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Family / Re: 'I Regret Pushing My Husband To Move Us From Okota To Lekki Phase 1' - Woman by psalm121vs1: 12:51pm On Feb 02
Wait ooo so people wey dey leave for mainland like Ikeja, Festac, surulere, poor? Poverty mentality

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Celebrities / Re: Hilda Baci Defends Her Dress Sense, Hints On Next Steps by psalm121vs1: 8:33pm On May 22, 2023
pweeryambre:
My own is where is that her automated house located in nigeria. I need the architect that did that.

It's a smart home,you can rent one yourself. They full lagos. Air b and b

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Politics / Re: Atiku Wins Okrika LGA In Rivers, Despite Wike’s Opposition by psalm121vs1: 8:01pm On Feb 27, 2023
rxmusa:
Election Updates...

1. Peter Obi wins "Tinubu's" Lagos. But you are still saying INEC is rigging for Tinubu just so that when Tinubu wins Katsina, you will say it was rigged.

Oh wait. Atiku won Katsina, Buhari's State.

So really how many persons do you want to accuse INEC of rigging for? Why not accept where your candidate lose?


2. So Obi can win Lagos, it is not rigging. But Amoda Ogunlere cannot win Osun that you said he is from, it is rigging.

Oh wait. Tinubu did not even win Osun. Atiku did. So what are you saying please? You thought Obi will win Osun??

3. Obi went to Kano and went straight to Sabon Gari where you have Igbos and minority Christians.

That is the divisive campaign Obi ran yet you will shout rigging if Tinubu wins Kano.

Oh wait. It is Kwankwaso that is winning Kano despite being an enemy of the sitting APC Governor!

Again, what are you saying

4. In the South East where Obi is from, Obi is winning by 90%

In the South West where Tinubu is from, Obi has won Lagos, Atiku took Osun. But when Tinubu takes Ekiti, it is rigging.

What is wrong with you guys?

5. Obi is winning in Edo State. If you add PDP and APC votes and times it by 2, Obi is still winning. This is a State where there is a PDP Governor and a Former APC National Chairman.

But it is rigging anywhere Obi is not winning. How can a people be this bigoted?

6. I have read, on WhatsApp, people saying they will poison food and give to Northerners for not voting Obi.

I have read people here saying they will never give a Northern beggar any money for not voting Obi.

Meanwhile Obi is clearing the South South and South East and Northerners are not threatening anyone. And you will call them uncivilized?

7. An unknown Labour party candidate for House of Rep, defeated the APC and PDP to win Etin-Osa Fed. Constituency in Lagos.

The APC guy was Obanikoro's son. The PDP guy was Banky W the musician. Both floored by a Labour party candidate people didn't know.

But the election was rigged is coming from the mouth of Labour party supporters.

8. Another unknown Labour party candidate defeated the APC and PDP in the major Senatorial Election in Edo.

The gap was almost 200%. If you add the PDP and APC votes together, the unknown Labour candidate still beat them with over 50k votes and these were not small candidates. They are the two most influential people in Benin!

But Labour Party supporters are still shouting rigging, failed election. Does this make sense

9. Obi is heading to 500,000 votes in Enugu. Whereas Tinubu has less than 5,000 votes in the whole Enugu.

This is not rigged, but wherever Tinubu wins is rigged.

10. Atiku's VP is the GOVERNOR of Delta State.

In Delta State, Obi has won 11 out of the 16 Local Government Areas annoinced so far.

But his supporters are still shouting the election is rigged. Is that not madness?

NB: If you cause the war you are using to bully everyone we will all suffer it. Pat Utomi that is encouraging you will carry his oyinbo face and seek asylum somewhere in America or Europe where he will collect cool breeze and return after your demise to claim hero of democracy. Use sense.
Eseoghene Faruq


No 6 is completely wrong bro. Igbos are not that bitter and won't poison anyone. We are want a better country. If yemi osibanjo contested against orji uzor kalu. Yemi osibanjo will win Anambra landslide. I m saying this as an Anambra man.
Would you be proud of your country when you see old people with track record of dishonesty as your president?

