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All of u who are wondering where your vast oil reserve is, there you have it:
1. Federal executive
2. House of senate
3. House of assembly
These 3 are the greatest Nigerian SINKHOLE!

The 11 suspended members of the House of Representatives have lost about N616m, findings by THE PUNCH revealed.

The figure represents the combined total of their quarterly allocation for the third and fourth quarters of the year (July to December).

Based on the allowances and entitlements fixed for lawmakers by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, each of the 360 members of the House takes home around N28m per quarter (or N9.33m per month).

There are three months in each of the four quarters on which the allocations of the lawmakers are calculated.

This translates to N308m per quarter for the 11 and N616m for the two quarters.

Although the 11 lawmakers have been on suspension for about four months (July to October) their colleagues have already collected the block sum for two quarters (July to December).

However, amid consistent denials by the House, there are speculations that the unofficial allocation for each lawmaker per quarter is N42m.

If this unofficial figure is to be used, the 11 suspended lawmakers would have lost N462m per quarter or N924m for the two quarters.

The 11, who belonged to a group in the House, the Progressive-Minded Legislators, were suspended in July after lawmakers loyal to the Speaker, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, fought with some of them on the floor of the House.

The group, led by Mr. Dino Melaye, was demanding an investigation into the alleged misapplication of N9bn out of the capital votes of the House by the leadership.

The group had demanded the resignation of the speaker, but the situation degenerated to a free-for-all, following which the 11 were suspended indefinitely for ‘disorderly conduct.’

THE PUNCH learnt that efforts to lift the suspension had not materialised, owing to an alleged sharp division in the ranks of the House.

Many of lawmakers backing the leadership were said to be against the return of the 11 on account of their being ‘troublemakers.’

“If for nothing, we have had some stability in the House in the last few months of their absence; their return will heat up the atmosphere again,” one lawmaker told our correspondent on Monday.

But there were those who interpreted the ‘perceived stability in the House’ to mean that lawmakers were afraid to comment on the style of its leadership, as “they do not want to be next in line for suspension.”

Seven of the 11 (Dino Melaye, Anas Adamu, Independence Ogunewe, Bitrus Kaze, Solomon Awhinawhin, Doris Uboh and Austin, Nwachukwu), had gone to court to challenge the suspension on the grounds that it was illegal.

The matter was last adjourned to November 15 by an Abuja Federal High Court.

Four others (Gbenga Onigbogi, Gbenga Oduwaiye, Ehogie West-Idahosa and Kayode Amusan) opted out of the legal option, but attempts to lift their suspension through political interventions had also not materialised due to the division in the House.

THE PUNCH investigation showed that following pleas made on their behalf by interested parties, the leadership had given the withdrawal of the law suit and the offer of an apology as a condition to consider their recall to the House.

Of the seven, only Nwachukwu has withdrawn from the suit but his suspension had not been lifted as of Tuesday.

Some of the 11 told our correspondent in Abuja that they had not been contacted on any discussions for their return to the House, just as they denied begging the leadership for pardon.

Adamu, for instance, said his group was still in court challenging the suspension.

“We are still in court and there will be a ruling on November 15,” he added.

When asked about his political future, Adamu replied, “When we get to the bridge, we will cross it; God will decide.”

Oduwaiye claimed not to have been contacted by the leadership of the House to tender any apology and neither was he keen on pleading to be pardoned.

He said, “Not me, and nobody has contacted me for an apology; the people of my constituency are very educated and they are aware of what is going on.

“My plans for the next elections are on and the decision regarding whether I will return to the House will be taken by the leaders and elders of my constituency.”

When contacted, the spokesman of the House, Mr. Eseme Eyiboh, claimed that the suspended lawmakers had been sending emissaries to the leadership to plead on their behalf.

According to him, the leadership is considering their cases individually, not as a group.

He explained that the first condition the leadership gave was for those in court to withdraw their suit and tender an apology.

Eyiboh added that there were ‘compassionate’ lawmakers in the House, who were ready to re-admit any of the 11 that had fulfilled the condition for pardon.

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slap1:
Nobody slaps Slap1 and gets away with it, lol.

Na only u fit slap? 

Payback is a B.I.T.CH right! 
The time wey dem dey chop burger, enjoy escalade while their peolple suffer,
Na love in Tokyo, now she dey shed crocodile tears,
How i wish the trial na for china!
   

jennykadry:
Me? I am not married ,infact no pikin has made me lose gravity both front and back(ar[i]s[/i]enal and man[i]c[/i]hester). Still an intact virgin

Me and the oga on my profile have divorced. I went to a pastor who told me to look for a certain na2day as he is the bone of my bone, the flesh of my flesh and my missing rib.

