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The issue is not building a cathedral for a hospital or spending billions to equip it with "The best medical equipments". It's about getting expert medical practitioners, especially the ones who can use the so-called machines. Unless the machines are Transformers. That's the problem with Naija. They see a big building and everyone starts jumping as if their problems have been solved. Will touching the building or the equipment will cure your illness?. Let them start NOW to think about manpower. Doctors, Nurses, specialists etc. Look everywhere for experts, train the already existing ones, encourage the ones abroad to come home and share their expertise. Then I'll believe they are serious. They say "Monkey go America, Monkey it remains.". "Put lipstick on a pig, A pig it remains!!" That is to say, if you don't have the right expert medical practitioners to work there, it's all for naught!

At OP, like I said earlier. Even though I think you should partly be blamed, I know how the Naija education system is like so I won't judge you. I just think it's high time Naija youths stand up for what they really want. We just can't keep sitting on our butts and blaming everything on the system. Granted, the system is messed up, but what are u doing to help yourself? What is your ambition? What's your plan? Do you even have one? My worry with you OP is not the fact that you are asking where u can work with your degree but that you don't even know what you want to do. Ok, you said Religion was not your choice, it was just given to you. Fine. My question is, What was it you wanted to study before u were given Religion? What do you want to do? If you can answer these questions then you have solved half of your problem. The other part will then be looking for ways to make sure it comes to pass. Either by trying to switch courses if u are still in school or getting back-up training to supplement your degree if you are out of school. If you want to follow some people's advice and "work" your way into banks and the likes of them with your degree as is, then be my guest. It's your life. BUT MY QUESTION IS!! What is it you are going to tell them you want to work as? Are you just going to tell them "Put me anywhere you think my Religion degree will fit"? That is my problem with your question!! What is it you want to do?! Do you want to be an accountant? An administrator? Business manager? Clerk? What?! Don't just throw your dice up in the air and leave it to fate. Stand for something or you'll fall for anything. Peace out.

PS: When you have figured out what it is you are interested in, People can then suggest options on how to go about it. Finally, I want you to realize that even though people have been succesful in carreers different from what they studied, it will be foolhardy for u to jump on their bandwagon because of that. Your destinies are not the same. Try all you can to become what you want and if in the course of it you end up being successful in something else, all fine and good! The point still is, you finally ended up where you did because of the foundation you laid for yourself and not because you were trying to imitate others.

Afam4eva I feel u and I really don't blame u. The one that gets to me is when people accept just about ANY course just to get into a particular university, (Note: I said "PARTICULAR", and I'm not implying the OP did so.) I remember trying to get into UI for Architecture and they gave me Urban and Regional Planning. I refused it and everyone thought I was foolish for doing so. They were like " Just take it like that, it's still a good course and moreover u can always transfer in the second year. It's UI ooooo!!" , I didn't even want to take that gamble cos I know my naija peeps. When its time to transfer, they'll start telling me stories and I'll be stuck with a course I hate all in the name of attending UI. I just respected myself and went to another school where I got the course I wanted and I have no regrets whatsoever. Like u said Afam, in Naija its all about the certificate. It doesn't matter what u studied. That's why you'll see an Igbo girl willing to study "Igbo" just so she can get into UNN or a yoruba girl studying "yoruba" in UNILAG or UI. That's not bad if and only if they decide to become Teachers, or translators of some sort. But NO!!, some of them want to work in Banks and Oil Companies. People should thank their stars I'm not a HR person

Poster, this question is for you. What were your plans for the future b4 you accepted the course? If you just accepted it just to get into school (and I can't fault u for that), did u make any effort later on to change to something more to your liking? If u didn't you should have started thinking about what to do with the degree b4 now. Let me be honest with u. If you are thinking about getting a job that's not "religion" related, you need to get some further training that can widen your job scope. Even if you don't go for a Master's, do a post-graduate course or even a certificate program in either Bus. Admin, Project management or Economics. Don't get me wrong ooo, you can't get a job with your religion if u know people, but it will never be stable and you may never grow at the job. You need to back up your degree. They do part-time degree/post-graduate/certificate business programs in most places. You can always enroll for one of them while working (if u get a job).

The Future of Igbo under Delta State Presidency

Gabriel  Nwanze

  gnwanze@yahoo.com



Tuesday, December 16, 2008





It's indeed, a landmark achievement by Ndiigbo in electing the first Ohanaeze President-General from a state other than the five South-Eastern States. This is a true demonstration of the height which we have reached and a direct response to those who say the Igbo are well unable to forge any sense of unity among themselves. Many often interpret this saying to mean that the Igbo, as viewed through the lens of those who occupy the South-East geographical zone, cannot agree on a common line of action, but in the broader sense, this also mocks the inability of Igbo brothers and sisters in the South-East and the South-South to stay united or at the least even openly identify with one another. A bold statement against those rejoicing over the disunity among Ndiigbo has thus been made with the election of Ambassador Ralph Uwaechue from Delta State as the new President-General of  Ohanaeze Ndiigbo.


