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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Sahara Graduate Trainee by naijadove: 3:09pm On Mar 22, 2010
this advert has been on since december last year, doesnt it end?
i think it has expired the application cant be on for three months.
better make enquiries!!!
Religion / Nigerian Caught In The Vatican For Pimping Guys To Papal Usher by naijadove: 8:33pm On Mar 06, 2010
Nigerians, are we not tired of bringing scandals to our nation? Haba

Rome, Italy (CNN) -- Reports that an Italian government official accused of financial corruption allegedly used a Vatican choir singer to arrange gay liaisons for him are "shameful," the official's lawyer told CNN Saturday.

Angelo Balducci is appealing a judge's decision to keep him in prison over allegations of financial corruption, said his lawyer, Franco Coppi.

Police say they learned of the alleged gay liaisons while wiretapping Balducci as part of an investigation into how public-works contracts were awarded.

His lawyer says he is innocent of the corruption charges, and declined to comment on the sex scandal.

"We are talking about things that are personal and private. I can not make any comment and I don't want to make any comment," Coppi said. "It is shameful that private matters are published, matters that have nothing to do with the charges. It is curious to find out how these private matters end up in the press."

Balducci oversaw the Italian government's awarding of construction contracts, including work on the airport at Perugia. He also served in the unpaid role of papal usher.

Italian authorities say they recorded conversations between Balducci and Thomas Chinedu Ehiem, a 39-year-old Nigerian singer. They were recorded between April 14, 2008, and January 20, 2010.

In addition to working for the government, Balducci served as a "gentleman of His Holiness," also known as a papal usher or "Vatican gentleman." The main responsibility of the ceremonial position is to welcome heads of state to the Vatican and escort them to see the pope.

Balducci is one of three public officials who, along with a businessman, have been jailed on charges related to corruption in the public works department. The public officials are alleged to have awarded contracts to businessmen who offered them favors, money, sex, and/or house remodeling in exchange. The suspects, who deny the charges, are in "cautionary custody" though they have not been charged or indicted.

The Italian news media have nicknamed the scandal "grande opere," which translates as "big works." The transcripts of the wiretaps were made public on Wednesday and widely disseminated in the media.

Ehiem told the Italian weekly magazine Panorama in an interview published Friday that he provided Balducci with men from Italy and abroad, including rugby players, actors, models and seminarians.

Ehiem also told Panorama that he arranged for Balducci to meet escorts at Ehiem's house when the government official was in Rome and in Paris, France; Naples, Italy; and other cities when he was traveling.

"For Balducci, a 26- or 27-year-old man was too young," Ehiem told the magazine. "He preferred older men, above 40 years old."

According to the wiretap transcripts, in a conversation dated April 22, 2008, Ehiem says, "I called you , because there are , if you are free , three or four situations that can be good , very, very good , "

Balducci: ", Hmmm!"

Ehiem: "Two black, Cuban men , really tall, tall, tall , so , if you are free , we can try to organize right away , that is, I saw both of them, Angelo , believe me that , they could be two excellent options."

In another conversation, dated August 21, 2008, Ehiem says: "Look, if you want I can have them come one after the other , it is possible , if you have some free time , I can arrange for the two of them."

Balducci: "Which are the better ones?"

Ehiem: "The better ones are the ones I just told you about , one from Bologna and the other one from Rome."

Balducci: "All right, then let's do it for 3:30."

Ehiem: "OK."

Ehiem said an escort friend introduced him to the Italian businessman more than a decade ago. "He asked me to do it with him, but I like women and just the thought grossed me out," Ehiem said.

"He asked me if I could procure him other men. He told me that he was married and that it had to be done in great secrecy. I told him that there was the Internet. But he asked me to take care of it because he couldn't do it from his home."

He added, "Sometimes he would ask for two meetings a day."

Ehiem told Panorama he was trying to support his family in Nigeria, and that Balducci sometimes paid him 50 or 100 euros, but "never more than 1,000 to 1,500 per year."

Neither Balducci nor his attorney has commented on Ehiem's interview with Panorama.

A Vatican source who asked not to be identified said Ehiem had been dismissed from his choir duties. Asked about Balducci, the source said, "It is obvious that, while in prison, he cannot exercise his duties as a papal gentleman." But, the source noted, Balducci has not been convicted of any charge.

