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Ishilove:Good answer ![]() |
TrustinGod247:1. Dialogue: The government could invite representatives of the rebellious group(s) to a meeting on how to resolve the grievances of the latter. Dialogue should be initiated especially if the group in question has largely pursued peaceful means (protests, sit-ins etc) to show its displeasure with the status quo. Furthermore, if dialogue fails, and the group(s) in question resort to violence, attacking innocent members of the public, then, the government will be well within its rights to use force in order to restore law and order. 2. Should be assimilation 3. unclear what you are asking about |
Civic education History |
She looks prettier without makeup |
A guest list of 60 will be fine by me |
So Dangote's net worth is around N4.3 trillion!!? That's like over 50% of the FG's proposed budget for 2018. |
This White House has been a combo of "The Bachelorette" and "Game of Thrones" right from inception. ![]() I wonder when we will start winning, let alone "get sick of winning" |
FortuneTeller:Thank you |
nelxxy:Being a lesbian/gay person, by itself, isn't a crime according to Nigerian laws. The law only criminalizes same sex unions, public displays of same sex affections, and homosexual clubs and orgs. |
If her story is true, then this is a clear case of sexual assault, regardless of her sexual orientation. Some guys are just complete idiots ![]() |
coolcatty:What he is doing can be considered to be prostitution; after all he is paying the ladies for sex. And I think prostitution is illegal under Nigerian/Lagos laws. Not sure if production of pornography is legal there. But of course, without hard evidence of payment for sex, it would be tough for the police to bring charges against him. |
klas:And I wonder why the House voted against such a move. It could be the members didn't fully understand the content of the bill. |
klenton:That woman wasn't in danger of being thrown out, hence, she refused to let you talk to her landlord. She wanted you to be her maga. Maybe she knows that you work for a prestigious law firm, so she thought that you would easily give her N80k without questions. After all, you paid for her and her friends' lunch, so in her mind, you're now a reliable ATM. Smh for some ladies. They think its every man that would give throw N100k at them just like that. |
d. In the case of Mr. Caldbeck and Binary, the investor and the firm have apologized, as has Mr. Caldbeck’s previous employer, the venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, which had received complaints about him. |
In 2014, Sarah Kunst, 31, an entrepreneur, said she discussed a potential job at 500 Startups, a start-up incubator in San Francisco. During the recruiting process, Mr. McClure, a founder of 500 Startups and an investor, sent her a Facebook message that read in part, “I was getting confused figuring out whether to hire you or hit on you.” |
Some venture capitalists’ abuse of power has come to light in recent years. In 2015, Ellen Pao took her former employer, the prestigious venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, to trial for allegations of gender discrimination, leveling accusations of professional retaliation after spurned sexual advances. Ms. Pao lost the case, but it sparked a debate about whether women in tech should publicly call out unequal treatment. “Having had several women come out earlier, including Ellen Pao and me, most likely paved the way and primed the industry that these things indeed happen,” said Gesche Haas, an entrepreneur who said she was propositioned for sex by an investor, Pavel Curda, in 2014. Mr. Curda has since apologized. Some of the entrepreneurs who spoke with The Times said they were often touched without permission by investors or advisers. At a mostly male tech gathering in Las Vegas in 2009, Susan Wu, an entrepreneur and investor, said that Mr. Sacca, an investor and former Google executive, touched her face without her consent in a way that made her uncomfortable. Ms. Wu said she was also propositioned by Mr. Caldbeck while fund-raising in 2010 and worked hard to avoid him later when they crossed paths. “There is such a massive imbalance of power that women in the industry often end up in distressing situations,” Ms. Wu said. After being contacted by The Times, Mr. Sacca wrote in a blog post on Thursday: “I now understand I personally contributed to the problem. I am sorry.” In a statement to The Times, he added that he was “grateful to Susan and the other brave women sharing their stories. I’m confident the result of their courage will be long-overdue, lasting change.” After the publication of this article, Mr. Sacca contacted The Times again to amend his original statement, adding: “I dispute Susan’s account from 2009.” Many of the women also said they believed they had limited ability to push back against inappropriate behavior, often because they needed funding, a job or other help.
