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hehehehe how wont it spoil when khedira and lahm want to chop part of it to their mouths?

rip to the 40yr old helicopter

okparaugo: From which passage biko ?..

1 Thessalonians 5:26

PENDUSKY has never been used anyway In the world!

When I was in secondary school I wrote 8 things that will define me in future I scramble the word and I get Pendusky! pronounced PEN-DUS-KEY.

most people don't really know my real name unless I tell them!

I remember when my friend came to my place asked my dad, "sire pls am looking for pendusky" hehehehehe, thank God now my dad is conversant with the name!

tallfish145: For a united Nigeria, Jonathan should as a matter of national interest, go home come 2015 and enjoy his legitimate / looted wealth he never expected as a man without shoes . This will help save Nigeria from further destruction of lives and properties . "Boko haram took us unaware"- says Jonathan . This implies Nigerians could be destroyed one day without Jonathan knowing. Current happenings and comments from Mr president, just as the one quoted above, show that Nigerians can't enjoy the desirable security, peace and unity, under the leadership of Jonathan. I have been saying it and want to repeat, that #‎Nigeria‬ is too big and complex for Jonathan to handle. Sentiments apart .

You are right! Jonathan should return back to his home where he has been living for the past 5years! that home is ASO Rock! hehehehehe!

paid post right?

we know! go tell them nairaland ain't working!

anyhow u be! tomorrow will tell! those fine dudes for his school days I no dey see them again!

ChinoElects: Hon. Emmanuel Udom has just marked his 100 days in office as the Secretary to Government of Akwa Ibom state where he has come to restore stability to the focus of governance of the nation’s fastest growing state.

The former banker is one of the hybrids of technocrats and bureaucrats which becoming the new face of political transformation in Nigeria. He brings his private sector perspective into public service. In this interview with Vanguard, Hon. Udom lists the challenges facing the Akpabio administration. Excerpts

What are the problems of the state from your perspective of a private sector person coming into the public service?
The main difference between the public and private sector experience is the same in Nigeria and in other climes. It is not is thick as the Chinese wall. The area of similarity is that they are both focused on service to the people and appropriate allocation and utilization of resources.

In the public service, there is a clear objective; the criteria for measurement of performance and reward are clearly defined. The private sector insists on getting result. There are clear cut expectations, objectives and unit of measurement of achievement. But in the public sector that unit of measurement is not clear, you cannot actually measure it. In life you are told that what gets measured gets rewarded.

In the Private sector you have the Service level Agreement, you have the LSS as units if measurement, in the public service it is not so.
But the principles are the same in terms of service to the people and management of resources to achieve certain result. They run on the same rules but in different directions, but to achieve one result of the well fare or well-being of the people. The question now is how do you bridge the gap? if at all the gap can be closed. First there are shared values which are like culture, which could be linked to attitude.

The attitude and orientation of the human capital must be changed to embrace the service culture, delivery culture and attitude.
They always say that your attitude will determine your altitude service. This is linked by the attitude of human beings as it is said that your attitude determines your altitude. Except we get the same units of performance measurement in the public sector, you cannot attain the same level of performance, which is what people are talking about.

What would you regard as the critical focus of government in the post Akpabio administration in Akwa Ibom State?
The problem of the state is not peculiar to Nigeria and indeed Africa and that problem is the decay or lack of infrastructure. These are manifest in areas of dearth in development of human capacity, especially in health and education sectors, as well as development of physical infrastructure.

The State has been lucky in the last seven years to have the persons of Obong Godswill Obot Akpabio as the governor who has invested so much time and resources into human capacity and infrastructure developments. These have been seen in the rate of developments in the health and education sectors. Like they say: “a healthy nation is a wealthy nation”.

Similarly, “an educated population is an asset to the nation.” This administration has taken various actions that have yielded positive results. The administration actually took the bull by the horn in terms of road construction where it has done 1,400 kilometers of roads, including 32 bridges, all handled by Julius Berger.

So, the main challenge facing any incoming administration is on how to sustain the momentum o development of this administration and build on the foundation that has been laid. It has to take decisions on the key focus areas of health, education and infrastructure but in addition to these, it has to focus on industrial development, our goal here is to create an Africa Dubai in Akwa Ibom State. Before now, you could not land in Uyo, but now, we have a functional airport which was started by the previous administration but the first aircraft landed under this administration.

