisions. Moses Kasali of Mercy of Prayer Ministry, Ibadan, made the call on Saturday, July 25, addressing the congregation in the capital of Oyo state. He expressed optimism that the president would pick the new ministers within the first 100 days of his administration (by September 6, 2015). Kasali noted that Buhari should not be tagged as ‘Baba Go Slow’, said the leader of the country was analysing the situation to ensure nomination and appointment of the most competent and reliable politicians available. The cleric emphasised on the importance of transferring the key ministries and parastatals into the right hands. Kasali said the situation with the National Assembly leadership was a step backwards from ‘change’, reminded him of the ‘old order’. Previously, President Buhari was defended by his own political kinsmen. First of all, Malam Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesperson, commented on the issue of #BabaGoSlow hashtag, said Buhari had to deal with the ‘mess’ left by the previous administration. Secondly, John Odigie-Oyegun, the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, stated that Buhari was taking deliberate steps to make Nigeria a better country, dismissed all the ‘Baba go slow’ jokes and insinuations. Finally, the president reacted to ‘Baba go slow’ personally, during his official visit to the USA, said he intended to “go slow and steady”.
Source: www.naij.com/498970-stop-calling-buhari-baba-go-slow-cleric.html

lative:
seriously y don't girls start paying on dates

seriously, taking a guy out on a date is one of my greatest fantasies. u know all those things a guy do on a date? pick d girl, pay d bills, take her home. but then, that will b with someone I know who of cos has done it and will still do it again

importexpert:
doctors says reading this can result to intense fever. i dont know how true it is but i dont want to take chances

lolx. that essay may contain a story that can change a life u know

this is an essay written by a SS2 student.
if u can read it, decode the topic or maybe tell what she is trying to say, then you are incredibly brilliant.

and I just made front page? mehn...this week will b great

Lolx. Cant stop laughing. This opinion, so so wrong. Not about then course at all, but then dept, lecturers in a dept and their mindset about grades.

Blessinzy:
whats going on now? children having canal knowledge has dominated every where. is the world coming to an end?

