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 Politics / Governor’s Convoy Auto Crash by Recognise: 11:50am On Jul 20, 2009 |
Hmm . . . [size=16pt]Six hospitalised in gov’s convoy auto crash[/size] Six members of Niger State Governor’s security team were, on Friday evening, involved in an auto crash which led to their hospitalization at the IBB Specialized Hospital, Minna. The accident occurred as the security team was leading the Governor, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu, to Abuja on an official assignment slated for Saturday. Sunday Tribune learnt that the pilot vehicle, in an attempt to avoid potholes, swerved into the bush and rammed into a tree leading to six of the security men being injured, three of them critically. It was learnt that those with minor injuries were treated and discharged at the IBB Specialized Hospital The Chief Medical Director of the Hospital , Dr. Hassan Jimada, confirmed the development but informed that those on admission were responding to treatment. for SOURCE: Click here |
| Religion / Re: Ori (the Head) by Recognise: 8:04pm On Jul 19, 2009 |
Pastor AIO: @^ - Pastor AIO The prince is offerring N1:50 as a prize?  What a tight so-and-so git All said, less the juju etc Lurve the Yoruba richness - the idioms, expressions, phrases, the colloquials and all . . . @Yall Let me make your day . . . Here is Sunny Ade's "Ja fun mi" rendition of Ori - the head [center][flash=425,345] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbIhmfZNBOE&hl=en&fs=1&[/flash][/center] |
| Religion / Re: What's Your Favorite Name For God? by Recognise: 3:02pm On Jul 19, 2009 |
Hubreality: "Oka-akah, nwanne otuonye" Oka: Champion or greater than Akah: The preserver of all the worlds; Nwanne: Brother or Sister Otuonye: One person @Hubreality - Hubreality If you can do better, then translate or provide the literal meaning  |
| Religion / Re: Idol Worship In The Roman Catholic Church by Recognise: 10:18pm On Jul 18, 2009 |
~Lady~: @~Lady~ - ~Lady~ Whilst you're at it, mean in the shower dont forget to scrub & rinse out the canards & misconceptions Joke |
| Religion / Re: What's Your Favorite Name For God? by Recognise: 8:47pm On Jul 18, 2009 |
hubreality: @OP Mine is Abba . . . Yeah! thats my pet and/or fav name for Him 'cos He's special . . . and moreover it encapsulates our relationship  |
| Religion / Re: Idol Worship In The Roman Catholic Church by Recognise: 8:06pm On Jul 18, 2009 |
~Lady~: [size=16pt]@^[/size] What a preposterous and ludicrous statement and completely out of context and not relevant . . .  I give up & rest my case . . . This is like beating a dead horse |
| Religion / Re: Idol Worship In The Roman Catholic Church by Recognise: 7:33pm On Jul 18, 2009 |
The brazen serpent among other significances was a step short of an idol . . . Bobbyaf's already doing a good job highlighting the significances Notice that the brazen serpent was looked up to (i.e. beheld) and not bowed down to (i.e. it was not worshipped) The distinction between a graven image & an idol can be noticed when reading Exodus chapter 20 verses 4-5 Exodus chapter 20 verses 4-5 Amplified Bible (AMP): Remember that verses numbering do not exist in the original scriptures - verse with numberings are uninspired additions, in essence verse 4 and 5, possibly could be one long sentence There is a whole world wide difference between a graven image and an idol Moreover the brazen serpent wasn't a subject of worship . . . The brazen serpent was a graven image and not an idol Pictures or paintings of ancestors or effigies of any other human beings for that matter cant assist in worshipping the true God. Neither are and/or were such effigies (i.e. these Virgin Mary figurines) commanded to be made by God or "Pope" Peter anyway Remember when the Israelites burnt incense and made drink offerings to the “queen of heaven,” God was angry with them because they were serving other gods Read Jeremiah chapter 44 verses 14-30 for the exact details Check out the below quick FYI from Isaiah 42:8 Isaiah 42:8: When a graven images starts getting worshipped (i.e. bowed down to etc) it metamorphises and/or turns in (i.e. gets promoted ) to an idol |
| Religion / Police Officers to Get Religious Holidays For Witchcraft by Recognise: 6:58pm On Jul 18, 2009 |
