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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden addresses the session
''Cancer Moonshot: A Call to Action'' during the annual
meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos,
Switzerland January 19, 2016.
REUTERS/RUBEN SPRICH
By Carmel Crimmins
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe
Biden urged executives in Davos to use their influence to
drive change in countries where lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender people face repression, putting gay rights at
the heart of this year's meeting.
The issue is on the official agenda for the first time at the
World Economic Forum, where political leaders from
countries that discriminate against gay people, such as
NIGERIA and Russia, schmooze business leaders and
billionaire investors.
Biden told U.S. executives including Nathan Blecharczyk,
co-founder of apartment-sharing firm Airbnb, Muhtar Kent,
chairman and CEO of The Coca Cola Company, and Anthony
Scaramucci, founder of hedge fund SkyBridge Capital, to
push for change.
"You can change the terms of debate," he said. "You actually
put governments on notice."
He said he and President Barack Obama privately raise the
issue of repression of the LGBT community when they meet
political leaders.
"I have had some run-ins with at least four heads of state
already on this," said Biden.
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Banging his fist on the table, Biden said there was no
national cultural justification to discriminate against lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender people.
"People used to be cannibals as part of their culture, people
used to do terrible things as part of their culture," he said.
Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, the
United States' largest LGBT civil rights organization, said
business leaders should take the opportunity in Davos to
confront the leaders of countries with "hateful laws".
Big business has been key to lobbying for change on gay
marriage around the world. Some leading companies,
including Google, Twitter and eBay, released videos of their
employees voicing their support for marriage equality ahead
of a country-wide vote on the issue in Ireland.
Apple CEO (AAPL.O) Tim Cook came out last year, but
according to the U.S.-based Center for Talent Innovation,
41 percent of LGBT people do not feel comfortable
disclosing their sexuality at work.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalized same-sex marriage
nationwide last year but it is still legal in many U.S. states
to fire someone based on their sexual orientation.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0UY1N5

shachris02:
there's nothing good about this whole thing. I live in Aba and i can tell you that this their biafran trash have brought nothing but pain to the aba denizens. Many people did not go to market today because of fear of violence. I Wasn't able to undertake a transaction i was supposed to make in GT Bank because the bank was closed down. Businesses are going town. Buyers from other states are now scared of coming down to aba to get stuffs.

Sorry Bror
those ppl destroying public properties are daft because they never thought that when a parasite is destroying the host its gradually destroying itself too

shachris02:
But aba is my land na. Awu m nwafor igbo ji eme onu.

make you no mind am jare, he dey expet you too to join the protest ni, so dat you go be seen as a tru biafran. in never believe say no be all for aba dey support the protest

So how do we now describe those that try to act like them in Nigeria and Ghana, devilishly insane?

ok

ok

Never!
This is another attempt to marginalise us. we will protest this. Let's meet tomorrow at Alaba market from there to the Niger bridge.

-Take time to eat well,balanced diets, regularly. at least morning and evening
-Take multivitamins for like a month
-Free your mind from unnecessary thoughts from time to time,ie use the brain only when necessary.
-Learn how to free your mind of other thoughts when receiving instructions from other party.

sherina10:
I can't deal with the emotion and the stigma. That awful look they give me when they discover i'm a second wife at my age breaks my heart.

Why do you real care about how\what people look or think about you (concerning a decision you made for yourself), when your way is good. Are those people your creator? And Its the same set of people that you want to satisfy that will still mock you when you take the step you are contemplating on and it does not work out well.
Or it may be that you yourself are fed up due to some reasons and now trying to make points from what does not really matter.

auntysimbiat:
original OBO

.....but living far better than you do.

