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hardywaltz:
Lol
U think say we be mumu?
Nobody go click that your link

jamex93:
Jesus!


which day dem start dis kind nonsense for osun

na wa o

believer01:
i am a regular member on nairaland and i create this user to remain anonymous. i need mature guys and ladies to advise me on a way forward.
dont mind my grammar and typographical errors

i have been dating this guy since our 100level days in school, most people fear in school is that school relationships ends at the gate but our did'nt end at the gate. we went for youth service and still continue with our lovelife though the relationship was collapsing during service year but we built it up again and everything was okay after service. i happened to serve in his state and i was retained after service which makes us to start staying in the same town.
In school all our focus was to finish school, serve and get a good job. marriage was not really discussed cos i was thinking it was too early and since we were doing fine for 7years i believe marriage is inevitable (i hope that word is correctly use). there is one thing i discovered after service
1. he is not ready to talk about marriage not because he is tired of me or anything (cos i know i am one of the best things that has happened to him) but cos he believe he must have millions of naira in his account.
2. he believes the tradition of not marrying early in his family could also delay his marriage even though i have met almost all his family members.
3. he brings up quarrel or another issue when i bring up visiting my family even though he has met them twice.


my questions:
1. should i wait till "forever" when he will be ready to discuss/ready for the marriage?
2. i love him but now i have offers from different guys and i know the offers won't last forever(i have turn down 2 already). should i stay and pray he comes to his senses or leave him?
3. we are so closed to each other and understand each other so well that it will be difficult to understand anyone else like that.
4. am not against him having millions of naira but "money is never enough" his friends that are not as okay as himself are getting married already.
5. am not trying to rush him into marriage but how am i to know i won't regret waiting until when he will be ready? what if he leaves me after the long wait?

7years relationship now. plssss no insult we all do crazy things for love but we learn everyday and i believe this forum will give me the candid answer i seek

Aisha Buhari may be known as a woman full of grace, elegance and class. But beyond that what lies ahead are stark contradictions, confusion and uncertainty.

While the President’s body language and actions tackle luxurious lifestyles, his wife, the First Lady, Aisha Buhari and his fifth daughter, Zahra Buhari have chosen to tow a certain path that does not conform to the gospel of the modest President.
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^{Zahra Buhari}

In February, earlier this year, Zahra Buhari, the fifth daughter of President Buhari and Aisha Buhari was thrown into the spotlight for the wrong reasons following pictures of her in a supposed expensive clothing store abroad. Several other pictures of Zahra flooded social media websites and rather than for the right reasons, they contradicted the claims of his father, President Muhammadu Buhari who declared his assets in December 2014.

“I have at least one million naira in my bank, having paid N5.5 million to pick my form from my party. I have around 150 cattle because I am never comfortable without cows. I have a house each in Kaduna, Kano, and Daura which I borrowed money to build. I never had a foreign account since I finished my courses in the USA, India and the UK. I never owned any property outside Nigeria. Never.” – General Muhammadu Buhari (Dec. 2014)
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^{For the wrong reasons, Zahra Buhari’s luxurious taste revealed}

Prior to his asset declaration in December, 2014, President Buhari wailed and showed his displeasure at the ‘expensive’ nomination form of his party which stood at 27.5 million naira. The President claimed he never had such ‘huge’ amount of money and would turn to purchase a bank loan.

“It’s a pity I couldn’t influence this amount to be put down as in the case of ladies and the disabled that intend to participate. I always looked left and right in our meetings but I could not read sympathy, so I kept my trap.

“But I felt heavily sorry for myself because I don’t want to go and ask somebody to pay for my nomination forms, because I always try to pay myself, at least for the nomination.

“N27 million is a big sum, thankfully I have personal relationship with the manager of my bank in Kaduna and early this morning, I put an early call (and) I told him that very soon the forms are coming, so, whether I am on red, or green or even black please honour it, otherwise I may lose the nomination.

