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How una take dey make friend for nairaland self.I dnt have a single friend OO and have been here since 2010.Is there a forum where people can chat and exchange info without making it public.

Well as for my friend, take heart.That is internet for you.

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By Emeka Alex Duru

Baring last minute hitches, domestic and international air travellers within Nigeria, would soon be accorded courtesies and rights commensurate with their counterparts in other parts of the world. This is in line with regulations being put in place by the Consumer Protection Unit of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).

The agenda, encapsulated in Passengers Bill of Rights, aims at ensuring that Nigerian air travel passengers are decently treated by airlines, not only in conformity with global standards but also, in keeping with government’s promise to provide efficient and effective service delivery to all Nigerians.

The Bill, which is expected to commence next month, places enormous responsibilities to the airlines as well as rights and duties to the passengers. Part of the provisions of the document is that which holds airliners liable for services that fall below expectations of their customers.

Among these sore points are those bordering on unnecessary delays, flight reschedule or outright cancellation. Currently, the trend at the nation’s airport is that of passenger frustration arising from whimsical tendencies of airline operators.

Part of the allegation is airliners regularly delaying or cancelling flights, without being made to pay restitutions. Some, it has also been alleged, overbook flights and leave passengers who cannot get seats on the flight without choice but to wait for a later flight, which may be the next day. Some staff of the airlines are also known to be discourteous to passengers, even in the face of such frustrating situations.

Travellers also accuse some airlines of publishing misleading advertisement, which fails to disclose the full fare for a flight. This means a passenger is made to incur additional fees, tax, brokerage fees, administrative charges or commission outside the published fare.

Our reporter in fact, gathered that annually, the Consumer Protection Unit of NCAA receives no less than 50,000 complaints from passengers badly treated by local and international airlines. The complaints relate to lost baggage, poor in-flight service, flight delays and cancellations, amongst others.

Aviation officials however assure that with the proposed Passengers Bill of Rights, these infractions would be checked. The Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Dr. Fola Akinkuotu offered insight into the emerging regime when he disclosed last week, that foreign and domestic airlines operating in the country will from next month, pay heavy fines and compensations for flight delays, cancellations, lost baggage and other related anomalies, when the bill would have rolled off.

“The Passengers Bill of Rights will come into effect before the end of July; the passengers and airline operators will get to know their rights and obligations. The regulator will just sit to make sure there is compliance,” Akinkuotu had said.

He stressed that it was high time airline operators stopped maltreating their passengers, adding that the implementation of the bill of rights would help put an end to unfair practices by airlines.

Akinkuotu stated; “It is not good for passengers to get raw deals from the airlines. What is sauce for the geese is also sauce for the gander. We have a responsibility to ensure that the bill of rights works.

“We need to make sure passengers get good deals and value for their money. We need to let them know that air transport is the best way to go, and that they will get good deals and value for money.”

The Bill admonishes the passengers that their rights are not a privilege but their entitlement, assuring them that they are obligatory on the airlines. “It is the responsibility of every airline passenger whose rights are infringed upon to demand restitution first, from the airline at the point of infringement, and only report to NCAA Consumer Protection Officers (CPOs) at the airports or through contacts provided in this pamphlet”, it stressed.

According to the Bill, henceforth any airline, which denies a passenger boarding as a result of overbooking of flight has to ensure that the “smallest practicable number of persons holding confirmed tickets on that flight are denied boarding involuntarily.” It added that any passenger denied boarding involuntarily shall be compensated. The compensation, it stressed, is at least 25 percent of the fares or passenger ticket price for all flights within Nigeria and at least 30 percent of the passenger ticket price for all international routes.

Considering the factor of inconveniences to passengers occasioned by flight delay, the new Bill insists that whenever an airline anticipates such a development beyond its scheduled time, passengers are entitled to some reliefs. For delay beyond one hour, it prescribes that the airline must provide refreshment, telephone call, SMS or e-mail to the passengers. In case of a delay for two hours and beyond, the carrier must reimburse passengers the full value of their tickets.

