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#10: Luciana Leon : From
(Peru) :
Luciana Leon , Peruvian politician
she is one of the beautiful faces of
Peru Politics . She is the daughter
of the Rómulo León Alegría a very
big name in the Politics of Peru.

#9: Hans Linde : From
(Sweden) :
Hans Linde , the Swedish Left Party
politician , the 35 year old and one
of youngest Left Party
parliamentary group leader . He is
one of the Handsome and most
attractive Politicians in the World.

#8: Orly Levy : From (Israel) :
Orly Levy-Abekasis is an Israeli
politician , she is one of the
beautiful Politicians in the world
due to her looks , style and she is
highly followed by the youngsters .
She is an icon of beauty among
Politicians in Israel .

#7: Mitt Romney : From (USA) :
Mitt Romney Former Governor of
Massachusetts , the 67 year old
experienced politician in the world .
He is the nomination for the
Presidential election in United
States and one of the popular
person in America Today.

#6: Alina Kabaeva : From
(Russia) :
Alina Kabaeva is one of the top
contenders in Gymnast but she
chose to come to the Politics line .
The 31 Year old Retired Gymnast
player has been giving time
“Russian Honored Master of
Sports” . She is working as State
Duma deputy from the United
Russia party and one of the most
beautiful Politicians .

#5 : Imran Khan : From
(Pakistan) :
Imran Khan one of the most
dashing and most brilliant educated
Pakistan Politician . He is former
legend in cricket who brings World
Cup 1992 to Pakistan . Imran Khan
has leading party PTI which
currently ruling in Khyber
Pakthunkhwa .

#4 : Sarah Palin : From (USA) :
Sarah Palin the 50 year old
Politician from America joins the
race of attractiveness , who ninth
Governor of Alaska from 2006 to
2009 . She is one of the beautiful
faces that USA has in the Politics .

#3 : Hina Rabbani Khar : From
(Pakistan) :
Hina Rabbani Khar the diva in
fashion of Politicians of Pakistan .
Her party rules in Pakistan from
2007-2013 and she is holds the post
of Foreign Minister of Pakistan .

#2 : Enrique Peña Nieto : From
(Mexico) :
Enrique Peña Nieto is one of the
attractive Politician’s , and the
current President of Mexico . The
47 year old He is a member of the
Institutional Revolutionary Party .

#1 : Mara Carfagna : From (Italy) :

Mara Carfagna is once a showgirl ,
and model . But her move to
Politicis bring her on the top edge
of her career . She is famous for
her style , looks and now she ranks
first in the Most Attractive
Politicians in the world.

Politics a game which a person
wanted never to end . After every 5
years there is new government
body which runs country , we have
selected some of the Attractive
Politicians in the world who are
highly followed due to their looks,
style , and Fashion . Here you do
not to see a debate only get results
about some of the most Attractive
Politicians from the world which
are lead by Italian Beauty Mara
Carfagna.

By Sandra Alumona
As part of her corporate social
responsibility, the Lift above Poverty
Organisation (LAPO) recently held its
annual nationwide qualifying scholarship
examination.
The examination is used every academic
year by the LAPO scholarship board as a
fair and balanced methodology of
selecting numerous clients’ children
across 15 designated regions nationwide
and had 1,555 children of LAPO clients
who sat and wrote the examination from
347 branches.
According to the Managing Director,
LAPO, Mr. Godwin Ehigiamusoe, the
scholarship scheme was instituted in
2007 with the cash prize of $10,000 that
came with its Grameen foundation
awards for excellence in micro-finance
in 2006 and the process is aimed at the
secondary school category only, as the
board will make use of the JAMB scores
for University qualification.
Ehigiamusoe expressed concern that
students usually drop out of school
especially at the secondary level due to
poverty, adding that the need for
continuity in the beneficiaries’
educational advancement necessitated
the scheme’s extension to the university
level.
He added that LAPO greatly recognises
the fact that education is an instrument
of economic empowerment and national
development to ensure a brighter and
successful life for poor children.
Manager, corporate affairs department
and secretary to LAPO scholarship
scheme, Mrs. Osayi Itohan, in her
speech, said LAPO believes that it is her
corporate responsibility to care for the
educational needs of the children of her
clients.
She further explained that it is part of
the benefits that the children of the
clients enjoy.
“We believe that both the poor and the
rich deserve education and this
scholarship scheme allows them to run a
business with the loan we give them and
make profit that would go a longer way
without having them worry about how to
manage their profit in funding their
children’s education.
“The cumulative number of beneficiaries
under the LAPO scholarship scheme as
at 2013 was 1,442 students for
secondary school students and 40 for
university students, with over N65
million disbursed so far for the
beneficiaries and the numbers have
progressively increased in each year”,
she added.