Just as the election Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States doesn't end racism, so does the election of Ambassador Ralph Uwaechue, as significant as it is, doesn't end the need for a continued quest among Ndiigbo to forge stronger ties across the Niger, as well as ensure that the now fading psychological line which demarcates the Igbo of the South-East from their brothers in Delta, Rivers and other States and vice-versa, is eventually, nay rapidly erased.


There are many ways through which unbridled unity can be achieved among the Igbo through the creation of a sense of oneness. Firstly, arguments from both sides of the divide should be greatly scrutinized and attended to.


On the side of the Igbo from Delta and Rivers States, various accusations that range from negligence, favouritism, etc. are traded. Ndiigbo from these areas have said time and again that the generality of the Igbo never officially appreciate or celebrate their sons and daughters when appointed in office, or when remarkable achievements are made by them. A good example is the appointment of Sir Mike Okiro as the Inspector General of Police, being the first Igbo man to occupy the position since after the civil war. Ndiigbo in the Southeast rather clamoured for the appointment of Ogbonnaya Onovo, on the grounds that, according to them, Onovo was an Igbo man and that the presidency deliberately didn't want the Igbo to occupy such a sensitive position. What does that now make Mike Okiro? An tribe-less person or an outcast? Paul Dike's ascension as Defence Chief was better accepted by the generality of Igbo, perhaps due to the fact that lessons had been learnt from the embarrassing scenario which occurred during Mike Okiro's appointment. In fact, it's so bad that when Ndiigbo learn of an achievement made by one of its sons, some stop in mid-celebration when they learn the Igbo person question hails from outside the South-East zone.


Some accuse the Igbo in the Southeast of  selective acceptance, laying claim to only non-Southeastern Igbo who have achieved enviable landmarks in their chosen professions, like Jay Jay Okocha, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sunday Oliseh, Kingsley Obodo, Jim Ovia, Tony Elumelu, Sebastian Adigwe, Francis Atuche, Nuel Ojei, Peter Okocha, Sunny Odogwu, and a host of other superstars who all hail from Delta State, along with notable ones from Rivers State like Chioma Ajunwa, comedian Julius Agwu to mention a few. Southeastern Igbo respond that those who they identify with are those who initially identify with them, like Jay Jay Okocha and Okonjo-Iweala,  even stating that, sometimes, people forget that a luminary like Pat Utomi is not from one of the five Southeastern States because of the way he has freely and openly associated himself not with the Southeast as a group of people, but with the entire Igbo nation, of which he is one. Utomi needs no one's permission to flaunt his Igboness. Yet others are of the opinion that the Southeasterners shouldn't wait to be identified with before reciprocating, as such show betrays the consciousness that they are the self-appointed custodians of the Igbo nation.


Another argument from across the bridge is that the Igbo from the Southeast do not show much sympathy to the cause of their brothers outside their zone, in matters that require external support. An example is the current efforts by the people of Anioma in Delta state to create Anioma State out of Delta State. In spite of the obvious gains this will have for the Igbos in that region of Delta State along with its easier integration with their brethren in the South east, little seems to be done by the governors of the Igbo states or even the Ohanaeze in this regard.


On the side of the Igbo from the South East, numerous accusations of self-denial by the Igbo from Delta and Rivers States are at the fore-front of their grievances. They say that no matter where you meet a full blooded Igbo man from Delta, Rivers or Bayelsa State, he'll never admit to being Igbo. Some do so when you're with them only to recant once a thrid party comes into the picture, and they do so even more fervently when they are in the midst of non-Igbo, to the utter embarrassment of Ndiigbo and of course, the perpetual bewilderment and amusement of the non-Igbo who then, justify their stance that the Igbo aren't united. After all, "seeing" they say "is believing."


It is essential to note that before the Civil War, such open disownment of Igbo by Igbo wasn't the case. The prevalence of this came as a result of Igbo who lived with non-Igbo in the old Bendel State and later during the creation of Rivers State with the Ijaw, etc, to believe that the loss of the war was a South Eastern affair, and so, for them to survive and escape the sanctions of the war by the Nigerian Federation, had to identify with their non-Igbo neighbours by denying being Igbo. This is in spite of the fact that an Igbo man from Delta State (then Bendel State ), Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu, was the man who non-Igbo pinpointed as the catalyst to the war. Nzeogwu will be turning in his grave today, as Ndiigbo from his very state and community disdain his utter sacrifice by denying him and their entire origin.