[size=16pt]Police officers who practise witchcraft to get Pagan Police Association and their own religious holidays[/size] Once it stood simply for Police Constable. But now PC could equally mean Pagan Cop. Witches, druids and followers of the Norse gods in police forces throughout the country have persuaded the Home Office to let them set up a support group. The Pagan Police Association will help officers who cast spells and join midnight rituals to fit their beliefs around their police work One of them is even planning to publish details of his spells to help colleagues gain promotion or overcome illness. PC Andy Hill of Staffordshire Police is a Wiccan (witch) and the founder of the Pagan Police Group UK, a website for like-minded officers and their families which is scheduled to launch on August He said the spells can involve recitations, altars, flowers and herbs. PC Hill added: ‘This is nothing to do with black magic or devil-worshipping. Witchcraft is not the hocus pocus, puff of smoke, turning people into frogs stuff you see on television. It is working with nature for good.’ He also plans to work with his police bosses – he will wait for their authorisation before putting his spells online. A spokesman for the Home Office confirmed the meeting with PC Pardy this week but stressed it was not funding his new organisation. He added: ‘The Government wants a police service that reflects the diverse communities it serves. ‘It is down to individual forces to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate the religion or beliefs of individual officers, as far as operational requirements permit.’ Superintendent Simon Hawkins of Hertfordshire Police said: ‘The force strives to provide a receptive environment for all its staff and has a commitment to meet the diverse needs of all who work for us and the public we serve.’ ‘While balancing operational needs, the force’s religion and beliefs policy gives all staff the choice of re-allocating the traditional Christian bank holidays to suit their personal faith. ‘This has been very well received by a number of faith groups, including Muslims and Jews.’ He said PC Pardy had also written ‘very informative’ details on paganism for the force’s internal website on diversity. Superintendent Hawkins also said the force had appointed two pagan chaplains in the last 12 months. He added: ‘They take an active role in faith meetings and the work of the force.’ Hertfordshire Police also stressed that the new pagan support group would not be costing the force anything. But critics see the Police Pagan Association as the latest example of the remorseless spread of another kind of PC – political correctness. for SOURCE: Click here |
| Crime / A Life Devoted To Fraud by Recognise: 6:46pm On Jul 18, 2009 |
[size=16pt]A life dedicated to deceit: The middle-class squatter couple and a husband who devoted his life to fraud[/size] They were the middle-class squatters who - a court heard this week - posed as wealthy home buyers then lived in houses rent free for 18 months. But, as this investigation reveals, that was just the START of their web of lies . . . From the moment Cindy Fraser-Tait set eyes on the message sent to her on a lonely hearts website, it seemed almost too good to be true. A tall, single, athletic millionaire in his 40s, Rick Jerome had it all. He may have been too shy to post a photograph on the internet, but once his luxury home in Barbados and a personal fortune of more than £500million were taken into account, such an omission could be easily overlooked. Sadly for Cindy, herself an attractive, successful businesswoman, who at 53 was emerging from a painful divorce, 'Rick' really was too good to be true. [center][img width=580 height=780]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/17/article-0-05B659A6000005DC-121_468x777.jpg[/img] Fraudsters: Richard and Hazel Jerome have both been given jail sentences[/center] In truth, he was Richard Jerome, a married father of three and career conman. But Cindy would not discover the full extent of his deceit for another five years, until she opened her copy of the Daily Mail this week to see his pudgy face glowering from the page. By this time the career conman had destroyed not only Cindy's life - she lost her home and ended up bankrupt after falling for his elaborate scams - but also those of a procession of vulnerable women, all of whom believed his lies. The deceit had been going on for years. Indeed, the police officer who secured his conviction first arrested Jerome for fraud 28 years ago. But it was only this week that he was given the jail sentence he so richly deserved. Huntington Crown Court in Cambridgeshire heard how Jerome, 62, and his 64-year-old wife, Hazel, duped two couples into allowing them to live in their homes without charge for 18 months. On each occasion they pretended to be interested in buying the homes, both well appointed properties in sought-after, middle-class areas, and asked to rent until the sale went through. [center]The police officer who secured his conviction first arrested Jerome for fraud 28 years ago[/center] Once in the house, they refused to cough up a penny and became Britain's unlikeliest squatters. The fraud - for which Richard Jerome received a 15-month jail term and his wife a suspended sentence of ten months - was devastating for their victims. Janet Jarvis, who counted Hazel Jerome as a friend because the pair were teachers at the same primary school, died from cancer not knowing what would happen to her home. Their next victim, Marion Smullen, also lost her husband to cancer before the end of the court case. At least, you may think, the courts had given this couple their just desserts. For Cindy and her friend Patricia Leslie, however, his conviction brought back painful memories of the manner in which Richard Jerome wrecked their lives five years ago. 