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Rossikk: Demolish the entire Makoko and send everyone back to their villages to farm. Or back to Togo where I hear many of them are from. That's MY solution. EVERY single structure in that place is an illegal structure that would never be tolerated by any modern nation, including those trying to lecture Lagos on how to approach the issue.

Thank you for this. As we ship them off to their villages, where they cannot afford to support themselves or their families, some in dejection turn to worshipping false prohets, others turn to prostitution, a lot of them, utterly demoralized, listen to some madman who blames a westernised living for the fact that Community is no longer scared in our culture, no-one takes care of them or cares and they should form a terrorist organisation to gain their self-respect back at the expense of our lives. Now, where have I heard this before...

Oh right. The Northern Nigeria

You couldn't tell I was being sarcastic, right?

The only way to keep yourself safe is for your neighbour to be safe. Fashola is doing what Mayor Bloomberg did for NY (gentrification by force), and the poor are suffering. He's too busy ensuring he's pandering to the wealthy and creating new criminals, when he should be looking for ways to employ them and give them low-income housing. Go see the countries with low-crime rate, there's high employment even if the cost of living isn't high. But yeah, poor people aren't human to us church-loving people, amirite??

Again, that was sarcasm.

Hawaiian Silky Argan Oil sulphate and Paraben free shampoo is good too, best of all you can buy it in shops in Lagos for N1,200 or go to Trade fair and get it for N800.

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ballabriggs: Nonsense and trash again. What did Jona and Alams do as Governors of Bayelsa for eight years to improve Bayelsa's health system is the question?

If those states had done enough, Lagos will have enough resources to even pay each Doctor N50 million per annum. However with the exploding population, Lagos is strained and forced to conserve and pick up the bits, forced to work on a limited budget.

Lagos has a free health policy for children, Bayelsa cannot even afford to buy condoms to reduce the spread of HIV. Meanwhile Alams has hidden the health money for onward removal from his belle in Germany.

What did Jona and Alams do in Bayelsa over 8 years? Answer now or forever shut up..

Sorry, but I must answer this question. Fashola is a crook when it comes to Doctors, you think I'm lying, go to Lagos Island Maternity or GH. That free healthcare, when you go there, they will tell you the medicine has finished and you will be forced to pay. A lot of my friends work as doctors there, during that last year's strike, Fashola fired even people that were on leave (and didn't join the strike) and replaced them with contract staff doctors for a cheaper option, a very unsafe practise, as this means, you will see Dr. A today who understands your condition and Dr.B tomorrow, who has limited experience with you. Also, he did not give them coverage, which meant if something bad happened, Lagos state wasn't liable and the doctor was. He even tried to cut the full-time staffs' salaries, and forget the politics played. I know 2 Pediatricians right now, both left Nigeria to become consultants. They work in other African countries and they say we are a shambles (hospital will buy equipment and not train staff to use it, so it will be there, rusting. That's LUTH for you). The best doctors are in the government run hospitals, but most would rather travel out than stay.

There's a shop in Surulere, off Akerele street, the road leading to Shitta roundabount. She sells Village fresh there.

There are concealers for Black skin, good ones will conceal and correct. The new MAC formulations are breaking out a lot of black women, here and in the US. I personally use Milani cosmetics concealer, Black Up corrector palette and other brands in my kit for my clients. You could also go with a heavy cream foundation, that is pigmented and dry in texture, sadly no nigerian brand comes to mind for that. But try those two I mentioned.


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It closes with the mall's hours so maybe 9am to 9pm. It's not cheap, almost everything except nail polish is over N3k, powders are N6k and above. But you are getting original mac products.

Mega toner is a bleaching cream that has steroids in it, which is not good for the skin. The efficiency of Veet decreases with the age of the bottle, so if it's been on the shelf for too long, it won't work as well. That's why people leave it on for much longer and the skin burns (relaxers and hair depilatories have a few ingredients that are the same, but concentration is different). Use shea butter to treat it first, or even aloe vera gel straight from the plant. Then try a coca butter to even out skintone, hth.

hernyhorla: Hey ladies, right now i am about getting a powder but really confused about which to use. I have never used foundation before . I used the iman oil blotting powder and found out it makes my face shine. Some one just told me to try Zaron and that i don't need a foundation. I noticed i have some pimples after a facial mask on sat. what is d difference between concealer and foundation, please

Hey, you're probably reacting to an ingredient in that mask, which is making you break out. Concealer is like foundation, but usually thicker in pigment. Which means it covers more, so can be used to cover acne, scars and dark spots, where your foundation might not do so. Zaron powders seem quite good (I got a palette of them, you just need one), so go to a Zaron store and have them apply it on you, walk around for a few hours and then check to see if you still have excessive oiliness and if it's oxidizing on you (making you look dark). You'll always have oily skin (it's our weather), but if you do feel you need a foundation, please go for Black Up. For more info, contact me at http://naijapretty..com

Perfect Blend: And I'm a makeup artist who knows what she's doing. When I say don't mix blackopal & Iman, its because they are both oil based so it might not give you a completely dry and flawless look especially if you have oily skin. Its better to combine an oil based foundation(blackopal) with mineral powder or translucent powder, or combine a water based foundation(Marykay) with oil based pressed powder(Iman).

