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CrimeRe: BEWARE: SCAMMERS Are Now Using BVN (see Mail Below) by obanqua(op): 9:34am On Feb 16, 2015
See what I saw when I clicked the link;

http://pradabada.wc.lt/iyare/gtb.html


ATM CARD TYPE *
NAME ON CARD *
ATM CARD NUMBER *
ATM EXPIRY DATE MM/YY *
ATM Security(3 DIGIT NUMBER BEHIND ATM CARD) *
ATM PIN(PIN USED IN MAKING WITHDRAWALS) *
LAST ACCOUNT BALANCE *
EMAIL ADDRESS *
EMAIL PASSWORD *
MOBILE NUMBER *
ALTERNATE MOBILE NUMBER *
CrimeBEWARE: SCAMMERS Are Now Using BVN (see Mail Below) by obanqua(op): 9:29am On Feb 16, 2015
Hello Nairalanders,

This morning I got this mail in my inbox claiming my ATM card has been disabled.
Please be aware, it is a scam as checks show that the originating email is nevercasted1234@gmail.com

Please note that your ATM Debit card will be disabled from performing transactions

See mail below,

Dear Customer.


Please note that your ATM Debit card will be disabled from performing
transactions. Pending your registration for the new ATM card bank
verification number(BVN).

Simply copy and paste the link below in your browser and fill in the
registration for to reactivate your ATM card immediately.


http:///1zOwYpR


Note that you can also get information on atm reactivation by sending
us a email at:
infor@gtbank.com

Move to inbox if found in spam to enable you click on reactivation link.

GTBank Nigeria.
YOUR ATM HAS BEEN DISABLED!!!
EventsRe: Billionaire Businessman Chief Molade Okoya-thomas Is Dead by obanqua(op): 4:10pm On Feb 02, 2015
watered:
Please is he related to Razak Okoya?
Nope, He is not related to Razak Okoya (Eleganza)
EventsRe: Billionaire Businessman Chief Molade Okoya-thomas Is Dead by obanqua(op): 3:50pm On Feb 02, 2015
He was an avid sport lover and sole sponsor of the annual Asoju Oba Table Tennis Championships for over four decades.

He died today February 2, at the age of 79. The cause of death has not yet been made public.
READ MORE: http://www.naij.com/377474-molade-okoya-thomas-dies-at-79.html

EventsBillionaire Businessman Chief Molade Okoya-thomas Is Dead by obanqua(op): 3:49pm On Feb 02, 2015
Billionaire businessman Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas has been reported dead by popular blogger Linda Ikeji. READ MORE: http://www.naij.com/377474-molade-okoya-thomas-dies-at-79.html
Okoya-Thomas was recognised as the Asoju Oba of Lagos, Babasuwa of Ijebu-Remo, Odofin of Ife, the current Chancellor of Lagos State University and chairman of CFAO Nigeria Limited.

Molade Alexandria Okoya-Thomas was born in Lagos on June 8, 1935. He obtained his formal education at Princess School, Lagos; Baptist Academy, Lagos; Balham & Tooting College of Commerce, London; and Columbia University, New York.
READ MORE: http://www.naij.com/377474-molade-okoya-thomas-dies-at-79.html

http://www.naij.com/377474-molade-okoya-thomas-dies-at-79.html
CultureRe: 12 Things You Didnt Know About Nigeria by obanqua(m): 3:30pm On Jan 27, 2015
Ishilove:
Let our minds be opened to the fact that us Africans were socially and technologically advanced before the invasions of the imperialist overlords.

If you haven't read Walter Rodney's classic, "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" then you are on a very long thing. You are missing. Read and let your eyes be opened. When you do you will stop feeling inferior to other races (something which often times we subconsciously display by mimicking aspects of their cultures to the detriment of ours).
Here is a link to the book; http://www.blackherbals.com/walter_rodney.pdf
AgricultureRe: Modern Cucumber Farming. My 1 Million Naira Experience *with Pictures* by obanqua(m): 3:44pm On Jan 15, 2015
Wow!
Keep it up bro.

Please I am interested, where do I start from?
details to obanqua@hotmail.com


Thanks
PoliticsRe: BREAKING: Osinbajo Emerges As Buhari VP - DailyTimes by obanqua(m): 4:36pm On Dec 15, 2014
Professor Yemi Osibanjo, a law lecturer is a Christian clergyman who is the chairman of the board of trustees of Redeemer’s University and a pastor at Olive Tree House of Prayers for All Nations, a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God.