The world is obviously coming to an end o

Twenty-seven years after the brutal murder by a
parcel bomb of the journalist Dele Giwa, the fog
surrounding those behind his death has been
substantially cleared by 70-year-old Major Debo
Basorun (retd.), former Chief Press Secretary to
ex-military President Ibrahim Babangida. In an
interview published this morning in National
Mirror, Basorun was asked: “Are you saying
categorically that it was Babangida who ordered
the killing of Dele Giwa?” His answer: “Yes, yes
and yes.”
The septuagenarian had yesterday broken down in
tears as he recalled Giwa’s dastardly murder
during the launch in Lagos of his book, ‘Honour
for Sale: An Inside Account of the Murder of Dele
Giwa’.
In the explosive interview, Basorun also accused
his erstwhile boss of bringing corruption to the
highest level in the country and of committing a
lot of atrocities. Please read on:
Question: What informed your decision to write a
book about some salient events in the nation’s
history?
Immediately I left this country for exile in United
States of America in 1989, I gathered all the
materials for the book. I started making jottings
on long hand. By 1994 the book was ready and
the transcript was given to Prof. Wole Soyinka
during the NADECO struggles. But for one reason
or the other, I could not put it through
Why did you go on exile?
I had to run when my life was in danger. I was
then the Chief Press Secretary to General Ibrahim
Babangida, the former Head of State. Since I
know some facts surrounding the death of Dele
Giwa, the government was uncomfortable with
me, therefore they were looking for how to
eliminate me.
Babangida’s government was involved in the
planning and assassination of Dele Giwa. And
because I was privy to that information, the
government was unhappy, unsettled; it was jittery
and wanted to get rid of me. It suspected that I
could say the truth. When I saw the handwriting
on the wall and between life and death, I ran for
my life. I had to escape from the country after I
took them to court. I was the only principal
officer serving that will take the government to
court.
Despite several injunctions, at the Lagos High
Court, the military government then just refused
to come to the court to present their side of the
story. The court said they should leave me alone,
but they were hunting for me everywhere and
since my life was no longer safe, I had to leave.
What are the salient facts that you have in your
custody that made you think the government was
looking for you?
These facts are hidden in the book and if you get
a copy, you will see the intrigue that was woven
round the killing of Dele Giwa. You will see the
role certain characters played in the murder. I
was even induced with money, but I refused, that
was the time I had to run away. Now I believe it
is better to state the fact the way it was no
matter whose ox is gored. It is better to run
away than to collect money from the devil.
Are you saying categorically that it was
Babangida who ordered the killing of Dele Giwa?
Yes, yes and yes.
What about the involvement of Cols. Haliru Akilu
and A. K. Togun?
Yes, these guys were in the military intelligence.
They were all involved. If there is any dirty job to
be done, the military intelligence would do it. I am
a dramatic personae in that unit, therefore there
is nothing they are doing that I would not know.
The bitter truth is that Dele Giwa was killed by
the Babangida regime. The whole thing was
surrounded by mystery of our government. It is
unfortunate that nobody has been brought to
book.
Are you not afraid of your life now that all those
you implicated in your book are still alive?
That was then that I used to fear, I am old
enough to die now. That is the reason why I
wrote this book, ‘Honour for Sale’. If eventually it
leads to my death, I have no regrets. Why did
they tag you a rebel while in the army, especially
on the issue of a strong memo you wrote to your
superior officer. What happened then?
That was when I was in the army. The issue that
forced me out into exile was that Babangida was
the President. There were two different scenarios
here. One of the things that endeared Babangida
to so many troops was his sense of fairness and
sense of accommodating, no matter where you
come from. After I became his spokesperson in
the army, I realised that most of our gadgets in
the army had inscriptions written on them in
Arabic.
Despite the fact that I was a Muslim, I found it
offensive that English was our lingua franca and
that those things ought to have been written in
English. I raised a memo and sent to him. He did
not want to act on it, when Akilu, who was the
Director of Military Intelligence got wind of it, he
was bitter with me. He called me all sorts of
names and came to accuse me for initiating such
a memo.
Was there any sinister move from Akilu over what
you did?
He was just harassing me, but Babangida
shielded me, and told me that I should lie low.
There was a time he told me that I should not
mind him. I was doing a good job and the image
of the army, which had been battered, was being
restored gradually.
Don’t you think that the society will blame you for
concealing such information you are divulging
now for many years?
No; they will not, against the backdrop of what
went wrong then. I knew why I went to court and
refused to be posted to where they can kill me.
There was a precedent, they have killed people in
that unit before and nothing happened, therefore I
didn’t want to be killed. If I did not have my
facts, I will not go to court. That was why they
muzzled everybody including the court. They were
very powerful and there was nothing they could
not do.
Was that the reason why all the cases of glaring
assassinations the country have been witnessing
after the killing of Dele Giwa cannot be traced?
It is only now that the police investigate cases of
assassination and other organised crimes. Those
days, the police cannot investigate anything. In
fact, during the time of Babangida, the police was
just a toothless bull dog. They were just there at
the beck and call of the powers that be, then and
there was nothing the rank and file could do.
Is it true that the IBB you know can do anything
to bribe his way out of any situation?
I can tell you authoritatively that Babangida was a
corrupt man. He was very corrupt. Several times,
I had collected bribe for him. I am not claiming to
be a saint, because I was a part of that
government.
It is ‘obey the last order’ in the military. I know
bribery is not good, but it was a military
assignment that you must carry out; it is a duty
that you must do. If the society wants to blame
me for that, I will take up the blame. IBB
introduced a new dimension to corruption in
Nigeria on a large scale.
Recently the same IBB came out to condemn
corruption in the country, how do you react to
that?
It is very unfortunate that he, who took
corruption to the highest level, could do so. Every
Head of State in this country, apart from Muritala
Mohammed and Muhammadu Buhari, were all
corrupt.
The idea behind the book is just to call on
Nigerians that they should not allow impunity to
continue, enough is enough. After Dele Giwa, a lot
of people, including journalists have been killed by
the powers that be, yet nobody has unravelled the
killings. What that is telling us is that the media
is not doing enough to come out with such
investigative stories, one day nobody knows who
could come next as their target.
That is the challenge I pose to them now; let
them come and kill me. I no longer fear for my
life. I am old enough to die now if that is the
sacrifice to pay for telling the truth and exposing
all the hidden facts in our past brutal political
history. I don’t want to go to my grave with this
heavy load on my chest, today I have children and
grandchildren, so if death comes now, I have left
a legacy for the next generation to ponder on.
They offered me money to keep quiet, but I
refused, knowing full well that a day like this will
come.
In 2010, Babangida wanted to use the Chief of
Army Staff as they came up with spurious charge
that cannot withstand the test of time against me
that I stole money in the army. I took them to
court, but they could not defend it.
After that all other Chiefs of Army Staff who had
sat on that chair realised that the issue was a
political one and decided not to dabble into it.
They did not want to dabble into it for the fear
that a day like this may come where all the
hidden facts will be in the open. They did all that
could be done to rubbish my image and harass
me publicly but it all failed.
Was there any specific attempt on your life in the
course of this crisis?
When I was in exile, Babangida wanted to
eliminate me, but all his attempts failed. He used
the Nigerian Embassy in America to prosecute all
these atrocities, he even got in touch with some
corrupt US agencies to do the shady deal for him,
but all failed. I was forced to go to court there
before I was vindicated. Babangida was afraid of
this day, when all his misdeeds of the past would
be laid bare in the open to the public through my
book.
As an insider, do you believe that there were few
cabals that were controlling the destiny of this
country?
Yes, Babangida is one of them. Let me tell you
the bitter truth: all those who have been
controlling the political power of this country are
few cliques who are re-cycling themselves, either
military or civilian. Most of them are in
government by proxy; all their agents are in
government.
Let me give you an example, there are some
people, who were with me in Dodan Barracks and
who are still in the present government. For us to
move forward, let all the old brigade hands off,
including myself. Let the young people take over
the reins of power and run it. With all these dead
woods around, former this and former that, we
are not going to get anywhere.
Would you say we need revolution to make things
right?
Revolution is the last resort. Yes things are not
going as it ought to go, but Nigerians can endure
a lot, however there is limit to human endurance.
When Nigerians are pressed to the wall, revolution
will come naturally. The handwriting is clearly on
the wall.

