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taharqa: If sm of you dont hv a clue of what you are talking about, why dont you SHUT d helll up for God's sake. Few things are more painful that an IGNORANT making ASSERTIONS in PUBLIC with CONFIDENCE.

Do you undastad hw d Budgeting system work at all sef??

No sir, you are the one that has no idea of what u are saying..
These ficticious programs u have outlined are a total insult to our collective intelligence, how convenient is it for sure_p to only contribute to projects that have already been initiated and paid for?
Hence, we will not be able to track or monitor the implementation of such funds!!
One thing we all know, palliatives were promised... Little to nothing was provided. The sure-p promised thousands of jobs.. And one nd half year on, we are waiting for the first thousand. And that is a fact.
We never had it so bad... At least previously we knew not to expect nothing from the govt.

For a church that has existed and evolved over centuries... It is not unexpected for individuals and bodies to look for ways to vilify it. I will only go as far as state that there is NO way, this church would have survived this long, but for the grace of GOD!
And about the lies being posted above about pictures to which my good friend mis reported the events. This is a small eye opener

jloughnan.tripod.com/shiva.htm

Ejiné: No - Bill Gates' field of interest is Polio, not HIV.

Sad, that you cannot utilise a tool as free as google. He massively supports HIV elimination in Nigeria.

strangest: mtschewww no be to market microsoft softwares imm dey come for? this is absolutely nonsense, imagine if we boycott microsoft softwares just because US went to war in Iraq.... Nonsense... mtschewww

Bill and melinda gates foundation supplies nd subsidizes almost a 100 per cent of antimalarials used in dis country (ACT), also thru dier PEPFAR collaborations, they provide FREE antiretrovirals to HIV seropositive people in this country.... We are talking miliions upon millions of people that are at a serious risk of dieing if this aid goes away. U can at least keep quiet if u haven't got anything to say!!
Hope this news aint true sha #praying

jakedes: But let me ask a question...don't they govenor earn salary and allowance..u never can tell sha ..it might be his personal..judging by amount in quote..3million..I just feel that is nothing for d govenor to spare out..he is just a fan to the celebs and moreover 4 those complaining...is he not working and developing akwa-ibom?

Its such quotes that gets me sad, even if u r working nd have such, as a public servant sworn to uplift the masses, what is wrong in donating such money in the name of tuface to devts in his wifes villa? Does 2face need his prado jeep? That is where d waste comes in! I can even understand tarring the road to annies place!

texazzpete: You couldn't be more wrong. I switched to Android April 2012. Currently I use a Galaxy Note II.
I don't expect innovation all the time. All we ask is for Samsung to make better designed phones.

Samsung didn't outsell the iPhone...and their massive sales are more due to massive advertisement and massive global rollout than any 'wow factor'.

Leave am... Outsell iphone my foot! What a joke, apple aren't even trying..just look at siri, its just a snippet of what they can do.

ACM10: Are you serious with the comment that a 3rd year medical student can confidently infer a serious cancer correctly? You must be having a laugh. I guess you are not in tune with the medical school curriculum. In case you don't know, epidemiology is a subsection of every medical field that can make diagnosis of infectious and non-infectious disease. I'm not here to denigrate the optometry profession. They are noble people. But I hate it when people exceeds their limit of competence. For instance, a woman died in our hospital 3 days ago from the complications of labour. She had a previous history of caesarean section during her 2nd delivery, but delivered vaginally in his 3rd pregnancy. Presented at the hospital for her 4th delivery. Unfortunately, the doctor was not around, so the labour was managed by a nurse. She went ahead to augment labour with oxytocin in a woman with signs of obstructed labour and with a previous history of caesarean section. Hmmm. . .ofcourse she had an uterine rupture and was rushed to our hospital. This is a case of a nurse playing doctor. Those little extra knowledge doctors have is what differentiates them from other health workers.

Rewind back to glaucoma. Tell me the criteria for making the diagnosis of glaucoma and how can you differentiate it from intraocular hypertension? I'm waiting. . .