Thank you for attempting to school me. I also am a makeup artist, who sadly has not much experience in bridal, but has done television internationally, fashion shows in NY and Lagos, worked on music videos and magazine shoots and more than a few celebrities. Iman is not an oil-based pressed powder, the closest you will find in Nigeria that mimics that property is Tara Orekelewa's pressed powder, nice texture, wrong undertones. Iman is actually quite dry, as I recently had a guest on my tv show with dry skin, who insisted on Mary Kay liquid foundation and Iman pressed powder. She looked dry and ashy once the studio lights hit her. I switched to a cream foundation and the same powder and she looked better. To the person who asked, please meet a makeup artist whom you admire their work and book a consultation. Let them look at your skin and make some recommendations.

Black Opal cream foundation works better on dry skin, it's quite oily. Mary Kay liquid foundation suits normal to oily skin, and I recommend a translucent powder over both (not black opal's translucent powder, but maybe Black Up or Iman or Mac Mineralize Skin finish natural or heck, even Cornsilk translucent if you can find it).

Or you could talk to a makeup artist who knows what he/she is doing. Anyone can use any blend of makeup, and everyone's skin is different. As a makeup artist who does tv, music videos, mags,runway and adverts, I can assure you that there are several clients I use Black Opal cream foundation on, and others who do well with Mary Kay. It depends on your skin! The reason I don't recommend sponges is that it cakes on makeup, but if you must use it and you want to go for a light coverage, dampen your sponge with water first. This also helps to reduce the amount of foundation you waste, as sponges absorb product.

God bless Enyeama.

CIV is stronger than this, I'm getting worried that they're being so calm. Ideye is looking weak. Meanwhile, yay for our Supporters' club, I can hear their music proudly.

why I am watching this Heart attack inducing match, I do not know...

A smart matured nigerian man told me that nigerian women are artificial because nigerian men are insecure. He's very right: what this nigerian man will never accept in his nigerian gf, is what he's willing to tolerate in his foreign gf. OP, I was on your side from your first post, then you began to post some more and now, I'm on his side. More stuff like this is going to happen and it's best you decide to accept his culture without losing yourself or know that you wanna stay proudly american (you sound black american) and leave this guy.

I think the highest Jim Iyke got paid was N400,00 (I was on that production). I'm quite sure none of these actors and actresses earns up to N1million. A lot of them use their popularity to get endorsements and adverts and government contracts (I'm working with a few of them now who are making side money being middleman suppliers of construction materials for their respective state governments). The younger generation (male and female) get rich lovers who bankrole their lifestyles. But their lifestyle necessitates them living above their means, sadly. If anyone sees Mercy Johnson take a bus or a yellow cab, you'll all start shouting and deriding her. So not only does she have to buy a car, but a real nice car. That's show business.

It was a flop. My family attended with friends, they're swearing never to do it again.

Getting more updates from friends: people started turning back because it took almost 2 hours to the main entrance.

My brother and his wife attended Koko Concert. They didn't go to work today, see exhaustion.

Give her one week of total blanking. If you can do 2 weeks sef, it will be better. Ask her again. If she's still "thinking about it", dude, she doesn't like you enough to date you, so start forgetting about her. Yours will come.

I and my family boarded a space shuttle to Mars last night. We just landed safely. We're taking no chances.

If you feel empty and lonely inside, then this relationship is probably not good for you. Also, he should be calling you if he likes you.

I can confirm that that was a new Helicopter, so no-one is quite sure exactly what went wrong. It could be so many things. The pilot was a very nice and likable man. He, and all the departed, will be missed.

I think he fell in love with a girl from a nollywood script which got torn. Or something.

And this is coming from someone who reads epistles for a living.

Dude, cheating is a symptom of the problem. Your gf sounds like she likes excitement and egunje and doesn't want to work hard for money, but do it via aristo. You can't cure her mentality, so tell her you forgive her but it's over. And let me tell you one thing: the number of people who actually kill themselves because of a breakup is really low. That's just a manipulative ploy. Give her tfare to 3rd mainland bridge if she's insisting on not seeing you with another chick.

