₦airaland Forum

Thank you Jesus,i can't express how joyful I am that there are no casualties

Why are we not seeing much comments?its because it came from a region where something like this is not uncommon, e for don reach like twenty pages if it came from those people whose heads are like bicycle seat(d olori plebes)

See agbari like agbari ojukwu

All i see is a gigantic flat head

yeeboes as usual,awon werey

dont know why,i hate dis guy with a passion

I knew it,doing wat most yeebos are known for... but why always flatty

Igbo werey

why always 'JAGABAN'

Tinubu behind Toyin Saraki’s EFCC ordeal — Sen.
Waku
JULY 26, 2015 : FRIDAY OLOKOR
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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
A former Vice-Chairman and member, Board of
Trustees of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Senator
Joseph Waku, has accused the National Leader of
the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu, of allegedly masterminding the petition that
has changed the wife of the Senate President, Mrs.
Toyin Saraki, to be invited by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission.
According to him, the decision was followed by a
promise to help secure a second term for the EFCC
Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde.
But Tinubu said Waku should not be taken
seriously, as he was broke and needed “a quick
fix.”
Waku, a leader of the APC, in a statement sent to
journalists in Abuja on Saturday, described a
situation where Tinubu would be allegedly using
his personal relationship with the EFCC Chairman
“to embarrass and torment fellow party members”
as unfortunate.
Waku, in the statement, claimed that his findings
showed that Tinubu personally gave the petition to
Lamorde under the guise that he was submitting it
on behalf of the APC leadership to punish Saraki
for working against the party’s leadership on the
choice of National Assembly leaders.
He said, “I have chosen to speak out on this issue
and make my findings on this issue known to the
public. After days of painstaking enquiries, I
discovered that both Tinubu and Lamorde maintain
a mutually beneficial relationship since the days of
Lamorde as the EFCC Director of Operations and
based in Lagos between 2003 and 2007, when
Tinubu was equally the Governor of Lagos.
“I also discovered from my findings in EFCC that
the so-called petition against Mrs. Saraki was
personally given to Lamorde by Tinubu under the
guise that he was submitting the petition on behalf
of the APC leadership to punish Saraki for working
against the party’s leadership on the choice of
National Assembly leaders. This was followed by a
promise to help secure a second term for Lamorde
as EFCC chairman.”
The controversial Benue State politician, who once
called for military coup few years after the return of
democracy, expressed his concern that EFCC “is
again being dragged into the political arena to
settle political scores like some years ago.”
But when SUNDAY PUNCH contacted Tinubu’s
Media Adviser, Mr. Sunday Dare, he said, “No one
should pay Senator Waku any attention. We know
when he is broke and needs a quick fix.”
He added, “What he has said is fit for the trash. No
one should dignify Waku’s tales by moonlight with
any attention or ever take him serious.
“For any serious individual with a reputation to
protect, Waku is a very poor hire. Waku is an
individual with no shred of reputation and a
political pariah in his home state.
“Tinubu does not run or dictate to the EFCC. And
like countless others, Tinubu had also been
investigated by the EFCC several times in the past.
Tinubu has no hand in the travails of anyone
because he is right now very busy, working with
others of like minds on how the APC political
agenda can set sail as quickly as possible. That is
the urgency of now and not the tantrums of the
likes of Waku.”
Also, some members of the House of
Representatives have kicked against Saraki’s
wife’s invitation by the EFCC, who is billed to
answer the invitation on Tuesday.
In a statement signed by the lawmakers
representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency,
Umar Buba Jibril, and another representing Okehi/
Adavi Federal Constituency, Muhammad Kabiru
Ajanah, on behalf of 25 others in Abuja on
Saturday, described the invitation as “highly
suspicious.”
The group said while it would continue to
encourage the EFCC to carry out its legal mandate,
it was optimistic that the highly professional anti-
graft body, “will not lend itself as a tool to
propagate the political agenda of any person or
group.”
The lawmakers added that they held strongly that
the days of using the EFCC to harass and
intimidate political opponents were gone, warning
that, “We must never return to that dark and
dangerous side in our polity.”
Several telephone calls, emails and SMS messages
to the spokesman of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson
Uwujaren, on Saturday for his response to the
allegation were not replied.
However, an Abuja-based Non-Governmental
Organisation, Society for Exemplary Leadership and
Transparency, in a statement issued in Abuja on
Saturday, dismissed the Like Minds Senators’
political insinuation into the invitation of Mrs Saraki
by the EFCC.
The group, in the statement signed by Mr.
Emmanuel Johnson, asked why the senators could
see the invitation as one from a legally constituted
agency of the state instead of their “parochial
angle.”
It said, “It is now clearer than before that this set of
senators are, indeed, hindrance to transparent
governance promised Nigerians by the APC, and
they will scuttle legislations and policies design to
enthrone accountability and transparency.”
The NGO reminded the senators that it would have
been more altruistic if they had also questioned a
similar invitation of the daughter of the late former
President Umaru Yar’Adua and wife of a former
Kebbi State Governor, Hajia Zainab Dakingari by
the EFCC.
“In view of these, we hasten to ask: why were you
silent and did not mention ‘political motivation’
when, recently, other former state governors such
as Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) and Sule Lamido
(Jigawa) were invited to account for their years in
office?” The statement added.

aniagoluaustin:
I'm a victim of this. It has turned a habit. I can't go to toilet without carry my phone, even if my phone is on 6% battery remaining...

And all because of nairaland

Please is it safe or hygienic?

na for toilet i dey even comment self,wetin i go dey do if i no carry fone enta loo,make i dey chop shitt?

eggheaders: I

if y'all don't stop bringing the name of the sage to disrepute. we also won't seize scolding your tin god.awo gave us free education ojuiku murdered three million flat headed peeps.

[color=#990000][/color]. LWKMD,bros u dey madt o

Man Bites Another Man’s Penis In Lagos

07.02.2013, 16:40  Features

It is common to hear that a woman has bitten a man's penis because of infidelity, but the reverse is the case regarding what has just happened at Ilupeju in Lagos, southwest Nigeria.

