₦airaland Forum

eggheaders: whichever way the igbos choose to vote is their concern. but what is so glaring like day light is the guy isn't performing and we gonna show him the road to otueke. I will be waiting on how is gonna win without the vote from the southwest and the north. the ngf election disgrace should be a prelude for him, his bandwagon of clowns that lick his black crow crow infested a55 for peanuts. y'all better go dust your certificate and hit the labour market or you guys wanna go pick up net with the clueless drunkard when he finally pick up is true calling of fishing the waters of the creek.

Remember that you have only but one vote that may not even counted

Fashola ticket dead on arrival

School children: UN calls for feeding agenda

“School feeding assures that where quality education is available, children are able to take advantage of the opportunity to learn. It is an investment that pays off in the future with better-educated, stronger and healthier adults.

“It is also a critical safety net to prevent the most vulnerable from suffering in times of crisis," the report quoted the Executive Director of WFP, Ertharin Cousin as saying.

The report also quoted lead author, Carmen Burbano as saying that “during the food and fuel crises in 2008, many governments struggled to protect the most vulnerable from hunger and looked to school meals to achieve that.

“In the current recession, even wealthy nations are examining how school meals can prevent families sliding deeper into poverty and hunger."

WFP had been operating school meals programmes in developing countries for almost 50 years.

In 2012, the agency provided meals or nutritious snacks in school for 24.7 million children in 63 countries.

This included take-home rations for 1.3 million girls and 500,000 boys, providing an incentive for poor families to keep their children in class.

The Un will celebrate Children’s Day on 27 May.

VC why nah?

@mod please move this thread to fp, i need matured advice

Raymondenyi: Hello my dear, most times d tins we need re just on our hands n corridors, click on my blog below n go read somethings abouh acne(pimples)

Waiting you de smoke? I de talk about pimples and you are talking another thing unrelated to the topic

I have suffered from pimple for more than 15 years. It started when i was in secondary school (16yrs then) I used to get small spots but now I seem to get large bumps (mostly on my forehead and cheeks)

Sometimes they are like large hard bumps they stay on my face for weeks. It has become continuous when one goes another will appear.
I have tried almost every cream but none seem to work.
Now that I'm 30 i hoped that my pimples will be on his way out but it refuses
I'm tired of this sickness....
Matured advice please

Islamists groups have claimed responsibility for twin suicide car bombings on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger, Nigeria’s northern neighbour, in which at least 20 people died, in retaliation for the country’s military involvement in neighbouring Mali.

The attacks on Thursday came just four months after Al-Qaeda linked militants seized a desert gas plant in neighbouring Algeria in a siege that left 38 hostages dead, also in retaliation against the intervention in Mali.

“Everybody has been subdued, the operation is over,” Niger’s Defence Minister Mahamadou Karidjo told AFP late Thursday, several hours after the attacks, the first of their kind in the impoverished former French colony.

The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), one of the Islamist groups that seized control of northern Mali last year before being driven out by French-led troops, claimed the near simultaneous bombings at the Agadez army base and a uranium mine in northern Arlit.

“Thanks to Allah, we have carried out two operations against the enemies of Islam in Niger,” MUJAO spokesman Abu Walid Sahraoui told AFP.

“We attacked France and Niger for its cooperation with France in the war against sharia (Islamic law),” he said after the attacks.

Later a spokesman for Mokhtar Belmokhtar said the Algerian Jihadist commander had “supervised” the suicide bombings in conjunction with MUJAO.

“It was Belmokhtar himself who supervised the operational plans of attacks” on the Agadez army base and the uranium mine, El-Hassen Ould Khalil, spokesman for Belmokhtar’s “Signatories in Blood” group, was quoted as saying by a Mauritanian news agency.

He said the near-simultaneous bombings “targeted elite French forces” who were providing security at the uranium mine in northern Arlit that is majority-owned by France’s Areva.

French President Francois Hollande vowed to help Niger “destroy” the militants and a Niger security said French special forces were involved in efforts to end the assault.

The first car bomb went off at dawn Thursday at the army base in Agadez, the largest city in mostly desert northern Niger.

Eighteen soldiers and a civilian were killed along with four attackers at the army base, Interior Minister Abdou Labo said.

