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wao!. am happy to be back on this thread since last year. hope u guyz are doing great

we are geting there. naija will be great again

Congrats bro save urself frm Embarrasment. Time for Isaak Success and Iheanacho to step in

Modu oooo

Waooo

Come back pls let us give u a befiting farewell

Help! Help!! Help!!! This thread is about to be derailed.

#thethreadis4nobody&everybody.

@Icon,Safarigirl,SuperNerd,AIG7,Thegoodjore and Oga Landlord Joseph1013 you guyz must save this thread o










Back to ghost mode

How is that a trouble?

See how Mikel is looking @Enyeama like bros sorry I know what u are passing through

No Rabiu?

One chance

I pray and promise to make my mama proud just like Vincent Enyeama.

Add all this 200 - 400 meggawat to our national grid and see how power will improve in Lagos

Hello guyz pls when when is the pop exam ending??

Iheanacho is a superstar in "making" sure
But he's not there yet. Pls guyz he's still a wonder kid don't compare him with matured Aguero, CR7 Mesi and even lowest Borny. He will get to their status soon, but don't let us rush him

TheSuperNerd:
I have a little hunch Nacho might not start tonight or may not even play.............

Hey! I don't know.... It's just a hunch......

I don't know why I feel this way.

He's nothing near the starting line up

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CHIBOK GIRLS! Shekau’s uncertain fate delays negotiations
September 20, 2015 at 4:05 am in News FacebookTwitterSMSWhatsApp
By Soni Daniel,
Northern Region Editor
Is Abubakar Shekau, the acclaimed leader of Boko Haram, alive or dead? This is the question that is reverberating within the camps of the terrorist organisation and causing unease among  top leaders and members of the group, which has been killing and maiming since 2009.
Shekau has not been seen in action for a long time, fuelling speculation that he might have been killed or fatally wounded in battle with the Nigerian armed forces.
The Department of State Security Service (DSS), under the Jonathan administration, had announced the death of the Boko Haram leader many times, and many times he resurfaced in poorly produced videos, claiming he was alive and could not be killed.
The military and intelligence organisations in Nigeria, however, have chosen  to work with the premise that Shekau is alive and must be driven to his early grave for the Boko Haram war to  end.
To them, the capture of the terrorist commander, dead or alive, remains a top priority that must be accomplished before the end of the year to prove to the world that the Buhari administration has no room for compromise with evil.
But Shekau has not featured in any video or released any message to his followers or the Nigerian government in the past four months, as he used to in the past.
His leadership of Boko Haram  came under serious contention in August when the Chadian leader,  Idriss Deby, announced that Shekau was no longer the leader of Boko Haram, having been replaced by one  Mahamat Daoud, an hitherto unknown name in the rank and file of the sect.
Deby, who spoke on the occasion marking the 55th  anniversary of his country, said, “There is someone apparently called Mahamat Daoud, who is said to have replaced Abubakar Shekau and he wants to negotiate with the Nigerian government.”
But close to two months, the said Daoud has neither openly accepted the leadership position given him nor made any statement relating to the organisation.
No leader of the group has also made any comment concerning the olive branch extended to the group by the Buhari administration to come forward for dialogue with a view to releasing the over 200 girls the violent men took from their hostel in Chibok, Borno State  in April 2014.
Findings by Sunday Vanguard showed that the fear of  Shekau was responsible for the non-emergence of a new leader even as it has appeared that Shekau has not been seen in the public for many months running.
A source with knowledge in the affairs of the group said the influence of the Boko Haram leader  still looms large and will continue for a long time even if the man was not physically seen by his followers.
One of the sources said: “The fear of Shekau is so pervasive to the extent that no one would dare to declare himself the leader of the group even if he does not show up for a long time to come.
“You can also be sure that no one would go forward to negotiate with Nigeria if Shekau does not give the necessary directives for such a dialogue. What has been happening is that individuals within the Boko Haram camps have been making informal contacts with the Presidency with a view to ending the crisis.
“But as a group, Shekau has not given any formal order for its commanders and leaders to open negotiations with the Nigerian government.”
There were claims ‘last night, that if anyone not authorised by Shekau declared himself as the leader of the group, his  commanders could eliminate such person within 24 hours, apparently to prove that his group is in control of the architecture of the terrorists network within and outside Nigeria.
“I tell you that no person is bold enough to come and claim Shekau’s position despite his disappearance from the scene for a long time. Everyone still defers to him. Whether dead or alive, Shekau holds the key to  the Boko Haram establishment. As it is, anyone who dares to speak against him could be a dead man in the next 24 hours. That is how powerful, feared and adored the man, Shekau, is perceived by his followers in and outside Nigeria,” one source explained.
The stalemate in the Boko Haram camp notwithstanding, the Buhari administration is pressing ahead with a mindset to pound the insurgents from land and air while holding out its olive branch for dialogue.
