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Politics › Re: Nigeria Must Be Prepared For Future Where Oil Has Little Value,osinbajo Warns by refreshrate: 5:11pm On Jan 17, 2017
This one should keep quiet and get lost while at it.

Who is he telling all this nonsense to?

Continue proving El rufai right you hear? Bloody commissioner
Crime › Re: 26-year-old Man Kills Wife Over Sex In Ogun by refreshrate: 9:12am On Jan 17, 2017
Deathslater:
I think Og.un state is cursed.
I swear
Celebrities › Re: Checkout Photo Of Bobrisky Without Make-up by refreshrate: 9:10am On Jan 17, 2017
It's a brown roof thing ...the rest of us can't see the difference.
Politics › Re: Search For Chibok Girls. Min Of Info And Coordinator BBOG by refreshrate: 4:55pm On Jan 16, 2017
dunkem21:
cheesy Whatever you did to GEJ will be reciprocated up to a million times ..

Like I have said umpteenthly, Nigeria will continue to go in circles till this #BBOG scam is unravelled.

Michelle Obama should join them while GEJ watches cheesy
In Jesus mighty name!

And the people of the lord said?
Politics › Re: Bomb Explosion At University Of Maiduguri Mosque by refreshrate: 8:24am On Jan 16, 2017
SeniorZato:
Where are the people that say boko haram is a Muslim terrorist. Muslims are not terrosist and terrorist are not muslims

Education › Re: “i Don’t Support Lovers Relationship On Campus" Delsu best graduating student by refreshrate: 7:59am On Jan 16, 2017
So smart yet doesn't know the right way up to hold his certificate

...next!
Health › Case Of Mother Who Flew From Nigeria To Give Birth To Two Twins by refreshrate(op): 7:23am On Jan 16, 2017
A hospital is chasing a £350,000 bill racked up by a Nigerian mother who flew to Britain to give birth to twins.

The shocking figure exposes the scale of abuse of the crumbling NHS by health tourists. The woman, who has not been identified, had a caesarean section at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital. She had been transferred there from another hospital because of pregnancy complications. Her twins then spent two months in intensive care.

The Government has been accused repeatedly of failing to clamp down on health tourism, which is thought to cost up to £280million a year. Patients face fewer checks on eligibility for free treatment than in other countries. The bill comes to light at a time when the NHS is in the grip of an unprecedented winter crisis, itself blamed on lack of funds.

With doctors saying conditions in A&E are the worst they have seen:

The woman, who has not been identified, had a caesarean section at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital +4
The woman, who has not been identified, had a caesarean section at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital
- It emerged that hospitals have started taking the unprecedented step of cancelling cancer operations;

- A poll suggested 78 per cent of voters would like the aid budget used to help the NHS;

- Theresa May was accused of 'scapegoating' GPs in a row over surgery hours;

- Nearly half the hospitals in England declared major alerts through overcrowding;

- Doctors warned the worst may still be to come as flu cases increase.

WHAT £350K COULD PAY FOR

- Running costs of an eight-bed ward for six months, excluding drugs and medical care

- 3,500 hospital outpatient appointments

- Giving five cancer patients cutting-edge immunotherapy drugs for a year

- The salary of 15 registered nurses for a year

- 70 hip replacements

- 437 cataract operations

- One intensive care bed for 230 days

- Paying a senior consultant specialist for three years

- A fully kitted out ambulance

- Employing five salaried GPs for a year

- Training one junior doctor, including taking a five-year medical degree

The case at Luton was uncovered through a series of freedom of information requests sent by the Mail to all hospitals in England.

A spokesman confirmed the hospital was owed £348,683 by the Nigerian mother who gave birth to twins in 2015. The woman had been transferred from another hospital nearby due to complications during the pregnancy and the babies spent two months on the paediatric intensive care unit.

Luton is one of just three paediatric intensive care units in the East of England, and the trust said it could not refuse treatment 'if there was a danger to life'.

