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redsun: That place was built to accommodate the middle class and hardworking working resposible citizens,but due to lack of maintenance and ever dwindling moral ethics that are parts of nigerian culture,it has become a semi ghetto and slum.

The only good thing obj did as a human being was hosting the african festival of arts and culture.I don't know who gave him the idea,but that was a vision.Like a man that was thinking.

Exactly.

It is in Politics section cos is a political problem. The Politician ought to look into these.

In the beginning, FESTAC Town was a purely residential estate. Originally referred to as Festival Town or FESTAC village, it is found along the Lagos – Badagry Expressway in Lagos. It derives its name from the second World African Festival of Arts and Culture held in Nigeria in 1977. Participants in the festival were given accommodation in the housing units, which were later allocated to winners, who emerged through a ballot.

But FESTAC Town is no longer what it used to be. It has lost its past glory in more ways than one. In particular, it is not a residential estate in every material particular anymore. It has become home to various commercial activities. Many private developers have put their fingers in the juicy pie.

Town of prostitutes

One of the businesses that define FESTAC Town presently is prostitution. Indeed, it could be said there is a festival of sex, going on in some parts of the town. Some of the residents volunteered that they were harassed daily by the commercial sex workers on the prowl.

One of the preferred places where the women of easy virtues display their wares is First Avenue. As night falls, they converge on the long stretch and wait patiently like vultures. While some stand in twos and threes, others go solo. And to keep warm and high while standing in the dark, some of them puff cigarettes and weeds.

In various sizes and shapes, they come. Some are-not-so-young, others look as young as 14 and 15 year- olds, flaunting apple size breasts and buttocks still forming. But here, age is nothing; street wisdom is everything. Everyone strives to beat the other in the highly competitive sex trade. The roadside prostitutes, made up of students, married women, divorces and single mothers openly solicit for patronage from passers-by.

Perhaps, the highest concentration of sex workers in FESTAC is in a brothel found near the bride, linking the town with the extension. Indeed, it could be described as a ‘one-stop sex super market.’ There, sex walks on all fours. Ladies in skimpy attires that leave little to imagination strut their stuff. Some are bold enough to solicit for patronage, promising to give prospective customers “treats.” They also adopt fancy names like Beauty, Mimi, Cindy, Suzzie, Floxy, etc.

Recently, Daily Sun spent a night at the prostitutes’ paradise and saw them, reenacting Sodom and Gomorrah. Indeed, anything can happen there. Men were seen caressing women openly just as lovemaking took place inside cars parked in the neighbourhood. Drug dealing and weed smoking were also some of the activities going on there.

How they operate

Some of the ladies come from elsewhere to ‘hustle’ in FESTAC at night and leave in the morning. Coming to ‘work’, they dress somewhat respectably but when they get to their ‘office,’ they don their business outfits. The work clothes consist of breasts and belly exposing tops and tight fitting bum shorts, low waist trousers and micro-mini skirts.

Investigations revealed that some of the prostitutes’ camp in the brothel located near the bridge, linking the town with the extension. A number of them take up rooms at the rate of N3,500 daily and split the bill among themselves. The ladies, who camp at the brothel entertain clients in their rooms. But for a customer to be entertained inside the room before 12am, he has to pay N1,000 to the management of the hotel.

Services

The market rate for sex there is not fixed. It depends on the time, class and desperation of those involved. The call girls charge between N1,500 and N3,000 for a trick. An all-night outing is put at anything from N3,000.

Some of the girls can engage in three-some if the price is right. A lady, who gave her name as Sylvia, told the reporter that she could sleep with two men if they pay well. “If two guys can pay me N8,000, I will spend the night with them.” Asked if she can cope with two men, she smiled and said: “Try me. No bi today yash dey for back.”

And in their desperation for customers, some of them flaunt their area of specialisation. Happiness, as one of them called herself, said she was a Mouth Action expert. Another said she was willing to do it through the anus.

Condoms, pants everywhere

Evidences that the sex business is thriving are everywhere. For instance, used condoms are strewn all about the neighbourhood. Pants and bras of every colour hang in the open windows, painting the area in the colour of a red light district.

Deaths

It was gathered that deaths are sometimes recorded in the brothel or guesthouse. A source said: “We have witnessed instances where dead bodies were brought out of the brothel.”

