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dieselengine3: How i wish am the statue....

I guess d statue go shake cos you too like women.

ewo! na pesin wife be dis ooo

maybe tomorrow.

Emeca: what he means is...instead of spamming this thread why dont u use som of d money u've made and run ads on radio and tv...dat way u get across to millions rather dan just us.

the interpreter!

@op, please kindly provide the direct/working link to the site. thanks.

bangiskings: IDIOT I prophesy to u in the mighty name of JESUS b4 the end of this month ur wretched parent will be victims of bomblast you will surely feel the pain of loosing love1 2ru bomb

na so your bible teaches you to dey use Jesus name curse your fellow man?? what's the difference between you and unbelievers?? by their fruit you shall know them.

GeeAde: Hello Mr Investor IKEDC,
I believe that the transformation we saw in the telecommunication is
what we will experience in the power sector but you have turned it to
the opposite . For over a month now we have no power supply, yet you
people brought BILL for us to Pay for what we did not use. This is
wickedness.
gbenga adekunle
TAIKE/OSHINOWO STREET, IKOSI KETU
LAGOS STATE.

can someone please forward this to the Governor's office??

you see now! tribalism don enter the thread. make una free the Yorubas ooo or else na sango go settle this oo. lol

mrrock: Again, every Yahoo boy in Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Burkina, Senegal, South Africa, US, London, Malaysia, Indonesia, Europe, e.t.c are all on Nairaland.

no vex oga Seun oo

mrrock: In case you don't know. At least 70% of Nairalander's are fraudstars. Many people have been duped directly from this site. Beware!.

I agree with u to an extent one nairalander named Meshach Akhimien with NL username ymb6374 (Meshino on fb) duped me $156 on binary stuff..m sure he's having a new username now.

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),
yesterday, rescinded its earlier decision to
commence the enforcement of the new
number plate and driver’s license beginning
from August 1, 2014.

The Lagos State Sector Commander of FRSC,
Mr Chidi Nkwonta, had, last week,
announced that the corps would begin the
enforcement on August 1, basing the
decision on the new court judgment by the
Federal High Court in Anambra on June 30.
However, in a statement made available to
Daily Newswatch by the Public Education
Officer of the FRSC Headquarters, Jonas
Agwu, in Abuja, the corps reiterated that it
has neither fixed a deadline for a nationwide
enforcement of the new number plate nor the
new driver’s license.

It said that the reaction came on the heels
of inundated media reports and on-line
publications of a proposed plan by the FRSC
to commence a nationwide clamp down on
vehicle owners/ motorists from 1st August,
2014 for non-compliance with the directive
on the new vehicle number plate and driver’s
license.

“For avoidance of doubt, the corps wishes to
state that it still stands on the earlier
resolve to defer enforcement of the new
number plate and driver’s license following
the suspension of the 30th June 2014
deadline for a change to the enhanced
motor vehicle number plate by the Joint Tax
Board which is statutorily mandated to
determine road taxes including prices of
number plates and driver’s license.
The Joint
Tax Board is an umbrella body of State
Chairmen of Boards of Internal Revenue.
“The Board had decided after its 129th
meeting held on 23rd and 24th April, 2014
at the Headquarters of Edo State Internal
Revenue Services in Benin that: ‘In the light
of the court judgment against the FRSC, the
Board decided to suspend the 30th June,
2014 deadline earlier announced for a
change to enhanced Motor Vehicle Number
Plate and the Driver’s License pending the
outcome of the appeal by the FRSC.

“’Also that the States Internal Revenue
Service, the Federal Road Safety Corps
(FRSC) and the Vehicle Inspection Offices
(VIOs) have been encouraged to put all
necessary logistics in place to improve
Motor Vehicle registration and issuance of
Driver’s License in order to build a
comprehensive database,” the statement
explained.
In the light of the above, the corps, however,
directed all its Commanding Officers to defer
enforcement on the deadline, in keeping with
the JTB suspension and the court ruling
pending the determination of the appeal.
“Motorists are, however, urged to renew their
driver’s and vehicle licenses as they expire
in line with extant provisions of the law,” the
statement enjoined.