"If he is convicted, then we will look into it," the source said.
Music/Radio / Is There A Dance School In Port Harcourt? by naijadove: 1:54pm On Jan 28, 2010
I heard there is a dance school in Port Harcourt. Does anyone have an idea please if you do, please put down their contact number and address. Very Urgent!!!
Events / Is There A Dance School In Port Harcourt? by naijadove: 1:51pm On Jan 28, 2010
I heard there is a dance school in Port Harcourt. Does anyone have an idea please if you do, please put down their contact number and address. Very Urgent!!!
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Insight Interview Of 29th November 2008 by naijadove: 12:32am On Dec 11, 2008
yep they have been contacted and interviews hav been conducted.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Insight Communication's Interview by naijadove: 7:10am On Nov 28, 2008
@tundebabzy
no offence oh!!!, u are always in a hurry to say the renumeration, i hv noticed. hihihihii
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Insight Communication's Interview by naijadove: 8:04pm On Nov 25, 2008
what if u cant make ur interview, wat can u do?? any ideas. its important. pls respond asap.
Health / Re: Postinor How Effective Is It? by naijadove: 10:00pm On Nov 18, 2008
next time try and have protected sex, AIDS is real. U should be scared scared of it as well as the pregnancy u re scared of getting into. tk note.

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Insight Communication's Interview by naijadove: 9:37pm On Nov 18, 2008
hi guys, please who has an idea of the dress code, are we to appear in a suit for the interview, or corporate trouser and shirt will do pls reply
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Insight Test: Is It For Real? by naijadove: 6:08am On Oct 23, 2008
yeah i wanna knw. did u get a better offer?
wat ws it like? i need to work there like a bush on fire.lol
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Insight Communications Calling by naijadove: 5:59am On Oct 23, 2008
@tundebabzy
could the ans be A. coz that's the only one dats a skill or handcraft as the example given.
Quick question - was the maths difficult n require calc. was it te gmat mind or shl kinda maths. thx, pls reply

@ ubiaru
i'm surprised at ur question. dat kind of question ws even given in waec. so, i dnt get u.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Insight Communications Calling by naijadove: 5:17pm On Oct 17, 2008
i got a text too, but mine is for 1st nov.
there must be a whole lot of applicants, coz the testin period is quite llong.
Culture / Re: Warri Parables: Words Of Our Popsi's by naijadove: 4:20pm On Oct 17, 2008
Area, Area, ph peeps no dey slack, we na waffi we be one for pidgin world.
some more talk in the basket.

na from person meass (pollute) na so we go take know how the shit go smell.

na from clap e go enter dance.

Drama Scetch:

oreva: rose don get belle
ufuoma: na belle dey do her since
oreva: hmmn, na my mouth u wan hear sey okra dey draw
ufuoma: okra dey draw??
oreva:i knw na from my mouth u wan hear
Culture / Re: Warri Parables: Words Of Our Popsi's by naijadove: 10:45pm On Oct 16, 2008
Horse wey no get tail, na God dey pursue fly for am.

Instead trouble go happen make rain fall make everybody enter house.

e go better, e go better, naim make igbo man tey for lagos oh.

Provision store better pass kiosk.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Bat Called by naijadove: 4:11pm On Sep 11, 2008
for which position?? is this after people prime pls let us knw.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: I Finally Heard From Bat: by naijadove: 7:37pm On Aug 29, 2008
Congrats, wish u all the best. frm wat i heard there is gonna be some role play and strategy analysis.
Please when did u hear from bat?, i am yet to be called. goodluck
reply, asap
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Entry Level Public Relations Job @ A Leading Bilateral Trade Organization! by naijadove: 7:38pm On Aug 25, 2008
What happens if u re female Are u not takin females
is this a gender discrimination thingy??
Food / Re: Craziest Animal Meat You've Eaten? by naijadove: 6:13pm On Aug 13, 2008
i have eaten giraffe liver and it tasted real good. who can top dat??
Jobs/Vacancies / Bat - After Peopleprime, Na Wa by naijadove: 10:51pm On Aug 11, 2008
has anyone heard frm BAT or Peopleprime after their online test. no one seems to be tlkin abt it anymore. pls pple let knw.

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