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a good list i must say. Lets see how the first 11 will look like when the games begin

The Esuk Mba community market in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State is still practising trade by barter as a means of exchange for food items since it was established in 1956, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
The market, which is located in a remote village in Esuk Mba in Akpabuyo, is a weekly market that starts from 7 a.m and ends at noon every Saturday.
Villagers usually move their consumable items to the market in exchange for the ones they are in need of.
This practice, NAN learnt, had been in peaceful existence among members of the community on every market day since 1956.
The Community’s Youth Leader, Asuquo Effiong, who conducted NAN Correspondent round the market, said the market which serves as a tourists site for most visitors, was in dire need of a facelift.
He told NAN that the practice was still in existence because the market was handed over to them by their forefathers.
According to him, the market is also significant because it was also a point of activities during the period of the slave trade in Nigeria.
“We grew up to meet this market. We hold it so much in high esteem and we want to sustain it. We use it to remember our forefathers and to sustain our culture.
“As you can see, they are varieties of food items in this section for exchange. In this market, you can bring your palm oil and exchange it for garri, yam, fish or plantain as the case may be.
“The market is close to the river side and our people here are predominantly fishermen. The community is not comfortable with the size of this market; there have been no expansion of the market since inception.
“In addition, we don’t have any good school here, no portable drinking water and health post. We need government intervention in this community,’’ he said.
A market woman, Eno Etim, who brought in yams for exchange for palm oil, told NAN that the tradition had been with them for ages.
According to Mrs Etim, she had no palm oil in her house, hence she brought four tubers of yam to exchange for four litres of palm oil.
Also, Grace Okon told NAN that she brought in periwinkle, popularly called `mfi’ in Calabar language for exchange for garri, adding that it had helped them over the years to save cost in view of the scarce financial resources.
NAN observed that most of the roofs in the thatched houses inside the market had already fallen off, while the wood, which usually gives the houses a standing position were lying on the ground.
A young man in the village, Cyril Asuquo, who conducted NAN correspondent through the slave trade route behind the market, to the creeks where the slaves were transported through the sea to other countries, said the route was called a `Point of no Return’.
He explained to NAN that the bank of the creeks was called a `Point of no Return’ because any slave who got to that point never came back to the family.
“This route is the Point of No Return as we heard from our forefathers; it used to be a slavery ground. When they take you to this point as a slave, it means no mercy, no return.
“We lost our fathers, mothers and relatives that were taken through this point. But in all, we thank God that the practice of slavery has been abolished,’’ he said.
Mr Asuquo, who also showed NAN the thatched house that used to serve as a resting point for the slaves after a long distance trek, urged the state government to make the spot a tourist site.
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those who don't learn from history are bound to repeat it.

