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Don't be foolish. The role of a president can not be compared to a football player in any way whatsover.
Football fans are fans of footballers out of pleasure and thats why they monitor them.

YOU MONITOR YOUR bleeping PRESIDENT because any move he makes can/will affect the livelihood of millions.
This is Nigeria we are talking about. Yaradua did not fall ill while in office. He had been diagnosed before assuming office. Greed and mere foolishness made him "accept" the job.
You state it as if kidney problem is not an issue. For a President, it is. Get dat in your BIG HEAD. The stress involved with the presidency is enough to "crash a healthy kidney not to talk of a half-baked one"
He has travelled for treatment about 4 times in the last 3months or so, spending at least 4 days away from home.
There are hot issues at home right now that we need him to address.
A President should be able to wake about at 3am and address national issues. Yaradua on the other hand is always undergoing some dialysis or whatever.
Stop it already. It is not by force. there are people that are hale and hearthy that can do the job.
He should resign and take care of his family with whats left of his life. i mean, from his skin, you can tell that his kidneys and possibly liver are undergoing issues.

ElRazur:
This is the common misconception - the part in bold.

No you ain't entitle to know anything. It is not our right, even if he is in public office, his right to privacy over rules our obsession to know his state of health.

Let me give you an example or two. David Beckham suffers from Asthma, I never knew this until couple of days ago that he was pictured [again by the obsessive press] taking his Inhaler pump [medication and reliever for Asthma]. I am assuming you know about Asthma right? It can leave people almost useless, yet this have not in anyway affects david beckham's ability. If anything, he's proven longevity with his career.

Also he never disclosed this, you know why? It is his own private affairs and not for public consumption. If am to use your logic, I guess he should have made it known to the fans, after all they pay his salary right?


The point I am trying to make here is this, Yar'dua performance as a president have not in anyway affected his ability to run his office and performs his duty. Before you go arguing that he do not turn up at certain events etc. It is normal and PART of his duties to nominate and delegate his duties to his assistant and co. The key point here is that as long as the Job is done, we should not even raise this point at all.


Also remember that, there are measures in place to counteract and deal with him, if he is seen as becoming ineffective. So far, by the laws and rules laid in Nigeria's constitution, he is doing a fine job.




You are asking me question based on an IF SCENARIO. IF the time comes, I guess the measures set out to remove him will come into play.

For the record, one can have those reported ailments/illness and still leave a active and "normal" life. So far, there is nothing he's done to suggest he is a "mad ruler".

This is the most ridiculous analogy i have ever seen in my entire life. Shame on you.
David Beckham is a football player and he has a right to his private life.
Yaradua on the other hand, has the fate and hopes of a population of 150 million people in his hands. His condition of heatlth is certainly our business.
An unfit man should not run the affairs of 150 million people. I hope you know there is a law that states that if the president is unfit to rule the nation, the vice president, along with the AG and some other top govt officials can remove him and make the VP the president.
YAradua''s health is a PUBLIC AFFAIR. If he wants it private, he shouldn't be president

platinumnk:
umm lemme check. . . . .yeah DHL is still in the US but i barely see them.

I think you meant UPS

No problem, my philosophy is Bless others, so that you remain blessed,
Good luck on the rest of your journey.

I doubt DHL is still in the US. They announced they would cease operations last yr. I remember going to the fedex website and they seemed to have an ad specifically targetted at former DHL customers who needed to migrate.

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I suppose you can't differentiate between 2005 and 2009 abi?
Y resurrect such an oooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllddddddddddd thread?

Unless your salary is being reviewed UPWARDSSSSSSS, i would say this might not be pleasurable. From what i have heard, DUBAI is too expensive to live in . For holidays, yeah sure.

buffnaija:
you guys get what you deserve.

what is in poland that you dey go there?? do you even speak the language.

I trip for the poster oo.
UK people dey complain say polish citizens don take all EU jobs finish, Nigerians still dey troop go Poland.
If polish citizens are running away from their country to seek employment in the UK, y is it dat nigerians think that is the best place to go.
Poland is an impoverished country trying to become better. They are looking for tourists and foreign investments.
They don't want Nigerians that will add to their burden. What genuine reason do you have to go to Poland to school?
You have none. They are right in denying 90% of you. You don't even speak the language.

manny4life:
Death penalty? As much as I don't support kidnapping activities and its related extortion, but damn death penalty is way to harsh for kidnapping. Somewhat of max jail sentence of abt 25years should be given that is if it warrants up to the maximum, but death? "NO". This is no "Murder" and even if it was, most people don't advocate death unless they have successfully met one criteria; the willful intent to kill not just one but several people. Even at the death, Nigeria executes using firing squad which is quite painful, that's a shame.