While in France, last week, President Muhammadu Buhari made it clear that while he was ready to discuss a ceasefire with the sect, he was not in a hurry to open talks with phantom groups but with the real leaders of the group to avoid the mistakes of the past where the Presidency was made to part with hundreds of millions of taxpayers’ money in the name of negotiating with the terrorists.
For instance, in one of such tactless outings, last year, a top Presidency official was said to have made Nigeria to part with at least $23 million (about N2.3 billion) under the guise of sealing a ceasefire with Boko Haram leaders in Ndjamena, the Chadian capital.
But shortly after a former Chief of the Defence Staff and a principal staff in the Presidency had announced the deal, the real Boko Haram leaders came out to disown the ceasefire.
Cautious approach
That suspicion between the government and the sect is yet to clear and that may be responsible for the cautious approach  deployed by both sides in the current move to  secure  a dialogue.
“It is true there has been an informal line of communication between the Presidency and the sect members but the leadership has not mandated anyone on its behalf to begin discussions with the government,”a source explained.
“Unlike before when the DSS, Office of the NSA and other agencies of the Presidency were all reaching out to even phantom groups and individuals claiming to be representing the sect and claiming non-existing peace, this president has not made any formal contact with the sect yet.
“Neither the military nor the security agencies have made any direct discussion with any sect leader so far.
“What you are seeing now is being done out of the suspicion by some of the key sect leaders that the current heat being unleashed by the military could destabilise the strongholds of Boko Haram and render them ineffective if they don’t end the war now on a negotiation table.”
It was learnt that some of the sect members, who have managed to reach out to the Buhari administration, had also suggested ways in which the planned negotiation could be carried through to avoid the high level of suspicion and subterfuge which ruined previous efforts at dialogue in the past.
Buhari, it was learnt, is shocked at the level of penetration of the sect in the North-East communities as a result of the indoctrination of ignorant  persons thereby prolonging the decimation of the sect by the military.
The sustained military offensive by the Buhari administration is also said to be creating some discomfort in the sect’s camps, forcing some shaken militants to surrender on their own to the government side, according to information from the Centre for Crisis Communication, CCC, which issued a statement in Abuja last week.
It was learnt that the Federal Government was studying the possibility of raising a credible committee to handle fresh dialogue with the sect with a view to ending the crisis once and for all.
Concession
It will be recalled that while addressing Nigerians resident in France on Tuesday, Buhari had admitted that his administration had begun negotiation with Boko Haram with a view to ending the violence and destruction in the North-East.
The President said he was particularly worried over the fate of the 219 Chibok school girls believed to be still in the custody of the terrorists almost two years after they were seized from their hostels in Borno State.
Last week, Senator Shehu Sani, who represents Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, raised  the hope that the Chibok girls were alive but urged Buhari to take steps to rescue them before ending the Boko Haram war.
He pleaded with the Presidency to concede something to the terrorists in its bid to get back the girls and end the war.
According to him, the sticky issue has always been the refusal of the government to release the top commanders of the sect, which remains a key demand of the sect.
While welcoming the decision by the Buhari administration to open discussions with the sect, Sani advised government to ensure that the negotiating team was made up of people capable of bringing the insurgents to the negotiating table.
The senator said, “We need credible personalities who have some level of recognition or respect with the insurgents and a second team to oversee the terms of agreement to their full implementation.
“These are very much necessary to achieve success and put an end to insurgency. But we must make it very clear that we will not in any way surrender our sovereignty to any terror group.
“We will not concede any territory of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to any insurgent group, and we will not in any way jettison our secular principles as a democratic state. If these caveats are clear then we are all out for negotiations,” he said.
While explaining that the negotiation was needed mainly to free the Chibok girls and other persons kidnapped by the insurgents and also achieve a cease fire to give room for further dialogue, Sani asked the two sides to come to the table with an open mind and be ready to make concession.
“Negotiations require the government to be ready to make concessions by releasing some of the insurgents in return for the Chibok girls and other persons kept in captivity.”
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Match don start

What u guyz don't understand here is that; Fayose can not divert all Ekiti funds to this project. He is only laying down the foundation for the coming government to complete.
This is how state is being run in advance country. Do what ur own and let another pernson finish what u started

Wednesday that his administration would implement the recommendations of the Justice George Omereji-led judicial commission of inquiry without fear or ill will.

