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Jude as a senior bro fu cked up for not attending his marriage even if mummy kicked against peter marrying lola which was of course, fuel by tribalism, i dont blame her though, mothers of then always want their son to marry from their tribe n she wasnt different of same thought.A real dream is what you didnt think of before going to bed but when you always have a particular thing in mind either positive or negative, you begin to see them in your sleep in the form of imagination or dreams, the later was the case of psquare's mother dream, r.i.p to her though, she has caused more harm to the family by allowing tribalism to becloud her thought,she should know we are in 21st century, children make choice for themselves this days unlike ancient time when they chose wife/husband for them. An old woman in my school told me a story last year how her parents chose a husband for her against her wish, in other words, she was forced to marry the man then, due to he was rich and she never liked the man because he was older than her, her father's age mate for that matter and their marriage never knew peace until she finally left the man by force and relocated for the fear of her parents, thoough, she already had two kids for him. The woman was advising us that day cos i wasnt the only person with her to follow our heart in terms of life partner and no marriage is perfect but not marrying the love of your life will make the marriage worse.

So, okoyes should settle their differences and move on.My 3 cents.

xamuel17: Who stole the keys to my keke?

i know that you a clown but it aiint funny, sorry

Donkaz: How i wish every year will be a year of election, Nigeria would have been more developed by now...cos our political leaders work harder when election is by the corner

you mean to say make more promises to win the heart of the electorate though, our vote doesnt count.

tatiana009: I was simply correcting the impression you gave earlier which made it seem as if women paying half the bills would be a new thing. It's not in all homes that it's just a phase, there are homes where from the beginning the wife earns more and takes care of a higher percentage of the bills and it remains like that. As for the topic, this issue has been over flogged, the dynamics of every marriage is different so let each couple decide on how they want to run things. If you're a woman who believes in equality simply marry a man who believes in the same ad vice versa.

this is getting serious, how can a woman marry a man , btw, who liked this post?

Horlawoomey: Every Feminist is an Atheist, cos you can't hold the believe that is contrary to God's decree and think you believe in God. . . .

HI-5 for you bro, we copy things from the west a lot thereby, contradicting everything to create more societal problem, for example white men brought christianity to africa/nigeria, we embrace it which is good and now, feminism and same feminism is against God's word(bible), it is mostly practised in the west by non-christians/moslems and i know 96% nigerians practice 3 religion which are christians, moslem and tradition .So, my question is how can you be a feminist and also a christian/moslem? remember, God cant be deceived.Now i see why He never wanted man to eat from the tree of knowledge, here we are.

make una fear GOD oo

*as group protests killings in Abuja
BY EMMANUEL ELEBEKE
ABUJA—THE Senate, yesterday, reiterated its commitment and support to the ongoing fight against Boko Haram insurgency in the country.
President of the Senate, Senator David Mark made the promise in Abuja, when the FCT Chapter of the PDP Project Reloaded took its protest against the Boko Haram killings to the National Assembly.
Senator Mark, represented by the Senator Banabas Gemade who decried what he called the wanton killings of Nigerians in the North called on members of the sect to change its approach in making its intentions known by embracing peace and dialogue.
Mark who applauded the security agencies for their doggedness in the fight against the insurgence, said it will continue to support the President and the security personnel in ensuring that peace is restored in all parts of the country.
He said,“We are with you and well as with all Nigerians in the call to an end to wanton killing of innocent Nigerians. Senate is in collaboration with the Executive to ensure that the security agencies are mobilized to deal with the insurgency. We extended State of Emergency in the three states of Borno, Adamawa and Gombe as part of our support to end terrorism and we gave an approval to an appropriation bill on security in our resolve to equip the security personnel in the best way we should to deal with Boko Haram. We will continue to support the President and the security agents because no one can achieve anything by killing people. We will never relent in dealing with the issue decisively.”
Also speaking, Senator Bello Tiku said, “the war against Boko Haram must be won at all cost but requires everybody’s involvement to achieve the goal.’ He called on all Nigerians to rise against Boko Haram and to unite and support federal government and the security agencies to win the war.
Earlier in his speech, the FCT Coordinator, PDP Project Reloaded, Sir Jimmy Ineke, condemned the rising trend of insurgency in the country, especially in the North Eastern part of the country and the FCT.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/senate-reiterates-support-end-boko-haram/#sthash.I371Um0O.dpuf

