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Due to insurance reasons after giving birth you are not allowed to walk out of the hospital on your own, you have to be "wheeled" out with the baby. They will also confirm that you have a car seat for the baby before you are allowed to drive off. It does not matter how long it took you to have the baby.

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I yam not understanding... someone that pushed for just 2min, can't she walk on her own?

I tire for my people ohh. How can anybody be celebrating this crap and calling it evidence of "Brain"? There is nothing here that shows this is even worth talking about! Where are his drawings showing that this structure can be built scale? Where are his calculations showing the type of hydraulics this would require? etc...
So if I paste together a bunch of scrap and say it's a prototype of a plane to fly to the sun, you will not ask me how I have solved all the necessary problems with building such a plane? Like heat shields, type of material needed, type of fuel, calculation of how much is time needed to make the journey? Or you just come here and say "see brains"? Let's celebrate what makes sense please. This guy built a toy for himself, that’s about it.
Please take this crap elsewhere make we see road.

The level of ignorance on this thread is alarming! I do not normally comment on this website but on this topic I feel I must help the people with comprehension issues.
First of all most people here need to go look up the meaning of “Transition”, this suggestion is for those of you asking them to chill till May 29th or accusing them of being eager or undermining the current administration. The business of government does not stop even when there is a change in power hence the need for a “transition”, this is also why you don’t hand over power the day you win/lose an election. You need time to prepare.
In the U.S the day after the election the president elects starts getting daily security briefings from all the intelligence agencies.

The terms of reference is for the APC transition committee ie. This is what they have been charged to do by the president elect and report back to him. The line that seems to be confusing most people is the lines that asks them to suggest quick fixes to produce results in 30,60,90 days.
Again that is meant for his team (President Elect) and not the FG. If the FG feels the need to offer suggestions they could do so as well because at the end the aim is to keep the country moving.

What do you expect them to do with the hand over notes they receive? Just store them in a corner like we do with everything else in this country? They are supposed to look it through see if there are any short term risks or issues that should not fall between the cracks during the transition period.

An example would be for instance if the Nigerian government is in the middle of an arms deal or trade negotiations during this period, this would be what the FG would advice/ update the transition committee on the current status of the negotiations so that they are aware of the next steps. So if there are any payments to be made or contracts that require ratification within this period in order not to miss deadlines this would be the place to mention them and “advice” them on next steps and the transition committee in turn will “advice” the incoming government as well hence a smooth” transition”.

I hope this helps to better understand.

Onegai: Typical, typical of Africans. It is never our fault, it is someone else's problem, they should come and save us, while we hurl insults at them.

Even if Ebola was developed by Americans, 38 years after it was discovered in Congo, NOT ONE African govt had funded research on it, not one single one. Or was the CIA forbidding you from doing research, nope, your greed, selfishness, ineptitude and corruption stopped any single Minister of Health from doing anything.

The US and some British labs developed a cure because they had the foresight to think if those countries were attacked with a bio-terrorist weapon, they will make money selling the cure to the Dept. Of Defense (they are the ones now funding ZMapp). Anyone who has taken "the stop" in Virginia, and worked there knows what I'm talking about.

The big Malaria research hospital in Gambia (where they've done research on viruses), is it sponsored by an African govt? NOPE! The place is filled with Indians, Europeans and Nigerian doctors are running there daily, your govt cannot even go and say "take this money, so my country has a stake in your findings". Mbah, we are waiting for WHO and US aid.

Then we will insult them, and at the same time, ask them to develop a cure and vaccine quickly. Since January, has your govt even bothered to sensitise us about Ebola, monitor flights from hotzones or even ask WHO or MSF to conduct clinical trials with whatever compound they think is in Bitter Kola, that Maurice Iwu wrote about years ago, that purports to treat Ebola? NOPE! (Did they even try to ask, or just gave excuse "you know those people are sponsored by US firms". We're now doing medicine after death.

The world owes Africa NOTHING and will keep treating you like 2nd-class citizens until you start taking responsibility for yourselves. We don't have money to fund research, yet our presidential fleet has 9 private jets and our lawmakers are better paid than more-developed countries. Abegi!!

I could not have said it any better. Thank you!

The level of ignorance in Nigeria is alarmingly high.....
I am not sure what will save this country because it is clear, this present generation is not it.