As at today, the Akpabio administration is developing the Maritime sector and the ancillary infrastructure, with the construction of a deep sea port at Ibaka, in partnership with the federal government. Beyond oil and gas, Akwa Ibom is rich in agriculture.

Our farmers here do not require the use of fertilizer before they could be guaranteed of bumper harvest. But we are in the process of introducing mechanization into agriculture, to boost our output. As we speak today where have completed arrangement for Mr. President to come and perform the ground breaking ceremony of an Ethanol plant worth 41.8 billion. This is a private sector initiative. We need to develop the industrial sector to create jobs for our young people who are ready and willing to work. These are the ways to sustain the good work that the Akpabio administration has done.

Would you say the response of the investors is commensurate with the time and resources so far invested in prospecting them and building infrastructure?
Well as you know, all over the world, investors and investment drive take a process of due checks on the laws, security, business culture and environment. So far, the investors are coming I have just mentioned the ethanol plant, the truth of the matter is that investors are slow in taking investment decisions. This has to go through a process that may take up to five years.

Akwa Ibom Sate is very secure for investors because we have a zero tolerance on crime. When people from outside the state commit crime, it does not take much time to apprehend them and punish them accordingly. We also believe that if you are going to build something more enduring, it has to take a little long, the existence of these basic infrastructure is critical to any investment drive.

You can see the quality of the roads, schools, the Stadium which is designed like the Allianz stadium in Munich. He governor is building a hospital the will rank among the best in Africa. So, having laid down the foundation our next task is build Akwa Ibom into an industrial and tourism destination.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/industrialisation-akwa-ibom-next-phase-uncommon-transformation-udom/#sthash.4U14QCzx.dpuf

We know next governor already! Udom is not Akpabio! am still not convinced why i should support this man!

teninfayo94: Gud afternoon my fellow nairalander. I seriously need ur advise. Am a 200level student with a cgpa of 3.38 but i still have an oppurnity up to 500level.
Bt my question is can i still make at least 4.0 before graduation.
Note: no carry over cources and i was in 2:1 before at 100level

make the hard core courses ur best friend! most importantly; "musa fear women and musa live long and excel"

okay

SugaryBelle: Cool,Its alway good to be humble,you never know.

yea!

NeuroBoss: I wonder why the English-speaking tabloid has not carried this. I just finished reading this sad news in French and the below is just a succint summary:
On the 7th of July, 2014, Asamoah Gyan and musician childhood friend, Castro with whom Gyan has collaborated in the past went on a tragic boat cruise on Lake Volta without wearing safety jackets alongside Castro's fiancée.
Castro popularly know as D'Destroyer in Ghananian music circle and fiancée drowned and died instantly while Gyan reportedly made it to the hospital before bowing to death. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace.

STOP DISEMINATING FAKE INFO! GYAN IS NOT DEAD

Renowned lawyer calls for Asamoah Gyan’s arrest

Ace lawyer Dr. Maurice Ampaw has called on the police service to arrest Asamoah Gyan, the skipper of the Black Stars in connection with the disappearance of popular musician Theophilus Tagoe, affectionately called ‘Castro the Destroyer’

The hiplife star was last seen on the Volta estuary when he and Janet Bandu went jet skiing in the waters at Ada on 6 July.

Castro and Black Stars captain, Gyan, were at the Peace Holiday Resort at Ada, together with some friends, for recreation when the unfortunate incident occurred and despite intensive rescue operations the two are yet to be found.

Dr. Ampaw believes the police should arrest the Black Stars skipper and everybody who accompanied them to the place, for them to aid them in their investigations to ascertain the truth concerning the whereabouts of Castro, because he believes their explanations do not sound convincing.

“If Ghana were a serious nation, we wouldn’t have allowed Marine Police to go and have fun on the sea, with the intention of searching for Castro’s body. Then Asamoah Gyan also picked a boat saying he was going to search for Castro, this would not happen in a serious country,” he told Metro FM.

