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Every other one including IBB and Abacha.

Divorce in India is extremely low compared to the United States. In America around half of marriages end in divorce, but in India it is a mere one per cent. It is so low that many have the idea that it is illegal. This is not the case but there are many reasons that could contribute to these contrasting figures.

One important factor could be that divorce is not deemed as socially acceptable in India. It is considered a blemish on your character, meaning it is something a lot of people won’t even contemplate no matter what situation they find themselves in. Some would suggest that family values are more important to Indians than Americans. People tend to live in larger family units, and when you marry someone you are in many respects marrying the whole family. It therefore has more of an impact on the wider family if people get divorced which means they tend to feel more shame.

It has been suggested that arranged marriage could be a positive as it means couples are more likely to stay together. Arranged marriage is still fairly common in India but rarely works the way many in the west think, with a man and woman forced to marry each other. Instead, it usually works by a couple being introduced if their respective parents believe they can build a successful relationship. It is more of a compromise between parents and their children to try to find someone compatible. There is therefore a more scientific approach rather than coming down to pure love. But is this a better way of doing things? Many would disagree, but it could mean people who are right for each other are brought together therefore making a break up less likely. Arranged marriage can mean a match-up of characters, rather than two people who are completely different falling in love and then eventually realising they are not right for each other.

Infidelity is seen as more of a sin in India than the US. As far as statistics tell us, it is much rarer. Infidelity is one of the main causes of the break up of marriages in America. Strong religious views are likely to be at the core of this, as is the general reluctance to get divorced.

The ease that a divorce can be obtained as been blamed for much of the increase in marriage break ups in America. It is easier than ever now, especially with the no-fault divorce law, which means couples can seek a divorce just because they simply don’t want to be married anymore. Family Law is much more complex in India, with a long and arduous legal process to go through.

It has been argued that the facts are distorted, as many Indian couples have been reported as not living together despite being technically married. This would mean the facts are right (they are still married) but don’t give a clear picture. This would also support the idea that divorce is not considered socially acceptable.

The position of women in society could also be a contributing factor. Women in India are generally considered less independent. They have a particular role in society (much like America in the past) and accept this. Is some ways this makes it easier for everyone; men and women have specific roles to play. In America women are more independent and want to have more of a choice in the way they live their lives. This can lead to a couple having conflicting ideas as to how they want to live their lives.

Source: Andrew Marshall (www.courtpio.org)

I have been trying to get the emergency response numbers for lagos state and the lagos state site had refused to open, a consequent google search returned "Lagos Statewww.lagosstate.gov.ng/ - CachedSimilar
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Attached is the screen shot of the google returned page showing that it had been hacked.

Coincidence: Boko Haram, Port harcourt Explosion and now Lagos.
Proximity: Moving southwards.

An eye witness has confirmed to me that there was an explosion along Lekki-Epe express road, after Ajah lagos that there was an explosion this morning (18-05-2012). The informations emanating from there are still sketchy, he does not think it was a bomb anyway.

The coincidence and proximity is getting too close for comfort.

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One injured as chemical truck explodes in Lekki, Lagos.

https://twitter.com/#!/MobilePunch/status/203375489174343681

Sad news coming from the Sangotedo area of the Lekki-Epe Expressway Lagos this morning.

A tanker has exploded burning cars and people. It was reportedly conveying cylinders with chemicals. The fire service appears to have been prompt on the scene but number of casualties not yet confirmed as traffic remains in a standstill.

http://newsnet.com.ng/betta/content/explosion-lagos?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

A fast typing computer operator who resides betweeen Jakande and Chevron region of Lekki preferably Igbon efon. He/she should be good in computer graphics and corel. If ready and qualified please send application to mail

How do I go about this? whats the process like?

Since his election when corpers died, it has now become a norm to hear of bomb blast as if they were knock outs. Directly or indirectly, the president in charge is responsible for those death, it he is found incapable of handling the security of the country he should be made to go. Simple.

Pls where can I get 2W, Dc LED lamps to buy?

Please, how does one contact EFCC and ICPC. Does anyone have their email or something?

Budget 2012 has showed that the president and his vice need an average of about 3million as feeding allowance each day. That is against the backdrop that they already earn salaries. Most salary earners that I know usually dont have special feeding allowances, they feed from their own salary.

