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falconey:

Short and simple.

exactly

Boys like what they see, Girls like what they hear. That's why Girls wear Makeup and Boys lie.

Woe

personally

wow

who noticed this pastor looks like dangote

yeye dey smell

Wow

hmm

imagine what a chief security officer of a state is saying

hmmmm

smart guy

Yeye dey smell

Good move

ZKOSOSO:
Waiting for that day when the muslim umma would do something very big like this for the generality of the populace not just for themselves alone !

Christian are the light of the World indeed!

Good job!

Friend, next time you feel inclined to say something or anything at all, i suggest you consult that 8-year old that lives next door. I'm pretty certain the child will have a better sense of right or wrong than you've exhibited in putting this up. Cheers!

DammyLucy:
She resemble witch

do you have a haus in bourdillon?

Lol

Cc lalasticlala

Area boys (also known as Agberos)[1] are loosely organized gangs of street children and teenagers, composed mostly of males, who roam the streets of Lagos, Lagos State in Nigeria.[2] They extort money from passers-by, sell illegal drugs, act as informal security guards, and perform other "odd jobs" in return for compensation.
Area boys have existed in the city of Lagos since the early 1980s. However, under various names, types of Area Boys have been traced back to the 1920s.[5] In 2007, the total number of area boys in Lagos was estimated at over 35,000 by a member of the Lagos State Judiciary;[6] as of 1996, the number of them operating on Lagos Island alone was placed around 1,000.[4] A 1996 study of area boys on Lagos Island by Abubakar Momoh showed that only 26.4% of area boys were from Lagos State, while the rest were natives of Ogun State (22.6%), Kwara State (14.2%), and Oyo State (14.1%), amongst other states. Most were between twelve and thirty-five years old.[7]

Asked whether they were "proud" to be area boys, 18% of respondents said yes, while 75% said no (7% did not respond).
Tactics and targets

A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 2001 report on Nigeria described the impact of the gang members as such:[9]

The coercive and persuasive requests, petty crimes and sometimes violent offences by the so-called "area boys" to acquire resources, generally cash in the urban main business and crowded areas, have disturbed the civil society and defied the civic authority. Drug abuse among them has been variously reported as the cause of delinquent behaviour and crime.

Extortion
One of the methods the groups use for extortion is to surround pedestrians, drivers, and passengers in vehicles, which are stuck in traffic, and force them to pay (for some actual or pretended service) before letting them go.[3] To aid in collecting money during traffic jams, the area boys place nails in the road and dig up the streets. When the streets are flooded, however, they also aid motorists in avoiding ditches and pot holes amidst other services .

According to Momoh, much of the extortion from Igbo merchants by area boys is instigated by Lagos landlords, indigenous inhabitants of the city.[11]

Illegal drug sale
Among the area boys are both sellers and users of illegal drugs; this drug use has been fingered as the cause of further crime.[9] Momoh states "most of them use drugs (cocaine, heroin, marijuana, etc.) either as occasional users or addicts, or as peddlers." (Of 77 respondents to Momoh's survey, 12.2% dealt drugs, while 60.3% were addicts themselves.) Sale of drugs takes place both in Nigeria and abroad, and sales abroad have earned a small percentage of the sellers significant amounts of money.[12]

Groups of area boys have been known to raid rival, Igbo drug sellers based in Central Lagos.
Notable incidents involving area boys

During the Hausa-Yoruba riots in Lagos in 2000, where thousands of Hausa fled to military barracks and nearly 100 people died, area boys took advantage of the chaos and joined in the mayhem, throwing glass and bottles at shops.[13]

At the Mile 12 Market (also in Lagos), soldiers were reported to work hand in hand with gang members as late as 2004.[14] However, in May 2005, after a Nigerian soldier was assaulted and stabbed by several area boys as he tried to prevent them from taking money from a bus driver,[1] the military began a crackdown against the group. Following this, the group's activity was noted to be in decline.
Area boys elsewhere in Nigeria

Petty criminals have been labeled as "area boys" in Ibadan, where they control informal markets[15] and are used to advance political causes.[16]
In the Yankari National Park in Bauchi State, baboons have been referred to as "area boys" because of their troublesome behavior.[17]
They were cited as a nuisance by the Director of Communications at Airtel in August 2012 because they demanded money to load diesel at the company's Base Transceiver Stations.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_boys
PS This tread is just for the fun of it.

Nice

No be by posting pictures only

kilokeys:
Level 3 4 5 can happen in just two years


but to cross from level 2 enter level 3?

Hian.. U need enough xtra lives to play that game o

waiter please give this my bros two bottles of origin and cow tail.

G

Good for him

Nothing can satisfy a woman.

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PlayerMeji:
Classic!!!

i swear

I can't stop laughing

Nice

A new star has been born in Kelechi Iheanacho

God