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor
Nigerian activists, yesterday, took to twitter to condemn a public relations contract entered into by the Federal Government to repair its image over the perceived mishandling of the abduction of more than 200 girls by the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram.
The activists, led by former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, chided the international public relations firm, Levick Strategic Communications, for valuing money more than the lives of the abducted girls.
The contract, which is said to cost the Federal Government a minimum of $125,000 monthly, besides running costs, is to run for 12 months starting from June 16.
The activists, however, differed over the strategic importance of the public relations contract as they alleged that it put the image of the government above efforts to rescue the girls who were kidnapped by the terrorists more than three months ago.
The activists are putting pressure on the firm through tweets to some international personalities, including two United States senators, John McCain and Ted Cruz.
“Our Presidency deployed our public resources to hire US firm @LEVICK to label innocent citizens ‘terrorists’,” Ezekwesili tweeted yesterday.
Ezekwesili was followed by the Bring-Back-Our-Girls group, which on its own tweet said: “How can you call #bbog campaigners terrorists? What sort of nonsense is this from @levick?”
Another Nigerian, with the twitter handle, #TheBlessedoftheLord @erahomo, in a tweet yesterday said: “But really, why would FG engage @levick For PR or to set citizens against one another? That’s PR gone wrong.”
An hour after her initial tweet, Ezekwesili followed up with an advice to the administration, saying “my free image laundering advice to our Presidency is to take actions that would rebuild citizens trust. Act concretely to #BringBackOurGirls.”
A lawyer, with the twitter handle akpata Esq. þ@mcspella , said: “All well meaning Nigerians should ask @LEVICK to please #bringbackourmoney. They are taking advantage of our President’s insecurity.”
Victor Ovedhe, in his own tweet yesterday, said the money paid to the firm should have been directed to the former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
He said: “Federal Government should have channelled the money paid to @LEVICK to hire Arnold Schwarzenegger to help #BRINGBACKOURGIRLS.”
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/activists-take-twitter-fgs-image-contract/#sthash.eIxeVkBN.dpuf

THE successful extradition of suspected Nyanya motor park bomb mastermind, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche restates the importance of international cooperation in the fight against terrorism. The dispatch with which the extradition processes was concluded was remarkable.
Shortly after the last April 14 bombing of the park which Abuja-bound workers, traders and other passengers patronise, the Directorate of State Services, DSS, paraded five suspects who reportedly played leading roles in the attack that claimed more than 70 lives and injured about 250. Rufai Tsiga and Ogwuche were declared wanted.
Ogwuche, the son of a retired military officer, was later identified as a terror suspect who was earlier arrested but was released, according to DSS because of “intense pressure from human rights activists who alleged human rights violation”.
The security agencies said Ogwuche had fled to Sudan, a country with a thriving nursery for radical Islamists who have caused mayhem and made parts of Sudan ungovernable. Moves to extradite Ogwuche ran into an initial diplomatic blind end because there was no extradition protocol between the countries.
While the tension occasioned by the continued harbouring of Ogwuche by Sudan lasted, many Nigerians were worried that Sudan, led by General Omar Al Bashir, a fugitive, wanted by the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, for serial human rights violations in his country, would thwart the extradition efforts.
Sudan’s refusal could have posed further threats to Nigeria. Terrorists attacking the North East would have found Sudan a haven. The cooperation of Sudan resulted in the signing of the protocol within months. Ogwuche is home to answer the charges of mass killing preferred against him in the Nyanya attack.
With internal cohesion of our security agencies and the cooperation of security agencies under the Interpol and other platforms, terrorists would soon realise that there are no hiding places for them.
This successful operation could reassure Nigerians, particularly those terrorist attacks affect directly, that the state would not relent in bringing suspects of the attacks to justice. It is a departure from the well-known trend where people who commit crimes could go scot-free.
A lot of work remains to be done. Thorough investigations are required to unearth the sources of resources terrorists use. There is the tendency to focus on their financial sources, but identification of sources that facilitate their escape abroad is equally important. Who aided Ogwuche’s escape? Until these sources are blocked, terrorists would be encouraged to keep causing havoc.
The public has roles to play in the war against terror. The security agencies would be more successful with the public’s support. A vigilant and security-conscious public that provides credible information to security agencies could shorten the duration of the war.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/extradition-ogwuche/#sthash.7uJfvAPW.dpuf.

ebuetor: I have always said , its the igbos that usually start a tribal confrontation. Common grow up spiritually, mentally and emotionally.

i tell you bro, they always like to confront first, when you face their confrontation they start crying foul...smh for them

how does this stop me from drinking alomo

IrishKez: Thanks sir
But am still growing sir

nah! you big girl now, btw, am not sir, call me hensben

claireshan: see yah mawt I will upload lera

okay

IrishKez:

ur natural beauty is wow

claireshan: awwwwwww thanks

upload ur baby, show them what u got

remsonik: Op lemme help ur ministry
Here's mine!!