I believe that the time for these issues have come and gone. I will however, not fail to strongly blame the present generation of leaders and parent folk, the elders among them especially, for playing a role that on one hand, ensured that non-Southeastern Igbo told their children often and on, that they were not Igbo, while on the other hand, Southeastern Igbo told their children that they were real Igbo while anyone from the South East wasn't a real Igbo person. This went on even though parents on both sides knew that such miseducation was not true, but just to spite the other. The result is a divided Igbo nation that is just waking up from its deepest slumber.


As the tragic drama that has held us bound for so many years continues to disappear, I urge Ohanaeze, being the apex Igbo body and a source of common convergence for all Igbo irrespective of state of origin, to make very clear and deliberate efforts in bringing Igbos together through actions and re-educative efforts that include:


* The use of Nollywood to convey messages. As the Nigerian film industry is booming, the advantage that a majority of players in every sector of the industry are Igbo. Through the medium of films, many commentaries and documentaries a swell as modern epic block-busters should be churned out en masse, to re-educate Ndiigbo and the young generation of what their origins are and who they truly are.


* Igbo authors should be commissioned to write on this incident, tracing the history of the Igbo and how we came to be at this stage, and possible solutions in their write up. Books and novels, both fictitious and non-fictitious, should be written to enlighten the populace.


* Joint developmental projects as initiated by the South East should also, at all times, be inclusive of the Anioma people and all other Igbos in the South-South. Always painting such projects as an all Eastern affair further alienates others. There's nothing wrong, or long in terms of grammar or in print, in saying or writing things like:

"The Economic Summit of the Southeast, Anioma & Ndiigbo from Rivers State."


* Inclusion of the History of the Igbo in all schools that are situated in all Igbo speaking areas worldwide, with an emphasis on destroying the walls of hate and division that have been built between the Igbo in different regions of the country.


* Strong endorsement for the creation of Anioma State. Let's not worry about the oil wealth of the southern part of Delta State being denied Delta North (Anioma). There is evidence that oil exists in the Anioma side of Delta State too.


I'm sure you have many more suggestions on the way forward. Please feel free to mail your suggestions to me.


God bless us all as we forge ahead towards the attainment of excellence and unparalleled achievement.

Eh? Which greener pastures? Make una no make me laugh. Anyone leaving naija at this moment for "greener pastures" go hear am. You go chop stone.

What I don't get is why they were even paid a militancy fee in the first place. What for?, As in?, I'm just confused . Oh, after watering their mouths and they've gotten used to doing nothing and getting paid, u now want to withdraw the "ice cream", yeah right!!!, That alone is even enough to turn an honest man into a monster. I'm just sorry for innocent lives that may be lost in all this process.

, and your point is?, It's ok to be a criminal in Naija cos our leaders are corrupt? , I don't get it. I feel your pain but that doesn't justify wrongdoing. The same way I feel about our leaders is the same way I feel about scammers. Anyone that can sleep peacefully at night after duping someone of his/her entire life savings deserves to go to jail, BUT, like u said, our leaders have done worse. Well, the more reason why he should have known better. Our leaders can get away with anything, they know it and that's why they keep doing it. But the poor boy is a nobody so EFCC will definitely want to use him to shine. Like u said, in Naija, the law is meant for the poor only, so let the "poor" be wise. This is not a time to form bravado. EFCC is definitely looking for how to hype their rep in the international world and if you become their scape-goat you have only yourself to blame. Life's not fair, unfortunately, so let's not be foolish.

Ok, this is ridiculous!!, Not funny at all. Someone needs to do something about these hooligans. Do they actually think Lagos is the Niger-Delta creek? I see another civil war coming if this is not taken care of fast.

Around six gunmen in a speedboat kidnapped a foreign construction worker from a building site on the edge of a lagoon in Nigeria’s main commercial city of Lagos late on Monday, security sources said on Tuesday.


One of the sources said the attackers were dressed as policemen and had tried to kidnap two expatriates.

“Some shots were fired and two men were taken away in a boat. One managed to escape. It is believed the person taken is Lebanese,” the source said.

A police spokesman in Lagos said he was making checks but could not immediately confirm the abduction.

The sources said the kidnapped man was working at a bank construction site on the water’s edge on Victoria Island, one of the most expensive and exclusive areas of Lagos.

Such kidnappings by gunmen in speedboats are common in the creeks of the Niger Delta, home to Africa’s biggest oil and gas industry, but are rare in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city of around 14 million people, spread over a series of lagoons.

Many international oil companies and other firms have moved expatriate staff to Lagos from the Niger Delta in recent years because of the deteriorating security situation there.

