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bettercreature:
I was reading on CNN few minutes ago that uk government will increased facebook and google taxes and germany will soon do the same,i'm just wondering why these companies are not paying taxes in Nigeria whereas they pay heavy taxes in other countries

In just wondering, how exactly would you know for sure if these companies are paying tax in Nigeria or not?

nairayouthcom:
Nothing like will nor family lawyer

I don't think she needs a will. I believe the law has made clear, a chain of succession so to speak, such that there is legal provision for an heir in any such event. Consult with a lawyer and you will surely find a way. This is not the stone age.

Sasuwa:
He Just graduated , waiting for youth services and hard no work. Should we allow him?

Why try to stop him? Haven't you realized by now that life is very very short? We are here on earth for but a breath and in the next we are gone. Your brother may die at the age of 26, 30, or even tommorrow. Allow him to experience life while he is here.

valdes00:
I earn 57k n I save 50k monthly .... don't ask me hw I cope, else u will b reminding me of my suffering this past few mnths

Oga sir, what we want to know is how you are doing it. Please, bear with us and explain so that we might gain some wisdom from you. I believe that is the purpose of this thread...

missdebs:
for all the aethists in the house, touch and follow is very real

i'm not an atheist but i must ask, have you ever experienced it personally?

nogames:
Finding of no guilt... Discharged and acquitted but DERANKED, on what ground? Falana will still drag them to court again

It pays to learn to read well. He was acquitted of only the first of 3 charges. Why can't you people just spare an extra minute to read thoroughly to avoid embarrassing yourself and influencing others who, like you, would also jump straight to the comments without reading?

Honestly i think people who post without reading well should have their comments hidden.

SMH.

BeeBeeOoh:
I'm always confused whenever Zombies call Buhari "A Man Of Integrity, because I can't see any integrity in this man. A man that can deny what he said now in d next minute is a man with questionable & dubious character..

As much as I have tried to be patient with this govt, I'm beginning to wonder if they are reasonable after all. Yet I remember that the choice Nigeria's faced was not between good and bad but bad and worse. The real change we seek could come from neither PDP nor APC

Adaure4ever:
Is that so? I doubt it. What abt pretence? Anyone can fake the "I Love You Too"

Although the OP has not written in a very clear manner, I think his point is you should catch them off guard. Even if the person is going to fake it, their reaction won't be natural. Unless you ve been saying I love you everyday

Khd95:
Iam a muslim nd i dont support such callous act,sanusi doesnt deserve any credit truely.

If he had wanted the girl to be returned to her parents,he would have ordered d arrest of ''yellow",nd d girl brought to him,then he can send for d parents or send the girl back to bayelsa.

How can u tell me u wrote a letter that the girl should be return since last yr august nd u never cared to knw if she had been returned back


and why didnt u order for the arrest of dat boy/man what ever he is

Does the constitution of Nigeria grant the Emir of Kano any legal right/obligation/power to order the arrest of anyone?

4reala:
All those that are attempting to distort the narrative about the tragic plight of Miss Ese Oruru are evil and we commit them to God’s judgement. The facts are as follows.

[b]She is 14 years old and not 18 and she was abducted from her home. She did not leave her home freely or of her own volition. She was cruelly and wickedly carried away and stolen from her parents, family and loved ones and forcefully taken by complete strangers to a distant land. [/b]This was a land that she had never seen or been before and which was on the other side of the country.


Ese Oruru 
The truth is that this is not a love story about two inseparable young people: it is rather a sad and tragic tale about pedophilia, child abduction, kidnapping, human trafficking, slavery, rape, impunity, wickedness, religious bigotry and ritual sex.

Worse still it is an unfolding drama at the end of which Emir Sanusi Lamido may well have a case to answer. The truth is that that little girl would have been raped over and over again and she may well have Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) or some other strange sexual disease by now. She may also be pregnant.

Instead of sympathizing with her and considering the fact that she may never be the same again in view of the physical and mental torture and trauma that she has been subjected to over the last few months, some misguided souls and shameless commentators have the temerity to come to social media and say that she was old enough to “get it” whilst others say that she ”loved it” and ”wanted it”.

I am utterly disgusted and appalled by these sentiments. Where is the humanity of those that speak and think like this? Where is their compassion and where is their soul?