Source: https://pottergrind./2013/11/24/yes-babangida-killed-dele-giwa-major-debo-basorun-rtd/

See d statement of d brother... Asking for forgiveness cos he needs money to treat hi. Self and pay rent, nawa o

I so agree with d Op (pls what does Op mean?), I really looked forward to watching the movie but at d end I was like 'where is 30 days in atlanta'
?

Can say uniilorin brought me to nairaland, can remember back then in 2008, was hoping to get admission into d school, passed post jamb so was quite hopeful. Wanted to check d list, but their site was so congested, then someone at a cafe told us it has been uploaded on nairaland, still could not check d list then but decided to register anyway. But can count how many times have been here till 2 months ago when I became a lil active. But now, I think I need help cos am so addicted, can spend hours reading comments and even my friends are complaining, don't blame me, Lotta crazy people here lolx

Can remember the first time I saw this guy on t.v hosting a reality show, the next movie star or something, though kinda odd for a guy, I loved his long natural hair and I can say he made me watch d show till d end. But how that cute guy turned to this crazy dude beat me. I know he got Lotta feminine thing, but not this madness. Can someone pls tell him he is now so ugly?

When he was formed from the earth, he was given dominion over all that was created, and then she was created to be his Helper, a co-dominator, but then he sinned, and then things he was dominating over began to dominate him, so he began to use his power to dominate over his help meet, his Co-dominator, after all, she is the weaker vessel (forgetting he turned against her cos he is weak).

She was created his help meet, of cos with the power, strength and boldness to conquer with him. She was made soft at heart, yet strong at d same time, but she too was deceived, so instead of using all she was endowed with to help the man, she uses them to fight him, to compete with him, forgetting that no matter how much she fight, she can never be him, cos she was not even made to be him.