The bottom line is that marriage or union or whatever name you call it has legal ramifications that are upheld by the state (Government). I believe this is about affording everyone this same right. Before you get married or go into a union, you have to go to the state to get a license that allows you to do so hence this is a right given to you by the state. This is also why when you decide to get out of this union you also need the state to give you permission to do this, this is how it works in a country where there are laws. This is why when you are married and die your partner has the right to inherit your property, or have rights when you decide to get a divorce.
All he simply did was to allow everyone to have these rights. He did not say he approved of their lifestyle or wished more people should live the same way so people should get off their high horses.
For those talking about the religious angle be rest assured we will all face judgment one day so why are you in a rush to judge now? He is not saying how they live is either right or wrong since he does not have the power to do so, all he is aying is that they have a right to live the way they want under the U.S constitution which he has sworn to uphold. I don't see people spitting the same venom when it comes to people cheating on their wives, getting divorced or having multiple wives. Aren't all sins the same?
This is just my personal opinion.

I dey listen to the whole album here

http://www.gbedunation.com/profile/MavinRecords?xg_source=activity

Loving the track 'Amarachi'

My question would be “If your mother was sick in the hospital and before they could attend to her you had to make a deposit would you be asking this question? Or would the people advising you to give the money to the church tell you to allow your mom to die?
We have brains to think but most of us refuse to do that. What could be of greater joy than to be able to help another human being? I find it hard to believe that God will punish you for helping a person who is visibly in need of help. If he did, I would question that.
I don't know about everyone else but I pray that God should bless me so I can be a blessing to others and vice versa.
This is an opportunity to be a blessing to someone and God will judge your heart and your intentions.
This is Just my opinion.

Wanted: A reliable overseas business partner to invest more than $1 billion presently trapped in Nigeria.

This is not a scam.

Nigeria, the West African nation that has gained notoriety for the illicit e-mail spammers aiming for Western bank accounts, is attracting attention for legitimate financial opportunities — investing its own savings.

In an effort to preserve and increase its oil revenue, the country recently established a so-called sovereign wealth fund, following the path of many resource-rich countries. Now, Wall Street titans like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase are courting top government officials, aiming to grab a piece of a portfolio that could eventually be worth tens of billions of dollars.

“The country is at a point of inflection, and what we do in the next few years will set the pace,” said Olusegun Aganga, the former Nigerian finance minister and current minister for trade and investment, who helped create the sovereign wealth fund. “It’s a land of opportunities, which unfortunately has not been tapped well.”

More than half a century after discovering oil in the Niger Delta, the country continues to subsist barrel to barrel. Poverty is rampant. Public corruption is pervasive. And the government coffers are bare, even though Nigeria is the 10th-largest oil producer in the world.

By saving and investing the petro dollars, Nigeria hopes to break the resource curse. The nation, which derives 80 percent of its revenue from oil, created the sovereign wealth fund to buffer its economy from volatile commodity prices and impose fiscal discipline. The government so far has set aside $1 billion for the fund, and it could funnel as much as $2.5 billion a year, if oil prices remain high.

“One of our biggest problems in civil society is the time horizon that we’re operating on — whether election cycles or quarterly reports,” said Ashby H.B. Monk, a research associate at the University of Oxford who studies sovereign wealth funds. “The idea of a sovereign fund is to give government bureaucrats an opportunity to make long-term policy knowing that the buffeting winds of capitalism won’t blow them off course.”

Such funds have become powerful investment forces over the years. Abu Dhabi and Kuwait have amassed hundreds of billions of dollars by plowing their oil riches into stocks, bonds and other global assets. During the financial crisis, sovereign wealth funds provided critical capital to banks and other troubled firms.

To grab a piece of the lucrative business, big banks and asset managers have tirelessly cultivated relationships with governments worldwide and added teams dedicated to sovereign wealth funds. In recent months, bankers, lawyers and consultants flew to the Nigerian capital of Abuja to pitch officials on their services. The government chose JPMorgan Chase as one of its advisers on the structuring of the fund.

In other countries, the Wall Street feeding frenzy has drawn criticism. The Libyan Investment Authority, which was started in 2006, has complained that it lost millions of dollars on several investments, while money managers generated huge fees, according to documents leaked this summer to Global Witness, an advocacy group.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into whether American money managers, in trying to land business with sovereign wealth funds, violated antibribery laws, according to people with knowledge of the matter who were not authorized to speak publicly about the inquiry. “If you don’t get these organizations designed correctly as sophisticated investment operations, you can lose a lot of money,” Mr. Monk said. “It’s the power of finance — for good or bad.”