omo owo

“I do not admire Tinubu because he is a saint… I do not admire Tinubu because he is from the south… I do not admire Tinubu because he is a Yoruba… If I want saints, I will proceed to heaven not on earth… Every human is fallible (but) I admire Tinubu because… He saved Nigeria from the danger of falling into “ one party state “. He has nurtured many renowned National successors. He listened to the voice of the masses to surrender his personal ambition at the most critical moment. He strategically terminated PDP 60 years life span in 16 years. The robust critic and critique we are enjoying today is because Tinubu aligned himself to the masses to return the power to them. Tinubu has the option of joining the PDP elites to hold us hostage for another decade but he gave his all to the masses to dethrone the elites. Political juveniles believed that APC won because of the votes from the North. No!!!, APC’s victory was cemented the day Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Tinubu resolved to work together. Asiwaju and PMB almost became a Nomadic by visiting every human that can help midwife Nigeria’s salvation. Those ‘Nomadic Almajiri’ walk later brought salvation to us. God willing, PMB is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Anybody, any cabal, any Viju milk activist, attempting to humiliate Asiwaju must have me to contend with. An average PDP man is sad with Asiwaju because he brought them to their knees. If anyone thinks that to bring down Asiwaju is his project, that mission will not only crash but it will boomerang. Don’t tell me he is overbearing, your “underbearing” mentors were nowhere to be found when this Country was lying critically at the intensive care of the universe. Recall my first line, Asiwaju is not a saint. Stop demonising what you admire out of envy. Even your mentors admire him. He owns Lagos? I hear you! Ask your grand father and parents how they acquired your so called “family land”. Is it God that allocated it to them? You are terrorizing your neighbours and village with your kpof-kpof kobo yet you criticise a man that is naturally addicted to technocrats, irrespective of their tribe or religion. He is evil? I agree, but we need more of him than any of your saintly specie. Dear Asiwaju, the gentle stride of a tiger is not a symbol of a cowardice”. – Prof. Wole Soyinka’s Tribute to APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

If This APC government really mean to do this ,I want to say may God make it achievable for them,we are waiting......

SHOPPERS:
Have you guys ever heard of makeup? It could be possible that truly she has Cancer but it could also be a new makeover for her.

WHY DID SHE EVEN HAVE HER HAIR SHAVED LIKE THAT? is that a requirement for treatment or what? and dieting can make her drop like this

Congratulated Bror

No problem, this one Na biafran crime.

dustydee:
Was it not a similar thing Amaechi did that set him on collision course with PEJ?

is that so?

OZAOEKPE:
"never trust a fulani man, he will use and dump you. We told them, but they refused to listen." Quote me anywhere.





I only pity amaechi, he lost both the war and the battle.

no right thinking person will expect any good comment from a half cut snake satanoid people like you.If Amechi passes the screening, its ppl like you that will still say the president must have covered him(a corrupt person) for his contributions towards winning the last election.

There is no doubt that the rate at which many Nigerians are in the recent time killed by some life threatening diseases like stroke, heart problems,kidney dysfunction etc is so alarming.
And most of these diseases are self afflicted because we ourselves are our enemies. Its no more news that most of our locally grown grains,most especially beans can no more be exported due to rejection based on the fact that they are below international standards. This is because most of the agro-chemicals like herbicides our farmers use are either not used with precautions or already banned in Europe.
And the worst that most Nigerian food exporters practise is that when they reject food they are trying to export to Europe then they return the food back home(Nigeria) and start selling it here. Whereas the food has been rejected because its harmful to be consumed by man.
They sell the rejected food which should be destroyed to you and i and we unknowingly buy it,cook and eat.
Eating food containing poisonous chemicals which the residual effects in the body cause damage to the body organs like the kidney, heart,brain etc
It has been said that good rinsing of grains before cooking or parboiling of grains can help to reduce the effects of the chemicals.
The question is that are there other ways that can help to reduce the effects of the herbicides used when planting before consumption of our grains,fruits, vegetables etc

Enouwem:
*Peppersoup time*

This is wonderful, you must be living very close to the jungle

donholy28:
according to him,they called him meaning that he came as a relation to her...according to d doctors code,he has to tell him everything

Why will he be the one to be called for the girl? is he the father or mother or the next of kin when he has not legally married her. And why will the doctor divulge that to him when he is not the next of kin.
The story Na cooked one joor

Adelaide2:
Poverty has caused a lot of havoc in South West. See as they line up like common almajiri beggars. Still, it is better to give to the masses (like Fayose) than to take from the masses (like Tinubu, Fasola, Ambode, Ibikunle, Aregbesola and Ajimobi)

Meanwhile, those brown roofs again

U just typed nonsense here,is it the north that there is not poverty or in the east. U didn't even think at all before commenting here. If SW is high in poverty, so why are your ppl migrating down from your area to Lagos ,Oyo and Ogun every day. Or what is the population of southwesterners in that your wretched region?

