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Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has a heart condition, his spokesman has said, after he flew to Saudi Arabia on Monday for medical treatment.
Mr Yar'Adua has acute pericarditis, or inflammation of the lining around the heart, his spokesman told the BBC.
He said the president, 58, was responding well to treatment. Officials earlier denied rumours that the president was seriously ill.
Mr Yar'Adua has had a chronic kidney condition for at least 10 years.
He has been unable to perform a number of official duties because of recurring health problems.

At about 3pm Friday November 20, after he returned from the Abuja Central Mosque where he performed Muslim prayer, President Yar'Adua complained of a left-sided severe chest pain
Olusegun Adeniyi
Presidential spokesman

Profile: President Umaru Yar'Adua
President Yar'Adua has twice been flown to Germany for emergency treatment and it is the second time he has visited hospitals in Saudi Arabia.
He has refused to say exactly what condition he suffers from, and has repeatedly said in interviews that his life is "in the hands of God".
BBC health reporter Michelle Roberts says most cases of pericarditis clear up with rest and medication within a few weeks, although patients will initially need to be treated in hospital to check for complications.
Our reporter says occasionally pericarditis is triggered by cancer, which is something doctors need to check for.
Rarely patients may need surgery if the pressure around the heart becomes too great, a complication that could potentially be fatal, she adds.
Presidential spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi said the president felt pains after performing Friday prayers last week.
"At about 3pm Friday November 20, after he returned from the Abuja Central Mosque where he performed Muslim prayer, President Yar'Adua complained of a left-sided severe chest pain," he said, reports Reuters.
Mr Adeniyi said the initial diagnosis was pericarditis, which has since been confirmed.
Officials had earlier been quoted as saying the president intended to make the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca this week.
Analysts say his continued ill-health poses a problem for Nigeria's constitution.
If he were to step down or die, he would be replaced by Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan, who is from the country's southern Niger Delta region.
But according to the ruling People's Democratic Party's own formula for sharing power among the country's regions, the president must be a northerner.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8380520.stm

Toyota has announced that it will recall some 3.8 million cars and trucks to reshape and/or replace their accelerator pedals. The action is the result of fears that loose floormats may cause the accelerator pedal to stick, increasing the risk of an accident. The recall will be the largest in the Japanese automaker's history, and it will cover a wide range of vehicles from the 2004 model year through 2010 – a complete list is available after the jump. The move comes after an earlier action where Toyota announced it would recall 3.8 million vehicles to only swap floor mats.

Working with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Toyota will effect the recall by sending letters to owners of its Avalon, Camry, and Lexus ES 350 models by year's end. Five other models, including the Prius, Tacoma, Tundra, and Lexus IS 250/IS 350 will receive similar notices sometime in 2010.

The plan includes training dealer service representatives to reshape gas pedals, and Toyota will develop and ship redesigned gas pedals beginning in April. Those customers who have elected to have their pedals initially reshaped will still be able to have the pedal replaced when the updated unit becomes available. Vehicles fitted with Toyota or Lexus-made all-weather floor mats will also receive a new set of redesigned front mats.

Interestingly, Toyota will also install a a brake override system that will turn off the engine if both the accelerator and the brake are depressed simultaneously. According to Automotive News, this update will occur on "involved Camry, Avalon, and Lexus ES 350, IS 350 and IS 250 models 'as an extra measure of confidence.'" This action appears to be limited to vehicles that employ Toyota's push-button start system, but interestingly its hybrid-only Prius has apparently been excluded.

For its part, Toyota says the cost of the action will come entirely from its dedicated recall fund, a $5.6 billion dollar stash, and therefore, the recall will have "no effect" on its business. The news come on the heels of yesterday's announcement that Toyota will recall 2000-2003 Tundra pickups over frame rust issues.

A complete list of vehicles covered under the action and both NHTSA and Toyota's official press releases are available after the jump.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/25/breaking-toyota-to-recall-3-8m-vehicles-to-reshape-and-replace/

@luvola

cover yur face wit a mask , fight yur frend and tel me d result ,  . e shud hav produce d link earlier and for him to advertise his book here in n.l is wrong.

No basis for comparison here. As you and I are not visually impaired, we will not know what someone with this disability can do.
My earlier comments is for people to focus on the good and positive things the poster has achieved not looking at minor things to discredit it.

Guys this is no fiction, check out the links below
Why is it that we find it very hard to believe what a fellow Nigerian can achieve, but if it was "John White" we will not doubt him, Sad, !!


http://naijanet.com/news/source/2004/jan/12/1000.html

http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Funding/smallgrants2006.php

Worgu, 20, who plays as a striker for first division club Al-Merreikh of Omdurman, Khartoum's twin city, was found guilty on Tuesday of drinking alcohol and driving under the influence.
An east Khartoum court condemned the young footballer to 40 lashes and ordered him to pay a fine of 50 Sudanese pounds (£12) for the alcohol consumption and 200 Sudanese pounds (£48) for driving under the influence.