“I was about to go to Kaduna this morning and I told the Chairman (John Odigie-Oyegun) but he said in that case, you better pick your form and keep a straight face. That means there is no excuse,” General Muhammadu Buhari (October, 2014)

In January 2015, it was discovered that Zahra Buhari is living and studying in the University of Surrey, UK, where her tuition and expenses are allegedly up to £30,000, approximately N8m annually. Why this is debatable, the pictures of Zahra could as well explain what seems amiss and could explain the luxury we know nothing about

In February, Aisha Buhari donated drugs worth N135m to the Internally Displaced Persons camps in Adamawa State. Although this is an act of generosity and great service to humanity, one must be recalled to see the irony in this. That Aisha could donate N135m a month after Muhammadu Buhari claimed he does not have N27m to purchase his nomination form is thought provoking.
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^{(L), AISHA SYMPATHISING WITH IDPs NURSING MOTHER MRS SARAYA MARKUS (NAN)}

Buhari have been touted severally to be a saint that cannot afford even a house. He claimed his houses were built with borrowed sums;

"I have a house each in Kaduna, Kano, and Daura which I borrowed money to build. I never had a foreign account since I finished my courses in the USA, India and the UK. I never owned any property outside Nigeria. Never.” – General Muhammadu Buhari (Dec. 2014)

Perhaps the President is too proud to share finance with his wife. One must quickly point that Aisha Buhari is a trained aesthetician. She obtained a diploma in Beauty Therapy from the Carlton Institute of Beauty Therapy, Windsor, United Kingdom and a certificate course from the French Beauty School, Esthetique Academie Dubai. With this in mind, Aisha’s Spa in Wuse 2, Abuja may not be enough to comfortably dish out N135m to charity save she also purchased a bank loan like Buhari.

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Aisha’s official portrait which was released on May 29, Nigeria’s inauguration has left thousands of Nigerians and the international community talking. With a seeming Cartier Baignoire Folle 18 carat White Gold Diamond ladies watch valued at 34,500 pounds (N10.4m) hanging on her wrist. It would be impossible to say the Buharis are indeed an average Nigerian family.
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^{Cartier Baignoire Folle 18 carat White Gold Diamond}

While Nigerians are earnestly waiting for the ‘Change’ they voted, hopes and dreams have been entrusted to the newly elected President. Again, Aisha Buhari has been the rave of the moment with the recent diamond watch scandal.

Whatever it is the Buharis are not telling Nigerians about their wealth, Nigerians would only assume that the present administration is not too far from proving to Nigerians that they have indeed been deceived yet again.

Chanchit:
@sanchez01, would be releasing my first official single in two weeks time with a world class producer, would. Give you a mention when. Link is ready.

Chanchit:
@Op, you are 100% on point, all the points are very valid, but I would like to talk on that 100k for 5tracks, artists need to stop wasting money on whack producers, they are too much in Nigeria but I guess its a phase nearly every struggling upcoming artist must pass through, after wasting you money on them twice, them no go teach you before you pick race.

Before you start dreaming of making those bucks and aspiring to go out into the spotlight, you must understand that music has a price. The icons and greats of the music world paid certain prices and you must understand that the standard has not fallen, neither has it reduced. Music is obviously challenging and it is not something to be rushed into. For upcoming acts who have dreamt of making it big in the overhauled music industry, here are a few tips to know:

Do NOT put money first: An average Nigerian artiste readily dreams of the spotlight before he heads to the studio to make his first recording. Just like every occupation, a proper set up is required before the money comes flowing in. The implication of putting money first could result to early frustration and bailing out easily. This has affected and ruined many potential ‘stars’ as they have been disappointed first hand. Some who were privileged to attend shows as ‘small’ as street “jamz” and street carnivals ended up killing their once promising career as they charged 30-50k. I could remember interviewing the late Da Gin (RIP) and he mentioned to me that he attended a lot of shows for free just because he needed to make himself known. Money is good and needed, but let it come later.

Create your target audience: Unfortunately, MOST artistes, upcoming and the established don’t have this. Music is much of a brand as well as an art, and as such, creating a target is paramount. The big questions one must ask before making any recording should be

Whom is this track/song/piece for?
Who should listen to this and who should not?
Why should they listen to this piece? And
When should they listen to this piece?
By putting these questions into consideration, you’re unconsciously building a target audience for each of your tracks. Don’t just walk into that booth because the beat seems nice.

Do a market survey of your genre: Don’t just take to the booth for singing sake. The need to do a survey of how marketable your genre would be is crucial. Sample the opinions of people around you, get that of people whom you’re not familiar with as well and do a background check on artistes who have walked that path. How did they fare? How are they faring? These two questions should be well analysed, lest you make a horrible mistake.

Strive to make your song timeless: Timelessness is critical to recording. I have heard several upcoming artistes tell me they stumbled on a song by ‘inspiration’. As much as inspiration is crucial to recording, critical thinking is also required to ‘cooking’ a hit. Inspiration will not cause your audience to listen to you. Hence, the need to put certain considerations into place. When recording avoid placing emphasis on trending words/slangs and beats/instrumentals breeding trending dance moves. The eventual implication for this would mean your song would fade even as the trend fades. The goal of every artiste is to leave an ever green that would speak for them even when they are no longer around.