The Bill also prescribes that where the delay occurs between 10pm and 4am, the airline must provide hotel accommodation, refreshment, meal, two free calls, sms, e-mail and transport to passengers to and from the airport.

International passengers with delayed flights for between two and four hours are entitled to refreshment and two telephone calls, sms or e-mail. For passengers whose flights are delayed for four hours or more, the bill mandates the respective airline to provide them with a meal, two telephone calls, sms or e-mail. For delays at least six hours after the original time of departure, each passenger is entitled to hotel accommodation and transportation between the airport and place of accommodation.

The Bill however allows carriers to cancel flights provided booked passengers are informed on time. In this instance, passengers on domestic flights must be informed 24 hours before scheduled departure time, while those on international flights must be informed of cancellation seven days before scheduled departure time.

Where a passenger is informed less than seven days before an international flight, he must be offered re-routing, allowing him to depart not more than one hour before scheduled time of departure and to arrive his final destination not more than two hours after scheduled arrival time.

“Where this time frame is not observed, the following rights apply: 25 percent of passenger ticket price for all domestic flights within Nigeria; 30 percent of passenger ticket price for all international flights. Also, passengers whose flights are cancelled outside the stipulated time above are entitled in addition to any of the following choices: immediate reimbursement in cash for domestic flights and within 14 days for international flights either by cash, electronic bank transfer, bank orders or bank cheque or with the signed agreement if the passenger, in travel vouchers or other services. Such vouchers shall be redeemable at all sales outlets of the air carrier issuing the voucher”.

It added that compensations and reimbursements shall be immediate and in cash for domestic flight at full cost of ticket price; within 14 days for international flights at full cost of ticket price paid either by cash, electronic bank transfer, bank orders/cheque or with signed agreement of the passenger, in travel vouchers or other services.

When a passenger is re-routed to an alternative airport other than the one booked, the airline must bear the cost of transferring him from the alternative airport to the airport of booking or to another close-by destination agreed with him. Where, however, a carrier is able to prove that cancellation was caused by unavoidable extraordinary circumstances, it is not under obligation to pay compensation to the passengers.

All airlines are mandated to display at their check-in desk a written statement of passenger’s rights in the event of any of overbooking, denied boarding, delay/cancelled flights. The statement must read: “If you are denied boarding or your flight is cancelled or delayed for at least 1 hour, ask the airline officials for a written statement of your rights particularly with regards to compensation or assistance.”

There are other provisions of the bill, including those bordering on down grading of passengers from original classes for which they had paid. Failure to adhere to the stipulations of the Bill attracts various ranges of fines to the airliners. The provisions of the Bill are, however, not limited to airlines. Unruly passengers also stand the risk of being prosecuted and jailed for two months or pay N5 million or N500,000 as fines or both.

Aviation handling companies are also expected to be more diligent with their work henceforth, as they risk paying between N5 million or N500,000 as penalties, for infractions.

Enlightened analysts count the introduction of the bill among the efforts of the aviation ministry to enhance the country’s air transportation. This, they say, is in addition to the infrastructure uplift currently going on in the nation’s major airports. Ighile John, an aviation commentator, describes the Bill as a welcome development, adding that with it “the era of the airlines feeding on the ignorance and helplessness of air travellers, is clearly over”. He however urges the authorities to ensure that the provisions of the bill are implemented to the letter

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CY09: No just think am bro, that one na die! I recall when it happened to me, I couldn't call any one to come help me out. E come be say na jean zip do u......infact make I no just think am!

Really? Where were you when South Africans killed and displace so many African nationals two years ago because they felt they were doing very well but the Poor Black South Africans were not. South African are nothing but bunch of bitter people.