My guy, the death penalty is the best option because it will serve as a detterent. It is not as if they will just enact it today and start killing kidnappers tomorrow. If/when it is enacted, everyone will be aware that the reward for kidnapping is death. Anyone that goes ahead and kidnaps after this obviously wants to die, so be it.

[quote author=samurai-x link=topic=353046.msg4962389#msg4962389 date=1258706166]@Phuck_NL

I dont blame people like you. Its people like you that think a first class is a good candidate! While i agree to the fact that academic excellence is good, it does not buttress the fact that fair playing field should not be given to all.

Am not a first class candidate but i know my onions in my field of specialisation. if not my CV would not have attracted Mobil HR.
Further to this, we had not gotten to the interview stage yet for them to determine our levels of reasoning and experience.
When you say we are empty barrels, i just pity your sense of reasoning.

I think if one is to be fair to himself, one should be able to ascertain one's performance after a test.

So Phuck_NL or whatever you call yourself, just try and think before pouncing on the keyboards of your system when next you want to say something on Nairaland![/quote]This is exactly why a lot of you don't get good jobs. Listen and learn. You believe you did well in the test abi. THat is not good enough. You have to be the best of the best to work for the best of the best.. What if you scored 98% and the others scored 99%.
I wonder what is wrong with you people. Whether Exxon is partial or not is their own cup of tea. Do you know the millions of applications they receive. They undoubtedly receive the highest number of engineering and accounting applications in Nigeria.
Can they hire everyone. You are bitter because you were not good enough.
I just told you my neighbor now works for them and he doesn't know anyone. Stop making it seem that they don't hire people on merit.
They hire thousands on merit. There may be back-end runs but that does not mean they don't hire on merit. YOU WERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
Move on with your life and apply to othe organisations. Must everyone work for Mobil. wetin.

vislabraye:
Naija factor everywhere. It is naija that is spoiling Naija. Any multinational where you see Naija people in power, there must be runs going on.

@phuk_NL, from the way you speak, you're giving the impression you have superior intelligence. The poster said he passes, but you are saying he failed. Where you there?

Olodo. Define Pass in this situation. Pass is a relative term in this situation. To pass, you have to be better than the other candidates. If he was better, he may have been chosen. He wasn't better.

Bittertrut:
I am afraid phuck_NL seems to be exxonmobil PR officer. Otherwise, how can one explain his position? May I say that I have a very very close friend who sat for this apt test and attended the interview under discussion here.

NL make una look at this:

Yes - six candidates wrote the first test, then suddenly two (who could easily be said to be resembling brothers) were later ushered in by another exxonmobil staff (who kept talking to them in their native dialect), even provided them pencils & erasers. On seeing the suspicion shown by two of the first set of candidates, he offered to go get extra pencils & eraser but never brought any neither did he show up again.

The Interview- four scaled through to the interview stage & one of those tow guys was among them. in fact, the first to be interviewed. There is the suspicion that two came forward even when the arrangement to push the older brother to the interview stage had been concluded
Now the questions begging for answers are:
1) was the whole arrangement made to be all for the guy that (presumably) made it to the interview stage, having painted it real with the inclusion of the other three candidates?
2) are there no rules in exxonmobil as regards conduct of aptitude tests? one could easily conclude that the second test arranged was to accommodate the two late comers.
3) why is it taking HR this long to 'get back' to the three candidates (they still communicate but the other guy deliberately kept to himself) even though the whole process was to have been concluded on the interview day and the successful candidate known?
4) why was the white man that conducted the test kept out of the know about the late comers until he had to protest openly in the test hall when he saw them if there was no attempt to defraud.

Another empty barrel making noise. How can i be exxon's PR officer.
Why would exxon need to come here to defend anything. The idiots condemning them like yourself, are the same ones that will still flood their website with applications next yr. If people know that you can't get into EXXON on merit, why is it that they still get tonnes of applications every year. Food for thought you dumb wit.

@OP
You did not pass the test. Simple. Why d grudge? A lot of you are empty barrels. You go around claiming you passed tests when in actuallity you failed.
Imagine people scoring 75% in tests thinking they passed. There are other people that scored 98% my friend.
ExxonMobil is the largest oil company in the world and also one of the largest companies in the world. They used to be number one based on revenue until recently.
They have every right to recruit the best of the best. You are not what they want. PERIOD.
Everybody can not work for EXXON.
My neighbour just started working for them. He is a first class graduate. He said 3 of the other 4 people selected along with him are also first class grad engineers. There was only one 2:1 amongst them.
The test is not the only thing they use in weeding you out. It is the total package. A lot of Nigerian graduates can not communicate properly. If your communication skills are found wanting, EXXONMOBIL is not the place for you.
Accept your failure with pride and stop bickering. Work better next time.

