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Damn!!! This negro must have consumed 20 galons of creekside ogogoro....lmao

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Damn!!! This negro must have consumed 20 galons of creekside ogogoro....lmao

Lmao!!!!

xxxifyxxx: Poster, it seems you are looking for some posh restaurant. You should have stayed in Lagos. From what people are saying, Ibadan is still underdeveloped in the 'posh' restaurant area.

So u mean Lagos is a developed city(world class ryt?) siddon for dia.

Gee001: oh my Lord *faints*

Gee001: oh my Lord *faints*

Smh... For how long will they continue to blame the opposition for their failures?

Smh... For how long will they continue to blame opposition for their failures?

uzeba: You People said GEJ is not doing anything about security in the North now that drastic measure is in place you still said GEJ is killing Innocent,who is Innocent and who is guilty?i pray God will vindicate GEJ from his enermies.

What has GEJ got to do widt dis

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ese79: na wa o. If not for this boko haram wahala in the north, northern unis would av been the best place to scul. U nid to com to UDU sokoto and see structures, white lecturers, c their classes, hostels, teachin hospital, its wow! visit uni jos, bayero uni and see thearters, teaching hospitals and laboratories. I haven't even mention their overall 'father' ABU ZARIA, come to ABU and see labs, see structures e.g the bamuda triangle of vet medicine, c senate building, hostels( suleiman hall, d largest hostel in west africa) see modern boards, profesors over floading. Hmmm come to UNIMAID and c structures, lecturers and profs. I dnt want to talk about their teaching hospital and 'titanic' hostel. The land mass of the smallest university here in the north is like 5 uniben combined plus 2 unilag( i know its not by land mass, but thats just the truth)..

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ese79: na wa o. If not for this boko haram wahala in the north, northern unis would av been the best place to scul. U nid to com to UDU sokoto and see structures, white lecturers, c their classes, hostels, teachin hospital, its wow! visit uni jos, bayero uni and see thearters, teaching hospitals and laboratories. I haven't even mention their overall 'father' ABU ZARIA, come to ABU and see labs, see structures e.g the bamuda triangle of vet medicine, c senate building, hostels( suleiman hall, d largest hostel in west africa) see modern boards, profesors over floading. Hmmm come to UNIMAID and c structures, lecturers and profs. I dnt want to talk about their teaching hospital and 'titanic' hostel. The land mass of the smallest university here in the north is like 5 uniben combined plus 2 unilag( i know its not by land mass, but thats just the truth)..

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ese79: na wa o. If not for this boko haram wahala in the north, northern unis would av been the best place to scul. U nid to com to UDU sokoto and see structures, white lecturers, c their classes, hostels, teachin hospital, its wow! visit uni jos, bayero uni and see thearters, teaching hospitals and laboratories. I haven't even mention their overall 'father' ABU ZARIA, come to ABU and see labs, see structures e.g the bamuda triangle of vet medicine, c senate building, hostels( suleiman hall, d largest hostel in west africa) see modern boards, profesors over floading. Hmmm come to UNIMAID and c structures, lecturers and profs. I dnt want to talk about their teaching hospital and 'titanic' hostel. The land mass of the smallest university here in the north is like 5 uniben combined plus 2 unilag( i know its not by land mass, but thats just the truth)..

Crap!

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ghananotnaija: [b]12 years?! What kind of stone-age country is this?
Nigeria never ceases to amaze me.

ghananotnaija: 12 years?! What kind of stone-age country is this?
Nigeria never ceases to amaze me.

ghananotnaija: 12 years?! What kind of stone-age country is this?
Nigeria never ceases to amaze me.

Wetin con concern u

Is the draw starting 6pm or 5pm Kinda confused.

