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i am asking if the poster is still discussing the issues raised initially or he/she has gotten the info needed.

d girl na runs girl, big tyme.

make person post the link to the full version now!
instead of all this email address wey full everywhere.

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contrary to what has been whispered''ebube and kingsley okonkwo of the KCPHRESH fame broke up in august 2009 but kept it under wraps becuase kc didnt want the press on ebubes case and he was always upset when she introduced him as her ex.''ebube escaped from the streess of the press but used the opportunity to visit her lover based in houston -texas.

the new lovestruck couple were spotted on thursday febuary 18,2010 in houston on a shopping spree and he was all over her.''her bethrothed is from the east and is a businessman.infact so smitten is he that ebube has accepted his marriage proposal that he took her car shopping and bought her a hummer 'jeep' which has been sent ahead to nigeria .''ebube left houston and arrived london on sunday febuary 21,2010 enroute to nigeria.

ebube may have been''around the world and ayayaaaaaa relationship wise with too many celebrities but wishing her well and heres hoping this one works out for her because it is whispered that she is a nice person and does not deserve the numerous heartbreak love has dished her way, congratulations ebube,denials not necessary

is this thread still valid?

start the discussion.
What do you want to discuss about ABC (activity based costing) and budgeting by extension?

Eziachi:
It seems many of you do not know the man or understand him. Arthur Nzeribe is maverick who believe in himself and tend to enjoy rubbing up people, especially if they ignore him. Its only foolish people that does not know the man that kept saying that IBB used him in 1993. IBB cannot use him; he is richer than IBB legitimately.

Nzeribe did what he did in 1993 because of personal quarrel between him and Abiola during the Jos SDP convention, which my late father part of then. Nzeribe felt insulted when ABIOLA boasted to him after a row that he is nobody and that he will win without his help and he told MKO that they should see in the end.

I knew Nzeribe as far back in 1970s and what he was doing today he was causing trouble right in our days in Bishop Shanahan college in Orlu. I do not like his politic but any person that accuses the man of Nigeria money grabbing stealing in politics knows nothing about him. The man made his money in England. In the early 70s, he is already a big Insurance owner in Britain, 50% owner of Charlton Athletics F.C for years before he sold his share in the early 90s. He was a well-known arm dealer all over the world and get problems with British govt for his arm dealing with both sides of the Angola civil war conflict then.
He once owe 35% Crystal Palace FC along with another Igbo guy called Mazi Ossie Umunna (I don’t where he is now after a nasty car accident while visiting Nigeria in the late 80s). He was the first black man I had seen owing a Cadillac in Britain in those days, except Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim of the GNPP fame. Have you seen his mansion/ country home in Oguta? It is one of the most beautiful edifice you will ever see but, it was still built in the 60s.
If you can associate Nzeribe with any financial scandal in Nigeria, please let me know. Many Nigeria elites are afraid of him because of his contacts outside Nigeria and their stolen loot. How many people will challenge or call for OBJ’s impeachment and goes scold free while OBJ was the emperor? The guy is trouble maker, which is instigated by his personal ego derived from his wealth, you can’t buy him and that is why he talks whether he likes or do whatever he wants and sometimes silly things.

Apart from calling for the army to strike, what else did he said here, didn’t you agree with? Probably none.
Udenwa’s kids can say whatever they like, I a relate to them by blood and can honestly say that their father should watch his back with Nzeribe gunning for him. I love the fact that Udenwa used his power of being in government to get rid of Nzeribe and many of our people heaved a sign of relief but I would not like to be in Udenwa’s shoe because I knew that Nzeribe will strike back, possibly using Ohakim, who foolishly think that Nzeribe is with him. Nzeribe is never with anyone, except himself.

i doubt the authenticity o the highlighted part of your post.

if this article is true, then it is incomplete.
What did the governor do or sleep?
or was he asleep throughout the flight?

how our system perpetually throws up the worst of men as our leaders baffles me.

Ibime:
One of Udenwas daughters once told me of the obscene wealth of Nzeribe in Imo State. If an Udenwa can complain about Nzeribe, then he must truly be a psychotic thief.

