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Food / Does Anyone Know The 'ika' Word For Bean Pudding(moi-moi) by kelvkings: 2:14pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
pls who knows wat bean pudding (moi-moi) is called in ika language ? |
Events / Re: M.K.O Abiola's Son, Dopo Weds Longtime Girlfriend In Grand Style by kelvkings: 1:41pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
Ballmer:lol |
Events / Re: M.K.O Abiola's Son, Dopo Weds Longtime Girlfriend In Grand Style by kelvkings: 1:39pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
sinaj:u said it all... 'future hubby' so u mean it ain't time yet |
Politics / Re: Anxiety In Wike’s Camp As Tribunal Delivers Judgement Today by kelvkings: 8:12am On Oct 24, 2015 |
cool |
Education / Re: Share The Crazy Funny Things That Happened While In Boarding School by kelvkings: 11:28pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
BlizzydoDo:ok |
Politics / Re: Judge’s Bid To Stop Saraki’s Trial Thwarted, DSS Director Rallies To Sarakis Aid by kelvkings: 10:49pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
ok |
Education / Re: Beautiful Pictures Of Covenant University Campus by kelvkings: 10:47pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
beautiful |
Family / Re: How Will You Celebrate Birthday With One Thousand Naira by kelvkings: 10:44pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
jst put in ur pocket,, heads up n keep smiling till u hv something beta 2 do with it |
Family / Re: My Marriage Is Crashing, I Think I Hate Him...Help by kelvkings: 10:39pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
90love:you picked the wrong family 2 Likes |
Career / Meet The Lagos Driver Without Legs - Pius Abiodun by kelvkings: 10:36pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
Truly, there is ability in every disability. This is the touching story of 32-year-old Pius Abayomi Abiodun. Before 3rd of April 2011, Abiodun was physically ok until a tragedy struck to change his story. He was hit by a hit and run driver while trying to fix his own bus that had a minor mechanical fault on Lagos Abeokuta expressway. Sadly, after spending over N4million at the National Orthopedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, he had no hope of recovering his lost limb even as he the grim reality of how to tender to himself, a pregnant wife and daughter stared him in the face. Pius, in his interview , recalled how his legs were amputated and how he never saw begging as an option, but to commit suicide because he could not imagine surviving in Nigeria without his two legs! He decided to join other physically challenged sportsmen at the National Stadium, Surulere Lagos. Few days after, Pius was still not pleased with his environment because he wanted to do something related to his first love- which was driving a commercial bus. Finally, he met Mr. Cosmas Okoli the owner of the Mobility Aid and Appliances Research and Development Centre, Amuwo Odofin area, Lagos. Cosmas encouraged, empowered and pushed Pius to look for a car dealer that could give him a bus and he could pay on installments. Pius succeeded in getting a dealer. Armed with his bus, he took the automatic Volkswagen Bus (Danfo) to Cosmas who fabricated some metals to the pedals, he simply called ‘LEGS.’ A closer look at the device built by Cosmas which cost N50,000, showing the break and accelerator pedals are both controlled by a long rod underneath the steering. To apply speed, he pulls up the rod to his chest and to apply the break, he pushes the rod down. Pius has so mastered the use of his special device that most commuters who board his bus hardly notice the man behind the wheels has no legs. Till date, Pius still plies his trade from Oshodi Terminus and people will always call him by his sobriquet, ‘Oni Mama’ which means: “One with a mother.” In conclusion, Pius case is a good example of “No excuse for joblessness”. No matter who you are or where you are, there is a job for you somewhere. Don’t be lazy. Go find it now! To find mega success, that is an amazing thing to behold. It takes a lot of strength and a complete no-fear attitude to go as far as driving a commercial bus without legs.
