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Science/Technology / Re: What My Friend found In a 40gig HDD by newslife: 10:11pm On Mar 26, 2015
goodmorning40:
Razor na 10naira naa, try screp these ur nails
SCREP is not an English word brother
Crime / Since Rape Is Now Rampant by newslife: 5:44pm On Mar 20, 2015
What do you think will be the appropriate punishment to be given to the person(s) involved so that others will DARE not Rape or try raping somebody so that rape will Stop... Because in every news now you hear RAPE
Family / Where Would You Like To Meet Your Spouse by newslife: 9:26pm On Mar 17, 2015
For me i would like her in super market or in a shopping mall, what of you?
Politics / Panic In PDP Over Patience Jonathan Failure Tovisit Nassarawa State by newslife: 7:03pm On Mar 15, 2015
Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan
was scheduled to visit the North-Central state of
Nassarawa on Saturday, in continuation of her
women mobilisation campaign rallies, but the
visit did not see the light of day. The much advertised visit of Mrs. Jonathan to
garner support for the re-election bid of her
husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, ended
abruptly. Nigerian Tribune reliably gathered that her absence
at the well mobilised event has caused panic
among supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), especially women and youths, who had
converged on City Hall, along Shendam road, Lafia
as early as 9.00 a.m.
Party sources said Mrs. Jonathan’s sudden change
of plans may be as a result of security reports that
her convoy might be attacked by persons
suspected to be loyalists of the opposition All
Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Another
source added that, “her change of programme was not unconnected with the unfavourable weather
condition. The weather is not clear; you cannot
expect her with her entourage to travel by road.
No. Definitely, we will reschedule it, we want her
here, and so she needs to come, maybe next
week.” The state deputy governor, who also doubles as
the state campaign coordinator, Goodluck/Sambo
2015, Honourable Dameshi Luka Barau said he
can’t say precisely for now why the first lady’s visit
couldn’t hold. According to him, “this is a women programme,
and I am not personally handling it, so I cannot say
whether she is coming back or not, probably the
organisers of the programme should be in best
position to answer that. After this programme, we
will meet them to know exactly what happened”.
Politics / Jonathan Vs Buhari: Who Has A Better Record? by newslife: 12:04pm On Jan 05, 2015
IN more experienced democracies, the choice of
who deserves to be elected the president of Nigeria
between President Goodluck Jonathan and former
Head of state General Mohammadu Buhari, in the
2015 presidential election would be a forgone
issue due to the fact that both contestants have been in office as president and Nigerians have
experienced the governance styles of both, with
first-hand observation of their strengths and
weaknesses, and importantly what both achieved
while in office. It is important to examine the public records for the
facts of what both did while in office because as
Professor Wole Soyinka said about the public
records of General Buhari while he was in office,
“History matters. Records are not kept simply to
assist the weakness of memory, but to operate as guides to the future”. Hence to commence an examination of the record
of both leaders we must start with the most critical,
security. Much has been said about the record of
performance by President Jonathan on security,
while he declared a state of emergency and
changed several Service Chiefs, all these efforts have been adjudged more from the fact that the
well-resourced Boko Haram, like ISIS in Syria and
Iraq, the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan, as
well as their Salafist comrades in Chechnya, Russia
are still holding ground against the Nigerian Army.
What is however without doubt is that with respect to the Jonathan government, the threat to the
security of Nigerians are from external forces, Boko
Haram, Kidnappers, armed robbers, etc. The latter
two have been a problem for every government
depending on scale, while religious zealots have
periodically caused mayhem in the North generally and the North East in particular, in other regimes
although with greater brutality. Jonathan and Buhari In comparison however, whereas the threat to the
security of Nigerians came from forces external to
government in the Jonathan regime, with the
Buhari regime, government itself was the source of
the greatest threat to the security of Nigerians.
Under Buhari’s regime anyone could be detained at his whim using draconian decrees, the list of those
incarcerated under Buhari is lengthy, Sam Mbakwe,
Fela Kuti, Femi Aribisala, Bisi Onabanjo, Bola Ige,