How can an insatiable thief like Nzeribe complain about corruption in our democracy? Thats like Hitler accusing someone else of anti-semitism. It shows how powerless we are as a people that a much despised man like Nzeribe can still speak in our Nation with impunity. In any self-respecting nation, this man would be behind bars.

Why did he not call for an end to democracy when he was in the senate? This mans bread has always been buttered by the military, so why we should we expect anything different from him?

I hope it is not the same Udenwa's daughter that i know?
Dude, you should not be patronizing such tales.you are wiser than that.
Udenwa was and is a crook.
I have a clue to his worth before he became a governor and a measure of his worth afterwards.
I know a few fronts that bought properties abroad for him.
the question is not who is a bigger thief.
Tell Udenwa's daughter (s) that the coming inferno will not spare the likes of her father.
Back to Nzeribe,

i am so disappointed with the sultan.
I doubt this sultan was different from the lot in the past.
He has lost every respect i had of him.
Why can't he do a serious enlightenment campaign across all mosques in the country and even collaborate with church leaders to do same in churches.
How about him visiting churches in Plateau state and preach a message of peace and empathy?
Nigerian elite irrespective of religion are short sighted hypocrites who only see their immediate gain.
The coming inferno will consume all, then we will know who has the last laugh.

SapeleGuy:
The Donald Duke Legacy
by Yemi Ogunbiyi

While working as an editor of a book on the Donald Duke years as Governor of Cross River State, Dr. Olaokun Soyinka, who was co-editor, and I, agonised about the choice of a proper title for the book. After a series of deliberations, we settled for: Doing the Right Thing: The Donald Duke Years. The first four words of the title were not original. They had come from the text of a Donald Duke interview with journalists in which he had said that the best guarantee for success in public service was to do the right thing always.

In retrospect now, as one attempts a brief review of Duke's legacy, the choice of that title seems most apt because it captures, it seems, not only the essence of his monumental achievements as two-term Governor of Cross River State, but also the general public's perception of that success. Yet, unless some facts about Duke's achievements are properly situated within the larger context of what can truly be referred to as Duke's 'eight-year wonder' at Cross River State, he might be remembered more for his achievements in Eco-tourism and other related areas than for the unprecedented solid foundation for enduring development, growth and prosperity that he laid for the state.

The very first thing he did upon being sworn in as Governor in 1999 was to deploy an Economic Blueprint, which outlined his Development agenda and vision for the state. Not surprisingly, the document bore all the signs of years of gestation. This Blueprint was anchored upon a deceptively simple set of prerequisites for development ----- the provision of sound minds and healthy bodies for the populace. In other words, if government provides education, training and infrastructure for the people and keeps them healthy, they will become economically productive.

A second major plank of this Blueprint was the enactment of a unique public-private partnership model for growing major sectors of the economy, especially the sectors where the state had comparative advantage, such as agriculture and tourism. To further drive this Blueprint, the government took two key decisions. One, it adopted an unprecedented performance tracking mechanism that was to benchmark the state's performance in the key socio-economic development areas. Secondly, it decided to set aside N50 million as strategic reserve out of its meagre monthly allocation from the Federation Account for use in emergency situations. Taken together, these broad objectives led, as will be shown presently, to one of the most ambitious investment drives of any state in the history of the country.

For instance, in agriculture, which was to become a major anchor of Duke's development agenda, in the first four years of the administration, Cross River State leapfrogged from subsistence agriculture to large scale commercial farming such that the state became a major producer of pineapple, cashew, cocoa and, of course, oil palm. Working closely with Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia, our own NIFOR in Benin and other private investors, the oil palm business blossomed into a major industry. Similarly, the pineapple project became a huge success, leading to the establishment of a pineapple processing plant at the Calabar Export Free zone.

The plant has since been privatised and taken over by Dansa Food Processing Industry. Also, in the first four years of the life of the Duke administration, Cross River went from being the sixth largest producer of cocoa, nation-wide to the second. As I write, Cross River State produces about 20 per cent of the total national tonnage of cassava. These figures did not exist before 1999.