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Micro-seconds from death
By Wale Adedayo


Contrary to the advice of my friend, I feel one should put fingers to the keyboard to detail what happened in Ilishan town last Saturday, 10 January 2009 at about 10pm as I was returning to Abeokuta from Ijebu Ife, through Atan, Ijebu Igbo and Ago Iwoye. Maybe, because one is now thousands of miles away, there is a certain lower level of anxiety (not fear!). But for whatever it is worth, as a writer, this is my story:

The Ogun State Government had a retreat for all senior officials of Government on Friday, 9 through Saturday, 10 January 2009. But virtually all of us arrived on Thursday, 8 January, because we were supposed to occupy about four hotels in Ijebu Ode. I understand that about 2 to 3 days before then, regular and additional mobile policemen were deployed to the roads leading to Ijebu Ode, ostensibly because of participants' safety.

Shortly before the engagement ended on Saturday afternoon, I had cause to visit my hometown, Ijebu Ife from where I later left for Ijebu Igbo through Atan in Ijebu North East Local Government to visit an elderly friend. I think I left Ijebu Ife about 7/7.30pm. I left the Oke Agbo, Ijebu Igbo home of my friend about 9pm or a few minutes past that time and took my usual route through Ago Iwoye, Ijesha-Ijebu, Irolu, Ilishan towards Shagamu/Benin Expressway.

Driving at night is more comfortable for me. It's been a major part of life, given to me since my days as a full time journalist. In PUNCH newspaper, during my early days there, we hardly leave the office till 11pm. Sometimes, it is 12 midnight. And I still had to go back to Ikorodu town, where I lived with my family. So, the suggestion of some people about night driving hold no water for me. In addition, the particular route I took, I often pass through the same place between 1am and 3am at the height of the campaigns and events leading to it. This I also did as Director of Organisation in almost all parts of the state.

On getting to the asphalted and dualised portion of the Ilishan/Ago Iwoye Road, right inside Ilishan town, two vehicles were in front of me. I normally wind down my window at night because I wear glasses. Experience has taught me that if you put the car AC on at night, when you wind down or open the door, the first 30 seconds might be your last in case of trouble. Mist would cover the lens.

I sought to overtake the vehicles, only for the one directly in front of me to move to the free lane, thus blocking my passage. Initially, I naively believed he was about to overtake the car in front. But it soon drew level with the first car, which I discovered had an Ogun State Government licensed plate number. I am not good at cars. But I also noticed that the car was fairly new and looked like one of the cars we just bought for our officials. I relaxed a bit, thinking both drivers wanted to discuss briefly without stopping, which is a regular thing as long as you are side by side.

But the instinct in me flared up when both cars slowed down. I instinctively removed my seat belt. I have a simple rule for my friends, who often get robbed in Lagos traffic. The seat belt is a hindrance to quick reaction in case of danger. I wear a belt ONLY when traffic is free flowing. Once cars slow down in front of me, I remove the belt.

All of a sudden, the car bearing the government plate number, which was directly in front of me, stopped. The second one stopped about a second or two later. Almost immediately, the left passenger door was flunged open with a man clutching an AK47 rifle coming out. Of course, immediately the car stopped, I had moved my pump action rifle from the floor by my left to the right on the passenger seat beside me. Immediately I saw the AK47 with him, I switched the PAF from safety to firing position. But I left it where it was so that he still feels he has the element of surprise.

As this man moved towards my left, two others with the same type of gun got down from the vehicle and started taking positions. One moved to the front of my car in between their vehicle and mine, while the third guy moved to my right. He was to later face me from the passenger side window. In the interim, I just told myself that if this was it, then it will be nice to at least get one of them so that they can be easily traced. These thoughts calmed my nerves, because it would have been painful to end up like Uncle Bola Ige, Papa Rewane or Kudirat Abiola without any trace of the killer(s).

The first guy, who had by now positioned himself did not utter a word as he tried to lift up his rifle to level with me on the driver's seat. Initially, when he was coming, the prayers that came with my thoughts were that he should be close enough for my rifle. PAF are notoriously weak on impact with distance. If the target is not close, PAF cannot knock it down. But as he tried to get a level, my prayers were already answered because I got him straight to the face. He shouted in Yoruba with a hand to the face and the other hand clumsily clutching his rifle.

Almost simultaneously, the guy in front who was well positioned took two shots at me. But immediately after scoring on the first guy, I drew myself up on the car window and gave the guy in front a shot, which happened shortly before the report of his second shot at me. He too shouted and took cover. As I climed down to my seat, I was convinced of death, because the guy to my right had all the opportunities in this world for a clean and clear action. Till now, I still shiver when I remember.