A 52-year old man, Abayomi Mayuku allegedly bit another man's penis during a fight over alleged suspicion of sleeping with his wife.

Mayuku reportedly went to Olusesan Robinson's house at 255, Railway Line, Ilupeju and inflicted injury on his penis with human bite.

This happened at about 8.00pm after the match between Nigeria and Ivory Coast in the ongoing Nations Cup in South Africa.

According to an eye witness, Mayuku left his home and came to Robinson's house and alleged that he was told Robinson was dating his wife and warned him to desist from that.

Robinson, whose wife is heavily pregnant, denied and tried to explain to him that he was married and responsible man.

This angered Mayuku who immediately engaged Robinson in a scuffle. During the fight, he grabbed Robinson's penis and bit it and as well as his neck.

Robinson suffered injuries and he is being treated in a hospital .

When P.M.NEWS visited Robinson's house, his landlord confirmed the incident and explained that he heard the commotion but he didn't come out because he was not feeling fine on that day.

The matter was reported at Olosan Police Station in Mushin and Mayuku was arrested and charged to court.

He is now facing a one count charge of assault, occasioning harm.

He pleaded not guilty and the presiding Magistrate, Mrs. F.O. Abegunde granted him bail in the sum of N250, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

He was, however, remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri pending when he will perfect his bail.

The matter was adjourned till 27 Febuary, 2013.

@KINGWAXThe fact is most people find it difficult to just be ordinary friends with someone they once shared their dreams,hearts, and emotion with(someone u probably swore to be with forever) while dat person is emotionally involved with another person,even if u can confidently say dat u have moved on,how sure are u dat ur ex has done same?I think its beta not to be friends,not saying u shudnt say hi wen ur paths cross o,there's a saying dat u can only be lovers from friendship not vice versa

5 Things You Should Never Do with your Ex After Calling It Quits

A breakup is one of the most stressful things any of us can go through in our lives. Even when your rational mind knows the relationship is toxic, it’s hard to let go of the emotional and fearful thoughts telling us life without the relationship is impossible. But have no fear. New beginnings lie behind the break.

Think of your relationship split like cutting off a malignant tumor. There is pain while it is being removed, and that hurt can last for a while. But in time, as your heart repairs, you will begin to feel better. As cliche as it may sound, time heals all wounds.
Be patient as you evolve through this life-changing event, keeping in mind these 5 things you should never do right after calling it quits.

1. Don’t Use Selective Memory

When that lonely feeling arises (and it will), you need to know that your mind is likely to wander back to a point in your relationship when all was well and the two of you were happy together. At times like these, for whatever reason, our memories often will recall only the good times. You’ll start wondering why you two ever decided to split in the first place.

Reminiscing about the good times is really a regression of your emotional progress. You should never allow yourself to call or go visit your ex in a moment of weakness. This will just set you back emotionally and you’ll have cheated yourself out of time.

There are reasons you two are not together anymore, and you need to bring those to mind forcefully. Don’t forget all those irritating habits he or she had that you could not stand; remember all the fights.

If you think there may be a possibility that the two of you could mend your differences, you still need to give yourself a break away from each other. Your ex needs to earn his way back into your life and prove he is worth it.

2. Don’t Be Friends

For the first few months following a breakup, you should not socialize together if at all possible. You should try to have no contact with your ex — no meeting up in person or contacting each other over the phone, via email, text messaging or connecting on social networking sites. As the saying goes, old habits die hard. It is just too easy to fall back into the relationship. It’s like an old, comfortable chair.

But you’ve got to remember that chair is full of dander and parasites that you really don’t want crawling all over your skin! Plus, it can be just torturous to your heart to be around your ex, especially if he’s the flirtatious type. Don’t do that to yourself. And never, ever fall into the trap of indulging in one last romp for “old time’s sake.” What’s done is done — and that includes your s*xual encounters with him.

Keep your distance and spend time with the best company around – you! Do all the things you love. You may have to relearn who you really are and find out what makes you happy. Being a couple is all about compromise. Now you can concentrate selfishly on yourself, so do it!

3. Don’t Keep Remembrances in Plain Sight

A great first step in getting past the relationship is to go through your home, phone, car, wallet, etc. and put away all those things that remind you of your former partner. From photographs and gifts to his favorite foods and CDs, all these items can slow your emotional growth. By removing them from plain sight, this action alone reaffirms your intention to move on with your life.

Although you may feel like trashing some of these things, it is best to store them in a box that you can put away for the time being. Remember, the moments you spent with him are a part of your life’s history and probably have changed you in one way or another.

After all the emotion is gone and you’ve transitioned past this point in your life, you may want to revisit the box and the memories it holds. Then you will have a clear understanding of what you want to keep and what you might want to give away.

4. Don’t Jump Into Another Relationship

It is so easy to replace your ex with another warm body, and many of us do just that. Unfortunately for you and for the new beau, the relationship is more than likely doomed. Most people coming out of a long-term relationship are not emotionally ready to hold up their end of the bargain in a new commitment. There is too much baggage that hasn’t been sorted through and resolved.

Keep in mind, this doesn’t mean you can’t go out. By all means, have a dating frenzy. Meet new people, experience new things and enjoy the company of others. Take the time to have fun before becoming exclusive with someone new. You need to get to know yourself again before you can give that next guy the best of you.

5. Don’t Isolate Yourself

Feelings of depression are normal when a relationship ends. This may lead you to crawl under the covers and sleep for days or stay up all hours of the night watching romantic movies. You may not want to communicate with anyone, but it is important that you do.

Isolating yourself is really a form of punishment. You have to be willing to ask for help. Look for a friend or family member with a shoulder you can cry on. You may even want to seek out a professional counselor to work through these feelings of despair and loneliness.

The first few months after a breakup will be full of ups and downs. Bear in mind, you are going through something traumatic. Give yourself permission to be sad, depressed and confused as well as relieved, happy and excited about what lies ahead. Just know that the pain will eventually lessen. It will not be like this for the rest of your life. You will heal and be OK.