Firstly sir, the word is 'infer' not diagnose, my point being that even the most simple of men can infer malaria by checking for the tell tale signs...
As you astutely stated already, clinical epid is a key pillar of optometric education, it is no coincidence that the NPPB and WHO work hand in hand with the WCO to battle preventable blindness of which uncorrected refractive errors ranks as the number one.
The differential btw ocular hypertension and glaucoma lies in the visual field charting, pressure alone will be defective cos we are having new cases a lot of NTG(normal tension glaucoma)... The characteristic 'dumbell' visual field loss in the charts coupled with the nasal step confirms the prescence of glaucomatous damage.
I must point out that as a clinician I personally do not even seek to manage glaucoma, it is not treatable, to I usually refer to the glaucoma specialists who would provide a constant follow up over the years. A good one in Nigeria is dr. Ashaye of UCH, someone am glad to have had very good proffesional rlshp with.

ACM10: If you an an optometrist, permit me to debate you on how one can truly make a diagnosis of glaucoma.




Sir you are misinforming the general public with the bolded and I will not allow you to get away with it. An optometrist is not a medical doctor! If you did not bag an MBBS, then you are not a medical doctor. However an optometrist can attach Dr to his name after he has acquired a doctorate(Ph.D) degree in optometry. I decided to post an internet resource that could be of help to you in resolving your area of conflict.

@ACM10? I am a qualified optometrist! Stop dat talk of needing a pHd to be called a dr, its just childish!! The degree so offered is Doctor of Optometry all over the world nowadays. I am proud and hv nothing to shy away from. I would have loved to take you on anytime about glaucoma and by so doing challenge myself and the house to learn more, however you and I can easily google up facts and paste here and no one will know who actually possesses the knowledge!
What bothers me however, is why you who claim not to be an ophthalmologist, nor have you indicated to be an MD, would seek to challenge a qualified proffessional. So unless you are one of the aforementioned, then all I can do is educate you and defray your fears #noinsultintended. So fire on anyway....
You must know that in the US, Canada, optometry ranks amongst the top three paying proffessions.. I don't need to show u a payslip. Google is free. And please nobody ascribes a degree or title to himself... The Medical Boards of Canada, USA, nd our own Nigeria etc... Decided in their wisdom that the knowledge garnered by these professionals is enough to earn them a clinical doctorate, hence they decided they will be doctors of optometry... You must truly believe you are wiser than these medical masters in the boards. The OSN (ophthalmology society of nigeria) in itself... Has an optometrist on its board and vice versa.. I wonder what u r really aiming at...

And for the house... Be it an ophthalmologist or optometrist glaucoma has NO cure!! I have seen several clients when heading health teams for various state govts in nigeria to be confident to tell you that the outcome of glaucoma surgery is terrible, most often the person still has to continue with the rigorous medications like prostanglandin derivatives, MOA inhibitors and the maleates etc so get checked regularly.
Pls check d following
www.aoa.org
www.aaopt.org
Notice the nigerian that won the Essilor international award for optometric contributions

omigin: Please, i need advice . When ever i'm writing either with pen or typing, i usually skip words, even sometimes while reading, i does skip or jump words and i'm not anyway happy about this. I have tried my possible best to correct this but, i'm not finding it easy all. The funniest thing is that, most times, i won't notice until after i submit or hit enter key. I have been facing this challenge for the past two years. Although, one thing i noticed is, my eyes usualy gets a bit cloudy or blurry while trying to give a good look anything, expecially when it is written . Please, advice me on what to do. Can it be that my eyes bad or what?

Hello, please look for the closest qualified and registered eye clinic, the optometrist or ophthalmologist would perform an procedure called a refraction on you to determine is the powers in your eyes are normal, then most likely test you for a condition known as 'ASTIGMATISM' which presents with the symptoms u mentioned above.

ACM10: You were doing well until the bolded. I guess you did not read my comment well. Maybe you should put on your prescription lens, or better still, replace it with a high power lens. We are basically saying the same thing. There is no denying the fact that an optometrist operates at a primary eye care level, while an ophthalmologist operates at a tertiary eye care level. What I frowns at is a situation where an optometrist will make a bold claim that bothers on epidemiology. That area is an exclusive reserve of ophthalmologists. An optometrist cannot even make a diagnosis of glaucoma. So how can he jump to epidemiology when he cannot make the diagnosis of the disease in question? We should learn to separate the job of different cadres of health workers. No need to introduce this unnecessary confusion.