'When I read about what Rick had done to those poor women, it brought everything flooding back and I felt physically sick,' says Cindy, now 58, who lives on the Isle of Wight. 'I was coming to terms with the end of my marriage and a serious heart problem when he came into my life on that dating website. 'I had my suspicions from the start, because tall, athletic millionaires don't grow on trees. But when he phoned me up and started chatting, all that faded away. 'At the time I was wealthy myself, the business I ran with my ex-husband was doing well, I was living in a beautiful house. I even had my own helicopter, so I wasn't after him for the money. [center]  Swan Cottage, Stoke Hammond: The Jeromes squatted here for six months[/center] 'He told me he was an entrepreneur and he was always on the lookout for properties to invest in and, after a few conversations, we decided he should come over to the island.' Their first meeting at the ferry port was far from auspicious. While Cindy scanned the arrivals lounge for a 6ft 2in, athletic man in his 40s, she became aware of a squat, bearded man in his late 50s gazing at her out of the corner of his eye. 'I took one look at him and said: "Don't tell me - you're Rick?" ' says Cindy. 'He was sheepish and I knew there and then that there wouldn't be any romantic involvement, but that didn't stop him from trying it on.' It is testament to Cindy's manners, and Jerome's devious charm, that instead of bidding him goodbye she took him on a tour of the island's botanical gardens. It was then that the lies really started to flow. Jerome told Cindy he was a supremely wealthy man, having recently sold his shipping line and hotel chain for £500 million. He wanted to invest in property on the Isle of Wight and offered Cindy a job with the grandiose title of UK Consultant Property Director, which came - he boasted - with a six-figure salary. Cindy, who had been running a successful manufacturing business despite her serious heart condition, was beguiled. [center]'I can't believe I was so stupid, but he was so plausible'[/center] Eager to move on from her shattered marriage, she handed the business to her ex-husband and, at Jerome's exhortation, remortgaged her beautiful £850,000 detached home to release funds to keep her going while the new venture was established. Cindy threw herself into the job, finding stunning properties as far afield as Lyme Regis in Dorset for Jerome to view. On one occasion Jerome travelled over to the Isle of Wight to look at Barton Manor, which was on the market for £8million, and told its owner, the legendary music impresario Robert Stigwood, that he was interested in making a firm offer. 'It was all so exciting,' says Cindy. 'And while we were there Rick turned to me and said quietly: "You know Cindy, when our business is up and running, you and I will live here." 'It was around then I found this amazing house called Rockmount and introduced him to Pat, the owner. Looking back, I can't believe I was so stupid, but he was incredibly plausible.' Pat is Patricia Leslie, 64, a former model and beauty queen. Her husband, the computer games mogul Victor Leslie, had died in her arms a year earlier from anaphylactic shock after being stung in the throat by a wasp. It was a freak, tragic event which was compounded by the discovery a few months later that she was suffering from breast cancer. With money tight due to a disastrous omission in Victor's life insurance, Patricia had reluctantly decided to sell her home, a stunning Victorian house with panoramic views across the English Channel. 'Just as I was finishing eight weeks of radiotherapy, Rick came along and offered to buy Rockmount off me,' says Patricia. 'He asked me to take it off the market straight away, because it was only a matter of transferring the money from an account in the Caribbean, which would take a little while. [center]  Bradville, Milton Keynes: The Jeromes lived rent-free in this house for a year[/center] 'I was vulnerable at the time and he clearly spotted that. He started paying me a lot of attention and telling me all these tall tales about his house in Barbados, and how he was going to live there for part of the year. 