Even if we decide to accept that they need such allowances and compare the budget of these two families with eateries and joints that have to provide variety of foods and such services for a large number of crowd each day, you will find out that these eateries budget less than 200k each day to provide food for a large number of people while Aso Rock will have us believe that 3M is wat is needed to stay alive.

now we know that a nation should not just be run on luck, bad one at that

we shd na describe him as the man who saw 2moro. Jst b4 d elections he looked @ d crystal glass and wat he saw made a normally stern man cry.
Just 2 weeks again immediately afta d ruling of d supreme court, he prophesized again dat d ruling meant dat nigerians wud hv to live with consequence of having pdp in power. Everythin s comin to pass now. Hmmmm

is it different from the real position of things or is it too truthful for u to handle.??

A man keeps money in his wardrobe and each day he returns from work the money disappears, he continues to keep the money in the same place each day despite d loss. After a very long time, he calls his family members and tells them that he has been losing money and that everyone is to contribute and put money in the wardrobe for the thief to still be taking, that he can no longer bear the loss alone.

Logic of the analogy.
goverment agrees that there are thieves gaining from the subsidy of fuel, but instead of stopping them or bringing them to book, they should be allowed to continue stealing but that we should all contribute the money that the cartels steals.

I would have thought that the man would rather relocate the cash to a different location or alternatively secure the wardrobe better.

At least this is how govt has presented its aubsidy position.

@Great1, insert your contact details and ur prices for those who might be interested.

The following are the basic that I think a typical car wash will require.
Feel free to include any other thing I may have missed.

[b]Equipments[/b]Bore Hole
Spider pump
Hose
Vacuum Cleaner
Tank
Steam Washer
Sprayer
Generator
Chairs and Tables
Washing Accessories (Detergents, brushes, polisher, etc)
Land Rent

I think Sienna U shd ease up a bit on the poster. No one really likes going to the police in naija, so he may have had the best of intensions putting the ladies name in a forum like this hoping that some one may jst know who she is and help facilitate the retrieval of the lost but found items.

With so many void and undecided votes alot of rigging will then become possible

Well unfortunately for him, if people were left with no choice but to vote for either of them, I think Obj will have 45%, Ibb 13% and the remaining undecided.

Thanks Demdem.

Does anyone know where one can play games around ajah environs. I particurlarly will like to play Chess. Thanks.

nagoma:
Good he can explain the BPE Corruption centered on him.

Its jst dat my salary is small, otherwise, I wud have been ready to bet with it that at the end of the inquiry, d name that will feature prominently will b Atiku. Then the whole thing will b swept under the carpet.

Dont forget how the power probe went.

Greenpro:
Communism is a system that limit skill and capacity of the people to think and be creative in fostering a beta society. There can never be an equitable distribution of wealth till the world come to an end.


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If america and britain was practicing communism, de wud have packaged it in a fine wrapper that capitalism would have seem from the deepest pits of hell. I do not think we have to copy and paste in everything, our cultures are different so we shd b able to do ours d way it suits us.

I hear Gadaffi is about to recognise the rioters as the legitimate goverment of UK. After all, what is good for the goose is good for the gander.

Britain burns: Riots spread through UK cities

LONDON (AP) — A wave of violence and looting raged across London and spread to three other major British cities Tuesday, as authorities struggled to contain the country's worst unrest since race riots set the capital ablaze in the 1980s.

In London, groups of young people rampaged for a third straight night, setting buildings, vehicles and garbage dumps alight, looting stores and pelting police officers with bottles and fireworks. The spreading disorder was an unwelcome warning of the possibility of violence during London's 2012 Summer Olympics, less than a year away.

Police called in hundreds of reinforcements and volunteer police officers— and made a rare decision to deploy armored vehicles in some of the worst-hit districts — but still struggled to keep pace with the chaos unfolding at flashpoints across London, in the central city of Birmingham, the western city of Bristol and the northwestern city of Liverpool.

"The violence we have seen is simply inexcusable. Ordinary people have had their lives turned upside down by this mindless thuggery," police commander Christine Jones said.

London's police said 14 people were injured, including a man in his 60s with life threatening injuries.