And always remember, an ending is just the start of new beginning

Former MBGN-OMOWUNMI AKINNIFESI,I dream abt her everytime,she's sooo beautiful

Man Stabs Ex-Girlfriend To Death For Dumping Him

23.01.2013, 8:20  Local




The Aleato family has been thrown into sorrow following the murder of their 26-year-old daughter, Onyinyechukwu, last Saturday by her ex-boyfriend in Lagos.

The deceased, a salesgirl at Alaba International market, Ojo, was reportedly trailed by her ex-boyfriend, Osita Amanunwa, from her Iba new site abode, to Ajangbadi area of Lagos, where she had gone to visit a friend. It was gathered that the late Onyin, as she was fondly called, sat outside her host's compound, exchanging banters, without the slightest inkling that death lurked at the corner.

Eyewitnesses said she turned and suddenly, the smile on her face disappeared. And when her host turned to the direction of her gaze, they discovered that her ex stood opposite them.

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Her host, who spoke on condition of anonymity, recounts: "She greeted him but he hissed and walked away. He later came back and beckoned on her to come. She excused herself and left."

Singular response

The host paused at this juncture,quivering with fear. That singular response happened to be Onyin's greatest undoing because unknown to her, Osita had a sinister motive up his sleeves.

This was confirmed moments later, following a desperate shout for help from the isolated meeting point at number 4/5 Abike Ogunlana close, at about 9pm. At first, no one suspected it could be Onyin.

But after waiting for a while, her host decided to check on her, only to see Onyin in the pool of her own blood with a knife still thrust in her neck. From all indication, it was obvious that she tried to put up a struggle in order to free herself from the assailant's grip.

She was also discovered to have managed to crawl from the isolated spot to an open area. But her strength apparently failed her midway, owing to much loss of blood. Unable to crawl further, she stopped, clutching firmly to the earth as if rescue would spring out of it. Osita on the other hand, was nowhere to be found.

Cause of break-up

It was gathered that before the incident Osita, a trader at Alaba International market, had on several occasions threatened to leave an indelible mark on Onyin for dumping him for another man. Investigation revealed that the duo had a romantic relationship that lasted for six years, a relationship that would have lead to marriage until Osita allegedly raped Onyin's younger sister.

Family sources told Crime Alert that Oyin's younger sister (names withheld) was sent to deliver a parcel to Osita at his 80 Isiaka street, Iba new site two years ago. However, on reaching his apartment he allegedly raped the teenager who was barely 15 years-old.

It was gathered that the teenager never told anyone about the deed, until she was discovered to be pregnant. She gave birth about a year ago.

Without further warning or advice, Onyinyechukwu stopped seeing Osita. But her action as gathered, signalled the danger that eventually led to her sudden death, following threat from Osita.

Perhaps, had she listened to her parents, this tragedy might not have befallen her. It was gathered that right from the onset, Onyin's parents kicked against her relationship with 36-year-old Osita who hails from Akere village in Ogbaru local government area of Anambra state.

Her devastated father, Mr Aleato, offered an explanation to the family's stance: "My daughter came back home one fateful day with razor marks all over her body and when I asked what happened, she told me that she fell down. But we were later informed by a friend of hers that her boyfriend, Osita, inflicted the marks on her. I warned her severally to abstain from Osita and every other man who would go to the extent of inflicting such injury on her; men who would not respect her as a woman."

It was also gathered that Osita had on several occasions beat Onyin publicly, for calling off the relationship , only to start off with another man, boasting that if he could not have her, nobody else would.

Police on the trail of the assailant

Since the tragic incident, Osita's whereabouts is unknown. Policemen at Ilemba Hausa were however, said to be on his trail. When Crime Alert visited his apartment at Iba new site, it was discovered that Osita had a wife already. Sources hinted that he rushed home that fateful night and informed some of his friends around the area about what he had done and thereafter, picked some of his clothes before disappearing into thin air. Out of fear, his close friends were also discovered to have fled, apparently to avoid being arrested by the Police.

The case, has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) where operatives at the Homicide section have reportedly began investigation.

7 Signs That Your boyfriend Is About To Leave You⁠⁠

Love and relationships is a beautiful thing and we all would like to experience them but not all of the time is the person we’re with the right one for us. This leads to the dreaded “break up” that we all hope not to go through but it is inevitable and necessary for progress.

We must move on and leave unfulfilling relationships if we want to reach our goal of finding “the one”. Now I’m no love expert and have no degrees in studying relationships which to some extent is good because I am speaking from real experiences and not just statistics but I would like to share my knowledge to help others in this situation.

I’m only speaking from a woman’s point of view because I can’t speak for what goes on in a man’s mind. Sometimes we go into denial and blow off obvious signals that he is about to give you the boot. I will give examples of each sign from my own past failed relationships to help give you an idea.

This isn’t your typical top ten signs your guy is going to leave you. I’m talking about all of them. Now I might have missed some so this isn’t the full complete list so if you have more please share with us your experiences. So what are the signs that your boyfriend is ready to let you go and move on?

He makes comments about attractive women and not so much you
If your guy cares about you, he’ll be complimenting your attractiveness left and right while ignoring other girls. If he starts commenting about how sexy another woman is right in front of you and stops commenting on your sexiness, that’s a sign he’s done with you. You no longer appeal to him so his eyes are wandering and he doesn’t care if you know it. Ex: My ex would mention how cute the girls in his film class were right in front of me and would even suggest me doing things that they did to try and make myself look better.

He doesn’t do what he says he will/ then does it immediately after you’re gone
Naturally we have to bug guys nonstop to get him to take the trash out or mow the lawn, that’s normal actually but when it comes to more important things that’s when it becomes a bad sign. If he goes on about getting a better job so he can care for his family and never does then five years go by, that’s a bad sign.

It’s even worse if directly after he lets you go he does it then hooks up with another. He tells you that he will do things with you but then mysteriously bails every time it comes up. Ex: My ex for two years talked about making a film and did nothing with it until after I was gone. He never took photos of himself but suddenly after I was gone he became a photo hound taking pictures of himself nonstop. He promised to take me camping but every time the chance came he made up excuses to keep it from happening.

