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zeelo2014:
After you receive ur PPR.

Thanks for yesterday ur reply.

But why is it some people are still asked to submit updated pof at ppr . Is it not possible they still check on pof when they don't request update from you?

Hello House,

Please when is one safe with pof? it's really been tempting with lots of really pressing needs. I'll appreciate your good response.

Check your mail, I sent you a message.

Is it still available?

Location please

Location please and milage

Kindly show interior, engine picture, vin number Milage and other details.

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The need to pray for our leaders for the betterment of this country can not be underscored for us to make good progress as a nation. Every good leaders need prayers and every bad ones does too.

The case of the former Bayelsa Governor comes to mind who according to report stole a lot while his people were suffering. He escaped from UK justice and came home. Still unrepented worked on the system to get presidential pardon without returning the loot to the treassury of his people. To day, that man is no more after wiping his slate clean before Nigeria's judicial system without returning his loot. Or perhaps, the prayer of some Bayelsans answered by God to avenge his bad deeds to wards them.

Our Ex-minister is also battling with health challenges with similar allegation and has requested our prayers as a nation. Only God knows the true thief if those allegations were right. If they are true and she is willing to restore here loot and and set things right, may God out of His mercy grant her quick recovery from her health challenges. God doesn't want the death of a sinner.
If they are not, may God help her against all charges.
To all our Leaders out there doing the right things, God will strengthen you the more and reward you adequately. To the corrupt ones, Nigerians are against you and also God, if you fail to repent and restore your loot as the president has allowed to do so, God's judgement awaits you even if you seem to smart to evade men's judgement.

Good to hear no wicked man goes unpunished.
Was it not the same institution where a Lecturer picked a student's eye with his car key and claimed he is above the law and nothing is going to happen?

