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Those videos were really entertaining 

The good thing about those songs (to me) is that the general public becomes aware of this menace of a problem taking place at our colleges. Public awareness is a good first step to bringing this utterly immoral practice to a halt.

I really loved the message that was displayed at the end of the first video - If a lecturer is coming on to you, don't give in, report it to your parents or the police. That was really cool.

Even though David might disagree with me on this, I still believe the bulk of the blame lies on the doorsteps of the lecturers. Under no circumstance should a lecturer make sexual advancements to a female student. If any young lady comes on to you, reject the advances and warn her that such behavior would not be tolerated. To me, If we really want to sanitize the system, the lecturers have to be at the forefront of this campaign. No exceptions.

_{And the girls demm in the video were really shaking their bakassi's} 

Thanks ooh 9ja4eva, because at this point, no matter how many protests or election tribunal petitions take place,

It is a given that Yar 'Adua will be sworn in as President on May 29th (Unless of course God wants otherwise).

So the best we can do right now is ask Yar 'Adua to do us proud as you have rightly stated 

I Know OBJ is doing everything possible to make sure his daughter, Iyabo, becomes the next senate president.

But it is not going to happen ! Obasanjo's adversaries are going to use her as revenge for Obasanjo's larger than life attitude during his tenure.

Mark my words, Iyabo is not going to be our next Senate President.

I thought IT auditing had something to do with accounting (and IT of course).

Well said @Dis Guy

Yar'Adua's Record as Katsina State Governor - Reuters

KATSINA, Nigeria (Reuters) - The poor farmers, camel herders and market traders of far northern Katsina state give their governor credit for new roads and schools but few are so impressed that they want him to be Nigeria's next president.


Umaru Yar'Adua, who is little-known beyond the remote expanse of semi-desert he has governed for almost eight years, emerged as the ruling party's presidential candidate last month.
This makes him the front runner to succeed President Olusegun Obasanjo at the helm of Africa's most populous country and biggest oil producer after elections in April.

Back home in Katsina, there is little enthusiasm.
"He has tried. But in my village we still have no water and no power," said Dalha Tasiu, a subsistence farmer, as he loaded jerrycans of brown water from a stagnant reservoir onto an ox-drawn cart. He was taking the water home for drinking.


Asked who he would vote for in April, Tasiu did not hesitate: "Buhari," he said.
Muhammadu Buhari, a former army dictator who is also from Katsina, is a top opposition candidate. It was much easier to find Buhari supporters than people who would vote for Yar'Adua.

Elders say this is partly because the governor is reclusive.
"He has kept to himself. People complain that they don't know him, they don't see him. He is not accessible," said Ibrahim Coomasie, a respected state elder who knows Yar'Adua.


Many Nigerians are convinced Obasanjo backed the discreet Katsina governor so he could continue to pull the strings after the elections, but Yar'Adua's supporters and critics in his home state agreed that he would be no puppet.
Opponents called him headstrong while loyalists preferred the word resolute. Civil servants said he was a micro-manager who had ultimate control over what went on in every department.

Born in 1951, Yar'Adua comes from a famous political family.
His father was a minister in the first government after independence and his older brother was number two in Obasanjo's military regime in the late 1970s. Umaru Yar'Adua was a chemistry teacher until he went into business, then politics, in the 1980s.

MIXED PICTURE

Katsina is a traditional, Muslim state and one of the poorest in Nigeria. Farmers grow millet, sorghum, or beans in tiny plots dotted around the flat, barren landscape. They live in mud-brick villages, mostly without electricity or water.
More than a quarter of children die before their fifth birthday, according to the state's statistics from 2004.

Against this backdrop, Yar'Adua's record as governor offers a mixed picture. Everyone agrees he has built new roads and added much-needed classrooms to many schools, but critics say his administration has been disappointing in other key areas.

Yar'Adua says food security is a priority for Nigeria, but his government has not delivered it to Katsina. In 2005, foreign aid workers fed thousands of severely malnourished children in emergency camps in Katsina for months during a food crisis.

Almost no irrigation projects have come to fruition, while potable water remains in short supply. Even in the state capital, the taps run dry daily and residents rely on young boys who push carts loaded with jerrycans of water from boreholes.


The Jibiya dam and reservoir were built more than 15 years ago but not a drop of water flows through the network of cement irrigation canals because there is no fuel to run the pumps.

State government officials said the dam was a federal project and therefore it was not up to them to deal with it. But local farmers said the state government should have stepped in.

VALUE FOR MONEY?

Katsina's budget grew during Yar'Adua's time, as did other state budgets, thanks to high oil prices that boosted Nigeria's export revenues. The state's projected spending in 2006 was 41.3 billion naira ($322 million), 30 percent more than in 2005.

Yar'Adua's opponents said there was not enough to show for the money spent for eight years and the priorities were wrong.

The state government headquarters, a sprawling complex of air-conditioned offices powered by generators, is the most expensive project completed by the administration to date.


The total cost was $29 million, of which $17 million was contracted to Lodigiani, a company chaired by a cousin of Yar'Adua. The top civil servant in the state ministry of works -- also a cousin of the governor -- said the contract was signed before Yar'Adua's time and he just revived it when in office.

State house of assembly members complained the government had never presented audited accounts as required by law. The state finance commissioner said these would be ready soon.