Worgu, who signed a contract with Al-Merreikh in 2008 and has represented Nigeria at under-20 level, had been apprehended in the Sudanese capital on August 21.
Article 78 of the penal code forbids alcohol consumption.
"It's not 100 per cent certain that he is guilty," a club official said, adding that Worgu's lawyer had already launched an appeal.
"I am finding it hard to adapt [in Sudan]. It's a different culture, different religion, different language, everything," Worgu told the BBC in April.
"They have this Sharia law, and it's really affecting me also, because you don't feel free to do the things you need to do."
In Sudan, women can be sentenced to 40 lashes under the penal code for "indecent acts, acts which violate public morality or wearing indecent clothes".
Journalist-turned-activist Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, who was sentenced after wearing trousers, is currently waging a campaign to have that law reversed.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/6546213/Nigerian-footballer-Stephen-Worgu-sentenced-to-40-lashes-for-consuming-alcohol-in-Sudan.html

Is either you don't trust her or u feel very in-secured in the relationship.

Mind you, if she wants to cheat on u, she can do it anytime, she doesn't need to g far to do that,

Sort yourself out not your wife.

Not in my backyard, !!!

Strange though most female replies to this topic, seems to be in-different or accommodating, but I will like to see how they will react if in future any of their kids comes home and says "Mummy, I am gay" !!

It is time a section is created for fcukd up tribalists in NL to meet and exchange notes, !!
We still have a long way to go in this country,

Why are you guys been excited? Is this the first time NEPA took light? I thought by now everybody might have gotten used to it.

What a comment !!!

This explains why the country is so screwed up, because our leaders have conditioned the people to get used to sub-standard way of living and move on.

@chosen04

no probs, sis

You have not made any Point. Infact your argument is just pointless. The fact remains that there have never been any time in Nigeria that English and Literature was a dream course and it will never be. I never said it was a bad course, i only said it was never a dream course. Its usually reserved for for those who dont meet the cut-off marks of the 'sort after courses'.

We all know that the course studied doesnot matter at the end of the day, But the truth still remains that all the parents wants their children to read Law, Medicine, Engineering----civil, structural,petro-chemical etc

Not arguing with u, have no reason to do so, just trying to broaden your mind outside the "box"
My point is, have a global view of issues, and not just base your reasoning on Nigeria,
Do not think Wole Soyinka or Achebe studied any of your listed courses, the last time I checked.
Have u ever thought that this course might be a dream course for some people?
It is nothing personal
Ciao!!

My Broda ,the poster might not be sick Oooooooooooo , because IT'S NOT ONLY NIGERIA THAT YOU CAN ACCESS NAIRALAND , presently winter is around the now , infact its COLD here

AND HE DID NOT EVEN MENTIONED NIGERIA

This site is based more on Naija issues , but his posting will be more welcome "New York Automobile Assoc". site rather on this site, Winter is foreign in Naija, !!

Oh boy spliff no good O,

I dey affect wetin u dey see and hear,
Make u stop am O, u don begin dey see winter for giddy, !!,

Winter in Nigeria,  , !!

But when did studing English and Literature become a dream course? It used to be "King Pharoah let my people enter school' kind of course, I mean usually reserved for the 'not do wells' after other better courses had been filled.

The views above to me is a very narrow view of life, and does not speak of someone who is educated. Having a degree does not make u educated. You might have gone through a university but did the university pass through U??

Mistake which most people make is, education is a means to an end, and not an end in itself.

Do you seek education because you want to broaden your knowledge and satisfy your desire or u are in it 'cos of the money u think will come out of a course you are doing?

Unprotected shag on a one night stand, na lie, she dey play ur head,
Why she no try terminate the thing before she come join u, using drugs to try now, na just emotional shit,

U can never trust her again,

But the decision is for u and u only to decide what to do

Would you do short-thing, like 'am only around in Nigeria for about 1 week in 3 months?

@wyt

I hear you, bro.

@IKEYMAN00

Like u have not taken your medication today,

Go take it, maybe you will see and hear things differently

@WYT

These people if they are guilty are rogues and scumbags, nothwithstanding if they provide jobs for Nigerians, whatever they have done is not charity, they have prospered at the sweat of honest Nigerians.

Until we see all these so called money men and rogues stop rubbing shoulders with those in government (Ibori/Yaradua), 'cos the society will not just stand aside and allow such to happen or until these rogues stop getting blessings from their respective churches and mosques, NIgeria as a nation is doomed. Whatever is been discussed in this thread goes a lot deeper than stealing from the banks. As long as the society cannot stand against corruption be if from "area boys" to university lecturers, Nigeria as a country cannot progress,

99% of those shouting here will do worse if given the chance, it is the sad society we live in

@fekwenugo2

I will be the last person to justify this act. My point here if you allow me to digress is that, Nigerians normally try to address the "EFFECT" but we have never had the guts to address the "CAUSE", we as a people should look inwards and ask why do such things happen in Nigeria, it is no t that we don't know what is right, but this so called money men play on the greed of an average Nigerian to achieve their goals.