But, perhaps, the most unique feature of Duke's agricultural policy was the judicious combination of micro and macro schemes to create poverty alleviation strategies which were to have immediate impact on the fortunes of the poor. To take one of several examples, in 2005, for instance, the state, under a turnkey agreement with private investors, took delivery of Bee-keeping equipment and honey processing machines that would produce some 50,000kg of honey annually on the Obudu Ranch. Under the agreement, 25 trainers and 400 farmers were to be trained in modern bee-keeping techniques, with Beehives imported from South Africa. When fully operational, the factory will create a diversification of skill, as it can also process other by-products such as wax into candles. This model was successfully extended to fish-farming and live-stock delivery.

This same drive permeated other aspects of Duke's ambitious plan in education, infrastructure, urban regeneration, and health. Unfortunately, the constraints of space would not permit a detailed look at these areas. But sketches will survive to provide insights into an enviable legacy of commitment and service. For instance, in early 2000, Duke convened a state-wide Education Summit. Among other recommendations, the Summit called for a surgical and multifaceted approach to the crisis of education in the state and the amalgamation of all the tertiary institutions in the state into one Centre of Excellence.

The implementation of the latter decision led to the creation of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH). To ensure that CRUTECH meets the objective of harmonising local standards with global academic benchmarks, its intakes from secondary and primary schools had to be properly equipped. Accordingly, under a diligently pursued, state-wide universal free primary education scheme, the state wrote, printed and distributed text books to primary and secondary schools, virtually free of charge, perhaps, the only state on record to do so in the federation. And to complete the final education jigsaw, the state embarked on a massive incentive programme for school teachers by introducing handsome tax exemption packages, 'difficult station allowances,' mobility allowances and prompt promotion for teachers.

While the full impact of these innovations are yet to be felt, it is sufficient merely to state that already some dramatic results are beginning to be seen. Not only have JAMB results improved dramatically throughout the state, two Cross-Riverians, both graduates from the last CRUTECH batch, have recently secured admission to two Ivy League universities in the United States for post-graduate work.

Achievements in the health sector were no less spectacular. In 1999, Cross River State had one of the highest HIV/AIDS sero-prevalence rates in the country. Acutely convinced that health was a cardinal part of his economic agenda, Duke took full control of the sector as if his success as Governor was dependent solely on it. Under his every watch, a massive re-orientation programme and grass-root health delivery was embarked upon to confront Tuberculosis, Malaria, Onchocerciasis and HIV/AIDS. By 2005, Cross River State's sero-prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS dropped from 14% to 6%, the highest such drop anywhere in the world, causing the World Health Organisation (WHO) to cite the state as worthy of emulation by others.

Also, in 1999, only about 15 rural communities, covering no more than 10% of the state had electricity.
Eight years on, some 80% coverage had been achieved, covering some 200 communities, again making this achievement one of the most outstanding in the federation. In similar vein, under a massive urban regeneration programme, which included the designation of five cities, Calabar, Ugep, Ikom, Obudu and Ogoja, as centres for capacity enhancement and excellence, a state-wide environmental programme was rolled out. Today not only is Cross River State the cleanest state in the country, the network of roads and the level of modernity to be encountered, sets it apart from many.

However, for many, Duke's greatest legacy would be, and with justification, TINAPA and the renovation of the Obudu Ranch Resort. Because a lot has been written about them, I will dwell solely on the uniqueness of these projects. It ought to be restated that these projects were a part of a well-rounded and well-orchestrated public-private partnership vision, driven by opportunities in commerce and the new global awareness for environmental conservation. The plan from the outset was for TINAPA, with its N200 billion annual economy, to become the destination of choice for the commercial traveller, while Obudu Ranch Resort, from its pristine state, would become the haven for the tourist seeking peace, beauty and tranquility. Put differently, by investing in an area of comparative advantage and strength, Duke, sought, through these projects, to enact a model of economic management that is unprecedented in its transformative effect on the fortunes of the people of Cross River State.

When the projects were first unveiled, the former President, Chief Obasanjo, was ecstatic. He had this to say: 'This young man is full of fantastic ideas and vision, capable of turning the economy around. He is an invaluable asset to the Fourth Republic'. Then, two years after, at the commissioning of the revamped Obudu Ranch Resort, complete with the new cable cars, Obasanjo wrote: 'Donald, I wish to commend you again as I did on TINAPA. Truly, where there's a will, there will be achievement,  I challenge other state Governors to either replicate something like this or unique to the economy of their states. This challenge which is in line with the six focal economic points of the federal government should be based on the principle of comparative advantage'.