Source: Daily Newswatch

Ploy: I can't read this meen, summary

have you ever read a book completely??

@op, thank you! Time is the most valuable asset, you can make more money, but you cannot make more time!

padeolu: Fling? What happens to abstinence

Today is my birthday. Show some love by liking my post.

I wonder how you are going to look if the number of likes you get is added to your age

Expert advice on getting to know yourself and
potential partners.

Forget “The Rules." Stop believing “He’s just
not into you." In fact, skip all the self-help
confusion that instructs you on how to morph
yourself into the perfect match for Mr. (or
Ms.) Right.
People who are genuinely happy with their
romantic choices spend more energy working
on their own self-development than on
appearing a certain way to attract love.
Instead of focusing on playing the game to
entice a partner, put your focus on these five
principles and, over time, the right match for
you will present itself:

1. Understand yourself, sexually and
emotionally. If you have not done the work of
understanding yourself emotionally and
sexually, you will enter romantic relationships
from an emotionally dependent place. You
may have the unrealistic hope that someone
else will know how to understand you and
make you happy—even when you, yourself,
may not know. Directly communicating to your
partners about your emotions and your sexual
side is important; hoping others will intuitively
perceive who you are emotionally and what
you need sexually is a fantasy. Make a
conscious effort to become aware of your
ongoing emotional reactions to the people
and events in your life. Observe and label your
emotional reactions. Reflect on your feelings
and talk with people about how you feel or
what you are noticing about yourself, without
expecting them to put you back together
again.

2. Believe what people show and say about
themselves. It is common when attracted to
someone to want to rationalize their poor
behavior. If someone treats you with
disrespect or chronically lets you down, take
this as data about whom he or she is as a
person. If you try to talk with someone and he
or she dismisses you or rationalizes
mistreatment of you, take this seriously; this
may not be a suitable match. If a man says
he is not looking for “anything serious” or he
needs a lot of “space,” let him go. This person
is not in the same place you are and may not
want the same things you want. Believe what
people communicate about themselves . If they
are acting immaturely or disrespectfully, or
saying things that hurt you, move on. It is not
your job to show someone a better way; it is
your job to work on growing as a person.

3. Avoid "sextimacy." As I describe in Having
Sex, Wanting Intimacy, sextimacy is a cycle of
working to achieve emotional intimacy
through hastened sex . If you are hoping that a
sexual relationship will eventually lead to a
more emotionally intimate or committed
relationship, cease and desist: Research
shows relationships that start with sex before
emotional intimacy is present typically do not
become committed unions. You will spend
your time hoping and working to get someone
to change or "step up to the plate" when you
could be putting your energy into growing as
a person and finding someone who likes the
person you have become.

4. Separate psychologically from your parents.
This is no easy task and many think they have
done so when, in reality, they have not. As an
adult, if you continue to allow your parents to
meet all of your emotional needs then you
siphon off some of the energy that needs to go
into your romantic attachments. As much as
possible, little by little, work to be independent
of your parents. This does not mean you can’t
enjoy their company, spend time with them,
and share what you wish with them about
your life. It does mean: Work to become
comfortable making your own decisions.

Excessively asking for their opinion,
reassurance, or guidance, or allowing them to
control your life means you are not living for
yourself. And if you allow your parents to
continually do the heavy lifting for you, then
you will not be a whole person when the right
match presents itself. Entering into a romantic
relationship believing that the person is going
to take care of you in the way your parents
have can turn a healthy match into a toxic
one. You have to be in control of your own life,
self-aware of your goals, needs and emotions.