KAI!
make uno put me for trouble o,
my wife dey corner o!
   

jennykadry:
See me, I was on my way to your place to ask for your hand in marriage.

Own up too!
What will the Oga in your profile pix say?

Conduct a free and fair election?
Yeah, sure, in your dreams!
Stop listening to the voice, study the body language!

jennykadry:
NA2Day is married?

Yeah! Sure! Taken!
   

The only reason why a MIL will dare slap the child's husband is if the man tried to despoil her, yeah he deserved it! any other reason is untenable.
I once had a row with my MIL some years back because i noticed anytime my wife visits her, she'll start misbehaving at home.

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The woman stopped coming to my home for 2 years and my family was better for it!
Don't know why MILs always hate their daughters happiness?
Maybe its because she is enjoying something they never had!

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Of Course, do we expect them to confess that they did it?
What exactly are we expecting?
something like [size=14pt]"The government and the state of the Islamic republic of Iran deeply regret this incidence, the ship was destined for Gaza but there was a navigational error, while the captain of the ship was trying to evade the Somalian pirates, he mistook Apapa Port for Rafah crossing in Egypt which is the only available port for Gaza. We deeply regret this unfortunate incidence and i want to reiterate the commitment of our dear president, President Ahmadinajad to the peace and happiness of Nigerians. Thank You"[/size]
   

Mobinga:
Hardware is collective. Both Singular + Plural

Now i need to mind my language!

Chai!
With those RPG's that APC wouldn'nt have stood a chance!
and now Iran is bringing more hardwares, its really going to be very interesting in 9ja for the next 6 months.

DOES MY EYE DECIEVE ME?
Is that picture from Somalia Or from The story above?
Na action film o!

[quote author=Busy_body link=topic=541856.msg7045194#msg7045194 date=1288443583] Na2day only has 234 posts

I get it, favouritism is now the order of the day on NL and the lucky bugger gets his post counted and recorded daily, unlike the rest of us mere mortal who have no choice than to have ours counted from the day we joined, ojoro




Apparently, it has been concluded that we have more in parallel with Yemen, hence the recent chain of event strongly trying to paint/label Nigeria a terrorist nation . . .

And guess what is happening in Yemen now? USA is carpet bombing them [/quote]Busybody: wetin, u dey jelux?  

mrblack:
Naija make una open una eyes oo, am sure this is a new trick from isreal to kick war between nigeria iran and diffinitely northerners will come in between the line which we cannot be able to stand,last time it was from isreal now its iran, dont you think theres politics foul play here from isreal government,

May God have mercy o!
Is it israelis that shipped weapons into lagos?
Or is it Israelis that were arrested and the ring leader hiding in Iranian embassy?
Nigerians and shadow chasing, they leave substance and pursue shadows!

To all the scoffers, if u're ahmedinajad and u get that kind of reception, wont you like to annex the country to Iran, just like Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza and the shiite in Iraq.
I hope our security agencies wise up quickly! 

Oboma1:
Please try post this on his site at FACEBOOK. Iran, and their likes can never be a good nation's friend. You need to see how some useless morons and silly northeners queued the street of Aso Rock, with different banners welcoming the , when he came to Nigeria. In fact, one particular poster amazed me! "we are fully in support of you, and are ready to fight the West with you to a stand still". What a shame!

If the above is true, no wonder ahmadinajad's interest now,
we are really in soup! 

This is no rocket science, its what i have been saying since, IRAN is culpable and Israel is wrong, its not every time Iran ferries weapons, the aim is for Gaza, Iran has an agenda for Nigeria and there are agents already on ground to carry out these diabolic plan with active collusion of some nigerians.
Its only God that can help us!

Even, see pastor wit bible for photograph, chai,
una men, case dey for heaven o!

JeSoul:
More,

chai, Jesoul where u get this pix, na wao !
even 9ja boyz

Wonders shall never end o!

The warning bells should have been sounding loud and clear. Just three weeks before Mary Cotnoir’s wedding day, her 25-year-old husband-to-be, Mr Demba Sanneh from Gambia, was denied a visa to visit her in the UK.

The Home Office said her fiancé had failed to give a ‘credible explanation’ for his trip and was deeply suspicious of his true motives.

So what did Mary, a 59-year-old grandmother, do? Did she take stock and accept that her toyboy lover — a man nearly 35 years her junior — was not entirely honourable? Did she even consider postponing her nuptials until she could be absolutely sure of him?
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Not for one minute. Utterly smitten, she got on a plane to Africa and married him anyway.