About 30 minutes after the first attack, a suicide bomber blew up a car at the Somair uranium mine and processing facility as employees reported for work at the site.

Areva said one person was killed at the mine located some 250 kilometres (150 miles) north of Agadez, but did not identify the victim. It added that 14 others were wounded.

An employee told AFP that “a man in military uniform driving a four-by-four packed with explosives mixed in with the Somair workers and blew up his vehicle in front of the power station at the uranium treatment facility.”

“Company managers told us the suicide bomber was killed in the explosion,” he said.

A source at Areva in Niamey added that “the damage had forced the closure” of the uranium plant.

Somair is 64-percent owned by Areva and 36-percent owned by the state of Niger.


Fighters of the Islamist-Jihadists: terror strikes in Niger.

Areva, the world’s second-largest uranium producer, condemned the blast as a “terrorist attack” on its website and said Niger’s authorities had stepped up security measures at its facilities.

Islamist groups have carried out several kidnappings in Niger in recent years, especially in the north.

Areva’s Arlit operation has been targeted by Islamist groups before. In September 2010, seven employees of Areva and a subcontractor were abducted by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) at the site. Four Frenchmen are still being held by their kidnappers.

Areva extracts more than a third of its uranium Niger and has operated there for more than 40 years.

The European Union as well as Algeria, which suffered its own deadly attack by Islamists at a gas plant in January, both strongly condemned the Niger bombings.

The United States, which has drones based in Niger to carry out surveillance missions in support of the Mali intervention, also condemned the attacks and called for the hostages’ release.

The Niger government has declared three days of mourning for the victims.

Niger is part of the African-led Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA), a regional military mission launched to help reclaim northern Mali from AQIM and two allied Islamist groups that seized the vast desert territory in the chaotic aftermath of a March 2012 military coup.

French troops have so far led the operation against the Islamists, which was launched in January and has pushed the radicals from the territory they had brutally ruled.

http://.mobi/output.php?id=9132

IMSU is besieged with so
many problems, most
prominent among them is its
location. The state capital in
which it is located is
saturated with all the five or
so tertiary academic
institutions in the state
located in and around it.
IMSU’s teaching hospital at
Orlu admits just a few
students a year, hence must
not be equated to a full
university that admits more
than a thousand candidates a
year. The standard of education there like every other Naija university is poor (very POOR)

IMSU

Any confirmation from imsu

The management of Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri has expelled about 60 students of the institution including those in final year for making below 1.00 grade points.

Those who made above 1.00 but below 1.5 grade points for the 2011/ 2012 session were asked to repeat.

The acting Vice Chancellor of IMSU, Professor Ukachukwu Aloysius Awuzie said the Senate of the Institution initiated the measure in order to encourage seriousness.

Professor Awuzie explained that they want to be sure that Imo State University Owerri regained its position as one of the best universities in the country.

He said the society will not be better if schools continue to graduate students who cannot defend their certificates.

Some students commended the authority for the new policy and stressed that the leadership of Professor Awuzie and students of Imo State University must work hard to learn and merit their certificates.

The students argued that the notice came too late as the institution had started exams.

They maintained that the school’s management should rescind the decision and allow everybody to continue; stating that it was at the detriment of any student who graduates with poor result.
http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/05/23/60-students-of-imo-state-university-expelled-over-poor-grades/

Governor Sullivan Chime of the eastern Nigerian state of Enugu was conspicuously missing on Thursday at the burial rites for the literary icon, Chinua Achebe in the neighbouring Anambra state.

The Governor did not also attend the Church service and the burial in Achebe’s family compound in Ogidi, setting tongues wagging about his health.

On the same day, Chime, battling with cancer of the nose, also sent his commissioner for health to represent him at an event in Nsukka, where the council launched maternal and new born health week.
http://.mobi/output.php?id=9128

Yoruba and bad news this days the other day was 4 Yoruba guys selling human parts
https://www.nairaland.com/1298238/human-parts-available-live-human
British/Nigeria/Yoruba terrorist hacked unarmed soldier
Him papa must be product of awa free education

Babafad: The Brits are idiots, and this is why they will continue to struggle with issues like this.