Again u fall foul of common knowledge here, ophthalmology has no relationship with epidemiology, neither does optometry, however anyone with the facts at his disposal can make a sane claim (even you) and pls, even a nurse can diagnose glaucoma... What u r saying that an optometrist cannot diagnose glaucome is just like claiming that a doctor cannot diagnose cancer... In both cases of the clinician has the knowledge and instrumentation then he can make d diagnosis. In fact even a year 3 med student can confidently infer a serious cancer correctly!!

ACM10: You are ignorant! Optometrist is equivalent to a radiographer, while an ophthalmologist is equivalent to a radiologist. Though an optometrist is trained in eye care, but his skills are limited. You wouldn't want an optometrist to toy with your eyes on the operating table.

Actually you are the ignorant one. When you have a chest problem a GP sees u first abd handles the case, if he can't handle it he refers you to the consultant cardiologist. Hence the optometrist can examine, diagnose and treat most eye conditions, where he can't he will quickly refer you to an ophthalmologist... You are not wiser than the NMA, OSN, and Government here and abroad that recognise this and therefore recognise these proffesions.

adexsimply: pls can addiction to laptops and PDAs lead to glaucoma?





*panicking*

No such things don't predispose u.
Am an Optometrist btw

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See anoda igbo man here de run im beeeezzzzneeessss

tunesoft: Same here..2011/12 batch C...state specialist ijero ekiti....how u take cope with dat house beside hospital ? Probably stayed in your room sef...den adeniyi..nd co

Corneeeeeeeeee

jewelofafrica: Me too oooo! Chai family house was shweeeet!
Same as above
Ijero, ijero high school. Nesrea CDS (presido)aka first female presido in d LGA

See this people

STATE: Ekiti
CAMP: Ise orun/emure camp
YEAR:2011/2012
BATCH: BATCH B
PPA: SPECIALIST HOSPITAL IJERO
CDS: NDLEA

ACHIEVEMENT: ndlea presido, helped raise cash to buy land for nacc, leader-ministry of health free health program(eye section) ekiti. Met my fiance dere during service

J12: Even a physically challenged person was involved? Na wa o

Na during the arrest them design im leg with bullet I think

wesley80: Don't get me wrong, there's nothing inherently wrong in a Christian aspiring for political office. In any case, Samuel was a Prophet of God and Joseph was handpicked by Pharoah to oversee a project. He never aspired to be a PM and never questioned the Monarchy system in Egypt.

Now u r just blabbing. The reply was on point, those people where political office holders. In fact meshack, shadrach and abednego openly challenged the politics of their time!!

kelvincoll: U belong to the ABCDEF family, simply because you stole from your kindred you were convicted for 2 years and now back to the family.
Now your Dad and the nuclear family did not disown you so u still bear ur father's surname, for the fact that you were an ex-convict does it mean u cannot take part and reorganise in family meetings?

It's the PDP and it's their biz, this does not affect the ACN,CPC,ANPP merger rather i think they can use it against the PDP.

in other news... is Dino Melaye Anti Corruption campaign just aimed FG and PDP? it should cut across every public sector and level cos i think our Governors are having a swell time with everyone critising just the FG

the Oil subsidy scandal revealed there are alot of cabals and corrupt politicians in Govt (some are GEJ ally or someway stronger than him). the truth is GEJ can't fight corruption.

Its people like this that really make me sad about nigeria, because even if our governments are disappointing, we d ppl shd show intelligence. There is no reasonable grp that will appoint a convicted criminal to any post temp or fulltime. A criminal doesn't have the right to such, until he has spent some years outside jail without commiting any crime and its wiped off from his record totally. Hence, chief george can't even vote as he is, that shd tell u something.