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Is like, as in, ELSXCUSE me, You no complete am well well. Na : Haff you pay ya tass .

Siena:
From your words, I take it you're in full support of fraud and deception?

While i don't support fraud and deception, i don't think people who were "privileged" or were born in the UK/Citizens have a right to comment on this issue.
If illegal immigrants can hide under trucks to enter the UK, then people can do this. They all have their reasons.

95% of us would probably do something illegal too if we were in the same situation

There are over 50 million women in nigeria looking for husbands. Stop bothering yourself go out and FISH.

Don't bother squashing anything. If you do, you will have fights every other yr. You will never be happy. A woman that packs up her things and leaves has made up her mind.

If you settle it, the same thing will happen in the future. Life is too short. There are beautiful women everywhere.

tunnytox:
This man must be very stupid if he has lived in the UK for 30 years why has he not bring his daughter in when she was minor? that would have save him all these hassles

Always quick to throw jabs are we, hen hen?

Do you know what status the man claimed when he came to the UK 30yrs ago. How do you know that he didn't claim that he had no children.
Maybe he entered the UK with a different identity from his original one in naija. There are a million and one reasons.
How do you know he didnt just get his british citizenship recently, after his daughter must have glaringly passed 21yrs of age?

buffnaija:
1. THE AVERAGE AMERICAN IS DEEP IN DEBT.

THOSE BIG HOUSES U SEE THEM LIVING IN ARE PAID FOR WITH BORROWED MONEY. IF THEY DONT PAY THEIR MONTHLY MORTGAGE , THEY GET KICKED OUT. THEY DONT OWN THOSE HOUSES.

The cars they drive, most are paid for with loans. 80 percent of all car sales are backed by loans.

their clothes and electronics, most are paid for with credit cards.

2. Americans are not welcoming.

A lot of Whites dont like blacks, and even blacks dont like africans. dont expect a friendly disney world. Expect to be told to "go back to africa". Your children will be made fun in school and will come back home crying. trust me , numerous stories abound.

3. MOst americans are working class and theres poverty here.

Dont believe the hype you see on TV. most people dont live like Jay Z or Puff Daddy. America has a huge working poor that they dont show and they want you to come and join them too, so if you think u will be working in an office anytime soon, then sorry.You have many people that live paycheck to paycheck. Theres also substantial poverty here ,you have 35 million americans that depend on government food programs . yes thats right 35 million americans depend on government for food.

4. America has the largest prison system in the world.

and most of the prisoners are black. theres a huge population of black people in prison, and even in some neighbourhoods if you are black and never been to prison, they look at u like u are not normal. by last count, there were something like 1,000,000 black men in americas prison. thats about 1 in 7 black men in america locked up. think about that 1 million blacks !!! even Nigeria does not have that many criminals. So if u are a black guy , people treat you suspiciously and if u ever got caught up with the law , you might not get a fair chance.

Absolute rubbish. You are not revealing anything that we don't already know.
Let me ask you this question : Isn't it better to get a mortgage at the age of 21-23yrs and live in your dream house which you will own after 20-30yrs in the US of A than to live in Nigeria and work for 20 - 30 yrs before you can afford to buy land?

By the way, the car note and mortgage that you are screaming about has also been in existence for ages. It is only restricted to those that have "meaningful" jobs in nigeria because we dont have a credit rating system. Companies give out house loans and car loans to their staffs. Thats why most of the workers (especially oil workers) that have all their money getting to their account because these loans have been removed before giving them their final salary.

I would rather drive a Bugatti and live in a Mansion on credit than own nothing in Nigeria, save for 10yrs, only for a thief to come one day and steal everything. Mind you, the thief could be your account officer, bank C.E.O or even armed robbers.

My point : stop hating. Their system works. If it didn't people will stop immigrating.

yemmight:
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Development cannot go all round Lagos once. You mentioned Lekki,VI Island. But let me tell you these are the major places that bring money. Any responsible governement will firstly spend money on places like before moving to other areas. Even at that, this is the first time I can see Local Govt repairing thier roads. This man has mandated them in repairing certain number of roads yearly. I m very sure it will go round. Let us all try and encourage this man and his team.

