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Romance / Re: My Fiance Just Left Me Due To Genotype Issues by naijafresh: 9:01am On May 28, 2017 |
dedeorji: I don't agree with you, choosing not to use an embryo is not abortion. If you have 3 embryos AA, AS and SS which one would you choose to use? If you understand the IVF process you will know that several embryos are created in order to select a viable embryo so if 16 are created and you choose one you've committed 15 abortions? An embryo is not a foetus nor is an egg or spermatozoa. That isn't the legal or biological definition of abortion. 1 Like |
Romance / Re: My Fiance Just Left Me Due To Genotype Issues by naijafresh: 8:35pm On May 27, 2017 |
dominique: Regarding genotype selection you're mistaken. You can select the genotype of your embryo during IVF. It's through a process called PGD or prenatal genetic diagnosis. It's expensive and I'm not sure if it's available in Nigeria just yet. The process involves checking the genotype of the embryo prior to implantation. So there is hope for AS or SS couples who wish to avoid the possibility of an SS child. |
Travel / Re: Travelers Sit On The Floor As Abuja-Kaduna Train Sells More Tickets Than Seats by naijafresh: 4:15pm On Feb 14, 2017 |
It is very easy to work out the non exposed by the comments here, standing on a rush hour train is a common occurrence everywhere in the world with a rail system, even the most efficient. To avoid standing I suggest you leave home early, if you don't want to stand don't board and either get a refund or wait for a later train. Nobody forced you on to the train. With a nascent rail system like ours we need to recoup costs and make it viable so I won't blame them for selling more tickets than seats. What they should do is analyse demand and consider more frequent services if viable, remember empty trains don't make money. They wont bring a train into service just to carry a few extra passengers. 3 Likes |
Politics / Re: Omoyele Sowore Blasts Goodluck Jonathan, Calls Him A "slowpoke" Over Dasuki Talk by naijafresh: 1:11pm On Oct 25, 2016 |
toolovely: Hmmm who was your mathematics teacher? Please calculate that again $2.2 billion x N198 =? I'm waiting for your answer.. 3 Likes |
Politics / Re: "DSS Planted Millions Of Naira In My House" - Justice Ngwuta Writes CJN by naijafresh: 11:14am On Oct 21, 2016 |
DSS please let me send you my address so you can plant millions of naira and foreign currencies in my house. When we get to court we can sort it out, in fact I am happy to just plead guilty as long as I only serve 6 months or less as long and I can collect my money back after serving my sentence. Afterall are we not in Nigeria? The land of Impunity |
Celebrities / Re: John Okafor: "My Son Died From LUTH's Carelessness" - Actor Mr Ibu Recounts by naijafresh: 6:03pm On Oct 04, 2016 |
chydii: So who are you recommending he sues and on what grounds? He can't sue the doctors, they are not responsible for supplying fuel He can't sue the security man he will claim it's not his job to provide fuel or he left his duty post as he hasn't been paid for months A liver scan is a diagnostic test and not a therapy so how will it make a difference in the long run Sounds like he had fulminant hepatitis. Liver failure requires expert supportive treatment and that is simply not available in Nigeria. Even if he had light 24-7, blood transfusion and fluids it's all up to specialist care the the recovery ability of the liver if recovery is to be a possibility. Sad |
Politics / Re: Patience Jonathan Faces Fresh Probe Over N5b Abuja Hotel by naijafresh: 5:32pm On Sep 18, 2016 |
sportskid: Come 2019 make sure you vote PDP back into power, they can then probe all the APC stalwarts you mentioned. We can have peace and you can have your justice. Let's hope they don't lose the plot and start looting again. The war against corruption has to start somewhere. Just because APC also stole doesn't mean PDP should be allowed to go scot free 4 Likes |
Health / Re: Ondo Sends Lassa Fever Patient Back To Edo by naijafresh: 11:37am On Sep 08, 2016 |
Really? Sending an infective patient all the way back to where he came from and making noise about it like it was the right thing to do? Health commissioner and head of public health need to be sacked for showing how stupid they are. Certainly know nothing about infection control. Now they have put more people at risk all the way back to Edo state. I really hope he was sent to a designated treatment centre with full precautions rather than just sent back to his hometown to die. |
Religion / Re: Girl Uses Her School Fees To Sow Seed Of Faith In Church by naijafresh: 7:11pm On Sep 07, 2016 |