Residents’ dilemma

Those living near the enclave of sex are crying blue murder. According to them, the nuisance value of the commercial sex workers and their patrons is unbearable.

A resident, who lives close to the brothel complained: “They said it was a guest house but it is purely a brothel, it is for harlots. They are constituting nuisance and this is affecting the upbringing of our children. Sometimes, as early as 6.00pm, I can’t even see the way to enter my compound; somebody will just come and pack at the gate and the manager and so-called security men they have there will not control their customers in terms of how they park their cars.

They don’t have parking space. In fact, it is compound problem. It is the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) that caused this problem. I can tell that the house, standing there is not the one FHA approved. FHA knows that, the owner of the hotel knows that. They approved about five or 10 rooms as a guesthouse but what they have there is something else. I have called the police but nothing happened. Even policemen used to sleep there. You can investigate by yourself. So, they are the same. Sometimes, armed robbers jump from the guest house into my compound. Do you believe that a whole officer was asking me irrelevant questions. Am I supposed to go to the hotel to monitor what is happening? The police, by the nature of their job, are supposed to know that this thing exists in Festac. If I complain to the police, they will start asking me: Did you see the armed robber? Was he carrying gun? They may want to implicate me; nothing is impossible.”

He further said: “This thing is not supposed to be here. If you ask other neighbours, they will narrate the same experience. If you come about 6.00pm, you will wonder if someone is living in my house, you will think that my compound is even the hotel. They will park cars in front of my house and have sex right inside the cars, not inside the hotel. It is the people that came to the hotel that are doing that. Another thing is the music they play.

They start playing the music from 6.00pm till 5.00am the following day. The speakers will be booming, disturbing the neighbourhood. This goes on everyday of the week. I wonder why FHA will allow this kind of nonsense in this place. They are there, taking bribe; if you give them money you will build any kind of nonsense you want in FESTAC. Otherwise, why should they allow this?”

Another resident said his children and visitors had been harassed by patrons, who mistook them for sex workers. “It is better forgotten,” he said with unmistakable agony in his voice.

Another resident added: “I live at the back of the guesthouse. We find it very difficult to enter our houses, especially in the evenings because harlots and men of the under world will be everywhere, blocking the road. So, everyday that you enter your house, you thank God that you have succeeded for that day. We have encountered all sorts of problems because of the guesthouse. Sometime last year, somebody was visiting us in the evening; he could not have access to our house. What he did was that he parked the vehicle beside the hotel and came in. After staying with us and was about to go, he discovered that the vehicle he parked there had been vandalised. They took away his laptop, international passport and everything that was inside the vehicle. So, we are begging the government to come and rescue us, we are in a very big problem in FESTAC.”

He added that the place was a den of thieves. “A lot of times, armed robbers run into the hotel and police will pursue them and get them. After few days, it will recur. Our lives are not safe in his this Close we are living. We are living in fear. If you come to the back of the guesthouse, you will see how the harlots display their pants, bras and other things in the windows and this is a place where we are training our children.

Anyone who comes around here in the evenings will witness what we are saying. We acquired the place as a residential area but we are crying because of the hotel and hoodlums that are attacking us. We are begging government and people concerned to come and rescue us before things get out of hand.”

On the efforts the residents have made to redress the situation, one of the residents said: “We have reported this matter to the owner of the hotel and he promised us that he would look into it but up till now nothing has been done. The situation of the place is getting worse by the day. To make matters worse, they started to play band every night. As soon you get home to rest after a hard day’s work, they start playing band. We don’t sleep till about 5.00am when they close. All these things are happening in a residential area. We have called the man times without number to see what we are passing through. His progress should not be a problem to us. He acquired a land as we acquired ours through FHA as a residential area. Only God knows how he got the approval to run it as a hotel. Hotel is different from brothel. Hotel is a place where people go to rest but this one is the abode of harlots from all over the country. They come and pay for rooms and begin to operate from there. Maybe, six or 10 girls will be resident in one room to terrorise the FESTAC area. It is an eye sore. We have young people we are training and they are going out and coming in. We have no value as human beings in FESTAC because of the area we are living and what is happening there. We are begging government to come and rescue us.”

Petitions

The concerned residents have also petitioned the FHA and management of the guesthouse over the issue. The petitions bother on noise pollution, blockade of the road, leading to their houses by guests and patrons of the brothel, provocative and irresponsible behaviour of the harlots, loss of value in the property within the vicinity and revocation permit to operate as guesthouse.