The funny thing is there are other nationals in South Africa but non of these nationals are being targeted. I never hear South Africans attacking people from Ghana,Cameroon, Ivory Coast. It is always Nigerians becasue Nigerians don't obey laws.[/quote]

SOUTH Africans have so much hate in them;I dont know why.Yes Nigeria may be bedeviled with corruption but we are still more happy and tolerant with other African nationals compared to these bitter South Africans.Today south African will fight against Nigerians, next time will be Somali, another time Zimbabwe and other nationals. They are so myopic not to even reason that their citizen are foreigners else where.
If every country decide to keep to their own maltreat and drive every body that do not belong to their country, do they think the world will be a better place to be in.Now i know why the white were oppressing the black South Africans.They have nothing to offer other than hate and violence.Black South Africans have no justification to cry for injustice done by the White during the Apartheid Era because they are even worse than the White.I have never seen any country that is filled with so much hate and bitterness as the black South Africans.
Why are Nigerians not killing every Malians, Chadians, Nigerien s, Lebanese etc that are causing havoc in our beloved nation.This is because we believe that among every bad egg they are good egg.These bad eggs would be left for the authority to fish out and not done indiscriminately.Black South Africans please release yourself of this hate you have within you.We are all Africans.

REALLY? EXACTLY LIKE YOU.

chei: You don't blame the policemen anyway. Nigerians are a nuisance wherever they go.

The United Kingdom has aborted its plan to place a £3,000 bond on Nigerians seeking entry to the country, a spokesman for Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Ministry told Daily Trust in Abuja yesterday.

The Sunday Times of London had quoted UK Home Secretary Theresa May as saying that a pilot scheme that would target visitors from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and Ghana would take off in November under which travellers from those countries would pay a cash deposit of £3,000 to deter immigration abuse. They will forfeit the money if they overstay their visas.

But when contacted for comments yesterday, spokesman for the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Abuja, Mr Ode Ogbole, replied with text message saying: "It's been rescinded". He did not give further details and did not answer subsequent telephone calls.

Another official of the ministry who chose to remain anonymous also told Daily Trust that a message from the UK government rescinding the plan had been sent to the Presidency.

Earlier yesterday, Foreign Affairs Minister Olugbenga Ashiru told journalists at the ministerial platform commemorating the mid-term anniversary of the Jonathan administration that no official communication had been received from the British government by Nigeria on the subject.

He assured Nigerians of government's readiness to defend and protect them all over the world but urged them to always conduct themselves in a manner that will portray Nigeria in good image.

Meanwhile, the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has described the proposed UK entry bond as discriminatory and unacceptable.

"This is totally discriminatory and unacceptable. It is targeted to non-white Commonwealth. We would take a critical look at the policy as it affects Nigerians and come up with a way forward," committee chairman Rep. Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje (PDP Abia) said in a statement.

"We agreed totally with the UK Foreign Minister that the policy is totally unworkable and impractical. It is contrary to the commitment made to our President by David Cameron during their last meeting. We believe it is for political reason ahead of general election. We seek that our long historical relationship should take precedence over political expediency," Ukeje said.

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Pa Fatai Olayiwola Olagunju, popularly known as Fatai Rolling Dollar has passed on. He died this morning at Marritol Hospital, Surulere after a brief illness. He was 85 years old

One of his wives, Funmulayo Olagunju, confirmed his death. Details later

On June 12, 2013 · In News 2:28 pm..Share Tweet
Pa Fatai Olayiwola Olagunju, popularly known as Fatai Rolling Dollar has passed on. He died this morning at Marritol Hospital, Surulere after a brief illness. He was 85 years old

One of his wives, Funmulayo Olagunju, confirmed his death. Details later

madlady: I could marry him

I HEARD HE IS GAY.

dare2think: As much as the subject of Gay acceptance is very subjective, I do not think that we ,as Nigerians, should be celebrating discrimination, especially coming from one of the most racist nations on earth.

I hope those of you praising and congratulating Russia on this move are also celebrating Russia's discrimination and resentment of black people in their country. Several Nigerians and ethnic minorities are butchered yearly because Russians are less tolerable of foreigners just as they are less tolerable of Gays.