When all those Anglo Nigerians won medals during last year's Olympics for the UK, there was no mention of or reference to the athletes Nigerian heritage. Now this terrible incident has happened and all of a sudden, we hear about UK born Nigerians!

We have cretins like Bimbo Roberts Folayan (head of CANUK - Central Association of Nigerians in the UK), who is only good at attending functions at the Nigerian High Commission and posing for photographs with visiting FG personnel. What has he done/said about this, with a view to disassociating Nigerians from this backhand from the UK media?? The bobo is an absolute idiot.

https://canuk.org.uk/media/1865/bimbofolayanhomepagepic.jpg
BIMBO ROBERTS FOLAYAN

The Nigerian High Commission in the UK what have they done?? Muslim orgs have come out in force to disassociate themselves from what happened, but our guys have kept their heads down.......shame on them.

LOL on "Muslim orgs disassociate themselves" disassociating themselves on what?

Hey!! Hold it there! the man in question is a Nigeria a Yoruba by tribe. Una wan join our heads with Oyibo people abi?

BY EVELYN USMAN
LAGOS — Operatives at the Ogun State Criminal Investigation Department, Elewe-Eran, have arrested a 25- year-old man who allegedly raped and stabbed his girlfriend to death in her parents’ apartment in Ogijo area close to Ikorodu.

The suspect, Anuoluwapo Akinloye, a bricklayer,  who admitted to have committed the act, told Vanguard that he did it out of jealousy and fear of losing his girlfriend, Rafiat Akinyemi.

According to him; “when I met her, I told her I would marry her and she agreed. Along the line, she told me she would only marry me if I convert to Islam which I did.

“I started going to the mosque and observing the monthly fast. I even changed my name to Ismail and also applied for a post in the security department of the mosque I was worshiping just to please her.

“In the process I was disowned by my parents for converting to Islam. But I never cared because I loved her.

“Then, all of a sudden, she called to say she was no longer interested in me. When I demanded to know why, she did not give any reason. I begged her but she did not yield. I thought perhaps she  had found someone richer than me.

“But then, I told her she would not have made me go through the pain of conversion which resulted in my being neglected by my parents.

“So, two weeks ago,  at about 8.30 am, I went to her house where I met her sweeping. She told me to leave and I got angry. In the process I stabbed her.”

Asked where he got the weapon used to stab her, he said he took it with him from home.

Suspected cultist

But the rumour making the rounds in Ogijo is that the suspect is a cultist. Vanguard also gathered that the deceased decided to call off the relationship on realizsing that her boyfriend was a cultist.

A resident of Ogijo told Vanguard:  “Anuoluwapo had threatened to kill Rafiat, saying if he could not have her, no other person would.

“Some of his friends who came here after the incident said they had cautioned him to leave her alone since she was not the only lady around.”

“On that day, he came when Rafiat’s mother had gone out. After committing the act, he shut the door, leaving her to bleed to death.

“Had anyone being aware, perhaps, Rafit could have survived the attack. But it wasn’t until 2pm, after her mother came back that she found her in the pool of her blood stone dead,” the resident who simply gave her name as Modinat said.

Although it was gathered that  the assailant visited Rafiat’s home in the company of  two other persons. But when confronted, he told vanguard he went there alone.

The Ogun State Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Akinjobi who confirmed the incident, said the suspect would soon be charged to court.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/jilted-lover-rapes-stabs-girlfriend-to-death/

Apart from Boko Haram insurgents, other trouble makers threatening the peace of this country are the Fulani cattle rearers. They move with their cattle from state to state wreaking havoc. And worse still, they do not respect the borders of nations. If it were just a matter of seeking pasture alone without inflicting deaths and mayhem, it would not have provoked any reaction. Rather, they drive their cattle beyond grasslands to invade farmlands where their cows, unable to distinguish between crop and grass, munch whatever comes their way like combined harvesters.

One of the states that have felt this invasion is Benue, especially Agatu, Guma, Gwer West and Makurdi local government areas. Like invading Mongols, the Fulani ceaselessly attack the farmers in the areas, who have the cheek to complain about their crops eaten up or trampled under feet by cows.