wow!!! naija got natural beauties

IrishKez: Obayaya

damn!!!

mikel dey craze b4 for him to date genny, person wey atiku and other fellow celeb like pat atta don chop clean mouth, so, na mikel come be mumu to marry/date her when fresh, young n succulent babes full naija, russia n UK.

how are we sure its rice that are inside those bags..i dey fear nigeria politicians like boko haram..they can do anything to win election

make God punish anybody wey go dey talk about apc this pdp that for this forum
pdp apc members are the problem of nigeria mostly pdp fools called leader.

wetin dey do all this oyinbo self, anything wey dem see wey nor dey package na dey poisonous for their eye

ogaju007: When you have your own child, make sure she returns quickly because the world is a wicked place

you guys lack comprehension skills...smh, i did not wish the little angel death but since it has already happen i am wishing her rest in peace(r.i.p), then i went further to say and mean , thank God she died as a saint now instead of coming to this wicked world were people commit one to sin against God and starts battling for salvation, btw, i am a christian and people that liked my post knows what i meant by that.

*Removal ‘ll impoverish Nigerians; it’s corruption that should go— NLC.
BY FUNMI KOMOLAFE, EMMA UJAH & VICTOR AHIUMA YOUNG
Commissioners for Finance from the 36 states of the federation rose from their monthly Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, meeting in Abuja, yesterday, insisting that petroleum products subsidy must be removed.
While their position was consistent with that of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, it sharply contradicted the thinking of the Nigerian Senate, which held a few days ago that petroleum subsidy should remain.
The commissioners had, three months ago, decided that the current subsidy was not in the interest of the nation and wrote a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, demanding an end to it.
The Chairman, Forum of Commissioners of Finance, Mr. Timothy Odaah, told journalists shortly after the meeting that there was no going back on their position and that they had fully briefed their principals— state governors.
According to him, the administration of the subsidy had been characterised by massive fraud by oil companies whom he said had been paid several billions of Naira for nothing and argued that the purpose for the subsidy regime had been defeated.
He said: “The issue of subsidy removal re echoed today (yesterday) and it became an issue of discussion and the report of the committee set up three months ago is being awaited and we still stand on the removal of subsidy as it will be of much benefit to the states, because what we have now is like robbing Peter to pay Paul.
“The purpose for which government set up subsidy is being defeated and so it should be based on consumption.”
The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Engr. Andrew Yakubu, had at the weekend told newsmen that only the removal of subsidy from petroleum products would attract investors to the downstream sub sector of the industry.
He argued that subsidy was creating distortion that scare away investors.
NECA, NLC trade words over fuel subsidy
Meanwhile, Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, and Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday in Lagos traded words over the continued sustainability of fuel subsidy in the country.
At its 57th annual general meeting, while NECA argued that subsidy was not sustaina-ble in the long term and was not sufficient and effective for the overall development of the Nigerian economy, NLC insisted that it was sustainable and would help Nigerians to cope with current harsh economic realities.
Speaking through its President, Chief R. U. Uche, NECA said: “While we acknowledge the fact that it might not be politically expedient in an election year for the government to fully deregulate and privatise the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry, the truth remains that it is not economically justifiable for Nigeria to continue to depend on fuel importation.
“The current policy of fuel subsidy portends grave danger for the future health of our economy. It is certainly not sustainable in the long term, neither is it sufficient and effective for the overall development of the Nigerian economy.”
Disagreeing with NECA position, NLC, through its President, Mr. Abduwaheed Omar, noted that Nigeria had no business importing petroleum products, lamenting that the problem had been government’s lack of the political will to ensure products were refined locally.
Omar contended that subsidy was being used by government officials to deceive Nigerians that about N1.3 trillion was being spent annually for subsidy.
He said: “It is not correct to say that in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, about N1. 3 trillion was spent annually for subsidy. What is provided for in the budget is N260 billion.
“We believe that it is not too much for government to spend for Nigerians to benefit from God given resources.
“Therefore, subsidy is sustainable. What is not sustainable is corruption.
“We should all join hands to fight the corruption therein. With the level of poverty in the country, the Nigerian people need the subsidy and it is sustainable.”
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/subsidy-must-go-finance-commissioners-neca/#sthash.1gzUsghM.dpuf

BY ESTHER ONYEGBULAM & IFEANYI OKOLIE
LAGOS— Amuwo Odofin Local Government was, Monday, turned into a theatre of war following sporadic gunshots from suspected members of the Community Policing Youth Vanguard, who attacked everyone in sight.

