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Entertainment › Re: Governor Sullivan Chime's Daughter, Ezinne, Smoking In The Public (Pictures) by naptu2: 1:05pm On Apr 19, 2013
Smoking in public (including bars, clubs and restaurants) is actually illegal under the National Tobacco Control Act 2011 which replaced the Tobacco (Control) Act 1990 CAP. T16 Laws of the Federation.

I'm not sure what the penalty is under the new law, but under the old law an offender is liable to a fine of not less than N200 and not exceeding N1000 or to imprisonment to a term of not less than one month and not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment. However, this is one of those laws that are not enforced.

I'm more interested in the first picture; is she seated in the Council Chamber?
Politics › Re: Acn National Convention In Lagos (Pictures) by naptu2: 8:40am On Apr 19, 2013
[quote author=Sunny_bobo]What was Rochas doing there? huh[/quote]We are about to get to an interesting point in the process. The law says that the merger must be approved by conventions of each of the merging parties. I'm very interested in knowing how Rochas Okorocha will organise a convention of APGA to approve the merger.
Politics › Re: Acn National Convention In Lagos (Pictures) by naptu2: 7:15am On Apr 19, 2013
Yazmin: Yes , it is. It was founded by king Fahd of saudi arabia in 2001, the given to Uncle Tinubu and P.R.O Lie mohammed when they went to pilgrimage as a gift for nigerians....hope this clarifies? PS; PDP and CPC were gifts from Chris rock and saddam hussain respectively...
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Family › Re: My Experience With Ritualists/kidnappers At Lekki This Morning by naptu2: 6:21am On Apr 19, 2013
I knew that I had seen this kind of story on the front page before (but in that case it happened in Abuja). I've found it. It was on the front page back in 2007.

https://www.nairaland.com/75980/heres-419-experience-whats-yours

https://www.nairaland.com/73808/encounter-419ners-abuja

https://www.nairaland.com/1000686/ordeal-one-chance-fraudsters-morning
Education › Re: List Of Public Libraries In Nigeria by naptu2: 7:12pm On Apr 18, 2013
Mustay: ^^^Wow, that's news. The last time I contacted them, it required an annual or semi-annual due.
When I went there over a year ago, I was also told that I had to pay annual dues. I'll check it out again soon.
Politics › Re: Bomb Explosion Behind Emir Of Kano’s Palace by naptu2: 10:21am On Apr 18, 2013
So much bigotry! So many people rushing to judgement without even knowing what they are talking about. People fuelled by hatred, bigotry, fear and anger. People who claim to be propagating one religion or the other, yet they hurl insults at each other, accuse people falsely and attack one another!

Smh.
Foreign Affairs › Re: New Explosion In Texas Fertilizer Plant Kills ~15, Injures Hundreds by naptu2: 8:46am On Apr 18, 2013
zonaking: This is serious oH! Obama should resign pls. I ve been watchin with inept attention what will become of this contry since the commencement of their electronic bill! Be careful Obama,that contry you are messin up has its foundation built on word of God! In doubt? Check out their currency 4 those that have access to it! In God we trust.
shocked shocked shocked Inept attentionhuh
Politics › Re: Bomb Explosion Behind Emir Of Kano’s Palace by naptu2: 8:39am On Apr 18, 2013
van bonattel: They have become so predictable that I can tell you the next thing they will do........
Hahahahaahahahahahahahahahahaha! So why don't you tell us? In fact, I'm sure the security services would really value your ability to predict "the next thing they will do", so why don't you be a good citizen and volunteer your services to the security agencies. You would be saving lives if you do.
Politics › Re: Bomb Explosion Behind Emir Of Kano’s Palace by naptu2: 6:32am On Apr 18, 2013
Wow! I've just seen the picture of one of the suicide bombers that was apprehended and beaten to death by a mob. It's too graphic to post here.
Politics › Re: Bomb Explosion Behind Emir Of Kano’s Palace by naptu2: 6:26am On Apr 18, 2013
In the US it took 3 days before suspects were identified, but in Nigeria, a country that's miles ahead of the US, we can produce suspects in a few hours. We don't need CCTV footage, or any kind of evidence for that matter, we can use bigotry, stereotyping, hatred, fear and blind suspicion.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Boston Bombing Culprits Found (PHOTOS) - Photos Now Known As Inaccurate by naptu2: 9:29pm On Apr 17, 2013
"Department store". "Boston television station". Although the government installs CCTV cameras, it is also true that quite a few of the images that are circulated when things like this happen are gotten from private establishments.

Do you own a shop, an office, a commercial building? Do you have CCTV cameras in your building?

By the way, it has not been confirmed that these are the culprits. At the moment they are merely suspects.
Politics › Re: Lagos Traffic Tomorrow : GEJ's Visit Vs ACN Convention by naptu2: 7:14pm On Apr 17, 2013
The President will arrive Lagos on Thursday for a state visit and leave on Sunday.