“For Christ sake, Castro is a celebrity, a star, anybody who was involved should be arrested to enable the person write his statement.

http://www.citifmonline.com/2014/07/17/renowned-lawyer-calls-for-asamoah-gyans-arrest/

OrlandoOwoh: I just found out that my handle, OrlandoOwoh is being used by a forumite. Could you explain this? How did nairaland get to this state where personal information of forumites is under threat. To worsen the matter, the imposter is using it to do praise singing for GEJ. Let it be known here, I remain a strong critic of GEJ. I don't like is style of government. Disregard any person that supports him with my handle. Currently, I only have two handles, this and Omimah. Both handles are dedicated to my musical mentor, Orlando Owoh who formed the band, Omimah Band.

In recent times, there have been allegations that handles were stolen immediately after nairaland recovered from a hack. I expect Seun to address this problem. This is the easiest way to do it in the case of two similar handles posting different things and showing support for two opposing sides, the old handle should be spared while the new one should be banned for life. On this, I draw your attention to dozzzybaba and Evergreeen123 impersonating dozzybaba and Evergreen123 respectively.
Why should any reasonable person try to use a similar handle with a person he doesn't share anything common with - inferiority complex.

Try and Use ''Logout all'' button to logout ur account in all devices you may have forgotten to sign out! hope it helps

nice one

etenyong: www.punchng.com/news/lagos-okays-six-month-maternity-leave-10-days-for-fathers/

eko ni ba je oooh

I swear by Apollo, the healer, Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panacea, and I
take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to
my ability and my judgment, the following Oath and agreement:
To consider dear to me, as my parents, him who taught me this art ;
to live in common with him and, if necessary, to share my goods
with him; To look upon his children as my own brothers, to teach
them this art; and that by my teaching, I will impart a knowledge of
this art to my own sons, and to my teacher's sons, and to disciples
bound by an indenture and oath according to the medical laws, and
no others.
I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to
my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone.
I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any
such counsel; and similarly I will not give a woman a pessary to
cause an abortion .
But I will preserve the purity of my life and my arts.
I will not cut for stone, even for patients in whom the disease is
manifest; I will leave this operation to be performed by practitioners,
specialists in this art .
In every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my
patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and all
seduction and especially from the pleasures of love with women or
men, be they free or slaves.
All that may come to my knowledge in the exercise of my profession
or in daily commerce with men, which ought not to be spread
abroad, I will keep secret and will never reveal.
If I keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life and practice my art,
respected by all humanity and in all times; but if I swerve from it or
violate it, may the reverse be my life.

HIPPOCRATIC OAT TAKEN BY PHYSICIANS!

Romanciella: moi

make I chop dinner first!

no pics uphill now?

MissShakira: Unique

Whoa! after one year and 15days she finally open a thread!

I'm PHENOM

zeemo2007: President Jonathan keeps getting stern and grave as 2015 approaches. With all his strategies towards the achievement of his 2015 ambition, I am in awe of all he has been doing to achieve his desires by any means possible despite below par performances.

If GEJ can devote all these strengths and strategies he has been using to achieve his 2015 ambition towards solving INSECURITY, CORRUPTION, UNEMPLOYMENT, HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING felt by all and sundry, I am CERTAIN we would all unanimously Vote him back to office in 2015.

GEJ looks more decisive than OBJ that was also desperate when he wanted to achieve his third term agenda then.

It is obvious you would be dealt with if you are an impediment to the 2015 ambition of GEJ. We have started seeing examples.

We shouldn't be surprised if all the APC governors are impeached for corruption, misappropriation of public funds and other numerous offences that are clearly committed by all the politicians and office holders in the country including the FG himself before 2015.

Most of our politicians are just corrupt and power hungry bunch. What is the assurance that the APC folks wont commit worst ?

How do we expect an honourable, decent, and ethical fellow to participate in this type of politics ?

It is now obvious that Jonathan has been exercising the 40% to 50% of the powers of an executive president as enshrined in the constitution.

Frankly, all of you are corrupt, thieves and heartless bunch.

It is obvious you will continue to be president till 2019 but please perform positively (We want security, employment, electricity and high standard of living) as you loot. Thank you.

Good luck to you GEJ.

@zeemho

last year you agree with others that he is weak and clueless isnt it? so what ur point now?

They said Jonathan is weak and Clueless, And now there saying

ashson: HRH Muhammad Sanusi lamido ll is at it again!!!!!!!

The new KANO state Emir and former CBN Gov HRH Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Had broken a record!!!

He gathered all his palace workers inwhich he asked them ...........

• Has any of you ever attended Hajj pilgrimage? ??