The responses from 90 hospitals revealed that 13,077 overseas patients were treated in the UK in 2015-16, including 3,066 mothers who flew in to have their babies.

These women were responsible for some of the highest debts and a significant number are understood to have come from Nigeria.

Imperial College Hospitals in West London said it was chasing a £319,895 bill for a woman who gave birth to triplets. Staff at the trust have since disclosed that this autumn they looked after a 43-year-old Nigerian woman who gave birth to quads. She went into premature labour on the flight to London and one of the babies died.

The costs of caring for the surviving three infants have passed £100,000 and staff predict a final bill of half a million pounds.

Doctors are faced with a dilemma over eligibility because they are obliged to provide immediate medical care regardless of a patient's nationality or whether they can pay. Experts say our hospitals are being targeted, in particular by wealthy Nigerian mothers-to-be.

In 2011 Bimbo Ayelabola, 38, cost the NHS £145,000 after giving birth to five babies +4
In 2011 Bimbo Ayelabola, 38, cost the NHS £145,000 after giving birth to five babies

Katherine Murphy, chief executive of the Patients Association, said: 'The NHS is in a critical state due to lack of resources, so any abuse from health tourism should be stopped. The sums of money are astonishing. Most patients would be concerned about the vast sums of money not being reclaimed and the potential for this money to be spent on frontline services and staff – which could improve the quality of care and the time in which people receive care.'

Professor Meirion Thomas, a cancer surgeon who formerly worked at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, said: 'These massive debts are staggering and should be investigated by NHS fraud officers. Patients don't arrive at specialist hospitals with serious illnesses by chance. It is likely there are facilitators and accomplices who enable this fraud. They may be friends or relatives or even health professionals.'

Tory MP Peter Bone said: 'This has been a longstanding problem and it costs millions a year. We need the Health Service to implement a system whereby the person going in for treatment has a right to have it or has the means to pay.'

HAVEN'T WE FALLEN FOR THIS BEFORE?

It is not the first time a Nigerian woman has racked up a huge bill on NHS maternity wards.

In 2011 Bimbo Ayelabola, 38, cost the NHS £145,000 after giving birth to five babies. She had come to Britain on a visitor's visa soon after discovering she was pregnant in 2010.

The two boys and three girls were delivered by caesarean at Homerton Hospital, East London, and needed neonatal care for several weeks.

Miss Ayelabola has since returned to her home city of Lagos, where she is a make-up artist. She drives a £17,000 car and her five children attend an expensive private school.

In 2015 she told the Daily Mail she had never been sent a bill by the NHS. She added: 'If (health tourism) is a problem, you should talk to the NHS. I have never received my bill. If I had it, I would pay it.'

Andrew Bridgen, another Tory MP, said: 'Those who are not eligible for free healthcare must pay. If we don't address this issue it will only grow.

'There appears to be huge reluctance amongst clinicians not to charge people for free healthcare. We cannot afford to fund an international health service.'

One Nigerian, Bimbo Ayelabola, racked up a bill of £145,000 in giving birth to quintuplets in Homerton Hospital, East London, in 2011, and has not paid the money back.

Nigerian women and their husbands swap tips on how to give birth in NHS hospitals in an online discussion forum called Nairaland. Although many claim they intend to pay the full costs, they may not be able to do so if the birth is complex.

A spokesman for Luton and Dunstable Hospitals said of its case: 'This patient was an overseas visitor and was referred to us by another hospital because of complications with her twin pregnancy.

'As an NHS Trust we cannot refuse to treat a patient, wherever they are from, if there is a danger to life. In this case two unborn babies required immediate care.

'They were delivered safely but spent two months in our Neonatal Intensive Care and High Dependency units. This is the reason for the high cost and we are currently pursuing the patient for payment.'

Ian Eardley of the Royal College of Surgeons said the NHS was under tremendous pressure.