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Their stories came out slowly, even hesitantly, at first. Then in a rush. One female entrepreneur recounted how she had been propositioned by a Silicon Valley venture capitalist while seeking a job with him, which she did not land after rebuffing him. Another showed the increasingly suggestive messages she had received from a start-up investor. And one chief executive described how she had faced numerous sexist comments from an investor while raising money for her online community website. What happened afterward was often just as disturbing, the women told The New York Times. Many times, the investors’ firms and colleagues ignored or played down what had happened when the situations were brought to their attention. Saying anything, the women were warned, might lead to ostracism. Now some of these female entrepreneurs have decided to take that risk. More than two dozen women in the technology start-up industry spoke to The Times in recent days about being sexually harassed. Ten of them named the investors involved, often providing corroborating messages and emails, and pointed to high-profile venture capitalists such as Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital and Dave McClure of 500 Startups. The disclosures came after the tech news site The Information reported that female entrepreneurs had been preyed upon by a venture capitalist, Justin Caldbeck of Binary Capital. The new accounts underscore how sexual harassment in the tech start-up ecosystem goes beyond one firm and is pervasive and ingrained. Now their speaking out suggests a cultural shift in Silicon Valley, where such predatory behavior had often been murmured about but rarely exposed. The tech industry has long suffered a gender imbalance, with companies such as Google and Facebook acknowledging how few women were in their ranks. Some female engineers have started to speak out on the issue, including a former Uber engineer who detailed a pattern of sexual harassment at the company, setting off internal investigations that spurred the resignation in June of Uber’s chief executive, Travis Kalanick. Most recently, the revelations about Mr. Caldbeck of Binary Capital have triggered an outcry. The investor has been accused of sexually harassing entrepreneurs while he worked at three different venture firms in the past seven years, often in meetings in which the women were presenting their companies to him. Several of Silicon Valley’s top venture capitalists and technologists, including Reid Hoffman, a founder of LinkedIn, condemned Mr. Caldbeck’s behavior last week and called for investors to sign a “decency pledge.” Binary has since collapsed, with Mr. Caldbeck leaving the firm and investors pulling money out of its funds. The chain of events has emboldened more women to talk publicly about the treatment they said they had endured from tech investors. “Female entrepreneurs are a critical part of the fabric of Silicon Valley,” said Katrina Lake, founder and chief executive of the online clothing start-up Stitch Fix, who was one of the women targeted by Mr. Caldbeck. “It’s important to expose the type of behavior that’s been reported in the last few weeks, so the community can recognize and address these problems.” The women’s experiences help explain why the venture capital and start-up ecosystem — which underpins the tech industry and has spawned companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon — has been so lopsided in terms of gender. Most venture capitalists and entrepreneurs are men, with female entrepreneurs receiving $1.5 billion in funding last year versus $58.2 billion for men, according to the data firm PitchBook. Many of the investors hold outsize power, since entrepreneurs need their money to turn ideas and innovations into a business. And because the venture industry operates with few disclosure requirements, people have kept silent about investors who cross the lines with entrepreneurs. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/technology/women-entrepreneurs-speak-out-sexual-harassment.html
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stanech:It serves Trump right for calling McCain a 'loser' on several occasions, and dissing McCain as non-legitimate war hero. |