Put your vocal strength to use: One annoying thing about some local artistes is that they lack vocal prowess, and as such, the need to pitch becomes “Mission Impossible III”. This best explains why some of them adopt ‘auto tune’ and heavy instrumentals. Songs should not be recorded in a hurry. If you lack strong vocals, suspend your recording, look for a vocal trainer who would help you hit the right notes and give more appeal to your piece.

Avoid using musical clichés: The saddest, most pitiable and most used lines of upcoming acts bothers on ‘Champagne’, ‘Bentley’, ‘Girls’, ‘Cash’, ‘Fresh’, ‘Balling’, etc. Nobody cares if you’re fresh, if you’re popping Champagne or if you have a Bentley. You want to become a star, do so without using repetitive lines and give us reasons to listen to your piece.

Put quality first, not quantity: I have seen and I know upcoming artistes who would prefer to spend 100k on 6 tracks (20k per track plus extra), than spend the same amount on one track and collect the ‘change’ left. What most upcoming acts do not understand is that your moment is not in the number of tracks you have recorded but the quality of your piece. Your goal as an upcoming act is to get a good producer, preferably a reputable one who is well versed in your chosen genre. While this is a good idea, remember that the more reputable they are, the more expensive they would be.

Keep your instrumentals simple and beatable: This is perhaps the greatest reason why Nigerian artistes don’t welcome live beats during shows. A typical Nigerian artiste will lip sync and walk to-and-fro the stage like an American charismatic pastor in church. Problem is, most artistes have no prior musical background other than “I started singing at the age nine in my father’s living room.” Perhaps our artistes, if not all, would struggle without going off-beat. Complicated beats may be impossible to put together during a live performance. Take note.

Humility is key: Last but not the least, the greatest gift any man can possess amidst fame and power is staying humble! I have lived to see several ‘bedroom super stars’ disgrace themselves and ‘ordinary’ people for one reason – I’m a star! Ordinarily, lyrics and good looks could cause you to rise to stardom but humility is a main ingredient to keeping you there. What you must understand is that stardom is a row call; today it belongs to you, another day it belongs to that hustler trying to get his songs on the radio. This is perhaps the reason artistes are long forgotten when they fall off from stardom. Some go as far as isolating themselves from long term friends, partners and other upcoming acts. Remember, today’s rag was yesterday’s best attire.

Daviewonder:
Seun needs to create a way to like a post more than once! I would av liked nothing less than a thousand times. I doff my heart for u bro

ojimbo:
na so talk cheap

dhope:
am confused if it is a sin or not to eat meat of animal whose blood was nt made to flow out when it was killed. i understand we are no more under d boundage of law as dis is era of grace where what goes into our body doesnt make us unclean but what comes out of our mind and body. but can we say it doesnt matter to eat such meat since christ also confirmed it dt he didnt come to scrap d law. pls i need ur contribution.

ojimbo:
"You know what is hilarious? That Noah was the only person on the planet who had a boat of any size."

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The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has warned security details attached to government officials against engaging in as domestic chores for their principals. Arase gave the warning at an interactive session with police inspectors and other rank and file personnel selected from commands nationwide at the Police Headquarters in Abuja.
He advised the cadre to respect themselves and the Nigeria Police Force by not engaging in menial jobs for their principals. “I have directed the commissioner of police in-charge of the airports that if they find any of you carrying boxes (of VIPs) and rifles, and dragging them all over the place, they should arrest you and you will be punished.’’ Arase said henceforth only government officials would enjoy police protection.

“Those of you who are posted to VIPs, on no account should you carry their bags and on no account should you act as domestic servants to them. “You are police officers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and they must respect you as such. “Your uniform must be respected, anybody who wants to hire a domestic help should not use our policemen who are sent to protect them as domestic help,’’ he said.

Arase said the interacting was organized to enable the personnel to interface with the management team for better working relations as well as to enable them to table their problems. He used the occasion to intimate them of the vision of the police under his leadership, including the war against corruption and enforcement of the ban on roadblocks. He assured them that their welfare would be given priority attention as a way of encouraging them to discharge their duties effectively.

Arase further promised that the police had concluded plans to provide them affordable accommodation through the police mortgage and cooperative at not more than N3.5 million. He said that after the inauguration the new government on May 29, a number of policemen would proceed on training preparatory to the promotion. However, the IG said that the welfare of police personnel would be based on good conduct and hard work.

