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Life is in Phases and Stages, so they will outgrow it. One more advice about dealing with teens is this : the way you the so-called adult carry urself matters a lot. Respect is earned, so don't mingle with them to d extent of loosing ur self respect and expect to correct them 2moro, especially those who keep chasing after these ' smallies'.

Mzflexydeeva: hello ose! Welcome on board. From d name can tell u r from Edo state. Obokhian oooo! So ans dis....mis it true optometrist usually use glasses do u? ;Djust kidding though! Welcome once again.

LOl.....thks. I use only photocromic glasses to reduce sun rays. And yea, am an Edo guy. Are u a Uniben Alumni too?

A lot of women don't actually plan to have plenty kids, just that some still don't know about Family planning and so they just ignorantly believe that "as long as God is blessing u with more and more children U just have to bring them forth and multiply ". Some religious folks don't even support family planning..just Imagine !!! Anyway., I want to have 2 or 3 kids ONLY. (irrespective of the genders)

Bsc: The joy of motherhood..

Have U read the novel with that title?

Nice Thread. My name is Ose, am an Optometrist working in an Eye clinic in Lag. I am already busy and haven't had time to make friends in Lag. So, any cute girl wanna be my friend ? Just friends, nothing more. !!!....bbm : 2687F37F

My eyebrows grow like weeds.....but thAnks to my professional barber who keep them trimmed and shaped, cus I gat NO TIME for all those girlie eyebrow cultivation.

Matthewbriggs: I am your typical career focused young man who rarely has the time to really invest in a relationship.


For eg I detested weak women, women who needed to pushed, who cannot take initiative, and clearly do not have a clear plan and focus for life and I find my self turned on by the go getting type of woman, the ones we call strong women. The kind that does not just have the ability to plan but also has the strong will and dedication to execute on them just like or even better than my mum. I might be attracted to a woman but one's I get closer and discover she lacked these attributes no matter how beautiful she is my interest dies automatically


#Mathewbriggs

Guess I have a lot in common with the OP. Those are some qualities my mum possesses that I would love to see in my future-wife. The day I see these in a lady I will NEVER let her go......But while the ultimate search for my Mum-like wifey is on., Let me spend time with the side chicz

Good one Access Bank. Prevention is better than cure. Beside it increases customers confidence. In the Clinic where I work, every patient starts by washing their hands, thereafter they MUST use hand sanitizer. We wear hand gloves to attend to patient. We don't wanna take chances.

kreamidiva: One day,one of my nairaland brothers would see her under her new pretense and say she's a "good girl" only to find out eventually that maybe she can't have kids because of the dozen abortions she has had.

Nairaland brothers una don hear abi !!!

tebirim: Am glad you said girlfriend ( Paulina... )

Lol...sure. Just my GF. I wouldn't allow my wife. (Cus I don't trust my fellow naija men )

I like it a lot..,for me its cool and sexy. I will allow my GF wear it anyday. Its just an accessory.

Female mutilation is barbaric and inhumane. I was discussing with a lady some months back (A final year undergraduate). She told me she was cool with the fact that she was circumcised and that she MUST do same to her daughter in order to reduce her cravings for sex and libido. I was shocked. Such an outdated practice with no benefit. Who go spoil go spoil, who go abstain go abstain.

ratiken: This is not good.
What is the rush about? When we cannot manage the few ebola patients we have in isolated instances.
We can easily have an uncontrollable outbreak in our hands if we don't think through this action appropriately.

Until we have a cure to the ebola virus, (local or foreign), kids should stay home. One infected kid oin a school can easily transmit to a class of 30 in less than 4 days especially in the public schools where hygiene is poor and teachers care less about the health status of the poor kids. 30 infected kids could easily mean 30 infected families and the multiplier continues. This could easily result in over 100K infected cases in just a month.

Until we get our hands around ebola, Kids should stay home ...... Kapish

I beg to differ from your view. Does that mean Banks, markets, churches/mosques and every point of interaction should also be closed till Ebola is fully Eradicated

I am No saint but I think "Relationships" should be defined from the start. It helps to avoid awkward moments like this. What am gonna say now may sound absurd to some folks but I love being practical and logical. Before I ask any girl that I like out , I define the relationship first. I ask myself " what do I want from this ?? Do I want go on a bleeping spree and jump off the train at the next moment?? Do I want companionship to avoid boredom ?? Relationship of convenience?? Or something serious that I can commit myself with the hope of Entering the dreaded land of 'TOGETHER 4EVER ?? Don't just assume. know ACTUALLY what you want and find a way to know what she expects from the relationship too.

The one advice that has made me both successful and responsible was given by my Dad..He told me that "Am EXCUSE is like a bribe , Never give an Excuse and Never take an Excuse ". Throughout my school days and now that am working, I always thrive hard to excel becos there can never be such thing as an Excuse for failing, no matter how 'Good' the excuse my sound.

The one advice that has made me both successful and responsible was given by my Dad..He told me that "Am EXCUSE is like a bribe , Never give an Excuse and Never take an Excuse ". Throughout my school days and now that am working, I always thrive hard to excel becos I will never give any Excuse for failing, no matter how 'Good' the excuse my sound.