He turns you into the bad guy when you haven’t done anything at all
Guys will flip things onto you so that you become the bad one in the relationship even though you might have handled every situation correctly or what he is accusing you of is untrue. The guy may complain that you’re being distant, yet he’s the one avoiding you.

He might say you don’t give him enough space, even though you changed your schedule to only see him once a week. He might say you have no goals when you’re going to school to be a lawyer while he’s sitting on the couch watching TV all day with no job. Hopefully you get the point here. It can be anything from them accusing you of being too dependent to not communicating yet they are the ones that fit what they are accusing you of being.

Ex: He claimed that I had no goals and just wanted to be a house wife just because I cleaned his apartment a few times. Just because I didn’t have a job for five months out of our two year relationship meant I was lazy. It took me five months to get a new job after I was laid off yet somehow I was lazy. For two years I worked five days a week all day except for the five months I was job searching.

He keeps asking about the status of the relationship
If the guy keeps asking “are we okay”, that’s a problem. Now, asking about the status of a relationship if it’s early off like just started dating is something I can pass. When you’re freshly dating, you want to try to make sure you’re doing things right so you can work on correcting big problems so that in the long run you’ll be fine but after awhile you should stop the asking and let things be.

By then if your relationship is good and healthy you won’t even need to be thinking about if you’re doing well. If out of the blue he starts harassing you with this question, it’s his way of saying he doesn’t think you’re doing well together and wants to break it off. Ex: When my ex and I came to our final months together he used to ask if our relationship was good every time I saw him. Each time he asked he worded it differently but it still came down to “are we okay?”

He makes comments/hinting that obviously says he’s done
If he starts making too many jokes about breaking up with you, he probably does. Every time you get into an issue with him, he shouldn’t be saying, “Geez you’re annoying. I should break up with you.” He starts hinting that you have nothing in common or hinting that he’s not right for you.

He may hint that your goals conflict with his even if they don’t. He’s trying to let you know that you’re not going to be around much longer so he’s dropping hints. Ex: My ex made jokes about breaking up with me frequently, even if it wasn’t attached to something bad. We could be eating out and he would say he should break up with me because I liked ranch with my fries instead of ketchup.

Withdrawal, avoiding and ignoring you
Remember the days he used to call or text you when he was on break at his job? These fly out the window as he starts to ignore you. You end up going long periods of time without seeing or hearing from him. When you finally get in touch with him he won’t sound too excited and might want to rush your interactions to keep them short. To put it short he wants to keep it short which means he is over you.

Ex: My ex stopped sending and responding to calls and texts. He would make up excuses to avoid me and I even had friends/family members catch him in his lies. He would say he was at work thus why we couldn’t be together but then my brother would catch him at the mall hanging with friends.

His friends are more important than you
Yes, we all have friends and like to hang with them alone without having your partner clinging to your hand but when the friends come over you, there’s a problem. You should have equal time with friends and your boyfriend. He might start breaking plans with you for his friends. His friends get to see him six of the seven days a week and you just get the one. He’s bored with you and is getting his fun from his pals. Ex: He would break off important dates/events that we had planned for in advance just to go play games with his friends.

Marriage is one of the most important things—and one of the most life-changing endeavors—any of us will undertake in life. You have to be absolutely sure that the woman in your life is someone you’ll be happy spending time with day in and day out, and certain characteristics can make it a little clearer to you that she’s the one. Here are 10 signs that the woman in your life will make a good wife.

1. She’s trustworthy and loyal
A great wife loves her man…flaws and all, and takes the time to show him how much she appreciates him every day and will not be out doing something she shouldn't be when you are apart. This type of woman is ready to go to war with you and take on whatever obstacle life presents.

2. She’s emotionally stable
Your future bride should display confidence, have a real life of her own, be able to stand on her own emotionally and should be happily going in her own positive direction with no signs of emotional baggage. Furthermore, she should be able to meet you at an intellectual level, constantly surprise you, keep you on your toes and deepen your attraction past the physical realm.

3. The two of you have similar interests
If there are things you both like to do, that’s a good sign you are entering a marriage of happiness and longevity.

4. She respects you
The woman you decide to marry should be a genuine person who considers you in every situation and will be on your side no matter what. She should not be the type that will be checking out other guys, but will keep her attention focused on you, the man in her life.

5. The two of you have great communication
There is nothing more important in a relationship than communication, and if you are considering making it official by marrying her, you have to feel comfortable talking with her about any and everything. The more you communicate with your woman, the less likely the two of you will get into arguments because you both will be able to talk about your problems instead of holding them in.

6. You have great intimacy together
The way you relate to each other in the bedroom has a big influence on whether the two of you will stay together after wedding vows are exchanged, so the intimacy between the two of you should be on point.

7. The two of you can laugh together
Mutual laughter is an essential component of a strong and healthy marriage. Romance is much better if you can see humor in the little things and can have a laugh together.

8. Her finances are in order
When you get married you will accumulate debt together, but you don’t want to marry someone who is up to her neck in debt and has no income. You may feel you should be taking care of her, but it still feels good knowing you have someone who has a reliable job, good credit and is responsible when it comes to managing her money.

9. She’s beautiful inside and out
The woman you decide to marry should be beautiful on the inside and the outside and will not only want to look good for you, but also for herself. This doesn’t mean that she has to look like a model, but she should be so well put together that you’ll be proud to have her on your arm and enjoy the sight of her in any light.

10. You are both in agreement on kids
No marriage will thrive, nor perhaps will any marriage survive, in which one spouse wants children and the other rejects any notion of children. When considering marriage, if both of you are in agreement on the notion of children, you will likely be entering into a pleasurable, long-term marriage

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You want to get married. It’s taken a while to admit it. Saying it out loud — even in your mind — feels kind of desperate, kind of unfeminist, kind of definitely not you, or at least not any you that you recognize. Because you’re hardly like those girls on TLC saying yes to the dress and you would never compete for a man like those poor actress-wannabes on The Bachelor.