'On one occasion, when I let him stay over at my house, I woke up in the early hours to find him standing next to my bed stark naked. I screamed at him to get out. By then I was very suspicious of him, and I asked a friend of mine who works in the property business to check him out.' Those inquiries soon revealed that Rick Jerome was not as straightforward as he seemed. In the process of making bids on a number of properties, totalling well in excess of £10million, Jerome had presented a sheaf of documents backing up his claim to be a wealthy businessman. [center]'My children saw this man destroy me as a person'[/center] The documents detailed offices dotted around the globe, with a focus on Barbados and the Dominican Republic. It's not clear what links he had with Barbados - or, indeed, if he had ever even been there - but he talked about the island as if he knew it. He had even gone to the trouble of ensuring that when a telephone number was called in the Caribbean, a voice would answer and say: 'Mr Jerome, the president and chief executive officer, is out of the country at the moment.' Once nudged, however, the house of cards came tumbling down. Jerome's two named 'colleagues' in the Caribbean turned out to be a man who had died three years earlier, and the manager of a humble Holiday Inn (information easily gleaned from an internet search). Even the brand new Saab convertible which he drove did not belong to him - it was simply borrowed from a car showroom, no doubt thanks to another deluge of silver-tongued patter. But why go to all this trouble when ultimately the deceit would always be uncovered? And was his behaviour genuinely harmful or just a pathetic charade carried out by a deeply insecure liar? The reality, according to Detective Sergeant John Baston, who finally brought Jerome to justice, is distinctly unpalatable.  Marion Smullen QC: Marion Smullen QC: She and her husband are believed to have lost £167,000 as a result of the deceit 'Jerome is a career fraudster whose sole motivation in targeting these women was to take their money,' says DS Baston. 'He had an established pattern of tricking them into funding his lifestyle. And make no mistake - people have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds to this man and his wife.' In Cindy Fraser-Tait's case, she lost her home because she was unable to pay the mortgage. 'That six-figure salary never materialised and I became really ill, so in the end I just handed the keys back to the mortgage company,' she says. 'The house ended up being sold for £300,000 below the market value and I lost everything. 'When I met Rick, I was living in a beautiful detached house with 21/2 acres of grounds. Now I'm in a poky flat with no garden. When I found out what Rick was up to, I kept ringing and emailing him, but he just cut off all contact. I was devastated. This is a small island and I just wanted to go and hide my head in shame because I had been part of this fraud without realising it. 'My children saw this man shatter my confidence and virtually destroy me as a person. I doubt if I will ever fully recover.' Patricia Leslie uses more forthright language. 'I think he's a fat, ugly pig,' she says. 'Because of his lies, I ended up selling my house for £300,000 less than it was on the market for when I met him. But looking back I had a narrow escape. He spent months trying to persuade me to invest the proceeds of my house sale with him. 'He was suggesting an elaborate arrangement where he would buy a house for me somewhere else if I let him move in to Rockmount, but I was never going to let anyone into my house until I had the money in my pocket. 'In the end, there were too many questions, and once Rick realised I'd got somebody to look into his background he quietly disappeared off the scene.' By this time you would imagine the game was up, but, incredibly, Jerome simply went on his way and did the same thing all over again. In fact, he was so brazen that the majority of his crimes were committed in the same county. And when he conned his victims, he always refused to spend any money on credit cards, saying: 'I don't believe in credit cards. If you deal in cash you know where you are.' Of course, he never had cash to hand. DS Baston first arrested Jerome way back in 1981 for fraudulently claiming a mortgage and selling cars which did not belong to him. He escaped with a suspended sentence, and subsequently evaded justice for more than a quarter of a century. Married for more than 30 years, the Jeromes have always lived in the Milton Keynes area - indeed, the only job Jerome is known to have had was as a minicab driver in the town. And yet he and his wife lived in a succession of beautiful