Several persons, among whom were officials of the local council as well as visitors sustained injuries in the process.
Reports said trouble started after officials of the Environmental Task Force attached to the local government, who had gone to demolish some illegal structures around Alakija area were attacked by suspected members of the Community Policing Youth Vanguard.
Later in the evening, members of the group, numbering about a 100 reportedly stormed the premises of the local government with dangerous weapons such as guns, bottles and knives and attacked people there.
When Vanguard visited the scene, yesterday, expended bullet shells and broken bottles littered the premises, with parts of the building vandalized.
Victims recount ordeal
One of the injured staff of the Environmental Task Force who gave his name as Gideon Ovat, said: “At about 3pm, while we were carrying out our duties at Third Gate, around Alakija bus stop, where we went to demolish illegal structures, we were attacked by some young men numbering about 50.
“They attacked us with bottles, knives, sticks and cutlasses. I sustained injuries on my hand in my attempt to block a machete that was targeted at my head. We narrowly escaped being lynched.”
Another injured council staff, Akeem Adeoye, said: “At about 5pm, I was inside the council, when I heard sounds of gunfire. It was like a battlefield, as everyone ran in different directions for safety. Before I knew it, one of the hoodlums came from nowhere and hit me with a bottle on my head and blood started gushing out. I can’t remember what happened next because I passed out. I thank God I am alive to share my ordeal.”

They were after me, says Adewale, LG boss
Chairman of the Local Government, Comrade Ayodele Adewale, told Vanguard that but for the bravery of men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC there would have been many casualties.
Adewale said members of the group were advancing towards his office, apparently with intent to kill him, alleging that instead of Policemen from Area ‘E’ Command, Festac to contain the situation, they were “romancing the invaders.”
According to him, “men from the Community Policing Youth Vanguard, numbering about 100 invaded the premises of the local council with guns, bottles and other instruments of destruction, attacking everyone within the premises and advancing towards my office possibly coming to kill me.
“Several people sustained grave injuries. It took the gallant efforts of men of the NSCDC attached to the local council to push the hoodlums outside the premises, though some members of staff had already been wounded.”
“Policemen from the Area E Command did not disperse the hoodlums around the premises. Instead of effecting their arrest,the policemen were romancing them. Eventually, we got the intervention of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, from Alausa, Ikeja and OP MESA that dispersed the hoodlums and cordoned off 41 Road, thereby preventing further attacks.”
Age-long battle with Area Commander
The local government boss, attributed what he described as nonchalant attitude of the policemen from Area ‘E’ Command to the age-long battle he had with the Area Commander, Mr Dan Okoro.
According to him, “I have been having an age-long battle with the Area ‘E’ Commander, Festac Town, ACP Dan Okoro over a group he formed called Community Policing Youth Vanguard, which is not backed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Police Service Act.
“We have written several letters to the Commissioner of Police and other agencies informing them of the nefarious and destructive attitude of members of this group, as well as for the need to investigate their activities but to no avail.”

Police react
Vanguard, however, gathered that some of the invaders were arrested by the Area ‘E’ Command. Sources at the command told Vanguard that aggrieved traders whose shops were demolished and wares destroyed were responsible for the invasion.
Police sources also denied that the group was responsible for the attack on council members, informing rather that the clash at the local government secretariat was between traders and members of the Neighbourhood Watch .
Efforts to reach the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, on the issue failed.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/scores-injured-youths-invade-council-secretariat-lagos/#sthash.0tEu6ulq.dpuf

By BEN AGANDE
Abuja— A meeting scheduled between President Goodluck Jonathan and parents of abducted girls in Chibok, yesterday, could not hold as the parents shunned the meeting.

