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Eziachi:
I have a relative that use to visit us, don't dare watch a football match with him. Because your neighbours might call the police thinking, there is a domestic violence going on with the way he will analyse every move with his voice booming/shouting.
He will slam, kick anything around, including you.
Then if his team scores, God help you! The last straw, was while travelling with my wife once on the train to London from Surrey and my relative took a phone call from home on the train.
He was shouting so much in a packed train that my wife came off the next station with embarrasment and the funny things was he couldn't see what the fuss was about.

Hahaha, Real Nigerian, j/k

Eziachi:
Great point- One of the guest on this progamme this morning infact nearly knocked off the hat on his head with his own aggression, waving his hands all over. They kept interrupting butting into each other and I kept saying, calm down guys, without knowing that my wife stood right behind me and she joked: "I don't think they can hear you hear you dear" I responded with a sheepish smile all because I was embarrassed.

My Uncle screams on the phone especially He talks to anyone from Nigeria, and I wonder why, lol,

rip,

Is Osigwe an Igbo or Edo name? Read an article of an Edo guy with the name.
Maybe I will post it once I find it.

Wow!! wow!! wow!!! wow!!!!
Venom upon venom just for Keke, Hahaha
Never new He was hated this much,

Nice cartoon Grafi,

Naira or Dollars?
He would probably spend 6months in jail if found guilty and smile back to his remains of his loot.

I have always admired the transperent nature of Norway,
A very rich country but quiet unlike Nigeria with a lot gragra,

jamace:
Another version of accidental discharge by a policeman. Na wa o!

rebranded:
I'm sure it can't be more than 50-100m

Is that low or high key?

Seventeen lost pyramids are among the buildings identified in a new satellite survey of Egypt.

More than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 ancient settlements were also revealed by looking at infra-red images which show up underground buildings.

Initial excavations have already confirmed some of the findings, including two suspected pyramids.

The work has been pioneered at the University of Alabama at Birmingham by US Egyptologist Dr Sarah Parcak.

An infra-red satellite image shows a buried pyramid, located in the centre of the highlight box.
She says she was amazed at how much she and her team has found.

"We were very intensely doing this research for over a year. I could see the data as it was emerging, but for me the "Aha!" moment was when I could step back and look at everything that we'd found and I couldn't believe we could locate so many sites all over Egypt.

"To excavate a pyramid is the dream of every archaeologist," she said.

The team analysed images from satellites orbiting 700km above the earth, equipped with cameras so powerful they can pin-point objects less than 1m in diameter on the earth's surface.

Infra-red imaging was used to highlight different materials under the surface.

Test excavations

Ancient Egyptians built their houses and structures out of mud brick, which is much denser than the soil that surrounds it, so the shapes of houses, temples and tombs can be seen.

"It just shows us how easy it is to underestimate both the size and scale of past human settlements," says Dr Parcak.

And she believes there are more antiquities to be discovered:

"These are just the sites [close to] the surface. There are many thousands of additional sites that the Nile has covered over with silt. This is just the beginning of this kind of work."

BBC cameras followed Dr Parcak on her "nervous" journey when she travelled to Egypt to see if excavations could back up what her technology could see under the surface.

In the BBC documentary Egypt's Lost Cities, they visit an area of Saqqara (Sakkara) where the authorities were not initially interested in her findings.

But after being told by Dr Parcak that she had seen two potential pyramids, they made test excavations, and they now believe it is one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt.



AdvertisementAn infra-red satellite image reveals the city of Tanis
But Dr Parcak said the most exciting moment was visiting the excavations at Tanis.

"They'd excavated a 3,000-year-old house that the satellite imagery had shown and the outline of the structure matched the satellite imagery almost perfectly. That was real validation of the technology."

The Egyptian authorities plan to use the technology to help - among other things - protect the country's antiquities in the future.

During the recent revolution, looters accessed some well-known archaeological sites.