At least 400 persons, including women and children, have, in the past 14 weeks, been murdered when Fulani cattle herders invaded and rendered over 42 communities desolate. One of the most gruesome attacks occurred on 12 May, 2013 when the Fulani herdsmen gunned down more than 47 mourners at Okpachanyi village in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue state while carrying out the burial rites of two police officers killed recently by Ombatse cult in Nasarawa State. This prompted Governor Gabriel Suswam to summon a security council meeting, saying that soldiers and police officers have been deployed in all the affected communities and villages in order to stem the repeated attacks which are taking a dangerous dimension.

Benue State Deputy, Chief Steven Lawani, also lamented that the attack was beyond imagination: villages and communities were sacked, women and children have been rendered homeless because their homes were burnt and destroyed, adding that it is sad that today, human life seemed not to be appreciated anymore unlike what was obtainable in the past when the death of an individual elicits a lot of lamentations among the people.

In December last year, the border town of Oja-Odan in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State was invaded by some Fulani herdsmen who killed a farmer and injured dozens of others. The farmer, Agbaose Sewotan, was killed because he complained against the invasion of his farm. His elder brother, Mr. Oluwole Sewontan, bemoaned: "This is not the first time that our people were slaughtered like cows on our own soil with impunity. My dear brother was killed simply because he protested the invasion of his farmland by the herdsmen." He added that at least 40 people were killed over the years "and our law enforcement agencies have not been able to bring the culprits to book."

States such as Oyo, Kwara, Kogi, Ekiti, Cross River, Edo, the northern fringes of which lie by the Savannah region of Nigeria, have tasted this bitter pill administered by the herdsmen. We submit that the Federal Government should consider this as much a threat to national security as it takes the Boko Haram and kidnappers. The belief that an ethnic group has right to cross cities, states and borders to destroy crops with the owners having no right to complain should stop.

The states and federal ministries of agriculture must come out with a deliberate policy to carve out grasslands solely for foraging in different states of the federation so that the farmers and cattle rearers must know their boundaries. If the two tiers of government must go and study how other countries that practice animal husbandry, it is okay.

The Nigerian security agencies must come up with an effective system of monitoring the unruly herdsmen to stop the death and destruction they cause wherever they go.
http://.mobi/output.php?id=9021

Yoruba actress, Bimbo Thomas, tells BAYO ADETU about her journey to the movie industry, her relationship and why many marriages in the industry fail
Follow the link
http://.mobi/output.php?id=8978

4 die,10 injured as rival youths clash in Anambra

BY OKONKWO EZE
ONITSHA — No fewer than four persons were feared dead, yesterday, while 10 others sustained various degrees of injury when two rival youth groups suspected to have come from Ogbaru Area Council of Anambra State engaged themselves in a bloody clash.

The face-off, according to the source, was over the control and ownership of a motor park known as Aba Park located in the heart of Upper Iweka in the commercial city of Onitsha, along the ever-busy Onitsha-Owerri Road.

Also, property worth millions of naira, including vehicles and shops, were reportedly damaged during the clash which resulted in traders at the Ogbaru Relief Market shutting their shops to protect their lives and wares.

Trouble was said to have started when one of the warring factions allegedly stormed the park early in the morning to forcefully take over its control.

On arrival, the source stated, the other faction attempted to bar their rival from entering the park but in an apparent move to force themselves in, both factions clashed.

While the clash lasted, during which machetes and other dangerous weapons were freely used. Those that died were said to have had their skulls ripped opened.

Confirming the incident, yesterday, in a telephone chat,Police Area Commander for Onitsha, Benjamin Wordu, an Assistant Commissioner of Police put the casualty at only two while the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) said he was aware of only one casualty, adding that the police were already on top of the situation.

Reacting to the bloody clash, the Association of Igbo Youths Organisation, AIYO, warned that it would no longer tolerate incessant clandestine activities of militant youths from Onitsha and its environs.

Sounding the note of warning, the AIYO State Coordinator, Mr. Chukwuemeka Omeinyi Oga, added that the Igbo race would not continue to engage in wanton destruction when other tribes are developing their areas.