The riots appeared to have little unifying cause — though some involved claimed to oppose sharp government spending cuts, which will slash welfare payments and cut tens of thousands of public sector jobs through 2015.

But many appeared attracted simply by the opportunity for violence. "Come join the fun!" shouted one youth in the east London suburb of Hackney, where shops were attacked and cars torched.

The crisis will be a major test of Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative-led coalition government, which includes Liberal Democrats who had long suspected its program of harsh budget restraints could provoke popular dissent. Cameron cut short his summer vacation in Italy, rushing home for a crisis meeting Tuesday.

Cameron was expected to toughen the police response. Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May refused to outline what that might entail, but seemed to rule out more drastic measures.

"The way we police in Britain is not through use of water cannon," she told Sky News. "The way we police in Britain is through consent of communities."

Rioters were left virtually unchallenged in several neighborhoods and able to plunder from stores at will or attempt to invade homes. Restaurants and stores fearful of looting closed early across London.

Simon Dance, a 27-year-old marketing manager who lives in Camden in north London, called the riots outside his apartment last night "very frightening."

"We locked all the doors, and my wife even packed a bag to flee. We had Twitter rolling until midnight just to keep up with the news. We were too afraid to even look out the window," he said Tuesday morning as he took pictures of a smashed Evans Cycles store and a looted Sainsbury's grocery store.

Disorder flared throughout the night, from gritty suburbs along the capital's fringes to central London's posh Notting Hill neighborhood. Police said 450 people had been arrested over three nights. All of London police holding cells were full and prisoners were being taken to surrounding communities. At least 69 people have been charged with offenses.

Three people were arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of a police officer left hospitalized after being struck by a car in north London early Tuesday.

After dawn, the unrest appeared to calm, either quelled by police or when rioters drifted away.

Violence first broke out late Saturday in the low-income, multiethnic district of Tottenham in north London, where outraged protesters demonstrated against the fatal police shooting of Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old father of four who was gunned down in disputed circumstances Thursday.

A brief inquest hearing into Duggan's death will take place Tuesday, though it will likely be several months before a full hearing is convened.

Duggan's death stirred old animosities and racial tensions similar to those that prompted massive riots in the 1980s, despite efforts by London police to build better relations with the city's ethnic communities.

But, as the unrest spread, some pointed to rising social tensions in Britain as the government slashes 80 billion pounds ($130 billion) from public spending by 2015 to reduce the huge deficit, swollen after the country spent billions bailing out its foundering banks.

A massive blaze ravaged a 100-year-old family run furniture store in Croydon and sent thick plumes of smoke into the air, forcing nearby homes to be evacuated. In the Clapham Junction area of south London, a mob stole masks from a party store to disguise their identities and then set the building on fire.

Sony Corp. said a major blaze had broken out at its distribution center near Enfield, north London, damaging DVDs and other products. So many fires were being fought in the capital that Thames Water warned that some customers could face water pressure drops.

Dozens of people attacked shops in Birmingham's main retail district, and clashed with police in Liverpool and Bristol.

In London's Hackney neighborhood, hundreds of youths left a trail of burning trash and shattered glass. Looters ransacked a convenience store, filling plastic shopping bags with alcohol, cigarettes, candy and toilet paper.

East London's diversity was on display amid the charred hulks of cars and the smell of burning plastic. Some looters were young women with manicured nails and customized BlackBerry smart phones. Others wore dreadlocks and stained shirts or appeared to be homeless.

"This is the uprising of the working class. We're redistributing the wealth," said Bryn Phillips, a 28-year-old self-described anarchist, as young people emerged from the store with chocolate bars and ice cream cones.

Phillips claimed rioters were motivated by distrust of the police, and drew a link between the rage on London's street and insurgent right-wing politics in the United States. "In America you have the tea party, in England you've got this," he said.

Some residents called for police to deploy water cannons to disperse rioters, or call on the military for support. They questioned the strength of leadership within London's police department — particularly after a wave of resignations prompted by the country's phone-hacking scandal.

Youths used text messages, instant messaging on BlackBerry phones and social media platforms such as Twitter to coordinate attacks and stay ahead of the police.

Police were also monitoring Twitter, and warned that those who posted messages inciting the violence could face arrest.