You’ve never dreamt of an aqua-blue ring box.

Then, something happened. Another birthday, maybe. A breakup. Your brother’s wedding. His wife-elect asked you to be a bridesmaid, and suddenly there you were, wondering how in hell you came to be 36-years-old, walking down the aisle wearing something halfway decent from J. Crew that you could totally repurpose with a cute pair of boots and a jean jacket. You started to hate the bride — she was so effing happy – and for the first time ever you began to have feelings about the fact that you’re not married. You never really cared that much before. But suddenly (it was so sudden) you found yourself wondering… Deep, deep breath… Why you’re not married.

Well, I know why.

How? It basically comes down to this: I’ve been married three times. Yes, three. To a very nice MBA at 19; a very nice minister’s son at 32 (and pregnant); and at 40, to a very nice liar and cheater who was just like my dad, if my dad had gone to Harvard instead of doing multiple stints in federal prison.

I was, for some reason, born knowing how to get married. Growing up in foster care is a big part of it. The need for security made me look for very specific traits in the men I dated — traits it turns out lead to marriage a surprisingly high percentage of the time. Without really trying to, I’ve become a sort of jailhouse lawyer of relationships — someone who’s had to do so much work on her own case that I can now help you with yours.

But I won’t lie. The problem is not men, it’s you. Sure, there are lame men out there, but they’re not really standing in your way. Because the fact is — if whatever you’re doing right now was going to get you married, you’d already have a ring on. So without further ado, let’s look at the top six reasons why you’re not married.

1. You’re a bitch.
Here’s what I mean by bitch. I mean you’re angry. You probably don’t think you’re angry. You think you’re super smart, or if you’ve been to a lot of therapy, that you’re setting boundaries. But the truth is you’re proud. At your mom. At the military-industrial complex. At Sarah Palin. And it’s scaring men off.

The deal is: most men just want to marry someone who is nice to them. I am the mother of a 13-year-old boy, which is like living with the single-cell protozoa version of a husband. Here’s what my son wants out of life: macaroni and cheese, a video game, and Kim Kardashian. Have you ever seen Kim Kardashian angry? I didn’t think so. You’ve seen Kim Kardashian smile, wiggle, and make a sex tape. Female anger terrifies men. I know it seems unfair that you have to work around a man’s fear and insecurity in order to get married — but actually, it’s perfect, since working around a man’s fear and insecurity is big part of what you’ll be doing as a wife.

2. You’re Shallow.
When it comes to choosing a husband, only one thing really, truly matters: character. So it stands to reason that a man’s character should be at the top of the list of things you are looking for, right? But if you’re not married, I already know it isn’t. Because if you were looking for a man of character,you would have found one by now. Men of character are, by definition, willing to commit.

Instead, you are looking for someone tall. Or rich. Or someone who knows what an Eames chair is. Unfortunately, this is not the thinking of a wife. This is the thinking of a teenaged girl. And men of character do not want to marry teenaged girls. Because teenage girls are never happy. And they never feel like cooking, either.

3. You’re a slut.
Hooking up with some guy in a hot tub on a rooftop is fine for the ladies of Jersey Shore – but they’re not trying to get married. You are. Which means, unfortunately, that if you’re having sex outside committed relationships, you will have to stop. Why? Because past a certain age, casual sex is like recreational heroin — it doesn’t stay recreational for long.

That’s due in part to this thing called oxytocin — a bonding hormone that is released when a woman a) nurses her baby and b) has an orgasm — that will totally mess up your casual-sex game. It’s why you can be Bleep-buddying with some dude who isn’t even all that great and the next thing you know, you’re totally strung out on him. And you have no idea how it happened. Oxytocin, that’s how it happened. And since nature can’t discriminate between marriage material and Charlie Sheen, you’re going to have to start being way more selective than you are right now.

4. You’re a Liar.
It usually goes something like this: you meet a guy who is cute and likes you, but he’s not really available for a relationship. He has some condition that absolutely precludes his availability, like he’s married, or he gets around town on a skateboard. Or maybe he just comes right out and says something cryptic and open to interpretation like, “I’m not really available for a relationship right now.”

You know if you tell him the truth — that you’re ready for marriage — he will stop calling. Usually that day. And you don’t want that. So you just tell him how perfect this is because you only want to have sex for fun! You love having fun sex! And you don’t want to get in a relationship at all! You swear!

About ten minutes later, the oxytocin kicks in. You start wanting more. But you don’t tell him that. That’s your secret — just between you and 22,000 of your closest girlfriends. Instead, you hang around, having sex with him, waiting for him to figure out that he can’t live without you. I have news: he will never “figure” this out. He already knows he can live without you just fine. And so do you. Or you wouldn’t be lying to him in the first place.

5. You’re Selfish.
If you’re not married, chances are you think a lot about you. You think about your thighs, your outfits, your naso-labial folds. You think about your career, or if you don’t have one, you think about doing yoga teacher training. Sometimes you think about how marrying a wealthy guy — or at least a guy with a really, really good job — would solve all your problems.

Howevs, a good wife, even a halfway decent one, does not spend most of her day thinking about herself. She has too much shit to do, especially after having kids. This is why you see a lot of celebrity women getting husbands after they adopt. The kids put the woman on notice: bitch, hello! It’s not all about you anymore! After a year or two of thinking about someone other than herself, suddenly, Brad Pitt or Harrison Ford comes along and decides to significantly other her. Which is also to say — if what you really want is a baby, go get you one. Your husband will be along shortly. Motherhood has a way of weeding out the lotharios.

6. You’re Not Good Enough.
Oh, I don’t think that. You do. I can tell because you’re not looking for a partner who is your equal. No, you want someone better than you are: better looking, better family, better job.

Here is what you need to know: You are enough right this minute. Period. Not understanding this is a major obstacle to getting married, since women who don’t know their own worth make terrible wives. Why? You can fake it for a while, but ultimately you won’t love your spouse any better than you love yourself. Smart men know this.