houses, while driving expensive new cars with no apparent means of supporting themselves beyond Hazel's job as a primary school teacher. Meanwhile, they have raised three daughters - now aged between 20 and 28. Their youngest is at university, while their middle daughter was married while the couple were defrauding Marion Smullen, a barrister who ended up with the Jeromes squatting in her beautiful thatched cottage in the village of Stoke Hammond, also near Milton Keynes. Even the wedding reception was held in the Smullens' back garden. Exploiting his air of respectability, Jerome targeted a string of people in the area using property scams, even using the same estate agents and solicitors, who were apparently equally oblivious to his duplicity. So how did he get away with it? He was undoubtedly aided by the fact that many people were simply too embarrassed to admit how easily they had been duped. Such as the lonely single woman who met Jerome on a dating website having recently lost her father, for whom she had been the main carer. Her identity has been protected at her request. [center]'As a barrister, I'm used to liars, but even I was taken in'[/center] Jerome wooed her, claiming he was divorced and the only reason he saw so much of his 'ex-wife' was because she was dying of cancer. It was a particularly reprehensible lie to a recently bereaved and vulnerable woman, and one which she says enabled him to steal a 'substantial sum of money' from her via his usual claims about not using credit cards. And it was not just women. One gentleman, whose identity has also been protected, has come forward since the court case to reveal he was defrauded by the Jeromes nine years ago. Again, the scam centred around property, with Rick Jerome posing as a successful businessman who made his fortune out of refitting luxury cruise ships. On this occasion he managed to secure free housing with empty promises of a well-paid job working for a non-existent company. 'He's an accomplished liar and highly plausible,' says Marion Smullen. 'Poor Janet Jarvis reached her dying day unable to get over the fact that she felt so stupid for having trusted the Jeromes. But I'm a criminal barrister who has spent a quarter of a century in court with people who are lying through their back teeth, and I was completely taken in.' As for the part played by Hazel Jerome, few of the victims believe her claims to have been oblivious to her husband's criminal activity. Even Cindy Fraser-Tait and Patricia Leslie, who were under the impression Jerome was single, recall his home telephone being answered by a woman who habitually trotted out the line: 'Mr Jerome is out of the country at the moment.' And Marion Smullen has no doubt that Hazel Jerome was complicit in the crimes. 'This wasn't just a sudden desire on their part to enter into a fraud because of difficult circumstances,' she says. 'This was planned. 'They could talk the talk and they apparently had the lifestyle to back it up. My husband and I have been to Barbados a number of times and Richard Jerome talked about it very knowledgeably. 'And I'd like to make clear that while his wife likes to portray herself as the dupe and the victim, her role as a teacher made the whole sham of respectability all the more believable. 'We met them at least twice, and on both occasions she was fully involved in the misrepresentations being put forward. 'My thoughts are that he's a lifelong criminal - an experienced fraudster who has been doing this all his life.' Tellingly, despite the convictions meted out to the Jeromes this week, no confiscation order was made because they have no assets and are officially of no fixed abode. So when Rick Jerome emerges from jail in the New Year, having served only half his brief sentence, he will finally be recognised for the homeless, penniless crook he really is. And for all the vulnerable women logging on to dating websites in the quest for someone to trust, there is a simple message: if that tall, athletic millionaire seems too good to be true . . . he most probably is. for SOURCE: Click here |
| Celebrities / Pepsi Has No Idea Where "terrifying" Footage Of Jackson Burn Came From by Recognise: 11:47pm On Jul 17, 2009 |
