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actually watched it. it was a FUNNY movie and one that i would like to watch over and over again. As per Story line , looking back the film has no story line.

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While most Nigerians are wrapped up in their confusing bottom lines and balance sheets that simply won’t add up, political speculators and juggernauts are already holding nocturnal meetings to facilitate the return of President Umar Yar’Adua to Aso Rock in 2011. High-tech permutations and manipulations are in top gear to ensure the sitting President sails smoothly back into the saddle.

The NPA, Anenih angle
According to highly placed sources, one of such smart moves is the appointment of Chief Tony Anenih as the Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). NPA is arguably the richest government agency in Nigeria. It is believed to be an octopus money machine, with intractable accounting system.
The NPA, in time past, had been used by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to oil its electioneering process. The cash cow operates in a maze that has confounded even the finest of auditing agencies.
Its immediate past chairman, Chief Olabode George, is standing trial for a cocktail of charges that has opened a can of worms. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting the PDP chieftain, whose members on every court day turn the Lagos High Court premises into carnival ground.

It is believed that the chair of NPA is strictly for high-ranking party members who can deliver the goods.
“The NPA chairman has an unwritten mandate to source and provide funds for the PDP and that is why Chief Tony Anenih got the job. The way the parastatal works, it is difficult to prove a case of corrupt enrichment against the chairman, but we all know that the NPA is the party’s cash cow. It is the unofficial fund raising body,” our source confirmed.

Sunday Sun also learnt that between now an August, all kinds of groups will spring up to call on Yar’Adua to run for another four years. Funding will come from NPA’s voodoo accounting maze.
The choice of Anenih, a former PDP Board of Trustees (BOT) chairman, is not also unconnected with the disconnect between him and immediate President Olusegun Obasanjo, for whom he was Mr Fix-It for eight years. The current battle for the soul and spirit of the acclaimed biggest party in Africa has pitted the two powerful men against each other and split the party.

A house divided against itself
Party members loyal to the former president are hatching plans to unseat the PDP chairman, Sir Vincent Ogbulafor, using a weapon called ‘internal democracy’ in the running of the party.
But the Yar’Adua men are not sitting on their hands. They are also burning their candles at both ends to ensure that the new bond between the former president and his erstwhile deputy, Atiku Abubakar, comes to nothing.

The game plan is to drive a wedge between the two once most powerful Nigerians, recruit Atiku and leave Obasanjo in the cold.
“The Ota meeting has actually exposed the split in the party. Baba is not as powerless as a lot of people think and that is why Yar’Adua’s men are not taking anything for granted. They are moving from zone to zone to recruit support for this second term bid. They are especially looking at the stronghold of the former President. They are also looking outside the party and considering getting stalwarts of opposition parties to join the PDP, anything to shore up the political base of the President.”
One of the politicians Yar’Adua’s men have actively courted is former Zamfara governor, Ahmed Sani Yerima.

Governors for second term
Furthermore, a list of nine amendments to the PDP constitution ratified and submitted by the Governors’ Forum is angling for automatic second term tickets for the President and all first-term governors.
The amendment to Article 9.2 (iv) reads: “ The party shall issue automatic tickets to any first term serving president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and all first term serving governors who have expressed interest to re-contest for a second term without going through the party.”
The current chairman of PDP did not emerge through a democratic process and pro-Obasanjo elements are planning to start an advocacy that would weaken the base of Yar’Adua. From the outside, the PDP looks like a monolithic party that can actually bulldoze its way into realizing its dream of ruling Nigeria for another 60 years but insiders confirmed that there are in fact five factions in the ruling party.

“There are five factions in the PDP - Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Adamu Ciroma, Atiku and IBB groups. Though IBB claims he is not in PDP, he is a member of G-21, and G-21 is in PDP. And IBB is not a fan of Ogbulafor, the sitting party chairman The Ciroma group is made up of the old conservatives and (the defunct) NPN (National Party of Nigeria) elements. So PDP is not a one-house affair. It is a divided house and all that an adversary needs is the ability to locate an opportunistic chink in the armour of the party,” revealed our source.

Atiku, Kalu as strong alternatives to Yar’Adua
The two strongest contenders are former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Orji Uzor Kalu, chairman Board of Trustees of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) and former Abia State governor.
If the new elements in PDP will not listen to Anenih, if Atiku returns to PDP and IBB and Obasanjo’s elements succeed in ousting Ogbulafor, the former VP becomes an issue. And Sunday Sun findings reveal that the North sees Atiku as a veritable replacement in case Yar’Adua decides not to seek a second term.

