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patwhizkid:
No George, thankz.

EroticGirl:
When I was your friend's age, my mama told me that if a guy touches my left breast I should say DONT. If he touches the right, I should say STOP. One day I met a smartass who grabbed the two. I just told him DONT STOP, he didnt stop.

No dulling

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation is overwhelmed by the number of microfinance banks in the country; a situation which has made the supervision of the subsector difficult, Jacob Afolabi, a deputy director, at the corporation has said.

Mr. Afolabi, who made the disclosure on Thursday in Kaduna, said unlike the regular deposit money banks, the NDIC does not know the location of all the existing microfinance banks, a situation that has made monitoring and supervision difficult.

“Even when we write them letters, some of the mails are returned undelivered. We cannot locate some of these microfinance banks because of their wide spread across the country.”

The officialalso decried the low compliance with regulations by operators in the sector.

According to him, the corporation is supposed to conduct off-sight monitoring on a monthly basis to regulate developments in the sector, but that only 50 per cent of operators comply with regulations that make that possible.

In order to safeguard the interest of depositors, Mr. Afolabi said the corporation is working on a method of identifying functional and non-functional microfinance banks.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, in 2005, released a revised guideline for the operation of microfinance banks in the country. This resulted in the conversion of community banks into micro finance institutions in other for them to play a pivotal role in the poverty alleviation effort of the government.

Since then, close to 800 institutions were registered as microfinance banks across the country.

The current turmoil in the banking industry has taken a toll on the microfinance banks with many of them closing shop and unable to meet their obligations to depositors.

It is over a month into the new school session, but it is still a sitting affair for some pupils at Aunty Ayo Girls Comprehensive Junior Secondary School in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday when NEXT visited.

With a policy that requires school pupils to bring chairs and lockers for class use to school, the situation in Aunty Ayo is true of many public schools in the state. A majority of the pupils have to make do on the floor pending a time when their parents will buy the required furniture.

Aminat Yunus, a junior secondary school one (JSS1) pupil said she had passionately looked forward to secondary education, and the facilities that would come with it. According to her, receiving lectures on the floor never featured in those expectations.

She said: "It's not convenient to write on the floor at all, but that is where those of us without chairs and lockers write. I am still waiting for my own; my parents have not made them for me yet."

Adunola, another pupil of JSS1 is also eager to have her ‘own furniture', even though she, along with her friends have devised a method of writing, which she considered effective under the circumstance; they have been writing on their school-bags, placed firmly on their legs.

Ms Adunola said: "That is what we do, and it's easier that way. Another one is if you have a friend that has bought her furniture; she may invite you to join her."

Earlier in the day, a Parents Teachers Association (PTA) meeting was held to address the issue among others. According to the PTA Chairperson, Mr. Adeleye, who spoke to NEXT on the phone after the meeting, the issue featured prominently in their meeting.

He said that the Association has sent letters to the State Government in the past over the issue, without getting the desired response; except for a specification of what type of furniture to provide, and with what material.

He also added that the situation was also affected by the relocation of a satellite campus of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) which used to hold its lectures within the premises of the secondary school. Some of the pupils benefitted from the furniture provided by LASPOTECH before it moved.

"Now, we have been told that the chairs we make for the students should be made of mahogany wood, and that it should be double, and that means it should long enough to take two students. So the names of the students (pair) will be written on the seats," said Mr. Adeleye.

He added: "We (Parents) can't continue to wait for the government and leave our children to sit on the floor; that's why the parents have to make the chairs for their children. If any parent does not do that, there is nothing else we can do; his child will be left to sit on the floor."

Earlier this year, at a press briefing marking the second anniversary of this administration, Sarah Sosan, the deputy governor had said," I don't think the standard of education is low. We need to improve on factors and we've been doing that through the rehabilitation of science laboratories, provision of libraries, putting of furniture in place, and so on. We are also aggressively putting structures in place to reduce congestion in our schools.

I am proud to say that our public schools in Lagos are wonderful. Who says that the public schools are not good enough?"

There was a fire outbreak at the Murtala Mohammed Airport 2 on Thursday morning.

According to sources at the airport, the fire which started at about 6.10am began at the engineering department of Dana Airlines.