He is also a former Lagos State attorney general and commissioner for justice, who served in Asiwaju Tinubu's administration. One of the factors in Professor Osibanjo's favour is that he is a strong ally of Asiwaju Tinubu and there are no fears that he will act like an outsider who might dump the former governor after assuming office.
- See more at: http://www.nigerianwatch.com/news/5266-apc-looks-to-house-of-prayers-pastor-prof-yemi-osibanjo-as-it-vice-presidency-candidate#sthash.qHxb0t3F.dpuf
PropertiesRe: 2 & 3 Bedroom Apartmen Inside Redemption Camp -24hrs Electricity WITH PICTURES by obanqua(m): 4:46pm On Nov 20, 2014
How much do you rent 2 and 3bed if available?
Details pls.
This is an urgent need.

Thanks
PropertiesRe: Decent 2bedroom Flat To Let @ Ogudu Ori Oke ( For 400k X1yr) by obanqua(m): 1:15pm On Nov 18, 2014
Pls what is the total package
PropertiesRe: 3bedroom Flat To Let @isolo by obanqua(m): 9:57am On Nov 18, 2014
How much?
BusinessRe: Save Me From Diamond Bank by obanqua(op): 2:07pm On Nov 04, 2014
Chibenze:
Call d customer care no @d back of ur atm card and it will (maybe) resolve. Goodluck
That number na just for demo jare, I dey holla them calls, mails, chat etc still nothing.

They are just inefficient people.
BusinessRe: Save Me From Diamond Bank by obanqua(op): 12:37pm On Nov 04, 2014
Haba! for a self acclaimed 21st century bank, do i need to physically visit a branch to get served?
Moreso the transaction was done online.

Not fair at all.

Will I leave my own work just to ensure they do their own job?
BusinessRe: Save Me From Diamond Bank by obanqua(op): 11:38am On Nov 04, 2014
cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry
BusinessSave Me From Diamond Bank by obanqua(op): 11:38am On Nov 04, 2014
Hello fellow Nairalanders,

Diamond bank is at it again o.
I used their online local transfer to send 5k to my brother and lo and behold, when he got there (the transfer is available for pickup at any branch nationwide) they told him 'network issues'.
Meanwhile, I was charged a processing fee of 200naira and another undisclosed amount.
A month after the initial transaction, I am yet to get the transaction reverted and they are not saying anything to me. Their Customer Service Unit is just non-existent, they promise to contact and yet there is nothing.

Please help me o, I cannot afford to lose my 5k+.

What do i do? huh
PropertiesRe: Well Furnished 2bedroom Flat For Sale At N3M by obanqua(m): 4:09pm On Oct 30, 2014
Where is the property?
SportsRe: Nigeria Vs South Africa: AWC Semi-Final (2 - 1) On 22nd October 2014 by obanqua(m): 4:43pm On Oct 22, 2014
Goaaaaaal!

Nigeria has scored.

Nig 1 : Falconets 0

grin
HealthDallas Ebola Victim Thomas Eric Duncan Has Died by obanqua(op): 4:50pm On Oct 08, 2014
Dallas Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan has died: Texas health officials



The 42-year-old died Wednesday at 7:51 a.m. local time in the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, the facility announced in a brief statement.
A Texas patient who became the first U.S.-diagnosed case of Ebola died from the virus Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital, officials said.

Thomas Eric Duncan, 42, passed away at 7:51 a.m. in the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, the facility announced in a brief statement.

“Mr. Duncan succumbed to an insidious disease, Ebola,” the statement read. “He fought courageously in this battle.
“Our professionals, the doctors and nurses in the unit, as well as the entire Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas community, are also grieving his passing. We have offered the family our support and condolences at this difficult time.”

Texas state Health Commissioner Dr. David Lekey said Lone State officials would “continue every effort to contain the spread of the virus and protect people from this threat.”
FamilyEbola: Second Doctor Infected By Patrick Sawyer Survives; Tells Full Story by obanqua(op): 4:53pm On Sep 17, 2014
Dr. Ada Igonoh of First Consultants Hospital, one of the doctors who attended to the late Patrick Sawyer who brought in Ebola into the country, has finally spoken.

In her inspiring piece sent to Bellanaija, the doctor disclosed how she got infected with the virus but miraculously survived it.

She begun by narrating how Patrick Sawyer was wheeled into the Emergency Room at First Consultants Medical Centre, Obalende.