On the alleged discovery of flags with insignia of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) littered the scene of the clash, MASSOB’s National Director of Information, Comrade Uchenna Madu, dissociated MASSOB from the incident.

1. Nwankwo Kanu
2. Austin Okocha
3. Sunday Oliseh
4. Rashidi Yekini
5. Segun Odegbami
6. Stephen Keshi
7. Emmanuel Amuneke
8. Finidi George
9. Christian Chukwu
10. Muda lawal
11. Peter Rufai
12. Daniel Amokachi
13. Taribo West
14. Uche Okechukwu
15. Teslim “Thunder”Balogun
16. Victor Ikpeba
17. Samson Siasia
18. Adokiye Amiesimaka
19. Vincent Enyeama
20. Celestine Babayaro
21. Thomson Usiyan
22. Taiye ‘Taiwo
23. Henry Nwosu
24. Emmanuel Okala
25. Felix Owolabi
26. Haruna Ilerika
27. Joseph Yobo
28. Aloysius Atuegbu
29. Richard Owubokiri
30. Elkanah Onyeali
31. Patrick Ekeji
32. Best Ogedengbe
33. Bright Omokaro
34. Peter Anieke
35. Yisa Shofoluwe
36. Ben Iroha
37. Julius Aghahowa
38. Osaze Odemwingie
39. Albert Onyeawuna
40. Augustine Eguavoen
41. Yisa Shofoluwe
42. Obafemi Martins
43. Yakubu Aiyegbeni
44. Tijani Babangida
45. Tony Igwe
46. John Obi Mikel
47. Sam Garba Okoye
48. Friday Okoh
49. Etim Esin
50. Dan Anyiam

Do you agree? Please leave a comment

Football,
also known
as soccer, is
one of the
most popular games in the
world. It is especially a hot
favorite amongst the people in
the western countries. Be it
kids or adults, everyone enjoys
playing as well as watching
this highly energetic game. The
popularity of soccer in the
western countries is so great
that players like David
Beckham and Ronaldinho have
become style icons for their
fans. These famous football
players have gone on to make
history like none other. Check
out the list of the famous
soccer players in the world.
Most Famous Soccer
Players
Pele (Brazil)
Edison Arantes do
Nascimento, a forward player
from Brazil, is popularly
known by his nickname ‘Pele’.
Pele is unforgettable name in
Brazilian football and an idol
for millions of aspiring
footballers. Born on 23
October 1940, Pele was named
as one of the 100 most
important people of the 20th
century by ‘Time Magazine’ in
1999, which speaks volumes
about his popularity in the
sport.
Diego
Maradona (Argentina)
Born on 30 October 1960,
Diego Armando Maradona is
regarded as one of greatest
footballers of all time. He has
played for Argentinos Juniors,
Boca Juniors, Barcelona,
Newell's Old Boys and Napoli.
A debutante in international
soccer at the age of sixteen,
Maradona retired from the
sport in 1994.
Kaka (Brazil)
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos
Leite, fondly known as ‘Kaka’,
is one of the most famous
Brazilian football midfielders.
He has made a number of
memorable records and is
currently playing for Real
Madrid C.F. Born on April 22
1982, Kaka started his sporting
career at the tender age of
eight.
Ronaldo (Brazil)
Born on 22nd September 1976,
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima
(popularly known as Ronaldo)
made his international debut
for Brazil, his home country, in
the year 1994. The Brazilian
striker is one of the highest
scorers in the late nineties and
early twenty-first century. He
was dubbed as ‘Athlete of the
Century’ by the International
Olympic Committee.
Ronaldinho (Brazil)
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira,
fondly known as Ronaldinho is
one of the prolific footballers of
his generation. Born on 21st
March 1980, the Brazilian
player has made memorable
records and continues to
deliver striking performance,
as an attacking midfielder.
David
Beckham (Britain)
David Robert Joseph Beckham
(in short - David Beckham) is
an English footballer, born in
England, on 2nd May 1975.
The midfielder has gained the
distinction of being the first
British footballer to play 100
Champions League matches.
Apart from gaining global
recognition in sports, Beckham
is one of the top fashion icons
and one of the priciest
advertising brand
ambassadors.
Zinedine Zidane (France)
Born on 23rd June 1972,
Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a
renowned French football
player. The attacking
midfielder took retirement
from professional football in
2006, after the FIFA World
Cup of that year. Zidane was
given the title of European
Footballer of the Year in 1998.
Other Famous Football
Players
Batistuta (Argentina)
Javier Zanetti (Argentina)
Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Pablo Aimar (Argentina)
Cafu (Brazil)
Dida (Brazil)
Rivaldo (Brazil)
Roberto (Brazil)
Bobby Moore (Britain)
Michael Owen (Britain)
Steven Gerrard (Britain)
Ryan Giggs (Britain)
Wayne Rooney (Britain)
Petr Cech (Czechoslovakia)
Dennis Bergkamp
(Netherlands)
Fabien Barthez (France)
Lilian Thuram (France)
Michel Platini (France)
Patrick Vieira (France)
Thierry Henry (France)
Bernd Schneider (Germany)
Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)
Gerd Muller (Germany)
Jens Lehman (Germany)
Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany)
Lothar Mathaus (Germany)
Michael Ballack (Germany)
Oliver Kahn (Germany)
Philipp Lahm (Germany)
Sebastian Deisler (Germany)
Stephen Keshi(Nigeria)
Kanu Nwankwo(Nigeria)
JJ Okocha(Nigeria)
Mikel Obi(Nigeria)
Victor Moses(Nigeria)
Segun Odegbami(Nigeria)
Asamoah Gyan (Ghana)
Stephen Appiah (Ghana)
Sulley Ali Muntari (Ghana)
Bhaichung Bhutia (India)
Alessandro Del Piero (Italy)
Cannavaro (Italy)
Christian (Italy)
Filippo Inzaghi (Italy)
Nesta (Italy)
Paolo Maldini (Italy)
Roberto Baggio (Italy)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Japan)
Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan)
Ji Sung Park (South Korea)
Jung Hwan Ahn (South Korea)
Freddy Adu (United States)
Mia Hamm (United States)