Efforts to speak with the managing director of the outfit proved abortive. Daily Sun called him on telephone number 08034345784 but it though it rang there was no response.

culled from http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/festival-of-sex-in-festac/

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A South African court jailed Nigerian national Henry Okah for 24 years after he was convicted of 13 terrorism charges over twin bombings in Abuja in 2010.

"Effectively, the accused Okah is therefore sentenced to 24 years imprisonment," said Judge Neels Claassen on Tuesday.

The charges were related to two car bombs in Abuja, Nigeria, in which 12 people were killed and 36 injured on October 1, 2010, the anniversary of the country's independence.

The second bombing took place in Warri on March 15, 2010 at a post amnesty dialogue meeting. One person was killed and 11 seriously injured.

In both bombings, two car bombs went off minutes apart in both places. The cars were parked in close proximity to each other.

Claassen sentenced Okah to 12 years imprisonment for each of the bombings and 13 years for the threats made to the South African government after his arrest in October 2010.

The 13 years would run concurrently with the 24 years.

In January, during judgment Claassen said the State had proved Okah's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and his failure to testify meant the evidence against him remained uncontested.

Okah has denied any involvement, claiming the charges against him were politically motivated.

The African Union suspended the Central African Republic on Monday and imposed sanctions after President Francois Bozize's ouster, warning that rebel coup leaders could face trial.

In an ominous sign that could presage more fighting, the rebels appeared deeply divided, openly contradicting one another about who should be leader. One rebel leader threatened more violence, indicating he was willing to attack other rebels.

South African President Jacob Zuma condemned the rebels as "bandits" at a news conference in Pretoria, confirming the deaths of at least 13 South African soldiers in a nine-hour battle. Twenty-seven others were wounded.

"It is a sad moment for our country," Zuma said, as controversy raged over the government's failure to pull out its forces. "Our soldiers paid the ultimate price in the service of their country. Just over 200 of our soldiers fought bandits who wanted to cause harm, but the actions of these bandits would not deter us from our mission of peace and security."

Zuma added that South Africa rejects any seizure of power by force.

The African Union's peace and security chief, Ramtane Lamamra, called on the organization's members to isolate the leaders of the rebel alliance, known as Seleka, and requested that they support any other future steps by the union, including the trial of the rebels for toppling the president.

"The council has decided to suspend with immediate effect Central African Republic from all African Union activities and to impose sanctions, travel restrictions and an asset freeze on Seleka's leaders," said Lamamra, addressing journalists in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

African Union Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a senior South African official and former wife of Zuma, condemned the rebel takeover, as did United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Seleka rebels, an alliance of militias from the north of the country, swept into the capital, Bangui, on Saturday, seized the presidential palace after heavy fighting and took control Sunday. Bozize fled the country and is reportedly in Cameroon, but he has made no statement since the rebels took power.

One rebel leader, Michel Djotodia, declared himself the new president in an interview Monday with Radio France International. But another, Nelson Ndjadder, said in an interview with the Associated Press in Paris that the rebels didn't recognize Djotodia, adding that he could topple him.

"We do not recognize him as president.... For your information, I have enough soldiers loyal to me to attack Djotodia," he said. Ndjadder said the original plan was to arrest Bozize and announce a swift transition. He accused Djotodia's forces of looting people's houses.

"We came to liberate the people, not to steal from them. This is shameful. Unacceptable," he said.

In an effort to calm the storm of international criticism, Djotodia said he would keep many members of the government of national unity formed in January, including the prime minister, Nicolas Tiangaye, who was drawn from the opposition.

"We will not conduct a witch hunt," he said. He promised elections within three years, in accordance with the January peace deal, but wouldn't say how long he planned to remain president.

"I can't say because you know full well that we need time to bring back peace. There is insecurity," Djotodia said.

Despite its wealth in mineral resources, the Central African Republic remains one of the poorest and most badly governed countries. It has seen successive coups and uprisings since independence from France in 1960.

The Seleka rebels took up arms in December, accusing Bozize of failing to keep peace agreements made beginning in 2007 with various militias. In January they signed a peace deal and suspended their rapid advance on Bangui. The deal set up a government of national unity and allowed Bozize to stay in office until his term expires in 2016, but it didn't last long. Last week, the rebels repudiated the deal, claiming their demands hadn't been met.