As much as we may not accept the lifestyles of the Gay community, we must not celebrate their discrimination either. Especially as our race has been one of the most discriminated race in history, a testament that is still very poignant in current times.

Russia's discrimination should not be celebrated regardless of race, gender or orientation. If you feel otherwise, then you must accept the discrimination of the other groups and avoid double standards.

TALKING OF DESCRIMINATION AGAINST FOREIGNERS.YOU WAKA FAR OO! WHAT ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA WEY DEY YOUR BACK YARD IN THE SAME AFRICA CONTINENT.SO FORGET RUSSIA CASE OF DESCRIMINATION AND FACE THE CASE AT HAND. WELLDONE RUSSIA,FLUSH OUT THIS GAY PEOPLE BEFORE THEY INFLUENCE OTHER PEOPLE AND CHILDREN WITH THIER NONSENCE ACT.

Van snickers: Hypocrites that can't leave their noses out of other people's lives.
I might not be gay, but the way you people treat homosexuals makes me more Pro-gay everyday.

TRY TALK TRUTH. BE CONFIDENT AND BE PROUD OF WHO U ARE.MR GAY

WAKA PASS AND NO LOOK BACK. gay SUPPORTER

fitzmayowa: What happened to live and let others live
Just passing by sha

South Africa: No safe haven for Somalis
Country profile: South Africa
Rainbow nation's outsiders live in fear
Members of the Somali community in South Africa have marched to parliament in Cape Town to protest against recent attacks on foreigners.

Two Somalis have been killed this month and the Somali government has requested the South African authorities to do more to protect their nationals.

About 200 people took part in the protest, holding a banner reading: "Everyone is a foreigner somewhere."

Correspondents say xenophobic attacks have resumed recently.

Some of the protesters accused the authorities of not doing enough to prevent attack on foreigners, especially Somalis.

According to the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, South Africans are becoming "increasingly desensitised" to attacks on foreigners, The Sowetan newspaper reports.

The BBC's Mohammed Allie in Cape Town says the violence is linked to the massive unemployment among young South Africans.

In the past two decades, many thousands of Somalis have fled conflict at home and moved to South Africa, where many have opened small shops and kiosks in townships.

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The tiny face of a newborn baby boy is revealed as rescuers cut apart a sewage pipe at a hospital in Jinhua, China, on Saturday, May 25.
The baby, stuck in a section of the pipe, was taken to a hospital, where rescuers and doctors carefully cut apart the pipe, piece by piece, to extract him.
Rescue workers were unable to pull the infant out of the toilet and went to the floor below and sawed away a section of the pipe. The baby remained stuck, however.
The baby is reportedly in stable condition at the hospital, while local police are investigating the mother, who says she unexpectedly gave birth while sitting on the toilet. Nurses attend to the infant inside a local hospital.
The newborn baby is pictured in the hospital after being rescued.
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The child's mother is cooperating with police No charges have been filed
The baby is released to his maternal grandparents A newborn baby boy who was found alive inside a toilet pipe in Jinhua, China, has been released from hospital and taken home by his maternal grandparents, police said Thursday.

The child's mother is still being treated at the hospital, but has been cooperating with the investigation, said Xiang Jiangsong, a police official.

The police are labeling the case an "accident" at this time, and no charges have been filed against the mother.

Dramatic video of the infant's rescue made global headlines and sparked reactions worldwide.

Baby rescued from toilet pipe Unable to pull the infant out, rescuers went to the floor below and sawed away a section of pipe.

But the baby was still stuck, so both the section of pipe and the infant were taken to a hospital.

Working together, rescuers and doctors began removing the pipe, piece by piece.

CCTV video showed the exact moment hands in white gloves gingerly pulled away a part of the pipe, revealing the tiny face of a newborn.

The infant, a boy referred to as "Baby 59," is drinking formula, doctors said.