“Your professional conduct is going to mean so much to the current administration in the police,’’ he said. He warned them against disobeying traffic rules, saying: “If you are going to enforce the law, you must obey the law before you start enforcing the law.’’ Commenting on the indiscriminate use of siren, the Arase directed policemen in the field to arrest those not authorized to use siren.

“Anywhere you are doing your duty and found those not authorized using the siren; I am giving authority for you to arrest them. “You must not hold horsewhips or sticks to assault anybody on the highways,’’ he said. Addressing the personnel, the Deputy Inspector-General In-charge of Finance/Administration, Mr Hilary Opara, said more than 35,000 of officers in the rank and file cadre would be promoted.

South African President, Jacob Zuma, on Thursday in Maputo apologised to Mozambique for the recent xenophobic attacks against foreigners living in South Africa, in which three Mozambicans died.

Mr. Zuma, who was on a two-day state visit to Mozambique, said such acts had no justification, taking into consideration the brotherhood ties between the people of the two nations.

He said from all indications the attacks were committed by a minority group that does not represent the whole South Africa.

“It is important for us to apologise for the acts of a small minority of South Africans which does not represent the desire of South African people,” Mr. Zuma said. “We have good relations with a number of countries, including Mozambique, and we never had problems.”

Oldemiro Baloi, Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, said during the talks between Mr. Zuma and Mozambican President, Filipe Nyusi, both countries agreed to reinforce and improve the implementation of agreements so far signed.

He said both leaders went through the latest events that mark both nations, among them, xenophobia and deportation, and they concluded that they must improve communication so that such acts are reduced to the lowest incidents as possible.

Mr. Baloi said the two countries also talked about the political and economic situation between the two nations, as well as their presence in the Southern Africa Development Community.

The Minister said his president has accepted an invitation for a state visit to South Africa, issued by Mr. Zuma during the talks.

He said during his stay, Mr. Zuma would also address the Mozambican Parliament, the Assembly of the Republic.

Mr. Zuma had lived in Mozambique during the struggle against the South African Apartheid regime, until its independence in 1994.

Mozambique became one of the African National Congress’ rear bases in the southern African region during the struggle.

Proffdada:
Artwork

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^{Aruna at 25}
A Mumbai nurse who was in a vegetative state for 42 years after being sexually assaulted while working in a hospital has died, authorities said Monday.

Aruna Shanbaug, 67, suffered severe brain damage when she was sodomized and strangled with a metal chain by a hospital worker in 1973. The man, a ward attendant, left her to die in the hospital’s basement, where she was found 11 hours later. She was 25 years old at the time.

Shanbaug was diagnosed with pneumonia last week and was on a life support system for the past few days, said Pravin Bangar, medical superintendent at Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial Hospital.

Shanbaug’s case sparked a debate over India’s euthanasia laws after a Mumbai-based author and friend of the nurse petitioned the courts to stop force-feeding her through a tube so her suffering would not be prolonged.
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^{Aruna 42 years after}
India’s Supreme Court rejected the petition filed by Pinki Virani, who had sought euthanasia for Shanbaug, saying the court should “end her unbearable agony.”

The petition was opposed by nurses at the hospital, who took turns caring for her for more than four decades after Shanbaug’s family said they were unable to support her.

The attacker was released after serving a 7-year jail term.

Sexual violence is pervasive in India, and several high-profile cases of brutal gang rapes have brought the issue to the forefront of public debate.

A nun in her 70s was gang-raped by a group of men in the eastern state of West Bengal in March, leading to an outcry from the minority Christian community.

The rapes have sparked mass protests in the name of justice and accountability for sexual attackers, and better safety conditions for women in India.

jmoore:
How many votes did he get for Buhari in Rivers state?

jmoore:
Amaechi joined APC, Nov 2013. He is less than three years in APC. Therefore no role for him, huh?

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Researchers from University of Wyoming, USA led by Ms Dori Pitynski are investigating the effect of varying levels of dietary salt on the onset of puberty in rats. They found that rats fed a high salt diet (equivalent to 3 or 4 times the recommended daily allowance for humans) had a significant delay in reaching puberty compared to those fed a normal (low) salt diet. Interestingly, rats that had salt completely excluded from their diet also had delayed puberty.

Ms Pitynski and colleagues concluded that salt intake is necessary for onset of puberty but that excesses can affect reproductive health. Late onset of puberty can lead to behavioural problems, stress and reduced fertility.