He was struggling with the gun and slightly bent down in doing so. What! In that micro-seconds, I shudder to ruminate over how the Almighty works!! The assailant's gun was jammed!!! It had refused to work. God was in control as He had promised me since December last year when the ominous signs started coming. I simply extended my gun over the passenger side window to claim the third enemy. But before I could bring my hand down, the second vehicle suddenly came alive with about three of its doors flung open simultaneously. The three men who came out also had AK47. I knew it was like a back up team.

I don't know how the decision came. But in that split instant, something moved in me that it was time to escape. All this while my car engine was still running. The headlamps were on. Only that the automatic Camry 2008 model had its gear in parking mode. I changed to D and squeezed between the median and the government plated car in my front. Immediately the second car roared to life and sought to block my passage by moving to cross my path. Pressing down very hard on the accelerator, I hit it viciously. Despite his efforts, I broke loose and headed straight for the Shagamu/Benin Expressway, instead of passing through Iperu as I would have done if there had not been any incident.

It was the car that was trying to block my passage I first saw in my rear view mirror coming after me in hot pursuit. The second car soon followed. I hit the expressway like a mad driver and almost rammed into the concrete median as I made to quickly turn away from a lorry that I jumped in its front. In a way, I believed it was this lorry that God used to save me. The two cars slowed down for the lorry to move away before overtaking it and resuming their hot pursuit. But I had gained considerable distance by then. It was this opportunity I had to first call our SSS guys and others in case they succeed in overtaking my car.

But shortly before I got to the first turning into Shagamu through Isale Oko, I did not notice the cars again. As He did for me in 1999, God made real His promises in Isaiah 43:1 - 13. Some of the journalists and policemen who saw the car and the shots believe an Ijebu 'thing' has worked. But I've been telling that if God does not watch over the city, the watchmen will watch in vain. It is not as if the watchmen will not be there. But the enablement to effectively function is the sole prerogative of the Almighty. Glory be to Him, now and forever!!!

To reply your post, I really concur with Queenisha's statement.

1) The love of his mother is the beginning of wisdom. 
2) Being a good cook is a big plus. PLEASE learn how to cook some ibo dishes. Unless you are serving your husband only, do not serve your inlaws or his relatives your own local dish, they will not eat!! They will not even try!! Trust me on this one.  Its better you just serve rice and stew or jollof rice.
3) Being a domestic hard worker. Do you do house chores well?  Can you sweep well? (There's a difference btw sweeping ang sweeping well. In ibo land if u sweep without bending your back a certain way, they'll conclude that u dont know how to sweep and they'll make a big deal out of it), I'll be back to give you more, I dey come.

Miss Theopops!! Its funny "people" told you that ibos dont have any culture cos most ibos think its the other way round. Let me let you in on a secret. The second main reason some ibo parents dont want their children especially daughters marrying into yorubaland (the first one being resentment from the biafran war era) is because they claim the yoruba culture has a weak structure and as a result, most  marriages there are not solid.  I dont believe it but I just want to let u know the mutuallity of that statement. The feeling is so mutual. Both tribes have their bias.  Since its a yoruba perception, I understand its really not about culture. I have yoruba friends and we argue about that a lot. Their claim is that the ibos dont have respect cos they dont kneel or postrate when greeting elders, they go on and on about how yorubas are so respectful no matter where they are , even if they are on the streets of London or Newyork, and I applaud that, but I wonder how that translates into ibos not having respect. Why should the ibos greet any other way if not their way?.  Anyway my dear, I dont blame u oooo. I have my own bias too, but since you are in this situation and not me, let me elighten you on certain facts u are obviously ignorant about because some people have been decieving you. The ibo's have one of the strictest, most disciplined, harshest, archaic and sometimes UNFORGIVING cultures in Nigeria. Most people know that. Even I as an ibo girl think its sometimes too harsh. Please dont go into this marriage/new family with this unprepared mindset I beg you or else you won't know what hit you. It will just do u like "the more u look, the less u see."  YOU are the one marrying the ibo man. Take it upon yourself to find out fact from ibos who know the culture (especially your husband's cos it differs, although there are a lot of similarities) Dont rely on hear-say from friends , relatives and those "people" who have been feeding u crap. They dont now jack!!! Get first-hand knowledge. Using this forum is a good way to start but use other avenues. Shey na culture u want? By the time you go thru the "culture", from the protocols to the laws of the land to the umuada's to the umunna's, yorubaland will seem like liberal America to you.  I'm not trying to scare u. No fear, you can handle it. Welcome to iboland.