In addition, in the face of a public uproar against the president seeking re-election and general perception that he has not given a good account of himself in his first term, an Atiku Presidency becomes an issue.
Orji Uzor Kalu was the first to blow the whistle on Obasanjo’s third term bid, a bid he fought courageously to a standstill. He is believed to have lost more to that fight than any Nigerian: an oil block, N4.5bn worth of shares in Hallmark Bank, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) licence for a new bank for which he had acquired property and recruited staff.


Kalu is believed to have tremendous international connection, uncommon courage and his party, PPA, has two states, Abia and Imo. PPA is seeking to merge with APGA, a factionalised one-party state with a shaky hold on Anambra. Plans are also under way to play for former Anambra State Governor, Chris Ngige, in the event that the alliance does not work.
In all, the intrigues, tricks and horse-trading that will shape who gets the nation’s number one seat in 2011 will cut across party lines and spring unusual surprises. Neither the PDP old war horses nor the new voices are ready to give an inch, a situation that may provide the chink in the ruling party’s armour that the opposition has been waiting for.

Immoral plot
Some prominent Nigerians have, however, reacted angrily to attempts by a segment of the political class to hand Yar’Adua a second term in office. In one words, they described the plot as immoral.
Speaking exclusively to Sunday Sun, the former governor of the old Western Region, General Adeyinka Adebayo; National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Victor Umeh; former Petroleum Minister, Prof Tam David-West; immediate past president of the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr Dozie Ikedife; erstwhile Oyo State governor, Alhaji Lam Adesina; and Second Republic governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa as well as former Deputy Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Niyi Akintola (SAN), all said the move was also ill-timed and unmeritorious.

Adebayo, who said he would not want to be drawn into the propriety or otherwise of the president preparing for a second term, however pointed out that any failure ascribed to Yar’Adua should be shared by his party.
According to him, “it depends on his party, but the country belongs to everybody and he is free to aspire to any position he wants. I think he has done his best. His best might not be enough but that is debatable. It will be difficult for me to say that he does not deserve a second term because I am a statesman and won’t be expected to say things like that. But I think his party carries a lot of the blame for all this criticism. They picked him and they have a manifesto, which I believe he is trying to implement. If people say he doesn’t deserve a second term, then it means his party does not also deserve a second term presidency.”

David-West, on his part, knocks proponents of such a proposal as enemies of the president.
His words: “Anybody who is telling Yar’Adua to go for a second term is his enemy. He has a terrible health condition and has been limping throughout his first tenure. So far he has no credential for a second term. He should rather pray that he completes his first term in office.

“I will advise him never, never to think of a second term. He has not performed well. He has practically failed and that is why the country is in a state of suspended animation. He too should analyze that based on his health condition and how he came to power. He was imposed on Nigerians by (former President Olusegun) Obasanjo. But if anybody thinks that 2011 will be like 2007, such person will be joking.”
Balarabe Musa, who is chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), urged Nigerians to be alert to the antics of the PDP.

“The PDP is a desperate party; there is nothing it cannot do. Nigerians should think of removing the PDP and Yar’Adua for us to make progress as a country. The talk of Yar’Adua going for another term should not arise because it is obvious it is not the wish of Nigerians for him to continue beyond 2011.
‘‘Yar’Adua is worse than the PDP because he was not elected but imposed on us by the court and not through the votes of the people. He is like a military man that shot his way to power. We are all praying for his reign to end after the first term,” he said.

Lam Adesina spoke in similar vein. According to him, those pushing the idea are insulting the sensibility of Nigerians, who he said are unhappy with Yar’Adua’s performance as president.
“I really don’t know what parameters they will use in telling us that he deserves a second term. We are anxiously waiting for them to tell us what he has done that they are asking him to continue.
“This is a man they should ordinarily advise to go and look after his health but all they are scheming is another term for him. We will wait and see what they will tell us qualified him for another term,” the Action Congress chieftain noted.

Dozie Ikedife was also not convinced that Yar’Adua deserves a second term. He noted that until recently, the president was battling to legitimize his election.
“He had a lot of distractions because of that. Now that he has settled down, let us see what he will be able to do. I need to say it is his performance that will determine whether he is qualified for a second term, but he has not been convincing.”

For legal luminary, Niyi Akintola, the PDP could scheme all they want but he believes the choice ultimately lies with Nigerians to decide whether they want Yar’Adua or not.
Like other respondents, the APGA leader, Victor Umeh, pooh-poohed the proposal, saying the president was yet to make a success of the task before him.
He said those planning for a new term for Yar’Adua were simply mischievous because the country was yet to record any significant achievement since he came to power.