It will, of course, come as little surprise that just eight days into their union everything fell apart after Mary discovered her husband was only interested in her money and the ­possibility of gaining a British visa.

This week, though, her story took a most unlikely twist. Mary, in an act of delicious revenge, announced she is refusing to divorce Mr Sanneh, so he cannot dupe another unsuspecting tourist into marriage — and bringing his dream of starting a new life in the UK to an abrupt halt.

Suddenly, this unassuming care worker from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, seems somewhat audacious; and it’s clear she is revelling in taking what she sees as a valiant stand.
‘I’m just playing Demba at his own game,’ she says. ‘I hope what I’ve done will make other Gambian men, who seduce older British women in the hope of getting a visa, think twice.’

So how did this rather sweet and well-spoken woman end up embroiled in a relationship with an African man the same age as her youngest son in the first place?

Mary, who has five children and four grandchildren, describes herself as a lonely divorcée who threw caution to the wind for the sake of a love affair — the kind she feared she would never experience again.

Having split up from her husband, a police officer, more than 20 years ago, she’d devoted her life to looking after her 82-year-old mother and caring for the patients she visited every day. She’d never, she admits, thought about doing anything solely for herself.

‘Getting involved with Demba was so unlike me,’ she says. ‘Looking back now, I can’t believe I did something so silly. But I’d been alone for so long, and it seemed so exciting, that I got carried away.

‘When I said to my friends I was going to marry Demba, everyone told me not to. They said, “Why are you marrying him?”, and my response to that was “Why not?”

‘I thought: “I’ve got ten good years left in me and I want to make the most of them.” I wanted to take a few risks, live a little. I’d never wanted to become a sad lonely old woman, but that was where I was headed.

‘Then, this lovely young man landed in my lap.’

Mary insists that when she first went to Gambia, in January of this year, it was not with the intention of finding an exotic toyboy. 

‘Since divorcing, I used to holiday with my mum, and we’d have great fun. But for the past few years she’s been unwell, so I’ve gone away on my own on package tours to Turkey, India and then, this year, Gambia.

‘Call me naive, but I had no idea that Gambia has a reputation for these relationships between British women and young black men.

‘But as soon as the plane landed, I realised what was going on. I couldn’t even step outside the hotel without young men zooming in on me. One boy even grabbed my sun lotion from my bag and had his hands all over me trying to persuade me to let him rub it in.’
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Mary sought refuge on the private beach belonging to her hotel, and it was there she met Mr Sanneh, a waiter at her hotel. He offered to act as her tour guide and, somewhat ironically, declared he would ‘protect’ her from the locals vying for her attention.

‘The next day, Demba showed me round a local monkey park, and that night we went for a drink,’ says Mary

‘At the end of the evening, he escorted me back to my hotel room and tried to kiss me. I was surprised and told him I wouldn’t open the door to my room until he’d gone.’

Once alone, Mary — who says at that point she’d not had a sexual relationship for more than ten years — found herself contemplating an unlikely liaison.

‘The sensible part of me was saying I’m nearly 60, he’s 25, and that I wouldn’t even know what to do in bed after so long. But the other part of me was saying that I would probably never get another offer like it again, and I’d be silly not to take it.

‘I thought it would just be a nice holiday romance.’
And it was with the latter rationale that romance blossomed over her remaining five days in Gambia.

‘It was just lovely to be with someone who was so caring, deeply religious — he was Muslim — and who didn’t drink. Two days before I left, we slept together for the first time, and it was so exciting. It had been so long since I’d been intimate with someone.

‘At some point during the week, Demba laid his cards on the table. He said he was offering love, sex and companionship, but in return he wanted my help. He said perhaps I could get him a laptop, then he could go to college and get a better job.

‘I thought: “Well, a laptop is nothing” — and I wanted to help him. He had nothing. He lived with 20 members of his family in a tiny place. His room was like a cupboard.’

By the time she left Gambia, Mary admits she was infatuated. She and Demba stayed in touch via email and text, and Mary returned to visit him for another fortnight in March, taking with her the promised laptop.

They stayed together in a hotel room paid for by Mary, and on the second day Demba proposed. He offered her a ring he’d had made by a local silversmith.

Lovestruck, she readily accepted.

‘I know it sounds crazy, but here was this beautiful young man proposing to boring old me — and I loved him. How could I say no?

‘I did know, deep down, that it was possible Demba might not have been in the relationship for the same reasons as me. I understood he earned only £25 a month working as a waiter and wanted to pull himself out of poverty. But if there was a one per cent chance we could work things out, I was prepared to go with it.

‘And other factors reassured me. For instance, Demba constantly dropped into conversation how much he despised people who married British women just to get a visa to go the UK.