Is this Totten-Ham or West Ham

I love this Sturridge guy....his dribblings are just awesome

Goooooaaaalllllllll !!!!!

This will be a close call...dat was almost a goal by Liverpool. This gonna be fun.

Tazmode: Unfortunate. Those particular NSCDC officials wicked oo. They didnt bother to help the guy. 9ja ehnnn

They should be charged for MURDER !!!

A 37-year-old graduate of Accountancy, University of Lagos, who sold recharge cards under the Meckwen Bridge, Victoria Island,Lagos State, has been chased to his death by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
Babalola Felix fell into the Lagoon as he was running to avoid being arrested by the NSCDC officials. The incident happened last week Monday afternoon.
Our correspondent gathered that the NSCDC men had invaded the area to rid it of hoodlums.
Confusion had resulted as people in the area fled in different directions on sighting the security operatives.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Babalola, who was also running, fell into the water after he slipped.
Eyewitnesses said efforts to rescue him were resisted by the NSCDC officials, who threatened to kill anyone who ventured near the scene.
The victim was said to have drowned after one of the officials pointed a gun at him to prevent him from coming out.
When our correspondent visited the area on Wednesday, he saw an eyewitness, who said she did not make statements at the police station because she feared she would be detained.
Despite entreaties by relatives of the deceased to make her change her stance, she declined, saying the police were arresting people who witnessed the incident.
But she agreed to speak with our correspondent on the condition of anonymity.
She said, “I sell herbs and on that day, I was around and saw everything.
“Around 1pm, NSCDC men drove into this place. The brother (Babalola) ran like others through a side of the bridge, but he slipped and fell into the Lagoon.
“Iya Peter (a trader in the area) started shouting, ‘this person no sabi swim o, make una come help am o’ (this man cannot swim, please help him).
“One of the officials replied, ‘e no sabi swim, na hin e enter water, if he wan die, make hin die there’ (he cannot swim yet he jumped into the water, if he wants to die, let him die).
“The brother begged them to rescue him, but they mocked and left him.
“A dumb man working with LAWMA, also wanted to help him, but they beat him up.
“The brother made attempt to come out, but one of the NSCDC officials went to the place and pointed a gun at him that if he came out of the water, he would shoot and kill him.”
PUNCH Metrospoke with the dumb man who attempted saving the victim.
Although he could not verbalise his expression, he gesticulated to our correspondent how he was manhandled when he appealed to the NSCDC men to allow him save the victim.
Our correspondent learnt that Babalola’s remains floated on the water two days after the incident.
It was also gathered that policemen from the Zone 2 Police Headquarters, Onikan, arrested the NSCDC officials, but later released them.
The official who led the three-man team was identified as Inspector Oladele Orijah.
The younger sister of the deceased, Ajoke, said she had sold recharge cards under the bridge before she gained admission into the Kwara State College of Health Technology.
She said, “I was contacted on the telephone by some traders around the place who said I should come down.
“They did not want to break the news to me initially until I pressed them to talk.
“The NSCDC men prevented my brother from getting help. It was a tragedy that could have been avoided.”
PUNCH Metrolearnt that the deceased’s aged mother passed out after hearing that her son was dead.
She was said to be in a hospital in the state.
Our correspondent learnt that Babalola had planned to foot his mother’s eye surgery before his life was cut short.
The victim’s widow, Oluwaremilekun, said, “My husband suffered till death. He struggled to send himself to school. He finished and couldn’t secure a job. His uncle assisted him with funds to start the recharge cards business. But they have killed him.
“I am now a widow. He is irreplaceable. He married me properly; did court wedding, traditional wedding and church wedding. What will happen now? I am a widow for life.”
Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, told our correspondent in his Ikeja office that justice must be given to the Felix family.
Falana said, “This is a case that should not be handled carelessly. The system reduced a graduate of the University of Lagos to a vendor selling recharge cards in town.
“In an attempt to chase him from the street, he was chased into the Lagoon by a law enforcement officer who was supposed to protect his life.
“To allow him to get drowned is worse. Those who tried to save him were scared away by the same official. It is a tragedy that should attract severe punishment under the law.
“We have taken over the matter and we will sue the appropriate agencies of government to make sure the family is compensated. He has left a wife and two kids. We will not allow them to become beggars on the street of Lagos. We will invoke the criminal jurisdiction of the state to get the officer fished out with a view to getting him to face the full wrath of the law.”
The Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC, Lagos Command, Mr. Chibuzor Mefor, said he was not aware of the incident.
He said, “They have not transferred such a case here, so I am not aware of it.”
The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Lelma Kolle, said, “A group of NSCDC men, led by one A.C. Orijah attached to Alausa, Ikeja, raided Meckwen. For fear of being arrested, one of those in the place, Babalola, jumped into the water and died.
“The police at Zone 2, arrested the three NSCDC officials and querried them and they said nothing happened.
“But later, the Marine Police heard somebody drowned in the place and they recovered his corpse. They wrote the NSCDC that the officials should be released to them for questioning. But up till now, NSCDC have yet to reply the letter.”
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