May God judge them and may their own infant daughters be abducted, forcefully Islamised, raped, enslaved and kept against their will as a sex slave in an Emir’s palace in the same way that Ese was.

Meanwhile I just watched an AIT video in which Ese’s mother claimed that her daughters abductors said that it was the Emir of Kano himself that ordered her daughters abduction and that she was kept in his palace for over one year for his pleasure.

If this is true it confirms the suspicion that the Emir is culpable. Again if what she has said is true it also proves that the Emir is not only a praticing pedophile but also a very sick man who must be held accountable.

It is important that Emir Sanusi clears the air and tells us precisely what he did with this little girl otherwise we are entitled to assume the worse and believe what Ese’s mother has told us.

Quite apart from that we are compelled to ask whether this sort of thing has happened before and how widespread it is? How many other little girls have been stolen from their homes and forced to join harems all over the nation?

The famous high society blogger and respected celebrity Miss Linda Ikeji has just exposed yet another case. This time it is a young 17 year old christian girl, by the name of Miss Patience Paul, who has been abducted from her home, parents and loved ones in Benue state, forcefully taken to Sokoto, locked up in the Sultan’s palace and kept there against her will.

The same thing happened to a 13 year old christian igbo girl by the name of Miss Charity Uzoechina two years ago when she was abducted, islamised, raped, married off and forced to remain in the Etsu Nupe’s palace in Minna, Niger state.

This was despite the fact that her parents went to the police and authorities and made every effort to get her back. Sadly up till today they have never seen her again.

Evidently we live in a strange country where evil is swept under the carpet and often justified. We live in a country where those that expose such abominations and speak truth are demonised, hated, despised and, more often than not, threatened with violence, persecution, intimidation, arrest, spurious criminal investigations and baseless civil court actions.

More often than not this is the price for speaking truth and exposing the evil in Nigeria.

There is clearly a conspiracy of silence about the perpetuation of evil in this country amongst the ruling elite. The feeling is that anyone can get away with anything providing they belong to a particular circle and class and providing they have money and power.

And it is because they have money and power and they have powerful friends in government and in the political class that they feel that they can kill, silence, crush, abduct, cripple, ruin, sue and jail anybody that tests their will and crosses their path or that exposes the truth about their blood-chilling and perverse ways.

That is the reality of Nigeria and it is a sad and sorry one. All I can say is thank God for the media and particularly for the Punch newspaper who started the ball rolling last Sunday.

If not for their cover story about Ese with all those pictures on their front page the little girl would not be free and on her way home to her family today. Instead she would have still been in slavery and captivity at the Emir of Kano’s palace.

We should also thank the Nation newspaper particularly for their timely editorial on this issue which was published on 1st March and which raised some pertinent questions and offered wise counsel about the way forward. The Punch, the Nation, AIT, Channels, Tribune, the Sun, Vanguard, Thisday and all the other newspaper titles and television stations in the Nigerian media and social media has done what no-one else or no other group could do.

Not even the Federal Government, the various state governments, the political parties, the politicians, the security agencies, the lawyers or the so-called human rights groups could do what they managed to do or achieve what they have achieved.

They have helped to secure the freedom of a helpless and defenseless little girl from slavery, torment, humiliation, destruction, death, disease and bondage and they have brought her home safely to her parents.

We need more of this. Kudos to them and God bless them all. And may God damn and shame those that chose to remain silent and look the other way.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/ese-oruru-emir-of-kano-and-those-distorting-the-narrative-by-femi-fani-kayode/

When elders refuse to respect themselves, a disorganized and unproductive society is what you get. Nigeria, which way? Regarding the bolded, above:

1. Mr Kayode begins with an explosive revelation, asserting that a little girl was forcibly extracted from her home contrary to the narrative of an eloped lover. Reading on with interest, and expecting to see some hitherto hidden details uncovered, i was surprised and disappointed to discover that Mr Kayode actually has no basis for this assertion. He basically woke up one morning and decided to invent this part of the story in order to insert a criminal element into the actions of the boy from Kano. But what purpose would this actually serve? does Mr Kayode have a vested interest in fostering disunity?