Sincere 9gerian: It is intellectual laziness to heap the blame of all of Nigeria's problem on corruption. Even if we manage to eradicate corruption today, 80% of Nigeria's problem will still remain. Nigerian's problem include dysfunctional federal structure, dis-unity, bad attitudes(including corruption and other criminalities), lack of capacity, incompetence everywhere you turn, quota system,ethnic and religious bigotry,etc
For instance, the federal system we run means that Abuja tries to feed and provide for all of the 160million Nigerians. Under such arrangement, even without corruption, Abuja cannot and can NEVER provide for 160million people. This is unlike some other countries that are structured in such away that all of the people contribute their quota, such that when it is gathered at the centre, there's so much funds for national development. The works ministry for instance requires about N500billion annually to fix the federal roads. Unfortunately due to paucity of funds, the ministry can only get about N90billion annually. Therefore no amount of magic can make N90billion do the work of N500billion, even if a prophet is brought to manage the funds. Also the east-west roads requires total of N360 to complete it in 4yrs but the ministry that supervises the road gets about N60 to N70billion annually. To further buttress my point, the CPC is currently the govt in charge of Nasarawa state. But what has the party achieved in almost 2yrs? Almost nothing. Is it because of corruption? I think it is most likely due to insufficient funds. I once heard the governor lament that after payment of salaries from the regular feederal monthly allocation, only about N300million will be remaining. ACN has been in power in lagos for about 13yrs but today about 50% of state and LGA roads in Lagos are dilapidated. The metro rail line, started by Jakande in the 80's, is still uncompleted. While corruption may have contributed to the state of Lagos, it will be unfair to blame it all on corruption.
In conclusion, it is easy and now envogue to blame every problem in Nigeria on corruption, but I dare to say that while corruption is part of the problem, there are far deeper issues that we have to tackle as a nation if we want to make progress

When someone comes to u with an issue, u have to look at all d facets, and decide the root cause of the problem. Once this key cause is fixed, the rest will fall in place.u talk of ethnic bias; is that not corruption?
We talk of boko boys terrorism; are they not being funded? Is that not corruption?
You talk of unemployment, nepotism, bigotry e.t.c.; pls go to the parastatals that should control job creation, u will see corruption written boldly dere. I recently wanted to help a friend acquire the FG civil service form that was advertised as free, when I got to the ministry... Dem say make I pay 7k for the form.... I leave u to ur conclusion.
And please ur figures for those projects are grossly wrong, if the ministry didn't get the money the needed however, they should not have promised the road-that too is a form of corruption.

DrugDoc: How many corrupt catholics or anglicans have been kicked out of the church for looting or maiming Africans? Is Maurice Iwu not a staunch catholic? Why do our people troop to these churches when they can't contribute to solving our fundamental problems? Let's keep blaming GEJ, he will perform brain surgery on each and every 150 million Nigerians to get them to think.

This is d problem with nigeria, fickle minded ppl like the citizen above. Does kicking someone out of the church help in any way to change the person? The reason a priest or pastor stands above all in church is to represent the good news and tell the truth! And the man (ogbebor) did just that! At least sensible nigerians will agree with me.

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tpia@:
true.

they didnt understand the mentality of the mob.

they were trying to reason with them.

people (?) who had been planning the slaughter for a while.

as to whether these boys were the intended victims, only God knows.

Poor reasoning from supposed adults, if they had fought... Everybody woulda agreed that they were criminals, if they had hurt anyone... Even you might have joined the mob..

Catholic here! D question is.... Knowing how much they revolt at the slightest provocation, why do we xtians keep provoking evil? And why do clowns on nairaland sit in d comfort of their homes and phones and paste provocative statements that could put an innocent soul in danger?

e.code:
What has film production got to do with you killing an innocent man for Christ sake? What the hell is wrong with Islam for Christ sake What a religion? A religion of BONDAGE!

1955 IS THE TIME OF THE DAY HE WAS BORN

pro01: What is the meaning of "religion bashing"? Why do you twerps always prefer someone to coat the bitter truth with honey in order to make it sound sweet in your ears? Mr. Johndoe said what is indeed the truth, and you're here talking bollocks. The plain truth is that Islam is responsible for this mess we have on our hands. To make matters worse, only a Muslim can make such a callous and insensitive statement made by the foolish minister; callousness is a pre-condition for being a devout muslim. They are all animals that are always baying for blood.