First of all. You only sow a seed with money that belongs to you. Your school fees belongs to your parents and the school. You are just a vehicle. What if they had paid the money directly? Likewise you can't take a loan to sow a seed or pay tithe. It has to be money you earned or is at your disposal. Wrong application of biblical principles in my opinion. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / A Self Deceiving Country Called Nigeria by naijafresh: 9:05am On Sep 01, 2016 |
Culled from the Internet.. Twenty-one senators currently receiving pensions from government as ex-governors and deputy governors. The current senators who once served as governors are Bukola Saraki of Kwara, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano, Kabiru Gaya of Kano, Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, Theodore Orji of Abia, Abdullahi Adamu of Nasarawa, Sam Egwu of Ebonyi, Shaaba Lafiagi of Kwara, Joshua Dariye of Plateau Jonah Jang of Plateau, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto, Ahmed Sani Yarima of Zamfara, Danjuma Goje of Gombe, Bukar Abba Ibrahim of Yobe, Adamu Aliero of Kebbi, George Akume of Benue and Isiaka Adeleke of Osun. The former deputy governors in the Senate are Ms Biodun Olujimi of Ekiti and Enyinaya Harcourt Abaribe of Abia. Danladi Abubakar Sani served as the acting governor of Taraba state. Many former governors are also in Buhari's Cabinet as Ministers. This includes: Ngige, Fayemi, Amaechi and Fashola (SAN).). In Akwa Ibom State, the law provides that ex governors and deputy governors receive pension equivalent to the salaries of the incumbent. The package also includes a new official car and a utility vehicle every four years; one personal aide; a cook, chauffeurs and security guards for the governor at a sum not exceeding N5 million per month and N2.5 million for his deputy governor. In Rivers, the law provides 100 percent of annual basic salaries for the ex-governor and deputy, one residential house for the former governor “anywhere of his choice in Nigeria”; one residential house anywhere in Rivers for the deputy, three cars for the ex-governor every four years and two cars for the deputy every four years. It is alledged that in Lagos, a former governor will get two houses, one in Lagos and another in Abuja, estimated at N500 million in Lagos and N700 million in Abuja. He also receives six new cars to be replaced every three years; a furniture allowance of 300 percent of annual salary to be paid every two years, and a N30 million pension annually for life. This is the reality for all the 21 ex govenors and deputy governors who are currently serving as senators. This same is also true of ex governors who are now serving as Ministers. NOW I ASK: How many years did these guys serve their states as governors and deputy governors? Is it more than 8years? Is that a reason to be entitled to pensions for life? Even if they are entitled to pension for life, must it be so outrageous? As if that is not enough: HOW on earth can any public servant with conscience collect salaries and allowances as a senator or minister, and still have the audacity to claim pensions equivalent to the salaries of a serving governor in Nigeria? IT ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE...... Once you are elected a senator or appointed a minister, you must forfeit any pension accruing to you from government at any level until you vacate office. This should also apply to senators collecting military pensions like former Senate President David Mark. Yet these senators are in the Senate that is inviting the current finance minister to discuss the recession of Nigeria's economy. A senator pockets approximately 30 million naira monthly as salary and allowances. Our "honourables" are not interested to make laws that could restructure our country into economically autonomous federating States/Regions to save the country from sectional agitations that is threatening to destroy Nigeria.The sad and hopeless situation is that the rest of Nigerians are busy arguing based on party, ethnic and affiliations while these enemies of state continue to rape us. Do you know that it costs tax payers 290m Naira yearly to maintain each member of our National Assembly in a country where nothing works & 80% of population earn below 300 Naira a day ? A working day earning of a senator is more than a yearly income of a doctor; it's more than the salary of 42 Army generals or 48 professors or 70 commissioners of police or more than twice the pay of the US President or 9times the salary of US congressmen. Please say NO to looting of Nigeria in the name of democracy by sending this text to at least 5 others. I think the country must have a referendum on salaries of senators. This must happen very quickly. If the government can't we the masses must do something THINGS JUST CAN'T CONTINUE LIKE THIS Source: Unknown |