Sprinter Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor and sprint hurdler Tobiloba Amusan will lead a team of 12 athletes to compete at the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in London, England, from August 4 to August 13. Okagbare-Ighoteguonor, who will be making her fourth competitive appearance at the IAAF flagship event, will compete in the 100m and long jump events. The six-time Nigeria 100m champion won a long jump silver and a 200m bronze in her second appearance at the championships four years ago in Moscow, Russia. Amusan, the second fastest Nigerian nay African woman (12.57 seconds) in the sprint hurdles after African record holder Glory Alozie (12.44 seconds), will be making her debut in the championships and will compete in the 100m hurdles. Others listed for the championships are reigning Commonwealth Games long jump queen Ese Brume who will be hoping to leap at least two steps higher than her fifth place finish at the 2016 Rio Olympics, another debutante Glory Onome Nathaniel in the 400m hurdles as well as the quartermile trio of Patience Okon-George, Yinka Ajayi and Margaret Bamgbose. Okon-George, semi-finalist in the event two years ago in Beijing, China at the 15th edition of the championships, will also lead a 4x400m relay quartet comprising of herself, Ajayi, Bamgbose, Emerald Egwin and Abike Egbeniyi. For the men, home-boy Samson Nathaniel will be making his debut at the championships and will compete in the 400m while the USA-based duo of Chukwuebuka Enekwachi and Edose Ibadin will also be making their first appearance at the championships. Enekwachi will be competing in the Shot Put event following his impresive 21.07m throw almost a forthnight ago in Cork,Republic of Ireland while Edose will compete in the 800m and become in the process the first Nigerian man to compete in the two full laps race in the history of the championships. Edose holds a personal season's best of 1:45.87 which is a Nigerian record and makes him only the second Nigerian to run inside 1:46 seconds in the event. Nigeria have won a total of eight medals in the champioships made up of four silver medals (Innocent Egbunike in the 400m in 1987;the 4x100m men in 1997,Glory Alozie in the 100m hurdles in 1999 and Blessing Okagbare in the long jump in 2013) and four bronze medals (Ajayi Agbebaku in the triple jump in 1983; the men's 4x400m team in 1995, Francis Obikwelu in the 200m in 1999 and Blessing Okagbare in the 200m in 2013). Read more at http://www.completesportsnigeria.com/afn-name-okagbare-amusan-10-others-iaaf-worlds/#Kwz1RcOXEDOWqA9z.99 |
FortuneTeller:So nice of you, friend. I'll be looking forward to the day ![]() |
FortuneTeller:I can't even remember the last time I had hot wings. I also love all Naija soups, especially okro. So delicious |
This White House has been a huge joke. Although the Russia issue is somewhat overblown by the media, the penchant for outright lies/obfuscation by the WH Comms team has been really unfortunate. The public infighting by the President's aides is indeed a new low |
FortuneTeller:Well, I have a sister and SIL who have gone through pregnancy a few times, so I can describe myself as a bit of an expert in it ![]() Nothing will happen to your kid cos you'll give birth like the Hebrew women of yore ![]() |
FortuneTeller:My day has gone well, thanks ![]() Hope yours is alright too. My favorites are rice (with plantain), beans, curry, sushi, spaghetti, and pizza. I have a diverse taste in food sha ![]() What are yours? |
Other key constitution amendment bills passed include: Bill 25: Part (1): Removal of NYSC, National Security Agencies, Public Complaints Commission Acts from the Constitution. Yes: 209, No:47, Abstain: 5 Bill 25 Part 2: Removal of Land Use Act from Constitution. Yes:139, No:148, Abstain:4 Bill 26: Investment and Securities Tribunal. Yes: 270, No: 12, Abstain: 2 Bill 28: Authorization of expenditure time frame for laying Appropriation bill, Passage etc. Yes: 252, No: 7, Abstain:2 Bill 29: Deletion of the National Youth Service Corps decree from CFRN. Yes: Rejected Bill 30: Deletion of Public Complain Act from CFRN. Yes: Rejected Bill 31: Deletion of National Security Agencies from the CFRN. Yes: Rejected Bill 32: Deletion of land Use Act from CFRN. Yes: Rejected Bill 33: Deletion of State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from CFRN. Yes: 229, No: 51, Abstain: 1 Bill 34: Inclusion of Section 141 of Electoral Act into the Constitution. Yes:241, No:18, Abstain:1 |