I see this at my son’s artsy, progressive school. Of 183 kids, maybe six have moms who are as cute as you’re trying to be. They’re attractive, sure. They’re just not objects. Their husbands (wisely) chose them for their character, not their cup size.

Alright, so that’s the bad news. The good news is that I believe every woman who wants to can find a great partner. You’re just going to need to get rid of the idea that marriage will make you happy. It won’t. Once the initial high wears off, you’ll just be you, except with twice as much laundry.

Because ultimately, marriage is not about getting something — it’s about giving it. Strangely, men understand this more than we do. Probably because for them marriage involves sacrificing their most treasured possession — a free-agent  — and for us, it’s the culmination of a princess fantasy so universal, it built Disneyland.

The bottom line is that marriage is just a long-term opportunity to practice loving someone even when they don’t deserve it. Because most of the time, your messy, farting, macaroni-and-cheese eating man will not be doing what you want him to. But as you give him love anyway — because you have made up your mind to transform yourself into a person who is practicing being kind, deep, virtuous, truthful, giving, and most of all, accepting of your own dear self — you will find that you will experience the very thing you wanted all along:

Love.

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. Hmmmmm!ride on Prof,(2012) nobel prize winner in English language

with ALLWELL OKPI, refutes the claims of Chinua Achebe in his recent memoir. He speaks of Nigerian politics before and after the civil war and the relationship between the Yoruba and Igbo.

Achebe’s ‘There was a country,’ accused late Chief Obafemi Awolowo of maliciously formulating policies for the extermination of Igbos during the Civil War. Do think that what Awolowo did was fair?

The question is not whether it was fair or not. We were in a battle. As it is said, all is fair in battle. But the point I think everybody is missing is the insinuation of Achebe that Chief Awolowo did what he did to exterminate the Igbo, whom he regarded as his main opponents, because he wanted to rule the country. That cannot be. When the war came, Awolowo was faced with the question of using everything to win the war and that was after he had had an interview with Ojukwu and persuaded him not to go to war but Ojukwu reneged. Would you now say that as part of the efforts to save Nigeria, he shouldn’t do anything to win the war? When they realised that the soldiers were cornering the food meant for the civilians, they said it was not right for them to be feeding their enemies. So, they stopped it. They stopped it and the war ended early in the interest of Nigeria. It’s unfair of Achebe to insinuate that that the war was conducted to eliminate the Igbo so that Awolowo could become the leader of the country. That is not consistent with history. Even before the war, in 1959, when the election was contested by the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons, the Action Group and the Northern People’s Party, Awolowo offered that he and Nnamdi Azikiwe should come together and that he preferred to serve under Azikiwe, as the Premier and he (Awolowo) as the Commissioner for Finance. He made that offer when there was no war. I want to refer to the publication of Micheal Okpara in the New Nation Magazine, where he said he regretted not supporting that move by Awolowo for a coalition between the NCNC and the Action Group. Nobody has refuted that.

Do you also think Achebe’s insinuation that Awolowo, as well as Yoruba, hated Igbo people?

We have passed the stage of Achebe trying to bring enmity between the Igbo and the Yoruba. Awolowo facilitated the return of Igbo people to the country after the war. He wrote letters to all prominent Igbo abroad, including Achebe, saying, ‘come back home everything is all right now.’ Is that the attitude of somebody who hates a race? Among those he persuaded to come was MCK Ajuluchukwu, the editor of the West African Pilot, owned by Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe. Awolowo wrote to him and facilitated his return home with his wife. He paid all the expenses and also got a job for his wife at the teaching hospital. Upon that, he employed Ajuluchukwu, an Igbo man, as the Director of Research and Information in the Unity Party of Nigeria. Are these actions consistent with somebody who hates a nation in words and action? Remember that while he was serving in the National Executive Council, after the creation of states, Awolowo, as the Commissioner for Finance, kept all the allocation for the East Central State, which he gave them after the war. That has not been refuted. Is that the attitude of somebody who hates a race? So when I say Achebe is suffering from Yorubaphobia and Awolowophobia, it is because all these actions that I have stated are the consistent with some who wants to wipe out a race.

You said Awolowo’s aim was to keep Nigeria one. Is Nigeria now one nation?

Well, that’s another matter. You remember that Awolowo left the government after the war; he was not removed. He said he joined the government because he wanted to keep Nigeria one. He said, ‘the war has ended, the country is one, I have no business to be in government.’ So, what happened thereafter cannot be attributed to Chief Awolowo. It can only be attributed to his successors who did not keep to the principle and ambition of those who fought the war.

The civil war ended over 40 years ago and there has not been a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction. Some Igbo leaders attribute that to hatred for Igbo. Do you think that is true?

If you look at the facts after war, the Igbo themselves didn’t help themselves. The principle of creation of states was meant for the recognition of all ethnic nationalities; that no ethnic nationality is inferior to the other. And we were fighting that the constitution of the country should be made in such a way that everybody should have access to the top. So, when the opportunity came for us to fight for that, the Igbo didn’t support us. Immediately they were offered a juicy position by the northerners, they joined them. That was what happened after the election, instead of Azikiwe joining the UPN, he teamed up with the NPN. And these are the people you claim to have conducted a pogrom against you. Even Ojukwu himself, when he came back from exile, he joined NPN. Many people do not know that. And from my experience with Igbo people for over 60 years, there are very few Igbo that we in the West are ready to trust. Prominent Igbo, who should have joined in the fight to unite the East and the West to solve the inequality in the country, refused because they took advantage of the fact that the people in the North wooed them and gave them some inferior positions. Go put these points to the prominent Igbo, who were around at the time I’m talking about. The Igbo are their own fatal enemies. Igbo people were not massacred in the West. Even during the war, all the property of Igbo people was kept intact. But when the opportunity came for Igbo to rearrange the country, it was those who massacred them that they teamed up with. Igbo should be told that. They are their own enemies.

Nigeria seems to still have a problem of unity, with recent agitations for secession, in Ogoni and Bakassi. What do you think is the solution to this problem?