Jayjay007: today is the 2nd day of the new month and i can confirm authoritatively that iku is yet to resign.nobody has resigned in engineering as at this morning

See this guy oooo wetin con-sain u? So u were actually witch-hunting him. You're the kind of person I'd never want to work with abeg,shuoooo, see this guy  Why were u looking for him if not to get him in trouble whether intentionaly or un-intentionally. For u to even think about that means u must have told some people about a certain "guy". Busy body! Now I'm beginning to think Iku was right after all Thats not cool at all Iku congrats for leaving abeg!

I tire for this dude. na so my eye dey turn me as I dey try decode. Maybe na puzzle. Make I try solve am.

MEET THE MOST EXPENSIVE STAR IN NIGERIA?, COCAIN?(I no know how dis one take enter)

Meanwhile, if everybody become nurse who go be patient

Funny enough, when I was coming to the states to do my masters in Engineering, there was this girl that was SERIOUSLY trying to get me to change to nursing on the plane. She went on and on and on, When I arrived some of my relatives tried to "advice me" to change. I was like "see me see trouble oh! what has engineering got to do with nursing bikonu? Why did I fly all the way across the atlantic then?" They were like "Nooo, noo, what we're saying is that u can make real money quickly with nursing and its easy to find a job". And I said "Are u saying I cant get a job in engineering and get paid good money" They were like "Do u think its easy? Competition bla bla bla" Anyway to cut the long story short, I have a GOOD job in engineering paying me VERY GOOD money , Nursing is cool. I like it. Its just not for me. Its for those that have the passion to save lives OR those that want quick money OR more importantly for those that don't really have plans of returning to Naija to work in the near future. I do have plans of returning and I can't do anything back home with a nursing degree unfortunately. I'm not going to go thru the hassle over here only to go home and become an eliza nurse wearing white cap or worse, not even practice the nursing wey I read. Whats the use then?

na wah ooo. CU peeps una never answer me oo. So wetin una dey yarn now be say, if I enter the school I MUST go im church??, or be expelled?

LMAO!! chai Davidylan u no go kill me. I tire when i see am. I begin think say im don dey rap in Czech.

Ok people, from what I'm hearing EVERYONE is supposed to attend the "service". Does it mean everyone must go to one service on Sundays? What if you don't worship at Bishop Oyedepo's church, will you be forced? Are moslems allowed into the school? If they are, are they alowed to worship their own way. Does it mean if I, being catholic goes to the school. I'll be forced to go to their service and not mine? Someone in CU should answer me please cos this is scary.

, Please let it be known that this is not an attack on his church or school, I just want to find out if other denominations are allowed to worship in their own way or it has to be his way.

What a FOOLISH topic. Anyway, Mr Yebariba, how many more girls have u "had"? Keep up the good work. I recommend taking it up as a sport. While u are at it, please, please, pleeease get health insurance if u don't have one because you'll need to insure your "thing" in case of wear and tear. You really need it strong and healthy at all times.


Before I go let me give u some advice that MAY probably save your life if u heed to them:

1. Resentment breeds hate, and HATE they say, is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die, and u know say that one no dey possible now, unless u be winch. (In other words, all this gra gra wey u dey do no go change anything, if u like sleep with everything female, human being oo, dog ooo, elephant ooo, my female pet goldfish ooo, the koko is, you are still the dumpee and MIGHT still be in future at the rate u are going.

2. DON"T ever get married, (Unless you are marrying a man. It's really not a big deal now.)

3. If you go ahead and get married, please PRAY, FAST, GO TO BABALAWO, DO ANYTHING! to make sure u don't have female children. I'm not worried about u, I'm just concerned that the girls will end up paying for their father's sins as I've seen happen a lot of times, and then my dear will u understand what pain is. You think u are in pain now? Wait until then, you will shed BLOOD and gnash your teeth until they are no more.

Go on son. Notin do you, Carry go!!!!

where can i get a rundown of the show?

I saw this and decided to share with y'all. These are tips I think women should read and learn from.

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Women and rivalry

Unlike men, women see anything that is important as part of them. Again, unlike men, the greatest emotional needs of a woman are the quality and security of her relationship. A woman sees a man she loves as part of herself and a rival as someone who threatens her most precious possession. She fights back to re-establish herself and the emotional bond.




Effects of rivalry

Women in rivalry suffer bitterness and loss of self-esteem. They wonder if they are adequate, as they wonder what the other woman has and they lack. Some actually blame themselves for the situation. Above all, these women lose trust and confidence in their men.

This loss spills over to other future relationships. Trust is the foundation of a relationship. If you lose it, your relationship goes with it. Most multiple relationships, therefore, end in disaster because partners know that each is capable of cheating.

It is also known that men with many girlfriends tend not to respect women. They, therefore, treat the women as they wish. In the end, everybody in a multiple relationship loses part of his good self. In Akan, we say, "Wode w'ani mienu hwe toa mu a, baako bo". (If you look into a bottle with two eyes, one of them could get destroyed.)