Nigeria’s new fund is the brainchild of Mr. Aganga, a Nigerian native who worked at Ernst & Young’s London office before joining Goldman Sachs in 2001. Last year, the Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, asked Mr. Aganga to join his cabinet.

As the minister of finance, Mr. Aganga pushed to start a sovereign wealth fund almost immediately. He had helped oversee part of Goldman’s Africa business, and knew Nigeria was among the last oil-rich nations without an investment portfolio.

“It’s important that we have some savings for the future generations,” Mr. Aganga said. “It just makes sense for your economy. You’re completely exposed otherwise.”

But Nigeria has a spotty record managing its money. In 2004, the country started plowing extra oil revenue into a separate account, as a way to build savings. At one point, the portfolio held an estimated $20 billion, analysts say.

The funds did not last long. State and federal authorities leaders regularly siphoned off money to fill budget holes, build utilities or pay for other projects. By last year, the assets had plummeted to less than $1 billion.

“There were no rules about withdrawals or whom it belonged to among the three tiers of government in Nigeria,” said Razia Khan, head of African research at Standard Chartered Bank.

To avoid making the same mistakes, Nigeria is earmarking assets for different purposes in a structure that mirrors older sovereign wealth funds. One portfolio, which will invest in stocks and bonds, is focused on long-term growth in preparation for the day when the oil wells run dry. An infrastructure portfolio will support upgrades to the country’s bridges, roads, buildings and railways.

During periods of weakness, the government will have an emergency account to prop up the economy. But officials will be able to access the money only under certain circumstances, like a steep drop in oil prices.

Commitment will be crucial. Some politicians are already grumbling that the sovereign wealth fund will divert assets that the economy desperately needs now, and they are threatening to derail the effort. Such pressure, said John Campbell, a former United States ambassador to Nigeria and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan research center, could prompt the country to “raid the cookie jar” to deal with short-term issues. “Unless there is the political will to live up to those aspirations,” he said, “it’s not going to work very well.”

“My view is, better mute the trumpets for the time being,” Mr. Campbell said.

It will come down to execution, say Nigerian officials and outside analysts. The government is tapping an independent board to oversee the investment process and to ensure compliance. While critics point to the delay in naming those directors as a potential concern, authorities defend their position. They argue that the new finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former managing director at the World Bank, who was sworn in this August, needs time to learn all about existing matters.

The board “will define how effective this becomes,” said Fola Oyeyinka, an adviser to the Nigerian minister of finance. “The flavor of that board will dictate not just to Nigerians but to the world how serious we are.”

Source;http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/wall-st-giants-seek-a-piece-of-nigerias-sovereign-fund/?hp

Dude should stop making fight songs and face his music he obviously has talent, Just saying

@ poster, Good questions!
@ all, here are my thoughts on the varrious questions on how we can effect change in Nigeria.

1. We need to realize that the change has to start from us, on how we deal with each other every day and how we carrying on living in this country. For instance when we get to the bus stop we do not need a government official whipping us with horse whips to know that we  need to line up and in so doing things will move on in an orderly fashion. We do not need anyone telling us that it is in our interest not to litter our immediate environment! Let’s start with these common sense changes that have NOTHING to do with the government. If you put all you litter in the designated area and  local government does not do its job in carting it away then we can all arch to their local office and demand that they their job or else. When you see a fellow Nigerian not following the rules or doing something that we all know that is wrong (like driving in the wrong traffic direction) start by challenging them and not joining them.
2. We need to get informed about the system of government that we operate now and find out what our rights and the rules are. We need to find out about who is in charge of what. We are quick to go straight to the president when we have not even bother to quiz or local government chairman not to talk of governor. We need to learn to speak out and challenge each other! Demand to meet your representatives/ senators in groups to give them and ear full.
3. We as NL members can start work from the grassroots to get credible candidate that will run for local offices, when we think about it critically they are the ones that affect our lives more that than the ones in the center. We need credible people who know what their responsibilities to their constituents should be in both houses. We then can build our way to the top. I am pretty sure all the 36 states are represented in this forum.
Lastly for those saying that the project “Nigeria” is doomed and that we need to split. I would venture to ask, which region/ Governor is operating at even 60% of what their responsibilities are but the other states are pulling them back hence the need to break away? NONE.  
So by splitting Nigeria of today we are only going to create more “min-Nigerias” with still the same issues. The one thing that unites all our leaders is greed, corruption and general disdain for their fellow Nigerians. At that level they barely remember that they are from different parts of the country or have different religions. If they can rally around a common “evil “ cause without in fighting then we can do it as well if we want to.

