afam4eva: We're putting you and your likes out of business.
maxtum: we are Banning you!!!
[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=813867.msg9658241#msg9658241 date=1322592040]Time for him to go into pure water business. [/quote]Foolish car drivers, I dey wait for all of una at the junction. Nansense people
Jason, my regular customer, no mind them o, they need me die
That one called blueyansh , I still dropped his galfriend for their house yesterday night
CPC and PDP + including ACN were all united in tight embrace on this issue
See passionate debate and joke cracking sef.
They even cracked light-hearted jokes about Some ethnic traditions. I hope they can tackle corruption with this kind of focus too. Now that will be good
Nigeria Anti-man-lover Marriage Bill Approved By Senate AP | 5 Minutes Ago
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LAGOS, Nigeria -- Nigeria's Senate voted Tuesday to criminalize man-lover marriage, man-lover advocacy groups and same-sex public displays of affection, the latest legislation targeting a minority already facing discrimination in Africa's most populous nation. The bill, now much more wide-ranging than its initial draft, must be passed by Nigeria's House of Representatives and signed by President Goodluck Jonathan before becoming law. However, public opinion and lawmakers' calls Tuesday for even harsher penalties show the widespread support for the measure in the deeply religious nation.
"Such elements in society should be killed," said Sen. Baba-Ahmed Yusuf Datti of the opposition party Congress for Progressive Change, drawing some murmurs of support from the gallery.
man-lover sex has been banned in Nigeria, a nation of more than 160 million people, since colonial rule by the British. man-loving-men and lady-loving-ladies face open discrimination and abuse in a country divided by Christians and Muslims who almost uniformly oppose homosexuality. In the areas in Nigeria's north where Islamic Shariah law has been enforced for about a decade, man-loving-men and lady-loving-ladies can face death by stoning.
Under the proposed law, couples who marry could face up to 14 years each in prison. Witnesses or anyone who helps couples marry could be sentenced to 10 years behind bars. That's an increase over the bill's initial penalties, which lawmakers proposed during a debate Tuesday televised live from the National Assembly in Nigeria's capital Abuja.
Other additions to the bill include making it illegal to register man-lover clubs or organizations, as well as criminalizing the "public show of same-sex amorous relationships directly or indirectly." Those who violate those laws would face 10-year imprisonment as well.
The increased penalties immediately drew criticism from human rights observers.
"The bill will expand Nigeria's already draconian punishments for consensual same-sex conduct and set a precedent that would threaten all Nigerians' rights to privacy, equality, free expression, association and to be free from discrimination," said Erwin van der Borght, the director of Amnesty International's Africa program.
Yet across the African continent, many countries already have made homosexuality punishable by jail sentences. Ugandan legislators introduced a bill that would impose the death penalty for some man-loving-men and lady-loving-ladies, though it has not been passed into law two years later. Even in South Africa, the one country where man-loving-men can marry, lady-loving-ladies have been brutally attacked and murdered.
Nigeria's proposed law has drawn the interest of European Union countries, some of which already offer Nigeria's intimate minorities asylum based on gender identity. The British government recently threatened to cut aid to African countries that violate the rights of man-lover and lady-loving-lady citizens. However, British aid remains quite small in oil-rich Nigeria, one of the top crude suppliers to the U.S.
A spokesman for the British High Commission in Nigeria declined to comment Tuesday, saying officials wanted to study the new version of the bill first.
The bill also could target human rights and HIV-prevention programs run by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Nigeria, which has the world's third-largest population of people living with HIV and AIDS.
A U.S. Embassy spokeswoman declined to comment. International opinion didn't seem to trouble lawmakers, who at times laughed at each other during the debate. One senator worried the bill would hinder the tradition of Nigeria's Igbo ethnic group in the southeast to have infertile wives "marry" other women to carry their husbands' children.
Another said man-loving-men suffer from a "mental illness."
Senate President David Mark at one point started laughing when a senator proposed 40-year prison sentences for man-lover couples who marry.
"Forty years, that is just too much," he said. "He won't come out alive now." Before the vote, Mark did acknowledge the nation likely would face criticism. However, the lawmaker said Nigeria would not bow to international pressure on any legislation.