What to do in a rivalry

Don't attack your rival physically or verbally. Avoid confrontations or occult intervention. She is not to blame, even if she happens to be your closest friend. She is in because she was allowed in, just like you.


Find quality time to discuss your concerns. If the issue is not properly resolved, you have two options: You can stay and suffer emotionally and physically. Once you accept it, it never gets better.


Your other option is to believe in yourself and move on. Take control over your life because you deserve better. If your lover finds you so special and worthy as he says, he must prove it. Actions speak louder than words. There is nothing better in the world as a lover you can have to yourself and for yourself. You deserve it but be prepared to sacrifice and uphold your dignity for it. You are certainly not a disposable toy. Take back your life and move on.

Love is everywhere. There will never be a lack of lovers unless you have an unrealistic view of love. Research has shown that we can assess potential lovers earlier than we think. Become a good model of womanhood. Keep yourself worthy and respectable. It is only when you get out of the prison of multiple relationship into freedom that true love finds you.

Na wah!! I no fit laugh. TUFACE!!!, TUFACE!!!, heheeehhh!!!, Abegi ooooh, all these condom companies need to start making "custom made" condoms for him cos e be like say him size no dey market. I refuse to believe he doesn't use a condom, with all these drama going on? Tuface please, for the meantime (b4 ur size commot for market), use nylon bag or better still staple that your kiniko to your lap, What a mess!! I'm so disgusted.

From THE GUARDIAN newspaper, This is just sick. I pray Annie can move on with her life. She doesn't deserve this drama abeg. I know its no easy but she God help her please,



[b]Annie Macauley likes people. Apart from acting and presenting, top on the undergraduate’s priorities is going out, making friends, and making more friends. But when she decided to attend a family member’s naming ceremony on Saturday April 12, around Agege in Lagos, little did she know the trip would cost her something very dear to her. To be sure, the naming went well. But it was on her way back to the island that the unexpected happened. The young actress and her cousin stopped their car around Gbagada, to check a fault in the car, when armed bandits strolled up to them, gave them the beating of their lives, and made away with valuables.
By the time they left, Annie was unconscious; she was bleeding. Getting to a nearby hospital, it was confirmed she had lost her six-months pregnancy.
One of the many people at the hospital with Annie to wipe their brows and gnash their teeth was pop star 2face Idibia. Annie has been Idibia’s off-and-on lover for at least a decade. And it was his baby she was carrying.
Few days later, somewhere else in Lagos – Anthony to be precise- 2face’s attention is needed. There is breaking news that another on-and-off lover of his, Pero Adeniyi has given birth to a set of male twins. He’s trying to concentrate on his video shoot with 9ice (for their duet Street Credibility); but he has to confirm if Pero, the mother of his first child Rose had indeed given birth. The family won’t leave him alone. Reporters won’t. Even his friends won’t stop congratulating him. Then he confirms it’s all a rumour. He heaves a sigh of relief. Back to business.
Well, maybe not exactly. ‘cos there’s a call from Sumbo Ajaba that he has to return. Oh, Sumbo? That’s another ‘baby mama’ of his. She’s the mother of his first son, Nino. And she’s pregnant again – very pregnant.
He spent the whole of the week shooting videos, having interviews, hanging out with friends in FESTAC and trying to act like he was happy. But in reality, Idibia is troubled. His career is at a very precarious and vulnerable point; and he’s working hard to make sure he strolls up to the next level. But these ladies? They’re wrestling over him as if he was a piece of gold. Unlike the fans, who are satisfied with having a piece of 2face, these ladies, and many more, whose identity is yet unknown to the public, are interested in Innocent Idibia. They’ve befriended him. They’ve dated him. They’ve bedded him. Now, they’re battling for his heart.
Which one of them will the 33 year old singer keep and which one will he ditch?
With Annie’s pregnancy out of the way, will she still be as sure a contender as Pero and Sumbo?
It’s surprising to many that Idibia is going the way of confirmed polygamous and polyamorous singers like KWAM 1, KSA, Pasuma, Akon and plenty others. But his keen followers are not surprised. From the early days of Plantashun Boiz, Idibia has been a ladies’ man. His line up of ex-es reads like a who’s-who: Vein Tetsola (Ex- Miss Nigeria), Caroline Ekanem (Nollywood Star), Cath Taylor (daughter of deposed Liberian ruler Charles Taylor), Kemi Olisaemeka (radio OAP and rapper), Nkechi Okoli, just to mention a few.
Now, with constantly receding hair lines forcing him to shave his hair every other day; with two babies of his own and at least two more on the way; the ladies are still loving him. ‘I’m head over heels in love with him’, Annie Macauley told Glitz Beats last Tuesday. ‘Innocent is the only man I’ve ever really loved’, she adds, with a shy smile followed by a giggle, then full laughter.
A day before, Pero, who’s believed to be Idibia’s femme fatale called Glitz Beats to assure us that ‘I haven’t given birth. I’m still very heavy and not due until May. ‘The report that I’ve given birth to twins is not true’, she said, claiming to be calling from Barbados (although a day later, she was allegedly spotted with Idibia at a hotel in FESTAC Town). Once married before meeting 2face, she has said several times, that she ‘deeply’ loves and cares about 2face, and that she thinks the singer needs a figure like her in his life. She has a firm hold on him.
The next few weeks promise to be very interesting, as we expect the babies to start coming in. The immediate future will be interesting too- because one day, Idibia will have to make a choice.[/b]