The commission was set up by the governor to probe the sale of Rivers assets and also look into other matters concerning the management of state resources by the past administration.

Wike also stated that his government would not allow financial crimes to be committed with impunity in Rivers, adding that the criticism against the panel will not deter him from taking decisions that will move the state forward.

Explaining that his administration was not the first to establish a commission of inquiry, he recalled that his predecessor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, set up the Justice Kayode Esho commission of inquiry and added that former governor Dr. Peter Odili appeared before the panel.

Wike, who spoke in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Opunabo Inko-Tariah, also recalled that Odili appeared before the Esho panel despite an alleged uncomplimentary remark credited to Esho on a perpetual injunction concerning him (Odili).

He dismissed allegations that the Omereji-led commission of inquiry was established to indict the immediate past governor, adding that the panel was set up based on relevant laws of the state.

“The implementation of the commission’s recommendations shall be devoid of fear or favour, affection or ill will. The refusal to appear before the panel is an admission of guilt. The allegation that the Justice Omereji’s commission of inquiry is a subterfuge to indict Rotimi Amaechi suffers from eclipse of reasoning and poverty of logic.

“Amaechi set up the Justice Kayode Esho’s commission and when former governor Peter Odili was invited, he obliged despite the fact that Justice Esho had made some uncomplimentary remarks about a perpetual injunction concerning Odili,” Wike said.

The governor added that he inherited a hobbling economy and a suffocating state treasury, even as he added that his administration would not allow financial crimes to be committed with impunity in the state.

He said, “The Omereji’s panel was set up to probe expenditures made by Amaechi’s government, which is what any responsible government will do because the tax payers’ money is not for one man, especially when certain financial transactions are opaque.

“It is even more important when the outgoing administration demurred to hand over or when there were no handover notes. The welter of criticisms by the APC in Rivers State is actuated by fear of exposure. It is just a hocus pocus.

“Governor Wike inherited a hobbling economy and a suffocating treasury. He provided the lifesaving machine and today, the state is recuperating. The sittings (of the panel) were not done clandestinely and all that was expected of Amaechi and his acolytes was for them to appear and prove their innocence.”

Wike, however, added that in establishing a panel of inquiry, he was “Only borrowing a leaf” from President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him (Buhari) as an embodiment of probity and rectitude.

http://www.punchng.com/news/ill-implement-panels-recommendations-without-fear-wike/

Manu: Oliseh should give Iheanacho a chance

Abuja - Kelechi Iheanacho should get an instant invitation to the Super Eagles because he's the sort of player the team needs at the moment, according to Nigeria U20 coach, Manu Garba.
The 18-year old scored his first goal for Manchester City over the weekend as he helped the former English champions to a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace in the English Premier League, despite being a late second half substitute.
His performance has inevitably sparked calls from Nigerian fans to have the youngster included in the next Super Eagles team - calls that are hugely supported by Manu Garba, Iheanacho's coach at the Nigeria U20's.
"Kelechi Iheanacho is the sort of player the coach needs at this point in time," Manu said, in reference to the Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh.
"We don't have good finishers (scorers) in the Super Eagles at the moment," Manu posited.
Also read: Pellegrini: Iheanacho's the reason I didn't replace Edin Dzek
Despite Iheanacho's obvious talent and his goal for Manchester City notwithstanding, not everyone will agree he's ready to make the leap to the Super Eagles just yet, seeing that he only played at the U20 World Cup last June and is only just making the City first team.
But Manu, who is credited to having discovered the forward when he was coach of Nigeria's U17's in 2013, believes the youngster is talented and good enough to play for Nigeria at senior level.
"He has all it takes to play for the Super Eagles," Manu continued, "The boy is a very talented player and if given the opportunity, he will surely break in to the Super Eagles," Manu told Brila FM.
The Nigeria U20 coach went further to stress that Iheanacho should also be given a chance with Nigeria's U23 team.
"I also think he's equally good to play for the U23, he's the kind of player the coach needs at this point in time," Manu added.
- News24