5. Put yourself in new situations. A popular
idea holds that in order to find the right
partner one must first work alone on self-
improvement—"I just need to do me for a
while." In my experience, when women do this,
they put themselves in arbitrary exile, where
they feel sad and out of touch. With such a
vague goal of "working on myself,"
enlightenment eludes and isolation
compounds the misery. Work on yourself
through developing greater emotional and
sexual self-awareness. At the same time, you
need new relationships with romantic partners
and friends to truly know yourself. Each dating
experience provides you with in-the-moment
information about your preferences,
weaknesses and strengths. If you continue to
think and do the same things that you have
always thought and experienced, you will
remain stuck. Your brain has an extraordinary
ability to adapt and grow—if you allow it. For
the brain to grow you have to give it new
stimulation and new experiences that
challenge you on some level. Perhaps there
are things that you like or have wanted to try
but have been afraid to do so. As long as they
reflect your genuine interest, work through the
anxiety and put yourself in novel situations
where you may meet different kinds of people
and experience other aspects of your
personality.

Source: Jill P. Weber, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist
and author of Having Sex, Wanting Intimacy—
Why Women Settle for One-Sided
Relationships.

superior1: The problem is with that book they read, it makes them run mad

dis guy z d most quoted on niraland today.. I hereby award you the most sensitive commenter of d day on nairaland.

DON’T NEGOTIATE FOR CHIBOK GIRLS,
MUSLIMS TELL SULTAN
The Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic
Affairs has warned the Sultan of Sokoto,
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, against holding talks
with the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram,
until he receives an official approval from
the Federal Government.

The apex body of Muslims in the country
fears that the Sultan might be blackmailed
by the government if he goes ahead to
negotiate with the terrorist group, especially
on the over 200 pupils of Government Girls’
Secondary School abducted by the sect on
April 14, without an official consent.
The council warned that the Islamic leader
should not be hoodwinked into making such
moves by those calling for his intervention
in the insurgency by the sect.

Some Islamic elite, under the aegis of
Concerned Muslim Professionals, had written
to the Sultan earlier in July, asking him to
lead the dialogue with the Boko Haram sect.
The group told the monarch, who is the
President-General of the NSCIA, to use his
position and engage members of the sect in
dialogue that would make them stop their
campaign of killings.
Similarly, a human rights activist based in
the North and President, Civil Rights
Congress of Nigeria, Mr. Shehu Sani, had
earlier in May asked the Sultan to spearhead
the moves to secure the release of the
abducted pupils from the group’s captivity.
Sani, in a letter to the religious leader, had
said, “You (Sultan) have a moral duty and a
spiritual responsibility to be visibly and
actively involved in seeking the resolution of
this impasse happening within areas you
have religious influence.”
However, the Secretary-General of the
NSCIA, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, while speaking
to SUNDAY PUNCH on Thursday, warned that
the President-General of the council should
not be hoodwinked into taking up the task
of negotiating with the terrorists.
He said, “The Muslim community had always
been taking action; it had always been
appealing to the people (Boko Haram) but
Muslim leaders are also cautious because in
your process to go out to look for these
people; if in the process you’re caught
talking with them, the government can even
turn against you and say you’re part of part
of Boko Haram.

“No matter the level of the Muslim leader, he
has to think twice before he begins to
communicate with these people (sect)
because the same government that you want
to work for can turn against you and accuse
you of complicity; and you will be on your
own.
“They (government) have enough machinery
to present you as a devil such that members
of your family will believe that you’re a
devil.”
When asked if such could be done to the
Sultan, the professor insisted that the
Islamic leader could be implicated without
the backing of the government, especially at
a time when “many of us are being unduly
monitored.”
He added, “I am not the Sultan but
fortunately the Sultan has dual status;
traditionally, he is the Sultan of Sokoto;
religiously, he is the leader of the Muslim
community. I relate with him as far as his
mandate as the leader of the Muslim
community is concerned.