Crime / Re: Female Kidnapper Caught In Iwo, Osun State By Mob And Taken To The Palace by naijafresh: 8:13pm On Aug 08, 2016 |
I'm sorry to hear but this was caused but Nigerians trying to take the law into their own hands. Mob mentality prevails in a primitive society, how are they sure she was a kidnapper? Because someone said so? Have they seen the evidence? You hear there is a kidnapper in the palace, you don't know the story but you carry your cutlas and storm the palace in order to kill the person. So what if you find out its your relative, will you still be shouting for blood? Aren't they entitled to a fair hearing? Isn't it possible they might have been framed? Everyone deserves justice even a murderer but in the hands of the law and not the hands of a baying mob. I'm sure the police were not expecting to be ambushed by a mob so they probably went in small numbers. After all why should picking up a suspect require a 100 man squad of riot control police. What should have been a simple case of picking up a suspect for interrogation and them being charged to court if there is ample evidence with witnesses etc turned into a blood bath because of a barbaric crowd and people are blaming the police. I'm sure the crowd tried to wrest the suspect from the custody of the police and Oba in the palace and hence the ensuing chaos. No sympathy I'm afraid, they shouldn't have taken the law into their own hands. Meanwhile who is the rat in the palace who went out to leak palace business? The Oba should watch his back, his household isn't trustworthy 2 Likes |
Business / Re: CBN Resumes Dollar Sales To BDCs by naijafresh: 12:20pm On Aug 07, 2016 |
This is a good analysis of the presented economic information, so bottomline, we are not exactly out of dollars completely or begging for dollars. However I do wonder how much of this inflow actually penetrates the economy. No country will take the bold step of depleting the reserves as our financial ratings will plummet when the world bank etc see what's happening and our creditors will pull the plug. However we do have the excess crude account and it should be used to bolster the economy as that's what it was set up for. We should be able to see exactly what's happening to our income by having transparency all the way. Our government is very good at siphoning money out and stashing in foreign banks rather than putting the money where it should be in the economy and driving economic growth. We need a robust leadership and economic policies to take us forward |
Business / Re: CBN Resumes Dollar Sales To BDCs by naijafresh: 10:36am On Aug 07, 2016 |
989900E: Well, according to widely quoted figures from CBN we used to earn 3 billion USD a month before oil prices crashed and now we earn less than 1 Billion USD while our monthly dollar requirements are about N900 billion a month so roughly 3 billion USD against an income of less than a billion USD. I'm not sure if this accounts for all inflows or just earnings from crude. Our reserves as at June 2016 are down to 26 billion USD from circa 40 billion USD. So we have been dipping ton our reserves. Its been quoted that if we sold dollars to meet current demand we would consume all our reserves in less than a year. |
Business / Re: CBN Resumes Dollar Sales To BDCs by naijafresh: 10:11am On Aug 07, 2016 |
989900E: So may I ask where the CBN is expected to get the funds to keep funding the FMDQ market? We simply don't have the inflow of dollars to satisfy demand. It's not a simple matter of opening the nations coffers and depleting our reserves. The lack of income has to reflect in our economy until our fortunes are reversed. See what floating the price of fuel did to demand, fuel importation and consumption was halved or reduced as people altered their behaviour. We can't keep spending like there is no recession like a lot of Nigerians want us to do. Left to some we should sell all our reserves at 167 to the dollar till we have nothing left. Then what next? The nations you mentioned may intervene but they have the resources to do so and they back intervention up with other strategies. Strategies don't have to revolve round artficially supporting the naira we also have to stimulate the domestic economy and reduce the craving for forex for luxury items etc. Which raises a question, what is a luxury item? Just because we don't produce an item in Nigeria should we ban the importation of the item because it adds strain to the dollar dependent economy? 1 Like |
Business / Re: CBN Resumes Dollar Sales To BDCs by naijafresh: 9:59am On Aug 07, 2016 |
danjumakolo: I share your opinion, too many millionaires are being made in the banking sector at the expense of the wider economy Last time it was the Oil and gas sector getting rich while the rest of the country suffered. Who will it be next? 1 Like |