Other people may argue, again, not without justification, that Duke's greatest legacy is to be found in his style of governance, one that was down-to earth and shorn of the lofty and pretentious trappings of power and office. There was an unusual self-assurance about Duke as Governor, borne, I suspect, out of very powerful instincts, deep religiosity and spiritualism, which are not easily discernible. Instincts, without doubt, have played an important role in his career. While his instincts explain, in part, why he was never daunted by the fear of failure, his self-assurance explains why he went about his business as Governor, almost self-effacingly, without fanfare, without sirens, without a truck-load of armed personnel or a long convoy of escort vehicles.

For a young 45-year old, who came to the job at 37 in 1999 with a 'Lagos-Boy' tag, he showed a capacity for work that was almost without parallel. As his personal aides would testify, it was not unknown for Governor Duke to drive himself at past mid-night on a 90-minute inspection tour of TINAPA and then return there again at 8.00 a.m. in the morning, with a team of prospective business investors in tow! His impeccable good manners, candour and behaviours were matched only by his unalloyed commitment to the service of his people. Clearly, his period as Governor was a study in decorum and propriety. He was one Governor who strove always to do the right thing.

Yet, successful as he was as Governor, he did not always get things right! As I have written elsewhere, his muffled response to the third term debacle did not endear him to many. While it may be correct to surmise that his hedging on the matter derived, presumably, from an accurate reading of the gratuitous self-righteousness of the topmost leadership of his party, in retrospect, he had little to lose by either remaining silent on the matter or taking a clear position.

Obviously, he made enemies for himself by not chumming up with famous old leaders in his state, either of the political or intellectual sorts, hence the claim that he ran the state like a private enterprise. A variant of this criticism was that he was a tight-fisted politician who refused to adjust to the free giving style of many politicians. Duke's counter to this is that Cross River State is still a very poor state and that he had little money to spend even on salaries and projects, let alone extras to give away. The same critics who accuse him of refusing to 'spray' money are quick to accuse him of leaving behind a huge debt profile for the state, mischievously confusing the temporary borrowings for projects like TINAPA with state debts

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Duke left no state debts for his successor. But there are debts on the TINAPA project, which, if not liquidated with the impending IPO, will be liquidated in no time. And at any rate, the enduring benefits of TINAPA, not only as a holistic vision of development but also as a globe trading hub, reminiscent of other great international free trade zones like Hong Kong and Dubai cannot be quantified, certainly, not today, and not in Naira and kobo alone.

In the end, Donald Duke's legacy might well lay not so much in the actualisation of these visionary projects, but essentially in the fact that he, like the old men of the scriptures, dreamt dreams! Donald Duke also taught us to see visions! And there could not be a greater tribute to his legacy than the warmth accorded him on his last day in office. As he was ceremoniously pulled around the Esuene Stadium on the 29th May, waving, with the people waving back in spontaneity, you knew, without prompting, that it was an appreciative populace that was saying 'good-bye and so long' to a worthy servant.

Later that evening, as Governor Imoke and his wife, Obioma, saw Donald and Onari off at the Margaret Ekpo airport and some of Duke's erstwhile commissioners and a few friends formed an unrehearsed guard-of-honour, clapping and cheering, it was an emotional Donald Duke who took leave of the crowd to board the waiting aircraft, with a depth of satisfaction knowing that he had given the job his best shot. And there can be no doubt at all that from Donald Duke, the best is yet to come.