As readers and writers, we’re intimately familiar with the dots, strokes and dashes that punctuate the written word. The comma, colon, semicolon and their siblings are integral parts of writing, pointing out grammatical structures and helping us transform letters into spoken words or mental images. We would be lost without them (or, at the very least, extremely confused), and yet the earliest readers and writers managed without it for thousands of years. What changed their minds?
In the 3rd Century BCE, in the Hellenic Egyptian city of Alexandria, a librarian named Aristophanes had had enough. He was chief of staff at the city’s famous library, home to hundreds of thousands of scrolls, which were all frustratingly time-consuming to read. For as long as anyone could remember, the Greeks had written their texts so that their letters ran together withnospacesorpunctuation and without any distinction between lowercase and capitals. It was up to the reader to pick their way through this unforgiving mass of letters to discover where each word or sentence ended and the next began.
In early Greece and Rome, persuasive speech was more important than written language
Yet the lack of punctuation and word spaces was not seen as a problem. In early democracies such as Greece and Rome, where elected officials debated to promote their points of view, eloquent and persuasive speech was considered more important than written language and readers fully expected that they would have to pore over a scroll before reciting it in public. To be able to understand a text on a first reading was unheard of: when asked to read aloud from an unfamiliar document, a 2nd Century writer named Aulus Gellius protested that he would mangle its meaning and emphasise its words incorrectly. (When a bystander stepped in to read the document instead, he did just that.)
Joining the dots
Aristophanes’ breakthrough was to suggest that readers could annotate their documents, relieving the unbroken stream of text with dots of ink aligned with the middle (·), bottom (.) or top (·) of each line. His ‘subordinate’, ‘intermediate’ and ‘full’ points corresponded to the pauses of increasing length that a practised reader would habitually insert between formal units of speech called the comma, colon and periodos. This was not quite punctuation as we know it – Aristophanes saw his marks as representing simple pauses rather than grammatical boundaries – but the seed had been planted.
Unfortunately, not everyone was convinced of the value of this new invention. When the Romans overtook the Greeks as the preeminent empire-builders of the ancient world, they abandoned Aristophanes’ system of dots without a second thought. Cicero, for example, one of Rome’s most famous public speakers, told his rapt audiences that the end of a sentence “ought to be determined not by the speaker’s pausing for breath, or by a stroke interposed by a copyist, but by the constraint of the rhythm”.
Books became an integral part of the Christian identity
And though the Romans had experimented for a while with separating·words·with·dots, by the second century CE they had abandoned that too. The cult of public speaking was a strong one, to the extent that all reading was done aloud: most scholars agree that the Greeks and Romans got round their lack of punctuation by murmuring aloud as they read through texts of all kinds.
Writing comes of age
It was the rise of a quite different kind of cult that resuscitated Aristophanes’ foray into punctuation. As the Roman Empire crumbled in the 4th and 5th Centuries, Rome’s pagans found themselves fighting a losing battle against a new religion called Christianity. Whereas pagans had always passed along their traditions and culture by word of mouth, Christians preferred to write down their psalms and gospels to better spread the word of God. Books became an integral part of the Christian identity, acquiring decorative letters and paragraph marks (Γ, ¢, 7, ¶ and others), and many were lavishly illustrated with gold leaf and intricate paintings.
As it spread across Europe, Christianity embraced writing and rejuvenated punctuation. In the 6th Century, Christian writers began to punctuate their own works long before readers got their hands on them in order to protect their original meaning. Later, in the 7th Century, Isidore of Seville (first an archbishop and later beatified to become a saint, though sadly not for his services to punctuation) described an updated version of Aristophanes’ system in which he rearranged the dots in order of height to indicate short (.), medium (·) and long (·) pauses respectively.
Moreover, Isidore explicitly connected punctuation with meaning for the first time: the re-christened subdistinctio , or low point (.), no longer marked a simple pause but was rather the signpost of a grammatical comma, while the high point, or distinctio finalis (·), stood for the end of a sentence. Spaces between words appeared soon after this, an invention of Irish and Scottish monks tired of prying apart unfamiliar Latin words. And towards the end of the 8th Century, in the nascent country of Germany, the famed king Charlemagne ordered a monk named Alcuin to devise a unified alphabet of letters that could be read by all his far-flung subjects, thus creating what we now know as lowercase letters. Writing had come of age, and punctuation was an indispensable part of it.
Cutting a dash
With Aristophanes’ little dots now commonplace, writers began to expand on them. Some borrowed from musical notation, inspired by Gregorian chants to create new marks like the punctus versus (a medieval ringer for the semicolon used to terminate a sentence) and the punctus elevatus (an upside-down ‘;’ that evolved into the modern colon) that suggested changes in tone as well as grammatical meaning. Another new mark, an ancestor of the question mark called the
punctus interrogativus , was used to punctuate questions and to convey a rising inflection at the same time (The related exclamation mark came later, during the 15th Century.)
The three dots that had spawned punctuation in the first place inevitably suffered as a result. As other, more specific symbols were created, the distinction between low, medium and high points grew indistinct until all that was left was a simple point that could be placed anywhere on the line to indicate a pause of indeterminate length – a muddied mixture of the comma, colon and full stop. The humble dot was put under pressure on another front, too, when a 12th Century Italian writer named Boncompagno da Signa proposed an entirely new system of punctuation comprising only two marks: a slash (/) represented a pause while a dash (—) terminated sentences. The fate of da Signa’s dash is murky – it may or may not be the ancestor of the parenthetical dash, like those that surround these words – but the slash, or virgula suspensiva, was an unequivocal success. It was compact and visually distinctive, and it soon began to edge out the last holdouts of Aristophanes’s system as a general-purpose comma or pause.
This, then, was the state of punctuation at the height of the Renaissance: a mixture of ancient Greek dots; colons, question marks, and other marks descended from medieval symbols; and a few latecomers such as the slash and dash. By now writers were pretty comfortable with the way things stood, which was fortunate, really, because when printing arrived in the mid-1450s, with the publication of Johannes Gutenberg’s 42-line Bible, punctuation found itself unexpectedly frozen in time. Within 50 years, the majority of the symbols we use today were cast firmly in lead, never to change again: Boncompagno da Signa’s slash dropped to the baseline and gained a slight curve to become the modern comma, inheriting its old Greek name as it did so; the semicolon and the exclamation mark joined the colon and the question mark; and Aristophanes’s dot got one last hurrah as the full stop. After that the evolution of punctuation marks stopped dead, stymied by the standardisation imposed by the printing press.
It is only now, with computers more widespread than printing presses ever were, that punctuation is again showing signs of life. The average 15th Century writer would have little difficulty in identifying the marks of punctuation that grace the computer keyboard, but they might be a little more surprised by the emoticons and emoji that have joined them on our screens. Punctuation, it turns out, is not dead; it was just waiting for the next technological bandwagon on which to leap. Now we’ve found it, it’s up to us readers and writers once more to decide how we’re going to punctuate our words for the next 2,000 years.
Keith Houston is the author of Shady Characters, The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks. More of his work can be found here .