Business / Re: CBN Resumes Dollar Sales To BDCs by naijafresh: 9:44am On Aug 07, 2016 |
justmenoni: Only if you're desperate enough to use a 'registered' IMTO like western union etc as virtually everyone abroad has an informal way of sending money back home that doesn't involve the services of an IMTO and their artificially low rates. The plan is for IMTOs to collect your money and sell to the banks at the CBN determined rate. The banks will then sell to the BDCs at the CBN determined rate but in reality there is a hidden mark up as we all know and your money ends up being sold on the black market for the prevailing rate. Net result is you are given N310 for your dollar and banks divert your money via BDCs etc to the black market where they sell for N390-400 under the table. So who's cheating who? Regarding remittances, $20 billion is a conservative estimate. In my opinion they probably capture the transactions by registered IMTO but not the vast majority of transactions by individuals and small time operators. They can't stop people sending money back home, they can only stop larger IMTOs from trading and the result is people will take their money somewhere else and there is no difference to the exchange rate if the dollar because the informal market or black market so to speak is practically independent of government is CBN policies. I might even set up shop, come to think of it. If you want to send pound sterling home securely please message me for details. Please note I'm not a government registered IMTO so you will get the market rate for your money not the Hajj rate |
Business / Re: CBN Resumes Dollar Sales To BDCs by naijafresh: 8:45am On Aug 07, 2016 |
The government can dance around as much as they like and keep chasing their own tails. The black market will continue to thrive in the current environment, there is a reason why it's called the black market and the government can't regulate this 'black market' however hard it tries. They are just chasing shadows. The true value of the naira is the value all those who have dollars are willing to exchange for with those who want naira. It's the value they mutually agree to pay for it and is subject to the laws of demand and supply. We currently have a two tier market situation, the black market will only mirror the rates offered by CBN when dollars are more readily available and there's no incentive to source outside or inside official channels unless you're hiding your activities. You can't artificially force a nominal value on the dollar unless you have deep pockets as in billions of dollars in reserve to flood the market and reduce the pressures of the demand and supply aspect of the market. Major economies have tried to fight market forces and have eventually succumbed. They have hit their fingers burnt and learn to employ a different strategy such as economic stimulus not aggressive forex policies as they just make the banking sector richer. You can imagine what's happening in our already corrupt environment. It's once again the turn of the bankers to cream the top off the economy. No one in his right mind even the governor of CBN will personally sell his dollars for N197 when he knows there is someone who is ready to offer N400 for it, it's as simple as that. Compelling international money transfer operators to sell their remittances to a designated body so you can give them lower than the market value just drives them underground and encourages the black market. The naira needs to be allowed to float and we need strong and sustainable economic policies without the impediment of corruption 3 Likes |
Car Talk / Re: BMW 750li Xdrive Bashed In Lagos by naijafresh: 9:16pm On Aug 05, 2016 |
If a fine girl was driving the GLA then I seriously suspect her of staging an accident in order to get noticed. She had better be fine and the BMW driver better be available otherwise she will cry much 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Wike And Ekweremadu Inspect Akpajo-woji Bridge by naijafresh: 11:02am On Aug 05, 2016 |
priceaction: My dear friend, there is a huge difference between a job done by the governors cousin and a job done by a certified contractor. Who would you like to construct your bridge? This is a bridge not a road. The repercussions of shoddy construction need no explanation. When Nigerians are serious the job is handed to the right people, when they just want to share money we all know who gets the contract. |
Religion / Re: The Menace Of Belief In Witchcraft by naijafresh: 9:10am On Aug 04, 2016 |