www.thisdaylive.com/articles/lapo-holds-nationwide-scholarship-examination/187506/

WarHorse1: I will forgive you because most likely, you are not an Economist. If you were, you would have know how the circular flow of money works and would know that even if I deposit 30k at 8am and withdraw at 9am in a particular day, the bank has made its money. If not, ask yourself, why are the banks not operating savings accounts as was 25-30 years ago? My answer is the circular flow of money back by modern technology. As soon as you withdraw, another depositor is replacing somewhere and sometime and the more this kind of demand-supply queuing behavior, the better for the banks. There is an equilibrating of deposits so predictable that banks can count on it and make investments.

And also, Nigerians in this case are not really asking for free ATM services. They are asking for something much affordable and that reflects the Nigerian problem. Just imagine, my bank is out of network. Then I have to go with whatever means , to another banks ATM (Stress Cost) and incur a 65naira Charge (Money cost) to get my deposit from an automated process.

Again, Economics. The wise thing would have been to reduce the charge so that it becomes more inelastic (Sorry, you may not understand that) more affordable to the many such that few or non will stick to their bank ATM. That way, the banks still make more money, if not much more.

Fantastic!

Sammysammy1: let me consult ifa

Your username suggest you are joking, you are Samuel, right?

Good morning everyone,
I created this thread for people to share their thought on what interest them about this forum.
I should be the first to say mine; the most interesting thing to me about this forum is the spontaneous information I get about almost anything locally and internationally, a lot of information and education discussion and of course some saucy opinions too.
Let me have you thought.

I receive a message from Ecobank this morning which reads "dear customer, due to CBN directive, from 01/09/14, withdrawals over 3 times/month on other banks' ATM will attract N65 fee".

Did they actually lied to me?