There has to be a sovereign national conference. All the ethnic nationalities must sit down and negotiate. You cannot force unity. The question of people saying that the unity of the country is not negotiable is nonsense. It shows complete ignorance. There is nothing more negotiable than the unity of this country. If we want to live together we must agree on what terms we live on. We cannot be one by mouth. If you are in a club, you have to be satisfied that there is an advantage in joining that club and you pay the price to be there. And if you are in a club, where you have benefits, you won’t want to do anything that will make you to be expelled. If we are in a country and some people say they want to get out, why? It means they are not satisfied. It means they feel cheated. Let’s sit down and discuss.

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No vex for my multiple posts o,na mistake

yuzedo: Call me a chauvinist, but there are some things a female wasn't made for, and can never have impact on/in...
But hey, balancing things out, i think i'd rather watch one of those comediennes than sit through AY's attempt at humor... Now that's one dry sonofa'.. It is a wonder he got so successful..

. I actually used to think I ΨåS̤̈̊ d only one D̶̲̥̅ǻ̀́†̥ thinks dis AY guy has no reason being a comedian,as far as ​I am concerned,he is d most boring and confused "comedian" in Nigeria,never found any of his dry jokes funny,always disgusts me

yuzedo: Call me a chauvinist, but there are some things a female wasn't made for, and can never have impact on/in...
But hey, balancing things out, i think i'd rather watch one of those comediennes than sit through AY's attempt at humor... Now that's one dry sonofa'.. It is a wonder he got so successful..

. I actually used to think I ΨåS̤̈̊ d only one D̶̲̥̅ǻ̀́†̥ thinks dis AY guy has no reason being a comedian,as far as ​I am concerned,he is d most boring and confused "comedian" in Nigeria,never found any of his dry jokes funny,always disgusts me

yuzedo: Call me a chauvinist, but there are some things a female wasn't made for, and can never have impact on/in...
But hey, balancing things out, i think i'd rather watch one of those comediennes than sit through AY's attempt at humor... Now that's one dry sonofa'.. It is a wonder he got so successful..

. I actually used to think I ΨåS̤̈̊ d only one D̶̲̥̅ǻ̀́†̥ thinks dis AY guy has no reason being a comedian,as far as ​I am concerned,he is d most boring and confused "comedian" in Nigeria,never found any of his dry jokes funny,always disgusts me

My friend is a prospective batch C corper to Edo state,he is a medical practitioner,he wants to know how serving in Edo state is Ãήϑ the renumeration package for medical corpers(Doctors,Pharmacists,Nurses Ãήϑ Physiotherapists).Your quick response will be highly appreciated as he is really anxious to know.thanks

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Biafra War: Igbo Leaders Deceived Their People, says Ofeimun  

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Poet, literary and social critic Mr Odia Ofeimun has said Biafran war leaders should be sent to the Nuremberg Trial for crime against humanity.

He said those leaders are supposed to be tried for deceiving the Igbos to fight a war they were not prepared for.

Ofeimun said this yesterday at Freedom Park, Lagos while reacting to the controversy stirred by Chinua’s Achebe’s latest war memoir, There Was A Country.

Ofeimun was a guest at the Book Party organised by The Committee For Relevant Art, CORA.

According to him, “the Igbo leaders who deceived their people to fight the civil war without arms and ammunition should be tried for crimes against humanity. They were not prepared for the war, yet they made use of their propaganda machine to deceive the igbos to fight the war.
“They didn’t tell their people the true situation of things. Chief Obafemi Awolowo met Odumegwu Ojukwu and told him, ‘My friend you are not prepared for the war.’”
Odia also said Achebe is too serious a writer to be involved in such a controversy., adding that the author of the popular novel, Things Fall Apart, left so many things unsaid in the book.

In his latest book, Achebe claims that former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, retd., and the then Federal Commissioner for Finance, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, used starvation as a weapon of war which caused the death of over two million Igbo people.

Here’s an excerpt from the book that has stirred the heated debate:

“It is my impression that Awolowo was driven by an overriding ambition for power, for himself and for his Yoruba people. There is, on the surface at least, nothing wrong with those aspirations. However, Awolowo saw the dominant Igbo at the time as the obstacles to that goal, and when the opportunity arose – the Nigeria-Biafra War – his ambition drove him into a frenzy to go to every length to achieve his dreams. In the Biafran case, it meant hatching up a diabolical policy to reduce the number of his enemies significantly through starvation – eliminating over two million people, mainly members of future generations.”

The book has sparked reactions from former Aviation Minister, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, who said though the issue of starvation which led to the death of millions of children was true, there is more to it.

“It is wrong for him (Achebe) to blame only Gowon and Awolowo for the starvation of innocent civilians. Achebe should have recorded that Ojukwu contributed to that because the Federal Government then made a proposal to open a food window so as to save civilians, but Ojukwu rejected it,” Fani- Kayode said.

The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, through its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, also described Achebe’s statement as not just unfortunate but also capable of triggering war.

The National Publicity Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Sani said though Achebe is entitled to his opinion, it is conventional in a war situation to do everything possible to enable you win such a war.

Former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju, said anybody who doesn’t like what Achebe has written could go to court and file an action for libel.

An avowed Awoist and Commissioner for Information in Ekiti State, Mr. Funminiyi Afuye, in his reaction said Achebe hasn’t been able to come out of the deep frustration of the fact that a Yoruba man emerged as the first Nigerian winner of the Nobel Prize In Literature.

One time governor of Enugu State and former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Okwesilieze Nwodo, said what Achebe wrote in his new book was a fact.

Sad end of a Youth Corper: Survives Boko Haram attacks, gunned down in Onitsha

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The desire of every young undergraduate in Nigeria is to put on the uniform of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and be addressed as a ‘corper’.

But fate was very cruel to 24-year-old Augusta Chizoba Ndukwu of Umufu-Amaimo, Ikeduru Local Government area of Imo State. She was gruesomely murdered by unknown persons at Upper Iweka area of the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State. It was quite sad that Augusta, who had survived a series of hostilities and bombings by the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in Adamawa State, where she observed her one-year mandatory national youth service, would painfully meet her untimely death in a place she felt was her home.