johnydon22: I agree with your point, but there are many facets to this argument. In my opinion, witches do exist, I think society attributes too much co-incidence and poorly understood but naturally occuring phenomena to the supernatural. In the western world, if a woman keeps losing children, they would undergo genetic screening and not a witch hunt. Indeed, some things can not be explained and some have a scientific explanation. It seems what we can't explain as Africans we call witchcraft. I still believe there is supernatural influence on our lives in ways we may or may not notice and we should leave all this to God, we cant fight what we can't see and that is why we need heavenly protection We don't see too many intelligent and logical statements on nairaland, your response is also devoid of insults and one up man ship. Thank you, there is hope after all. |
Business / Re: CBN Blocks Money Transfers Into The Country From Most Operators by naijafresh: 2:59pm On Aug 03, 2016 |
dayohope1: Your explanation doesn't make sense to me.. If worldremit or other non registered players collect my pounds sterling, they still need to source naira to honour the contract to deliver naira to my recipient. This means they have to source or buy naira from somewhere. They certainly won't be buying naira from CBN at the artificially low rate as CBN will not give them market value for their Forex! They will be buying naira (in exchange for pound sterling) from secondary sources at a more realistic price. That's why they offer better rates, western union as a registered operator is compelled to sell the Forex to CBN at CBN dictated rates that's why western union has the worse rates of transfer to Nigeria and I don't know anyone apart from the desperate, clueless or easy money people who use western union. Why get N404 for your pound when you can get 490 elsewhere? The Nigerians in diaspora mainly work very hard for their hard earned cash so they will naturally seek out the best value. Moreover, CBN doesn't have the foggiest how much money comes into Nigeria via the informal network of money transfer. I suspect it's a lot more than the $20 billion quoted via the official channels as this is mostly used by multinational companies and perhaps clueless Nigerians Another point, when oil prices were high and Nigeria was awash with petrodollars, naira was stronger and more readily available now we don't have enough Forex to go round because of our dollar and import dependent economy it is natural for naira to be weak and even get weaker. CBN is compounding the issue by protecting our national pride instead of our economy, the naira needs to find its own level like the majority of the currencies in the world. All CBN is doing now is creating billionaires in the banking and financial sector at the expense of the rest of the country. 4 Likes |
Business / Re: Banks Jostle For Dollar To Scale Up Foreign Loan Provisions by naijafresh: 8:58pm On Aug 01, 2016 |
POTUT: Excellent use of prose, the beauty and blessing of Nigeria as a nation and also sadly, its downfall is in its diversity, diversity means no ownership and importantly no national pride which leads to the 'let's steal our own and leave' mentality |
Business / Re: Banks Jostle For Dollar To Scale Up Foreign Loan Provisions by naijafresh: 2:36pm On Aug 01, 2016 |
Can someone please list the achievements of all our leaders in the past who had certificates then, especially when crude oil price was above $100. We all complain about Buhari but we have forgotten that we have had very little credible leadership in this country since inception. Our country is characterised by rampant corruption and insatiable individual greed. When we give the mantle to those who agitate for inclusion, they actually perform worse. Nowhere in this country has levels of development worthy of a so called oil producing country. Even the so called south south with the extra derivation fund they fought for, what did their leaders do with it apart from share amongst themselves and their cronies. Small oil producing states with less than 5 million people and yearly income of over $1 billion still have little to show for it but suspiciously their leaders are the wealthiest in Africa and have property literally in every continent. As long as crude oil is below $50 a barrel and falling we are going to suffer some austere times so get used to it and stop blaming Buhari we are all to blame. Simply put, the standard of leadership you endure is the standard you accept. 1 Like |
Health / Re: World Hepatitis Day 2016: How His Parents Caused His Death by naijafresh: 8:59pm On Jul 30, 2016 |
Heard from where may I ask? It doesn't seem to be an approved drug for the treatment of hepatitis B There aren't any research publications on this drug in the usual channels and no mention of it in the hepatitis journals except on websites all selling this drug and people who claim it works One simple question I have for a start.. What is the SVR of this drug? |