Police said firefighters and other rescuers involved visited the baby at the hospital and sent clothes, formula powder and diapers.

The mother's account

The mother of the infant is not being identified, but police say she is 22.

Local police say that, so far, they believe her account of how the baby ended up in the pipe.

"That day she felt stomachaches," said Jiang Song, the vice director of police. "So she went to the toilet. It was actually close to her due date and the baby just slid out."

Police questioned the woman, who told them that she did not intend for the child to fall into the toilet, according to a local TV channel that was posted on the official police Weibo account.

The police said she tried to retrieve the baby with a stick, then decided to flush the toilet to clear away the blood.

London hacking victim namedSTORY HIGHLIGHTS

Drummer Lee "Riggers" Rigby, 25, was a machine gunner who became a recruiter
"He was a real character" in the infantry, his commanding officer says
As a drummer, he stood outside the Royal Palaces
He was also the father of a 2-year-old son, Jack
(CNN) -- The British soldier slain in a gruesome cleaver attack in London was a well-liked infantryman and machine gunner who served in Afghanistan and Cyprus, and then became a military recruiter and ceremonial drummer outside the Royal Palaces, the military said Thursday.

Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, was part of the Regimental Recruiting Team in London, and as a machine gunner, he was part of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

The Fusiliers, an infantry group, are known for the hackle, or feather plume, in their military headdress.

The victim killed in a cleaver attack Wednesday was identified as Drummer Lee Rigby of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. The brutal killing of Rigby shocked the United Kingdom, with Prime Minister David Cameron saying the act appears to have been a terrorist attack. A police officer stands with flowers in a hail storm on Thursday, May 23, close to the crime scene in front of Woolwich Barracks in southeast London. A man contemplates at a scene where flowers lay, outside Woolwich Barracks in London. Flowers lie outside Woolwich Barracks on May 23. Soldiers walk outside Woolwich Barracks on Thursday, May 23, near where the soldier was killed. Notes and shirts sit outside Woolwich Barracks on May 23. The slain soldier was wearing a "Help for Heroes" shirt when he was killed. British soldiers stand guard outside the barracks on May 23. Members of the far-right English Defence League wear balaclavas as they gather outside a pub in Woolwich on Wednesday, May 22. EDL supporters confront police in Woolwich on May 22. EDL leader Tommy Robinson joins supporters at the crime scene on May 22. A police officer guards a tent that's been set up at the crime scene as investigations continue late May 22. Mary Warder brings flowers to the scene of the crime on May 22 to pay respects to the victim. Men place flowers near the scene on John Wilson Street. A police officer guards a blocked-off area in Woolwich on May 22. A general view of Woolwich Barracks, near the scene in Woolwich. Police officers block off a road in Woolwich. Forensic officers investigate the crime scene on May 22. Police walk to the scene in Woolwich on May 22. A still frame from video shows a man outside the Woolwich Barracks in London holding a cleaver and addressing the camera directly, moments after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street on Wednesday, May 22. The man in the video swore "by almighty Allah" to keep fighting. British Prime David Cameron called the attack terrorism. Britain's prime Minister David Cameron addresses media representatives at 10 Downing Street in London on May 23, 2013, a day after a soldier who was hacked to death in a London street by two suspected Islamist extremists. Photos: Attack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonPhotos: Attack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonAttack in Southeast LondonPhotos: Attack in Southeast LondonHIDE CAPTION<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 >>>
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Fears of backlash in London Rigby had a 2-year-old son, Jack, the UK Ministry of Defense said.

Witness: Attackers 'were just animals'

Fellow soldiers described him as having an engaging personality. He joined the army in 2006 and acquired the nickname "Riggers" in his platoon.

"He was a real character within the Second Fusiliers," Lt. Col. Jim Taylor, commanding officer of the 2nd Fusiliers, said in a statement. "Larger than life, he was at the heart of our Corps of Drums. An experienced and talented side drummer and machine gunner, he was a true warrior and served with distinction in Afghanistan, Germany and Cyprus."