The advance by the rebels underscored the chronic weakness of the national army. It was mistrusted by Bozize, who took power in a 2003 coup. The swift advance also suggested the rebels might have been getting outside support.

The South African force was sent to the Central African Republic in January as part of a peacekeeping mission and to train the army.

South African commander Gen. Solly Shoke ruled out a withdrawal of his troops, saying that would amount to running away.

"It's not for me to decide whether the troops will come back home. We are soldiers. For us, running away is not an option," Shoke said.

South Africa's military union called on the president to withdraw the nation's forces, saying they had no mandate to remain in the Central African Republic after Bozize fled. Some South African critics questioned why the troops were deployed there, given the nation's entrenched corruption and history of bad governance.

Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/

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The Ebonyi House of Assembly Deputy Speaker, Valentine Okike, has been removed from office for alleged insubordination, promotion of disaffection among members and improper dressing to official functions.

Moving the motion for his removal, Chris Usulor (Ezza South) said Mr. Okike committed acts which negated the corporate existence of the House.

“The deputy speaker is fond of committing gross insubordination against the leadership of the house, causing disaffection among members, and dressing improperly to official functions.

“He even wears ‘boxer shorts’ to functions among other acts which negates the exalted office he swore an official oath to protect.

“This motion is in consonance with section 92 sub section 2C of the 1999 constitution.

“It stipulates that a Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House shall be removed from office with a 2/3 majority votes,” he said.

Frank Onwe, (Ohaukwu North) seconded the motion which was put into vote by the Speaker, Chukwuma Nwazunku, and it was voted in favour by majority of the members.

Nwazunku, in his remark, said that the deputy speaker had been suspended as a member for two weeks.

“A committee will be constituted to thoroughly look into this matter and report back to the House accordingly before subsequent actions will be taken,” he said.

Eni Uduma (Afikpo South West) moved a motion for Okike’s replacement and nominated Blaise Orji, representing Afikpo South East constituency.

Mabel Aleke, (Ohaukwu South) seconded the nomination which was accepted by majority of the members.

The House had earlier directed its Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to review and arrive at a consensus on its report on activities of State Local Government Service Commission.

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Pope Francis is the first Jesuit pope. What does that mean? From the motto AMDG to rumored Socialism ties, what you should know about the Society of Jesus.

Vive il papa! Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the new Pope on Wednesday—the first Jesuit pope since the Society of Jesus was founded nearly 500 years ago. What does that mean? A breakdown of what you need to know about Jesuits.

1. What are the Jesuits?

You may have a hazy recollection of the Jesuits from the days you applied to college, but the Society of Jesus is much more than an administrator of prestigious American universities. Also known as “God’s Marines” or “The Company,” the order of priests and brothers was founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 with six other students at the University of Paris. St. Ignatius had a military background, and early adherents referred to themselves as the “Company of Jesus,” hence both of the nicknames that live to this day. Probably happy that the Jesuits were not forming their own church, like Martin Luther a few decades earlier, Pope Paul III granted them commendation in 1537 to become priests. Three years later, he gave them the right to become their own order of priests. As the head of the new order, Ignatius sent his priests throughout Catholic Europe to start schools, colleges and seminaries. By Ignatius’s death in 1556, the Jesuits had already founded 74 colleges on three continents. With missionary work as a core value, the Jesuits have been known for spreading Catholicism throughout the world. Pope Francis’s namesake, St. Francis Xavier, is in particular credited with the Church’s expansion in Asia.

2. So what’s at the heart of being a Jesuit?

Under St. Ignatius, the Society of Jesus believed that reform in the Catholic Church began with reform of the individual. The founding members of the Society of Jesus took a vow of poverty, chastity and obedience under Ignatius. Current Jesuits take the same three vows today, along with a vow of obedience to the Pope.

3. What does this have to do with my Georgetown degree?

With its focus on education, the Jesuit order has been linked to some of the best universities in the world. In the United States, Georgetown was the first Jesuit university, founded in 1789. Today, there are 28 Jesuit universities and colleges in the United Sates alone (including Georgetown, Fordham University, Loyola University, and Boston College), and there are approximately 189 Jesuit institutions of higher learning throughout the world. Since its founding, Jesuits are known for free-thinking, which has helped make its universities so well-regarded. Pope Francis attended Universidad del Salvador, a Jesuit institution in Buenos Aires.