'More and more patients are going to A&E and there is more difficulty in getting patients home – it's not something we are comfortable with,' he added.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4123156/Health-tourist-s-350-000-bill-paid-NHS-crisis-case-mother-flew-Nigeria-birth-two-twins.html
Education › Re: List Of Top 25 Universities In Africa In 2017 Ranked By Times Higher Education by refreshrate: 11:56am On Jan 15, 2017
SeniorZato:
Fake list, how comes my school wasnt on the list
You're still asking ?
With this your type of grammar?
Celebrities › Re: Gideon Okeke Educates Chiwetalu Agu On The Meaning Of 'Satire' (Photo) by refreshrate: 11:34am On Jan 15, 2017
Gideon is really proving to be a deeck.
Crime › Re: Man Attacked By Fulani Herdsman In His Farm In Delta. Graphic Pics by refreshrate: 10:42am On Jan 15, 2017
ScotsReferendum:
Guess his tribe.?

angry angry angry angry angry
Most backward one that keeps dragging the nation to the dark ages

Quota system beneficiaries

Ability to relate with malu effectively

Am I correct?
Celebrities › Re: Niyi Johnson Engaged To Seyi Edun by refreshrate: 11:30pm On Jan 14, 2017
Philistine:
Despite this guy's good looks, he lacks taste,from Toyin Aimakhu to the present one.
Don't judge a book by the cover o.
Honestly, that Toyin girl looks rather lousy and looks no be everything

Meanwhile how many ex toyin alone get bikonu?
Sebi no be dis one carry iPhone the other day?
Politics › Re: "Nnamdi Kanu Is A Fraudster, Was Into Yahoo Yahoo" - Uwazuruike by refreshrate: 3:40pm On Jan 11, 2017
nabiz:
What I read is about a formal master who is jealous and afraid that is boy is out shining him
Simple!
Politics › Re: We Have To Completely Delegitimise Corruption, Vp Osinbajo Says by refreshrate: 3:34pm On Jan 11, 2017
Agwoden:
This one na talk talk VP while Abba Kyari and Babachir Lawal run the country to a halt.
Commissioner according to hell rufai
Politics › Re: Femi Adesina Denies Endorsing MMM by refreshrate: 3:30pm On Jan 11, 2017
How many M can you count in muhammadu buhari?
Who is your boss?

Don't come here and be talking rubbish
Car Talk › Re: The 2018 Toyota Camry - Be The First To See These Photos by refreshrate: 3:25pm On Jan 11, 2017
omololu2020:
toyota camry 2015 and 2016 model nah nonsense...i still dey rock my muscle sport
Guy! That's the last sensible design to come out of Toyota let them take it or leave it. Everything after the muscle sport ...na wash
Politics › Re: Osinbajo, Obasanjo, Ekwueme, Diya, Gowon, Ukiwe Form Choir. Sing For Nigeria by refreshrate: 12:18pm On Jan 02, 2017
CecyAdrian:
For those people asking where Osinbajo has been all these while, this video answers the question. He has been busy cry gathering these old thieves together for this musical show cheesy cheesy

Meanwhile, Obj is just feeling like Jay Z while Osinbajo thinks he is R Kelly. I give up on Ernest Shonekan, I wondet what he took before taking his verse
I've been laughing my socks off since reading this
Nice one !
Foreign Affairs › Re: Pics: Russian Plane Arrives U.S. To Evacuate 35 Expelled Diplomats & Families. by refreshrate: 9:29am On Jan 02, 2017
Gap2020:
Please try to elucidate your views about how Russia we destroy US in 24hrs
A lot of us grew up with childish imagination and efforts to have the "better gist" when we were kids.

Apparently, the growing up part of realising the difference between imagination and reality made us sensible so much so we know not to talk anyhow.

I'm sorry to say that guy is still trapped in either some childish stage or is heavily deluded.

Either way might I suggest you completely ignore him lest he wears you down further with his apparent condition ?
Politics › Re: "Karma Caught Up With Obama" - Fani-Kayode by refreshrate: 9:21am On Jan 02, 2017
softMarket:
Oga what are u talking?


