DoctorTim:
Chimamanda.. Chimamanda... Chimamanda!!! how many times did I call u? Come to Nigeria and marry before u make too much money and forget your roots. This americanah people like u too much. Come home

lionduke: “Police is your friend,” an officer would proudly say.

“Go tell that to the marines,” is the likely reply he would get anywhere outside a
police station.

We are now outside a station, specifically at Maryland junction, where the men-in-
black/blue/camouflage/orange are going about their ‘duties’. Police man, u dey blow big big grammar oooo. Where u come dey when "oga at the top" become chairman? Abi na u be the anonymous oga at the top?

Some are controlling traffic but our ‘specimen’ for experiment are those flagging
down vehicles and asking for their particulars and other ‘things’ of interest.

We spot a rather cheerful one in their midst and conclude he would be our ideal Man
Friday – the one to tell us the reason for the seeming animosity between the police
and the policed. We are right.

Note: We narrowed our ‘research topic’ to altercation during ‘stop and search’ for ease
of…writing!

So, here are the six things you do that annoy a police officer on ‘stop and search’.

1. NO ‘HELLO’ OR ‘HI’

If we stop you for routine check while driving or walking, we don’t like you calling a
so-called superior officer of ours on the phone. The worst part is handing us the
phone to continue a conversation we didn’t initiate. Imagine this awkward chat:

So-called Superior Officer: Yes, who are you please?

Me: Who are you too, please SIR?

SSO: It seems you want to lose your job. Do you know who you are talking with?

Me: I don’t know; that’s why I’m asking SIR

SSO: The person you are harassing…

Me: (cuts in) Harassing? I’m just doing my job…

SSO: (cuts in) Which job? The job you are about losing? My friend, will you release
him immediately before I call Alausa?

Me: Ok sir. Ok sir.

I hand over the phone as well as your incomplete papers. You smile but I know it
deserves a punch in return. Who am I to do that in broad daylight? I mark your face
and car, though.

2. USE, MISUSE, AND ABUSE OF ‘ESPRIT DE CORPS’

You, a bloody civilian, just blurt out those words ‘Esprit de Corp’ once we flag you
down. You are not a police officer. Neither are you in the navy, army, or air force.

You are not even in the civil defence or boys scout. Perhaps I could forgive you if
you are a staff of LASTMA!

“Esprit de Corps, Esprit de Corps,” you look so learned and educated yet you don’t
know the meaning of the words.

Let me educate you.

When we say those words, we are referring to the common spirit existing among
members of a group that inspires enthusiasm, devotion, and strong regard for the
honour of the group. It’s like feelings of loyalty, enthusiasm, and devotion to a
group among people who are members of the group.

You and I are not in the same category, sorry, group.

3. GALLANT MOPOL AND OTHER FUNNY BANNERS AND
STICKERS

Related to the point above are the funny banners and stickers you hang on your
front mirror and windscreen.

Gallant Mopol! Navy! Army! They announce.

Sometimes, we are magnanimous enough and listen to your explanation that the
vehicle actually belongs to your father’s uncle’s son in the army, but most times,
you allow your ‘Gallant Mopol’ to intoxicate you with Dutch courage and challenge
our ‘audacity to stop’ you.

That’s when we remind you that you are a bloody civilian after all!

4. ‘DON’T YOU KNOW I AM A LAWYER’ AND OTHERS WHO KNOW
THEIR RIGHTS

“Don’t you know I’m a lawyer? I know my rights and if you infringe on my rights, I’ll
sue you. Sue the IG; sue the federal government.”

We have no problem with you being a lawyer or knowing your rights as a citizen of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

In fact, we love relating to learned gentlemen and women who have a copy of the
1999 Constitution resting above their dashboard. It shows you read and we know
readers are leaders.

What we don’t like is you acting ungentlemanly; screaming like a drug peddler in a
commercial bus just to pass your message across. We love your energy but we
believe it can be put to better use – like in the courtroom.

5. TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED
…and do yourself no harm!

Sorry, for corrupting Ist Chronicles 16:22, but it best explains how I may react if you
go beyond using your speech organs in our interaction.

It’s so disrespectful touching an officer on the chin, shoulder, waist, wherever, just
because you want to buttress your point.

I could choose to ignore your insults, stare, and any other ‘tactic’ you adopt as
survival mechanism while with us.

I won’t ignore your touch.

6. IT IS MY OFFICE FOR PETE’S SAKE

However you view it, I’m in my office when on the road and you must respect my
office, notwithstanding that it’s on the road.

When you go to a bank, do you fill deposit slip when withdrawing cash?

When you go to a hospital, do you prescribe drugs and injection that the doctor and
nurse will administer on you?

Why then do you treat my office with contempt? Why can’t you obey simple
instructions?

What’s difficult in comprehending: ‘’Can I see your vehicle particulars?’’

You know your vehicle insurance has expired, so why wait until you are asked?