The meeting was arranged after education activist and a victim of terrorist attack, Malala Yousofazai, met with President Jonathan on Monday and pleaded with the president to meet with the parents of the abducted girls to encourage them.
Jonathan, in a statement delivered by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, accused the BringBackOurGirls activists of politicising the planned meeting by ferreting the parents out of Abuja before the meeting could hold.
Every arrangement had been made for the planned meeting with president, including sending a bus from the Presidential Villa to bring the parents of the girls.
The President’s statement noted that “those who would manipulate the victims of terrorism for their own benefit are engaging in a similar kind of evil: psychological terrorism.”
The President’s statement reads: “It now appears that our fight to get the girls of Chibok back is not only a fight against a terrorist insurgency, but also against a political opposition.
“It is with great regret that I announce the cancellation of the meeting with 12 parents of the abducted Chibock children, as well as five of the brave girls who escaped from the terrorist organisation, Boko Haram.
“I scheduled this meeting, which was to be open to the media for coverage by Nigerian and international press, to listen to their stories and to privately brief the parents and the girls on our efforts to rescue the abducted girls. My priority is not politics. My priority is the return of these girls.
“Unfortunately, political forces within the Nigerian chapter of BringBackOurGirls have decided to take this opportunity to play politics with the situation and the grief of the parents and the girls. They should be ashamed of their actions.
“Those who would manipulate the victims of terrorism for their own benefit, are engaging in a similar kind of evil: psychological terrorism.
“I want to be clear, this government stands with complete solidarity with the girls and their parents. We are doing everything in our power to bring back our girls. Despite the shameful and disgusting games being played by the Nigerian chapter of BringBackOurGirls, as a father of girls, I stand ready to meet with the parents of our abducted children and the truly brave girls that have escaped this nightmare through the grace of God.”
Okupe accuses campaigners of showmanship
Addressing state House correspondents later, Okupe accused the BringBackOurGirls activists of stopping the parents of the girls from meeting with the president.
He also accused them of showmanship and not showing any serious concern for the tragedy that had befallen parents whose girls were abducted.
Okupe, however, said in order to show that he was serious with meeting with the parents of the girl, Jonathan had directed that a formal letter be written to the parents of the abducted girls to reschedule the meeting.
Okupe said: “The meeting was scheduled for 4 p.m. today (yesterday) at the instance of the request that was made by Malala and the President graciously agreed within 24 hours to meet with them but unfortunately the BringBackOurGirls leadership prevailed on the parents of the girls, stopped them from coming.
“Therefore, what happened was that they actually shunned the meeting with Mr. President because the foreign media and everybody was waiting for this meeting and since they were no longer coming and they made it expressly clear that they were no longer coming, in fact, that the girls were just few minutes away from Chibok, the meeting was aborted.
“It is obvious now that the BringBackOurGirls in Nigeria are interested in showmanship not genuinely concerned with the plight of the children and that of their parents. That is was has become clinically clear by this action because if the parents of the girls travelled so much from Chibok to Abuja, why will it be impossible for them to meet with the President who has graciously agreed to give an appointment within less than 24 hours to meet with them.
“We are just coming from the President and he has authorised that an official letter be written to the parents inviting them to formally come and meet him and it is going to be sometime next week.”
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/chibok-girls-parents-shun-meeting-jonathan-2/#sthash.TdJnoneg.dpuf

*checks her profile and location* and how does you, a Gombe girl know about abroad, texas for that matter?, I thought you guys only know saudi arabia due to ramadan

claireshan: wat do u need the bwest for?

he needs it for experiment

VIPERVENOM: wat sentimental judgement? Go to foreign sports forums and see for urself. Some chelsea fans are even sceptical. You have lukaku who has impressed on loan for two seasons yet chelsea is buying a one season player and still tryin to loan ur best striker at d moment

why did man united buy rvp an injury prone when they have rooney, chicha n welbeck?

worthy champions i tell ya

VIPERVENOM: i just aired my opinion and you're here blabbin. Well i cant blame you. Its typical amongst most chelsea fans. Just because he had one good season doesn't make him world class. Look at benteke for example. Costa is average. He was horrible for spain in the world cup. I repeat. Costa is another torres. And with mourinho's bus parking tactics, he wont score more than 10 goals. #myopinion. You dont like it #dealwithit

man united fan always think they know football with their sentimental judgement..smh...if he flop which i know he will not, is it your money

JoeCutie: Because your life has never been any different from your ancestors'? Oh, I understand. But everybody can never be as stagnant!

That's why everybody can never experience the good things of life, because they don't wish others well. B4 your fellow human beign embarks on a journey, you've already wished him a fatal accident. See your life...

Hey! Everybody's lives can never be like yours! Unless you wish people peace, you can never see peace!

Welcome to the Bridge, Costa!
Haters are already hating!
Costa is already training!
Mourinho is already working!
Chelsea FC will keep being successful!

tell them! tell them! tell these haters

kulkatty: thα̇t's one thing I like abt dudes...they cα̇n't eat a whole pot α̇nd it won't show. Unlike we, if we drink lil water, some of us stomach will look like we are nine month pregnant

like he said, you can eat as much as you like but ability to burn it thats what make you fit, so, if a lady is lazy to do exercise, she should control her food intake....poor diet and lack of exercise is the problem with our ladies..