Characteristics of Biafrans 1. Ability to steal fast in a sophisticated way 2. Good scammer and 419 inclined 3. Excellent prostitute nature 4. High Arrogance believing they are superior 5. Great embezzlement skill

Tripleclick:
thunder fire u.... which aboki dat is playin well dt d coach wont call? tryin to create a stand dnt use footbal

Thunder can never fire me but you instead.
and that's what we say about your tribe,u
lack manners and always hostile,wayward
and aggressive.

HirstMOG:
My question still remain, is it only Northerners that are credible

If The president believes more in them then let him go ahead and do it,because that happens in our sports too,football in particular, where you see super eagles or flying eagles dominated by the ppl from the east,because the coach believes more in them. And we don't usually nag about it so leave the President alone,all we need is a good result.

Kwenu!

OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency on Tuesday night stormed
the headquarters of Arik Air in Ikeja Lagos
following the arrest in London of a crew member
of the airline for allegedly being in possession of
cocaine.
The Arik crew member, identified by the anti-
narcotics agency as Chika Egwu Udensi, was
arrested on Monday night by operatives of the
United Kingdom Border Force with 20
kilogrammes of cocaine in London.
The NDLEA agents were said to have searched
Udensi’s latest Range Rover parked on the
airline’s premises. Spokesman for the agency,
Mitchel Ofoyeju, confirmed the visit by the
NDLEA’s operatives.
Udensi was arrested at the London Heathrow
Airport shortly after an Arik Air flight W3101 that
departed from the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Lagos, touched down in the
UK.
Udensi’s arrest came barely two years after two
crew members of the Arik Air were similarly
nabbed by the UK Border Force in London.
Officials of the NDLEA on Tuesday put the street
value of the drug found with the suspect at
£350,000 (N105m).
The Arik Air on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of
its cabin crew member by the UK Border Force.
The airline, in a statement which read like the one
issued after the 2013 incident, said it had
commenced investigation into how the banned
substance got into the suspect’s possession.
The statement by Arik’s spokesman, Mr. Adebanji
Ola, read, “A member of Arik Air cabin crew was
on Monday night arrested at the Heathrow
Airport, London, by the UK Border Force in
connection with alleged possession of item
suspected to be a banned substance.
“The airline is presently carrying out its private
investigation to determine how the cabin crew
member came about the suspected banned
substance.
“Arik Air will also be cooperating fully with the UK
authorities and other appropriate agencies in their
investigations.”
The statement added, “The airline again reaffirms
its commitment to the fight against drug and
illicit substances trafficking and will not tolerate
the use of any of its aircraft or crew for the
courier of banned items and substances.
“Arik Air carries out very stringent checks on all
members of staff and its travelling guests ahead
of all flights. The airline will continue to focus its
attention on measures to prevent the possibility
of any future similar incidents.
“Arik Air is a responsible Nigerian company,
always seeking to maintain and uphold the
integrity and proud reputation of the nation.”
Our correspondent learnt that the Managing
Director of the airline, Mr. Chris Ndulue; and the
Director of Flight Operation, Captain Ado Sanusi,
were onboard the flight.
A top official of the airline, who spoke to The
PUNCH in confidence, said that Ndulue and
Sanusi travelled on the flight for a “special
meeting” in the UK.
Details of the said meeting were not known as of
press time.
When asked whether Ndulue and Sanusi were
onboard the flight and their mission in the UK, the
airline’s spokesperson, Ola, simply answered, “I
don’t know; I don’t know.”
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA,
Mr. Ahmadu Giade, on Tuesday ordered
investigation into the operations of Arik Air
following the development.
The Nigerian anti-narcotics agency said in a
statement that it had notified the National Crime
Agency of the United Kingdom of the arrest.
The statement quoted Giade as saying, “The
agency will carry out full scale investigation into
this case to ascertain those behind the criminal
act. We shall work closely with our international
collaborators on the matter. Arik Airline will be
sanctioned if found wanting.
“The agency shall invoke section 25 of the NDLEA
Act against the airline, which states that it shall
be the duty of every commercial carrier to take
reasonable precaution to ensure that its means of
transport are not used in the commission of
offences under this Act.
“Every commercial carrier is expected to comply
with appropriate security measures at points of
entry and exit in the Federal Republic of Nigeria
and other customs control areas, to prevent
unauthorised cargo in its means of
transportation.
“The law refers to the precautionary measures to
include training of personnel, promotion of
integrity of their personnel, submission of cargo
manifests in advance, use of tamper-resistant,
individually verifiable seals on containers and
reporting to the agency at the earliest opportunity
all suspicious circumstances relating to drug
trafficking.
“Nigeria has a cordial working relationship with
the United Kingdom in drug control. This has
resulted to a drastic reduction in the number of
arrests made in the United Kingdom from flights
originating from Nigeria over the years.”
In December 2011, another Arik Air cabin crew,
Ms. Chinwendu Uwakaonyenma Ogbonnaya, was
similarly arrested in London for drug trafficking.
She was subsequently jailed for five years in
London.
Also in 2013, precisely on May 21, two female
crew members of the airline were arrested at the
same Heathrow Airport in London for suspected
drug trafficking.
The two had been arrested after a package of
drugs was discovered by Border Force officers on
a bus which had been used to transport air crew.
The street value of their haul as of the time had
been put at around £600,000.
http://www.punchng.com/news/ndlea-probes-arik-attendant-caught-with-n105m-cocaine/