•Anwers, all of them replied NOOOOOOO!!!!

He now urged them to choose 60 people among them to attend Hajj and 30 people for umrah this year.

This is not all...
Any worker receiving #10,000 is now entitled to #30,000 and those receiving #20,000 is entitled to #60,000 respectively.

Listen more!

Henceforth, he banned the removing of Shoes upon entering his palace except where its strickly instructed by GOD almighty to remove the shoe. E.g Palace, mosque

To God be the glory.

This is change we need in every leadership in any ramifications not abstract and singing all over about TRANSFORMATION Agenda without physical performance.

God knows he is a leader to save humanity that is why GEJ Could not succeed in his futile mission against him.

Long live SLS
Long live KANO state
Long live good people of Nigeria

Is Sanusi a Christian?

Is Nigerian Civil Servant still Collecting the same amount they were during OBJ era? U need Rehab!

frankben: Lesson learnt

thanks @ Op

you welcome bro!

~some were proud of blackberry but bbm is now everywhere, even
on tecno phones!

~don't boast of your SUV jeep because that's what some taxi
operators use as cab at airports in Lagos & Abuja.

~why are some Nigerians boasting of travelling by air when a
Nigerian booked a charter just to carry corpse from Lagos to
Akure?

~stop boasting of the numbers of your degree, World Top Billionaire
ain't even a graduate.

~stop pretending to be Holy, Nice, and gentle, even Luiz Suarez that
bites his fellow players is worth 75million pounds today.

~Boasting of your height? Aki and Paw Paw are # 100million tall, yet dwarfs.

~Stop making noise about your performance and integrity, Fayemi
just lost election in 16 LGA even as an Incumbent Governor.

~better stop boasting about your Territory, Brazil Just lost 1-7 to
Germany at Belo Horizonte semi-final just days ago.

See, whatever you are or you become isn't just because of your Hard work & Smartness!! Its by GOD's grace

BE HUMBLE ALWAYS!

Time between thread moved to Fp is now 16 hours! NL is boring!

Chei Liverpool and Mancity go suffer! don't ask me of Man U n Arsenal they ain't team anymore

Chelsea sealed Diego Costa deal some minutes ago!

Is my own responds to FIFA and FG

https://www.nairaland.com/1814307/chelsea-sealed-diego-costa-deal#24713846

Chelsea had earlier announced they had reached an agreement with
the Spanish side for Costa in a deal worth £32million, and now the
Blues have confirmed the move following Costa's return from the
World Cup.

The Brazilian-born striker goes straight into Jose Mourinho's first-
team squad, and will travel out for Chelsea's pre-season European
training camp next week.

Costa was in superb form for his side last season, helping Atletico win
La Liga and reach the Champions League semi-final.

He will compete with Fernando Torres, Romelu Lukaku and Demba Ba
for a place in Chelsea's attack, and will be hoping he can help
Mourinho win next season's Premier League title.

Costa admitted he was thrilled to be joining the Blues, saying: "I am
very happy to sign for Chelsea. Everybody knows it is a big club in a
very competitive league, and I am very excited to get started in
England with a fantastic coach and team-mates.

"Having played against Chelsea last season I know the high quality of
the squad I am joining.

"I would like to thank everybody at Atletico who made me into the
player I am, it was an incredible time for me, but now I am starting a
new adventure and I hope to win many trophies with Chelsea."

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/489015/CONFIRMED-Diego-Costa-signs-up-for-Chelsea-adventure?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campai


http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2014/07/costa-deal-completed.html

nice one op!

my question is! how is she married when she ask asked for a free ride? smh

Princelyod: Ok i kinda miss this guy's writeups and replies...inspite of how silly he might sounds,he had a way of cussioning a tiring heart into laughter after a tiring day and a moody face eventually sparks up with slow stars of smile.

do u notice you just posted in romance section? why not in general? you making me to have a second thought!

yuzedo candidate won election so I guess he's been offered an appointment as governor's walking stick!

Wowowowow this is interesting! thanks for sharing @

I love it when people are fast in thinking and apply it immediately!

if I open a thread and ask what will you do if fire engulfed your room on the first storey building and you have a window to escape as your only option?

people like this will comment 'I will stay inside till fire service arrived"

ClintonNzedimma: 2 things were involved.Its either she is crazy or she was singing 'I believe i can fly'