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Enjoy!

The look on his face in the second pic says it all. He does not seem worried at all even attempting to hide his face in shame. I bet his is thinking a few days from today i should be in the UK and this ordeal will be over.
If they are serious he should be charged to court in the next 24 hours and held without bail and if gets bail his passport should be held since he is a flight risk.

He should be out in a week or so as soon as the president completes his trip to the U.S. all na show abi this no be Naija again?

I cannot speak to the authenticity of the picture but i think i can speak to some of the reactions that i have read here.
Someone said that they were not forced to go there so they have to accept the rules of the university which may include humiliating adults who are supposed to be independent at this point! What sort of rules are those? These are the same people that will think it's ok for law enforcement officers to use horse whip on people because they may have committed a crime.
Based on this reasoning would it be ok for an employer to use the same sort of punishment on employees just because the made it known to you before they hired you? This is ridiculous people! We can not keep coming up with excuses when we know something is wrong, we have to change this mentality.

I just feel sometimes when we put a face on these issues we can see how grave the situation is. Killings happen every time in the north so why do the security operatives act like they were caught by surprise?! How many times does it have to happen for them to know they have to be prepared!? The soldiers should have been on the streets in force a day before the results were announced and lets see who will come out and riot.
This is so freaking sad!

Saw this on a different site and felt i should share
http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/guest-articles/the-murder-of-obinna-okpokiri.html



I did not know Obinna directly but we had mutual friends here in London. Until recently Obinna was here in the UK, at his family expense, to pick up a post graduate qualification. Obi, as I will call him for the rest of this write up, like every young man had dreams and hopes and one of such was to go back and complete the mandatory NYSC. As a result he packed his bags, paid his way back to Nigeria to serve his fatherland in Bauchi where he was posted to do his National Youth Service.

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As you might have guessed by now Obi is one of the Youth Corpers, reported glibly by the media, killed in Bauchi in the last few days. I don’t know if it is because it has happened so many times or what, but the media in Nigeria have become very blasé about such killings and no longer view such as worthy of further coverage. Obi was a person, he had a life, he had a family that loved and sacrificed for him. Obi as you can see from his picture was a good looking young man full of life. According to friends, Obi had run to the corpers lodge to seek refuge and was worried enough to contemplate running to the barracks. But before he or any of the other corpers in the lodge could actualize this; death arrived in the form of a CPC murder squad.

The terror Obi and the rest must have felt can only be best imagined. They were forced out and beaten up and not quite done, the baying crowd of CPC fanatics slaughtered them and set their bodies alight. It is not the kind of death you will wish on your enemy. Let no one try and palm this off on the usual suspects; the Almajiris. Yes there must have been street urchins amongst the killer squad but these were CPC and Buhari loyalists who were out to sort out “the opponents” of their leader. It did not matter to them that these young people were on a National service, as far as they were concerned, if they were not one of them, then they must be the enemy.

There are parallels between the killing of Obi et al and what happened in Kenya at the tail end of 2007 when Kenyans went to the polls in a bitterly fought election. The incumbent Mwai Kibaki’s reelection was disputed by the main opposition leader Raila Odinga. In no time Kalenjin militias in the Rift Valley fanned out in a murderous search of Kibaki’s supporters and kinsmen. They burnt down their houses, looted and killed Kikuyus who were seen as Kibaki’s supporters. Kibaki’s Kikuyus soon retaliated and at the end of the orgy of violence, over 1,100 Kenyans had been killed.