Umeh added that the problems on the desk of the president have enveloped him and Nigerians should be allowed to wait till 2011 to determine whether he deserves a second term or not.
“I don’t understand where those asking for new term got their facts from,” he said.
According to Umeh, the president was yet to touch the electoral reform, which he said was very critical to Nigeria’s democracy, while the National Assembly was yet to review the 1999 Constitution.


http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/newsonthehour/2009/feb/15/newsbreak-15-02-2009-001.htm

Inside human parts market in Lagos
By Jossy Idam (jidam14@yahoo.com)
Sunday, February 15, 2009
•Photo: Sun News Publishing
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Jankara market is self- effacing and deceptively ordinary. Located close to Idumagbo area of Lagos Island, the market is just a stretch of an old street.

Ears on the ground
Like other streets and markets, canvassers and touts hang around the place pitching for customers and mugus (gullible people). Though low in reputation,touts are an essential segment of this time – honoured market. Over the years, the place has come to be known as a place where any thing goes. And so, the touts come handy here.
They have their ears on the ground, and therefore know all the goings-on.

Book and wait
A week ago, our reporter posed as a juju priest who was in dire need of human body parts for urgent rituals. After about four hours of waiting and being passed from one “contact” to another, and played around like ping-pong, the reporter got a dealer who “booked” him. The rule here is, if you want a fresh human body part, you book and wait. If your order is for dry parts you get instant delivery.
But you must be an expert in human anatomy to decipher the parts you want from man’s closest animal relations – gorilla, chimpanzee and monkey.

Dark secret
But don’t jump to a hasty conclusion, there are genuine traders and honest businessmen and women at Jankara.They perhaps don’t even know that the place also habour a dark secret. A police post even looks over the place. A signpost calls it Oko Awo Police Post. An office on the counter there stared at our reporter angrily when he asked him if the police know about the wheeling and dealing in human body parts in the area: “What kind of question be this? I beg go, no be for here—o” the police officer retorted angrily.

Menumo
This expression when translated literally means “seal your lips” in Yoruba. The term is said in whisper and hushed tone — menu…mo .When you say the first syllable, you pause, look around to be sure there’s no third party or curiosity cat eaves dropping. When a deal is struck, you will be taken to some dank shanties and courtyard for your consignment.

The business is all about raw cash. A fresh human head has a street value of N250, 000. Fresh internal organs like heart, lung, kidney, and so on go for 500,000 a piece.
Other vital parts like penis, vagina and breast costs N50,000 each.Fresh tongue is sold at N100,000.
Sunday Sun learnt when a tongue is “ritualized and jujufied” that it “works well” for traders and people who apply for visa to go abroad “when well prepared, no one go question you for embassy and even your working place”, a dealer whose alias is Baba Ibeji revealed.
Toe and finger, Sunday Sun further learnt are good for travelers and business people. “ The toe is for traveling without falling.
The finger is to make money. Any thing you touch turns to money”, Baba Ibeji said.
Fresh toe and finger goes for N50,000 each.

Ritual animals
Even animals considered endangered species are not spared in Jankara. Herbalist beside the area’s butcher shop openly sell a wide range of animals. Imprisoned in wire-mesh cages are live animals like eagles, tortoise, chamellion, alligator and so on. A live eagle goes for N10,000.
Dead and dry one costsN500,000. Live Tortois costN5,000 while ordinary empty one is sold for N2,500.
Live chamelion costs N2,500. Dead and dry one goes for N2,000. The lizard-like creature, Sunday Sun learnt, is in demand by Advance Fee Fraudster —419. “When the thing is worked”, it means the more you look, the less you see, you will never caught,” one of the dealers who declined to give his name said.

Tough-skinned
The dealers know their terrain and the world they inhabit.They smell and sense danger in the air all the time. They are inclined to do business with you if you mention and have a prove of a regular Juju priest and customer. Even at this, they will still carry out a check on you. There’s no physical search. Under the pretex of “bringing your thing”, they will call your guarrantor and run a check on you. Any discovery of falsehood, they will cancel the deal and melt out of sight, leaving you to wait forever

Where missing people go
Jankara might be the possible place where missing persons in Lagos resurface but reduced to faceless, liveless body parts. As though to corroborate this, the managing director of Lagos State waste Management Authority (LAWMAN), Mr Ola Oresanya told Sunday Sun in an interview that hardly a day passes in the city without street sweepers and refuse collectors picking dismembered corpses and body parts.