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Politics / Police Invade Workers Union Secretariat To Interrupt Union Election by psalm121vs1: 8:17am On Sep 10, 2022
The Abia State Secretariat of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria located at No 122 Ikot Ekpene Road Umuahia was invaded by over twenty Mobile Policemen from the Abia State Government House Umuahia. The team of Policemen which was led by the Chief Security Officer(CSO) to the Governor of Abia state, CSP Ubani arrived at the Union Secretariat in the company of Mr Ihechi Enogwe, a contestant for the position of Chairman by 12:13 pm as delegates from all the Federal Establishments Units of the Union were casting their votes to elect the new Federal Chapter Executives in the State. The CSO and his team interrupted the election and insisted that the National Vice President, and the Assistant Secretary General, of the Union who were supervising the election must follow them to Government House to meet with the Chief of Staff to the Governor based on pettition brought before the Chief of Staff by Mr Enogwe.

Delegates who are Senior Civil Servants from Federal Establishments protested the intrusion of the Police operatives in the peaceful Union election because a contestant Mr Enogwe is connected to the Chief of Saff to the Governor. The National Vice President and the Assistant Secretary General were whisked away to the Government House while the election was concluded , results announced and the new Executive sworn in to pilot the affairs of the Chapter in Abia State for the next four years. The election was conducted under the supervision of the Controller, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Samuel Ogiriga.
Politics / Niger State Begins Indefinite Strike by psalm121vs1: 8:52am On Dec 02, 2020
As Niger State sets out for it's indefinite strike today, we want the whole world to know the reason for this action and not count it as an insensitivity on the part of Organized Labour. While the state civil servants are still smarting from the slashed June salary and being the most underpaid workers in the country. The government went ahead to buy brand new SUVs worth about 36 million naira for it's commissioners. It should also be on record that the state has not employed anyone into its civil service for the past ten years and the new minimum wage approved by the Federal government is not fully implemented in Niger State and as it stands now, a director in Niger state civil service earns less than 80 thousand in a month. If this is not murder by starvation and suppression, we beg for a term to give to this treatment by the government.
Fellow Nigerians,we beg for your intervention both spiritual and physical in this deliberate holocaust being perpetrated by the government of Niger State to its citizens. Aluta Continua
Organized Labour
Politics / Re: The North Are Great Political Chess Players. by psalm121vs1: 9:25am On Jul 11, 2020
PeachtreeReside:
*THE NORTH AND RESTRUCTURING*

This is The most interesting PIECE I have read on The Nigerian Social Media on Restructuring. It is Copied from "IKOYI CLUB BUDDIES FORUM" Posted by Deji Ibeh, a Lawyer.
I commend The author.

Tunde Oduwole,I-QS.
08.07.2020.

New Telegraph 

*Restructuring: The North, The South And Nigeria’s Future.*

Posted on
July 7, 2020 AuthorCLEM AGUIYI Comment(0)

CLEM AGUIYI July 7, 2020.

Give it to the North, they get what they want at every turn while the South do the talking. Most radical ideas that had shaped Nigeria’s political landscape often originated from the South only to be perfected to advantage by the North.

For instance, while the South championed the struggle for independence, the North acted like she wasn’t ready and would rather remain under British domination. But from when the British lowered the Union Jack, it was the North that had dominated the South and still do.

Another is the idea of military coup. It was actually Southern officers that executed Nigeria’s first military coup before the North perfected the art of coup plotting and used it to entrench Northern domination.

Almost all successful coups in Nigeria were hatched and executed by Northern officers from 1966 to date. Again, Nigeria started well on federalism until some group of Southerners introduce unitary government.

The North shouted ‘Araba’ the Hausa translation for ‘separation’ and insisted on true federalism. But as soon as it seized power in the counter coup of 1966, it jettisoned true federalism and perfected unitarianism to her advantage.

Today, it is the South who destroyed federalism that is shouting true federalism. Take again the question of constitutional democracy. This is a concept alien to both Islam and the oligarchy.

While the South talks plenty of democracy, the North which only reluctantly embraced democracy perfected the act of shaping democracy to its own advantage. Because the North understands that democracy is a game of numbers they made sure they have the numbers and a population they can easily manipulate and control.

They control their population with illiteracy and religion and make no apology for it. One can go on and on to list how the North beat the South at all times in its game.

Whether as a friend or a foe you must understand your opponent so as to engage properly. The inability of the South to read the North is one of her biggest albatrosses. Fast track to the current issue of restructuring, another idea currently advanced by the South as a remedy to save Nigeria from disintegration.