"Anybody can write to us, but our values are our values," Mark said. "If there is any country that does not want to give us aid or assistance, just because we hold on very firmly to our values, that country can (keep) their assistance. No country has a right to interfere in the way we make our own laws." ___ Associated Press writer Yinka Ibukun in Lagos, Nigeria contributed to this report. ___
Ivynwa, This is not new, Nigerian Scam is one of the most common punch lines on Yahoo, anytime they post a story about Africa.
I'm happy you are mad about it. Please follow @omojuwa or #occupyNigeria on twitter. Read updates and play a part.
Anger and shame is good. We must channel our emotions effectively to correct our country. Call your family in Nigeria too and tell them to join and support the movement.
If you have anything Nigerian in you. You need to watch that YouTube video
The Nigerian constitution is a forgery - MNN
The Constitution started with "We the people hereby agree"
some transcribed points from the video below:
But We did not agree to give The President and 36 Governors immunity
We the people couldn't have agreed to give the key of the treasury to the executive branch
Nigeria has become a criminal enterprise where few people are using a forged document to rule 150Million people
We cannot be united by fraud and forgery
Nigerians have been calling for a Sovereign national conference but those who have secured themselves in Abuja have refused to listen
Who created the 36 states? Few Military elites!
Who created the 68 item exclusive lists in the Constitution that prevented a state like Lagos from generating her own electricity, do her own rail and manage her own sea port?
Less that 1% of the country's population has 90% of the assets of the country and you cannot break in, you are locked out!
Somebody will sit in Abuja and say he's (IG) Inspector General of Police for a state like Imo, how is that sensible? how will he know how things work locally in Mushin?
Beaf: ^ Delta state is very ethnically inflamable, if you are ready to have blood on your conscience, then go ahead.
You have raised the most important consideration in the matter. I too keep quiet on Delta issues, because there is a delicate ethnic balance to be maintained which many outsiders are not aware of. Maybe it will be best to impeach him and let his deputy take over, but that depends a lot on the Itsekiri position, cos their slot will be gone prematurely. If Uduaghan is impeached, we have an Igbo governor; they need to be brought into the fold in that state, but it will be to Itsekiri detriment.
All these points you raised about one ethnic group losing out, Beaf is this you analyzing current realities from a neutral position or you are actually expressing your deep seated ideas about what you want and how you like to play politics?
I ask this because I basically understand kpogedes Itshekiri: (at least I get over 90% of what he wrote in his dialect) he basically rejected Uduaghan and called him out as a bastard, he also expressed his willingness to accept a better candidate from a diffrent ethnic group. I expect you to applaud that and encourage it, not give this divisive opinion about sectarianism as if hunger and penury recognizes tribe.
One other thing I saw was this comment;
Beaf: Do you know the sort of clout my name pulls in Warri? Funny children. If you see me on the streets of Warri, you wouldn't be able to stop greeting, you wouldn't be able to unfreeze yourselves.
Anyways, I know you are the bunch of ACN Yoruba people that think they can play on the minds of the one or two id!ots every state has. Keep registering in different names.
Fools.
See what I'm saying? Beaf.
This Them vs Us tribal narratives you are painting is very dissapointing, especially coming from someone like you -who I assume is a well educated and well connected young Nigerian.
Here is a link to one of the rides we have every last friday of the month from Downtown daily center through different neighbourhoods in Chicago(about 15 miles or more depending on who drafts the map for the ride that month). http://chicagocriticalmass.org/
Kobojunkie: I took to biking because I could no longer jog or walk. I used to walk about 16 miles round the path back in columbus, but in 2009, I found that I had torn cartilage and it became painful to run or walk. But Biking came to the rescue. The distance from my place to the Library I go to each day is about 4.3 miles, so I hop on my Schwinn Surburban (I love that machine) each day to ride there and back. Takes about 20 minutes.
I think anyone who lives in the city, and has to commute can easily do 40 miles of more a week if he/she chooses to bike it. I live about 4.3 miles from where I go everyday to work and hangout, and those 20 minutes each way on my bike is time for me to free my mind, relax and enjoy the breeze, right before I hit the books/work, and then the 20 minutes back is my time to de-stress, stretch the muscles and enjoy the breeze/wind. Also time to work out all the eba of the day before. lol
I know people who bike twice that each week actually. Biking from a place like Irving Park to downtown is easily 7 miles each way, and that is about 14 miles a day. Add to that errands and what nots on the weekend.