Rip sir

2013 World corruption index: Nigeria
ranks 144 among 177countries on december 03, 2013 at 6:10 am in news BERLIN, (AFP) – Nigeria has been ranked 144th
most corrupt country as Afghanistan, North Korea and
Somalia are seen as the world’s most corrupt
countries while Denmark and New Zealand are nearly
squeaky-clean, graft watchdog Transparency
International said in a survey Tuesday. Worldwide, almost 70 percent of nations are thought
to have a “serious problem” with public servants
on the take, and none of the 177 countries surveyed
this year got a perfect score, said the Berlin-based
non-profit group. Transparency International’s annual list is the most
widely used indicator of sleaze in political parties,
police, justice systems and civil services, a scourge
which undermines development and the fight against
poverty.”Corruption hurts the poor most,” lead
researcher Finn Heinrich told AFP. “That’s what you see when you look at the
countries at the bottom. Within those countries, it’s
also poor people who get hurt the most. These
countries will never get out of the poverty trap if they
don’t tackle corruption.” Among countries that have slipped the most on the
group’s 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index are war-
torn Syria as well as Libya and Mali, which have also
faced major military conflict in recent years. “Corruption is very much linked to countries that fall
apart, as you see in Libya, Syria, two of the countries
that deteriorated the most,” said Heinrich. “If you look at the bottom of the list, we also have
Somalia there. These are not countries where the
government is functioning effectively, and people
have to take all means in order to get by, to get
services, to get food, to survive.” Heinrich said Afghanistan, where most NATO-led
Western forces are pulling out next year after a more
than decade long deployment, is “a sobering story.
We have not seen tangible improvements”. “The West has not only invested in security but also
in trying to establish the rule of law. But there have
been surveys in the last couple of years showing the
share of people paying bribes is still one of the highest
in the world.” Also at the bottom of the list is North Korea, “an
absolutely closed totalitarian society”, said Heinrich,
where defectors report that famine is worsening
corruption “because you have to know someone in
the party who is corrupt in order to even survive”. Among the “most improved” countries, although
from a low base, was Myanmar, where a former
military junta has opened the door to the democratic
process and, facing an investment boom, has formally
committed to transparency and accountability rules. “That’s the only way countries can avoid the
‘resource curse’, where the resources are only
available to a very small elite,” said Heinrich.
“Nigeria and other oil-rich countries are obviously
very good examples.” Huguette Labelle, chair of Transparency, said “all
countries still face the threat of corruption at all levels
of government, from the issuing of local permits to the
enforcement of laws and regulations”. The group says that because corruption is illegal and
secretive, it cannot be meaningfully measured. Instead Transparency collates expert views on the
problem from bodies such as the World Bank, African
Development Bank, Economist Intelligence Unit,
Bertelsmann Foundation, Freedom House and other
groups. It then ranks countries on a scale of 0-100, where 0
means a country’s public sector is considered highly
corrupt and 100 means its is regarded as very clean. The latest survey “paints a worrying picture”, said
Transparency. “While a handful perform well, not
one single country gets a perfect score. More than
two-thirds score less than 50.” The bottom-ranked countries, scoring 10 to 19,
included Iraq, Syria, Libya, Sudan and South Sudan,
Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Yemen. At the top, between 80 and 89, aside from Denmark
and New Zealand, were Luxembourg, Canada,
Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore,
Norway, Sweden and Finland. “The top performers clearly reveal how
transparency supports accountability and can stop
corruption,” said Labelle. “Still, the better performers face issues like state
capture, campaign finance and the oversight of big
public contracts which remain major corruption
risks.” The following is a list of the top- and bottom-ranked 10
nations on graft watchdog Transparency
International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index,
released on Tuesday. The index score relates to perceptions of the degree
of corruption as seen by country analysts and
business people and ranges between zero, which is
highly corrupt, and 100, which is very clean. (The equals symbol means nations share the same
rank) TOP TEN =1. Denmark 91 =1. New Zealand 91 =3. Finland 89 =3. Sweden 89 =5. Norway 86 =5. Singapore 86 7. Switzerland 85 8. Netherlands 83 =9. Australia 81 =9. Canada 81 BOTTOM TEN =168. Syria 17 =168. Turkmenistan 17 =168. Uzbekistan 17 171. Iraq 16 172. Libya 15 173. South Sudan 14 174. Sudan 11 =175. Afghanistan 8 =175. North Korea 8 =175. Somalia 8[b]2013 World corruption index: Nigeria