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Dr Sarah Parcak
Space Archaeologist

"We can tell from the imagery a tomb was looted from a particular period of time and we can alert Interpol to watch out for antiquities from that time that may be offered for sale."

She also hopes the new technology will help engage young people in science and will be a major help for archaeologists around the world.

"It allows us to be more focused and selective in the work we do. Faced with a massive site, you don't know where to start.

"It's an important tool to focus where we're excavating. It gives us a much bigger perspective on archaeological sites. We have to think bigger and that's what the satellites allow us to do."

"Indiana Jones is old school, we've moved on from Indy. Sorry, Harrison Ford."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13522957

Musiwa, Aare Kankanfo, Do you know any of the Nigerians involved?

I actually liked how he chose to play for Switzerland.
Not everybody would be lucky to play for Nigeria. Fact,

Ifeanyi Emeghara and Innocent Emeghara. Distant relatives?

Nigerian-born Innocent Emeghara is one of three new players called up by Swiss coach Ottmar Hitzfeld for next month's Euro qualifier against England. 

Emeghara, 22, was listed along with fellow forward Admir Mehmedi, 20, and 19-year old midfielder Granit Xhaka.

The invitation comes as the perfect birthday present for the striker, arriving as it did on the day he turns 22.

Hitzfeld expects the striker's speed to be crucial against England. "Emeghara's speed us impressive, and that may be important against England."

Even if he fails to tack up any minutes against England in London, it will be a terrific rise for the youngster, who was a reserve at FC Zurich barely two years ago.

A move to FC Winterthur boosted his career, as he hit 17 goals for the lower division side, prompting a move to Grasshoppers.

The young forward gained Swiss citizenship last September, and has represented his new country 3 times at Under-21 level, scoring four goals.



http://www.kickoff.com/news/22026/innocent-emeghara-called-up-by-switzerland.php

[quote author=dem_people link=topic=675630.msg8394286#msg8394286 date=1306369948][size=13pt]@Odunnu,[/size]

I knew you're Hausa but didn't know whether its Kano or Jigawa etc. Nice to hear its Kaduna. I'll like to visit Zaria to pay homage to the medieval  Queen Amina. My relatives reside in Kaduna.




I tell you.




Your royal lord of the highness is welcomed Sir.



Welcome Sir. Faka Jonathan is Okrika.[/quote]I think Odunnu is from Bayelsa state but lives in Enugu.
She's not from the north.

kalokalo:
I don't buy this! This is simply a money laundering scheme where public funds are laundered to Western Banks (US, UK) and then brought back into the country as "foreign investment". This has been the modus operandi of many Nigerian governors.

Many so-called Public private Partnerships between state governments and "foreign investors" in Nigeria employ this tactic. In many cases, the governors themselves are the surreptitious investors using stolen funds now cleaned up as legitimate. Examples abound. Nigerians should not be hoodwinked

"Foreign investors" investing 250 million dollars in Delta state tourism, tell that to the birds!

You are right but sometimes we need to see the outcome of big projects and possibly hope it works out well.

[quote author=aloy/emeka link=topic=675716.msg8393911#msg8393911 date=1306362984]why cant you believe university of ilorin graduated me. they should be happy. you see, it mean i learn not to be silly from the university of ilorin. You people are showing the whole world you are silly people. Only stupid1 people will risk a civil war because of Jonathan goodluck. or do you think the north will wait till 2019 or the yoruba will continue to see the satellite picture and look the other way. Noway. It show you are stupid1.
I am telling by the time the army kill Jonathan. you will ask me that silly question again.


Who is smart me, who warn you about your election about danger ahead and you saw what happen. Or silly people who said nothing will happen. You see it mean my education is able to help me. while your education make you silly. Tell the whole world , which university you went to.

Your university should be ashamed of you. You see, it shows your senators and house of rep member are silly people. And it shows how silly your leaders are.