Are you okay. My generation has been waiting. My grandfather waited, my parents waited. They have all been obedient tax payers for the past 35years. We have nothing to show for it and you tell me to WAIT. Don't let me insult you.
To all of you making noise, the fact that the previous govt did not do what Fashola presumably is doing does not make Fashola a genius.

This is LAGOS for christ sake. I expect nothing less. You either steal money from the Lagos govt or u put it to good use.
This is the commercial nerve centre of west africa. Federal allocation or not, Lagos state government has more money than several states put together. Until the seat was moved to Abuja, most companies were headquartered in Lagos. many still are.

The idiots shouting negativity. :
What is negative about the truth. I have not been impacted by Fashola and i am saying it. What is negative about that.
We don't have water, the roads are terrible, and you are telling me to wait.
Note that i didn't include power because i am educated well enough to know that power is a federal issue.
Water on the other hand, isn't.

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I am not defending scammers. I'm just letting you know that you're not the only one who knows how to spot them. Take a chill pill. Regardless of your posts, people will still get scammed if they are greedy/ignorant.
You jump at everything as if there is a race to choose the first person to identify a scammer. Take a chill pill.

MrCrackles:
What foolish fame does she have
Oh i geddit. . .Famed for looking like a disease ravaged babboon!

You are probably uglier than her. Post your pic if i am wrong. Shame on you for insulting God's creation based on physical traits.

If you do not want to change your name, then why get married. Abeg it comes with the package. If you want to marry me, you will have to accept my name. What nonsense.
If you like your fathers name so much, please stay in your fathers house.

justwise:
Are u sick in the head? How can u give anybody International driving licence? Where will they do the driving test or practical?

There is no award for the person who catches the most scammers!! What is it with you. You are always so quick to respond to posts here without thinking straight. Hanhan. Are you trying to become a moderator by force.

It is not news that 99.99999999999% of license holders in Nigeria had to pay agents to get the license. Everyone knows it is 4000 - 5000 naira. This guy is probably using the internet to get his own customers. They are all over lagos.

I am beginning to doubt your intellect you know. Why would you need a driving test for an INTERNATIONAL DRIVERS LICENSE (notice that it is drivers licence and not driving license)
International drivers licenses are issued to people who already hold drivers licences in their respective countries. You can apply online sef.

While this guy may turn out to be a spammer, why don't you leave it to the readers to decide. You are nobodys GRANDFATHER here.

queenesthr:
Hope Lagos roads will receive attention very soon?

Don't mind them. ALL noise.
I am yet to benefit from fashola. All these noise sef. 14billion naira monthly from taxes and i don't have good roads in my neighborhood. I still can't walk around freely after 7pm. Everyone has there own bore hole. If you depend on public water you will die.
I don't care what anyone says. i am speaking for myself. I have not benefitted from this government in any way. Is Lekki +VI+Lagos Island = LAGOS
because that is the only place that anything seems to be done. There are shantys all over Lagos juh.
Until I see improvements in my own area, please tell me why me, my parents or anyone in our household should continue paying TAxes so that fashola can plant flowers in Lagos Island.

Now that we have qualified, Can we please sack AMODU and get a FOREIGN COACH. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

hackney:
Someone said Tracking device.
I no fit laff abeg
@nuzo
MrCrackles might be a hi-tech robot for all we know.
(those comments in mono-tones;priceless)
LMAO

Don't be naive.
We have tracking devices all over nigeria. It's like pure water. There are GPS enabled trackers on virtually every newly purchase cars nowadays. The insurance companies sometimes give you coverage for free sef if you use them.
We have GPS navigators and all the likes. Heck you can even use GAMINE in Lagos now to navigage streets.
The fact that we fail to use or implement things does not mean we don't have access to it. It's only that the police would rather use the money to fill their pockets.

Fhemmmy:
Yes i am so much in support of not just kidnapping the stupid politicians, but i am in support of getting rid of all those that has sold the future of Nija to their pockets and that of their families.
However, i will never support the teen -kidnappers and i will never support people kidnapping the innocent ones to enrich their own pockets.

You are a hypocrite and an idiot put together. Na AMADIOHA go strike you.
It is ignorant fools like yourself that put this nation in jeopardy.
You support kidnapping politicians but you don't support kidnapping others abi.
I bet you were one of those that supported niger delta kidnappings too. When all the whites ran away, what happened. The kidnappers turned to kidnapping Nigerians.

What do you think they would do when they no longer have access to politicians.