This article was akin to a paid advert.
Yemi Ogunbiyi was paid to do PR for Duke during the last election campaign.
Most of what he said was true but should be put in perspective.
I am a Duke fan, kind of, but ,

intresting topic and even more interesting views.
over a year ago when a friend asked whatz up with Duke who had been quiet in the media for a long while, i said i suspected he was preparing for a presidential bid.i am being proven right.He seems a man of ideas who will remain restless in the face of the docility and ineptitude that pervades the political landscape.
However,i have my doubts.
He should go and have a quiet word with Pat Utomi before he takes this dream and plan of his further.
The problem is not a lack of good hands to steer the ship, the problem is that the system is faulty and is designed in such a way as to only produce dullards like Yar Adua or destructive narcissists like Obasonjo.
I would prefer the likes of Duke to fight to revamp this system first, until then the status quo will remain.

on another note,i have a word or those who are raising a few petitions on his stewardship in government in cross rivers state.
While those petitions might have some elements of truth, the fact is that Nigerians are not looking for a saint to lead the affairs of the state (country).What we need are men and women who have a plan, able to articulate this plan,a heart for the people, ability to navigate the land mines that inhabit Aso Rock,run a transparent and accountable government and not be short sighted (able to face difficult decisions head on and not dance around them - things like this Jos crisis, ND and electoral reforms).

on a final note, i am disappointed that he is touring USA and facebook.The impact of the internet and the diaspora are hugely exagerrated in the Nigerian scenario.i agree completely with the analogy of Fashola and Agbaje that was drawn earlier.
He who controls the grassroots has won half of the battle. i expect Duke to stop sipping champagne with folks in the diaspora and ro;; up his sleeves and start funding market women association programs, August meetings in the South East and music carnivals in  uni and polytechnics around the country. align himself with NURTW and NLC.

once more i wish to reiterate that the fundamental issue is the the flawed system that throws up pathological crooks, inept imbeciles and all round dullards in all spheres of our political offices.If we do not fix this first, the likes of Duke and Fashola (without Tinubu) stand no chance and more importantly the coming inferno will consume all,including bystanders.

Beaf:
Kai! Don't worry, wen e reach my side e go reach you! We go deh do sala everyday, carry go!

But seriously, have we weighed the remarks that acompanied the release of 650 million? It covers so many areas. I am just a layman in that area, it seems there is no financial magic going on there (like the Abuja airport work that went from 4 billion to 64 billion - a whopping 16 times the original estimate).
Like I said, that seems like a hell of a lot to acheive with 650 million Naira.

Yes o!
Nothing do you.

^^^^^^^^
i guess we should stop paying this guy any attention and just ignore his antics that are designed to attract attention.