source: www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150902-the-mysterious-origins-of-punctuation

A Christian official has refused to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples in Kentucky despite exhausting all of her legal options.
Two gay couples denied licences have requested Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis be held in contempt of court.
But they asked a district judge to punish Ms Davis by fining her, rather than sending her to jail.
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected the argument that her faith prevented her from carrying out her duty.
Despite court orders to continue issuing licences, Ms Davis turned away two gay couples seeking marriage licences on Tuesday morning.
Ms Davis, who cannot be removed from post because she is an elected official, stayed inside her office with the blinds closed as the couples demanded to see her.
She eventually came out, but she said she would not issue any licences.
"Under whose authority?" she was asked. "Under God's authority," she said.
Dozens of reporters and activists, both supporters and opponents of gay marriage, filled the waiting area of the Rowan County clerk's office, alternatively chanting "do your job" and "stand firm".
One of the men seeking a licence, David Ermold, said he and his partner would not leave the office until they were married.
"Then you're going to have a long day," Ms Davis replied.
Since the court legalised gay marriage nationwide two months ago, Ms Davis has refused to issue any marriage licences to anyone.
The American Civil Liberties Union sued her on behalf of two gay couples and two heterosexual couples.
The clerk has been ordered to appear in federal court on Thursday to address a motion filed by one of the couples asking for her to be held in contempt of court.
In making its ruling on Monday, the Supreme Court denied her request for a stay while she pursues an appeal.

Source: www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34118095?SThisFB

See the devilics act of a boy on a 4 year old in Oto Awori. These worl is getting to an end.

Parents please watch and monitor your children closely.


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JesusDWay:
I think it's 25%(you can find out from those handling yours). If you want to use it as proof of funds, just present the statement as it is currently(containing all money in it), don't bother about what amount is accruable to you for being out of employment for 6months.

thanks for your responce. I still ish I had answer to other questions.

Hello House,

Does anyone know what percentage of pension account one can claim if out of Job for six months.

Is this percentage acceptable as proof of fund?

Also after notifying AVO of new occupation or employer, do they request for any other details or what is the main reason they demand this notification.

Thank you.

I think both Atiku and Saraki have similar traits. Atiku in his own time went againt OBJand his party but was defeated and his wings clipped. The same way Saraki is doing. He is only using him to create more worth and network for himself. He is eyeing the presidency and will do whatever it takes to get there. His bribery scandal is being reviewed and I believe there is an angle is working with the senate and his co-hort including his presidential ambition.

From findings, the basic salary aside other things is about 100k and you'll end up with about 1.6M per annum.
Wishing you guys good luck. As someone suugested, english, math, physics, engineriing ND syllabus. You may need to reviev some quantitative reasoning but make sure you dont forget your physics. Above all, be time conscious.

He needs to live at Marina, know and keep focused on the problems Lagosians go through every day before getting to their Offices. It will creat more empathy. How many of his Civil Servants can afford accomodation at Ikeja with their current salaries and resume 8am like he is doing.

xtayle:
U mean he should "KI WAYET"?

Every things he say is trouble, brings him more problem and really shows his reasoning is nothing compared with that of teenager who overnight thinks he knows all and yet knows next to nothing. Keeping quite will definately help him see how miserable he has been without anyone saying a word.

This man needs lots of wisdom, and that starts from learning to keep quite.

Aisha Buhari need to carry on from here and drive her massage home clear and sound from this girl's situation and what an ideal marriage age for the girls in Northern Nigeria. North, wake up, send them to school and allow them to make right decision when they become women.

JesusDWay:
You just displayed Naija mentality (just joking)

The requirement did not say your work experience must compulsorily be after school. Even part-time job that can be put together as a 30hours a week job is acceptable so, you are so very ok in that regards

considering your analysis, the count from the date you graduate from school even if the work is partime. However, there is no harm in trying. You might be lucky or preparing ahead of time.

I just recommend you take refuge in the Emir of Kano's palace. He will welcome someone like you to work together on the missing money and reveal the secret. It takes alot courage to reveal the truth even when one's life is treaten

I read his defence the other day and it was quite impressive, the US indicted him, UK found no reason.
Here is the solution, work with the Nigeria Police to identify in public your said look-alike brother Alhaji Kashimu and let the US take note of him, that clears your name, Nigeria will support you and you'll be a free man living without fear.