Kidnapping is bad and should not be supported/encouraged. PERIOD. DEATH TO ALL KIDNAPPERS AND THEIR [size=14pt]SUPPORTERS[/size]

nethacker:
Pls house , Does any1 have d idea of d questions dat will be asked by the immigration officers at the US port of entry?Do i need to go with another sponsor's financial statement.All d student is yankee in d house pls advise.
Regards

Why are you worrying yourself. When you get there you will know what they will ask. Take along whatever you took to the embassy.
All this unnecessary wahala sef. Anyway see u in the Land of the free. One more month and i am out.

I don't support illegal immigration but i'd like someone to tell me what is wrong with washing plates and washing toilets abroad? Don't nigerians wash plates and toilets in NIGERIA?

When will all this christian born again believers learn.
How can someone give you a hot slap and you go turn the other cheek.
I beg, 50 Gbosa for the lady for giving the REP his own medicine.

@Christians in NASS : Things have changed. Back in 50 B.C, people didn't know how to slap so it was okay to turn another cheek. Nowadays, the kin SLAP wey people dey SLAP no be yam oo. If dem slap you, you gast to retaliate. Warri boy no dey carry last. patapat na draw.

Simply solution - Fix all the roads in Lagos, Regulate Bus stops and Bus drivers, Ban Street hawking and VOILA end of unnecessary traffic jams

It is a pity that some people are so ignorant. Some are saying kidnappers should start kidnapping governors and so on.
What you fail to realise is that when there is no banana in the forest, monkey go start to dey chop grass
Kidnapping should be condemned and checked before nigeria turns to mexico or columbia.
A lot of innocent people have been kidnapped. We don't hear about it because they victims are too scared to go to the police and prefer to pay the money.
There was an incident in Ogun state and Lagos recently. This were ordinary citizens where the ransom was less than 1million naira.
We need to condemn it because it will become serious.

The same thing that happened with internet scams will happen here. We didn't care because the west was the only one falling for the scam at the time. Now we have ATM fraud all over nigeria.
Lets stand up against this nonsense act

puskin:
@phuck NL
100km/hr is not the MAX. speed limit on that road or any other highway, it is just a recommended speed 4U 'cos of safety.
FYI, travelling @ 100km/hr in a car whose windows r wound-up is damn SLOW.

OLODOOOOOOOOO.
It is called SPEED LIMIT. It is not a recommendation. It is the LAW. The fact that we don't enforce it does not mean it is a recommendation.
My dad told me that back in the 80's, the FRSC had radar guns and they would stop you and issue you a ticket if you go above the limit. Same way it is done in western worlds.

I am amazed at the level of ignorance a lot of you possess.
IT IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION. IT IS THE GODAMMMN SPEED LIMIT.

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What the hell are you talking about. If it is no ones business why does he need to solicit for help or advise anyone.
Why would you leave your international passport at home. If it is not shady then it is STUPID.
Why couldn't he hold on to the passport the same way he held on to whichever passport he used to travel.

If you dont want people to ask questions about your business, you don't air your freaking business in public. KAJIKWO!!

Shady Deal:
I had a medical appointment in Lagos on Saturday 07/11/2009 and decided to set out from Ibadan early enough considering that there will be time wasting in Ogere because of the notorious petroleum tankers. Unfortunately, a little after the Sat Guru Maharaji Village, I met the convoy of a politician whom I later learnt was the Deputy Governor of oyo state, One Alhaji Taofeek Arapaja.

His convoy was moving at about 100/km per hour on the Lagos - Ibadan express way.

I understand your plight and know for sure that no law prevents anyone from overtaking. My issue with the highlighted point is that you claim he was moving slow at 100km/hr. The last time i checked, 100km/hr is the MAX. speed limit on that highway.

@CITIZENy
You seem to be confused. 106% profit on what? Crude oil or PMS?
We don't need to know how much it costs to produce a liter of pms because we don't produce enough in the country. 70% of our needed consumption is imported.
It is imported and the price changes with the market price of crude oil. All the other costs that add up are the import taxes, port fees and blah blha blha.

If you expect anyone to build a refinery when they know that the GOVT controls the price, you are in dreamland.
You don't wake up and build a refinery. It cost a lot of money and years to build.
Before anyone will venture into such a project they have to know they will make profit.

Even if it costs less than 65 naira to produce pms per liter locally, do you think that will entice investors. Imagine if they do build a refinery in this situation and the price of crude goes back to $140. How will the refinery make profit if there is a peg on the price of PMS when the raw material needed for PMS (crude oil) keeps changing.
Price fixing can not and will never help.