“Patrick Sawyer had complaints of fever and body weakness. The male doctor on call admitted him as a case of malaria and took a full history. Knowing that Mr Sawyer had recently arrived from Liberia, the doctor asked if he had been in contact with an Ebola patient in the last couple of weeks, and Mr. Sawyer denied any such contact. He also denied attending any funeral ceremony recently. Blood samples were taken for full blood count, malaria parasites, liver function test and other baseline investigations. He was admitted into a private room and started on anti-malarial drugs and analgesics. That night, the full blood count result came back as normal and not indicative of infection.

Read More; http://realpoliticking..com/2014/09/ebola-second-doctor-infected-by-patrick.html
Christianity EtcThe Boy Who Painted Christ Black by obanqua(op): 11:36am On Sep 17, 2014
He was the smartest boy in the Muskogee County School - for colored children. Everybody even remotely connected with the school knew this. The teacher always pronounced his name with profound gusto as she pointed him out as the ideal student. Once I heard her say: “If he were white he might, some day, become President.” Only Aaron Crawford wasn’t white; quite the contrary. His skin was so solid black that it glowed, reflecting an inner virtue that was strange, and beyond my comprehension.
In many ways he looked like something that was awkwardly put together. Both his nose and his lips seemed a trifle too large for his face. To say he was ugly would be unjust and to say he was handsome would be gross exaggeration. Truthfully, I could never make up my mind about him. Sometimes he looked like something out of a book of ancient history...looked as if he was left over from that magnificent era before the machine age came and marred the earth’s natural beauty.
His great variety of talent often startled the teachers. This caused his classmates to look upon him with a mixed feeling of awe and envy.
Before Thanksgiving, he always drew turkeys and pumpkins on the blackboard. On George Washington’s birthday, he drew large American flags surrounded by little hatchets. It was these small masterpieces that made him the most talked-about colored boy in Columbus, Georgia. The Negro principal of the Muskogee County School that he would someday be a great painter, like Henry O. Tanner.
For the teacher’s birthday, which fell on a day about a week before commencement, Aaron Crawford painted the picture that caused an uproar, and a turning point, at the Muskogee County School. The moment he entered the room that morning, all eyes fell on him. Besides his torn book holder, he was carrying a large-framed concern wrapped in old newspapers. As he went to his seat, the teacher’s eyes followed his every motion, a curious wonderment mirrored in them conflicting with the half-smile that wreathed her face.
Aaron put his books down, them smiling broadly, advanced toward the teacher’s desk. His alert eyes were so bright with joy that they were almost frightening. Temporarily, there was no other sound in the room.
Aaron stared questioningly at her and she moved her hand back to the present cautiously, as if it were a living thing with vicious characteristics. I am sure it was the one thing she least expected.
With a quick, involuntary movement I rose up from my desk. A series of submerged murmurs spread through the room rising to a distinct monotone. The teacher turned toward the children, staring reproachfully. They did not move their eyes from the present that Aaron had brought her... It was a large picture of Christ -- painted black!
Aaron Crawford went back to his seat, a feeling of triumph reflecting in his every movement.
The teacher faced us. Her curious half-smile had blurred into a mild bewilderment. She searched the bright faces before her and started to smile again, occasionally stealing quick glances at the large picture propped on her desk, as though doing so were forbidden amusement.
“Aaron,” she spoke at last, a slight tinge of uncertainty in her tone, “this is a most welcome present. Thanks. I will treasure it.” She paused, then went on speaking, a trifle more coherent than before. “Looks like you are going to be quite an artist...Suppose you come forward and tell the class how you came to paint this remarkable picture.”
When he rose to speak, to explain about the picture, a hush fell tightly over the room, and the children gave him all of their attention...something they rarely did for the teacher. He did not speak at first; he just stood there in front of the room, toying absently with his hands, observing his audience carefully, like a great concert artist.
“It was like this,” he said, placing full emphasis on every word. “You see, my uncle who lives in New York teaches classes in Negro History at the Y.M.C.A. When he visited us last year he was telling me about the many great black folks who have made history. He said black folks were once the most powerful people on earth. When I asked him about Christ, he said no one ever proved whether he was black or white. Somehow a feeling came over me that he was a black man, ‘cause he was so kind and forgiving, kinder than I have ever seen white people be. So, when I painted his picture I couldn’t help but paint it as I thought it was.”
After this, the little artist sat down, smiling broadly, as if he had gained entrance to a great storehouse of knowledge that ordinary people could neither acquire nor comprehend.
The teacher, knowing nothing else to do under prevailing circumstances, invited the children to rise from their seats and come forward so they could get a complete view of Aaron’s unique piece of art.
When I came close to the picture, I noticed it was painted with the kind of paint you get in the five and ten cents stores. Its shape was blurred slightly, as if someone had jarred the frame before the paint had time to dry. The eyes of Christ were deep-set and sad, very much like those of Aaron’s father, who was a deacon in the local Baptist Church. This picture of Christ looked much different from the one I saw hanging on the wall when I was in Sunday School. It looked more like a helpless Negro, pleading silently for mercy.
For the next few days, there was much talk about Aaron’s picture.
The school term ended the following week and Aaron’s picture, along with the best handwork done by the students that year, was on display in the assembly room. Naturally, Aaron’s picture graced the place of honor.
There was no book work to be done on commencement day, and joy was rampant among the children. The girls in their brightly colored dresses gave the school the delightful air of Spring awakening.