Audu Ogbeh, and so many others. Individual
security was so bad under Buhari that when Pa
Adekunle Ajasin was acquitted twice by courts that found him not guilty of Buhari’s accusation of
corruption, the Buhari regime re-arrested and
detained him under Decree no. 2. While Buhari
detained Tai Solarin and denied him medication
even while Tai Solarin was having persistent
asthmatic attacks. Even worse, Buhari ordered the judicial murder of Bernard Ogedengbe , who was
sentenced to death under Decree 20 for a crime he
committed before Decree 20 was enacted whereas
it carried a lighter sentence when he committed the
crime. Buhari refused to accept any pleas to spare
Ogedengbe’s life, hence under Buhari the state denied the individual his life at the whim of
‘President’ Buhari. To summarize the state of
security under Buhari’s regime, Professor Wole
Soyinka expressed shock that any Nigerian will
ever contemplate voting for Buhari as a president
thus, “Buhari enslaved the nation. He gloated and gloried in a master-slave relation to the millions of
its inhabitants. It is astonishing to find that the same
former slaves, now free of their chains, should
clamour to be ruled by one who not only turned
their nation into a slave plantation, but forbade
them any discussion of their condition”. A second but important sphere for comparison is
education, because although Nigerians like to
celebrate oil and gas and the easy wealth it brings,
globally it is acknowledged that the most important
resource for a nation is its human capital, its people,
their abilities and capabilities and how these capabilities are enhanced through education,
formal and informal. In this regard, even some
elders in the north of Nigeria who now tout Buhari
as the presidential candidate of the north, like
former Inspector General of Police Ibrahim
Coomasie, are unable to wipe out the indelible annals of public record, where Buhari is noted to
have stopped food subsidies in Nigerian
universities and thereby prioritized the introduction
of malnutrition into universities as an opportunity
cost for other economic decisions. In contrast,
Coomasie and his ilk are unable to deny the fact that Goodluck Jonathan has built more Universities
in Northern Nigeria within three years from 2011 to
2013 than any northern leader ever did b
etween 1960 and 2013. The list of these
universities include, Federal University Lafia (2011),
Federal University Wukari (2011), Federal University Lokoja (2011), Federal University Kashere (2011),
Federal University Dutse (2011), Federal University
Dutsin-ma (2011), Police Academy Wudil (2012),
Federal University Gashua (2013), Federal
University Gusau (2013) and the Federal University
Birnin-Kebbi (2013), before this only the Gowon and Babangida governments built up to four
universities each while others established one or
two between 1962 and 1988. Moreover, apart from the overwhelming and
unprecedented investment in primary school
education, through the universal basic education,
vocational schools, and the launching of the special
funding of the all-embracing education called
Almajiri education -the very first in the history of northern Nigeria- the Jonathan administration took
children from the streets of northern Nigeria and
gave them new opportunities, whereas some
elders of northern Nigeria who called western
education “Haram” denied them formal western
education but offered instead religious knowledge and USD 2000 Kalashnikovs to use as Boko Haram
foot soldiers. Again on the very critical issue of the economy,
some have attributed Buhari’s regime with
stabilizing the economy at a turbulent time by using
counter trade to keep the IMF in abeyance, but this
was not the independent assessment of evaluators
who observed that the counter-trade mechanism was abused to siphon public funds by converting
Nigeria crude to laundered funds for cronies of the
Buhari regime. Of course, this could not be
scrutinized by the Nigerian press. Those who dared
ended up at No 15 Awolowo Road in Lagos or
other such detention centres created to silence critics of the Buhari government. Still, independent
assessors at the GATT, later the WTO, had written in
their report number BOP/W/102 of September
1986 that on the Counter trade,” “Four principal
countertrade agreements were concluded with
Brazil, France, Italy, and Austria. This policy, while permitting a certain amount of extra imports to
enter, was subsequently seen as causing
considerable diversion of trade and substantial
extra cost to the economy as a whole”. In contrast
the past four years of the Jonathan administration
has seen a steady economic growth of over 6% with a much larger GDP. Some have criticized the
growth, saying it did not trickle down to all spheres
of society, but the same thing has been said of the
Chinese development which is poised to become
the biggest economy in the world

