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yinkalink:
Lovey-dovey ish

na sooo o.

Her love is sweeter than honey and stronger than fine wine!

[quote author=BABE! link=topic=702229.msg8744114#msg8744114 date=1311052865]Awww---that's so cute. Thanks love.

For you;

http://www.4shared.com/audio/QwI2aKE_/Bob_Marley_-_Turn_Your_Lights_.htm[/quote]Soooooo lovely! Thank you my BABE!

I will also continue to give you good-good loving too.

yinkalink:
Aha! Now i see
Well i wish u a blissful married life den.

Thank you!

[quote author=BABE! link=topic=702229.msg8744082#msg8744082 date=1311051781]Yup!--- that's right. No Mini Oam4babes, and Mini Babes yet---just you and I. [/quote]Have I told you how much I love you today?

For you BABE!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvIUVRoNh0A[/flash]

yinkalink:
Er, did u just sae wives?

erm. . erm . . lemme not lie. actually I had 7 wives on here before, but have been reduced to 3 now, courtesy of my last wive BABE!  

yinkalink:
Thanks, wishin u a good nyt rest too.
So tell me, when are we goin to hear d patter of little feet here?
BABE wld make a good mother m sure.
Meanwhile bowed to pressure, n posted my pic like u n odas told me.

Good suggestion, am working at it, just that Babe is not ready to be a mum yet, she said she wanna have a 2yr honeymoon with me before having babies. I know she loves me

Whao! Very nice picture. You are beautiful! If not that I already promised BABE! that she will be my last wife, I would have commenced the process of adding you to my wives.

yinkalink:
@ BABE, Thank u!!!
Its soo good to b a fan
@ OAM4BABE, m doin good. U?

Am gud as well. Guess u are getting ready for d day. . . I wish you a beautiful day!

yinkalink:
Anytin u have dear.dnt wanna put u out so much.
Morning peeps!

Good morning Yinka, but it's still night where i am. How are you?

kandiikane:
Oam4j, I quit smoking two days ago and I am feeling the pain oo. .Seriously, I am always feeling hungry and I am shaking wella.   I am tempted to be the first person in the shops to but ciggy in the morning

Hey dont give up! That might be one of the best decisions you ever made. I dont know what it takes to quit smoking, cos i have never been a smoker, but i know what it takes to drop an old habit, the initial time is the most difficult, but if you survive it, then you 'll win the battle. So dont give up. Winners dont quit and quitters dont win.

[quote author=BABE! link=topic=702229.msg8743887#msg8743887 date=1311048049]awww---somebody is jealous---come here boo--- [/quote]lol am kool BABE!

Erm. . . kandiikane, why do you always come to my wives' threads to distract their attention from me? 

No worry sha, continue. 

^^^Thank you darling, me likey

Let's get some wines to "wash" it down

kandiikane:
Why is it that anytime nigerians cook jollof rice you have to drink water to be abled to swallow it?
Its too damn dry. . Where is the gravy?Where is the bissab? Where is the lettuce? Where is the scotch pepper? Where is the aubergine? huh huh? Kekeke, and come try open mouth lek say una invent benechin, shutupu. .

Too bad you have to drink much water to eat jollof rice. if you know how it is cooked, you'll know most of the things you mentioned are added while cooking it. We eat it like we eat every other food.

[quote author=BABE! link=topic=702229.msg8743618#msg8743618 date=1311042118]Sugar-pie, I have lots of hugs and kisses for you, my darling--- [/quote]Thank you my BABE!

I can do with good dinner right now honey

Too bad! Really bad!

Your change of the story title is wrong. It is about house leader not the speakership.

Anyways the thread already exists.


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-715405.0.html

[quote author=God, link=topic=713164.msg8742228#msg8742228 date=1311019996]I think im cool. Now my suspicion is confirmed on why mostly moderators are getting agitated. Doesn't that show how power hungered some folks are LMAO.

Don't worry when the tsunami comes, u might not be swept since u were just appointed after the presidential election.

Seriously guys i don't see any reason why u should be angry or decide to take it personal. The person i suggested to accepted and yet might not implement. whether or not he does, i don't care.

Pls lets be reasonable and be calm[/quote]Trust me, nothing personal and am not scared or agitated about anything.

I wish you Goodluck!

Whao! It's a year already!

happy Birthday Sienna!

The Storm is over now – R. Kelly

The Storm is over now – R. Kelly

[quote author=God, link=topic=713164.msg8741145#msg8741145 date=1311009297]why is it that its mostly moderators that are 'indirectly' kicking against this idea? Im 100% that the 3 moderators that have contributed here would support the idea if they were to be at the other side.