‘And Demba made me feel alive again. I was like a young woman in the first flush of love.’

Once back in the UK, Mary agreed to pay for her fiancé to take driving lessons so he could set up a taxi business. They also applied for a tourist visa so he could visit the UK for a holiday.

When this was rejected, undeterred, Mary set about arranging to visit him in September. And their wedding date, which had been loosely scheduled for sometime in 2011, was bought forward to September 23 this year.

‘Demba used his religion as a reason to get married sooner than I’d wanted to,’ she says. ‘He said it was wrong for people to be in love and to be having sex outside of wedlock.’

So last month they were married in a ceremony that cost Mary £500 and was attended by 50 of Mr Sanneh’s friends and relatives.

Fearing her own family’s reaction, she did not tell any of them about the wedding. In fact, she hadn’t even told her four eldest children — two sons aged 39 and 32 and two daughters aged 40 and 37 — that she’d met Demba.

‘The wedding day was the happiest of my life,’ she recalls. ‘I wore a pretty white dress I’d bought for £20 in Turkey, and I’d had a suit made for Demba. Our reception was held in Demba’s family compound, and he was full of compliments about how much beautiful I looked.’

But, says Mary, as soon as the ink was dry on their wedding certificate, the relationship began to unravel.

‘We did sleep together on our wedding night, but the next day I made a joke about how, if the marriage lasted until I died, or until I was too old to want to visit Gambia anymore, I’d buy Demba a property to live in. I said: “You’ll only be 45 then — you can still have another wife and children.”

‘The look on his face was one of horror. It was obvious he’d been hoping for a property far sooner than that. He refused to speak to me for a day, then he started on about what he was going to do when he moved to the UK, and how I’d be putting him up.

‘I was stunned. And hurt. This was the first I’d ever heard about him wanting to come to the UK, and I knew then that I’d been lied to.

‘Up to this point, we’d planned for me to spend six months of each year in Gambia, in a property I would rent. Then I would move out there full-time when my mother passed away. We’d only ever talked about Demba coming to England on holiday.

‘Physically, too, everything changed. He ordered me not to wear strappy tops any more, and to cover myself up in bed with a nightie. I felt incredibly confused and hurt, and spent much of the time in tears.

‘Meanwhile, his entire extended family seemed to be queuing up to chat to me about their plans for their future. One wanted to go to college, another wanted to set up a business, and they were all intimating that everything would be funded by me. It felt like every one of them saw me as their meal ticket.’

By the time she was due to fly home on October 1, after just eight nights together, Mary knew the relationship was over.

She says: ‘After my visit in March, he’d been the one crying at the airport — but now he could barely bear to kiss me. He gave me a peck on my cheek, and then started on about money.

‘He wanted money for his parents, my travellers cheques, my euros. He even had the cheek to ask for the perfume I’d just bought for myself. I can only think he wanted it for another woman.

‘He got more and more demanding, until eventually I took the cash I had left and slammed it on the table. I was sobbing as I got on the plane.’

In the three weeks since Mary has been home, Mr Sanneh has been in touch, declaring his love and expressing his intention to make the marriage work.

But Mary says she will not even consider attempting to reconcile, and that the relationship is well and truly over.

However, she won’t be co-operating with a divorce — which means Demba will have to wait five years until he can ask for their marriage to be dissolved by a court of law, without her co-operation.

She says: ‘I’m not taking revenge on Demba because he was seeking a better life. But he just pushed things too far.

‘People may laugh about what happened to me, but I don’t actually regret anything. In ten years time, when I’m nearly 70, I’ll be all on my own and there won’t be any men like Demba throwing themselves at me.

‘I didn’t choose for this romance to begin — but once it did, I chose to have an adventure.

‘Now, I realise Demba must have looked at me and seen a fool.

‘The truth is I have been foolish — but I’m not a complete mug. And Demba will have to live with the consequences of what he’s done.’

How Mr Sanneh must now wish he’d realised Mary Cotnoir was far steelier than she seemed.
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Then what was shipped? cretin!
sawdust?

[quote author=r_o_b_b_y link=topic=541157.msg7038636#msg7038636 date=1288351850]hahahah!! I could almost hear the soundtrack in my head lol. Pure genius.[/quote]Yeah, Pink Panther, i think, will do justice to it

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Compare the picture of arms seized at the lagos port with the one, israel seized above in 2009!
Its a proof that Iran is up to no good and its not against Israel this time, Some people in Nigeria are preparing for trouble and Iran is helping them! 

Iran!, we are https://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/39/2010/10/5b62650f79a848e94ca254a0e2263950/original.gif