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Whao! very cool!

The colors have been darkened now. I think its more eye friendly now. If it's still straining your eyes, I will advice you increase your view size with ctrl+(+) and ctrl+(-)

[quote author=lola.luv]Seun,
My main grouse is with the colour. It looks washed-out and strains the eyes. Each partition is not clearly defined. Something darker would be perfect![/quote]The colors have been darkened now. I think its more eye friendly now. If it's still straining your eyes, I will advice you increase your view size with ctrl+(+) and ctrl+(-)

[quote author=mama-gee][color=deeppink]Handsome and male nairalanders don't go together in the same sentence.[/color][/quote]That is because you are yet to attract the handsome ones. Let's see your own beautiful picture for a start.

auwal87: 3 years and 3 months. This is what we get from Seun. New Template?

lol

At least he added Friends Feature.

UK to fight Boko Haram

Britain yesterday pledged to step up its backing for Nigeria in the battle against the Boko Haram insurgency.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond spoke of the House of Commons while recounting how the raid to rescue a Briton and an Italian held hostage in Sokoto State was carried out.

He spoke of how the British Special Forces that joined Nigerian security personnel killed one of the hostage takers.

Three other captors, he said, were killed by Nigerian forces. One Nigerian soldier was wounded in the operation.

Hammond said: “This was a difficult operation that it was judged had to be carried out at speed, in view of the risks to the lives of Chris and Franco.

“The deaths of Chris McManus and Franco Lamolinara were a terrible tragedy but let us be clear, the responsibility for their deaths lies squarely with the people who kidnapped them, held them, threatened them and then murdered them in cold blood.

“Terrorism and kidnapping can never be justified. Many of the groups responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Chris and Franco, including their senior leaders, are either dead or have been detained - an important achievement in reducing the threat of future kidnapping.

“But violent, extremist Islamist groups remain active in Nigeria and so long as they are, we will work with the Nigerian and other allies to fight the scourge of terrorism wherever it manifests itself.”

McManus and Limolinara were employees of a construction firm. They were abducted from a construction site in Birni Kebbi in May last year and taken to Sokoto. They were killed last Thursday following the storming of the hideout where they were kept by their captors.

Hammond said the British Government supported Nigerian troops in the attempted rescue of McManus and Lamolinara after receiving credible information of their location and “imminent and escalating” threats to their lives.

Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy endorsed the decision to launch the raid last Thursday.

Hammond said: “The assessment on the ground was there was a significant possibility the kidnappers, if present, were already aware their security had been compromised and if they were not, the level of military activity in the town meant there was a real risk of them developing that awareness.

“The military judgment was that the hostages were facing an imminent and escalating threat and while an immediate rescue attempt would inevitably involve risk, it represented the best chance of securing the release of Chris and Franco alive.”

Hammond said British Prime Minister David Cameron gave the go-ahead for British involvement in the assault after a briefing by military and national security advisers.

He told MPs the operation lasted about 90 minutes but that the bodies of the two hostages were found by the troops in a room at the rear of the compound.

The Defence Secretary added: “The early indications are clear both men were murdered by their captors with automatic gun fire before they could be rescued.”

Hammond told MPs a coroner’s inquest into the death of Mr McManus would be held.

He said it continued to be the policy of the British Government not to pay ransoms to terrorist groups who take hostages.

Hammond said it had become clear following the kidnap that it was being carried out by the terrorist group Boko Haram and clear demands had not been issued.

He said the kidnappers made some direct contacts with Mr McManus’s family.

“But at no time during their captivity did the kidnappers make any coherent demands.”

Hammond said the British and Nigerian Government worked closely together to try and establish where the hostages were being held.

He said on a visit to Nigeria in July 2011, Mr Cameron agreed a package of support from Britain for Nigeria’s counter-terrorism efforts with President Goodluck Jonathan.

Hammond said: “As part of that package, a sustained operation was conducted to identify members of the group responsible for the kidnapping.

“Earlier last week, a number of them were apprehended and during de-briefing late on March 7, credible intelligence was obtained identifying the probable location of the hostages at a house or compound in Sokoto, northern Nigeria.”

Hammond said Foreign Secretary William Hague then briefed Mr Cameron that evening before chairing a Cobra meeting on the new information the following morning at 8.15am. A further full briefing was then relayed to the Prime Minister.

“The location was confirmed and the Nigerian military took up position on the ground and an assault group, including UK support, was put in place.

“Following a further briefing, the Prime Minister gave authorisation to the rescue attempt, which began at 10.58am London time.

“The UK’s ambassador in Rome informed the Italian government an operation was beginning as soon as possible afterwards,” Hammond said.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/39717-uk-to-fight-boko-haram.html

Why I didn’t attend Ojukwu’s burial – Gowon

By GODWIN ORITSE

LAGOS—FORMER Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), Tuesday, explained his absence at the funeral rites of the late Biafran warlord, Dim Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, saying he already had commitments abroad on the dates of the burial.