2. This statement emanated from the mouth of one who is meant to be an elder. This man has wished such foul ill upon innocent children, all in a bid to prove a point. Granted, his wishes may never come true (May God not allow it), but seeing the depth of unreasonableness and frankly, the sheer immaturity, that the elders of our nation so readily sink to, is quite alarming and disappointing.

3. The allegation against the distinguished person of the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, is ridiculous, and a calculated smear, craftily designed to provide ammo in this xenophobia sponsored conflagration. If i were Mr Sanusi, Mr. kayode would find himself hauled before the courts of law to provide satisfactory explanations for this filthy allegation.

ojimbo:
let me ask you. so if you are in the position to help a displaced gril (under aged). so the only help you can render to her is to take her for marriage? without even making any report to the police?

You've gone off on a tangent here bro. My point solely remains that Ese was not abducted and this issue is being blown out of proportion by ethnic bias and deep-rooted antipathy.

Forwetinnah:
...how sure are you that "she ran away from home"? To make matter worse, she was converted and married?! Who gave her out for marriage? Make una use una head o!! All you Almajiris think alike

Look:

1. It is unlikely that a 20 year old man could physically compel a 14 year old girl to leave home and travel all the way from Bayelsa to Kano, acting alone. So far, no other actors have been named in this story so we have enough reason to believe that the young girl acted on her own accord.

2. The girl released a statement from the comfort of a police station without giving any indication whatsoever, that she was compelled to leave home.

3. If she was abducted forcibly, the police have conducted their investigation and are well placed to take the appropriate action.

Now, kindly refrain from mentioning me again.

ojimbo:
let me give you example. i once had an experienced of dating a teen. she was 17. it happened to the extent that our love has gone beyond and nothing could stop us again. on a faithful day, she came to my house and requested i should allow her to sleep over that she will go back home tomorrow. i pleaded with her and persuaded her to go back home and meet his parents, infact i was the one that personally took her home and made sure she did reached her people. i did that knowing fully well what the consequences will be if taken to court. i am not a daft and incase you don't know. the charges against you in court will be abduction and child abuse. oh i forgot, northerners lacks education that's why they behave like cows

You are missing the point. The fact is simply this: all over Nigeria today, girls of her age are in relationships with guys of the boys age and people are well aware. This practice may indeed be wrong but what i am drawing your attention to is that fact that if you are to be honest with yourself, a large part of your umbrage stems simply from the fact that the boy is a nothern muslim. This in fact, an age old sectarian battle being fought by proxy, in the lives of these two misguided young ones. Look at the bolded comment you made?

The girl was not abducted. She ran away from home with a boy who who ought to have known better. Stupid? yes but otherwise, nothing we have not see or heard of before.

sdindan:
Op are you okay?

Must you defend everything.


So females should open their heads during winter


typical zombie

No, it's males that should "open their heads"

In fact,other than in the first pic, where is there any teeny weeny bit if evidenc to suggest the other pics where taken in winter?

ojimbo:
mr educated. do you read her age? for christ sake. if it is europe and such girl is caught with 100kg of cocaine. they will still leave her to go free because they believed she is still a teen and doesn't know the consequences of what she did. so you are happy seeing ab14 years girl entering a marriage without the concept of her parents?

Whether or not i am happy about it, the fact remains, the girl was not abducted. Period.

How can a 20 year old abduct a 14 year old and carry her all the way to Kano forcefully? Or is there another definition of abduct that i'm not aware of? Media using words irresponsibly to stoke ethnic tensions and educated people on this site are falling for it.

SMH.

I don't think there is anything like too much love. Me, i will show love well well to my wife/gf nevertheless, that won't in any way weaken my control in the relationship. I have once told a lady, who i loved dearly, that i am not afraid to walk away from anyone no matter how special and indeed i walked away from her when the time came.

Love freely, love well, love truly. The problem is not love, it's low self esteem.

Can you make your woman love, look up to you, fear and respect you all at the same time? That's the key.

Strahovski1:
What's there to know?