“The corpses and body parts may be the handwork of ritualist and hit-and-run drivers”, he said.
Meanwhile Sunday Sun learnt that the morgues in the city are brimming with unclaimed dcorpses.There’s no more land for mass burial. So cremnation is the only option,” the source said.


http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2009/feb/15/national-15-02-2009-01.htm

chess, not that was about 10mis ago

One love, was around 97-Y2k,

It doesn’t come as a big surprise considering the ratings of late but FOX has announced that they’re cancelling Prison Break after four seasons. Will there be a conclusion to this high-suspense series?

Prison Break follows Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), a young architect whose half-brother (Dominic Purcell) has been framed and incarcerated for murder. To save his brother’s life, Michael concocts a detailed plan to have himself sent to prison and then to free both of them. Along the way, they realize they’re involved in a far-reaching conspiracy with dire consequences for all around them. The rest of the show’s large cast has also included Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper, Wade Williams, Sarah Wayne Callies, William Fichtner, Paul Adelstein, Marshall Allman, Rockmond Dunbar, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Robin Tunney, Stacy Keach, Leon Russom, Phillip Edward Van Lear, Peter Stormare, Muse Watson, and Patricia Wettig.

The FOX drama debuted on August 29, 2005 to solid ratings of over 10.5 million viewers and a healthy number of 18-49 viewers. Prison’s first season finished with an average audience of 12.1 million. The second season declined a bit with an average of 10.1 million viewers. Season three dropped further to 8.2 million and the current season has averaged just 6.1 million viewers.

Based on the year four numbers to date, many have suspected that this season would be the drama’s last. Prison was missing from the midseason schedule and the network said it wouldn’t return until at least Spring. A spin-off had been in the works in 2007 but, with Prison’s declining numbers, those plans were put on hold.


Today, FOX announced that Prison would be ending after four seasons. FOX president Kevin Reilly said, “Prison Break had a hell of a run, but the run has ended. This will be the last year of the show.” Reilly claims that the decision wasn’t mandated by ratings but rather by the show’s storyline. He said, “The show has just played out. You get to a point creatively where you feel all the stories have been told, and you want to end strong and not gimp out in the end of the season.”

As longtime fans are well aware, Prison has plenty of ongoing and unresolved storylines. In November, the show’s writers pitched the network with the possibility of extending the season by two episodes. The idea was originally envisioned as a way to make up for the abbreviated season three (because of the writers strike). Now, they may be used to wrap things up.

The final six of Prison’s season four episodes are scheduled to kick off on Friday, April 17th. It’ll be taking over the timeslot of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles when that’s finished completing its sophomore year.

Reilly says that the network is contemplating ordering a couple more installments to finish out the show. Of the producers’ story ideas to wrap the series, Reilly said, “They have a really cool ending, actually. I know where they end, and it’s a hell of an idea.”

Apparently, those additional episodes aren’t a done deal yet. Hopefully the network will decide to pay a little extra so that we can actually see the ending that the producers want to do. After four years of watching Linc and Michael run, will viewers be satisfied with how the story ends?

I believe Siasia is the best for Nigeria, but i would actually have loved him grooming the U-23 team

Just wondering been trying to locate the clip on YOU-TUBE, cant find it, also heard the story when i was young, anyone has it?

i agree with Jamace I don't know what to comment about this thread. I think it is the work of the devil

Hydy:
Ever wondered why Rafa is bitter, Wenger frustrated and Scolari lost?, well,If u still dont know why,you are on the 'longest thing'.
Well,i've vowed never to talk on this issue,but the last straw that broke the camel's back was when i had to spend the night outside,after a fair argument with my Dad.
Just 5 matches into the season,United were cooling their heels somewhere near the relegation zone as their poor start to a season staged a comeback.
Weeks ahead,United looked certain to struggle,especially with the absence of key players,as the league fixtures took its toll on them and they had to play the top 10 teams of one after the other (crucial Away matches).
With barely 15 games to go,the so called 'premier league robbers' are perched at the top of the table as their match fixtures disadvantage, has suddenly become an advantage towards the end.
My people, Abeg make una help me reason am,is this United being over criticised or are they the reallest Robbers one can ever think of, ?

whats your problem with sucess. am not a united fan but am sure everyone loves sucess. (or everyone should love success)

Three is equal to four
Theorem: 3=4
Proof:

Suppose:
a + b = c

This can also be written as:
4a - 3a + 4b - 3b = 4c - 3c

After reorganizing:
4a + 4b - 4c = 3a + 3b - 3c

Take the constants out of the brackets:
4 * (a+b-c) = 3 * (a+b-c)

Remove the same term left and right:
4 = 3

I just had a dream about it
A young woman was taking an afternoon nap. After she woke up, she told her husband, "I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for Valentine's day. What do you think it means?"