Speaking exclusively with Vanguard at the on-going Nigerian Maritime Exposition, NIMAREX, Gen. Gowon stated that as soldiers, ”it is only proper to give due respect and honour to our opponents” but described the late Ikemba Nnewi as his opponent during the Nigerian civil war.

Gowon said he spoke with the family while Ojukwu was hospitalised and had wished him quick recovery. He also stated that because of his inability to attend the burial service, the family suggested he wrote a tribute on the programme of event, a request he happily obliged them.

He said: ” Unfortunately, the dates of my friend’s burial coincided with the dates of some commitments I already had abroad, that is in America and U.K.

“And, I did speak with Senator Obi who was the contact person and they requested I wrote a tribute, which I did. If I had been in the country, I would have attended and I had wanted to attend because I was in contact with the son and he had always called me ‘Uncle John’ because that is how he knew me when he was small.

“He wrote me a very good letter asking if I could come for his father’s funeral and honestly I wanted to, but for the commitments that I had.

“Although I had visited Ojukwu and the family at home in Enugu in April 2010 and that was the last time I saw him alive and, of course, soon after that, he took ill.

“But I was able to make contact with the family in London and spoke to his little girl, Ebele, that answered the phone and we had a good conversation with her.

“I told her to tell her daddy to come back so that we can continue the fight and the little girl burst into laughter.
“The way she laughed made me understand that she knew that I asked after her father not in hostility but in love and friendship.

“And, honestly, I will never forget the reaction of that little girl and I was made to understand that she passed the message to her mother and elders in the family,”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/03/why-i-didnt-attend-ojukwus-burial-gowon/

Not bad at all.

very funny

hehehe funny!

lets wait and hear from Don Jazzy

Real madness. He should be sleeping in a psychiatry hospital.

Interesting!

Demdem: Wait a minute. where is my signature? Mods, kindly give us this back. i cherish mine and it goes thus:

Nigerians do not panic, Terrorists attacks happens everywhere - GEJ

You have to click on a user's profile to see his/her signature for now.

Long posts but makes lots of sense.

In summary, the OP suggests:

1. A return to parliamentary system
2. Reduce the number of ministries from 42 to 18 and fuse together the non-ministerial agencies to avoid overlap, duplication and redundancy.

Instructively, Awo, who never lived in Government Quarters, had admonished his associates in government not to embrace the lifestyle they could not sustain outside office. Falae, who maintained that cabinet system is better than the executive presidency, recalled that Awo achieved that frugality and financial discipline because of the system of government in operation.

He stressed: “Under cabinet system, ministers come from the parliament. Therefore, the number of people that will make the cabinet is already pruned down. The Presidency is ceremonial and the Prime Minister, and premiers, who are the chief executives, are appointed from the parliament. They do not spend much before getting there and there is no mad rush to get the money back. If there is a national conference, we will re-open this option for debate among the ethnic nationalities. it is more efficient”.

[quote author=Inked_Nerd]Also, I noticed that now you can't tell if someone is online or offline.[/quote]You can by clicking on the person's profile. If the person is online it will say.

If he's married, then this is a rather unfortunate picture.

Not really, as a Muslim, he is allowed to marry up to 4 wives. That might be his wife Number 2 or 3 or 4 in the making.

Who no like better thing?

Sure you can. Just need to find the right person.

Hope the applications are already rolling in, might be good you at least put up your picture.

The new Nairaland is still a work in progress. It can only get better from here.

Adjust your view size if you are using a PC with Ctrl+(+) and Ctrl+(-)

Which one again is FL news?

Dont believe the story.

Beaf: [size=14pt]Yenagoa[/size]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yenagoa is a Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Yenagoa (the State capital) in the south of the area at4°55′29″N 6°15′51″E.

The LGA has an area of 700211116 km² and a population of 12,353,344 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 561.[1]

Yenagoa is the traditional home of the Ijaw people, Nigeria's largest ethnic group larger than the Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. The Ijaw form the majority of the country. English is the official language, but Epie/Atissa language, one of the Ijo languages, is the major local language spoken in Yenagoa.[citation needed]

Since attaining the status of state capital in 1996, construction and other activities have accelerated appreciably. [size=15pt]Yenagoa's population is estimated at about 12,350,000 people[/size].[citation needed] It is the home of the Bayelsa United FC, a premier league football club.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yenagoa

Let us assume the ethnic statistic is only for Yenagoa, where did Yenagoa alone got 12.35 million people from? or were they counting fishes with people?

valacious: My own is the colour brightness and also the signature, that tells what u believe in. But most important is the background font, either u change it from white or reduce the brightness. I wont visit nairaland if my eyes are going to be affected.

For now, adjust the view size with ctrl+(+) and Ctrl+(-)

That will help your eyes.

Demdem: Reports of threads am following don't go to my mail box again. Mods, kindly sort this out.

For now please use the "Followed" button at the top of the screen to check your updates. Hopefully email notification will be fixed soon.

fstranger: Omo-Iya, so it is a new beginning?

LOL.

lol

Yes it's a new beginning. But pls be nice. Note, the moderators now have the power to ban you from their sections if you misbehave. So be nice.