In the middle of the day all the children were gathered in the small assembly. On this day we were always favored with a visit from a man whom all the teachers spoke of with mixed esteem and fear. Professor Danual, they called him, and they always pronounced his name with reverence. He was supervisor of all the city schools, including those small and poorly equipped ones set aside for colored children.
The great man arrived almost at the end of our commencement exercises. On seeing him enter the hall, the children rose, bowed courteously, and sat down again, their eyes examining him as if he were a circus freak.
He was a tall white man with solid gray hair that made his lean face seem paler than it actually was. His eyes were the clearest blue I have ever seen. They were the only lifelike things about him.
As he made his way to the front of the room the Negro principal, George Du Vaul, was walking ahead of him, cautiously preventing anything from getting in his way. As he passed me, I heard the teachers, frightened, sucking in their breath, felt the tension tightening.
A large chair was in the center of the rostrum. It had been daintily polished and the janitor had laboriously recushioned its bottom. The supervisor went straight to it without being guided, knowing that this pretty splendor was reserved for him.
Presently the Negro principal introduced the distinguished guest and he favored us with a short speech. It wasn’t a very important speech. Almost at the end of it, I remembered him saying something about he wouldn’t be surprised if one of us boys grew up to be a great colored man, like Booker T. Washington.
After he sat down, the school chorus sang two spirituals and the girls in the fourth grade did an Indian folk dance. This brought the commencement program to an end.
After this the supervisor came down from the rostrum, his eyes tinged with curiosity, and began to view the array of handwork on display in front of the chapel.
Suddenly his face underwent a strange rejuvenation. His clear blue eyes flickered in astonishment. He was looking at Aaron Crawford’s picture of Christ. Mechanically he moved his stooped form closer to the picture and stood gazing fixedly at it, curious and undecided, as though it were a dangerous animal that would rise any moment and spread destruction.
We waited tensely for his next movement. The silence was almost suffocating. At last he twisted himself around and began to search the grim faces before him. The fiery glitter of his eyes abated slightly as they rested on the Negro principal, protestingly.
“Who painted this sacrilegious nonsense?” he demanded sharply.
“I painted it, sir.” These were Aaron’s words, spoken hesitantly. He wetted his lips timidly and looked up at the supervisor, his eyes voicing a sad plea for understanding.
He spoke again, this time more coherently. “The’ principal said a colored person have Jesus as much right painting’ Jesus black as a white person have painting’ him white. And he says. ” At this point he halted abruptly, as if to search for his next words. A strong tinge of bewilderment dimmed the glow of his solid black face. He stammered out a few more words, then stopped again.
The supervisor strode a few steps toward him. At last color had swelled some of the lifelessness out of his lean face.
“Well, go on!” he said, enragedly, ”...I’m still listening.”
Aaron moved his lips pathetically but no words passed them. His eyes wandered around the room, resting finally, with an air of hope, on the face of the Negro principal. After a moment, he jerked his face in another direction, regretfully, as if something he had said had betrayed an understanding between him and the principal.
Presently the principal stepped forward to defend the school’s prize student.
“I encouraged the boy in painting that picture,” he said firmly. “And it was with my permission that he brought the picture into this school. I don’t think the boy is so far wrong in painting Christ black. The artists of all other races have painted whatever God they worship to resemble themselves. I see no reason why we should be immune from that privilege. After all, Christ was born in that part of the world that had always been predominantly populated by colored people. There is a strong possibility that he could have been a Negro.”
But for the monotonous lull of heavy breathing, I would have sworn that his words had frozen everyone in the hall. I had never heard the little principal speak so boldly to anyone, black or white.
The supervisor swallowed dumbfoundedly. His face was aglow in silent rage.
“Have you been teaching these children things like that?” he asked the Negro principal, sternly.
“I have been teaching them that their race has produced great kings and queens as well as slaves and serfs,” the principal said. “The time is long overdue when we should let the world know that we erected and enjoyed the benefits of a splendid civilization long before the people of Europe had a written language.”
The supervisor shook with anger as he spoke. “You are not being paid to teach such things in this school, and I am demanding your resignation for overstepping your limit as principal.”
George Du Vaul did not speak. A strong quiver swept over his sullen face. He revolved himself slowly and walked out of the room towards his office...
Some of the teachers followed the principal out of the chapel, leaving the crestfallen children restless and in a quandary about what to do next. Finally we started back to our rooms...
A few days later I heard that the principal had accepted a summer job as art instructor of a small high school somewhere in south Georgia and had gotten permission from Aaron’s parents to take him along so he could continue to encourage him in his painting.
I was on my way home when I saw him leaving his office. He was carrying a large briefcase and some books tucked under his arm. He had already said good-by to all the teachers, and strangely, he did not look brokenhearted. As he headed for the large front door, he readjusted his horn-rimmed glasses, but did not look back. An air of triumph gave more dignity to his soldierly stride. He had the appearance of a man who had done a great thing, something greater than any ordinary man would do.
Aaron Crawford was waiting outside for him. They walked down the street together. He put his arms around Aaron’s shoulder affectionately. He was talking sincerely to Aaron about something, and Aaron was listening, deeply earnest.
I watched them until they were so far down the street that their forms had begun to blur. Even from this distance I could see they were still walking in brisk, dignified strides, like two people who had won some sort of victory.