Health / Re: World Hepatitis Day 2016: How His Parents Caused His Death by naijafresh: 4:13pm On Jul 29, 2016 |
Coolgent: So what's the name of this drug and what is the efficacy? |
Health / Re: World Hepatitis Day 2016: How His Parents Caused His Death by naijafresh: 3:48pm On Jul 29, 2016 |
Coolgent: Anti hepatitis? Well what is the formulation of this 'anti hepatitis' medication. A recognised vaccine or drug? and for which particular virus too? A or B? |
Health / Re: World Hepatitis Day 2016: How His Parents Caused His Death by naijafresh: 7:37pm On Jul 28, 2016 |
haymoney01: Viruses don't die in the sense that they continue to replicate ie increase in number in the immune system. But a single virus particle can be killed by heat, UV light, irradiation and antiviral agents etc depending on whether it is in the body or on a surface like a table top. You obviously can't expose your self to irradiation in order to kill a virus inside you etc. In the human body, you can either suppress a virus completely with drugs in order for the natural immune system to get rid of it as in the case of Hepatitis C and the new drugs now available or suppress it sufficiently to reduce the inflammation in the liver and prevent the progression to cirrhosis and liver cancer |
Health / Re: World Hepatitis Day 2016: How His Parents Caused His Death by naijafresh: 7:32pm On Jul 28, 2016 |
mickool: The most common sign of hepatitis (which means inflammation of the liver) is jaundice or yellow eyes and general malaise, some stages of hepatitis do not have jaundice as a feature and jaundice is a sign of an acute infection where the body's immune system is fighting to suppress the virus and is mounting a robust immune response hence the jaundice and ill health. In some cases of Hepatitis B and practically all cases of Hepatitis A, the body can actually rid the body of the virus and all that remains is a natural immunity to future infections. You hepatitis status can be determined by blood tests which if interpreted correctly can reveal current infection or previous exposure/infection 1 Like |
Health / Re: World Hepatitis Day 2016: How His Parents Caused His Death by naijafresh: 7:24pm On Jul 28, 2016 |
Tellemall: There are different types of hepatitis, the hepatitis you refer to from poorly washed fruits, food and drink etc is usually Hepatitis A or even hepatitis E and is very common in socially disadvantaged environments with poor sanitation. You can't get hepatitis B from a toilet seat and you can only get hepatitis A from a toilet if you do not wash your hands after using the toilet! You can indeed contract hepatitis B and be unaware for several years as it is a chronic infection, if all siblings are infected with hepatitis B, then from the story given, this is a very plausible route of infection. However, the lesson to be learned from the story however true it may be is gained by taking away increased awareness of hepatitis B and the usual routes of infection and not to be distracted by challenging the authenticity of the content. No one really knows how a lot of people contract hepatitis B as it is a silent infection that can lie dormant for years and 85-90% of people who contract the virus actually clear the virus from the body naturally through their immune system. When you are contract tracing or looking for a likely source you are only stating the most likely route of infection not the 100% definite route of infection unless you had blood tests done before and after which showed your status before and after the supposed infective event. Only healthcare personnel usually can be in this category as they get tested in modern healthcare facilities NJF |
Business / Re: Open Message To CBN: Solution To The Arising One Chance Bus & ATM Theft. by naijafresh: 12:44pm On Jul 05, 2016 |
My solution is simple. Have a code red PIN number. When used under duress your account simply states you have no funds available for withdrawal and asks you to contact your bank. So even if you are dragged to the ATM at gun point there is no way of seeing that you have secretly blocked access to your account. Bank security please take note |
Religion / Re: Why True Christians Should Not Study MEDICINE by naijafresh: 3:40pm On Jun 17, 2016 |
goodman3: What a silly post! I'm a doctor and I didnt swear any silly oath, thats an ancient practice and times have moved on. The oath has even been modernised as far as i can remember Did I have to comment on this post? I ask myself 3 Likes |
Celebrities / Re: Chika Ike At A Beach In Senegal (photos) by naijafresh: 7:01am On May 20, 2016 |
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