coolitempa:
This is good news......notherners appointing yorubas....yorubas doing vice versa.....BUT YET TO SEE AGBARI OJUKWUS DO LIKEWISE....... ...if a flat'head was to be appointed now...they will be complaining to say they are being marginalised unlike our polite and decent northern brothers.....who understand the art of diplomacy.....

My question is this.....why are the iboes so barbaric

coolitempa:
This is good news......notherners appointing yorubas....yorubas doing vice versa.....BUT YET TO SEE AGBARI OJUKWUS DO LIKEWISE....... ...if a flat'head was to be appointed now...they will be complaining to say they are being marginalised unlike our polite and decent northern brothers.....who understand the art of diplomacy.....

My question is this.....why are the iboes so barbaric

AGBARI waat? lollllll

wapSmart:
It is lucid that the ratio of police to people is very small and when crimes are been commited it will still takes police some times to get to the scene. Which is why this is a good idea.

In as much as this will still put food on some people tables if come to fruition, i am supporting Baba on this.

On CCTV installing CCTV is not the problem but effective, efficient usage and the cost of maintenance would be the problem. I hope they look into this..

Sai Baba

if a standard security system is in place,more revenue will be generated by the government from foreign investors that will be trooping in and our ppl in the diaspora will be encouraged to return home to invest creating more employments. So there will b capital to finance the project

vicadex07:
Lol...they wanted to develop abuja as they did lagos...same way they developed south africa, malaysia, indonesia, singapore, china etc which makes those people love us so much

Well said Bror
what of Libya and Australia.
They really damaged the reputation in Libya to the extent that the Libyans know there is a tribe called Igbo in Nigeria.
They are really soiling our image out there.

BELEXYFARMS:
Hello sir, good job you are doing there and more blessings on ur endeavours. Just thought i should also give my observations since you gave us permission to air our thoughts/observation. Your10*10*4 pond would NOT comfortable take 1000 fingerlings to adulthood u less you are doing regular/almost constant flow through. Yes, you can stock a thousand in that but you will not get optimal growth and the fishes will be stunted, not to talk of the regular illnesses that will arise because of over-crowding. A point will come that even within a day of changing water, the water becomes so polluted and saturated wt ammonia and carbondioxide that the fishes will not eat maximally yhe next day. I have bigger ponds than yours and i have experiened what i am telling you.

I agree with you Bror,but Im sure there wont be much illness if he could provide a very good shading. Heat is the major element that predisposes fish to diseases in concrete ponds

Calyb:
Its more easy to handle fish in concrete ponds than in earthen pond, in terms of harvesting, sorting etc. It does not waste much in maintenance unlike earthen pond.

Those ones are minor stuff, the major thing is the yield. The advantages of earthen over concrete ponds can never be overemphasized.
Do you intend to use only imported feeds all through or together feed hatchery wastes and some other feed stuff?