“In that capacity, I will not advise him to
hold any unilateral action with the sect
without having the full confidence of the
government of the day. If anybody makes
such calls, somebody like the Sultan should
think twice before venturing into searching
for people you do not know.”
Oloyede asked why the Federal Government
kept the findings by the Presidential
Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful
Resolution of Security Challenges in the
North, which was chaired by the Minister of
Special Duties, Taminu Turaki.
“I believe that by now, as Muslims leaders,
we should have access to the findings; we
don’t. We are just working in darkness. By
now, even if the report had not been
released, we should have had access to it.
Then, we will be able to have some clues to
what is happening,” the NSCIA scribe stated.
Also, an Islamic pressure group, Muslims
Rights Concern, said it was the
responsibility of the Federal Government,
and not the Sultan, to seek an end to the
insurgency by the group.
The Founder, MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola,
told SUNDAY PUNCH in an interview on
Friday that the Sultan had spoken out
against the activities of the sect on several
occasions, “what else do they want him to
do?”
He said, “I stand by the decision of the
Supreme Council; it is a very correct
position. The Sultan cannot negotiate,
particularly without the Federal
Government’s green light. We don’t support
the idea of the Sultan negotiating because
he would be seen as somebody who has
vested interests. Why can’t the Federal
Government take that up?”
The Professor of Islamic Eschatology stated
that there was no reason for the Muslim
community to rise up to the challenge
separately, as it would be “tantamount to
sedition, separatism and rising when the
Federal Government should rise.”
Efforts to get the Presidency for comments
on Friday and Saturday proved abortive.
Calls made to the mobile phones of the
Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, and the
Special Adviser to the President on Media
and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, respectively,
were not picked.
Also, they did not reply to text messages
sent to them.

In the letter to the Sultan, the President,
Concerned Muslim Professionals, Alhaji
Mohammed Saidu, said, “A failure on the
part of the Muslim leadership (under His
Eminence the Sultan) to discharge these
responsibilities/actions to the later will
render it of questionable ability, doubtful
recognition, decimal loyalty or an outright
dismissal as a mere smoke-screen. As
obedient and loyalists to His Eminence the
Sultan, our hearts bleed on these realities.”
Sani, in an exclusive interview with SUNDAY
PUNCH, had stated that the sect would
prefer Islamic clerics as its negotiators.
He said, “The group (Boko Haram) is mostly
comfortable with Islamic clerics. The
insurgents are more comfortable with people
that are considered neutralists.

“For the purpose of negotiation, if the
government is setting up a team, I strongly
advise that the team should be made up of
Islamic clerics, who are going to reach out
to them to seek the release of the girls.”
Just as the Islamic bodies have requested,
former President Olusegun Obasanjo had
insisted that President Goodluck Jonathan
must approve his planned move to secure
the release of the Chibok schoolgirls.
In an interview with Bloomberg TV on May
31, 2014, the ex-President had said while he
had not been officially mandated to lead the
mediation, his next step was to get an
approval from the government. He insisted
that the President must know about his
moves.
Again on June 12, 2014, in an interview with
the BBC Hausa Service, Obasanjo had
expressed his regret that the Federal
Government had not yet given him the green
light to reach to the insurgents for the
release of the girls.

The Federal Government had, however,
insisted that Obasanjo had access to
President Jonathan, if he truly wanted to
make inputs. Sources at the Presidency had
also expressed doubts over Obasanjo’s
sincerity with his plan.

Source: Punch

they are likely to relegate...

The Gunners have beaten Liverpool to the
promising 19-year-old Southampton right-
back, who will move to the Emirates Stadium
in a deal which will rise to £16 million
EXCLUSIVE
By William Joyce
Arsenal are set to complete the £16 million
signing of Calum Chambers after the
Southampton right-back agreed a deal to join
the Gunners, Goal understands.

The promising 19-year-old is now expected to
be announced as an Arsenal player early next
week after completing a medical with the
north London club on Friday.
Goal revealed on Friday that Arsenal had
agreed a fee with Southampton to sign the
defender
, which will see the Gunners pay an initial
£10m for the teenager in a deal which will rise
to £16m.
Liverpool were also interested in signing
Chambers, but the promising youngster has
followed former Southampton youth products
Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in
linking up with Arsene Wenger.

Chambers will follow Mauricio Pochettino,
Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana out of St
Mary's this summer, while Dejan Lovren and
Morgan Schneiderlin could also be on the way
out.