"You'll know tonight." he said.

That evening, the man came home with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, she opened it--only to find a book entitled "The meaning of dreams".

Grade change form
Date:

Dear Professor,

My grade in ____ should be raised from _____ to ____ because:

1. There must be a mistake somewhere.

2. I was not well at the time of the examination.

3. My mind always goes blank during an examination.

4. This mark ruined my prospect of getting a scholarship.

5. This is the only course in which I received a poor grade

6. This mark grieved my mother (or Father). whose pride I am.

7. Conditions in the room were not conductive to concentration.

8. The examination was unfair and unfairly distributed over the subject

9. I have to work after school and nights; therefore I should be given a break.

10. I am married; therefore, I should be given a break.

11. I would have done much better if I had taken the examination give to one of the other sections.

12. Several people around me copied from my paper during the examination yet they received higher marks than I did. Surely this is not fair.

13. The reason I did not do better is because I am very honest. I do no wish to say anything against any other members of the class.

14. I know many of the class members who do not work as hard as I do an who got a better grade. I am recognized among my classmates as a good student - you just ask any one of them.

15. The question were ambiguous, and therefore, my answers should be graded according to the reasonable interpretations that I made of your questions.

16. Many of the questions could not be answered with straight facts; they were matters of opinion. I do not believe I should be penalize just because my opinions differ from those of the instructor.

17. I have studied this subject from the broad philosophical viewpoint and therefore, I was unable to answer your technical-based question

18. I am philosophically oriented to the realm of ideas; I respond to the sweep and scope of great intellects. My work is beyond the interest in petty details and parrot-like memorizing of those who are merely students

19. At the time of the exam, I was suffering from a severe case of cognitive dissonance and was incapable of coping with the stress of the hour.

20. It is not a higher mark I seek; I care nothing about marks; I think marks are wicked and I disapprove of them. However, this pernicious system of which I am a victim requires marks for achieving success and therefore, I seek a higher mark.

Thank you,
Name:

3. Three men were traveling around the country. They stopped by in this one town and asked to spend the night at a hotel. The hotel manager charged them 27 dollars for a room that had three beds in it. So that means that each man payed 9 dollars. After they went to the room, the maneger thought he had charged them too much for the room so he decided that the room would cost 22 dollars. He called the bell boy over and gave him five one dollar bills, telling him to give it to the three men. On his way up to the room, the bell hoy realized that he wouldn't be able to split the money between the three men equally, so he stuffed two of the dollar bills into his own pocket. Now, if you're following me that means that each man payed 8 dollars for the room(becasue they got a dollar back). 8 x 3 is 24. The bell boy has two dollar bills in his own pocket(so you add 2 right!!!). That equals 26. What happened to the other dollar?


Calculating it through i guess there doesnt seem to be a missing dollar, they paid 22dollars for the room. and they got a dollar each back(3), the bell boy kept 2 dollars. 22+3+2 = 27,

The answer to the first riddle no 12: lightning and wind

Luiz Felipe Scolari has been dismissed as manager of Chelsea Football Club today (Monday) with immediate effect.

The Chelsea board would like to place on record our gratitude for his time as manager.

Felipe has brought many positives to the club since he joined and we all feel a sense of sadness that our relationship has ended so soon.

Unfortunately the results and performances of the team appeared to be deteriorating at a key time in the season.

In order to maintain a challenge for the trophies we are still competing for we felt the only option was to make the change now.

The search for a new manager has already started and we hope to have someone in place as soon as possible.

While that continues Assistant Coach Ray Wilkins will take charge of the team on a temporary basis.

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~1551166,00.html

GOd is missing? nice one

nice one

ha ha ha ha

This is the perfect joke, ha haa ha

thanks guys.how do i link my form to submit via email.

at least we MANAGED to scale past the first round. CAF is very biased in reporting this AWC. its very sad.there was no update till NIgeria was leading in the 3rd match. anyway. i hope we do get a medal this year.

claSSIC.

nice job

the cafonline website is the worst website for monitoring soccer matches. i couldnt get a result until long after the match was over. is there anywhere one can get a live coverage.?

hi. my email is regaltopax@yahoo.com am interested. what do i have to do.

Its actually amazing that the rumor turned out to be true in Part IV. Sara Tancredi is alive. Well i hope this time they do get their revenge with the company

Hi Prison break fans you are all welcome to share your views on past and present episodes of prison break.

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