I think it's just the usual political posturing. Both events can hold tomorrow. There is a precedent. Obasanjo held a mammoth rally at Tafawa Balewa Square on the same day that AC held its local government campaign/congresses on the mainland. Although, before the events, there was a lot of talk about traffic jams and potential clashes, the events held without any problems.
Politics › Re: Lagos Traffic Tomorrow : GEJ's Visit Vs ACN Convention by naptu2: 6:15pm On Apr 17, 2013
Both events can take place without any hassles. They only need a common sense approach to managing traffic.
Politics › Re: Lagos Traffic Tomorrow : GEJ's Visit Vs ACN Convention by naptu2: 6:14pm On Apr 17, 2013
[quote author=32-D]I though ACN was part of the APC merger .....am i missing something? i was expecting to hear something like APC convention[/quote]The merger must be approved by a convention of each of the merging parties.
Politics › Re: Will Eko Atlantic City Be The Most Beautiful City In Africa After Completion? by naptu2: 11:20am On Apr 17, 2013
We have a new "Becomerich/Musiwa". Not as funny as the old one though.
Celebrities › Re: Karen Igho And Denrele Edun At The MTV Base Party by naptu2: 6:26pm On Apr 16, 2013
Denrele and Karen have been close friends for a long time (it was Denrele that convinced/pushed Karen to enter the Big Brother competition).
Foreign Affairs › Re: Margaret Thatcher Is Dead by naptu2: 5:31pm On Apr 16, 2013
Nigerians are very sympathetic people. One caller angrily told the presenter "Don't compare Thatcher to Abacha. Compare Abacha to Idi Amin and people like that".
Foreign Affairs › Re: Margaret Thatcher Is Dead by naptu2: 5:27pm On Apr 16, 2013
naijababe: If they could, they would have. But street parties were a dime a dozen. There even reports of people frying and dashing out free akara to passers-by in Ibadan.
I'll never forget that day. I heard about his death around 2 o'clock, but most people had not heard about it then. At 6 o'clock (RayPower news) I heard a loud roar. People came out on the streets to celebrate. It was crazy!
Literature › Re: Iyawo Nylon Bag by naptu2: 4:29pm On Apr 16, 2013
Ishilove: What does OATT mean?
grin Oga At The Top.
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Foreign Affairs › Re: Margaret Thatcher Is Dead by naptu2: 4:27pm On Apr 16, 2013
It's the subject of discussion on Nigeria Info FM at the moment. Is it right to hold good ridance parties, or is it a sign of disrespect?

The anchor just made the same analogy. She remembers when Abacha died, people came out on the streets and where dancing, but his funeral was more sombre and people behaved respectfully. I'm very interested in what callers would say.
Literature › Re: Iyawo Nylon Bag by naptu2: 2:18pm On Apr 16, 2013
[quote author=Foxy_Ultimate]Wonderful.... First time in history you are posting in broad day light.


**Checks outside to see if rain is falling**
[/quote]Seun's maintenance operation disabled posting yesterday night.
Literature › Re: Iyawo Nylon Bag by naptu2: 2:14pm On Apr 16, 2013
brokoto: So as per your definition, was Chilo still a virgin before the official poking?
And by the way, what the heck is Were Intimatehuh There's no word sensor for SEX but there is if you add HAD or HAVE to it. Mumu things. . .
As per the story, "Iyawo Nylon Bag", she was still a virgin because the hymen was intact.

Seun is trying to correct some of the problems caused by innocent use of censored words. So in this context, I could talk about the sex distribution of kids in a class, without the word getting censored, but the usual phrase for intercourse gets censored.
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Literature › Re: Iyawo Nylon Bag by naptu2: 1:42pm On Apr 16, 2013
naijababe: WTF would any one want to do a hymen reconstruction surgery?! Dem take virginity collect money for bank?
It's usually because of the, "I want to marry a virgin", syndrome.
Nairaland General › Re: Posting Will Be Disabled For A Few Hours by naptu2: 9:36am On Apr 16, 2013
Maintenance operation carried out quietly and without any fuss.
Politics › Re: Dangote To Open $8bn Oil Refinery by naptu2: 8:31am On Apr 16, 2013
Literature › Re: Iyawo Nylon Bag by naptu2: 7:05am On Apr 16, 2013
Danhumprey: Pls,someone should tell me what being a virgin is. What are the criteria for being called a virginhuh......i am just confused. Somebody has been self-servicing for long,and he/she still think he/she is still a virgin,huhhuh
VIRGIN:

1) A person who's hymen is intact.

2) A person that has not had sex.

(Note that some girls are born without hymen, while some girls' hymen are broken during physical exercise. It is also possible to reconstruct the hymen via hymen reconstruction surgery).
Education › Re: List Of Illegal Degree Awarding Institutions Operating In Nigeria. by naptu2: 6:54am On Apr 16, 2013
There are two main categories here.

1) Satellite Campuses of foreign (and local) universities.