ranks 144 among 177countries on december 03, 2013 at 6:10 am in news BERLIN, (AFP) – Nigeria has been ranked 144th
most corrupt country as Afghanistan, North Korea and
Somalia are seen as the world’s most corrupt
countries while Denmark and New Zealand are nearly
squeaky-clean, graft watchdog Transparency
International said in a survey Tuesday. Worldwide, almost 70 percent of nations are thought
to have a “serious problem” with public servants
on the take, and none of the 177 countries surveyed
this year got a perfect score, said the Berlin-based
non-profit group. Transparency International’s annual list is the most
widely used indicator of sleaze in political parties,
police, justice systems and civil services, a scourge
which undermines development and the fight against
poverty.”Corruption hurts the poor most,” lead
researcher Finn Heinrich told AFP. “That’s what you see when you look at the
countries at the bottom. Within those countries, it’s
also poor people who get hurt the most. These
countries will never get out of the poverty trap if they
don’t tackle corruption.” Among countries that have slipped the most on the
group’s 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index are war-
torn Syria as well as Libya and Mali, which have also
faced major military conflict in recent years. “Corruption is very much linked to countries that fall
apart, as you see in Libya, Syria, two of the countries
that deteriorated the most,” said Heinrich. “If you look at the bottom of the list, we also have
Somalia there. These are not countries where the
government is functioning effectively, and people
have to take all means in order to get by, to get
services, to get food, to survive.” Heinrich said Afghanistan, where most NATO-led
Western forces are pulling out next year after a more
than decade long deployment, is “a sobering story.
We have not seen tangible improvements”. “The West has not only invested in security but also
in trying to establish the rule of law. But there have
been surveys in the last couple of years showing the
share of people paying bribes is still one of the highest
in the world.” Also at the bottom of the list is North Korea, “an
absolutely closed totalitarian society”, said Heinrich,
where defectors report that famine is worsening
corruption “because you have to know someone in
the party who is corrupt in order to even survive”. Among the “most improved” countries, although
from a low base, was Myanmar, where a former
military junta has opened the door to the democratic
process and, facing an investment boom, has formally
committed to transparency and accountability rules. “That’s the only way countries can avoid the
‘resource curse’, where the resources are only
available to a very small elite,” said Heinrich.
“Nigeria and other oil-rich countries are obviously
very good examples.” Huguette Labelle, chair of Transparency, said “all
countries still face the threat of corruption at all levels
of government, from the issuing of local permits to the
enforcement of laws and regulations”. The group says that because corruption is illegal and
secretive, it cannot be meaningfully measured. Instead Transparency collates expert views on the
problem from bodies such as the World Bank, African
Development Bank, Economist Intelligence Unit,
Bertelsmann Foundation, Freedom House and other
groups. It then ranks countries on a scale of 0-100, where 0
means a country’s public sector is considered highly
corrupt and 100 means its is regarded as very clean. The latest survey “paints a worrying picture”, said
Transparency. “While a handful perform well, not
one single country gets a perfect score. More than
two-thirds score less than 50.” The bottom-ranked countries, scoring 10 to 19,
included Iraq, Syria, Libya, Sudan and South Sudan,
Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Yemen. At the top, between 80 and 89, aside from Denmark
and New Zealand, were Luxembourg, Canada,
Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore,
Norway, Sweden and Finland. “The top performers clearly reveal how
transparency supports accountability and can stop
corruption,” said Labelle. “Still, the better performers face issues like state
capture, campaign finance and the oversight of big
public contracts which remain major corruption
risks.” The following is a list of the top- and bottom-ranked 10
nations on graft watchdog Transparency
International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index,
released on Tuesday. The index score relates to perceptions of the degree
of corruption as seen by country analysts and
business people and ranges between zero, which is
highly corrupt, and 100, which is very clean. (The equals symbol means nations share the same
rank) TOP TEN =1. Denmark 91 =1. New Zealand 91 =3. Finland 89 =3. Sweden 89 =5. Norway 86 =5. Singapore 86 7. Switzerland 85 8. Netherlands 83 =9. Australia 81 =9. Canada 81 BOTTOM TEN =168. Syria 17 =168. Turkmenistan 17 =168. Uzbekistan 17 171. Iraq 16 172. Libya 15 173. South Sudan 14 174. Sudan 11 =175. Afghanistan 8 =175. North Korea 8 =175. Somalia 8[/b]2013 World corruption index: Nigeria