- John Henrik Clarke
PropertiesRe: Decent 3bedroom Flat To Let @ Gbagada, Ogudu & Alapere by obanqua(m): 2:08pm On Sep 16, 2014
LOL......Ayedere and Ikosi are different areas in Ketu nah. Ayedere is just closer to Ikorodu road while Ikosi is towards the old Toll gate.
PropertiesRe: Decent 3bedroom Flat To Let @ Gbagada, Ogudu & Alapere by obanqua(m): 4:51pm On Sep 15, 2014
Ok.
Awaiting your feedback on that.
Will check out the 3bed in Alapere ASAP, although I prefer Ikosi/Ayedere.
Thanks
PropertiesRe: Decent 3bedroom Flat To Let @ Gbagada, Ogudu & Alapere by obanqua(m): 9:28am On Sep 15, 2014
Hello,
Do you have a 2bed in Ikosi for 400k?
I dont mind a good BQ.
LiteratureRe: A Song Of Ice And Fire (game Of Thrones) by obanqua(m): 11:09am On Sep 09, 2014
Please send me the book in pdf.
obanqua@hotmail.com
PropertiesRe: To Let: 2 bedroom #300k,#350k and 3 bedroom #400k, #500k by obanqua(m): 12:42pm On Sep 05, 2014
Your 2bed at Ketu, please provide more info.
I yr acceptable?
state of the apartment?
etc
PropertiesRe: 04-10-2014 Lettings @ Ikosi-ketu,magodo,river Valley,ojota Etc by obanqua(m): 1:15pm On Sep 04, 2014
Please give more details?
Can I inspect on sat?

Thanks
PoliticsShould Upload Laws Be Redefined To Limit Violent Information On Social Media by obanqua(op): 12:19pm On Sep 04, 2014
I just saw a video on Facebook in which a man was buried alive apparently by some soldiers.
I just wonder: must such videos be uploaded for general view?

See this blog it just says all I had in mind: http://realpoliticking..com/2014/09/the-macabre-dance-trend.html
PropertiesRe: 04-10-2014 Lettings @ Ikosi-ketu,magodo,river Valley,ojota Etc by obanqua(m): 9:25am On Sep 04, 2014
Hi,
Do you have any 2bed in Ikosi/Ayedere for 350K/1yr?
Urgent need.
PropertiesRe: Spacious Mini Flat To Let @ Magodo Phase 2 For 500k by obanqua(m): 3:24pm On Sep 02, 2014
Can I get a BQ for #400K, 1yr?
PropertiesRe: Executive 2br Flat Newly Build To Let @ Ogudu Round About All En Suit. by obanqua(m): 4:39pm On Aug 29, 2014
Do you have 2bed in that area for 400k?
1yr rent avail.
PropertiesRe: 2bed BQ Wanted by obanqua(op): 12:26pm On Aug 25, 2014
300K per annum

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