The owner whom the thread was attentioned to said this in response[/quote]ke ke ke ke 

Interesting idea doesn't mean brilliant idea. I also find your idea interesting.

As someone whose studies allowed and demanded to innovate ideas, you should be used to idea criticisms. Just go back to the drawing board and take care of issues raised

Interesting!

I have no problem with your "controlled balloting" method of appointing a moderator. That is hoping that majority know what/who is right, cos majority do not always make the right decision. Again hoping that the moderator's loyalty will be to the forum and not to his/her friends that elected him.

But I have a problem with your rotational/tenure idea. I do not see the need of changing a winning team just for the purpose of change. But any moderator not doing his job should be sacked immediately even if he has only been appointed for a week.

Abeg o, let them keep the bomb out of Lagos o.

Considering the crowd in Lagos, the number of casualties will be so high in the event of any bomb explosion.

I guess it is the price Lagos has to pay for being in the opposition.

But Again Lagos voted for GEJ not Ribadu or Buhari

[size=13pt]ACN condemns ‘uncaring’ Jonathan[/size]

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday expressed its disappointment at the failure of President Goodluck Jonathan to visit Lagos State, and show concern, in the aftermath of last Sunday’s devastating flooding in parts of the state.
The party, in a statement issued in London by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said President Jonathan should realise he is the President of all Nigerians, not only of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its supporters, hence he should see the entire country as his constituency.
Besides, it said, Lagos is the economic heartbeat of Nigeria and home to all Nigerians, irrespective of their tribes, hence whatever affects Lagos touches every Nigerian one way or the other.

ACN wondered how the President can be so quiet despite the devastating effect of an unusually heavy rainfall on in Lagos on July 10, in which some 264mm of rainfall (a volume equivalent to what is usually recorded in one month of rainfall) was recorded in a single day, leading to massive flooding that claimed the lives of many residents and caused a huge damage to property.

The party said: “A President that is not too busy to receive all manners of people in Aso Rock has not deemed it fit to embark on a quick trip to a state as strategic for all Nigerians and the nation’s economy as Lagos, after such a state was hit hard by a natural disaster. Even if the President and his advisers did not understand the symbolism of such visit, they could have taken a cue from what obtains in other climes.
The party went on: “In April 2010, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao both postponed planned overseas trips because of a strong earthquake in Northwestern China. In April 2010, US President Barrack Obama visited flood-hit Massachusetts, and personally thanked emergency operation officials monitoring flooding in the state. He carried out a similar tour of tornado-hit Missouri this year. And in November 2009, then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited flood-hit Cumbria in Northwest England to see the damage caused and show government support for the victims.

“These are instances to be emulated by any leader who believes the people are the source of his powers. President Jonathan, who by the way received massive votes in Lagos during the last elections, should not be an exception,’’ the party said. “Today marks the eighth day since the Lagos flooding, and President Jonathan has yet to visit the state or even comment on the incident. This is not right.’’

ACN expressed shock that instead of the President’s party pointing him to the right path by encouraging him to visit Lagos after the flooding to show federal support and rally emergency service officials, especially the National Emergency Management Agency, the party (PDP) resorted to cheap politics by asking Gov. Fashola to resign, as if he - or anyone at all - has control over natural disasters.

The party praised Governor Babatunde Fashola and his team for their prompt response to the flood disaster, saying the state government’s show of concern for the victims and its quick intervention to alleviate their suffering went a long way in soothing the pains of affected Lagosians and reassuring them that their government cares.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/12775-acn-condemns-%E2%80%98uncaring%E2%80%99-jonathan.html

Kobojunkie:
Yes!! last year's 1 billion naira from the FG -- I read has been released to Lagos State. It was supposed to be used to help flood victims, from last year's flood. Less than a year later, the same Lagos is asking for more flood money. Questions abound.

Considering the magnitude of the problem, how far can 1 billion go in addressing the problem?

Remind me again of how much billions was spent for 1 week independence celebration?

[size=13pt]MPs bow to PDP, accept Mulikat[/size]

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Members of the House of Representatives at the weekend caved in to pressure from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and withdrew their opposition to the appointment of Rep Mulikat Adeola-Akande as the new House Leader, Daily Trust gathered in Abuja yesterday.
The MPs had earlier rejected Mulikat as House Leader after they accused the Presidency and PDP of forcing her on them in a “move to check” Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal who was elected Speaker on June 6 in defiance of the party’s zoning formula.
Mrs. Akande, who hails from Oyo State, was PDP’s preferred candidate for the Speakership but lost to Tambuwal when the lower legislative chamber was inaugurated on June 6.