We are here to serve you and believe me: ‘’Police is you friend

Copyright 2014 The Cable.

www.thecable.ng

elbinmanny:
http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/news/14690-kwankwaso-to-build-another-school-in-niger-republic

MANGAM: Rip to the death soldiers

Adebayor1: The image of the 21st century
woman is confident, prosperous,
glowing with health and
beauty.
But for many of the 3.3 billion
female occupants of our planet,
the perks of the cyber age never
arrived. As International
Women's Day is celebrated today,
they continue to feel the age-old
lash of violence, repression,
isolation, enforced ignorance 70% islamic country
and discrimination.
"These things are universal," says Taina Bien-Aime, executive director of New
York-based Equality Now. "There is not one single country where women can
feel absolutely safe."
In spite of real progress in women's rights around the globe – better laws,
political participation, education and income – the bedrock problems that
have dogged women for centuries remain. Even in wealthy countries, there
are pockets of private pain where women are unprotected and under attack.
Some countries, often the poorest and most conflict-ridden, have a level of
violence that makes life unbearable for women. Richer ones may burden
them with repressive laws, or sweep the problems of the least advantaged
under the carpet. In any country, refugee women are among the most
vulnerable.
1 Afghanistan: The average Afghan girl will live to only 45 – one year less
than an Afghan male. After three decades of war and religion-based
repression, an overwhelming number of women are illiterate. More than
half of all brides are under 16, and one woman dies in childbirth every
half hour. Domestic violence is so common that 87 per cent of women admit
to experiencing it. But more than one million widows are on the streets,
often forced into prostitution. Afghanistan is the only country in which the
female suicide rate is higher than that of males.
2 Democratic Republic of Congo: In the eastern DRC, a war that claimed
more than 3 million lives has ignited again, with women on the front line.
Rapes are so brutal and systematic that UN investigators have called them
unprecedented. Many victims die; others are infected with HIV and left to
look after children alone. Foraging for food and water exposes women to yet
more violence. Without money, transport or connections, they have no way
of escape.
3 Iraq: The U.S.-led invasion to "liberate" Iraq from Saddam Hussein has
imprisoned women in an inferno of sectarian violence that targets women
and girls. The literacy rate, once the highest in the Arab world, is now
among the lowest as families fear risking kidnapping and rape by sending
girls to school. Women who once went out to work stay home. Meanwhile,
more than 1 million women have been displaced from their homes, and
millions more are unable to earn enough to eat.
4 Nepal: Early marriage and childbirth exhaust the country's malnourished
women, and one in 24 will die in pregnancy or childbirth. Daughters who
aren't married off may be sold to traffickers before they reach their teens.
Widows face extreme abuse and discrimination if they're labelled bokshi,
meaning witches. A low-level civil war between government and Maoist
rebels has forced rural women into guerrilla groups.
5 Sudan: While Sudanese women have made strides under reformed laws, the
plight of those in Darfur, in western Sudan, has worsened. Abduction, rape
or forced displacement have destroyed more than 1 million women's lives
since 2003. The supporter of APC militias have used systematic rape as a
demographic weapon, but access to justice is almost impossible for the
female victims of violence.
6 Guatemala: The impoverished female underclass of Guatemala faces
domestic violence, rape and the second-highest rate of HIV/AIDS after sub-
Saharan Africa. An epidemic of gruesome unsolved murders has left
hundreds of women dead, some of their bodies left with hate messages.
7 Mali: One of the world's poorest countries, few women escape the torture of
genital mutilation, many are forced into early marriages, and one in 10
dies in pregnancy or childbirth.
8 Pakistan: In the tribal border
areas of Pakistan women are
gang-raped as punishment for
men's crimes. But honour killing
is more widespread, and a
renewed wave of religious
extremism is targeting female
politicians, human rights
workers and lawyers.
9 Saudi Arabia: Women in Saudi
Arabia are treated as lifelong
dependents, under the
guardianship of a male relative.
Deprived of the right to drive a
car or mix with men publicly,
they are confined to strictly segregated lives on pain of severe punishment.
10 Somalia: In the Somali capital, Mogadishu, a vicious civil war has put
women, who were the traditional mainstay of the family, under attack. In
a society that has broken down, women are exposed daily to rape,
dangerously poor health care for pregnancy, and attack by armed gangs.
"While the potential of women is recognized at the international level," says
World Health Organization director-general Margaret Chan, "this potential
will not be realized until conditions improve – often dramatically – in
countries and communities. Too many complex factors, often rooted in social
and cultural norms, continue to hinder the ability of women and girls to
achieve their potential and benefit from social advances."





source www.feministezine.com/feminist/international/Ten-Worst-Countries-for-Women.html

sirjohnson: There is something special in the blood of the Kutis

oseiwe: Peckham is already a yoruba / Nigerian village, even the cops are scared to go there.

MadCow1:

Abi say mohammed no be prophet?

YOU MEAN MY EDUCATION WAS ALL A LIE!!!













What Next?!! The Virgin Mary was not really a Virgin?!

moneybag100:
Don't you read to see reason why he was killed

moneybag100:

Source: http://cnnmobile.com/primary/fullarticle?articleId=cnn/2014/08/19/world/meast/isis-james-foley&pageSize=10&category=intl