Rigby also loved soccer's Manchester United, soldiers said.

"He was one of the Battalion's great characters, always smiling and always ready to brighten the mood with his fellow Fusiliers," Warrant Officer Ned Miller of the 2nd Fusiliers said in a statement. "He was easily identified whilst on parade by the huge smile on his face and how proud he was to be a member of the Drums. He would always stop for a chat just to tell me Manchester United would win the league again."

Rigby was born in Crumpsall, Manchester.

After joining the army, his first post was in Cyprus as a machine gunner in Dhekelia, the military said.

In 2008, he was assigned to Hounslow, West London, and became "an integral member of the Corps of Drums throughout the Battalion's time on public duties, the highlight of which was being a part of the Household Division's Beating the Retreat -- a real honour for a line infantry Corps of Drums," the ministry said.

London attack mirrors plot to behead Muslim soldier

In 2009, he deployed on operations "for the first time," sent to Afghanistan's Helmand province, where he was a member of a fire support group at Patrol Base Woqab.

He then returned to the UK and completed a second tour of public duties. Later, he followed the battalion to Celle, Germany.

In 2011, he became a recruiter at the Regimental Headquarters in the Tower of London.

London attack: Terrorist targeting soldiers at home again?

Rigby "was a cheeky and humorous man, always there with a joke to brighten the mood; he was an extremely popular member of the Fire Support Group," said Capt. Alan Williamson, who was Rigby's platoon commander from 2010 to 2011.

Rigby's death has attracted worldwide attention because the slaying scene was captured on a cell phone camera. A man with bloodied hands, holding a meat cleaver and a knife, carried out the killing because, he said to the camera, "Muslims are dying daily."

That man, Michael Adebolajo, and a second person are under arrest. They are being treated in London hospitals for injuries suffered in a confrontation with armed police at the scene, in southeast London's Woolwich neighborhood.

Two other people were also arrested Thursday, London's Metropolitan Police said. Authorities have not released the identities of the other three.

skin to skin these days is very risky.You can contact all manner of diseases.Hiv and co.condom anytime any day should be in your bag. Even if the bobo nor get borro am one.my two cent.

chidindufrank: primary,secondary or tertiary school drop-out?. Please you can use your native language to post if english is now too hard for you. U fit sama pidgin join kwa we go grab u hear.

shut the crap, answer the question and leave the grammer alone.

PLEASE TELL US YOUR EXPERIENCE ABOUT THE TONEDO, AND LET US REJOICE WITH YOUR FOR SURVIVING THE DISASTER.I HEAD IT HAD CLAIMED UP TO 51 LIVES(INCLUDING CHILDEREN)I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE OK AND GETTING OVER THE TRAUMA.

[quote author=Alyricist★Laura]Humans should not be killing or eating any animals period...

What type of savage eats a four legged animal...

Ill give the fish and the bird eaters a pass..

But if you are eating a 4 Legged beast , then you are some sort of subhuman slime

Only Uncivilized Folk Eat Animals. [/quote]Good said to ADAM.Take dominion over every leaving thing under the surface of the earth and use for food.So God has given man all animals to feed on.Its now depend on the emotions attached to certain animals that would prevent you from killing them for food.i.e, Dogs and Cats.But monkey... well the domestic ones can be use as pet. While the bush money are the sweetest bush meat i have ever eaten.I think you all should try dried bush monkies.Very delicious indeed.Anyway what the guy dId was a criminal offence.

YA,THE WAY THE NORTH PRACTICE THEIR ISLAM IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE WEST.THE WEST PREACH PEACE TO THIER CONGREGATION WHILE THE NORTHERN MUSLIM ARE BRAINWASHED TO BE VIOLENT TOWARD INFIDELS, WHO HAPPEN TO BE PEOPLE FROM THE SOUTH, EAST AND WEST AND NON MUSLIMS.SO THEY ARE ISLAMIC RABELS

abraj property: I Just hate It when BH is been address as islamic sect, the word islam shld be removed....because All they're doing is against islamic teachings...am a muslim from the west, we live,play,marry,joke, and Have pleasure and memorable momments with our christian folks.. ..It hurt seeing the word islam whenever am reading reports on BH.....hurts.......