The Southern proponents of restructuring believe that Nigeria is not functioning properly because the centre is saddled with too many responsibilities and powers. Restructuring means devolving more powers to the states.

Despite the clarity of this concept, somehow the North pretends it does not understand what restructuring is all about. To get the South busy with talking, they pretend that restructuring will put her at a disadvantage or to say the least that it is an agenda to dismember Nigeria. For these reasons, many Southerners have wrongly convinced themselves that the North will never give in to restructuring whereas the North in actual fact is getting ready for restructuring and once again intends to perfect it to their advantage.

The import of this article is to warn the South to get ready and prepare for restructuring. The British who merged the North and South together has not abandoned the reason for the merger.

They remain very sympathetic to the North hence western leaders like Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and John Kerry had at various times tutored the Northern leaders on how to reorganize the region for a post oil economy.

Between 2015 and 2016, the US Institute for Peace had held series of strategy sessions strictly for Northern leaders on how best to prepare and re-energize the region for a post oil economy.

The sessions agreed that restructuring is inevitable without which even the North will not survive.

The sessions harped on what the vulnerabilities of the northern region would be when restructuring occurs and more importantly how to ensure that such vulnerabilities are dealt with well before restructuring. One major vulnerability is the fact that the North is landlocked hence they were advised that the region would need alternative international trade access routes that do not depend on the South.

This explains why President Buhari commenced building the ongoing high-speed railway lines designed to connect with the Niger Republic’s supply and logistics systems.

They were also advised that they needed to be independent of the South for petroleum products hence they went ahead with the project of building a completely new modern refinery in Daura, Katsina State.

The Daura refinery is purposely built to refine crude oil coming in from Niger Republic. The choice of Daura as a location is to reduce the cost of pipelines, as piping to the Kaduna refinery would have been very expensive. Daura shares a common border with Niger Republic.

Another major vulnerability is the fact that a significant proportion of Nigeria’s power generation and infrastructure is located in the South. It was suggested that the North would need to rebalance power generation, if it was to industrialize.

It is therefore not surprising that contracts have been awarded to pipe gas from the South to pass through Ajaokuta to Abuja, Kaduna, and Kano (AKK) where three thermal stations will be built in each of the three cities with capacity to generate 4,500MW of electricity.

While at the face value this project may appear good for Nigeria which can now export excess electricity to other African countries, the main objective however is to make the North electricity sufficient, and under restructuring will make the South to pay charges for passing power from  any of the thermal stations.

The North is also investing heavily in agriculture with a view to be in a position to not just feed her population but to export food to the South and other African countries. Only the South can solve its problem with regards to food. A lot can be learnt from Israel if it must readdress the food imbalance.

To boost agriculture, President Buhari did what no other government in Nigeria has been able to do.

He closed the land borders, and presented farmers with a great windfall. Massive incentives were provided to motivate Northern farmers. Northern farmers, who work through cooperatives, were provided with machinery and low interest loans through the CBN and the Bank of Agriculture to help stabilize the level of growth in agriculture.

I have taken time to reel out these few examples to debunk the laughable notion held by the South that the North will not give in to structuring. That is far from the truth. The North understands restructuring perfectly well and their vulnerabilities in case of restructuring.

The North is light years ahead of the South in their proactive preparations. I support restructuring for the singular reason that it will make Nigeria better than its current form. It will bring government closer to the people, enhance development and ensure efficient and effective governance.

Rather than being emotional and wasting valuable time on empty rhetoric, the best legacy Southern leaders can leave behind is to put on their thinking caps and get to work. They must use the opportunity of the current time to map out strategies that will rave and drive the economic and social development of the South post oil revenue.

The youth who are the future of tomorrow must understand that the future they symbolize and represent is now.

The only practical way they can be part of that future is to hold her elected political leaders accountable by making every single one of them and their families uncomfortable until the right things are done.

https://www.newtelegraphng.com.

And I hope the current banditry, insurgency,poverty and restiveness are all part of your chess strategy. The north did not perfect anything, they just don't value human life like other regions do. Nzegowu started the coup, gowon from plateau(middle belt) countered, Agiuyi ironsi bleeped up, Ojukwu seceded and a civil war broke out, Biafra lost, and the power has actually rotated.