The House of Representatives has concluded voting on 33 major bills to amend several parts of the Nigerian constitution. The House decision on the bills follows the vote by the Senate on them on Wednesday. Below are some of the bills voted on by the House of Representatives, including passage of the popular "Not Too Young To Run Bill" : Bill 1: Members of the Council of States To Include former Senate President & House of Reps Speakers as members. Yes – 274, No – 6, Abstain – 2 Bill 2: Reduction of Authorization of expenditure Before Budget Passage from 6 to 3 months. Yes: 295, No: 0, Abstain: 0 Bill 3: Devolution of Powers to States. Yes: 210, No: 71, Abstain: 0 Bill 4: Financial Autonomy for State Legislature. Yes: 286, No: 10, Abstain: 1 Bill 5: Financial Autonomy to LGAs. Yes: 291, No: 1, Abstain: 1 Bill 6: Democratic Existence Funding and Tenure of LGAs. Yes: 285, No: 7, Abstain: 1 Bill 7: State creation and boundary adjustment. Yes: 166, No: 125, Abstain: 3 Bill 8: Immunity for legislators for Words Spoken in Chamber or in Committee Meetings in Course of Duty. Yes: 288, No: 10, Abstain: 1 Bill 9: Political Parties and Electoral Matters: Time to conduct Bye Elections and Power to deregister parties. Yes: 293, No: 2, Abstain: 1 Bill 10: Presidential Assent To Constitution Amendment Bill. Yes: 248, No: 28, Abstain: 4 Bill 11: Time frame for submission of names of ministerial nominees. Yes: 248, No: 46, Abstain: 1 Bill 11b: Submission of Ministerial Nominees with their Portfolios. Yes: 248, No: 46, Abstain: 1 Bill 11c: 35% affirmative action for women as ministers. Yes: 248, No: 46, Abstain: 1 Bill 11d: Submission of Commissioners Nominees with their Portfolios. Yes: 248, No: 46, Abstain: 1 Bill 11e: Submission of names of office of commissioners shall be attached with portfolio. Yes: 248, No: 46, Abstain: 1 Bill 11f: 35% Affirmative action for women as States Commissioners. Yes: 248, No: 46, Abstain: 1 Bill 12: Appointment of Minister from the FCT. Yes: 191, No: 21, Abstain: 3 Bill 13: Change of names of some LG councils: Ebonyi, Oyo, Ogun, Plateau and Rivers. Yes: 220, No: 57, Abstain: 8 Bill 14: Independent Candidacy. Yes: 275, No: 14, Abstain: 1 Bill 15: The Nigeria Police Force to become Nigerian Police. Yes: 280, No: 9, Abstain: 1 Bill 16: Restriction of the Tenure of Presidents and Governors. Yes:292, No: 3, Abstain: 3 Bill17: Separation of office of Accountant General of the Federal Government from Accountant General of the Federation. Yes:274, No: 23, Abstain: 2 Bill 18: Financial Independence for Office of Auditor of Federation/State. Yes: 289, No: 11, Abstain: 0 Bill 19: Separation of Office of the Attorney General of the Federation/State from the office of Minister/Commissioner of Justice. Yes: 234, No: 58, Abstain: 3 Bill 20: Submissions from the Judiciary. Yes: 265, No: 6, Abstain: 7 Bill 21: Determination of pre-election matters. Yes: 288, No: 3, Abstain: 1 Bill 22: Consequential Amendment on Civil Defence. Yes: 293, No: 2, Abstain: 1 Bill 23: Citizenship and indigenship. Yes: 208, No: 78, Abstain: 2 Bill 24: Procedure for Overriding Presidential Veto in Constitutional Alteration. Yes: 271, No: 20, Abstain: 0 Bill 27: Reduction of Age for Election. Yes: 261, No: 23, Abstain: 2 http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/238354-house-reps-voted-33-major-bills-amend-nigerian-constitution-full-details.html |
FortuneTeller:Sounds fishy to me too. Maybe he wants someone who he can control 100% |
omoadeleye:The cost of medical care for transgender soldiers is so great that only less than 1% of the Pentagon's $49bn healthcare budget is spent on transgender healthcare. Moreover, the US military spend more money in providing viagra to male soldiers, so I don't see how the 'tremendous' cost of trans healthcare is a financial burden to the US military budget. Besides, the top brass of the pentagon, contrary to President Trump's tweet, were taken by surprise with his sudden decision. |
SalamRushdie: ![]() |
Trump hasn't seen anything. He will be shocked to discover that Congress can overturn his Executive Order with the necessary legislation. 'Transgenderism' isn't a clear cut mental disease, and as long as the transgendered military personnel are fit to serve physically and mentally, then I see no reason why they should be barred from serving in the military. Even the top brass at the Pentagon were shocked by the president's sudden move. Nonetheless, lawsuits against the president challenging the legality of the EO would likely end in a court victory for the president and the military because the US courts have generally given the military deference in such issues. |
^^ Haha, that's normal. Which trimester are you in? |
^^ Get well soon, buddy. What's ailing you |
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