The general hospital in the state capital boasts a new dialysis unit, but health workers questioned whether this was a priority in a state facing acute problems in basic healthcare.
They said the addition was perhaps connected to Yar'Adua's own health. He suffered from a severe kidney condition a few years ago although friends say he has recovered.

Glad you made it home safely babasin.

yes, please bring us photos   fotos ooh 

and tell us about siverbird galleria (VI), palms mall (lekki), night shift coliseum (ikeja) and the osborne waterfront (ikoyi)

May be after reading all of this, the thread starter wouldn't have such cold feet about going to Nigeria

our reminiscing is doing her some good, I hope

Thanks to David, Spoilt & co on the other thread, I am thinking of Naija food badly

lol.

agege bread really rocks !  especially when it is freshly baked and moist in the inside 

it goes so well with ewa agoin no B small 

@ikamefa


Do you remember ewa agoin ? Kai that beans was D bomb I swear.

minute:
shes really making a big deal out of this naija thing ,why don't u just joko e jeje if u think u not up to it? living in nigeria wont stop u frm adjustn your attitude u kno.

No mind am jare

davidylan:
Mobil came out with a seal that made it easy to detect the fake from the original. My brothers and i became very proficient at sniffing the original out. Baygon was more difficult to detect.

LMAO Living in Lagos makes one very vigilant I swear. No suegbe can survive that place

I became very proficient too because my dad would get on my case seriously for buying the fake one.

buy fake = No allowance to buy stuff at tejuoso and idumota markets

spoilt:
@gnature
how can you forget sheltox? cool down.

davidylan:
Baygon, Raid, Mobil e.t.c.

Thanks so much people.

Do you remember having to look out for the fake ones

Miss that country like crazy

spoilt:
i actually miss the mosquito bites sometimes.
im just kidding!

lol.

It's no big deal, You get used to it ! Our dad made us spray our room _{(wetin be the mosquito spray brand name again ?)} thoroughly before we went to bed.

Plus, we drank agboo    and we all survived.

My grand dad lived till 88 with all the mosquito, so wtf

_{miss ikamefa, e kaa le oo. hope all is well}  

alright then, back to the topic  


I just think the girl that created this thread has read too much into the africa portrayed by the western media. All they show are ghettos and mudhouses (as we all know), but my thinking is, she should know better because her parents are Nigerians.

If I had a kid here that hasn't been back home, I 'll let them know what the deal is; we have our nice parts of town too. All this stuff about mosquito and stuff ? Come on, her parents ought to have brought her up to speed about all that.

It's really a tough call. But I agree with Sisimose, I think this lady should think it over and not just dump the guy.

Perhaps postpone the engagement and wait for a couple of months to see how she feels about the whole situation before making a final decision regarding marriage.

davidylan:
GNature, don't push it. Leave women to their intrigues.
We guys can do whatever we like with each other and give ourselves a high 5 over drinks later. Women are another kettle of fish entirely.

Oh and back to the topic.

True Talk my brother

davidylan:
maybe maybe not. Perhaps you have a point there. We shall resolve our history someday. She has run away just when it was time to call for a truce.  

But spoilt has a point. American presidents did not attend a special school of political science dedicated for future presidents. Economists, soldiers, lawyers have all ruled the USA at one point and performed well.

David, I am not disagreeing with the president/political science point spoilt made. Not at all.  It's the fact that she called Red_Lips 'not exposed' and her post "ignorant" that I am objecting.

But it seems spoilt's demeanor towards Red_Lips is actually beyond the bounds of this thread, I think there is some history here too. So, I am leaving this one alone (for the heifers)  

spoilt:
my post came after reading her ignorant post. i didnt just fabricate stuff from thin air!

@spolit

Na waa ooh, it seems you just don't like Red_lips, so I am not getting caught up in the middle of unaa heifer fight/rivalry

but david, you have a history with red_lips (from different threads).

Spolit's rude comment came out of no where, it was totally unwarranted.

@spolit

I just thought you didn't have to mention that she needs exposure just because you had a different point of view from hers. I see a lot of this on nairaland and it just shows immaturity.

anyway, back to topic.

spoilt:
what is this girl talking? last time i checked the constitution anyone could be president irrespective of course of study.its not a right of political science university degree holders. it may come as big shocking news to you. also all your blah blah about reading one course and working in a different capacity is crazy. we have people switching professions all over the world everyday.its allowed. your uncle applied to the bank by choice honey.
in describing to her how bad nigeria is, you need to get better arguments that really make sense. 
i really don't know where jewyork is but girl you need more exposure to put out better arguments.

spoilt, you don't have to be this rude to @Red_lips to put your point across. Nothing she has written so far warrants this degree of rudeness. Haba !

He once lectured at a polytechnic with his Masters degree. May be that's what was being referred to.

Silverbird Galleria (Cinema) Victoria Island

Exterior and Interior pictures

Anita Baker - priceless

@choongtin

How is it you only heard about the mosquito, electricity and kidnappings ? Nigeria is rich in culture, if anything, going to Nigeria would make you have a good sense of your heritage and like you have been told, there are lots of folks in Nigeria living better than you are in the UK. You'll be fine in Nigeria as long as your caretakers are not seriously deprived of money (as is the case anywhere in the world).

Come on, the woman is just a comedian jare. She doesn't mean it literally.

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