About 100 young people clashed with police in the Camden and Chalk Farm areas of north London. In the Peckham district of south London, where a building was set ablaze along with a bus — which was not carrying passengers — onlookers said the scene resembled a conflict zone. Cars were torched in nearby Lewisham, and in west London's Ealing suburb the windows of each store along entire streets had been smashed.

"There's been tension for a long time. The kids aren't happy. They hate the police," said Matthew Yeoland, a 43-year-old teacher watching the unrest in Peckham. "It's like a war zone and the police weren't doing anything. There were too many people and not enough police."

Police said Duggan was shot dead last week when police from Operation Trident — the unit that investigates gun crime in the black community — stopped a cab he was riding in.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission, which is investigating the shooting, said a "non-police firearm" was recovered at the scene. But the Guardian newspaper reported that a bullet in the officer's radio was police-issue, indicating Duggan may not have fired at the officer.

Duggan's partner, Semone Wilson, insisted Monday that her fiance was not connected to gang violence and urged police to offer more information about his death. But she rejected suggestions that the escalating riots were linked to protests over his death.

"It got out of hand. It's not connected to this anymore. This is out of control," she said.

The past year has seen mass protests against the tripling of student tuition fees and cuts to public sector pensions. In November, December and March, small groups broke away from large marches in London to loot. In the most notorious episode, rioters attacked a Rolls-Royce carrying Prince Charles and his wife Camilla to a charity concert.

However, the full impact of spending cuts has yet to be felt and the unemployment rate is stable — although it remains highest among youth, especially in areas like Tottenham, Hackney and Croydon.

Some people caught up in the unrest insisted that joblessness was not to blame. "It's just an excuse for the young ones to come and rob shops," said Brixton resident Marilyn Moseley, 49.

An 11-year-old boy was charged with burglary by police, and at least 100 of those arrested were aged 21 or younger. About 35 police officers had been injured in the violence, police said.

May, the minister responsible for policing, and London Mayor Boris Johnson also cut short summer vacations to deal with the crisis.

Police in Birmingham, 120 miles (195 kilometers) north of London, confirmed that officers had arrested 35 people amid widespread vandalism. In Bristol, police urged residents to avoid the city center after 150 rioters went on the rampage.

Tottenham was the site of the 1985 Broadwater Farm riots, a series of clashes that led to the fatal stabbing of a police officer and the wounding of nearly 60 others, an event that underscored tensions between London police and the capital's black community.

West Ham, a team in east London, canceled its match Tuesday as a precaution. However, a scheduled international friendly soccer match between England and the Netherlands is going ahead at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday.

The International Olympic Committee insisted it had confidence in British authorities. "Security at the Olympic Games is a top priority for the IOC," spokesman Mark Adams said.

http://news.yahoo.com/britain-burns-riots-spread-uk-cities-013736610.html

Air tickets my friend are no longer transferable in Nigeria. If your story is true, den u can log on to the site of the airline and change ur flight dat to wenever u think u can travel wit it. Or u can go to their office and ask them to open it.

If this is true, then am completely speechless. I always suspected that the west was up to no good. The haste with which that country was invaded at the slightest of opportunity.

@denitro and all others who have filled forms at the banks without response. You can check their website and fill an online form, I noticed that, that one is faster. But u have to be detailed and let them know you filled a paper form before and there was no response. I actually got mine that using that method. It cud work for u. mine was a UBA bank.

Just incase u guys dont know, each day de default after a grace period of about 2weeks I think, the banks are supposed to be charged 50k/day. If we know how to report them to CBN and they pay the fine for 20 people then they will be forced to sit up. Please note that it is after you must have filled their form at the bank before you can resort to this. I still cringe at the thought of what one of my friends went through after losing over 300k. Friends, its not one experience u want to go through, getting alerts of debits while u re far away from you bank.

This info is important, who ever has it should let us know. I sent a mail to CBN, they are yet to reply.

CBN came up with a polity of sanctioning defaulting banks on fail ATM transaction recently on those who refuse to refund such cash to the customers, does any one know how to contact CBN to report such a defaulting bank please an email or address will be appreciated. I understand Consumer Protection Agency also handles issues like this, I need a means of contacting them, all these thieving banks need to feel some heat. Thanks