Her voice was filled with joy when she spoke to her relatives in Owerri on phone, telling them that she had finally come home. She told them that she was at the luxurious park in Upper Iweka, informing them also that she would join them in Owerri the next morning. But she never lived to see the faces of her loved ones, as she was gruesomely murdered by unknown persons that fateful night. Daily Sun gathered that the deceased, a graduate of Banking and Finance from the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Imo State, was found lying in the pool of her own blood at the notorious fly-over at Upper Iweka on September 12.

According to a family member and the Vice Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) Imo State Council, Chief Chris Akaraonye, Chizoba left Yola, the capital of Adamawa State on September 11 where she was having her NYSC primary assignment. She was travelling to Onitsha en route Owerri but could not get to her final destination that time because it was already late.

Chief Akaraonye further said the deceased, who had boarded a luxurious bus belonging to a popular transport company (names withheld), called her relatives to inform them that she could not make it again to Owerri. She also informed them that she had decided to pass the night at the company’s motor park together with other passengers. However, according to him, the following day, the family of the deceased, including her fiancé, waited in anxiety for the arrival of Chizoba in Owerri but to no avail. They then started trying her mobile line, but it had been switched off.

“At first, we thought she had a low battery. But after waiting for almost the whole day, we realized it was not usual and we decided to make moves to know why somebody that spoke to us at 10 pm last night could not be reached on phone or could not get to Owerri. In the course of our doubts and fears, we started going through different police stations and Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) formations along the Onitsha-Owerri Road to ascertain if she was involved in a motor accident.

It was when we came to Onitsha that we found her corpse at the Onitsha General Mortuary with gunshot wounds to her chest.” In the next morning, early passersby were shocked to their marrow when they beheld the gory sight of a lady lying in the pool of her own blood at the Upper Iweka axis with two travelling bags filled with children clothing and popcorn. One of the eyewitnesses who pleaded anonymity said that the deceased was a victim of ritual killers.

She confirmed that she was found lying at the Upper Iweka flyover with gunshot wounds on her chest and two travelling bags containing children clothes and popcorn beside her corpse. Though the police swiftly said the deceased could be the victim of an armed robbery attack, they also revealed that the bags were planted by the assailants to divert police investigations, stressing that the police had commenced investigations into the circumstances surrounding the murder.

The Campaign for Democracy (CD), South East Zone has reacted to the incident, describing it as a sin against God and humanity. The group called for proper investigations into the matter with a view to unravelling the circumstances surrounding the senseless killing of the deceased. The Chairman, South East Zone, Dede Uzor. A. Uzor condemned the act while calling on the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubarka to personally detail a crack team of investigative police officers to look into the death of the corps member. Dede Uzor further questioned the omission of the deceased’s name in the passengers’ manifest and the alleged role that the transport company played when they returned the bags of the deceased to Yola without contacting the police.

Also speaking on the incident, Chairman of Ndigbo Unity Forum, Mr. Augustine Chukwudum condemned the act, describing it as the most wicked act and cruelty ever meted out to any corps member in the history of the state. Mr. Chukwudum also said his group would mobilize to make sure that criminal elements are sacked from the commercial city. He said the presence of such criminals was hindering the development of commerce and industry in the city.

However, policemen attached to the Central Police Station, CPS, Onitsha led by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Mr. Abdul Yusuf said they have arrested three persons in connection with the death of the corps member, adding that they were still working to unravel the circumstances surrounding the murder of the deceased. The police said, though, that it could be possible that the girl was murdered at the park by some criminals who then took her body to the Upper Iweka where they kept two bags containing clothes belonging to a boy of six years just to divert police investigations.

According to the police, the deceased was not a victim of ritual killing. It was further gathered that the driver of the luxury bus that brought the deceased from Yola to Onitsha on that fateful night, the manager of the transport company and one other person whose identities were not yet known as at press time have been arrested by the police.

They were picked up to allegedly help give insight to the death of the corps member as well as explain how and why the management of the company swiftly returned the bags of the deceased to Yola without informing the police. When contacted, the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ralph Uzoigwe confirmed that three persons have been arrested by the police to help them in the course of investigations.

He appealed to the general public to help the police with more information that could lead to the arrest of the real killers of the corps member.

How I Escaped From Ritualist – 20 Year Old Undergraduate Miss Grace In Benin⁠⁠0 Comments⁠​

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 A first year student of Health Technology at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Miss Grace Ayetan (20), at the weekend narrated her ordeal with ritualists to The Nation in Benin, the Edo State capital.

Grace, who was accompanied by her father, Mr. James Ayetan said: “I boarded a bus from Ring-Road to school and there were other passengers in the vehicle. At Five Junction, the bus stopped and the conductor went down to pour water into the radiator. That i

s the last thing I remembered. We all fell asleep. “When another passenger, a woman, woke us up later, the bus was in the bush.

“We started shouting, but the driver and the conductor brought out a gun and told us to be quiet.

“They took us to an underground house in the forest and put us into different rooms. They chained us and hung our bags around our necks. We went without food and water for days.

“After beheading a woman and her baby, a fight ensued between the ritualists over what to do with the rest of us. In the process, a bunch of keys fell from one of them.

“The fight drew the attention of the guards at the main entrance who took the parties into a room to settle the dispute.

“That gave one of us the opportunity to pick the keys and unlock the chains. That was how we escaped.”
Grace said a good Samaritan took them out of the forest and brought them to Benin.
She advised the public to be careful when boarding commercial vehicles. Mr. Ayetan urged security agents to curb the activities of ritualists.

A public disaster was averted today in Suleja Niger State as the anti-bomb unit of the Nigerian police successfully defused a home made bomb left in the market.

Traders in the IBB Market said they detected a strange object packed in a cellophane bag containing Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). The bomb was detected at 8 AM as traders and buyers streamed into the market to start the day's business.

Police condoned off the area where the device was located, defused it and businesses resumed in the market.

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