The encounter between Africans and people of African ancestry and Russia was reflective of the ambivalence with which Russians viewed their place in the Eurocentric world during the Age of Imperialism. Their own identity as a European nation has been often the subject of heated internal debates and a wide-spread suspicion on the part of other Europeans. Imperial Russia did not take part in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and never established colonies in Africa. The last European nation to emancipate its own serfs Russia had a small but vocal educated class, or intelligentsia, whose prominent representatives routinely condemned the depravity of American slavery. In the eyes of many black observers, Russia’s absence from the histories of slave trade and European colonialism in Africa contributed to its image as a relatively tolerant society, less affected by the curse of European and North American racism. After 1917, the new Communist rulers of Soviet Russia continued to advocate racial tolerance and acceptance as essential elements of their Marxist ideology. For the Soviets, any expression of racism undermined their own multiethnic project and as such was antithetical to the country’s new identity and interests. With the rise of the Cold War, the rhetoric of antiracism and anticolonialism came to color much of the Soviet Union’s interaction with its ideological opponents in the West.
For many Russians, their connection to Africa is embodied in the genealogy of the country’s greatest poet and the national cultural icon – Alexander Pushkin (1799-1937). Pushkin’s great-grandfather Abram Hannibal arrived in Russia as a little African slave boy, purchased at an Ottoman slave market by an emissary of the emperor Peter the Great. Hannibal’s origins remain murky but most historians agree that he was most likely born somewhere in Abyssinia, modern-day Ethiopia. Adopted by the tsar, who also served as his godfather, Hannibal entered Russian nobility and made an illustrious career in the Russian military, distinguishing himself as a talented engineer and reaching the rank of general-major. Pushkin himself did not shy away from his African ancestry and proudly acknowledged it in verse and prose, celebrating the life of his famous progenitor in an unfinished biography Arap Petra Velikogo (The Negro of Peter the Great).
That a person of African descent could be embraced by Russians as the most important cultural symbol underscores how differently they viewed race from the majority of other 19th century Europeans. While few black people ever visited Imperial Russia, those who did reported encountering generally benign attitudes, in stark contrast to the racism prevalent elsewhere in Europe and North America. One such traveler, an African-American woman Nancy Prince, spent more than a decade at the Russian imperial court in St. Petersburg during the early decades of the 1800s. Her memoir contains a perceptive analysis of the early 19th century Russian society, which she deemed welcoming to blacks. Black American tragedian Ira Aldridge found fame on the Russian stage. A close friend of the great Ukrainian bard Taras Schevchenko, Aldridge toured Russia extensively and attained a cult-like status with the theater goers in St. Petersburg, Moscow, and in the provinces. His popularity with the Russian public had little to do with his race and a lot with his acting talents. Yet inadvertently, to Russia’s educated class Aldrige also represented a group of people benighted by American slavery.
With the enormous Eurasian landmass open to its imperialist expansion Russia took no part in the European Scramble for Africa during the last two decades of the 19th century. While not immune to the standard Victorian images of Africa that depicted the continent and its people as savage and in need of civilization, Russians felt no obvious need to civilize Africans. Towards the end of the 19th century the country experienced a period of close and intensely emotional contacts with Christian Ethiopia, an independent African nation that many Russians considered fraternal on account of its Orthodox faith. Russian military advisors, medics, and volunteers were reportedly in the ranks of the Ethiopian army of Menelik II which inflicted a humiliating defeat on the Italian colonial army at Adwa in 1896. Subsequently, Russians founded a hospital in Addis Ababa that for decades to come would become a fixture of Ethiopian capital.
During the period of reforms, generally known as perestroika and glasnost, ushered in by the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet press commentary on Africa grew increasingly negative. Both political commentators and people in the street often attributed the economic decline of the once-powerful Soviet Union to “too much aid for Africa.” The eventual dissolution of the USSR released the pent-up forces of ethnic nationalisms, including extreme forms of Russian chauvinism. At the time black Russians and African residents in the Soviet Union found themselves targets of racial slurs and even physical attacks, an unfortunate socio-cultural phenomenon that has persisted into the post-Soviet era. In the past decade, on more than one occasion international media has been alerted to an alarming increase in the number of racially-motivated attacks in Russia. At the same time African students continue to arrive in Russia in search of affordable education and a growing number of African expatriates and Russians of African descent have achieved prominence as educators, journalists, TV personalities, musicians, and athletes. Hopefully, the country with such a unique history of friendly encounters with black people will be able to overcome the humiliating handicap of widespread racism.
http://www.encyclopediaofafroeuropeanstudies.eu/encyclopedia/africans-in-russia/

State police is the way to go

State police is the solution.

This is why we need state police.

Must nigeria pay for everything the president does. Can't he use his salary to barb his hair. Do they give barbing allowance to civil servants?

Xander85:
You look at the likes of Buhari, Tinubu and Oshiomole....dudes desperate for power and who play do-or-die politics, and you still have confidence that your PVCs would make any difference come 2019 elections!?

You're in for a rude awakening!

it will not still discourage me from getting my PVC and voting against them. Neither will it doscourage me from encouraging others to get theirs as well.

More reason to get your PVC and vote this govt out.

More reason to vote this govt out. Go get ur PVC.