[size=16pt]Pepsi mystified by Jackson Burn Video clip[/size] A spokeswoman for Pepsi said the drinks giant has no idea where "terrifying" footage of Michael Jackson's hair catching fire in 1984 came from. The accident, which happened when the singer was filming a commercial for Pepsi at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, left him with serious burns. "We don't know how the footage became available," Nicole Bradley of Pepsi-Cola North America said in a statement. "This was an unfortunate accident that occurred more than 25 years ago." [center][img width=470 height=345]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46076000/jpg/_46076755_jackson1_bodyap.jpg[/img] Jackson received second degree burns to his scalp in the accident[/center] [center]'Grateful'[/center] The late entertainer was singing his hit song Billie Jean for a Pepsi Cola commercial when the "highly publicised" incident took place. The footage, which surfaced for the first time this week, shows the singer's hair being set alight by a pyrotechnic explosion. Jackson, who was 25 at the time, was taken to hospital where he was treated for second degree burns to his scalp. It has since been alleged the pop star became addicted to pain-killing medication as a result of the incident. "It was a terrifying event that we'll never forget," Bradley continued, saying Pepsi had been "deeply saddened" by his death last month. "We were grateful for Michael's recovery and for the chance to continue working with him on a number of successful projects. for SOURCE: Click here |
| Crime / Re: Grandpa Rapes 7 Yr Old Girl by Recognise: 12:40pm On Jul 17, 2009 |
LadyT: @LadyT - LadyT I wouldnt vent my disgust at Abuzola and launch a scathing attack at him afterall all he did was to merely make a seemingly wise comment Its the perpetrator that is/was foolish (i.e. made an unwise decision) Rape is rape whether its with non-consenting adult or a minor One doesnt rape period . . . If one does, tut-tut-tut, its a misinformed, wrong & bad decision  |
| Crime / Re: Grandpa Rapes 7 Yr Old Girl by Recognise: 9:53am On Jul 17, 2009 |
LHM Please someone tell me this news and/or posting is a wind up . . . and that it never happened Tudór: @Tudór - Tudór Hmm . . . and definitely "Anger is only one letter short of danger." ? LHM = Lord have mercy |
| Events / Re: Happy Birthday Seun by Recognise: 9:05am On Jul 17, 2009 |
   [size=20pt] Go, go! ♫ Go, go! ♫♪ Go Seun ♫♪♫ It's your birthday ♪ We goin' party like it's your birthday ♪ We goin' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday ♪♫♪ And you know we'll still give a fu€k ♫♪ even if it ain't your birthday! . . . ♫♪♫ [/size] Sincerely & seriously . . . Happy Birthday Mate |
| Crime / ‘I Need Divine Intervention To Stop Drug Trafficking’ by Recognise: 9:52pm On Jul 16, 2009 |
- Now we know why most molue/commuter/truck drivers recklessly drive like bats flying out of hell . . . [size=16pt]‘I need divine intervention to stop drug trafficking’[/size] IT is only God that can separate me from drug trafficking” that was Malami Umar, 42, an unrepentant drug trafficker as he was being bundled into the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency cells in Minna recently. Malami Umar was first arrested for drug trafficking on July 11, 2007 with a total seizure of 13.1 kilogrammes of the hard drugs. According to findings, he was arraigned before the Federal High Court in Minna, where the presiding judge sentenced him to one year imprisonment or N70,000 fine. Crime and Security file learnt that Umar was able to pay the fine and was subsequently released only for him to return to the drug trade. Exactly two years after his first sentence, Umar who had been on the watch list of the NDLEA fell into the trap of the agency and was re-arrested on July 3, 2009 this time with 5.8 kilogramme of cannabis sativa otherwise called Indian hemp. After his arrest, he reportedly told operatives of the agency that they were only wasting their time as he would soon return to the trade no matter how long he was kept away. According to the operatives, Umar said he had no other business that he could fall back on adding that at over 40 years of age, he could not start learning other trades. Mr Haruna Kwetishe State Commander of the NDLEA, who confirmed the arrest of Umar, described him as “an unrepentant drug trafficker who should be kept away from the rest of the society so that he will not transfer his bad habits to the young ones,” Kweatishe said that the suspect would be charged to court soon and that the agency would seek for maximum punishment for him so that he would not return as early as he would wish. Two divorcees, Aishetu Shehu 42 years and Maina Gado were also arrested at Soba village in the Mashegu Local Government Area of the state for trafficking in hard drugs. Aishetu Shehu was arrested with 600 grammes of Indian hemp and 100 grammes of diazepam while Maina Gado was picked with 250 grammes of India hemp and 100 grammes of diazepam. Aishetu claimed that it was her former husband that left the hard drugs in her house before they separated, whereas the divorce took place almost two years ago. As for Maina Gado, an unidentified man gave the N7,000 worth of drugs to sell at N20 a wrap and had sold almost half the consignment before her arrest. Apart from being food vendors, NDLEA operatives said the divorcees were selling the hard drugs to trailer drivers plying the ever busy Mashegu Kontagora highway. The state commander of the NDLEA, Mr. Kwetishe, said the duo would be charged to court soon. for SOURCE:Click here |