abegii!!! make persin hear word! Its not true! Lux wanted genevieve because they wanted a face pple could identify with. Remember the final race was btw Genevieve and Oluchi. Omotola was not even in the picture.

From http://lindaikeji..com/

5 Million dollars ke? Could this be true? How much do yankee celebs make for contracts in companies like cover girl or l'oreal? Which one be l'maj?. Anyway if its true. A big congrats to her biko. E no easy,



Another report my Stella Dimoko Korkus has it that another star actress Stephanie Okereke just got a multi million dollar contract as the face of l'maj, a cosmetic firm in Beverly Hills. the mouth watering contract is allegedly valued at 1million dollars per year and the contract will run for five years. Meaning Stephanie will make a profit of 5million dollars by the time the contarct runs out. The product is a body cream named 'Sensual by Stephanie' and cost 190 dollars and comes in blue and pink small containers, while the perfume named 'Sweet and Sensual by Stephanie' cost 165 dollars.
Big congrats to Stephanie.

From http://lindaikeji..com/

This girl no gree ooo


Genevieve launches clothing line
Star actress Genevieve Nnaji is set to launch a fashion label (as reported by Stella Dimoko Korkus)
Genevieve has designed a collection of clothes for an established designer called Iconola. The new range of clothes is branded 'St. Genevieve' and is focused on ready to wear dresses. The unveiling/launching of St. Genevieve cloth line has been fixed for Sunday May 4th 2008 in an undisclosed location on the Island and attendance for this event is strictly by invitation. Contact was made with Genevieve and she confirmed this story. "Fashion is my passion and this is just another one of the things I love doing and I have just been giving a platform to express my creativity and I pray it works. My cloth-line 'St. Genevieve will be something that will appeal to those that have genuine fashion taste"

I wish her all the best with this. I love the name she choose, St. Genevieve, very sexy! Kudos girl!

I got this fron Linda Ikeji's blog. I pray its not true. They are going to kill this girl for me ooooooo. God save her please!!!



I am going to start with the shocking news reported by Encomium magazine this week that Tuface's longtime pregnant girlfriend, Annie Macauley, has lost her baby.
Here's the story according to the mag.
"Actress and one of Tuface Idibia's girlfriends, Annie Macauley has lost her pregnancy. The pathetic incident occurred on saturday April 12 2008, along Gbagada Express, Lagos. According to our sources, Annie was in a car with her cousin when they were attacked by unknown gunmen. She was rough handled and in the process, she suffered a miscarriage. Hours later, 2face raced to her bedside reassuring her of his love and that the good lord who brought the first one will bring another one. Annie was said to be six months pregnant when the sad incident occurred."

Like I said earlier, I don't know how true this story is. I only know she was attacked, I don't know if she lost her baby. God, I hope not!

Please ooooo, On Linda Ikeji's blog, she mentioned that a close friend of Annie's said that Annie was shot at recently but she escaped unhurt, she was even admitted to the hospital, Please is this true!!!!, What is this now eh? Why did Annie involve herself in this mess? She can't handle all these tu-face gangster ex-girlfriends ooo. They will break her bones!! I've always feared for Annie and I'm afraid my fears are coming true, PLEASE IS THIS TRUE OOOOOO!! I HOPE NOT!!

I never used to be a Genevieve fan but now, This girl no send at all. She be REAL shock absorber. Upon all the bashing from haters, she's still doing her thang. That's a fighter right there. She said she was going to break into hollywood one day and people laughed. They called her a dreamer. Well, at least she has dreams, unlike some people. I just came across a movie she's filming with Kimberly Elise. Na how im dey start oh!! Like joke, like joke, the girl go penetrate holywood. Make we dey here dey laugh am. As for me, I don't have to like her, but I know the saying that goes "Give honour to whom honour is due." GOOD JOB GENEVIEVE!, check out the website.

http://www.tulipsfilm.com./

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