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Because there are over 500 languages and 300 tribes in Nigeria today.

Warri militants go worry Alex Ferguson and his team when dem come o.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/sports/october07/02102007/sp202102007.html

@ Stock gurus, Please help, I already have shares with First bank, how can I subscribe for more shares @ N31.00 (rights offer)? Is there any special application form?
My stock broker is not giving me any any info or assistance on this.

@ Stock gurus, is it possible to update my postal address on my CSCS account?
If not, is it possible for me to transfer my stocks from one CSCS account to another of my CSCS account(updated) without selling the stocks.
The reason I want to do this is because I no longer use the postal address on the old account.

7 days ago, it was a nigerian woman in US. Today its a Nigerian man in India,
In the money/cash laundering business.
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Na wa for najia.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/23052007/news/news3.html

A senior Nigerian diplomat was reportedly caught by Indian authorities on Monday as he was trying to board a flight from New Delhi to Lagos with $2.27 million (about N300 million) in cash in his possession.


The diplomat, Defence Adviser to the Nigerian High Commissioner in India, Captain G.A. Ojedokun, was reportedly caught when Indian Airlines staff members handling baggage on the early morning shift at the Indira Gandhi International Airport were alerted by the X-ray images of the contents of his bag.


It was reported that when Ojedokun was questioned concerning their findings, he tried to deceive the airline employees.


His case was later transferred to income tax officials, who seized the money from him.


An Indian tax department spokesman, A.K. Sinha, told the Associated Press (AP) yesterday that “the diplomat did not explain where the cash came from.”


He said when the tax department seized the money and handed Ojedokun to the country’s External Affairs Ministry, he had to be released on account of the immunity he enjoyed.


“The Income Tax department seized the cash, but released the diplomat after informing the External Affairs Ministry,” Sinha said.


AP also reported the ministry as confirming the report. The ministry was quoted to have said in a statement that Ojedokun was to leave New Delhi for Lagos by an Ethiopian Airline flight yesterday.


“He disclosed that he was carrying nearly $1.5 million in his check-in baggage,” the statement was quoted to have said, adding that a search by Indian tax officials resulted in “the seizure of $2.27 million in cash from his person and baggage.

Can anyone please tell me when the suspension on UBA will be lifted?

The Times of Nigeria can confirm beyond reasonable doubt that Governor Umar Musa Yar’Adua is well and alive and his medical condition was exaggerated by the media including ours. We Spoke with him in Germany.


In a brief interview with Yar’Adua in a Germam hospital, he told Sunny Ofili, editor and Publisher of The Times of Nigeria a few minutes ago that “I am feeling better. It was a precautionary decision. The doctors here have found out that I am fine. I would have returned tomorrow but for a little cold that I have.”


Yar’Adua continued “I am still in the race and will be back probably by the weekend to continue my campaign.”


“I had a profile but no serious condition was discovered. It was a false alarm.” He said.


The Presidential candidate though spoke in his characteristic soft tone, he sounded strong over the phone.


“Tell Nigerians that I am doing well. It was a situation where I did not have enough time to rest. All I needed was some rest.” He concluded.
If this guy is not physically fit. how are we sure if he is mentally fit.
The race never start he has already collapsed. he aint seen nothing yet.

You got the job? Thank God.
But do you know you can get something better than that job? Just start paying your tithe, firstfruit offering etc, giving to the needy and poor. You will be suprised how God will bless you the more.
It is all about the seed principle. Sowing seeds to reap multiple harvests.
Best wishes on your new job.

Hey come on, give Jade a break. The reality show is just as real as it is.
Blacks or africans suffer this racism almost every minute in UK, Europe, US or Asia.
So because it happened to an indian in big brother everybody is crying foul play.
Jade is just a scape goat. Her life is full of controversies, but I feel she will bounce back to limelight (with time).

And they better make rules and regulations or code of conduct for reality shows or else,,,,,,,

This is to advise Nigerians that traveling abroad is not necessarily a passport to prosperity, for the most part, it could be a ticket to jail, the hangman's noose, an unmarked grave, a bullet in the temple, a life of misery and agony. Tochi's case will find a place in a revised version of the book. And the point is worth restating: that there are many young Nigerians who are tired of the scarcity of opportunities in their own country, talented and ambitious young men and women who want to express themselves and grow, they are left with no option but to opt for emigration; because it is so difficult to get a visa, they criss-cross from one country to the other, looking for a land that flows with milk and honey.

Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi completed his secondary school education in Nigeria and started playing youth soccer. He later went to Senegal to play football. In 2004, he decided to go to Asia in search of a football club that would engage him. But he had little money. He didn't know anybody. He made it to Pakistan, where having run out of funds, he decided to go to a Catholic church in Karachi to seek for help. This was where he met the fabled "Mr Smith", a fellow country man who offered to help him. Help came in this form: Tochi would get to Singapore, if he, Tochi would carry a package for one Marshall who would travel from Indonesia, meet him at the airport, collect the package and give him $2, 000 which would enable him to enter Singapore. When Tochi was accosted by Singapore security after hanging around the transit area for more than 24 hours, his only explanation was that he had come to Singapore to "try his luck" with football clubs. He had no clubs in mind, no contacts, and to worsen his case, no money. He was a prototypical illegal immigrant with ringing bells all over his body. Young Nigerians need to study the Tochi story carefully; travelling abroad, jumping from Senegal to Pakistan to Singapore or to wherever can be risky; the world out there is not like Nigeria where every fly from any part of the world can perch as long as that fly can grease the slimy hands of corrupt officials. By the time Tochi learnt his lesson and realised his mistake, it was too late. He is yet another victim of the failure of the Nigerian system. There are too many young Nigerians who are running into misery and danger simply because their country is not working. If the Nigerian league were well organized, if Nigerians did not need to sell themselves into the slavery of football, with every one rooting for a club in England or Europe, Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi would have been happy to play football at home and if he needed to go abroad, he would have been negotiating with scouts not with "Mr Smith". How did Nwankwo Kanu, Okocha, Mikel, and Osaro Odemwingie do it? Luck, sheer luck; for them also, it could have been worse.

The third point that I seek to make has to do with the carriage of luggage by Nigerian travellers. Amara Tochi did not know "Mr Smith". He had never met him before. And yet he collected a package from him to give to another stranger who failed to show up as arranged and he, Tochi was caught with the illegal substance that cost him his life. It may be said that Tochi was in a helpless situation and that he was powerless. But the fact is that many Nigerians would easily fall into the same trap. At virtual every airport in the world, you are advised not to leave your luggage unattended to, not to collect parcels from strangers and to make sure you packed your luggage yourself. In spite of this, Nigerians are terrible collectors and givers of extra load at airports. It is risky to tell neighbours that you are traveling abroad. They are bound to come with small parcels that they want you to take to their relations abroad. The thing would have been wrapped so tightly, you are not even expected to check the package. And curiously, they never send simple things, instead you would be required to help carry garri, yam flour, herbs, pepper and snails and all kinds of powdery and suspicious things.

When you get abroad, after your holiday, you would be surprised that on your way back, so many people would be pestering you to help them take things to their relations back home. They could ask you to help take money, but why don't they use Western union? Or letters and you wonder why don't they use DHL? Or it could be a big box, if you resist you would be told that you are entitled to so many kilogrammes of luggage. Many of them also send powdery and suspicious things: tablets for his ageing mother-in-law, a certain cream or lotion for his own father who is suffering from arthritis. So much pressure would be plied upon you and you could be made to look like a difficult person.

Most Nigerians have must have had their personal experiences.

Every Nigerian travelling abroad should learn to be careful. Beware of strangers who offer too much help and too much friendship.

@Olart,
E bi like say u dey work for EFCC,
Abeg give us more gist (on the other 35 governors if possible). So that our people will know whats happening.
The bible says "my people perish for lack of knowledge".
Our leaders have so fallen madly in love with power and greed that their poverty mentality causes them to keep stealing public funds with political deceptions and gimmicks.

I guess this is just the tip of the iceberg.

The fear of EFCC is the beginning of Wisdom!!!

U neva talk of 1 hour constant power in a day, U are dreaming of 24 hrs constant power.
Just like saddam and all other corrupt leaders, Nemesis will definitely catch up with them.