The Gunners have re-emerged as rivals for
Tottenham to sign Schneiderlin
, while Liverpool are closing in on Lovren .
Southampton boss Ronald Koeman had hoped
to keep Chambers as competition for
Nathaniel Clyne, but the Dutchman reluctantly
accepted the transfer would go through.
Arsenal manager Wenger, who has also signed
Mathieu Debuchy from Newcastle United this
summer and seen Bacary Sagna move to
Manchester City, is now expected to let Carl
Jenkinson leave the Gunners in a loan deal.
Sunderland, Swansea, West Ham and Hull
have all shown an interest in the 22-year-old,
who has failed to establish himself as a first
team regular since moving to Arsenal as a
teenager in 2011.

Source: goal.com

make INEC place vacancy by next week o.

couldn't eat for 3days.

my kwara people, make you na yern me wetin dey happen oo..no text yet??

WHY ABDULMUTALLAB’S BOMB FAILED TO
EXPLODE

THE 2009 Christmas Day suicide attempt by
Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who
wore underpants bomb aboard a flight
carrying nearly 300 people, failed “because
he wore same pair of underwear for two
weeks.”
United States-based MailOnline quoted the
Head of the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), John Pistole, as
saying the bomb failed to detonate because
of how long Abdulmutallab had been
wearing the underwear.

Abdulmutallab was on a suicide mission
when he attempted to detonate a bomb in
his underpants as the plane, enroute from
Amsterdam, approached Detroit, United
States.
The explosives became “degraded” after he
wore the same pair of underpants for two
weeks, according to a U.S. official. But the
bomb caused a brief fire that burned his
groin. He was sentenced to life without
parole in February 2012 after he pleaded
guilty to all charges on the second day of
his trial the previous October.
Pistole told the Aspen Security Forum: “The
bomber had had the device with him for over
two weeks.”
Asked whether the bomb had become
“damp,” he replied: “Let’s say it was
degraded.”

During his trial, Abdulmutallab said the
bomb in his underwear was a “blessed
weapon” to avenge poorly treated Muslims
around the world.

Source: Guardian

STOP INSULTING JONATHAN, PRESIDENCY
WARNS

THE Presidency has warned those attacking
President Goodluck Jonathan to put a stop
to that against the backdrop that any insult
melted on the president amounts to
embarrassing the entire country.
The Presidency has also called on those who
address the public to be mindful of their
utterances while addressing them.

Speaking yesterday when he received a
group under the aegis, Voice of Change
Foundation, a Goodluck Support group made
up of Nollywood celebrities ,Sport stars and
Musicians, in his office, Abuja, Special
Adviser to the President, Prof. Rufai Ahmed
Alkali who noted that ethno-cultural
differences of the nation should be seen as
its strength, not weakness, however stressed
that nobody should make comments capable
of trivialising any of them.

He said, “the founding fathers of Nigeria
came from different background but with
united demand for independence from the
colonial master, this should be sustained
irrespective of our political or professional
divide.

“They were young but very visionary at that
time but they used their effort to develop the
nation without prejudice to any tribe or
religion. If today is our time, we should
aspire to make the nation bigger by joining
President Jonathan in actualizing the
transformation agenda for the development
of Nigeria.

“Sport unite the nation but the citizens
should continue to hold it in high esteem at
all times with or without sport,”
“President is the vocal point of the nation
and every citizen need to be mindful of that
fact. No child will abuse his father and still
get public respect after doing so.”
Source: Vanguard.

the devil is back! this is a bad news for we gunners ooo

Chelsea have completed the signing of Didier
Drogba on a one-year contract.
“It was an easy decision,” Drogba told the
club’s official website.
“I couldn't turn down the opportunity to work
with Jose again. Everyone knows the special
relationship I have with this club and it has
always felt like home to me.
“My desire to win is still the same and I look
forward to the opportunity to help this team. I
am excited for this next chapter of my career.”
Jose Mourinho said: “He’s coming because
he’s one of the best strikers in Europe.
“I know his personality very well and I know if
he comes back he’s not protected by history
or what he’s done for this club previously. He
is coming with the mentality to make more
history.”
source: goal.com

lekzzydo: wetin Ijebu do u......proud Ijebu-Igbo

abajo!