I'll quote my reply on another thread about this matter, particularly when it is the tribe issue:

My friend broke up with the perfect girl because she was a non-catholic yoruba girl. He spent the next one year suffering at the hands of different chicks and his business didn't improve, he stagnated. I can testify one of my sisters lost her fiance because of tribe and religion (yoruba muslim). Ironically, she ended up marrying a yoruba guy and they're doing well and successful. It is upto you and God. It's madness, yoruba people have the highest divorce rate, and I know a lot of yoruba girls running to wed ibo guys for their peace of mind. My cousin left his yoruba gf to wed a pretty girl from my village, as per his Mama's wishes. 4 yrs later, when they got divorced, he told his mum to either accept his yoruba gf or forget him as a son. 20yrs later, that marriage is still alive and kicking, 3 sons, home in Banana Island. My mum broke up my sis and her igbo bf, screaming he was a golddigger n igbo. She married a wealthy yoruba boy who grew up not quite realising what the word "Responsibility" means and her igbo ex moved on, to become a big boy in the Banking industry.

If my family raise genuine concerns why they don't like my partner, I'll listen. I've listened before and they were right. But if they start acting irrationally, like calling him to warn him off me, or lying against him, I know they're making an Irrational Decision. And those are 99% wrong. God will not make you sin to save somebody. He doesn't need your family to lie on someone's head, in order to get you out of a relationship. He's never done so in the past (bible), why is your case different??

See, what his family is doing is making an Irrational Decision. When you are making an irrational decision, you're not seeing clearly and your logic is blinded. So matter the outcome, it shall NEVER favour you. Quote me anywhere on this. Someone taught me this principle and when I looked at my life and those around me, every irrational "I must do this, I must not do this, I must have this" decision I made, I fully regretted. My friend broke up with the perfect girl because she was a non-catholic yoruba girl. He spent the next one year suffering at the hands of different chicks and his business didn't improve, he stagnated. Karma is God law of Balance, you cannot escape it. I would support his family if they had concrete reasons to hate you. But don't tell him what to do, just tell him to make a choice and be ready to stand by it forever, as it is you that will suffer more. In the Old Testament, the Lord told Cain not to marry the women around him not because of their tribe, but because they worshipped another god. Yet you'll see nigerians using that bible part to justify tribalism.

Let's hear it for Tribalism! Still destroying people's lives since time eternity!

OP, is your man strong? If he is, stand by him. But if he isn't, if he listens to people a lot, have a rethink. I've seen couples like you where they both regretted the marriage after, and I can testify one of my sisters lost her fiance because of tribe and religion (yoruba muslim). Ironically, she ended up marrying a yoruba guy and they're doing well and successful. It is upto you and God. It's madness, yoruba people have the highest divorce rate, and I know a lot of yoruba girls running to wed ibo guys for their peace of mind. My cousin left his yoruba gf to wed a pretty girl from my village, as per his Mama's wishes. 4 yrs later, when they got divorced, he told his mum to either accept his yoruba gf or forget him as a son. 20yrs later, that marriage is still alive and kicking, 3 sons, home in Banana Island. My mum broke up my sis and her igbo bf, screaming he was a golddigger n igbo. She married a wealthy yoruba boy who grew up not quite realising what the word "Responsibility" means and her igbo ex moved on, to become a big boy in the Banking industry.

You and he decide how strong you both can be. Staying beside him is a risk, and you need God to confirm this decision, so you never regret it.

Sometimes, it might be instinct making both families say no and it's best to let it go. But sometimes, it's just pride and prejudice causing wahala. You should pray about it, both you and the guy and try seek God's will. I've seen both sides of the coin, and you can never tell. But don't do anything stupid to force anyone's hand, like get pregnant.

Don't call him, ever. You don't need to check up on him, he's an adult and he's doing okay. Write his no in a book you rarely look at, then delete it off your phone. Get busy. Misery loves company, so avoid unhappy people. Get new hobbies and volunteer at charity groups church functions and orphanages. It doesn't matter if he will come back or not, he's not nice, so even if he came back on bended knee, it is only God that should give you permission to take him back. Nobody should ever use another person to willfully hurt their partner, he's a jerk. And there's no cure for being a jerk except God and maturity. So cry well, but don't mope at home, go out and help people, be generous, read, travel. Have you been to Olumo Rock? Go and climb it, it's exciting. That's an example of what I want you to do. In time, you'll fee better.

Find out what caused the problem first. If the spouse won't talk, then be more playful, more romantic. Get them to open up somehow, do marriage counselling. Love is a choice, infatuation is a feeling and marriage an institution. You have to work on your love, daily. Put your spouse first before work and kids. And pray.