The source, an employee of the airport, who spoke on conditions of anonymity, disclosed that the fire was as a result of electrical faults from the building.

"Before fire fighters came, some aircraft parts of the airline were already affected by the fire," the source said, adding, "Most of these airlines have their engineering departments at this terminal where they keep their equipment."

Reacting to the development, Amos Olajide, operations and telecommunications manager for Dana Airlines, admitted that the fire affected their engineering department, but did not reveal the extent of damage. "The fire was put out promptly, and there was no disruption of flight operations," he said.

Meanwhile, the source at the airport disclosed that the airline's management had before now informed the terminal managers of the impending danger, stressing that the terminal operators promised to fix the problem, but did not do so until the outbreak.

Efforts to speak with Gbenga Odugbesan, head of corporate affairs for the terminal, was not successful, as he responded neither to the phone calls nor text massages as at the time of filing the report.

Debola Wajekodun, facility manager for the terminal in a statement said "The fire was put out within 10 minutes utilising the fire-fighting equipment installed as part of the facility at the terminal, including a sophisticated hydrant system."

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Ibadan yesterday, sacked Iyiola Omisore, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation. He ceases to be a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The three-member panel, headed by Clara Ogunbiyi, unanimously ruled that the April 14, 2007 election in which Mr. Omisore was declared the winner, was characterised by widespread irregularities and non-compliance with the Electoral Act of 2003.

Appeal court decides

Delivering her lead judgement yesterday, Justice Ogunbiyi said the petitioner, Babajide Omoworare, the Action Congress (AC) candidate in the 2007 election, had succeeded in six out of the seven reliefs he sought from the court. Apart from the first prayer, where the appellant wanted the Appeal Court to declare Mr. Omisore unfit for the election on the grounds of being impeached as the deputy governor of Osun State, Mr Omoworare's other six prayers, which essentially bordered on election irregularities and non-compliance with the electoral law, sailed through.

The Court of Appeal ruling overturned that of the Osun state election petition tribunal which had earlier thrown out Mr. Omoworare's petition seeking the nullification of Mr. Omisore election. In that particular case, the petitioner had posited that since Mr. Omisore was impeached as the deputy governor of Osun state in December 2002 for financial misconduct, he was not qualified to contest the election in the first place. He also alleged that widespread irregularities observed during the election, particularly in Ife Central, Ife North and Ife South, gave Mr. Omisore undue advantage over other contestants and led him to being declared winner of the election. He then asked the tribunal to void the votes in the areas in contention and return him the winner of the election, with the remaining votes.

Tribunal's decision

In spite of the barrage of evidences and many witnesses pooled to argue his case, the election tribunal held that Mr. Omoworare did not convince it and dismissed his application for lacking merit and upheld the decision of INEC to declare Mr. Omisore winner of the election. Dissatisfied with the verdict of the tribunal, the AC candidate took his case to the Court of Appeal, leading to yesterday's judgment.

In reaching their verdict, the appeal court judges seemed particularly miffed by the tribunal's misapplication of the judgement in the Buhari/Obasanjo case, a precedent that was the basis for kicking out Mr. Omoworare's appeal. Referring to the content of the judgement read by the chairman of the tribunal in dismissing Mr. Omoworare's petition, Justice Ogunbiyi said since the panel had established that there were widespread irregularities and non-compliance with the electoral laws which INEC itself did not object to, the tribunal erred by upholding the election of Mr. Omisore.

The Court of Appeal therefore set aside the election of Mr. Omisore but declined to declare Mr.Omoworare winner, arguing that such a pronouncement would amount to allowing him to benefit from illegality. Justice Ogunbiyi ordered INEC to hold a re-run election to fill the vacant seat within 60 days of the judgement. Modupe Fasanmi and Sidi Bage, the two other members of the court, took turns to support the lead judgement.

Mr. Omisore was the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party in the April 2007 election for Osun East senatorial district and was so returned by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the election.

Reaction

Speaking with reporters after the ruling, Mr. Omoworare said he was happy that justice came his way at last. He said though the journey was tortuous, his points were eventually proved. The AC candidate, however, expressed fears over the possibility of holding a different election from the one nullified by the Appeal Court. "Are we going to have a free and fair election if this election is done again? I can't answer the question.