There are indications that the government of United States of America (USA) is set to partner the Nigerian film industry, popularly called Nollywood, particularly in the areas of co-production treaties, protection of Intellectual Property rights and distribution, among others.
The US Assistant Secretary of State on Economic and Business Affairs, Ambassador Charles Rivkin, dropped this hint when he and his team met with a high-powered 6-man delegation of Nollywood on Wednesday, at The George Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, to discuss the challenges and economic prospects of Nollywood and how the US government can begin to officially partner the third largest film-making nation in the world.
According to Rivkin who was a former US Ambassador to France, his visit is to find a common ground between Nigeria and the USA in various sectors, including Nollywood, pointing out that the US was very much concerned about the issue of piracy and Intellectual Property protection in the sector.
“My visit today is one of a long line of engagements with U.S. in coming years and there will be other opportunities to collaborate on mutual interests. We will look at the issue of co-production treaties between our countries, getting your country to ratify and domesticate relevant World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaties for the protection of Intellectual Properties especially online;
getting big US production studios to invest in Nollywood particularly in the areas of cinemas and other forms of distribution in conjunction with bodies like Netflix among other symbiotic relationship,” Rivkin stated.
The Nollywood delegation included Alex Eyengho (President, Association of Nollywood Producers, ANCOP, and Vice President of the International Federation of Film Producers’ Associations, FIAPF), Zik Zulu Okafor (President, Association of Movie Producers, AMP), Adeyinka Oduniyi (Vice President, Independent Television Producers Association, ITPAN), Gab Okoye, alias Igwe Gabosky (President, Motion Picture Distributors of Nigeria, MOPIDON), Andy Amenechi (President, Directors Guild of Nigeria, DGN) and Nobert Ajaegbu (Leader, Film and Video Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria, FVPMAN).
Ejike Asiegbu who was to represent the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria (AGN) missed his flight from Abuja to Lagos. Ambassador Rivkin who was in Nigeria for a 3-day State visit had earlier met with the Presidency, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Trademark, Patents and Designs Registry (TPDR), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Rivkin is a friend to the film industry and has a background in the business (as an executive with Jim Henson’s production company – i.e the Muppets).

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/a-new-dawn-as-american-govt-partners-nollywood/

If Sterlin is 20 with four children then I am 15 becouse I just got a child

Hahahaha am loving this. Keep it up sir's this thread will grow grow and grow more than the under20 thread. Kudos to Sir Icon brought this argument over Heanacho and this set of Under20. Now the thread is becoming lively.

Shout out to Safarigirl,Joseph,Thegoodjoe AIG and all other lead role actors in the room

1-0 hammed Musa(pen)

INTROVERT:
Moral of the story.... avoid unprotected sex and if possible avoid sex totally, giving head and bjs






As 4 me if I discover my fiancee is hiv+, it's a big byebye. it's my life, my decision

Boob Surcking nko?