Education / Re: Shocker: Nigerian University Where Students Defecate In The Open by newslife: 9:03pm On Dec 27, 2014
op i can tell u that u have never been to UNN, u just copied and paste
Romance / Do Girls Intentionally Shake Their Back When They Walk? by newslife: 10:34pm On Dec 13, 2014
I just asked this Question because every girls of nowadays their back seems to be shaking so seriously when they walk, even the thin ones self and i don't know whether they do it intentionally or thats how they are created. Girls in here should help enlighting us on the issue

thanks

Politics / Re: APC Presidential Primary Ends, Leaving A Filthy Stadium (Photos) by newslife: 11:06am On Dec 13, 2014
up APC
Politics / Re: APC Presidential Primary Ends, Leaving A Filthy Stadium (Photos) by newslife: 8:48pm On Dec 12, 2014
see how clean it is hahahaha APC no dey carry last oh see o i have finally made fp tonight gono b a Gud one dancing shikinininiiiii
Politics / APC Presidential Primary Ends, Leaving A Filthy Stadium (Photos) by newslife: 8:44pm On Dec 12, 2014
The presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress which was held at the Teslim Balogun stadium, Surulere, Lagos, has come and gone.

Carrying the day was Muhammadu Buhari, who edged out four other contenders to win the ticket to represent the APC at the general elections, in 2015. While the venue has been deserted by the thousands of delegates and party members who attended the primaries, traces of their presence is still visible in every part of the Teslim Balogun stadium.

http://ynaija.com/apc-presidential-primary-ends-leaving-a-filthy-stadium-in-its-wake-see-photos/

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Education / Translate This To Correct English by newslife: 11:11pm On Dec 09, 2014
So who can help me translate '' E GET AS E DEY DO ME'' in correct English language
Music/Radio / Re: How Old Are You On Nairaland? by newslife: 2:08pm On Dec 07, 2014
oh i forgot to add my Age, i am +1 today making it 7yrs
Music/Radio / How Old Are You On Nairaland? by newslife: 2:01pm On Dec 07, 2014
I just created this thread for us to know how old we are on this site so that you are not to be blamed whenever you are commenting nonesence or otherwise and also to know who is to be respected and so on.
thanks as you drop your Nairaland Age
Sports / What Will Do If After Whatching Football March And You Found This by newslife: 9:04pm On Dec 05, 2014
As a correct guy how can you locate yours

Romance / Which One Do You Like by newslife: 8:47pm On Dec 05, 2014
Just tell us the portion you like in this picture

Fashion / Re: Why Do Girls Wear High Heel shoes by newslife: 8:09am On Dec 04, 2014
like

Fashion / Why Do Girls Wear High Heel shoes by newslife: 8:01am On Dec 04, 2014
I have seen many girls fall as a result of high heel they wear, still, they need it, i don't know but the rate at which young girls buy it now is amasing, so girls here please tell me whats so special about this high heels

Celebrities / Why Do You Always Compare These Two by newslife: 11:13pm On Dec 03, 2014
Every website in Nigeria that is talking about celebrity in Nigeria you will see or hear the Name of this two people, why must it be so or are they the only people in the industry? Though am in france and i happened to see this two people here

Romance / Which Colour(s) Always Attracts Girls by newslife: 4:40pm On Dec 03, 2014
Whenever i want to hang out or attend an occasion i always wonder which colour of clothes i should wear so that i can look attractive and presentable to girls, and i think maybe you can help me on this platform
Celebrities / Two Things That Will Never Mix by newslife: 10:50pm On Dec 02, 2014
let me open the talk
1, wizikid n davido
2, balotelli n suarez
3, man u fans n chelsea fan
4, fufu n salad
5, Rice n draw soup 7, APC n PDP
8, Nigeria n Boko Haram
let me stop here so that you can add yours
Jokes Etc / Two Things That Don't Mix by newslife: 10:33pm On Dec 02, 2014
let me open the talk
1, wizikid n davido
2, balotelli n suarez
3, man u fans n chelsea fan
4, fufu n salad
5, Rice n draw soup
7, APC n PDP
8, Nigeria n Boko Haram
let me stop here so that you can add yours
Romance / Does Making Love A Good Thing? by newslife: 11:39pm On Nov 27, 2014
i have often hear people say that love is a Good thing, beautiful thing and all that but does making love a Good thing?
Celebrities / Musicians Are Richer Than Footballers by newslife: 11:33am On Nov 26, 2014
have you ever noticed it? Due to fast rising of music industry across the world i think that musicians are richer than footballers just think of it for exemple flavour who sales 1m copies every week, lets say N50 per copy times it by 1m copies and see what i am talking about. No offence intended just my Opinion, and please mod should help me move this topic where it supposed to be
Romance / Re: Is Being Woman-wrapper Natural? by newslife: 3:18pm On Nov 23, 2014
farano:
Yes undecided
for real?
Romance / Is Being Woman-wrapper Natural? by newslife: 3:15pm On Nov 23, 2014
I delibrately asked this Question because i want to advise my friend, however, if it is natural i will keep my advice but if it is not i will advise him to go for DELIVERANCE, so what do you got to say?
Celebrities / Re: Who Would You Kiss And Slap In Entertainment Industry? by newslife: 5:50pm On Nov 21, 2014
Whizzdom:


I would kiss Justeenaleo and i would slap newslife cool cool
hahaha am now feeling like a celebrity bro
Celebrities / Who Would You Kiss And Slap In Entertainment Industry? by newslife: 1:43pm On Nov 21, 2014
for me i will kiss don jazzy and slap D banj
add yours
Romance / Re: Why Do Girls Love Guys With Wallet by newslife: 8:48pm On Nov 20, 2014
Cutehector4u:
I dnt use wallet....nd dey like me... Cashless policy..
u said they 'like u' nt 'love' use ur dictionary and find d d/f between like n love bro
Romance / Why Do Girls Love Guys With Wallet by newslife: 8:40pm On Nov 20, 2014
I have been wondering why it should be so that girls love guys with wallet, does it mean that when a guy has wallet that money is loaded in it or what? Girls opinion is highly welcome
Romance / Which Of These Persons Will You Befriend As A GF Or Bf by newslife: 11:23pm On Nov 19, 2014
These two categories Of persons you will find any where even in relationship or in your family;
1. A Golden hand but wicked mouth: he will give you what you asked for if he has it, be it money, cloth, favour etc but what he will talk when giving it to you haa you will WONDER if he actually wanted to give it to you or not.
2. Stingy hand but sweet mouth: nothing more need to be said on this one because it is self-explanatory
So, which one do you prefer to other to befriend as Your personal person?
Romance / Re: Guys Who Cook For Girls In A Relationship by newslife: 9:51pm On Nov 19, 2014
Metcoppo:


No.
how e go be now
Romance / Re: Why Do Bad Guys Marry Good Wifes by newslife: 11:53am On Nov 19, 2014
laurel03:
because bad boys bleep best...
cowaciate more

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