I don't see how being raised in close knit family and what not has anything to do with what you are implying here. I was raised in a close knit family myself and I am not falling apart in the way the @Poster described. I enjoyed my family, and I still do that, but I don't have any attachment issues to deal with since I am well adjusted and confident that the distance between us DOES NOT IMPLY less love or hugs for me at the end of the day. CONFESSION: my mum is in the next room and we are like best of friends, but when she is not here, I am OK. I mean that one was raised in a close knit ground should not be reason for one to break to pieces when one has to move to a far away land. One needs to be able to take what one learnt in the family situation, and use it to one's advantage when one is away. Create a close-knit group with those around you and continue enjoying your life.
Biking is not abut drawing close to others . . . it is actually my way of getting more confident with myself, no matter how many people are around or not around. Those minutes everyday, each way on my bike, I get to listen to the silence, accept and LOVE IT. It is good. Ofcourse when I get to my destination, I go back to my yapping . , lol
Happiness should not be based on where you are, or the number of people(family members, friends) around you at any time. If you find that you cannot sit alone, all by yourself and still be happy, then you probably need to go talk to someone about that. One should learn to be happy wherever one is. And being comfortable never hurts.
rasputinn: Let him remain adamant and he'll adamantly be kept out of government house Asaba,before the January re-run,we held several meetings and a tried to woo him(even some members of the then Nwaoboshi faction and some other known Uduaghan backers were privy to this) over,preparatory to the April elections as there was then a groundswell of disenchantment with Uduaghan,his failure of governance and monopolisation of every contract in the state,his pegging of the approval limit of commisioners at 5 milion naira,and later to one million,so many people truly wanted to kick him out(yours sincerely actually worked against him then),but this was dependent on two things happening:
(1)We needed a viable material,a known face that would not be difficult to sell to the three senatorial zones within the short time available
(2)More importantly,whoever we decided to support had to cross over to our party;the PDP as all other parties in Delta state are just what they are:the others,especially as most of the kingmakers that really command huge folloership of foot soldiers that can get things done,are in the PDP so we could not allow an outsider from nowhere to just become governor.We sent emissaries to him and he rebuffed offer,so we had to defend our party and vote Uduaghan,and UNLESS Ogboru crosses over to the PDP,then Becomerich has a better chance of becoming the president of the United states of America than him becoming governor of Delta state
All this politics of money sharing will not get us anywhere. All the 36 states are guilty of this.
This guy just pointed out the reason why tbey almost voted against Uduaghan -thief Governor- because he reduced their discretionary spending amount -thief commissioners- All these N5M here, N10M there is the reason why those youth will never get jobs, never get good roads, or have stable electricity or access to good health care.
It's also the reason why the Niger Delta and the rest of Nigeria will not get the real federalism they seek. All this "official" bribing
The only beneficiaries of this waste will be the few politicians at the top and people like Izeze Reuben who are lucky enough to get a job carrying bags for them.
[quote author=musiwa,,. link=topic=784840.msg9370042#msg9370042 date=1318982476]Ngozi iweala, my head big pass your own, so my brain is bigger than your too and smarter.[/quote]LOOOOOL
Emeka Okosun, a final year student of FUTO can’t believe the outcome. “I was supposed to take aptitude test for a job my father had arranged. How do I face my father, what will be my story? I investigated well, I went as far as visiting a native doctor in Ogun State and he confirmed that it was real. I know it is real, its NAPTIP that wants to spoil the business.”
Graduate
Even after they told them it's a scam, they still refused to believe?
Read another REETARRRDO
Suleiman a businessman in Kano blames the police for failing to alert them, and said “I can’t believe that I have been defrauded. I consulted an alfa and he confirmed it.”
And these people still have a right to have children and vote?
Politics › Re: Why Do Kwara Governors Wear That Silly Hausa Cap? by okadaman2: 2:40am On Nov 30, 2011
[/quote]Foolish car drivers, I dey wait for all of una at the junction. Nansense people 