Dibiachukwu: It is now a crime to be a beggar
Who gave lagos state government all these rights?

SHOT UP JO! IF YOU HAVE NOTHING GOOD TO SAY.NIGERIANS NEVER SEE ANYTHING GOOD THAT IS WHY WE ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD.

Then what is your solution.Critics like you supporting Lai always see nothing good in problem solving and have nothing to contribute.This is the time everybody has to support the goverment in ending this problem.Nigeria is for everybody.If Nigeria is at war today, i bet you u would ever cherish the peaceful country you once had.

AnanseK: ACN has explained how non functional and futile the Presidents prescription is and I agree with them fully.Instead of insulting Lai Mohammed, you intelligent Nigerians should tell us how more force and more violence by the state can bring peace to the country.

What is thier point.when a house is on fire the first everybody do is to get water and quench the fire after that before they can now ask what started the fire in the first place.Right people are dying and all ACN has to say is to conderm.Have they even brough out solution other than to be pessimistic about jonathan's goverment.Useless polital leaders that we have.Abeg i dey vex jo.[quote author=Neo-XVI]Love it or hate it, they have very valid points.[/quote]

How can the opposition party be against the State of Emergency declared by the President.Must they politicise evrything.This shows that they are not different from thier counterpart who are self serving and selfish.They just enjoy to dance around the countrY's woes because thier opposition is in Power.If Nigeria should disintegrate because of thier self serving nature which country will they rule, can they rule a divided Nigeria.I think they are all drunk. Shame on ACN.I tot we had an opposition party that Nigerians could finally run to, not knowing that they are nothing but a snake under the green grass.Shame Shame Shame on ACN.

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described the declaration of a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States by President Goodluck Jonathan as lacking in original thinking, and therefore asked the National Assembly to reject it.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said if the use of force was capable of ending the Boko Haram crisis, it would have ended a long time ago.

It said while the President was right in expressing outrage over the mindless killings and wanton destruction by the insurgents, he was wrong in proposing more of the same measures that have failed to yield results.

”If the medicine given to a patient has not cured his or her illness, is it not futile to prescribe more of the same medicine for the patient? If the declaration of a state of emergency in 15 local government areas in four states in 2011 has not curbed the activities of the insurgents, why extend such measure to other areas? If the use of force in the affected states have failed to curtail the activities of the insurgents, why send in more troops?

”There is nothing new in the President’s action. It is more of the same: deployment of more troops to the affected states and the use of tougher, scorched-earth tactics against the insurgents. In the first instance, this stepped-up militarization of the states amounts to an asymmetric use of force in an environment where the insurgents operate within a civilian population, hence it will ultimately be counterproductive as the death toll will continue to mount while the civilian population – who will be caught in the cross fire – will be alienated.

”Secondly, the President should go ahead and disband the committee he recently inaugurated and saddled with reaching out to the insurgents, because by opting to flood the states with more troops under an ill-advised emergency rule, he has succeeded in pulling the carpet from under the Committee’s feet. Who negotiates genuinely with a gun
to his head? The committee’s job is over, the members can as well pack up and go home.

”Thirdly, one hopes the President’s action is not linked to the politics of 2015. With the three states militarized, there can neither be electioneering campaign nor voting there. We had warned earlier that as 2015 approaches, the Jonathan Administration will increasingly take measures that will make it impossible to hold election in many states The over militarization of some states in the north, the plan to destabilise the South-west using slush funds from the so-called oil pipeline protection contract and the infantile threats from some Niger Delta militants seem to be part of this plan

”Fourthly, what happens if and when the declaration of emergency rule fails to stem the violence, now that the President has gone for broke and played his last card?