ranks 144 among 177countries on december 03, 2013 at 6:10 am in news BERLIN, (AFP) – Nigeria has been ranked 144th
most corrupt country as Afghanistan, North Korea and
Somalia are seen as the world’s most corrupt
countries while Denmark and New Zealand are nearly
squeaky-clean, graft watchdog Transparency
International said in a survey Tuesday. Worldwide, almost 70 percent of nations are thought
to have a “serious problem” with public servants
on the take, and none of the 177 countries surveyed
this year got a perfect score, said the Berlin-based
non-profit group. Transparency International’s annual list is the most
widely used indicator of sleaze in political parties,
police, justice systems and civil services, a scourge
which undermines development and the fight against
poverty.”Corruption hurts the poor most,” lead
researcher Finn Heinrich told AFP. “That’s what you see when you look at the
countries at the bottom. Within those countries, it’s
also poor people who get hurt the most. These
countries will never get out of the poverty trap if they
don’t tackle corruption.” Among countries that have slipped the most on the
group’s 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index are war-
torn Syria as well as Libya and Mali, which have also
faced major military conflict in recent years. “Corruption is very much linked to countries that fall
apart, as you see in Libya, Syria, two of the countries
that deteriorated the most,” said Heinrich. “If you look at the bottom of the list, we also have
Somalia there. These are not countries where the
government is functioning effectively, and people
have to take all means in order to get by, to get
services, to get food, to survive.” Heinrich said Afghanistan, where most NATO-led
Western forces are pulling out next year after a more
than decade long deployment, is “a sobering story.
We have not seen tangible improvements”. “The West has not only invested in security but also
in trying to establish the rule of law. But there have
been surveys in the last couple of years showing the
share of people paying bribes is still one of the highest
in the world.” Also at the bottom of the list is North Korea, “an
absolutely closed totalitarian society”, said Heinrich,
where defectors report that famine is worsening
corruption “because you have to know someone in
the party who is corrupt in order to even survive”. Among the “most improved” countries, although
from a low base, was Myanmar, where a former
military junta has opened the door to the democratic
process and, facing an investment boom, has formally
committed to transparency and accountability rules. “That’s the only way countries can avoid the
‘resource curse’, where the resources are only
available to a very small elite,” said Heinrich.
“Nigeria and other oil-rich countries are obviously
very good examples.” Huguette Labelle, chair of Transparency, said “all
countries still face the threat of corruption at all levels
of government, from the issuing of local permits to the
enforcement of laws and regulations”. The group says that because corruption is illegal and
secretive, it cannot be meaningfully measured. Instead Transparency collates expert views on the
problem from bodies such as the World Bank, African
Development Bank, Economist Intelligence Unit,
Bertelsmann Foundation, Freedom House and other
groups. It then ranks countries on a scale of 0-100, where 0
means a country’s public sector is considered highly
corrupt and 100 means its is regarded as very clean. The latest survey “paints a worrying picture”, said
Transparency. “While a handful perform well, not
one single country gets a perfect score. More than
two-thirds score less than 50.” The bottom-ranked countries, scoring 10 to 19,
included Iraq, Syria, Libya, Sudan and South Sudan,
Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Yemen. At the top, between 80 and 89, aside from Denmark
and New Zealand, were Luxembourg, Canada,
Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore,
Norway, Sweden and Finland. “The top performers clearly reveal how
transparency supports accountability and can stop
corruption,” said Labelle. “Still, the better performers face issues like state
capture, campaign finance and the oversight of big
public contracts which remain major corruption
risks.” The following is a list of the top- and bottom-ranked 10
nations on graft watchdog Transparency
International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index,
released on Tuesday. The index score relates to perceptions of the degree
of corruption as seen by country analysts and
business people and ranges between zero, which is
highly corrupt, and 100, which is very clean. (The equals symbol means nations share the same
rank) TOP TEN =1. Denmark 91 =1. New Zealand 91 =3. Finland 89 =3. Sweden 89 =5. Norway 86 =5. Singapore 86 7. Switzerland 85 8. Netherlands 83 =9. Australia 81 =9. Canada 81 BOTTOM TEN =168. Syria 17 =168. Turkmenistan 17 =168. Uzbekistan 17 171. Iraq 16 172. Libya 15 173. South Sudan 14 174. Sudan 11 =175. Afghanistan 8 =175. North Korea 8 =175. Somalia 8