This man is not serious about his presidential ambition. Atiku is already moving round, trying build alliances and always in the news, meanwhile he is just quiet and acts as though nothing concerns him. Based on work, i believe atiku deserves the ticket of PDP more than him. I used to be his big admirer but so far atiku is winning me over with his seriousness

Looking at the players representing nigeria at Russia 2018, i think the best formation that will suit our players and bring out the best in them without exposing us to conceding too much goal is the 352 formation. Coach gernot rohr should go with the 352 formation and this line up; Ighalo upfront because he has the physicality to trouble opposing defence and can hold the ball and bring others into play and Victor Moses closely behind in the free role because he is the most skillful player in our team and should not be restricted.
The wing backs position should be occupied by Idowu in the left wing back and Ebuehi in the right wing back. Truth be told these pair are more in form than Elderson Echiechile and Shehu abdullahi. Especially Ebuehi, his overlapping runs and pull out is very brilliant and miles better than that of Shehu and he is more experienced. Based on current form from the friendlies, there is no way Ebuehi should be on the bench for Shehu.
The midfield should be Iwobi, Mikel and Ndidi in addition to the wing backs it becomes a 5 man midfield when attacking with iwobi playing the box to box role and Mikel sitting deep to spread passes and Ndidi playing a little advance but not as Iwobi.
The defence should Balogun, Ekong and Omeruo. With Ekong being the sweeper and ball playing center back. I picked Omerouo because of experience of playing at this level before.So it should be something like this

Ighalo
Moses

Idowu, Iwobi, Mikel, Ndidi, Ebuehi

Balogun, Ekong, Omeruo

Musa and Ihenacho can come in for Moses and Ighalo in attack the 2nd half, while Etebo and John Ogu can come in for Mikel and Iwobi in midfield, while Shehu can come in for any of the wing back roles or in defence for Omeruo.
If we adopt this formation we will be difficult to beat. And lets face it, we don't have the attacking players to play the open 433. In Euro 2008 Greece didn't have the attacking might to go toe to toe with the big guns, they simply adopted the conservative approach thereby shocking the big guns with 1 nill defeat on the way to winning the Euros beating countries like Spain, France, Portugal. I'll love to see and under dog do what Greece did in this world cup. Super eagles can follow suit. I don't mind the football being boring as long as the super eagles win the world cup. Lol.

Its been a really long time nigeria trended for some thing positive. Kudos to Nike for pulling this for us

The pig don smoke weed ni

Budget is now an achievement to be celebrated in this govt. Na wa o

ultron12345:
if u like, cry blood from now till next 20 years, physicians will only patronize laboratories operated/headed/supervised by certified consultant pathologists.

lol. SMH. Something is wrong with the black race

phase1:
We know that you members of National Morons Association (NMA) will be here to hope that Nigeria are deceived. But unfortunately Nigerians know that only the Medical lab science council (MLSCN) gives license to Medical lab Scientists not the NISLT.

Physicians have been arguing and encouraging unqualified charlatans from the NISLT who are not licensed to illegally take over the Medical Laboratory not because you of your hate for the Medical Laboratory Scientist and the MLSCN.

The reason why fakes like this guys exist is because of the physicians who refuse to patronized appropriate MLSCN accredited laboratories owned by licensed Scientists because of your greed. Many hospital and physicians prefer to patronize fakes like this guys because they are cheaper than proper MLSCN licensed Medical laboratories.

Only God know how many nigerian patients physicians have killed by patronizing fakes like this guy because we know the pints of bloods won't be properly screen before selling to the greedy physicians.

God bless you for this.

phase1:
A lot of people claiming to be Med. Lab Scientists in cities and villages are quacks and fakes. The NISLT will definitely deny training him because they won't want the MLSCN to drag them around. It is because of fakes likes this that some anti-Johesu morons enjoy insulting Medical Scientists. They mess around with profession and when they goof the Medical Scientists are blamed wrongly.

Isn't ironical that those same anti-MLS/ anti-Johesu elements always support these NISLT quacks who are not licensed to work as medical Investigators against Medical Scientists just to spite Med. Scientists not because they care about Nigerian patients.

They want cheap labour. And they try to make it look like being a scientist is easy. Council has to up their game.

Lagos. City of the mad people in suit. No gentleman in Lagos. If you are a gentleman lagos will surely radicalize you

Lagos. City of the mad people in suit. No gentleman in Lagos.