By Ben Agande & Emmanuel Elebeke
President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday,
challenged public office holders to strive
to be recognised by the quality of
service they rendered while in office
rather than the position they held,
describing the late former Information
Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, as a
patriotic Nigerian who had no rivalry in
service.
In a a remark at the requiem mass for
the former Minister of Information, Dr.
Dora Akunyili, at the Catholic Pro-
Cathedral Church, Area 3, Garki, Abuja,
President Jonathan said the late Prof.
Akunyili would be etched in the
memory of Nigerians for decades
because of her sterling achievements,
especially as Director General of the
National Agency for Food and Drug
Administration and Control, NAFDAC.
The President, who
expressed happiness
that he was able to
attend the mass in
honour of the late
Akunyili, noted that his
presence at the service
was a “last assignment
in honour of our sister.”
While describing
Professor Akunyili in
superlative terms, the President said
during her life time, she was “diligent,
intelligent, extremely patriotic,
extremely brave.”
The President said: “Dora was a
professor of pharmacy. At the public
level she served in Petroleum Trust
Fund, PTF, NAFDAC and then minister.
“Dora was more known as DG NAFDAC,
more than when she served as a
minister. Most Nigerians knew Dora
because of her service. So most of the
offices we look for, anybody who has
opportunity to serve, we should all serve
because what will endear you to people
is not necessarily the office you hold, but
the service you render. He urged
Nigerians to emulate her life in public
service.
“She sought to protect the lives of
Nigerians as DG of NAFDAC and never
compromised as regards those who
traffic fake drugs.
“One thing that endeared her to me is
that, probably I’m one president that
has worked with so many women. At
times, you noticed rivalry amongst
women, but with her you never noticed
any rivalry.
“Today, our dear sister has left us but to
my brother, her husband, as the Bishop
has told us about the the virtues of a
good wife, you have to thank God you
will get that respect as her husband
because of her achievements.
“To my children, your mother was a very
dynamic woman because her works and
identity have given you what silver and
gold cannot give you. Yes, it might not
translate to monetary rewards, but
many will respect and want to assist you
as her children because of her.
Homily
In his homily at the Mass, the Bishop of
Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Hassan Matthew
Kukah, said funerals should be one of
the proudest moment as Christians as
they serve as a reminder of the
mortality of man.
“The reality of funerals is as Jesus
demonstrated to us, that tears are part
of our emotions as He wept for his
friend, Lazarus.
“We know that Jesus went and came
back. It is that simple act that
Christians believe that death is the
beginning of new life,” he said.
True love
Late Dora Akunyili’s husband, Dr.
Chike Akunyili, in his remarks on behalf
of her family, extolled his late wife as a
patriot who demonstrated her true love
for her country, both in words and in
deeds.
He thanked the President and his wife
for the comfort they offered him in his
moment of grief, adding that the special
valedictory session by the Federal
Executive Council, FEC, contributed in
consoling him immensely.
He said: “When Dora died, I saw the
special FEC session in her honour, that
helped me in my grief. When I also had
the opportunity to meet the President in
his office, he held my hands and
comforted me with kind words, saying,
“give me any date for Dora, I will be
there,” and today he is here.
“Dorothy is an elephant and if I start
talking about her we will not leave. We
went to Florida, and there at the
immigration, they told her, ‘look, you
are an American citizen (because she
won the lottery and that was what
favoured us). And here you are, you
have a Nigerian diplomatic passport,
you must surrender one.
“She used her left hand to drop her
green card and retained her diplomatic
passport. So you can see the level of her
love for this country.
“Once in her local government, they
brought a trailer load of fertilisers, what
did Dorathy do? She shared all to the
community. They told her that this was
not how it is done and she said, this is
how it will be done.
“Even as a professor, if you see her in
the home, she would hold water for me
to wash my hand. And I would tell her,
Mummy, you are a professor and she
would say, “I married Nkem before I
became a professor.”
“One day, we went for medical check up
and we found a lump at her lower
abdomen. Doctors said she had seven
months.
“But she said, ‘you are not the husband I
married, you are always dejected, what
happened?’ And I told her that the
doctors said she had seven months to
live. She said doctors have spoken, God
has not spoken, seven months became
two years and three months.
“Dora had a message for this country; it
was a message of love, courage and
steadfastness. Even when she was in
pain, she still attended the national
conference . You all heard what she said
at the conference that ‘a country grows
great when old men plant trees, whose
shade they will not live to enjoy.
Some of the personalities requiem at
mass, yesterday, were the First Lady,
Patience Jonathan, Former Head of
State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, members of
National Assembly, members of the
Federal Executive Council, Chief Edwin
Clark, Andy Uba, Stella Okoli, former
ministers, Pauline Tallen, Odien
Ajumogobia, Olusola Obada, among
others.
Her death was a national loss — Sambo
The Vice President, Arch. Namadi
Sambo said the death of Dora Akunyili
was not only to her family but also to the
country in general.
He described her as a patriotic and
dedicated Nigerian, who excelled and
succeeded in achieving the goal of
whatever opportunity given to her.
She hit the Nigerian public imagination
as a thunder — Maku
In his own tribute, the Minister of
Information, Mr. Labaran Maku who
described the late Dora as one of the
Nigeria’s most outstanding public
servants, said the Professor hit the
Nigerian public imagination as a
thunder in dry season, immediately after
she was appointed the Director-General
of NAFDAC.
She was a reformer — SGF
Also in his own tribute, the Secretary to
the Government of the Federation, Sen.
Anyim Pius Anyim
Described her as a reformer and a true
nationalist and accomplished
professional.
Anyim, who also described the late Dora
as a great Nigerian that brought
NAFDAC to lime light said she also
saved millions of lives and left indelible
mark in the minds of the people.
She was a game changer — Health
Minister
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi
Chukwu said he was pained and
devastated by her death, and described
her as an outstanding patriot who
believed so much in the net
She was full of plans and energy —
Okonjo -Iweala
The Coordinating Minister and Minister
of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,
described her as a woman of passion,
strength and conviction who fought hard
to make sure that fake drugs, both those
who sell them and those who
manufacture them, will become as much
a thing of the past.


www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/akunyili-match-jonathan/