WHEN you look at the staying power of redoubtable musicians such as King Sunny Ade, Admiral Dele Abiodun, Sir Shina Peters, Femi Anikulapo Kuti, Majek Fashek, Ras Kimono; and performers/singers like Alhaji Agba Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, Kollington Ayinla, Wasiu Ayinde (K1), Onyeka Onwenu, Christy Essien Igbokwe, Orlando Julius, Salawa Abeni, and a number of others; the most significant common ground is the fact that they have sustained and solidified their relative musical reputation, legacy and relevance in the past 20 years, at least.
After those mentioned, the second generation of artistes digging hard and deep into our consciousness include Lagbaja, Adewale Ayuba, Pasuma, Sunny Neji, and few others.
Most of these artistes, with few exceptions, were trained professionals, instrumentalists and long-standing bandleaders. You see, music business is first a business, then an art form.
These unfading and constant-as-a-northern-star musicians and singers built their bands painstakingly, to run smoothly and professionally, such that even if they are not there as headliners, the band will sail without losing steam.
That was the reason Egypt 80, Fela’s band, rallied and sallied from when Fela died (and Femi, with his own band, could not possibly sustain his father’s), until Seun, the last of the Anikulapos, was old enough to ascend his father’s ‘throne’.
Now, Egypt Band is contesting the grounds, and reclaiming the glory, “gradually, gradually”.
My point is this: any music form (it doesn’t matter by what tag it’s called) which joints and sinews are not firmly rooted in a solid band management infrastructure, its end has begun even at the first album.
The hottest music of today are recorded on CDs and DVD compilations; sold on the streets and corners; played endlessly on radio and (if they cobble up a video production) on television… and pronto a star is born. But the cornflakes can only taste sweet for a moment.
The poor artiste does not bother that he has begun the burial ceremony of his musical talents and relevance with his excitement to “get out there and be appreciated”.
He cares only that he can enter the studio without any inkling of how to play any instruments; beg or bribe a studio rat to pretend as his producer; lay his voice to beats he has never heard before, or lifted from pirated beat-making software. Yeah! He’s got a great feeling “this thing” will blast. He runs to the profiteer marketer otherwise known as pirate; begging him to slot his “single” (if not all the entire tracks) into one of the pirate’s numerous ‘Hottest Hits In Da House!’ If the pirate is reluctant, unsure if the untested “hit” being canvassed by the aspiring star would catch the unquenchable thirst of the Hit-loving music freaks, the young man flings himself up, amusing the pirate with his readiness to pay so as to get just a song on the ‘compilations’.
And yes, he pays the pirate to help him ‘pirate’ his own work (no contracts; no indemnity; complete ‘dash’). Frankly, he doesn’t catch the macabre irony. He just wants his chance to be a star.
Shocked? He has just begun. If he’s “lucky”, you begin to hear the song on radio… he makes the rounds, getting in the faces of notable DJs. If need be, running errand for them. He joins a posse (a group of creative malcontents), showing up at shows on the apron strings of more accomplished, more pirated “superstars”… he gets photographed… interviewed, and ghost-written… and viola… a new star is born. He starts getting shows, concerts and “mouth-watering” deals. He goes ballistic! Mission accomplished.
His sense of importance is exploded by unquestioned and pedestrian media adulation; uncritical fawning of fans and admirers. And the singer/pretender-musician loses the plot. He forgets the reason he was blessed with the raw talents: to make the world more tolerable, and sustain a profitable and pleasure-giving posterity for himself, his family and community. He does ask about Pa Fatai Rolling Dollars, Commander Ebenezer Obey… how they came back after long hiatus. What makes them still tick…?
In any case, only those who have original talent can survive any reorientation. And then they must possess the common sense and willingness to reinvent themselves; wisely investing whatever they have amassed from the aberration; and studying diligently the course taken by their more illustrious forebears. Not depending on recorded CD’s to perform live music!
The other day, Wande Coal, a young artiste, revealed in an interview how Don Jazzy (a notable new culture producer and entrepreneur) discovered him. The producer realized he could sing, and went on to lay tracks for him. All Wande needed to do was to put his voice to the ‘sound’ created by Don Jazzy. He had no idea how the music was stringed, synthesized and laid. He just threaded the beats through his own natural muse, and lyrics long suppressed simply gushed out. How can such an artiste last long? How will he ever be able to sustain a band; remix and restructure his beats, and remain relevant, long after his name is no longer able to stick on D’Banj and Don Jazzy?
Let me give some examples to illustrate my point. During the course of reporting music, I would visit Femi Kuti while practicing on his sax. All by himself. He’d spend hours puffing at his instrument; nodding quietly as some compositions coursed through his brain…you need not be told that the genii of music were releasing creative toxins that needed to be charted, sifted and stored. It was such a beautiful thing just watching him evolve and create. I have also witnessed Lagbaja in his quiet, contemplative, compositional elements…I am always awed at their incredible devotion and concentration. There are few others too.
So, when such musicians refuse to “die”, it is simply because they can reposition, reinvent and revitalize their craft and style on a platform that is alive, evolutionary and controllable by them: the band. Talent and band management can go a long way to make you live long beyond the immediacy of your music.
Look at Pa Fatai Rolling Dollars. What will make an 83-year old musician come back strong, after a 30-year hiatus? Beyond packaging and timely intervention: his old band created the music a new band is now regurgitating in ‘hip’ baggage. Suddenly, we realize that “Won Kere Si Number” of the 60’s can find some level of acceptance in 21st century. If Dollars can be stabilized by more focused and energetic management team, his wintering days will be far greater that his youth.

fajswhatnots@yahoo.com or faj-alive@.com

Johnny man!!!
sharp guy.
you don identify where you wan chop your own.
Which steel mill you wan revive?
What do you know about that steel mill?
What study did you carry out before approving these funds?
i beg carry go.
No just forget BEAF my man o!
he has been an ardent supporter of yours here,so do not forget him.
The rest of us will not be deluded by your moves.
a snake can never give birth to a goat.
You are product of inequity and deceit and i do not expect any thing else from you.
Ajaokuta mill my foot!!!