- You are jobless
- You are corrupt
- You are hypocrites
- You are rated top among the high risk countries of fraud and scams.
- You have no technology of your own.
- You are all religious bigots
- Your men are out of shape. Pot bellies everywhere
- You ladies are fat and ugly. Also out of shape.
- $1 = N400
- Your people come to our place for medical treatment because your doctors are poor standard.
- 80% of manufacturing industries in SW are owned by us Asians: Indians and Koreans. Also Chinese. We are employing you in your country.
- Your people go to our temples in Lagos for spiritual help with all your churches.
- Your pastor is rich you are poor.
- Your country sell Kerosene to us and we buy it at 25 Rupee and you who sold it to us buy from yourself at 140 naira. What a joke
- All you are good at is love making - Donald Trump.


Should I continue?

NB: Call me racist, next time, don't quote me mentioning my country as long as I do not mention your country.

And your dick is most probably 2 inches at best

shigothang:
Kgdavid
The argument over who came first or second is very cute and all but when it comes to indisputable historical facts, the undeniable truth is that the Benin Empire was the most dominant kingdom in southern Nigeria, annexing vast areas of both Yoruba and Igbo areas, with its expansion halted solely by colonialism, which was resisted fiercely. When it comes to culture, the Binis were far ahead of other tribes in what we know as Nigeria today, being sophisticated artisans and builders.

So Whether the first oba of Benin was a son of Oduduwa or not, the Benin empire has always been far greater than any Yoruba kingdom in history.

................


@kgdavid



This Benin supremacy claim started by the present King of Benin and it's a form of political liberation from the yorubas. Go read the book written by the portuguese explorer (joao afonso aviero). He stated how the Obas of Benin accorded the Oni of Ife then and till modern history.

https://books.google.com.ng/books?id=hBTqPX4G9Y4C&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=joao+afonso+aveiro+ife&source=bl&ots=FQdVs4h4at&sig=LM0fpsmfzDkT7cG4SORdc1RsGyw&hl=en

The book says and i quote, "the ooni of ife to whom the inhabitants accorded and modern inhabitants still accord, a loose spiritual allegiance". Spiritual allegiance is quite different from political allegiance, and much more salient, is the application of the adjective "loose". Meaning the ooni of ife was respected in the same way you might respect an elder who is not your father. You would greet him well but that does not mean he has any rulership over you.

sweetgala:
The story is that of a returning prince, you can define it as rule by proxy but I'd argue that the dynasty from ife which ruled Bini for however long retained their homestead in Ife.

What we can agree upon is that while the Yorubas and Binis do share some cultural heritage, these two people groups remain quite distinct, and the notable inclusion of one yoruba prince in the genealogy of Benin rulers is not quite sufficient to erode those divisions.

In fact, the original edo people were already well established in the area, before the coming of oduduwa and the rule of Oranmiyan. You would be wrong to assume the fact of Oranmiyan ruling Benin for a short period extends to meaning that Ife in some way ruled Benin.

Further, Oranmiyan married a Bini woman and fathered the next Oba through her. The yoruba intrusion into bini rulership was altogether quite brief and did not in anyway result in the expansion of the Benin territory. This expansion in fact, would not occur until many centuries later, under Oba Ewuare, by which time any cultural significance of Oranmiyans brief stay in Benin, had long long been eroded. You see, the narrative of a "returning prince" as you put it, is of very little import in this debate. These territories were not ceded diplomatically; they were annexed economically and militarily. There's no two ways about it, the Benin empire was absolutely dominant, and yoruba influence in the Benin courts, sequel to the reclusion of Oranmiyan, was nil.

There is historical evidence that diplomatic relations may have existed between Benin and the Yoruba states in the Region such as Ife (of course), Owo, Ijebu and etc, but it is observable that Benin became more hostile and warlike towards these neighbors, as the slave trade flourished, expanding it's territories by military might in all directions, which, notably, was when Lagos was annexed.

And to set the record straight, Yoruba claims to Lagos are made tenuous for this reason, as it was the British who extinguished Benins grip on Lagos, turning it into their administrative base, and therefore providing some reasonable historical basis for the claim that Lagos is a no-mans land. But that is a debate for another day.

stephano100:
i've not seen where waec certificate is one of the requirements in camp,..and waec doesn't replace lost certificate, but u can always get your statement of result or when necessary or confirm your result for a fee. Go to waec office, u wud be required to swear an affidavit,
purchase some stamps, go with ur passport, birth
certificate, means of identification, statement of result and
some money for them to send u confirmation of result to
a post office mail box.