A little doubt they said goes a long way. Gurls believe me it can work 4 you

Gboliwe: op, you sound so much like the 'dying woman'

dying woman, why would you push me and go ahead to tell me where and how to fall? (igbo proverb) it literally means how can you tell your problem and warn us not to advice such and such? You hold the ace, play it. Deal with it

Am ain't the dying woman

Pls save the dying woman. I meet her on Internet, after reading her stores i decided to share it here on Nairaland

"Me and my boyfriend are
having problems regarding
with my past. We keep on
arguing and end up starting
a fight because of issues
happened to me before he
came in my life. I am not a
perfect person, not a
perfect girl and not a
perfect girlfriend. I have
committed some mistakes
and i have surely regretted
everything. I used to have a
wild past. I have
committed sex with
different men. When me
and him started our
relationship, he wants to
know everything about me,
he keeps on asking what
things I have done in my
life and though it feels
awkward, i answered him
the truth. He's having a
hard time to get over with
my past. He keeps on
reminding me of each one
of them, asking about what
positions, when, where and
how many times have i
committed myself with this
kind of thing. i mean
having sex. We had a
major fight last month and
I have attempted suicide
because of the pain i felt so
much in my heart. It so
happened that I searched a
guy from my past on
facebook and he knew
about it and i said a white
lie that I only saw his
account on those PEOPLE
YOU MAY KNOW.. After a
week of pain and trouble,
we got back together and
tried to work things out..
But the problem is, he felt
betrayed and he said that i
broke his trust.. He also
said that what I did is
really a big mistake
because he said, the reason
why I'm viewing the guy is
because I miss him or i
have feelings for him which
was eventually not really
true.. I want to understand
him and fix everything
about us but we can't battle
with this kind of issue
every now and then.. I love
him so much.. I really don't
know what to do.. I don't
want to take losing him or
letting him go as an option
even I have read thru the
internet lots of problems
like me and people's advice
is to let go of that person
which i can't really do. I
wish you could help me
and give me good advice
for myself and for him.. I
am totally a different
person now, i
used to drink, smoke and
flirt before.. everything
changed when he came.. I
want to be with him for the
rest of my life.. I hope i
could receive matured contribution
asap."

May his soul rest in peace