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phlio:
friendzone

emmyrichie:
This is so bad. Capitalizing on current state of little or no jobs to swindle unsuspecting victims is very bad.

Quite unfortunate.

Funerals
Since 2013, the practice of taking a selfie with a
corpse at a funeral made huge waves and was
widely in vogue as there was multiple reports and
it even making a worldwide trend issue on social
networking site, Twitter. A lot of people took to this
somewhat offensive trend which some others
considered made them have a connection with
their dead loved one. However, it seems grossly
inappropriate to do so, not only to the family and
relatives of the dead but also people around.

Suicide
The accompanying picture has been termed the
worst selfie ever taken by anybody. The picture
shows the lady taking a selfie of herself in front of
the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City just as two
officials were making an attempt to convince a man
from committing suicide. Though it is not clear
whether the lady in question knew what was about
to happen and made an attempt to capture the
moment. This however did not deter the New York
Post from giving the event coverage and getting
much needed condemnation against the lady.

Labour
The young man from Florida shown in this picture
(Malick Whiter) took a picture of his pregnant
teacher going into labour. What made it even more
inappropriate was the fact that he took the selfie in
class when there should have been a rush to
ameliorate the pain of the teacher and ensure safe
delivery.

At the hospital
Is it not just weird for you to take a selfie after
being involved in a serious road traffic accident? ,
we think it’s grossly inappropriate to take a picture
of yourself at this point whether you have your
friends and family with you or not as it is better to
rest through the traumatic moment.

n police custody
The possibility of taking a selfie when you’re
arrested by the police is slim as your mobile
devices would have probably been taking from you.
That wasn’t the case for two Australian youths who
took a selfie of themselves in handcuffs. This is a
terribly bad idea and should never be considered
even if your phone or camera is within reach.

Getting hit by a car
The exuberance of youth may make you want to
consider taking a selfie of you jumping over a
moving car which is a bad idea as you may just end
up taking a selfie of a car hitting and running over
you.

Driving a car
Why would you want to take a selfie of you driving
a car when we all know that driving requires your
undivided attention? The idea is totally wrong and
should never be entertained or else it might be
someone else taking a selfie of tour mangled car.

omenka:
The thing about lying is that you easily forget what you had said earlier.

That was how the President and Abati
contradicted themselves during the president's
wife's medical trip saga. Even the president's
wife herself contradicted what Abati said by
admitting she "died and resurrected while in the
hospital".

Abati had denied she never went to any hospital but rather went to take a "moment's rest in Germany due to fatigue from the elections brouhaha of 2011"


Believe whatever comes out of the presidency at
your own peril.

Some residents of Lagos State on Thursday marched to the state’s headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission at Yaba to demand the release of their Permanent Voter Cards.

The protesters, who carried placards with inscriptions such as, “INEC deliberately hold our PVCs,” “Non-indigenes of Lagos State refuse to be disenfranchised,” “We want to vote, give us our PVCs,” had first converged on the Yaba Market before marching to INEC’s office.

They were received by officials of the commission, led by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Akin Orebiyi.

Policemen from some police divisions in the state were also on hand to forestall a breakdown of law and order, as they formed a human shield around the INEC officials.

The protesters, in their address, alleged that INEC was being partial in the distribution of the PVCs, adding that some officials of the electoral body had been compromised.

The Chairman of Union of Non-indigenes in Lagos State, Francis Abang, said report from members of the group indicated that 70 per cent of them had yet to collect their PVCs.

He said, “At the last meeting we had, our members told me that more than 70 per cent of our people have not collected their PVCs. And without this card, we cannot vote. That is why we decided to come here and air our grievances. We want to vote.”

The National Publicity Secretary of the North Central indigenes in Lagos State, Obalaiye Boyede, said out of 15 polling units in his area in the Iyana Ipaja area of the state, only two had received PVCs.

Boyede said, “A general secretary with us went to Ikeja with his wife to collect his PVC, but they were turned back. I believe there is connivance between some political parties and some INEC officials. These parties are given PVCs in bulk to take home and when anybody raises questions, the situation turns rowdy just to cover up the act.

“In Abule Oki, Iyana Ipaja, where I came from, many of our people are being disenfranchised. Out of 15 polling units, it is only in two that PVCs have been distributed.”

Christopher Chimeze, a resident of the Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area claimed he lost his job while chasing his PVC.

The Imo State indigene, who said he had lived all his life in the state, said he had made at least 12 futile attempts to get the card, but was frustrated.

Chimeze said his boss asked him to leave his job “after he did not find me on site on several occasions. But I won’t give up, because I believe my vote is what will make that right candidate to win the election.”

Onugha Remigus, a 70-year-old protester from the Mushin area of Lagos State, said, “INEC owes me. They used my shop, table and chairs for the distribution of the PVCs and yet, they didn’t give me my card.”

Another resident, Uche David, said there was a deliberate plot to disenfranchise the Igbos in the state.