Not enough for people coming here and saying that they should be jailed etc, we collectively allowed this crap to happen

@fekwenugo2

We the people as whole allowed this rot in the first place, we are collectively guilty, has there ever been any form of accountability in this Nigeria. It is only in Nigeria that you get a public servant living 100 times above his or  her income, which is very visible for people to see not hidden. None of us has ever questioned such act, instead we hail them, more often when bits gets trickled down we have never seen anything wrong. When the huge amounts of donations was made, it was not hidden it was in the media, did anyone ever question the source of wealth,

Owing a bank is not fraud and not criminal, but obtaining funds through fictitious means is fraud and the law should prosecute such person. This is not an issue for sentiments. I am a Nigerian and I feel very bad at the state in which the country is, but we still have to be objective in our approach to issues.

Indirectly which is still very open to debate here, our culture be it Yoruba/ Ibo or Hausa allows this to happen. We respect the money man, without questioning the source.

@Maxidoe,

We are almost saying the same thing, I did mention that where the bank grants unsecured loan to an individual, which contravenes the law,then such individuals should and must be prosecuted. My point here is that having debt with a bank does not make you a criminal as long the due process was followed.

Tx

It needs to be clarified, are these debts serviceable debts or bad debts.

It is not a crime anywhere in the world to have secured bank debts, and even if there is a default, the bank normally recovers their funds back through sale of assets.

Granting loans on padi padi basis is fraud and prosecuting such people can be understandable. I still don't understand where CBN or EFCC comes into the picture, if the banks debts can be recovered. We should try to be objective and not put our subjective views into issues at times.

Tx

@LondonGirl,

Are you the same Nikki that worked in Qatar?

Tx

Yar’Adua was right to give the UN a miss

Updated: Friday 02-10-2009
Nosa Osaigbovo

PRESIDENT Umaru Yar’Adua has no fond memories of the United States. It is not a place he is eager to return to. It is a destination of dread. The president did not go to New York to address the General Assembly of the United Nations because he feared another mauling by the media.

President Yar’Adua was pilloried in the press for the awestruck statement he made in the White House after a visit to the then American president, Mr. George W. Bush. He said he would never forget the visit to the White House until his last dying breath. Some Nigerians took raging exception to the president’s hymn of humility. They called him a bumbling bumpkin, a village boy dazzled by the lights of the city. His critics said the president had disgraced Nigeria.

But Benjamin Disraeli, a leading British cabinet member who later became prime minister, had expressed similar sentiments at Oxford University after he was awarded an honorary degree. It was one rainy evening in 1853, almost 100 years before President Yar’Adua was born.

Disraeli told a large group of admiring students: ‘Gentlemen, within these classic walls I dare not presume to attempt to thank you, but, believe this, never will I forget your generous kindness.’

Disraeli was very confident even as a young man, though he was a Jew in a country where Jews were by law non-citizens only 50 years before his birth. Those who sought citizenship had to convert to Christianity.

President Yar’Adua does not have the oratorical polish and flourish of Disraeli. But dull delivery is not a crime. Oratorical power is nature’s gift and cannot be grabbed by those who do not possess it. And there is something dishonest about oratory. Oratory can be used to drive demagogy.

Disraeli the orator, the devastating debater, made a huge hash of his maiden speech in parliament. He told the members amid the tumult of derision: ‘I have begun several things many times, and have often succeeded at last. I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me.’ And the time came.

President Yar’Adua was right not to go to the United Nations to be heard. Many delegates may not have sat through his speech. Almost every word that President Yar’Adua utters is punctuated with a cough. This is not his fault. Disease remains an unconquerable force in spite of amazing medical advances. Tens of serious diseases still make man’s life a misery. Those who laugh at President Yar’Adua because of his illness have lost their humanity.

Some of those who have criticised President Yar’Adua for not going to the United Nations to deliver a speech would have poured scorn on him if he had gone there and put up a poor show.

President Yar’Adua feels at home in Saudi Arabia, so why shouldn’t he go there once in a while? He does not have to make speeches there and he will not hear the screeches of protest against his rule.

Nigeria does not have the equivalent of the American Camp David. Mr. Yar’Adua needs a presidential geteaway, a Camp Comfort, as Aso Rock appears to be a fortress under siege.

The president’s escape route is to leave office at the end of his first term. He should not seek re-election; he has not been a success as president. Persistence in the absence of ability and in the face of frailty will make him a faint footnote in Nigeria’s political history.

And leaving office will remove the need for him to go to the United Nations to make speeches and give him the freedom to go to Saudi Arabia as often as he wants.

This ****hole get big time complex,

@DizzyBizzy - Manual cars do have cruise control too, , I drive a Saab 9-3 manual and it comes with cruise control

The leather in the car does not look too real, kind of funny looking.

penny wise pound foolish,

no worries no airline will carry u, so u can still save your shitty £200,

Oh boy u no go school, or wetin u dey prove

Hi All,

Any reputable Mitsubishi garage in Lagos??


Tx

Is either u are having a joke, here or there is more to it with the price quoted. 3.5M for 07 Avalon,

Am shipping through Galveston on a Hoegh vessel, just out of curiosity is HOEGH better than ACL?

Thanks