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Politics / Re: Labor Begins Strike In Niger State by psalm121vs1: 10:38am On Feb 05, 2020
These Governors get mind oo
Crime / Man Kills Young Woman After Overdosing With Tramadol by psalm121vs1: 11:27pm On Jul 08, 2019
The police have arrested a man suspected to be a ritualist for allegedly killing a woman after taking and overdose of tramadol.
Mojupa Bidemi, 33, said he took on overdose of the drug before committingthe act,The Nation learnt yesterday.
The suspect was arrested around 1:30am at 55A, Corporation Estate, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, after residents raised the alarm on hearing the late Christy screaming in his apartment.
Sule, a petty shop owner, who allegedly sold him the drug was also arrested.
The suspects are at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) Panti, Yaba, Lagos Mainland.
About 17 women handbags were found in the apartment. Bidemi has yet to explain how he came about them.
The apartment is said to belong to his relative, who lives abroad.
At the estate yesterday, security men at the gate insisted that visitors must first call their hosts before being allowed in.
Bidemi, it was gathered moved into the estate about five weeks ago.
Bidemi’s relationship with Christy was hazy. Some claimed she was a commercial sex worker he promised N10,000 for the night,https://arewagists..com/2019/07/man-kills-young-woman-after-overdosing.html
Politics / Faceless Contractor Got N7bn Road Contract, Says Makinde by psalm121vs1: 8:12pm On Jul 08, 2019
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has alleged that a contractor with untraceable office address was awarded the Moniya-Iseyin road for N7billion by the immediate past administration.
According to him, N2billion out of the total contract sum was paid to the contractor, who he described as ‘faceless’.
The governor added that his assessment of the job done so far on the site would barely pass for N150million.
Makinde spoke after taking a tour of the road leading to the Pacesetter Quarry and Asphalt plant, located at Km 25, Moniya-Iseyin Road, Ojedeji Village in Akinyele Local Government Area for an assessment of the plant.
The governor lamented that the road which serves as the economic route for farm and agricultural produce into the state could be abandoned after the contractor collected N2 billion, with little or nothing to show for it on the project site.
He said his effort at locating the site address of the contractor to interact with them on the level of work done despite the amount of money released, revealed that the office address was not traceable and the name faceless.
Makinde said: “My impression of the work done so far if I will have to evaluate and cost it, it couldn’t have been more than N150million that I will spend on it.
“It was a faceless contractor and we don’t even know where their offices are located. I could have stopped by to go and discuss with them, but there is nowhere to stop by.”
On the quarry and asphalt plant, which has been abandoned in the past eight years, Makinde expressed disappointment that the project that could have fetch the state some revenue was left unattended to due to political difference.
The asphalt plant was established during the tenure of Senator Rashidi Ladoja, but could not attract any partner under the proposed Public-Private Partnership agreement.
The inspection, according to the governor, was targetted at reviving the facility in order to reduce the money spent on road projects by the state government.
“What we will do is that we will look at what has gone on it through the files, but it is a shame that we have an asset like this and it was just allowed to rot because of political considerations. And we will have to send people here to check the integrity of what we have here and quickly see what we can do because we are buying a whole lot of asphalt from other places for road maintenance agencies.
“What we came to do is to check the integrity of the plant. Sometimes, it may be better to start something from the start, if we cannot bring this back to life, but the concept was well thought of and the state government has been buying asphalt from the third party, so we might as well put this back to life,” the governor said.
https://arewagists..com/2019/07/faceless-contractor-got-n7bn-road.html
Family / Why I Butchered My Husband And Buried Him by psalm121vs1: 12:38pm On Jul 06, 2019
A 41-year-old mother of four, Douglas Ajemine, who allegedly killed her husband, Inedugoba Tyger, 40, has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, in Abalama area of Rivers State.
It was learnt that Ajemine, confessed that she killed 40-year-old Inedugoba Tyger and buried his corpse in a shallow grave within the area because he abandoned her to go and live with another woman.
Ajemine, who is a staff of the Rivers State Primary Health Care, in Asari Toru Local Government area of the state, said she contracted two men to kill the victim on January 25, 2019, because he routinely beat and raped her whenever he pressed for sex.
She was arrested following a petition to the police by Tyger’s relations, who gave graphic details of how the Buguma native got missing after a political event within the community.
A source revealed that Tyger, before his death, had a misunderstanding with Ajemine a situation which made him to move out of his home in Abalama area of the state, and relocated to Port Harcourt, but the 2019, general elections, provided him an opportunity to reconcile with his estranged wife.
The source said that Ajemine soon after the reconciliation made arrangements with two persons to attack and kill her husband in their Abalama residence.
It was gathered that the victim was sleeping when his assailants went into his house and strangled him to death.
They then took his corpse to the back of the house and dug a shallow grave where they buried his remains.
Police source added that, after Ajemine had finished killing and burying her husband, she took his car to a nearby market and parked it where it could be recovered by the police and she also took his mobile phones and more here https://arewagists..com/2019/07/why-i-butchered-my-husband-and-buried.html
Crime / Re: We Planned To Kidnap Otedola – Robbery Suspects by psalm121vs1: 9:45am On Aug 27, 2016
jmichlins:
you must be joking for taking him Otedola lightly. How do you intend to get him. It's good to dream big even if it's crime. On behalf of the NCAN this is a cosmopolitan affair the North and South are duly represented
Oga forget Oo..no be this same people abduct sen. iyabo...person wey kill john Kennedy na rif raff Oo(jack ruby)..so its a good thing they were caught.. cos those em bodyguards go just dey look empty prado
Crime / Re: Izuchukwu Ezimoha Who Was Executed In Indonesia Buried In Ihiala, Anambra - Pics by psalm121vs1: 9:57am On Aug 21, 2016
nwaanambra1:


the problem with the POOR is - they always think they have an opinion!




GET RICH OR DIE TRYING!

peeps like you that doesn't have the liver to get rich but rather remain a poor street bus driver - do the world a favour and keep your trap shut whn men with liver dies!


at age 35 he has already built a mansion in his village but you cant even afford a bicycle tire and yet u think the world cares about your opinion! the next thing we will hear about you now is how u hunt down an innocent girl for ritual! bloody coward!

PLS START SAVING FOR YOUR NEXT STREET ARREST BY VIO CAUSE THAT BUS U R DRIVING NEED A NEW HEADLIGHT!
I don't think is liver..lemme tell u who get liver..Seun of nairaland get liver..Linda ikeji get liver..Don jazzy get liver..people wey dey main market get liver and so many of them..if he pushed drugs in Indonesia.. he needed deliverance from the spirit of poverty

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Sports / Re: Rio2016 Olympics: Nigeria Vs Germany - 0 - 2 On 19th August 2016 by psalm121vs1: 9:27pm On Aug 17, 2016
kobonaire:
Does anyone have TBJ's number?
hehehehe..lwkmd..u funny Oo..so na now u rememberam

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Career / Hard Analysis by psalm121vs1: 11:14am On Jul 14, 2016
Divide your SALARY by 30 days and see what you get (i.e. the number of days in a month and see the funny thing about your salary plan).

For example,
(1) An average level-12 worker in the state government civil service earns NGN 60,000.
**** And this translates to NGN 60,000÷30= NGN 2,000 every day. This is LESS THAN the amount made daily by an AVERAGE HAWKER in the city.

(2) A freshly EMPLOYED GRADUATE BANKER in most NIGERIAN BANKS earns an average of NGN120,000 monthly.
***So everyday, you get NGN120,000÷30= NGN4,000 as the daily value for your work-life. By implication, this is LESS THAN the amount earned DAILY by an AVERAGE DRIVER in d city and in some villages.....

(3) If you are a FRESH GRADUATE EMPLOYEE in some oil companies, you earn an average of NGN300,000 monthly. So in a day your WORK-VALUE is NGN300,000 ÷ 30= NGN10,000
**** This is LESS THAN the daily amount earned by an IRRIGATION FARMER supplying vegetables to Lagos MARKETS, a TIPPER CAR DRIVER supplying sand for three BLOCK INDUSTRIES and CONSTRUCTION SITES just 3 times a day and DRIVERS of DANGOTE TRUCKS who have bought off the trucks at scrap value and are using them to convey products between villages and the cities for just five business owners.

And when there is an ISSUE in the FAMILY that requires FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, the DRIVERS, HAWKERS and the rest are looking up to you with a WHITE COLLAR JOB.