www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/afghanistan-n-korea-somalia-top-world-graft-index/

Ola Rotimi's the gods are not to blame, half of a yellow sun by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie, purple Hibiscus also frm d same author and The Blinkards(a Ghanaian Novel)

Abeg,w hich episode we dey??

;DOk. I don hear ;DOk. I don hear

prince FAD: why changing a winner team? My own opinion is that he should continue using the same squad that won the nation's cup,qualified us for world cup.

Including Ideye?

iamswizz: This Girl Fine Die

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First and foremost, I would like to thank God for his never-ending grace, mercy, and provision during what ended up being one of the toughest times of my life. struggling for this position amongst 'more than a million' members and achieving the top spot is a dream come true.

To be considered the first to comment on this great thread is a great honor and a privilege, so thank you Nairaland.

Next, I would like to thank my brilliant and truly outstanding African Grey Parrot, I call her Foxy (her nickname is Osewan (there is a difference between seun's own ooo ), whose vision and unending talks steered this project from day one. And to my amazing pet Wolf (His name's bullock) thanks for keeping me company, while i embarked on this great task. It was always a pleasure visiting Nairaland every day with such lovely and engaging people. I know I owe you some apologies for taking your spots, but please find it somewhere in your hearts to forgive me, i mean it

To my fellow Nairalanders, I really thought it was going to be one of you. Before I went to bed last night, I said to myself, “it is either i make the top comment today or never, i just shook my head and laughed, probably because i believed in myself.

Last and definitely not least, to my astoundingly supportive family, there would be no Grace Cruz without any of you. Mom and Dad, thank you for always believing in me and for driving me to all those Computer (Typing) rehearsals when I was a kid. To amaka, my darling Wife, my most stalwart supporter and knight, your faith in me is what propels me to continue this work. I love you.

For those who have touched my life in any way since I started in this quest of becoming the first to comment, you all know who you are, and I am truly grateful for all you have done.

Moral of this speech: believe in yourself and you would achieve great things, i mean it, GREAT THINGS!!!

iamswizz: This Girl Fine Die

................................................................


First and foremost, I would like to thank God for his never-ending grace, mercy, and provision during what ended up being one of the toughest times of my life. struggling for this position amongst 'more than a million' members and achieving the top spot is a dream come true.

To be considered the first to comment on this great thread is a great honor and a privilege, so thank you Nairaland.

Next, I would like to thank my brilliant and truly outstanding African Grey Parrot, I call her Foxy (her nickname is Osewan (there is a difference between seun's own ooo ), whose vision and unending talks steered this project from day one. And to my amazing pet Wolf (His name's bullock) thanks for keeping me company, while i embarked on this great task. It was always a pleasure visiting Nairaland every day with such lovely and engaging people. I know I owe you some apologies for taking your spots, but please find it somewhere in your hearts to forgive me, i mean it

To my fellow Nairalanders, I really thought it was going to be one of you. Before I went to bed last night, I said to myself, “it is either i make the top comment today or never, i just shook my head and laughed, probably because i believed in myself.

Last and definitely not least, to my astoundingly supportive family, there would be no Grace Cruz without any of you. Mom and Dad, thank you for always believing in me and for driving me to all those Computer (Typing) rehearsals when I was a kid. To amaka, my darling Wife, my most stalwart supporter and knight, your faith in me is what propels me to continue this work. I love you.

For those who have touched my life in any way since I started in this quest of becoming the first to comment, you all know who you are, and I am truly grateful for all you have done.

Moral of this speech: believe in yourself and you would achieve great things, i mean it, GREAT THINGS!!!

You see ur lyf

sexkillz: [color=#000030]Rule 10 was broken severally. [/color]

yea

Omooba77: The PDP national chairman Bamanga Tukur is a Arsenal supporter for close to 60 years

Source??