| Celebrities / Re: Femi Anikulapo-Kuti's 60 Seconds Interview by Recognise: 10:34pm On Jul 15, 2009 |
NuffRespek: @NuffRespek - NuffRespek True to Nice! . . . Sorry for the pun but what else could I possibly say than enuff respect |
| Crime / Re: Nigeria: In The News Again! by Recognise: 9:11pm On Jul 15, 2009 |
MrCrackles: @MrCrackles - MrCrackles Yes ooo! I've got your back 'Crackles If you're Naija and you do well, we'll showcase you and celebrate you In the same vein if you're Naija and you "f[i]cuk[/i]" up, we'll show you up and shame you Two sides of a coin, heads and tails make a legal tender . . . You grasp, it's as simple as that . . . If you can't stand the heat, better stay clear of the kitchen and if you cant |
| Business / Re: Homes Costs £18,000 A Year To Run by Recognise: 7:45pm On Jul 15, 2009 |
Suxes2005: @Suxes2005 - Suxes2005 Er-er, what's your "so?" about? Correct me if am wrong Isnt this forum about money (i.e. money issues) This FYI obviously isn't your remit so put a brake on and let others take it in . . . |
| Celebrities / Re: Femi Anikulapo-Kuti's 60 Seconds Interview by Recognise: 10:57pm On Jul 14, 2009 |
Darkgoddes: @^ - Darkgoddes So? Do you want a medal for that - Joke "for SOURCE: Go to page 10 after Clicking here" had already acknowledged Metro as the source |
| Business / Homes Costs £18,000 A Year To Run by Recognise: 10:48pm On Jul 14, 2009 |
If you didnt know, now you know . . . [size=16pt]YOUR HOME COSTS YOU £18,000 A YEAR TO RUN [/size] THE basic cost of running a home swallows up a huge £18,000 chunk of an average family’s annual take-home pay, research shows. [center][img width=600 height=450]http://images.dailyexpress.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/285x214/113762_1.jpg[/img] [b]EXPENSIVE:[/b]The running of a house takes a huge chunk out of the average family's income [/center] Paying the mortgage, council tax, insurance and utility bills and other essentials mounts up to nearly £1million over an adult’s lifetime. More than half of families struggle to meet this high cost. And as many as one in five of the 5,000 people questioned admitted ignoring a bill in the vain hope it would go away. Rent or mortgage is the biggest household expense at an average £515.19 a month or £6,182 a year, researchers found. Food costs £3,724 a year and there are gas, electricity and water bills at £1,167 a year and council tax at £1,222. Other costly basics include mobile and landline phones plus car, home, travel, contents and life insurance. A TV licence, internet connection and a Sky or cable subscription are also seen as essential. Car tax adds to the misery, while credit-card and loan repayments swallow an average £2,791 from a household’s annual take-home pay, according to price-comparison website Confused.com, which did the research. Gareth Kloet, of Confused.com, said householders could trim their outgoings and save hundreds of pounds by shopping around for the best deals. for SOURCE: Click here |
| Celebrities / Femi Anikulapo-Kuti's 60 Seconds Interview by Recognise: 8:52pm On Jul 14, 2009 |
Interview by Kieran Meeke Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti is better known as award-winning musician Femi Kuti, 47 – the standard bearer for the Nigerian Afrobeat sound. The son of the legendary Fela Kuti, he is playing at the Glade Festival in Winchester this weekend. www.gladefestival.com Why do you sing? It is in my blood. My father, Fela, was the great founder of Afrobeat, (a mixture of African rhythms and jazz). He lived and breathed music from an early age. His parents wanted him to be a doctor but he enrolled himself into music school in London and played on until his last breath. He felt that music was the weapon, a way to get information across to people, which he became an expert at. Like my father, I feel I can express my views via my music but not as radically as him. If one person gets my message then I feel I have done my job. [center]‘I want people to be more proactive… everyone must be prepared to fight and not expect a leader to do it all for them’[/center] What do you want to be remembered for? It is not what you are remembered for but what you do in your lifetime that makes a difference. I want people to be aware of the poor conditions for African people, especially children. I want Africans to stop feeling sorry for themselves and expect handouts and to start helping themselves. I want people to be more proactive and not assume that corruption is right. That