Last Saturday, I was a member of a panel of discussants at a youth forum. One of the questions that came via SMS was from a young man who claimed his fiancée is HIV positive, what should he do? In my response, I said the first issue is, does he love the lady sufficiently enough to want to spend the rest of his life with her? If the response is yes, then he should deal with the HIV issue along with the other issues people involved in courtship should deal with.
First, courtship is a time for them to get to know each other well enough to decide whether or not to get married. Do they share similar interests and core values? Are they friends? Are they ready to put up with each other’s short comings for the rest of their lives…? Marrying an HIV positive person does come with sacrifice and strict discipline, but the couple can live normally like other married couples and give birth to HIV-free children.
Other panelists spoke in similar vein, with the reverend gentleman in the panel stressing the importance of the sacrificial nature of marital love. But one young man in the audience would have none of it. As far as he was concerned, we were talking theory. He said in practice nobody would take that “dangerous” plunge. He said he cannot even mention it to his parents, neither can anybody. I would have let the matter be, but he got a lot of applause and “go on” from the audience, which means, that is probably also the thinking of many people.
Now, let us leave prejudice and look at the facts. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the virus that causes HIV infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The virus can be spread through blood transfusion, seminal fluid, vaginal fluid and breast milk. AIDS did claim many lives in those days (about 35 million people worldwide with sub-Saharan Africa accounting for the bulk as at 2012), but over time, it is no longer the death sentence it used to be.
However, there is still no cure for AIDS, but effective treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART) can suppress the virus and help people with HIV live healthy, normal and productive lives. What challenges do HIV negative people with HIV positive spouses face and how do they overcome them? To start with, unprotected sex is out of it. Such couples should engage only in safe sex, that is, using condoms, to protect the HIV negative spouse.
Living with HIV and deciding to get married presupposes that you have chosen the option to live and therefore you are on ART, which reduces the amount of virus in your blood and body fluids. The treatment also greatly reduces the chances of transmitting HIV to the HIV-free spouse because of the reduction in viral load. One bitter truth, however, is that as long as there is sexual intercourse, the HIV-negative spouse is exposed to infection.
Some experts therefore advise that the HIV-negative spouse should take an HIV-prevention pill a day. Where there is reasonable reason to believe that the HIV-free spouse is exposed if, for instance, the condom breaks during sex, they should contact their physician immediately who will place the concerned spouse on the necessary drugs also referred to as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). So an HIV positive and HIV negative couple can have an active sex life.
The other major concern is that can they have healthy, HIV-free children? The answer is capital YES. But before we get to that let us acknowledge that the HIV virus can be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy, labour, delivery and breastfeeding. This is known as perinatal or vertical transmission and accounts for about 90 per cent of cases of HIV in children.
Having babies by such couples does not follow the normal process of intercourse since they should not have unprotected sex. The husband’s semen, therefore, has to be extracted and introduced into the wife. Once the woman gets pregnant, she should be on ART, especially after the first trimester. A prior effective ART regimen should have reduced her viral load thereby reducing chances of HIV transmission to the unborn baby. She will continue with her ART through pregnancy (based on doctor’s advice) and during childbirth to help reduce the chances of HIV transmission to the child.
It is not compulsory but advisable that she delivers via caesarian instead of normal birth to reduce the risk of infecting the baby. Anybody who has witnessed childbirth knows it is a bloody affair, and blood is one of the main vehicles of transmission of HIV. After childbirth, the baby also needs to be on ART for the first six weeks, especially, and undergo periodic test for HIV. Hopefully with all the precautions the baby will be HIV free.
The mother is advised not to breastfeed. Mothers’ breast milk is very important for babies, but the baby’s HIV-free status is more important. The other issue is that research is not yet conclusive on the long term effect of ART on the children.
So our friend who asked the question, there you have it. You have your decision cut out. Then to the young man in the audience who said we are speaking theory, there are some Nigerian couples in this situation and they are living normal lives with healthy, HIV-free babies. Many people ignorantly assume that all HIV carriers are homosexuals or promiscuous people; that is partly responsible for the lingering stigmatization. But this is not always the case.
Many innocently got infected through blood transfusion, sharing of body-piercing objects, clippers, promiscuous spouses/partners and unsterilized medical and dental equipment, etc. Many of those stigmatizing HIV carriers have been exposed to similar situations or were even more promiscuous, but escaped unscathed. Let us stop this stigmatization. Marriage (man and woman) is a personal choice and we should get used to people’s legitimate choices. Love conquers all.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/my-fiancee-is-hiv/

Naija has not even successfully arrange,try,or sentence a single BH all this years

Kabiru Sokoto - Awaiting trial(no update about his whereabout)

Ogwuche. - freed on acct of no strong evidence that he was guilty

Senator Ali ndume - chief sponsorer( untouchable)

Senator Zanna - co chief sponsorer (untouchable)

Former Governor Borno state. - the main patron( untouchable)

N'Djamena - A court in Chad sentenced 10 suspected members of Boko Haram to death Friday for a double suicide bombing in the country's capital N'Djamena in June.
"The 10 Boko Haram defendants have been condemned to death," according to the court's ruling in the first trial in Chad of presumed members of the Nigeria-based Islamist group.
- AFP

http://m.news24.com/Nigeria/National/News/Chad-sentences-10-suspected-Boko-Haram-members-20150828