(4) If you are an NYSC MEMBER, you DON'T need to be told that:
*****NGN19,800÷30 = NGN 660 is your worth on a daily basis.
I hope you know that PURE WATER SELLERS who own a shop, a pepper soup joint and a small TOYOTA COROLLA car to distribute pure water to five restaurants earn MORE THAN you & WHEEL-BARROW PUSHERS working on contract for three warehouses probably make MORE MONEY than you EACH DAY

Wake up and be more productive. We should be more proactive, create room for more income and strive to diversify our streams of income.

The earlier you wake up and smell the coffee, the better for you......

Someone right now will say this analysis is too ideal to be true but take your time and do it, you will grasp the crux!!!

STOP waiting for the Government to feed you, feed yourself and help the Government feed others. That is where we are in this age....

I wish someone will wish someone to have an Entrepreneurial mind ahead. God bless you.
Webmasters / Re: Top 10 Adnetworks For Publishers by psalm121vs1: 9:36am On Jul 14, 2016
ogbiwa:


Hi mediapace, pls I have a question. Having followed discussions on 3rd party ad networks for long, I keep seeing you guys giving examples using BLOGS only. So how about fully functional social networking WEBSITES like fb for example, what requirements do SITES like that need to qualify for a program like AdSense for example.
Some of us webmasters don't just own blogs alone you know
Thanks
Sites like FB might not need AdSense.. cos they might not keep up to their terms and conditions...like buying traffic..companies like ford and so advertise on them...if ur blog gets that big..u might attract them..and FB had a venture capitalist that poured money into it while it was just incubating...I stand to be corrected though....
Health / Re: How You Can Manage Diabetes by psalm121vs1: 10:25pm On Jun 21, 2016
sweetilicious:
From experience though, after you have been diagonised of diabetes, you have go for fasting sugar test every day as you take your prescribed drugs for it. Also your blood pressure should be checked everyday as you take your medication. Diabetes and high blood pressure goes together. The reason for the frequent test is to ascertain when the sugar is lower than normal and likewise the blood pressure. Curtail your intake of carbohydrates and other sugary foods. Seriously, it is truely a big man's sickness as its being depicted.
we dont get to choose certain things..most cases of diabetes are genetic and you re completely right about the blood pressure and sometimes blindness can also occur. .but we now have heart to heart clinics in most government hospitals where you can really get checked and be informed on how one can better manage it..
Health / Why Nigeria Must Stop Unsafe Abortions Killing Women by psalm121vs1: 5:30pm On Jun 21, 2016
My high school friend(we studied at st charles special science) Dr Hilary Obiagwu is the senior registra obstetrics and gynaecology department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State. This is one of the experiences he has had and I thought I share it with you. And ooh make una occasionally visit http://www.okoyetech.com for solutions to your health problems.
It was a cold rainy early morning.The rain had started late that night
and the downpour was torrential.I was awake through it all studying for
the Primary Fellowship Examination of the National Postgraduate
College of Nigeria in Obstetrics and Gynaecology scheduled to hold
later that month and was about going to bed. The gruelling
preparations had already started telling on me but i soldiered on; i have
come too far along to give up now.
The siren of the ambulance tore into the night just as i hit the sack and
progressively grew louder.I turned in the bed hoping sincerely for it to
be something else.I was the physician on call the previous day and the
call has been largely uneventful so i had stayed back at the corper
quarters closeby .I worked at a cottage hospital in a Federal tertiary
institution in Southern Nigeria as a corper doctor doing the mandatory
one yr national service.I eventually got down and had to leave with the
driver to the hospital.
It was a case of a 19year lady Tolulope(not real name)who was just
rushed in on account of severe weakness, dizziness and fainting spell
of three days duration. She had missed her period three months ago
and had confided in a friend who recommended roadside patent
medicine dealer as an expert abotionist who had carried out a lot of
procedures using either drugs and unorthodox means such as
sticks,bicycle wheel spokes and herbal concotions. She was so afraid
to tell her parents who were knighted by the church and held in high
esteem in the society.Legal abortion wasnt an option for her as it is
deemed her life is not in danger while single parenthood would have left
a damning impression on her and her highly placed family.Her mother
had earlier regaled her with tales of virginity and how she should
present herself chaste to the husband without any stain. So she went
and was led into a dimly lit dingy room with a small bed int he centre of
the room where the patent medicine dealer popularly referred to as the
'chemist' in local parlance used a bike wheel spoke like material on her.
She had bled consistently since then but had been afraid to present to
the hospital until it dawned on her that the end was near.Her boyfriend