4. If the Jesuits are smarty-pants Catholics with a poverty vow, why hasn’t there been a Jesuit pope before now?

Although the Jesuits now are well-regarded, the order wasn’t always in such good terms with the Catholic Church. Look at its name—Jesuit was originally a derisive term for those one who used too frequently or appropriated under the name of Jesus. Jesuits managed to retake the narrative on that one, and the term Jesuit is embraced by the order and has a mainly positive meaning. But in 1767, led by the charges that the Jesuits were too influential and elitist, Pope Clement XIV signed the Suppression of the Society of Jesus, which was enforced in Catholic countries such as France, the Spanish and Portuguese empires, among others. But the order was not followed in non-Catholic countries, causing the Jesuits to continue in Russia and its territories. In 1814, Pope Pius VII restored the Jesuits—but not all countries followed suit. In fact, Switzerland banned the Jesuits in the Constitution, which was not lifted until a national vote in 1973.

5. Jesuits are free-thinking? What does that mean? Also what’s the poverty vow? Does that mean Jesuits are Socialists?!?

The Jesuits encourage toleration for other religions, teach other theology in their institutions, and also believe in free education for all. This emphasis on free-thinking—and especially the order’s opposition to opulent riches—has some calling them out as the founders of Socialism. Pope John Paul II, for instance, denounced some Jesuits in Latin America for their emphasis on liberation theology, which is focused on the liberation of oppressed people (you may have heard of a form of it from Jeremiah Wright, supposedly a believer in liberation theology, or from Glenn Beck, who says liberation theology has “completely perverted Christianity”), particularly of the poor from their rich oppressors. But perhaps the most damning link to socialism comes from Fidel Castro—the former Cuban dictator studied under the Jesuits for 12 years, although Castro later forced his former teachers to leave in 1961.

6. What is AMDG? Sounds kind of like OMFG.

The Jesuits’ Latin motto is AD MAIOREM DEL GLORIAM, or AMDG, Latin for “for the greater glory of God,” meaning everything is offered up to God. Some Jesuit institutions have students mark their work with AMDG, and Pope John Paul II, though not a Jesuit, often included AMDG in his signature.

7. What does all this have to do with Robert De Niro?

Before Robert De Niro became famous for his Mafia connections, he starred in the Oscar-nominated British film The Mission in 1986. The Mission, set in 1790, tells the story of a Spanish Jesuit mission in South America. Robert De Niro does not play a priest, however, he plays a mercenary and slave driver who kidnaps natives and sells them to nearby plantations—although he later travels with the Jesuits as a penance. Another instance of a Jesuit in popular culture? Father James Martin, has appeared on The Colbert Report, and is called “Chaplain of the Colbert Nation,” and most recently appeared on Feb. 13 to discuss Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation. Coincidence?

Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/14/pope-francis-is-a-jesuit-seven-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-society-of-jesus.html

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justi4jesu: Pls can anyone advise where to get a cheaper hotel in dubai because the one am staying at Gulf Star hotel is 250dirhams and its like 11,000naira. Pls I need an urgent response.

Go to Deira Park Hotel or Shalimar Park if you looking for a cheap hotel.

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They have really made the Country Proud- See the joy in David Mark as he embraces the players.

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Please, is the money meant flight alone?

If you book the flights with them- I paid approx 1K USD for return ticket (Qatar Airways), so you make a brief stop at Doha , catching another 1 hr flight to Dubai. They also require you to book Accommodation through them. I know they got a room as low as 6K per day. In my own experience I would recommend them personally since I used them personally and their service was very professional.

justwise: .... and emirates airline is an agent?

Did I mention Emirates airline in my post, for God sake I didnt even fly Emirates. Get your facts right before stomping hard on users.

The post is incomplete, whats he searchin for- Lover, Pu-ss-ie, Wife or Job? Clarify pls.

justwise: Please read the instruction of this thread in red letter.

Unfortunately, there is no DIY basis in this case as UAE dont have an embassy in Nigeria, and the only way to secure the VISA is through an agent. I made a similar post in NL here before I left and I came back uploading pictures. I sifted through a lot of offers before I finally arrived at the agent I wrote that you just deleted. What use is a Forum if not to share information.

You want a Visa, I am telling the readers how I got mine, and is a problem.

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