I think lots of my Igbo brothers and friends can invest in this research for survival in the lagoon.

Here is the plan, Oba of Lagos has devided Lagos into two. The land belongs to the Yorubas while the Lagoon belongs to you. So if you use the device, it brings about many benefits.

1. You can live under water catch many fishies and sell to Yorubas to make money.
2. It will afford you the priviledge to build your own city, an Island from the Ocean through dredging.
3. You'll sell it to other flood prone communities in Nigeria.
4. You'll sell it to other countries around since you succeeded with it in your home country.
5. You finally have a place in Lagos you can claim as yours from generation to generation.


Just think of this business prospect.

Please, help me out, I listened to NTA tonight. You could also qoute what he said.

Well, like I said earlier, He started it and has been giving speech and sending message to people/inividuals across the nation. You'll agree with me if its the Muslim festive period, he'll would have done that since and no one will need to remind him that.

Dear GMB,

We Nigerians keep sending you congratulatory message on your victory as Presedent Elect of Nigeria. We've gone as far as sending you congratulatory message from our places of worship especially during this Easter all across Nigeria.

Furthermore, we seen much of your messages to the locals and international community. It is therefore important mount the podium while we await your message/greetings to Nigerian Christians this Festive season. The Vice President Ellect should also do good to bring the President Elect to speed on how project himself not only as President Elect of Nigeria alone but also of Nigeria Christians. It is not good enough to show you some honour as our President Elect from our places of worship while it seem a dead ear is paid to reciprocate our good gesture of sending back your greetings during this festive seasons. We shouldn't only be remebered when election is upcoming election to be existing and to affirm your upcoming administration wont be religion biased as promised by you during your election campaign.

Thank you.

I watched a documentary recently about the
legendary singer - Michael Jackson -
nicknamed ''King of pop''. The documentary
was called 'the changing faces of Michael'. It
talked about how his face changed over the
course of his live from when he became a
teenager to an adult. Many abused him for
trying to change what God gave him and
how he hated to be a black man etc. But what
I saw was not a man who had too much
money to spend on his vanity but a little boy
who had self esteem issues.
His low self esteem started when he was a
child. When he was called big nose - not by
outsiders but by his family. He grew up
becoming self conscious of his nose.
Everywhere he went his nose hindered him
from moving forward. He kept asking his
older sister as he grew if she felt his nose
was too big - she comforted him by saying he
would grow into it. That was not enough for
him, he was in the public eye and he just
wanted to be perfect. If his family thought he
was not perfect then what does the public
think? By the time he became a teenager and
had money of his own without his controlling
father - he decided to take care of the one
thing that he felt was holding him back - his
nose. And that's when the trouble started.
Many times we grow up being nicknamed
something. It would start out as a joke - but
have you considered the person it is directed
at? Even adults feel self conscious when you
point out a flaw on them how much more
children. My little brother was called - frying
pan ears for a long time. His ears were so big
and flappy that we joked so much about it. He
would cry and fight that his name is not
frying pan ears. I bet if he had enough money
and we called him frying pan ears enough he
would do something to fix it, to make himself
perfect. I grew up being called 'bakassi'. I
hated the name so much that I wore baggy
clothes for a long time. I learned to immune
myself from the ridicule and grew into a
confident (but very sarcastic) woman but
every now and again I wondered if my bum
was not too big for my body. Who knows
maybe if I had crazy money I would go for
reduction (nah........)
But my point is, we need to be careful how
we ridicule and bully children all in the name
of play. Yes it may have been a joke but you
never know what goes on in the mind of a
child. Fear is a horrible thing and we all feel a
need to please people around us (of course
till will grow up and realise - nobody matters
but us). For some it may have been too late to
realise this, for others who were lucky (like
me) they overcame the urge to please
everyone. Our children are very vulnerable
and in a world where almost everyone has
become vain and feel the need to be perfect
(who knows what perfect is sef?), we need to
help boost our children's confidence. Not only
girls, but even boys. Now, my son has big
ears and long head, but instead of ridiculing
him, I just tell him - your ears are big and
perfect enough to hear everything mummy
says and that head is full of brains to become
the next Bill gates and he always lights up.
Compliment your child today. No one is
perfect not even you.