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Celebrities / I Havn't Found The Right Man Yet - Genevieve Nnaji by kelvkings: 10:21pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
Genevieve Nnaji in an interview with Punch has opened up on why she decided to produce her own movie ‘Road to Yesterday’ and also revealed she hasn’t ruled out marriage. Excerpts from her interview with Chux Ohai of Punch below: On why it has taken her a long time to join the growing ranks of new generation movie producers in the country, “ “I chose to be an actress. Acting was what I had always wanted to do. I don’t think that I ever imagined myself producing a film. I love acting. If the Nigerian movie industry was as stable as it should be, I probably would have been on the set of a movie every day of my life and not be bothered about what goes on behind the camera. So it is a matter of choice and preference.” Check PRICES of Phones, Electronics & Fashion on PricePadi.com On marriage, ‘ “I haven’t found the right man yet. When he comes, I’ll get married,” she says
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Phones / Re: Whatsapp Payment - Has Anyone Ever Paid Whatsapp Here? by kelvkings: 10:15pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
jst wait |
Celebrities / Who Will Marry Linda Ikeji -omonike Omuya by kelvkings: 10:14pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
Tell me that thought didn’t occur to you, the typically traditional Nigerian you, when you saw pictures of what to over half the population could be described as a mansion. I mean it puts into context what rich is or at least what rich can get you and just as firmly it puts into context what being a woman can be, beyond being someone’s woman. I was walking down a London high street yesterday, when I spotted a black woman wrapped in a long black and white tweed jacket and almost knee- high black boots. Something about her short jerry curled hair reminded me of someone whose storyline sparked angst in my head and I broke out in hives of protest, shooting a sudden question at my companion; ‘why do women follow a man just to live in another country? Why do young girls follow a man to get phones, hair extensions, clothes, shoes, bags, a diamond engagement ring, cars, accommodation, and placement for jobs… even an identity? Why do they think they can’t get it, whatever their ‘it’ is, on their own?’ It’s saddening because it says to me that those women don’t realize their power. They suffer in the wrangle holds of compromise for lack of self knowledge; exchanging their best lives- the one they can have on their terms- for somebody’s season of youthful debauchery at best or mid life crisis at worst. They don’t believe they can have it on their own, they don’t believe in themselves and the loss of that childlike faith is not worth the glam of the nonexistent fab lane they seek to get on. What is funny is that the wide gulf will thin out over time between say, a student who gets through school as the ‘reigning babe’ because of a rich man who buys her the ‘big girl’ look and the student who patiently waits and with hard work gets there maybe a decade later at what I would call the right time. By then the former would be living in the shadow of her glory days which only fizzle in and out as the subject of occasional gossip, if anyone cares to remember at all. One question that has chased women who have attempted to get more back into the shadows of learned helplessness is the lie that you have to choose between the happiness of fulfillment and the happiness of being someone’s woman. That there are no other options, you can only eat your cake or eat your cake, you can’t cut your cake in half and have one now and the other later. It is that fear that begets the question; ‘who will marry me when I pursue my own life and realize my potential?’. My answer is, it is likely someone who knows their power as well, someone who deserves you. And not just you as in female but you as you’ve come to know yourself to be- woman and powerful. So the real question then isn’t ‘who will marry Linda Ikeji?’. The real question is ‘who will Linda Ikeji marry?’. 1 Like |
Education / Re: Photo: A Public Primary School In Bauchi State by kelvkings: 10:05pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
i weep for Nigeria yet i am a Nigerian. D truth is no 1 man can keep evriwer in good condition no matter d wealth.. He is not God |
Education / Re: Photo: A Public Primary School In Bauchi State by kelvkings: 10:01pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
education in most part of nigeria is nothing to write home abt,, yet we hv sum1 out der givin or approvin billions jst for bleeped ministers and odas wardrope change and so many useless things 1 Like |
Investment / Re: Oando Posts 2014-FY And Q1-2015 Results by kelvkings: 9:58pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
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Crime / Re: Gunmen Kill Pastor In Bayelsa by kelvkings: 9:57pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
ok |
Education / Re: Share The Crazy Funny Things That Happened While In Boarding School by kelvkings: 9:55pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
slimzypink:so ur saying d girl didn't go to class all thru,, or was dat hw ur uniforms wer soooo biggg... N y'all wer soo fatt dat u didn't knw she was pregnant. N she nor dey baf ? so wen una dey baf for girls hostel una nor see am ni ? People funny sha... 8 Likes 2 Shares |
Romance / Re: Which Is D Worse Term Of Breakingup A Relationship?? by kelvkings: 12:06pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
ayindepremier:nice |
Politics / Re: Photos From The Visit Of Aisha Buhari To The Awolowo's Residence by kelvkings: 10:57am On Oct 23, 2015 |
ok |
Crime / Re: Man Bites Prostitute's Breast Over Pay In Ibadan by kelvkings: 10:47am On Oct 23, 2015 |
funny |
Celebrities / Re: Dayo 'D1' Adeneye Nominated As A Commissioner In Ogun State by kelvkings: 10:46am On Oct 23, 2015 |
cool |
Sports / Re: Ayodele Ikuesan Wants To Run For Nigeria After Winning Medals For France by kelvkings: 9:38am On Oct 23, 2015 |
nice |
Politics / Re: Aisha Eniola Is An Elected Councillor In London by kelvkings: 2:28pm On Oct 22, 2015 |
CosmeticChemist:lol... Soapie ?? M d only 1 dat knws wat dat means ? |
Celebrities / Re: Tour Of Fela Kuti’s House: The “kalakuta Republic” by kelvkings: 11:05am On Oct 22, 2015 |
coolll |
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