By Chibuzor Emejor
Correspondent, Abuja

Federal Road Safety Corps has
concluded plans to flag off a
nationwide special intervention patrol
tagged “Operation Shield IV” as part
of renewed effort to mitigate the
prevalent road traffic crashes and
fatalities along critical corridors of
the nation’s highways.
FRSC said the all inclusive exercise
which is pursuant to the Corps’ 2014
strategic goal to reduce road crashes
by 15 per cent and fatalities by 25 per
cent by the end of the year, would
witness massive deployment of 240
personnel, 43 patrol vehicles, seven
ambulances and four heavy duty tow
trucks.
Speaking on the deployment, the
Corps Public Education Officer, Corps
Commander Stella Uchegbu said
“FRSC operatives for Corridor 1,
covering Kaduna-Abuja-Okene
highway, would be stationed at Abaji
Unit Command as operational base
while those for Corridor 2 (Lagos-
Ibadan highway) would operate from
Mowe Unit Command.”
In the same vein, she added that Edo
Sector Command in Benin would
serve as operational base for Corridor
3 (Benin-Asaba highway) with strict
enforcement of traffic rules and
regulations, intertwined with robust
public enlightenment campaigns.
Uchegbu also said that the major
focus for the special exercise would
be on speed limit violation, lane
violation and overloading in addition
to other road vices.
“Operation Shield which has entered
its 4TH version, which is designed
with the primary aim of shielding
road users from the incidence of road
crashes which have been witnessed
recently along specific routes of the
highways”.
While identifying attitude of motorists
as a major causative factor for most
of the road crashes, Uchegbu also
called for behavioural change among
drivers who have resorted to flagrant
violation of traffic rules and
regulations such as speed limit
violations even in the face of
improved road condition across the
country.
She further disclosed that the
Operation Shield exercise would be
sustained by the FRSC especially in
view of the need to deliver on its core
mandate of enthroning safer roads
and fuller lives to road users.


dailyindependentnig.com/2014/08/frsc-flags-operation-shield-iv-reduce-road-crashes/

Sunday Okobi
Lagos State Signage and Advertisement
Agency (LASAA) in partnership with
Outdoor Advertising Association of
Nigeria (OAAN), some leading
electronic billboard operators in the
state and Insight Communications
Limited, will soon commence a public
awareness campaign as part of efforts to
curb the spread of the Ebola Virus
Disease.
This initiative supported by the state
Ministries for Health and Information
would involve electronic billboard
operators enabling their platforms
across the state to be used free of
charge in conveying messages about the
disease in strategic locations.
It was also estimated that the operators
will be waiving over N240million charge
for billboard space.
LASAA’s Managing Director, Mr.
George Noah, noted that the campaign
would focus on key areas related to the
spread and management of the disease
such as modes of transmission,
preventive measures, symptoms and
help telephone lines.
According to Noah, “This initiative is
designed to complement efforts being
made by the state government to curb
the spread of the Ebola virus. It’s also
borne out of the need to enlighten the
public about the disease and the need to
adopt preventive measures.
“We hope to achieve this with the use of
electronic billboard addvertisment
which we would be rolling out in
collaboration with our esteemed
partners who see this as a corporate
social responsibility (CSR) initiative.
“In all, we would make use of a total
number of 32 electronic billboards
across strategic locations in the state.”
Electronic billboard operators
partnering with LASAA on the
sensitisation include the Ahaa Media,
Capital Media, Clearedge Media,
Corporate Media, Emotion, GEMS,
Integrated Howdy Consult Limited and
Invent Media.
Others are Marketing and Media, Media
2, Media Link Limited, New Crystal,
Optimum Exposures Limited, Plural
Media, Provision Media, Strategic
Media Solutions, Space Contractors,
Media Worth, Monumental Concept
Display, Promoworld and Weatherheads.
Also, Insight Communications Limited
has agreed to provide creativity for the
campaign for free.
According to the LASSA boss, the
locations where the adverts will run are
Festac, Obalende, Oworoshoki,
Maryland, Apapa-Oshodi expressway,
Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Lekki-Epe
expressway, Lagos Ibadan expressway.
Magodo and Agidinbgbi-Ikeja.
It will also run at Adekunle Interchange
along 3rd Mainland Bridge, Osborne
Road Ikoyi; Eko Bridge, Teslim Balogun
Stadium, Berger Bus Stop, Liverpool
Road Apapa, The Palms Lekki, Ikeja City
Mall, Allen Roundabout Ikeja, Lagos
Island and Ikeja Cantonment.
President, Outdoor Advertising
Association of Nigeria (OAAN), Charles
Chijide, who was upbeat about the
initiative, said: “Outdoor as a major part
of the marketing communications mix
will play its part in sensitising the public
on the Ebola scourge.
“This battle is a collective responsibility
and would be won through novel ideas
such as this. Consequently, we lend our
full support to LASAA and our members
partnering with them on this noble
cause.”
Jimi Awosika, Managing Director of
Insight Communications said his firm
was proud to identify with LASAA and
its partners, adding that: “The
advertising industry is mindful of its role
in the society at times like this and is
willing to undertake its corporate social
responsibility. For us at Insight, this is a
call to serve and all hands must be on
deck in combating the spread of Ebola
virus.”