Correct me when I said the christian led, hat wearing led, FG also insisted that corps members be posted to volatile areas in the north. If not.. Just shut up. Its religiously insensitive statements like yours that puts our innocent folks up north in danger daily

Profidada: On the contrary he is one of the best. Lets keep sentiments apart and compare his government with others based on sector by sector and duration. This is the only regime we did not experience any major politically motivated killing during elections, we have continued to enjoy constant supply of petroleum products despite its problem, he signed the foi act which no government in the history of this nation could do, he increased the national minimum wage including that of nysc to over two hundred percent, no administration has done that. It is under his regime we are seen a total overhaul of the nigerian police, atleast we no longer see them openly demanding for twenty naira on our roads. His regime is credited to honour the late mko even when his kinsman could not. There has been an increase of revenue to various states thanks to the sustainance of the amnesty programme. His goverment also approved the construction of six more universities in the country so as to reduce the load of other universities in the country. Haba nigerians why the anger on this man as if he has spent 42 years in power ? I will like any body on nl to furnish me the achievements of any past administration either military or civilian within a span of oneyear and six months.

No major political killings Are you in this country? Who was boko harams first victim? Wasn't it a deputy gov?
Constant supply of pms? At what price? After removing subsidies and creating scam palliatives? Then we find out that he has been paying his guys our blood earned money??
Ploice don't collect money? Are u in thos country? The only reason police don't collect money is dat d new IG ordered dem off the roads!!
Six universities? As in universities or schools? Cos am in ekiti and d sham of a school is yet to kick off after he claimed the school has started and put one unexisting school in his villa!how does a secondary school with a capacity of 5000 students reduce d load on d university system?
Look abeg just go rest if u have nothing to say
Under GEJ naija has been plundered like never before, human lives have been wasted up to genocidal levels, this blood sucking people hating govt is definitely d worst!!

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GEJ to announce supplementary Democracy Day Broadcast...

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FocusIQ: 19:45pm (GMT). Hazard has officially become Chelsea's latest player. He made the hugely anticipated announcement on twitter, and has joined the Stamford Bridge outfit. Now the question is, do you think that Juan Mata would relinquish his No. 10 shirt for Hazard? That was one of his demands.



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Why? D no. 11 shirt is already being vacated by drogba! Altho I wanted that shirt no. Rested in honour of big D

honsule: We serving in Yobe state as @ 10th May we received our April Allawi.Am serving in Damaturu.It baffles me that other states have not receive theirs.

Honsuuu da fbt man. Na yobe u de since? Una de serve at all? Anyway its ur state govt that paid u guys not d fg, d state nor want make una join boko

cjpanta: Simply, this was no bomb blast. A bomb exploding at rumokoro will have countless of casualties. I am also not inclined to believe the issue of armed robbers and dynamites (though I can neither confirm that). I am more inclined to believe that the car must have exploded as a result of fire getting into the fuel thank. A powerful explosion from a bomb will not just affect the car, but also people around that area and the surrounding buildings, so I don't see a reason why a mesh wire fence will still be standing after a bomb explosion. This is obviously not a bomb explosion scene. Period

Obviously u don't knw how to identify a bomb blast

The epicenter is at d middle of the bus not d fuel tank... Definite bomb
There is a crater formation on d road with debris scattered in a circle away from d bus.... Definite bomb
Notice the whole bus is not burnt?... Shows that damage was swift,.... Not as seen inpetroleum explosions .... Definite bomb!!!
I tink ppl r just running away from the obvious scary truth dat dis threat has come down south.. Sad

onye ego: This country called Nigeria is funny.
What moral grounds does a Man like Buhari have to Advice Jonathan.

Was he not a coup plotter who has no regard for democratic institutions?

Was Buhari not a Member of Sani Abacha's Dictators Govenment?

Was it not Buhari that said he has thrown away the key to Nigeria's democracy into the Atlantic Ocean?

What efforts did Buhari make to ensure that Nigeria returns to democracy while he was romancing with Abacha?

Why is Buhari so quick to tell us that that Nigeria is divided.

As an elder statesman what has Buhari done to address the issue of Boko-haram?

Again I agree with you, buhari shouldn't rule this country, neither should dat cap wearing phd individual impersonating a real president! I would pick buhari over him if it comes to it! What has he done to address anything sef??