Just like we have seen in Nigeria before, the Kenyan government sacrificed justice at the altar of political expediency. The Kenyan Government made feeble attempts bring to trail the perpetuators without much success and the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague was forced to step in. Charges have now been filed against 6 politicians, ex head of Police, a radio DJ and Government ministers for inciting the violence

The killing of Obi in Bauchi won’t be the first time people have run amok in the North. Far more people have been killed in Plateau state alone than in Kenya. People are killed at the drop of a hat in the North and Middle Belt and the Government appears helpless. We must now call on the ICC to intervene and try and break this cycle of the mindless slaughter of the innocent people in the North. The facts are all there, just as in Kenya; people were incited and primed to wreak maximum havoc in the event of results not favoring them. Even after the elections we had the likes of Alhaji Buba Galadima of the CPC still going on BBC Hausa service to spew hate. I have previously written about the climate of hate that surrounded CPC rallies prior to the elections and frankly it is no surprise that violence broke out. What is surprising is that yet again, the security forces were caught flat footed. How could they not have known that CPC supporters were going to embark on an orgy of violence?

It is doubtful if President Jonathan has the political spine to bring the murders to book. I suspect the killing of Obi and that of many others in this latest orgy of violence will be swept under the carpet by the Government for the sake of political expediency or “national unity”. We need to tell the government that there is no more room under the carpet. The blood of Obi (and others) is calling for justice. It would be most disappointing if appeasement rather that justice is pursued by the government, killers must be brought to book and not rewarded. If the Government feels this is beyond them, they should then allow for the ICC to step in.

Restricting movement does not make sense at all. A lot of people registered close to their places of business which is not walking distance from their homes. So how are they expected to vote!?  Can you vote anywhere as long as you are a registered voter in that state?
Why do the authorities in Nigeria never think? How is this move going to guarantee a free and fair election? Or is this a ploy to get people to stay away from the polling stations?!

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Make una no kill me with laugh abeg.

Na wah ohh!
Nice though.

One of many

"while guns are raising, mines are blazing" - Long kiss goodnight

Nice video. Funny concept

Dude always finds a way to stay in the news, good or bad.

I don't really see the point of this post. Why can't it be just people protecting other people praying. All the people we see in that pic, what they have in common is stronger that what divides them. Those those things are one they are all Egyptians, two they all want Mubarak out of office. The fact that they have different religions is secondary and does not play any role in this situation because when the bullets start flying  or when the govt starts oppressing them again they all get equal share no preference to religion.
When hunger starts na all man go suffer, when police break your head na the same color of blood that will flow.
On the other hand if there were to be an uprising in Nigeria against the government, all the Govt has to do to turn it on its head is to kill one Muslim or Christian and blame it on the other side and the crowd will turn on each other and forget the mission. End of story.

I just wonder what he expected to happen?

Nice video. Dude is for real!

Man Arrested For Allegedly Ejaculating on Woman in School Library
Updated: Friday, 29 Oct 2010, 11:22 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 27 Oct 2010, 10:58 AM EDT


TAKOMA PARK, Md. - A man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly ejaculated on a woman and exposed himself to her as she was reading in a school library.

The incident happened on October 9 at the Montgomery College Library in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Police say the female was sitting in the library when a man walked past her and ejaculated on her arm. When the female turned to the subject, he was standing behind her with his genitals exposed.

The male fled the library, returned briefly, and fled again as the woman was reporting the incident to police.

Campus security chased the man but he was able to flee in a car.

DNA evidence was obtained from the woman. She did not know the man but was able to provide a description of him to police.

Officers used the victim’s description and surveillance video to identify the suspect as 29-year-old Oritse Ayu of Baltimore, Maryland

Ayu was arrested and is facing charges of 2nd degree assault and indecent exposure.

Disturbingly similar incidents occurred in Montgomery County in July of 2010 when a man was arrested for throwing semen on women who were shopping.

In this case police believe the suspect, Michael Wayne Edwards, Jr., used a spray bottle to spray the semen on the women’s backs as they were shopping in stores in Gaithersburg.

In August, a California man was arrested for ejaculating twice into a female co-worker’s water bottle.

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/man-arrested-for-allegedly-ejaculating-on-woman-in-school-library-102710

http://www.shabooty.com/2010/10/27/my-college-roommate-philthy-phils-friend-weyimi-arrested-for-ejaculating-on-woman-in-school-library.php
 

Yep, seems like it.

Why is the president and the executive council involved in a meeting to discuss the purchase of trash cans? Is this not something that should be handled at the local level (not saying getting trash can are not important). I mean if the president has to be there to make decisions on such inconsequential stuff no wonder they never have time to deal with the "real" problems facing the nation.