was a skinny dude; barely 21 and he was the one who brought her to
the hospital. They have been having sex for about six months now
relying on condoms and chance to prevent pregnancy but alas they ran
out of luck. I quickly started resuscitative measures and established a
diagnosis of septic abortion with shock.Her packed cell volume was 8%
and she was burning.All attempt to save her life was eventually futile
and she gave up the ghost within 3hours of presentation.
It has been 5 years now but i still see her face clearly; i am persistently
haunted by her pleas not to let her die and the cause of her actions.I
was born a Catholic and i grew up hearing abortion is wrong and
damning but they also told me same about contraceptives alas they
lied or so i feel right now i am caught up in the middle of the whole
chaos..
Unsafe abortion still remains the leading cause of maternal mortality
and morbidity with an estimated 1,000,000 abortion procedures being
carried out annually in Nigeria. The lack of compositè documentation
and the also the fact that a lot of these procedures do take place in
unorthodox settings viz-a-viz the traditional healers, the roadside
medicine dealers who learnt their art by apprentice, the poorly trained
physician who is not up to date with the current trend in the
management of abortion procedures also plays a huge role towards the
burgeoning figure. In Nigeria, abortion is still legally restricted usually
only done when a mother is at risk. Despite the apparent restrictive
abortion laws in the country very few had actually been prosecuted for
running foul of the law for a lot of reasons ranging from the lack of
diligence in gathering evidence, the perpetual delays in courts of justice
and the fact that it is not a reportable crime in Nigeria; people only tend
to report when things go wrong because of the fear of stigmatization in
the soceity.Also poor uptake of contraception due to low
socioeconomic conditions with a majority of families living on less than
a dollar per day; proliferation of quacks and patent medicine dealers by
the roadside who would carry out abortion procedures with instruments
ranging from bicycle spokes, sticks and poorly sterilized surgical
equipments. The complications from unsafe abortion are multitude
ranging from sepsis, uterine perforation, severe hemorrhage and
maternal death..Those who live may have to deal with pelvic
inflammatory disease, adhesions and secondary infertility in a country
where a high premium is placed on fertility and childbearing.The
psychological guilt also is overbearing on such ladies.
We keep on playing an ostrich being self righteous and judgemental but
everyday some confused girl is getting pregnant and not ready to have
a baby.She could be anyone; our girlfriends, our wives or our
sisters.When we are certainly not wearing the shoes, it makes perfect
sense to rationalize and justify our righteous stand...But when the
shoes pinches us hard and we are the ones at the end of the barrel
staring at the gun; we might not know how we gonna respond..
As i left her fixed and dilated pupils staring at me as if in accusation
that i could i have done something better i wondered Is there anything
Nigeria can do to save her people from preventable causes of maternal
mortality? Surely it is pure madness that a country that accounts for
less than 1% of the global population could be responsible for 10% of
global maternal deaths.Can we do better or are we going to continue
like this? Is my beloved country the great giant of Africa cursed or are
we the cause?
P.S: I lost another 21year old to septic abortion last month during my
call. I have advanced career wise but so has the mortality and
morbidity from unsafe abortion. 5 years down the lane yet my
yesterday looks exactly like my today.Very unfortunate.... http://www.okoyetech.com/2016/06/why-nigeria-must-stop-unsafe-abortions.html?m=1
Health / How You Can Manage Diabetes by psalm121vs1: 12:40pm On Jun 21, 2016
I really hope you find this article helpful, If you are not diabetic, please
share it because someone may just need the information.
A diagnosis of diabetes is definitely life changing, but people with the
condition can enjoy a full life doing all the things they love to do. The
key is learning all you can about how to manage your diabetes, and
keep seeking new information.
Experts refer to the ABC's of diabetes (A1c, blood pressure and
cholesterol) as 3 key things for a patient with diabetes to track in order
to prevent long term complications. A1c is sometimes referred to as
"hemoglobin A1c". This blood test tells the patient what their average
blood glucose (or blood sugar) has been over the previous 3 months.
Knowing your blood pressure and cholesterol is also important
because people with diabetes are at higher risk of cardiovascular
disease. That could put them more at risk for heart attacks and
strokes. By knowing their blood pressure and cholesterol numbers, and
working with their health care providers to ensure these numbers are at
goal, people with diabetes can lower their risk of cardiovascular
disease.
Once you get past the ABC's, remember to stay up-to-date on
vaccines, eye exams, and foot exams. http://www.okoyetech.com/2016/06/how-you-can-manage-diabetes.html?m=1
Politics / Re: Ben Murray-Bruce: Anambra Doesn't Owe Salaries Despite Not Being An Oil State by psalm121vs1: 1:41pm On Jun 17, 2016
hucienda:
The Senator is right on the money here.