”In view of the reasons stated above, we hereby reject the declaration of emergency rule in the three states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, and we call on the National Assembly to also reject it and not allow itself to be used to rubber stamp a declaration that is largely cosmetic.

”We reiterate our earlier statements that the Boko Haram crisis has its roots in years of bad governance that have produced an army of unemployed,
unemployable, disenchanted and demoralized youths who are now ready hands and willing tools for those seeking to perpetrate violence. The unprecedented corruption across the land, as well as injustice and extra-judicial killings are also fuelling this crisis,” ACN said.

The party said while the short-term solution to the Boko Haram crisis should be a combination of dialogue and a minimal use of force, the long term measure to deny Boko Haram of willing recruits and make the sect unattractive to anyone is to ensure that the State can adequately meet the yearnings and aspirations of its citizens. And the only way to do this is through good governance that delivers the dividends of democracy to the citizens; stamps out corruption and ensures a just and equitable society.

”Boko Haram is like a bad tree. To kill it, it must be uprooted, instead of trimming its branches. The measures announced by President Jonathan on Tuesday will not deliver the killer punch to this reprehensible sect. There is need to think out of the box,” it said

mainlyblessed: I posted this on another thread but thought I should send it out more widely maybe someone could learn from my experience and have an HIV/STD free life. I am at a happy place in my life and going to beat this illness!

Interestingly many people are ignorant about the range of feelings one may go through on being diagnosed so I have decided to share my own experience. I got infected about eleven years back. I can precisely say it was on or around 15 February 2002 as that the date of my first intimate experience. Unfortunately, 2 years and a few months later he passed away. He was ill for a few months before passing on but HIV did not initially cross my mind as he was being treated for typhoid. However, as his condition deteriorated, I thought about this but was too scared to voice it or to go for a test. After his death, his mother confided in me and with her support, I was finally able to go for a test. Was I scared and confused? Thoroughly! The test came back positive and I went through counselling and later started treatment. The funny thing was that I never felt angry with him for infecting me and can to that extent say the question of forgiving him did not arise. I guess this was because I loved him and at the time I gave in to him, I was ready to make love with him and was looking forward to spending the rest of my life with him. The main issue was I could not bring myself to forgive ME. I felt I had let myself and all that I represented down. I gave my life to Christ at an early age and had kept myself throughout university and NYSC, so why did I have to be so careless at that mature age. I also hated myself because I was very aware of the risks of unprotected sex but had failed to exercise caution when it came to me and him. A quick trip to the hospital to screen him for stds could have prevented my life from taking the downward spiral it went into. Also I could have insisted on him using condom. We did try initially but with trying to disvirgin me, it kept slipping and bursting so we just let go. I guess I got careless with all the hormones raging through my system and the fact that we were spending an exciting valentine weekend together. I also failed to ask him much about his previous intimate history/ies as we were both "christians" and were planning to spend our lie together. How foolish! It hasn't been easy living with myself but I am gradually learning not to beat myself too much. My advice to anyone who cares to listen is before you take off your pants/boxers, both you and your partner should be screened. I would actually recommend abstinence till marriage because I believe at least in my case if I had kept my pants on, then possibly, during pre-marital intimate health screening, we could have picked this up and then I would have had a choice of dealing with the question whether or not I would have gone ahead and married him (assuming he was still alive at this point and we were still an item). Be faithful to each other, because if this could happen to me, then it can happen to anyone. Have an HIV and STD free life. It could happen to anyone. I pray it is not you. In my case I have learnt to cope with the disease, it is the stigma that has been debilitating. I have been so scarred that I have too scared of embarking on a relationship as I don't know what/how to tell interested suitors. I fear rejection as this has happened twice and I do not want to have my personal information out there only for the guy to develop cold feet. Aside from this, life has been good.

check online dating site..you can be lucky