Look no nation , will allow this to happen. see the picture below. Why do you think they break up USSR. Look the USSR will have been in one of the world greater war. The Ukraine wanting out of the USSR so bad. they would have started a war. And they were the second largest group. 46 million


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-669498.32.html[/quote]
I support Musiwa for president 2015

Are the pastors/Imam doing their job or they keep making the society go crazy for money?

The tiny border town of Kankon, Badagary local government area of Lagos State, was yesterday thrown into confusion after a police patrol team intercepted a commercial vehicle carrying 17 human skulls and other vital human body organs.

Other items discovered in the bus include dried human tongues, teeth, finger nails and human hairs. According to the Police, some of the items have already been dried, and were somehow difficult to identify.

A Superintendent of Police (SP) Iwoka Francis, attached to the Federal Highway patrol unit of the Force, told LEADERSHIP WEEKEND in an interview that, members of his patrol team intercepted the Lagos state commercial coloured, 14-seater bus at Kankon, while on routine patrol of the area at about 4.00am on Thursday.

He said that Police men had initially thought the driver and the only passenger in the vehicle and owner of the “consignment” where smugglers and that the big four “Ghana must go bags” cleverly concealed under the seats of the vehicle, contained used cloths or some other contrabands items. “But we were dead wrong and shocked to our bone’s marrow at our discovery.”

The Police officer said there was nothing else that suggests the contents of the bags, “and it was by the special grace of God that we caught the suspects.” He stated that both the driver of the bus and the passenger are partners in business.

He added that investigation has revealed that the duo suspects, Muyiwa Akintade and Samuel Olaniyan have been in the business of human parts trafficking for more than a decade now. “How he has been escaping police arrest has continued to beat my imagination. This road is one of the busiest in this area and has over 14 security check-points but this people said they have been plying this road while transacting this same business for over 10-year and nobody sees them,” the bewildered police officer said.

According to the senior cop, the suspects said they were on their way to Lome, Togo to sell the items. “They said they have their customers in both Ghana and Togo, and that the Ghanaian customer was settled with his consignment last week and that these particular ones were meant for one Cornell Sekoulama, a traditional medicine practitioner from Kenya but based in Lome togo.”

Police said, further investigation has revealed that the human skull could fetch the suspects about N350, 000.00. “They said that a single trip usually gives them cause to smile. Once we are able to make a single trip in a month that means close to N500 000.00 would be waiting to be spent. The suspects according to the Police chief confessed that sourcing the products was where the problem usually lies. They said that to get the human skull, they would have to be close to mortuary, cemetery attendants and sometime kidnappers and accident victims”

The Policeman said, villagers gathered the following morning to witness the spectacle. He stated further that, it took the intervention of his men and Policemen from Kankan Police post to save the two men from being lynched by angry youths from the village. LEADERSHIP WEEKEND was told that, the exhibits and suspects has already been moved to Federal Anti-robbery Squad (FEDSARS) in Adeniyi Adele, Lagos for further investigation and prosecution of the suspects.


http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/ns/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31233:police-arrest-man-with-17-human-skulls-&catid=51:cover-stories&Itemid=142

nwa afo:
please you people should in the name of God just allow him in this one, he has really suffered to get a political post, and he has spent a lot of money too, dont u people have human sympathy

Hahaha, Human sympathy indeed,

They are coming down south fast,

so much on point,

Ngodigha:
@the O.P, DO YOU MEAN Asha80 or Aisha2?.

I meant Asha80,

[quote author=k.o.n.y link=topic=673126.msg8373353#msg8373353 date=1306098950]the popular sentiment amongst africans are that blacks dont go to college.Let alone graduate college at 15. Thus the lack of interest in this thread[/quote]You are very wrong,

I have never seen a leader that is so bigoted as Sanusi,
How come He's handling a national ans sensitive institution like the CBN and not the National Hajj whatever,

haha, congratulationssssssssssssssssss,