At times I wonder how Anambra does it especially in these trying economic times and recession.
na tax ooo..they wan kill us for here..but we dont complain..cos we re seeing the result. .if not..govt house for don catch fire since

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Literature / Re: These 5 Books Helped Me The Most In Life. Let Me See Yours. By Ilegend by psalm121vs1: 10:10am On May 26, 2016
too much of all this books can diminish ur originality..like the art of war said"this re the victories of the military lineage, they cannot be transferred in advance"which means every situation is unique and no amount of book can tell u how to act in the present. ...machiavelli said"only a wise prince can be well advised"this means ur personality will really determine the type of book u read..I dont like anything dan Brown for example, I hate rich dad poor dad...and Robert green who never fought in any war is advising me on strategy. .pleaseeee...most of all this re just commercials. .imagine R.B sparkman on the art of manipulation. .I mean the guy was conned several times in his life...my advice. ..read the bible..if u re an atheist study the life of jesus christ(at least history recorded that) from ur angle..u might learn something that will change how ur life and make u satisfied

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Webmasters / Re: Top 5 Impressive Nigeria Blogs To Watch Out For 2016 by psalm121vs1: 2:25pm On May 21, 2016
fineyemi:
All the blog listed are all based on entertainment niche. No other niche like tech and edu
checkout okoyetech.com that guys blog is too informative. .just that he updates once in a while. .but his contents are highly informative and I think its upcoming
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: What Job Can A Secondary School Leaver Do In Nigeria? by psalm121vs1: 5:01pm On May 05, 2016
iluvweed:
One ashawo just bought BMW X6 in my area, am very sure she was a secondary school leaver..... grin grin grin
u funny oo
Education / Re: WAEC: Latest Ranking Of Nigerian Schools by psalm121vs1: 4:40pm On May 05, 2016
st charles baby..class of 03
Career / Re: We Earn More Than Bank Workers –FCT Cab Drivers by psalm121vs1: 11:19am On May 04, 2016
Emmaesty:
I'm not underestimating anyone here. The thread places cab drivers over bankers and in my first analysis, I only tried to prove that some bankers earn more than 5k per day if you divide their monthly salary by 22 days or even 30 sef. Please don't get the wrong idea.
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Just so you know, I'm a lady
noted ma
Career / Re: We Earn More Than Bank Workers –FCT Cab Drivers by psalm121vs1: 11:09am On May 04, 2016
Emmaesty:
How many of them will think that far?
and how many bank staffs do u think actually gets a happy retirement. .never underestimate anyone bro..young shall grow was once a vulcanizer..and a conductor..u know the rest

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Career / Re: We Earn More Than Bank Workers –FCT Cab Drivers by psalm121vs1: 11:03am On May 04, 2016
Emmaesty:
Such hasty generalization.

5000x22 working days equals 110,000.

Assuming he works everyday, 5000x30 = 150,000.


Meanwhile for permanent staff, Diamond bank pays 247k, Access bank pays 230, Gtbank pays 209k, Stanbic pays 180k.

With a bank job, there's career growth. But as a cab driver, there's little growth as most of them remain in one spot until they are old and can no longer see in the dark.
or they can think big and become the next young shall grow motors or even reinvent uber system of taxis

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dssc Airforce 2016: Notice To All Applicants by psalm121vs1: 8:38am On May 01, 2016
ademasta:
I still dey serve(nysc).... abeg I fit go write the exam? Someone shd plz reply.
What do u have to loose by not going..transport? u will make that back..fortune is a bitch..u might just be the guy with all the answers..u have everything to loose by not going. .

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