Are u from US or Russia?
Obama has already taken actions against russia and u are saying that russia didn't influence US election.
Bros Pls it's too early in the year to be allowing nonentities to be getting to you. When you see mumus like this just ignore them and pass.
Pls
Health › Re: Dead Bodies Stick Out Of Imota Cemetery, Lagos (Disturbing Pics) by refreshrate: 10:42am On Dec 31, 2016
Dreamwaker:
Never knew zombies existed in Nigeria.
Plenty plenty
To identify them? They support buhari
Crime › Re: Police Foil Plot To Blast 3rd Mainland Bridge With Dynamite by refreshrate: 10:53am On Dec 29, 2016
Cessa0:
nw hez a Christian, not a single religious criticism ws seen frm d comments above... but if he happened to bear a muslim name, they'll put it on deir head lyk pple selling gala...

"if i do sth wrong, blame me not my religion"

how is this too hard for pple to assimilatehuh
Aunty,
When it's consistent
When they shout Allahu Akbar at point of destruction
When other Muslim's keep quiet or even try to deny the existence of such action

It's only natural for people to blame our religion.

Now use the above list to measure what this YORUBA man tried to do, does it tally?

It's denial like this that makes others continue to tarnish "your" religion

Do the appropriate thing please and please stop assimilating cattle dung thank you
Politics › Re: "Let Us Talk" - President Muhammadu Buhari Tells Niger Delta Militants by refreshrate: 8:32am On Dec 26, 2016
Niger Delta militants to Buhari : go fvck yourself
Politics › Re: Buhari: We Need Divine Guidance Now - Daily Trust by refreshrate: 11:04am On Dec 25, 2016
Pharaoh go oooo the moment you leave let's bet everything will be good even harmattan will come

Sir werey
Politics › Re: PHOTOS: Obasanjo’s Son And Baba Ijebu's Daughter Introduction Ceremony by refreshrate: 10:40am On Dec 24, 2016
veekid:

is that the bride or her mum?

Entertainment › Re: Boy Constructs His Own Drum Set And Plays To Amaze The Crowd by refreshrate: 10:37am On Dec 24, 2016
Does anyone have the video of a group of kids who arranged a full band themselves from stuff similar to this Pls?
Music/Radio › Re: Which Song Made Your 2016? by refreshrate: 12:12am On Dec 24, 2016
Folake gimme love o...

And

shey Na love I dey see for your eyes

Tekno nailed 2016 to a "T" grin
Celebrities › Re: Ten Hottest And Best Social Media Entertainers In Nigeria 2016 by refreshrate: 6:53am On Dec 20, 2016
comradespade:
this is the first time am hearing about most of them except craze clown, markangel, bobrisky


what about Emma oh ma god grin

that guy na fool
Emma oh ma God?
That one is not funny at all, short one to say the least with him duck mouth
Abeg find another person mention
Crime › Re: Mob Beats LASTMA Zonal Head To Death In Lagos (photo) by refreshrate: 6:39am On Dec 20, 2016
Haryoryhemie:
arindi agba, carry ur bad luck elsewhere but I'll still maintain my stand which is d real truth.........I'm not part/cause of ur frustration. I didn't afflict u with d joblessness u are trying so hard to deal with and I didn't crash MMM, so why hating on me?


no worry sha, I will send u some cash just forward ur acct number to me.
You don't have money
If you did obalende under bridge wouldn't be your saloon
Your family member would not be working for lastma
Anybody can write anything

Lies however can be detected
Don't get it twisted
Crime › Re: Mob Beats LASTMA Zonal Head To Death In Lagos (photo) by refreshrate: 11:13pm On Dec 18, 2016
Haryoryhemie:
egbon oponu of life, egbon house girl. no vex for me jare I use to hear that d country is hard and there's recession everywhere but I never took it serious till now. I'm aware of ur joblessness but I didn't cause it and also I'm very sorry for what MMM did to u, I understand it was ur only means of survival


pls, I'm so sorry for being rude to a frustrated Nigerian like u. I'll try my best to get u out of dis, e go better na ur song
Everything you write about me are assumptions ...funny thing is assumptions can and in this case be wrong

However...
Fact is your Jerry curl is lame
Your family member is a lastma official & reaps curses on your family on the daily.