The lawmakers made a u-turn after intense pleading by Tambuwal and his deputy Emeka Ihedioha who “spent the whole of last week pleading with their colleagues and making them see reason in accepting Mulikat as House leader,” a source said.

Shortly after their election, Tambuwal and Ihedioha went to the PDP’s Wadata Plaza and apologised to the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), during which the PDP chieftains asked them to allow it re-zone the other Principal officers’ positions and subsequently re-zoned the Hose Leader to the South-west geo-political zone and endorsed Mulikat but the legislators kicked against it and insisted on giving it to Rep Muraino Ajibola (PDP, Oyo), who was also a front runner in the Speakership election before he was forced to withdraw by his political god-father, former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

On Tuesday last week, the Speaker announced the composition of all House Principal Officers except the House Leader which he said “we are still discussing and dialoguing and will be formalized in due course.” A member who does not want his name in print said, “The Speaker pleaded with us and made us understand that his truce with the Presidency and PDP will be jeopardised if Mulikat is not accepted.”

Tambuwal, according sources has been meeting with his colleagues at the weekend and Mulikat herself was said to have reached out to them and pleaded with them to accept her. “Before, she thought it is the Presidency that will make her House Leader, since she has their backing, but she has humbled herself and we are all colleagues and we have nothing against her person,” a member said.

The source said barring any last minute change, Tambuwal will announce Mulikat as House Leader tomorrow (Tuesday). The Speaker is then expected to move quickly afterwards to constitute the 84 House standing committees.

http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23307:mps-bow-to-pdp-accept-mulikat&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8

[size=13pt]Police foiled bomb attack in Lagos[/size]

There was pandemonium in the sleepy town of Ikorodu, outskirt of Lagos, yesterday, as a woman suspected to be conveying some substance suspected to be a bomb was arrested at the weekend near a filling station.
The Fulani woman, according to our correspondents, was arrested by the police when a fuel attendant raised an alarm.

The woman, (names withheld) who was said to be carrying a baby, the source told Nigerian Pilot, had approached a filling station attendant to allow her keep in his custody a black cellophane bag containing the suspected deadly substance that has now been transferred to bomb experts in an undisclosed location for test and analysis.

Nigerian Pilot gathered that drama started when the petrol attendant refused to grant the suspected bomb messenger her request, and in an argument that ensued between him and the woman, unsuspecting passers-by including security operatives stationed few metres from the filling station intervened and upon search of the content in the bag, the substance was discovered and she could not give convincing explanation.

It was gathered that the content of the black bag and the woman were whisked away to a nearby police station for further investigation.
It was gathered that the news of the arrest spread across the length and breadth of Ikorodu as residents went wild as parents made frantic efforts to get their children under their cover at home.
The rumour mill was that Boko Haram has invaded the town and pandemonium was let loose.

At the Sagamu Police Station, Ikorodu where the alleged bomb carrier was kept for preliminary interrogation, armed police men were hurriedly deployed to man the entrance to the station while all manners of visitors were sent back except negligible few with very urgent and important business with the station but who were thoroughly searched.The woman it was learnt will immediately be transferred to the state CID Panti for further interrogation.


http://www.nigerianpilot.com/?q=content/police-foil-bomb-attack-lagos

[size=13pt]Don’t provoke my govt, Kwankwaso warns Shekarau[/size]

KANO – Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State has warned his predecessor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, to refrain from actions that will set him on collision course with the new administration in the state.

Kwankwaso, who spoke on a Radio Nigeria Kaduna political programme ‘Hanu Da Yawa’ relayed live in Kano by Radio Kano and Pyramid Radio, stressed his readiness to checkmate ‘’such excesses for peace to reign’’.

Gov. Kwankwaso warned that ‘‘we have the capacity to deal with anyone that shows the tenacity to under- mine my administration through unguarded utterances and actions”.

Kwankwaso was appointed Defence minister by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2003 shortly after he was rejected at the poll by Kano voters for a second term in office.

Kwankwaso’s warning shot was a climax of a cold war between the two Kano political gladiators in recent months

Sequel to the development, security was strengthened in Kano while there was a noticeable presence of a combined team of Army and police personnel at the city centre and strategic places to keep the peace.

Kwankwaso accused his predecessor of running a parallel government in the state, pointing out that Shekarau constituted several committees that allegedly indulged in covert and overt operations.

The tough-talking Kano governor who practically relocated from Kano during Shekarau’s tenure said, ‘‘I stayed away for no fewer than 16 Sallah festivities in the city to give peace a chance.’’