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ebola-lasaa-mobilises-electronic-billboard-operators-for-sensitisation/187436/

MOBBDEEP: I still don't get why people opine guess as facts!
Seeing a lot of people on this thread claiming gas is cheaper economically at the price of 2800 for 12.5KG cylinder really got my eyes popping wide.
Simply because it's completely false.
Yes, gas is faster, more convenient, obviously ecologically friendlier, does not blacken pots with soots and comes with this 'touchéness'.

But cheaper!?, that is a blatant lie.
Let me illustrate it well.
I do a light cooking once a day early in the morning plus a heavy cooking once a month usually a Saturday.
Initially, I bought 15 litres of Kerosene at 120 Naira/Litre = 1800.
I used this for 4months.
Then I purchased these two 12.5Kg which I filled at Aba (Abia State) at 3200 per 12.5Kg cylinder.
Each cylinder lasted an average of 18 weeks i.e 4.5 months.

Equivalency of the gas to the kerosene head-head is ~700 Naira/month for the gas as against 450 Naira/month of Kerosene.
It might appear to be a small difference.
But for a large family size; with increased/ higher frequency of cooking and with modest income/means, the cost implication becomes huge astronomically especially over a given length of time.

So, in truth & reality, the price of gas needs to come down a bit from that high clime of 2800 per 12.5Kg Cylinder for us to start comparing it as being better than Kerosene in cost-effectiveness.

But, like I said initially, there are so many advantages of gas that you might find invaluable & difficult to even put cost/value on.

Whaoo! What an analyses, I totally agree with you but one may just assume to pay for the comfort cooking with gas offers as well as the medical benefit some1 pointed out earlier on this thread.

Dear Mr Seun,

I want to humbly request you to help give answers to the question I will ask below because I'm one of the believer in the saying that "customer are always right".

I need to however inform you that I have been following this forum since 2009 but I have not been able to produce answer to the following question;

1. What's is the basis for topic making front page?
2. Why are fellow nairalanders so concern about making FP and booking space on FP?
3. Is there any benefit intrinsic in topic making FP?
4. How do one become a moderator?

This and many more are what I ponder over and I'd like to get ur response soon and also welcome comments from fellow nairalanders as they are most involve in these.

NOTE: This topic must make FP!

oluwato69sin: . NAA but you need to learn English though

I'd like to have you as my english teacher. Mtchewww

Space booked!

Space booked!

Space booked!

Space booked!

Nice write up, I couldn't agree less with your analyses. I have a question though; "is there a sector we didn't fail", our problem seems an holistic one.

Space booked!

caesaraba: Honestly, as I read your paragraph about building relationships, I started clapping in front of the PC. I`ve learnt a lot this morning from your post and hope to keep tabs on any further updates you make.

Pls kindly quote the paragraph that make u clap in front of your PC, I'd like to leanr from it too.

Infact, the beauty if Gas cooker is that it's faster than any other form of cooking I can think of. It will get ur Rice burn if care isn't taken.

1stLadyRobinho: Later some govenors will call theirselves CHIEF Servant..... Stop fooling US. Until I see a governor who is willing to earn 1,000naira as his or her salary...and no other means of fetching money,then he or she is serving the masses

Is 1K enough for you alone to cater for yourself in a week?
Y not face reality? Though I accept those people are overpaid but have exaggerated ur rekuest.