Nigerians and the people of Ife/Ijesa should answer the question," he said. "I have always said that people should resist people stealing their votes.

Stealing of ballot boxes is worse than armed robbery because the effect is monumental. It affects children yet unborn."

missSexy:
so what would b the difference between dating a somalian and a muslim nigerian

stillwater:
Lol, alabukun.

All other Africans are hotter than Nigerian men.

uwamemeka:
everyday i pray 2 God for the right partner. am really tired of being alone.

patwhizkid:
lol wu be zoludo papi again na?

Bolarge:
Fortunately I don't operate by blinding sentiments, only principles.
If there's anyone in this equation who doesn't belong, it's the so-called brother.
Mind u, the only person jodeci chose here is his wife, his brother happens to be another imposition only this time by nature, time and chance. He never chose to have him as a brother.
From all that's been said he's doing his best for this brother who doesn't even act like he's appreciative.
The best the brother could've done is to keep a low profile but no. . . .
Same applies to when "mama" comes from village and starts terrorising the "useless wife"
Y'all should decide whether u wanna get married and who u wanna get married to- your wife or your family members.

jodeci:
From all sincerity of purpose,i appreciate your contribution,i have asked my wife severally why the constant quarrels between my bros and her,all she could answer was she doesnt like how my brother talks.

On the other hand,my brother thinks,i am not doing enough for him in terms of giving him money and these he thinks my wife is stopping me from doing.I have explained to him severally that i might be as rich as he thinks, after all i am only a salary earner.

I have also tried telling my wife to tolerate him,even when he talks thrash to his friends to her hearing,but she cant bottle that.

Like just yesterday,my wife over heard him telling his girlfriend that,he is not gaining anything from me apart from food and accommodation and that even the food my wife gives him most times wasn't what he wants to eat,my wife over head him and flare up.It took my land lord to quell the skirmish,since i was not at home.

patwhizkid:
@ Igwe

school iz fyn o. missed ya

Ujujoan:
^^^^ Please speak for yourself only! Who are the 'we' 

seunbballo:
@axeman85: i feel u poster jare. it happens mostly amongst naija women thats why you see them with 1kid and no hsband single mothers. and the men are reduced to mumu that if the woman says jump they will say how high.

Thats very true. Those london women use mumu control on their men without having to use juju, I HAPPY SAY GOD NO BE WOMAN IF NOT, HUMAN RACE GO SUFFER OHHHHHHHHHHH,

jodeci:
Thanks very much for your reply,i wasnt thinking in that direction.He is a corper,but only travels to sign his allowee and returns,i have talked to him severally on the need for him to go independent,but he is always looking at making mega bucks at once befor leaving my house.Even with the NYSC allowee,i still give him money to supplement.

My wife is closer to my family,at least to my parents.

yinka4love:
HEY Guys, the money he gives me is damn too small and i know he knows but hes claiming not to. This 15k i collect monthly is meant for anythin food for 3 of us,toiletries pampers,washing n bathing soap,dettol,toothpaste e t c. And he complains about the size of meat i give him(i even give him 2 pcs) which he wants to b xtra big. These r the things painin me because i spend up to another xtra 15k n i work n a one man biz company ,d pay is not much. He works n a bank.

Chiaka:
@Pharoh
Since you run your home 100%, how much do you spend in a month. Give the break down Please.

Ujujoan:
ROTFLMAO    

Very funny! I suppose you are one of those people looking for a miracle working wife. Good luck finding one oh!

FYI - My granny's still alive, wanna marry her?

whitelexi:
Bros, na2day

Dem don try tire, but dem no fit get rid of me

zuuby:
Multiple choice, pick one

A. For love
B. To have children
C. Religious obligation
D. Inherit the partners wealth
E. To claim a social status
F. To have someone to sleep with now and then

iykedare:
[size=16pt]if u are not good looking,then u do not deserve a good looking guy.even if u finally get that good looking guy,u may have him for a little while.
well sha,your only saving grace is dat their are more good looking guys than girls[/size]