He said, “If you go to Ajeromi, you will discover that those from the South-South are being deliberately sidelined. In Ajegunle, they are burning the PVCs of non-indigenes and this is bad. We need our PVCs to vote.”

The REC, Orebiyi, promised to look into the complaints, adding that he would visit the affected areas.

He said, “We apologise for the trouble you have had to face to collect your PVCs. Our Chairman, Attahiru Jega, yesterday (Wednesday) addressed the senate on the challenges we are facing.

“We are still awaiting one million PVCs, which have yet to arrive. As soon as they arrive, we will give them to you. We will also investigate the claim that PVCs are being hijacked in some places and any of our officials found culpable will be sanctioned. But be assured that on the part of INEC, there is no plan to disenfranchise anyone.

“We have five weeks to elections. For the next three weekends till March 8, we shall distribute the PVCs.”

asadike:
2nd rule of power: never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies. ah alfa! E se yi tan! U bite d finger that fed u now its time to go hungry.

jay2pee:
Nigeria is getting more interesting on per minute billing

The Kaduna State Chairman of CAN has denied any knowledge of an arrangement where money was shared to chairmen of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 36 states of the federation by anyone.

The state CAN Chairman, George Dodo, told Daily Independent in an interview that he was not aware of any meeting where money was shared.

Governor Chibuike Amaechi in the course of campaigning for the APC Presidential Candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, recently had accused Ministers of God in the country of collecting a bribe of N6 billion to take sides with the party in 2015 general elections.

Amaechi alleged that unnamed leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party paid N6 billion to Christian clerics to campaign against Buhari and the APC.

Since then many pastors have challenged him to be courageous enough to name the pastors who collected the bribe.

But as if to confirm the bribery allegation, a Borno-based Pastor and Executive Director of the Voice of Northern Christian Movement, Kallamu Musa-Dikwa, said on Thursday that the President Goodluck Jonathan actually gave them N7 billion and not N6 billion as alleged by Amaechi who doubles as the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation.

Dikwa who said the money was channeled through Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, President of CAN, disclosed that CAN got the said money on January 26, 2015 and disbursed N3 million each to its state chairmen across the country.

According to Dikwa, an Associate Pastor with the E. Y. N. Church (Enklesiyan Yan’uwan A Nijeriya) Farm Centre Dikwa Road, Maiduguri, Borno State, under Rev. Emmanuel Kwajihe between 2002-2004, “CAN had started threatening Christians in the state (Borno) that they must re-elect President Jonathan in the rescheduled election”.

Dodo, however, queried the credibility of the person behind the report, saying many people were out there just seeking for relevance.

“If, according to reports, that the said Pastor Dikwa is close to Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, then the best person to ask would be the CAN National Chairman to confirm the authenticity or otherwise of the person’s story. This is because I am not aware and as such, cannot speak about something I know nothing about.

“As for the man claiming to be of the Christian faith, I don’t know him and I leave him to God,” ,” the Kaduna CAN stated.

Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has demanded unreserved apology from Governor Amaechi over his bribery allegation against the Christian folk.

The state PDP on Thursday expressed sadness over the allegation of bribery leveled against ministers of God for purposes of the 2015 general elections.

Describing it as “unsubstantiated” allegation against Ministers of God to vote for certain political office seekers, the PDP in a statement signed by Jerry Needam, Special Adviser on Media to the State Party Chairman, Felix Obuah, said there was no other reason for the baseless and malicious allegation than to drag Christianity to the mud.

The party said: “This, among other reckless utterances of Amaechi, clearly shows the inner thinking and direction of the APC.”

It warned that the calm disposition of Christianity and the gentleness of its adherents must not be taken for granted to insult the ministers of God.

Wondering whether a Muslim brother and, or faithful, as Amaechi claims to be a Christian, could under any guise profane his religion or its leaders in the manner he has done, the PDP demanded unreserved apology from the governor for the undeserved insult to ministers of God.

It warned the APC leadership to call Amaechi and members of his campaign organisation to order.

Also reacting to the allegation, the Chairman of CAN, Lagos Chapter, Apostle Alex Bamgbola, has declared that no one can buy him over with money, let alone trampling on his values and integrity.

Bamgbola said: “There is no human being on earth that can buy me; I am not for sale. If I had been for sale, you wouldn’t find me here. I had access to petroleum when I came back to Nigeria in 1979. I was on the board of 17 companies, then God called me and said everything give it away. I owned ten per cent of two banks and about 25 per cent of three insurance banks, God said never return there and I left it all.”

Speaking further on the said amount given to CAN, he said that the issue is a sad and controversial one and that curses have been pronounced on whoever collected such money from politicians, hence he would not want to comment on it.

“The issue is too sensitive and I won’t want to comment on it. Let the national office of CAN respond as to whether they collected such money or not,” he said.

Bamgbola added that the Elders Forum of CAN has decided not to comment of the alleged bribe scandal again.

When our Correspondent put a call through to the national president of CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, he was said to be in church for evening service, hence he would not react to the matter as at press time.