2) Technical schools that have added the tag "university" to their names without being accredited as universities.
Islam › Re: All Suicide-Bombers Are Going To Hell - Gumi by naptu2: 6:48am On Apr 16, 2013
BetaThings: Sir, there is
Cameron (PM of Britain) says his country is a Christian country
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16224394
http://www.eauk.org/current-affairs/news/census-is-britain-still-a-christian-country.cfm
The Church of England (Anglican) and the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) are the official established churches of the United Kingdom. The Queen is the Defender of The Faith. (The monarch must be an Anglican).

The official church of the Vatican City is the Roman Catholic Church (the Pope must be a Catholic).
Politics › Re: N1m Fine For Insulting Goodluck Jonathan And Crew. by naptu2: 6:06pm On Apr 15, 2013
We've already had "Decree 2" and "Decree 4" (don't you remember Nduka Irabor)?
Islam › Re: All Suicide-Bombers Are Going To Hell - Gumi by naptu2: 5:16pm On Apr 15, 2013
I've just been reminded of something funny I heard on the BBC in the late 1990s. It was a clip from a british television programme.

The journalist was interviewing a muslim cleric. The cleric said the word "fatwa". The journalist interrupted him and said "you mean a death sentence?" I almost died of laughter. I read a lot, so I already knew the meaning of fatwa (religious ruling), but most people in the West and even in Nigeria (including my friends) only knew about the word from the Salman Rushdie incident, so they thought it meant "death sentence".

From the BBC

Jihad

The literal meaning of Jihad is struggle or effort, and it means much more than holy war.

Muslims use the word Jihad to describe three different kinds of struggle:

A believer's internal struggle to live out the Muslim faith as well as possible

The struggle to build a good Muslim society

Holy war: the struggle to defend Islam, with force if necessary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/beliefs/jihad_1.shtml
Islam › Re: All Suicide-Bombers Are Going To Hell - Gumi by naptu2: 4:41pm On Apr 15, 2013
[size=14pt]Sheik Gumi Kicks Against Amnesty For Boko Haram, Says They Ought To be Crushed[/size]

March 26, 2013 - 22:23 — siteadmin


By SaharaReporters, New York


Dr. Ahmad Gumi, fearless cleric and son of the late famous Sheik Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi, today kicked against amnesty for the Boko Haram sect as has been proposed by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III and several prominent Nigerians, saying they ought to be crushed.

Gumi who once escaped being killed by some suspected terrorists, made the remarks in a sermon monitored in our New York office from his social media network.

In it, Gumi declared that were Prophet Mohammed himself to be alive today, he would personally have led the way in exterminating the sect.

“Every individual in this nation is concerned about the future,” he stressed. “Nigeria is catalytically deteriorating. Today the national discourse is on corruption and amnesty for terrorism.”

He noted that many people have missed the crux of the matter. “Corruption is incurable, it is only suppressed. That is by genuine ethics/faith illumination campaigns like the ethical revolution, War Against Indiscipline, Re-brand Nigeria etc. and ...an effective system of accountability (i.e. checks and balances) or what can be summed up as good governance.”

Turning to the Boko Haram insurgency, he described it as hypocritical, pointing out that as an ideology, Boko Haram respects no law, the Quran or Hadith or Scholarly fatwa. “They have their own interpretation, anything short of that is part of the enemy that should be killed. So on what basis should there be dialogue or amnesty?   It is a creed that must be crushed; it is a creed the prophet – alaihis Salam- wished he is alive to exterminate."

Sheik Gumi regretted that the present dispensation in Nigeria lacks the moral high ground to defeat the militants, otherwise that objective would already have been achieved.  In that regard, he pointed out that more innocent people have been killed, maimed, tortured and incarcerated by the JTF in the name of fighting Boko Haram than by Boko Haram itself or those camouflaging behind them. “A whole region is made to suffer economically, socially and politically because of this blind war on terror. The present dispensation has everything to gain in refusing the 'amnesty' call for political reasons; that is why it is recalcitrant. Otherwise, if the need to crush Boko Haram is genuine, it would have been achieved since.”

Instead, he called for a “selected Muslim high-ranking officer” of the armed forces take charge of the whole ‘operation’ from investigations to incursions, arguing that the situation requires careful excision and only someone who feels the pains of society has the capacity can carry it out.

“Like removing a tumor from the brain, you don't give that to an orthopedic surgeon, no matter how good, to do that. It is an operation of precision not brute force. This choice of tackling a peculiar problem is the sign of good governance. Special missions have special requirements if success is the objective.”

Sheik Gumi pointed out that Boko Haram consists of armed individuals hiding in a civilian population.

“They do not control any high fire power to be engaged in a war,” he said.

“Therefore there is absolutely no need whatsoever to deploy and ultimately exhaust the military in road blocks all over the spheres of their activities. What are needed are very good intelligence, special strike squads and the genuine cooperation of the civilian population which can never be achieved through intimidation.”

He warned that because the issue is being tackled with “the impulses of vengeance and retaliation” as is currently the case,the entire saga is gradually turning into another thing all together.

“This is what makes the future bleak and frightening,” he stressed.
http://mobile.saharareporters.com/news-page/sheik-gumi-kicks-against-amnesty-boko-haram-says-they-ought-be-crushed

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