To date, while work has been done on the effect of varying levels of dietary fats on puberty, nobody has yet looked at the effect of dietary salts. “Our work shows that high levels of fat and salt have opposite effects reproductive health” said Ms Pitynski. “High fat diet is thought to accelerate the onset of puberty but our work demonstrates that rats fed a high salt diet even with a high fat diet will still show a delay in puberty onset.”

Ms Pitynski, “our research highlights for the first time that the salt content of a diet has a more significant effect on reproductive health than the fat content.”

Recent guidelines from WHO state that populations around the world are consuming much more salt than is physiologically necessary, and certainly more that the WHO recommended daily allowance of 5 g of salt per day for adults.

Sodium is found naturally in a variety of foods, including milk, cream and eggs. It is also found, in much higher amounts, in processed foods, such as bread, processed meats like bacon, snack foods as well as in condiments such as soy sauce and stock cubes; which are becoming more prevalent in the Western diet. “Current salt-loading in Western populations has the potential to drastically affect reproductive health, and warrants further attention” said Ms Pitynski.

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The Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Dr. Stephen Mamza, on Sunday advised President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to consider only founding members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for appointment in his cabinet.

In his sermon at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church Bekaji, Yola, Mamza warned that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would sabotage Buhari’s government if they get appointments and could compromise his intending hard works towards a better Nigeria.

He said: “My special advice to the President-elect is that he should not give appointment to anyone that is less than three years in APC.

“This will help him to build a government that is based on the APC agenda, but if he makes the mistake of mixing his government with the PDP members who are in APC for appointments, he would disappoint those that elected him.

“If these PDP members that are running to APC are principled people, and they love democracy, they will remain in PDP and rebrand the party for the next elections. But rushing to APC confirmed that they are only in politics for their selfish interest and not for the development of the country”.

According to him, PDP members betrayed their party by defecting, describing it as “a sign of what they may do to the APC.

“I respect those PDP members that are still in PDP, they are the true democrat of this country”.

Maiduguri (Nigeria) – Boko Haram Islamists have recaptured the strategic town of Marte in north eastern Nigeria’s restive Borno state, a regional official said early on Saturday.

“It is sad as we have been made to understand that Marte has today completely fallen under the control of the insurgents, which to us is a very huge setback,” said Mustapha Zannah, vice governor of the Borno state.

The town, located along a strategic trading route between Nigeria and neighbouring Cameroon and Chad, has traded hands between the jihadists and government troops numerous times since 2013.

A regional military coalition of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon has claimed a series of major victories against Boko Haram since launching sweeping offensives against the jihadists in February.

But the Islamist fighters, who recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State extremists who have captured swathes of Iraq and Syria, have been pushing back.

The jihadists killed at least 55 people in two raids on villages near Maiduguri, the first assault on the northern city in three months.

“Even if 90 percent of our communities have been liberated, the war is not yet over,” Zannah cautioned early on Saturday.

Boko Haram’s six-year insurgency has claimed 15,000 lives and displaced about 1.5 million people.

StOla:
You have just been offered for free the best advice money can buy, but with the typical Igbo arrogance and stupidity, you beat your over-battered chest and claim supremacy.

You can't continue to despise 2 of the 3 biggest tribes in Nigeria and hope they will run after the great Igbo with the presidency.

Tinubu has said worse about Buhari in the Past, Amaechi has said worse about the broom party in the past, El Rufai has said worse about Atiku in the past. Yet, they know they need each other, and would readily let go of old and useless grievances to achieve their respective goals.

El Rufai was the Abuja Minister and kitchen cabinet member of the Obasanjo regime who frustrated Atiku when he decamped as VP to the party AC, from where he equally frustrated Obasanjo's 3rd term ambition.

Amaechi once referred to the broom party (ACN) as people who go about with broom yet they've left their houses unkempt.

With Political Humility, a once fiery Tinubu sought Obasanjo's support for his party. He bowed to Buhari, yet was the one who stood firm while Atiku tried to buy the APC's presidential ticket.

Amaechi was seen driving Elrufai with his own personal car.

El Rufai was seen stooping to the ground, discussing with Bisi Akande, the founding Chairman of APC.


All the examples above typify the intricate virtue of political humility among erstwhile political enemies.


When the Igbos have learnt to behave in a way that is nationally lovable, and display political maturity, I will proudly vote for an Igbo as President of a Nigeria they love and not hate.