Jonny in action.

this Sidibe girl needs to consider gastric as a serious option.
there is nothing about being comfortable in your skin with that kind of size.
The kind of health problems awaiting her in the very future, no be joke.
I saw a woman her size smoking the other day at a bus stop and i felt like wiping out my pistol to blow her brains.
How can you do such.

Monique looks goos and it would have been better to see JLo's dress from the back.

^^^
i have still not gotten my head around to why people have sex without condom with any one outside of their spouses.
i seriously don't get it.

Doyin, AN EDUCATION is the Nick Hornby movie right?
If so, i have to put it down on my to do list.
It has gone out of circuit on cinema in my area,so i have to wait for the DVD.

mbulela

drop an email add on which i can reach you.

chidichris:
what on earth am i doing with things that reason this way? sign on fee u said? how much was mikel's sign on fee? who and who share that? in which media did u read of this sign on fee? local traders in soccer section.
if you are lettered and can read, pls make your research very well before coming here to display your ignorance.
if a player is under contract, he has share in the transfer fees as long as he did not hand in any transfer request to his parent club.
etoo is threatening to sue barcelona because they sold him and he knows he he is entitle to certain percentage of the transfer fee.
robinho bought out his contract with real madrid and as such was not given anything.
ronaldo of man u wanted to move while the club needed the money hence the transfer of which he will be entitle to certain percentage of the transfer fees.
on the side of the agents, the word might is another display of madness/ignorance. they negotiate, they promote and facilitate the transfer deals of the players so if u are normal, a withdrawal of the word might will restore some sanity in u.
hate him or like him, mikel playing for the super eagles and chelsea fc is not by mistake.
check your lineage and tell us how many ppl that has touched our national jerseys or even played for your village.
mikel is a fifa pikin and a world class citizen but frustrated idiots in nairaland who has sworn never to do well in life will see nothing good in a player that has made millions of hard currencies just kicking the round leather.

I have met lots of characters on the internet (not just NL) and i am not a fan of throwing insults around the place but after giving it deep consideration i have come to the conclusion that you are the product of two imbeciles as a result of a one night stand.
I.diots don't come worse than you.this thread is filled with you trying to insult people all over the place simply because they try to point out the idiocy of your ways.you just go around spouting crap and exposing the limitations of the condom that was used in the 7 minute screw with that begot you.

your brain is too thick to comprehend but for the sake of sane persons i need to refute the stupidity of your most recent post. 16 million and 4 million are transfer fees and is largely exchanged between the buying and selling clubs.That is the standard practice.
Within this practice, agents could be paid a %, the player's previous clubs could have a say based on the sell-on clauses in his previous contracts.Also, the player could have a % based on the clauses of his contract (small time players rarely have this).
Then the buying club pays the player a sign on fee as part of his new contract and his salary is agreed.
coming here to deny the existence of sign on fees not only exposes the limit of your shallow knowledge but also shows that you probably only started watching football beyond the confines of Onikan Stadium with the advent of HiTV.
Like most other contracts, there is no fixed content for football contracts.some include clauses that entitle players to a % of their transfer fee in addition to a sign on fee paid by the buying club but it is not a compulsory point. there are several other clauses (for example, some clauses entitle the player to a pay rise anytime some is offered a salary higher than his,a new contract if you reach a certain number of appearances in a season or score a certain number of goals.some players even are entitled to a certain portion of the clubs commercial revenues for any advert they appear in)

on the use of might, i wish to remind sane people (luckily, you are excluded from that list) that the use of agents is optional and their pay structure also differs.some agents are paid by their clients (a good example is when a player moves on a free transfer).
I am sure a buffoon like you does not know that some premiership players do not have agents?
I know of two top premiership players who have signed over 6 contracts in the premiership each and have never used an agent (you will not find that info in complete sports, i.diot).so coming here to quote the definition and functions of a manager is irrelevant.