Deal with that as you sleep tonight

Cursed brat
Politics › Re: 130 Power Transmission Projects Abandoned Since 2002 – TCN Official by refreshrate: 5:45pm On Dec 18, 2016
News reporter where is the rocket scientist?

This breed of wretches who do they now expect to fix this and make electricity available biko nu?
Crime › Re: Mob Beats LASTMA Zonal Head To Death In Lagos (photo) by refreshrate: 5:43pm On Dec 18, 2016
Haryoryhemie:
normally, I don't have time for stupid ppl but I will find time for u. d kind of life u are living is very obvious in all d rubbish u type(a frustrated life) but heaven and earth bear me witness that I'm not d cause of ur misery. in dis country and beyond ur family have no name and integrity to protect, also u are jobless(its obvious) yet u can't respect ur wretched old age


when expectant mothers rebuke certain set of children, na u dem dey rebuke o, only God knows d kind waka ur mama waka b4 she jam u but its no wonder sef, she can't be better off than u nau(Iya oshi to bi omo ofo)
bros, either u quote me or not, u are doomed.....if u quote/mention me, ur head no correct and if u Dont, ur frustration won't depart. iwo eranko lasan yi
What you wrote is not anywhere near as connecting or as painful as what I wrote
You're lame
Shallow
Wears weak obalende Jerry curls

I'm sure you're even a house girl

...and family member na lastma official

Kill yourself with your weak attempt to strike back maybe the Jerry no let you think deep sef who knows?

Oponu of life
Crime › Re: Mob Beats LASTMA Zonal Head To Death In Lagos (photo) by refreshrate:
Haryoryhemie:
egbon refreshrate, obviously ori yin ti baje and that ill-luck shall never depart from u and ur household. Anybody wey no get better cloth for wardrobe, na all clothes dey be like rag for him eye........


go and find something better to do and stop hating on ppl whose prayers has been answered, it's glaring that nobody in ur life can match my beauty, not even ur momma and ur smello.... go an hug d nearest transformer and let Lagos receive fresh air. onyi ara
Seriously this obalende under bridge Jerry curl or what precisely makes you feel beautiful Pls tell me?
You would expose your upbringing or apparent lack of by mentioning someone's mum, anyway a dog can only give birth to a dog Jerry curl is optional

Tw@t
Crime › Re: Mob Beats LASTMA Zonal Head To Death In Lagos (photo) by refreshrate: 11:16am On Dec 18, 2016
Haryoryhemie:
egbon refreshrate, obviously ori yin ti baje and that ill-luck shall never depart from u and ur household. Anybody wey no get better cloth for wardrobe, na all clothes dey be like rag for him eye........


go and find something better to do and stop hating on ppl whose prayers has been answered, it's glaring that nobody in ur life can match my beauty, not even ur momma and ur smello.... go an hug d nearest transformer and let Lagos receive fresh air. onyi ara
You're terribly pained
See the way you're throwing curses upandan as if it holds any weight
Case in point if the words from your mouth could do anything I'm sure you would have used it to talk your way out of the misery you call a life ...that's one

Two that your further miserable family member that stands under the sun for God knows how many hours a day just to earn how much after 30days?

I don't need to exchange words with you dear, fate already deals you several harsh blows already

It's your type of life they use as example when cursing people case in point you darling are the actual personification of what Yoruba's call "oloriburuku"

May your family member work for lastma *cringes* God forbid bad thing Tufia!

You may keep up the insults though, mare words my friend...mare words. You however live the curse.

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