Thanks so much for the clarification, brother. Its just that on the NYSC website, WAEC certificate is listed as one of the documents to upload. I didn't write my WAEC in Nigeria and i wouldn't want to travel over to Nigeria only to be told to go back and do something about my certificate.

Thanks though, your response has shed some light.

shigothang:
Kgdavid
The argument over who came first or second is very cute and all but when it comes to indisputable historical facts, the undeniable truth is that the Benin Empire was the most dominant kingdom in southern Nigeria, annexing vast areas of both Yoruba and Igbo areas, with its expansion halted solely by colonialism, which was resisted fiercely. When it comes to culture, the Binis were far ahead of other tribes in what we know as Nigeria today, being sophisticated artisans and builders.

So Whether the first oba of Benin was a son of Oduduwa or not, the Benin empire has always been far greater than any Yoruba kingdom in history.

................


@kgdavid



This Benin supremacy claim started by the present King of Benin and it's a form of political liberation from the yorubas. Go read the book written by the portuguese explorer (joao afonso aviero). He stated how the Obas of Benin accorded the Oni of Ife then and till modern history.

https://books.google.com.ng/books?id=hBTqPX4G9Y4C&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=joao+afonso+aveiro+ife&source=bl&ots=FQdVs4h4at&sig=LM0fpsmfzDkT7cG4SORdc1RsGyw&hl=en

Alright, i'll read the book.

sweetgala:
You can't annex what is already yours, by the time the Benin kingdom was expanding it was already the territory of an expansive Yoruba lineage from Ife who had already lorded over much of those same Yoruba areas for many years. It would seem they moved their base to a different area for economic or geographical purposes.

Are you insinuating that the Yorubas ruled Benin by proxy? That's ridiculous simply because if we take the commonly held tale that Oranmiyan and his son ruled Benin, then it means they became naturalized binis and not the other way around. Note that according to the story, Oranmiyan was invited to rule, not that he conquered any part of Benin.

Hey fellas... Say i've misplaced my WAEC certificate or it is unobtainable for whatever reason, will this hinder my application?

Knowledgeable replies would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks!!

Hello guys, i've got another question:

I'm due for NYSC but i'm wondering if i could do a NOUN post-graduate diploma during my service year, and thus save some time? Is it allowed by NOUN, is it allowed by the NYSC? Anyone with such experience?

Knowledgeable responses would be most appreciated.

Thanks!

kingofchess:
go and sit down jare

brutal

Given most people's approach to answering and the fact that less than 5 have answered accurately, i think we have some insight as to this thread:

https://www.nairaland.com/2954410/no-jobs-no-employable-graduates

It is murder. The gun is in the right hand, which if we infer that the person was formerly sitting on the stool and reading/writing, implies that the bullet would have entered her right temple and exited on the left side, thus the blood stain on the right could not have come from the gun in her hand.

i was going to ask if you are 16/17 but then i saw your pic and all doubt was cleared.

Don't worry its your age.

calabaman:
I totally detest snakes.

I remember the time a few years ago, i and my siblings were watching a thriller on TV, everyone was on edge.

suddenly i saw a green snake slithering through the parlor and shouted SEE SNAKE.

They laughed thinking i was joking, until they saw me the TERROR on my face, thats when they looked down and saw it.

If not for my popsi that was with us, he calmly looked down at the snake and used a nearby object to smash its head.

That was most probably a harmless garden snake

tpiar:
Do they want to come back?

Isnt Ghana having a strong economy now?

Ghana's strong economy is a myth that refuses to go away. You people should read more

The argument over who came first or second is very cute and all but when it comes to indisputable historical facts, the undeniable truth is that the Benin Empire was the most dominant kingdom in southern Nigeria, annexing vast areas of both Yoruba and Igbo areas, with its expansion halted solely by colonialism, which was resisted fiercely. When it comes to culture, the Binis were far ahead of other tribes in what we know as Nigeria today, being sophisticated artisans and builders.

So Whether the first oba of Benin was a son of Oduduwa or not, the Benin empire has always been far greater than any Yoruba kingdom in history.