I doubt you have the capacity to assimilate all this considering that you are the product of  bestiality between a mad woman and an nkita dog.
cases like yours are the sole reason why i think abortion should be legalized.
in the presence of legal abortion, your sad mother would not have sordid memories of the bestial act that begot you and the world would be spared this ignorant cra.p you spout all over this forum. 
go hang yourself sick soul. you really are a jumped up pedantic little slowpoke

Bludeville:
If you've bothered to read real newspapers, you'll find that more often than not, their sources have at least a location. Sahara reporters on the other hand are full of our contacts said, our sources say, i even read one article that said 'a mail intercepted on the internet' said. They didn't bother to write where the mail was from,or at least where it was going to. If that doesn't spell 'unverifiable' to you,i wonder what will.

i am not a big fan of Sahara but i have taken note of the fact that a good proportion of their stories turn out to be true.
on the other hand, the crime you accuse them off is presently prevalent in the entire Nigerian media landscape.
It is what you get in an environment where lies,rumours and deceit is a government policy.
I just read Nigerian papers at present to feel the pulse of the Nation in a general sense and for comic relief.
I do not hold the media in very high esteem at present (without any exception).

Bludeville:
Yes,they're just what we need,another soft-sell newspaper, like the Sun is not enough. Sorry i like my news hard and true, backed up by real facts,from verifiable sources, not rumors!

e.g. for example (according to Zebrudaya).
I would like to hear from you examples of these 'hard and true' news sources.

guy i do not see any link to Nduka on that FB page.
kindly bring your point home.
Besides, if i was the Punch chairman,i will not have the time to read that epistle.
i will send it back to the writer and ask him to summarize in bullet point style
forget all this story, nothing will happen.after all dog no dey eat fellow dog.
i am known to be too pessimistic on this site on the Nigerian project.
i refuse to say anymore.
lets all jolly along.if the ship sink e sink.
afterall we will not be the first failed nation.
me i get my own issues to resolve.
so let the cabal in Punch and other media outlets ride on.
as a pointer, have you seen any of them do a through critique of Sequn Adeniyi?
How dog wan take bite im fellow dog?

lannre:
pls read everything before replying.  the petitioner was not carried along in the Lagos story ,he is a bloody pretender,no need to read from Azu before we know they are both in the game. Azu is not tolerant. Lesson for all readers; dont get carried away by what you read on newspapers. The issue in our environments are enough eye opener. Nigeria is a Charly boy show. "ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN "

very intelligent post.
whenever i read an article (especially a column) in Nigeria's papers, i ask myself one question.
Whose interest is he or she defending? 9 times out of 10, it is never the people (masses).
We have seen them all;Dele Momodu, Segun Adeniyi, Joe Igbokwe, Ebenezer Babatope, etc.
Even this Ayorinde guy, there have been threats online to expose his under G runs.
I just wish readers will be less gullible.

was about to post this.
very serious matter o!
if i choose to guess how this matter will be settled, my guess will be thus -
He will not be reinstated but FBN will pay his entitlements from 2002 till date, then pay him off with a golden handshake.
In addition, they will have to settle his huge legal fees.


Very good judgement in my view. Gangsterism and total lack of order is the bane of this society.
Large scale corruption is only a symptom of it.
But 8 years for justice to be done is insane.The man could have dies in that period of time.
Justice delayed is justice denied.

biina:
what is there not to get?
pro-lifers that want a woman to keep a pregnancy against her wish need to provide contingencies for the woman acting inimically towards the baby e.g. smoking, and also make provisions for after the baby is born (or will you force her to raise the child as well ). Also who will take responsibility if a woman denied abortion is permanently impaired or dies from child birth complications?
You cannot jeopardize the interests of one to save another.

all this grammar
guy, the woman should use a condom.
It is very simple and last time i checked it is not a very difficult task.
if you are intelligent enough to have intimacy,then you should be intelligent enough to use a condom.
you can't have one without the other.
if you are intelligent enough to do so without a CD, then carry the pregnancy and stop whining and being selfish.

stillwater:
Can you explain this further?

i have corrected the original post.
i meant some pro life folks.
obviously common in the bible belt in the US and the catholic church

biina:
For those that are against abortion, I hope you have plans for preventing bad habits by the mother during pregnancy, and for the unwanted babies when they are born.
You can only lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink

guy please explain.
i don't get you.