Kwankwaso also condemned Shekarau for allegedly spending over N3 billion tax-payers’ money to build a private mansion, adding that such development is ‘highly unfair’ to the population of over nine million people that lack basic necessities of life.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/dont-provoke-my-govt-kwankwaso-warns-shekarau/

[size=13pt]‘Release emergency funds for Lagos flood victims'[/size]

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The Lagos State Commissioner for Housing, Bosun Jeje, on Sunday urged the Federal Government to release funds to the state to ameliorate the devastation caused by the recent flood.

Mr Jeje told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the effect of the July 10 rain and its attendant flood on human settlements was overwhelming for the state.

"The effect of that rain on human settlement was devastating and aside from taking many lives, it also destroyed many homes and properties," he said.

While commiserating with the victims, the commissioner urged residents of the state to desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse in drainage channels.

Mr Jeje also appealed to people who built on drainage setbacks to remove them in the interest of other citizens.

According to him, buildings on drainage setbacks constitute the biggest threat to the free flow of water.

He noted that adequate housing was a major challenge in megacities worldwide, and that Lagos as an emerging megacity, was no exception.

Jeje said the loss of many homes to the flood had worsened the accommodation situation in the state, which according to him has a housing deficit of more than 500,000.

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/Metro/Environment/5733446-146/story.csp

[size=13pt]‘Nigeria’ll overtake US if it has 24 hours electricity, security’[/size]

By SAM ANOKAM
Saturday, July 16, 2011


• Anyoha
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As Nigeria has set a target of being among the 20th best economies in the world, a Nigerian living in the United States, Dr. Anselm Anyoha, has said that the country has the potentiality to excel.
Speaking with Saturday Sun, he said that with 24 hours electricity and security, among others, Nigeria could overtake such countries as United States and China.
He spoke on this and other things.

How would you rate Nigerians living in the USA?
I would identify Nigerians living in USA in three categories. One, apathy: To describe those who have given up hope on Nigeria; Two, confrontational: Those who attack and oppose everything that comes out from the Nigerian leadership at home; three, nostalgia: Those who are looking for opportunities to contribute and to add to the quality of leadership and development in Nigeria. You have to understand that most Nigerians living in the USA have tough love for Nigeria. We all want nothing but excellence for the motherland even though we might be approaching it from different angles.

Since he came to office, President Jonathan has been urging Nigerians in Diaspora to return home. What do you think? Are you thinking of heeding the call to return home?
The president is definitely making the right call at the right time. Roughly, half of my classmates from medical school are abroad. These are the generation of Nigerians that I like to call the ‘independent day babies’ because they were born in the sixties. Every generation has its domineering psyche. My generation is lucky because our parent’s sense of nationalism that existed at this point in historical time rubbed off on us. As such, we carry ourselves differently, we behave differently and we have a peculiar sense of patriotism. The question is where is this generation now in terms of national consciousness? It saddens me to tell you that most of us are languishing in the nebulous cloud called Diaspora. This generation of Nigerians that are repository of knowledge and experience are running out of productive juice. The time to put them to use in Nigeria is now. Please do not misunderstand me. I am not taking anything away from other generations. It is just that those Nigerian born in the sixties are special. The sixties in Nigeria was an era of nationalism. Those Nigerian children born in the sixties have in them that which no other generations of Nigerians have.

With your experience in the USA would you accept government appointment if given?
What do you do when you are going to turn the fabulous 50 and you have practised medicine for the last 25 years? For me, there will be nothing more gratifying and honorable than to serve the motherland in a public capacity. Very often solutions to problems can be clearer when one is looking in from the outside. The same reason taking a vacation is a good thing, because one has stepped outside the confines of one’s environment to reevaluate conditions. Therefore looking at Nigerian needs from the viewpoint of united state has some special merits.

USA experience has taught me that premium is paid for only results and hard work, irrespective of one’s education and titles. Everybody is rewarded more or less on his or her ability to deliver on goals. In the USA, it is inevitable that one has to joggle many balls and wear many hats at the same time. With a family of three children, I have run my own private medical practice in the United States for nearly 15 years. I have also participated in the Nigerian socio-political mix. I am the chairman of the State of Connecticut branch of PDP, USA chapter. I was also the Secretary General (operation) of the GNGG USA, an organisation that campaigned for the president abroad during the last election. I am the publicity secretary of Igbozue, a socio cultural organisation that caters for need of the Igbo in the State of Connecticut. I am a member of the city of Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce. I am a Major in the American army reserve. I have written a book, published newspapers and so on. Yes, I am at the service of the president or any leadership that needs my participation, energy, and fervour advisory roles in areas of health, medicine, security, power or safety.