ARMY RETIRES MAJOR AL-MUSTAPHA
The Nigerian Army has approved the
voluntary retirement of the Chief Security
Officer (CSO) to former Head of State,
General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-
Mustapha, Blueprint reliably gathered.
The retirement has laid to rest the
controversy surrounding Al-Mustapha’s
return to service and purported promotion to
the rank of Brigadier General in 2013 after
he was freed from prison.
Blueprint gathered that the Army Council
gave the approval of Al-Mustapha’s
retirement based on the extant laws and
condition of service in the Nigerian Armed
Forces.
Sources told our correspondent that the
Army Council which approves promotion and
retirement of officers of the Nigerian Army
based on Harmonized Terms and Conditions
of Service (HTACOS) approved the retirement
last week.
“Al-Mustapha’s retirement was approved by
the Army Council and backdated to June
2013. This means, he served the Nigerian
Army for 33 years. It is a voluntary
retirement,” the source said.
“Even though, by law Al-Mustapha was still
in service when he was released from prison,
he knew that by condition of service he no
longer fitted in the army.”
Blueprint had reported exclusively (July 15,
2015) on why Al-Mustapha has to quit the
army based on HTACOS .
Even though the army confirmed this,
Blueprint’s investigation indicated that Al-
Mustapha cannot continue in the army.
The source said: “When an army officer has
a case in court, he is placed on half salary.
That is what has happened to Al-Mustapha.
Now that the case is in his favour, he will be
paid arrears of his salary and other benefits
for the years he spent in prison. And then,
he will be expected to write for voluntary
retirement. ”
The source disclosed to our reporter that
based on both old and new
HTACOS, Al-Mustapha “does not qualify to
continue in the army.”
Source: People’s Daily

PRESIDENCY SPOTS ERRORS IN 2014
PENSION ACT
• AGF retrieves law for correction, gazzeting
The 2014 Pension Act, which President
Goodluck Jonathan assented to early this
month, has been sent back to the Office of
Attorney-General of Federation (AGF) and
Minister of Justice following the discovery of
some errors in it, New Telegraph learnt
yesterday.
A source said the AGF office was studying
the law with the aim of correcting the
defects which could hobble the
implementation of the Pension Act, which
revised the old one.
He said the AGF and Minister of Justice, Mr.
Mohammed Adoke (SAN), was going through
the law with a view to correcting figures and
spelling mistakes that were detected after
the president had gave his assent to it on
July 1.
For instance he said “whereas the new 2014
Act makes Contributory Pension Scheme
compulsory for any private sector employer
that employs maximum of three workers to
enrol his workers for Retirement Savings
Accounts(RSA), we discovered a mistake in
the maximum figure for private workers
which was typed as15 instead of three.”
New Telegraph also learnt that the
implementation of the new pension scheme
may take time because the AGF office would
have to gazette the Act and send same to
the National Pension Commission (PenCom)
to issue implementation and enforcement
guidelines.
When contacted by New Telegraph for more
details on the errors in the law, Chief Press
Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Mr.
Ambrose Momoh, in a telephone interview,
said he was not aware that the Act had
been sent back to the ministry. PenCom
Head, Corporate Communications, Emeka
Onuorah, was not available to comment on
the matter.
The president had given assent to the law,
which was enacted to correct some lapses
that characterised the 2004 Pension Act.
Some provisions contained in the 2014
Pension Act lauded by both Pension Funds
Administrators(PFAs) and Pension
Custodians were that operators who
mismanage pension funds on conviction are
liable to not less than 10 years
imprisonment or fine of an amount equal to
three times the amount so misappropriated
or both imprisonment and fine.
The new law has increased RSA contribution
both by employer and employees from 15
per cent to 18 per cent, representing 8 per
cent contribution by an employee and 10 per
cent by his employer.
Besides, the new law has reduced the
number of employees an employer must
have on his payroll to qualify for
participation in the contributory pension
scheme from five to three.
Source: New Telegraph

Burger01: Na thunder go fire your nyash

are you from ijebu??

adamubk: Kwara state! Any update yet? Has anyone receive invitation sms?

no ooo, still waiting for d SMS.