everyone must be prepared to fight and not expect a leader to do it all for them. Which is the song you feel is closest so far to what you are trying to say? I hope to convey a different message in all my songs. One might be aimed at corruption, another at health issues, another at politics, another at human abuse. People need to be reminded. On the other hand I just want people to dance and live life for the moment. You know that feeling when all the burdens of life are sitting on your shoulders? It’s that time that I want to grab you, re-energise you but at the same time remind you of what’s really important. It can be subtle, it can be deep, but it needs to be done. Is Africa on the right path? Are you optimistic about the future? Are you serious? All governments are corrupt. You have a British government that’s making a mockery of you and has helped drive you to the verge of bankruptcy. It is hard to change the culture of a country that has been riddled with corruption for decades. Yes, most of us remain living with much of what you see on your news. The British colonised us, exploited us and then left us in the hands of the corrupt, those who lie and deal in deceit. We, like many African countries, have huge wealth in natural resources but see little improvement in our daily lives. People are hungry with poor housing, filthy water and high fuel prices, and we can’t afford education. All this while, people at the top fill their own bank accounts. But yes, there is hope. Technology is beginning to empower people through communication. Governments are having to become more transparent. People can no longer continue to get away with what has been done before. If you were prime minister of Britain, what would you do for Africa? Stop dealing with Africa’s corrupt governments and actually do something that makes a difference. Oh, and stop the Nigeria government trying to shut down my club, The New Afrika Shrine. And Zimbabwe? Help the people topple the government. Nobody is helping Zimbabwe as it has nothing the Western world wants. Can we ever move past our history? We can move on but we must never forget as it is always with us. Colonialism can’t disappear overnight. It is a slow progressive change that will some day happen. What is the most fun thing you’ve spent your money on? Buying spray paint to deface a car that was sent to me as a bribe some years ago. I wrote ‘bribe’ on it and then drove it around Lagos. I wouldn’t recommend this to others, though. for SOURCE: Go to page 10 after Clicking here |
| Religion / 'Supernatural Genie' Con Men Arrested by Recognise: 7:23am On Jul 14, 2009 |
[size=16pt]'Supernatural Genie' Con Men Arrested[/size] Con men who swindled people out of money by pretending to be genies with supernatural powers have been arrested, say Bangladeshi police have said. [center]  'Supernatural Genie' Swindlers Arrested[/center] The scammers would gather personal information about their victims beforehand, call them and speak "in a tone similar to Arabic," police chief Farhad bin Imrul Kayes said. They then claimed to be genies who had descended from the sky and would tell people to send money to a specific location, threatening a family tragedy if they disobeyed. Phone taps led police to the northern region of Bangladesh and into the Gobindaganj area. In the past three months, 24 people were arrested and police said some had become rich after just one year of working the scam. "It has become an epidemic here," Mr Kayes went on. "During the phone talks, they would describe themselves as kings of genies who recite Koranic verses, inject fear of Allah among their victims and pretend to know some of their family secrets," he added. "Many of these cheats are illiterate but they are very smart," said sub-inspector Abdun Nur, who led several of the crackdown operations following numerous complaints for SOURCE: Click here |
| Business / Re: Your 20 Pence for 50 Pounds - your 20p could get you £50 by Recognise: 8:28pm On Jul 13, 2009 |
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| Religion / Re: Idol Worship In The Roman Catholic Church by Recognise: 9:53pm On Jul 12, 2009 |
~Lady~: [size=16pt] @^[/size] Aw cmon off it . . . What has just been spewed up there? . . . So the figurines ( i.e. the Virgin Mary effigies) are being used in worship, uh? and not bowed down to (i.e. not worshipped)? |
| Religion / Re: Idol Worship In The Roman Catholic Church by Recognise: 9:32pm On Jul 12, 2009 |
Davidylan: @Davidylan - Davidylan The penterascals indeed . . . Coining KunleOshob's phraseBTW in fairness ~Lady~ didnt say the serpent was worshipped but did insinuate that others do inadvertently and/or subtly worship graven images of some sort . . . |
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