What would you say about President Jonathan’s cabinet?
I do not personally know the members of his cabinet, to make an informed opinion about them. However, what is more important is not from where each of the president’s cabinet members began, but where they would take the country to in the next four months or four years. Hopefully, the president has chosen people he is comfortable with; people that will help fulfill his agenda. I think that the president has genuine intention for the country and abundance of goodwill from the Nigerian public.

People have areas of strength and areas of weaknesses. Oftentimes, public servants start strong only to quickly go astray. To err is human. Developed countries, such as the United States, have recognised this human frailty and have put multiple layers of checks and balances to combat it. For example, government employees as well as their supervisors need to be supervised up to the last chain of command. Regularly, verifiable accountability should be baked in the cake of all public servants. Trust alone, as a measure of moral virtue in public service, is folly.

What do you think will make Nigeria develop like USA? If you set an agenda for the government what will you suggest? And what do you think would help Nigeria achieve its aim of being among the first 20 economically vibrant nations in the world by 2020?
Simple, give Nigeria 24 hour per day electric power and I can guarantee you that the country will take off, like Brazil and China. Add security to the equation and in 20 years Nigeria will overtake the United State of America in development. Who do you think most of the top doctors and engineers and IT experts, and professors, accountants, transportation moguls, scientists in America are? They are Nigerians. Never for a second doubt the trajectory, the ‘I can do it attitude’ of a Nigerian. Motherland is severely handicapped by lack of electricity and security. And that is why I also have interest in these fields. I know that I can contribute to solving some of these problems ones and for all. Forty years ago I used candles to light my room in the village. In 2010, when I visited home, I still used candles to light my room. This ought to stop.

We understand that you established an annual academic award programme in your hometown. What is this about and what informed it?
Thank you so much for asking me to talk about this. I can tell you without hesitation that this is what I consider my most rewarding accomplishment. I was born into a business family. Every grown-up I knew was a trader. My dad was a businessman. I used the word ‘was’ because I lost my dad (the Mbamaonyuku 1 of Akokwa) recently. I feel very teary whenever I remember the death of my father. But I found my academic epiphany any in life.

The point is that not every child born in the village or urban community gets an early academic epiphany. Often, there are no significant role models. The Anyoha Annual Academic Award is intended to stir among students the impetus to compete and to be recognised and rewarded. For a young mind, this is certainly a big deal. I give out certificates and financial awards to the first, the second and the third prize winners. A lot goes into preparation and competition. Participating schools in my home town, Akokwa, field in four of their top students at SS3 level. The exam is a 100 multiple choice questions in areas of physics, chemistry, biology, English and mathematics. The exam material are prepared in the USA and mailed to Nigeria each year. My secondary school teacher is one of the exam proctors and I liaise with the town union to give out both the certificates and monetary awards during charismas celebration. The community gets so much pomp and satisfaction doing this. We have done this since 2008. I have given more than N300, 000 in awards only. Proctors are compensated for their time and efforts. Yearly T-shirts are provided and the students get to take photograph with community leaders.

What also informed your philanthropic gestures in the areas of medicine?
Simple gestures do make huge differences in people’s life. There are so many medical needs at home. As a paediatrician, I like to consult, diagnose and give out medications at local hospital in my village. Folks are always appreciative. You can see the smiles on their faces. Also I send drugs to community and urban hospitals whenever I can. Sending medicine to Nigeria costs me only hundreds of dollars at a time, but it helps better lots of ailments and suffering. I get lots of positive feedback from the beneficiary hospitals, doctors, parents and children. There are plenty of organisations in the United States that give out medicines to physicians on humanitarian bases. But, of course, the physicians have to pay for cost of transportation to Nigeria. Medications, such as antibiotics and asthma medication, are life savers when used appropriately. This is a little price to pay considering how much Nigeria has done for me. Did you know that I attended medical school for free in University College Hospital, Ibadan? I do not remember asking my father for school fees. But that was in the mid eighties. I have a lot to be thankful for. Giving a little back is the least that I can do.

Are you interested in politics?
I am not interested in ‘politicking,’ which I define as trickery and deception, but I am interested in politics. Politics, to me, is a means through which interested parties thrash out their differences in order to reach a compromise for their benefits and the benefit of the citizenry in the interest of peace, equity and justice. Humanity will always compete for food, power and pleasure. No two persons think alike and as we begin to dialogue with one another we can accommodate each other’s need and that is what politics should be. Good politics create good policies while bad politics create backward policies.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/politics/2011/july/16/politics-16-07-2011-001.html