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Honeycity:
why is this thread making the front page oh my!!!

so what's the big deal with it making front page?

Well, these people are beautiful but let us ask ourselves, would they feel so proud to display their pictures if they were not good looking? They probably wouldn't if they were ugly. Displaying your picture on your profile is more or less, showing off. There are far better looking people on nairaland but they choose to remain anonymous. The beauty of this site is the opportunity it affords people to speak and contribute anonymously and displaying your picture on it negates the whole purpose of the site  

eastman11:
I don't think she is marriageable. I met her in 2005 in a wedding ceremony and got friendly with her, after 2 days i called her to fix a date so we could know more of ourselves and she told me to send my driver to come pick her up from her house in Festac without even finding out whether i own a car.

yorubas say 'egbe eye leye'n woto' meaning birds of the same feather flock together - did you expect a star like her to be taking cabs or boarding molue or okada to come and meet you - the fact that she even gave you her number is enough proof that she is humble - you should have gone for your class in the first instance

so sorry this was posted in the wrong section. moderators pls help move it to the romance section

many atimes we hear people say 'i want to toast that girl' or a lady would say 'that guy toasted me' and we have come to see it as proper grammar rather than a slang. i however checked the dictionary meaning and nowhere did it say that the word 'toast' means 'asking a lady out' or 'asking to date a lady' so what is the origin of this popular slang? how did it come to become part of our vocaboulary?

i remember some years ago when i went to 9ja for a trip and i was returning to my base - so i carried some food stuffs which were meant to be delivered to other people when i arrive, then this lady customs officer checked my luggage and said i can't take the foodstuff because i didn't have 'quarantine certificate'. then my dad who was with me at the airport to see me off began to plead with the customs lady and to my greatest suprise the officer (a lady oh!) said "e shodun fun wa now" meaning 'give us something to celebrate christmas' (it was christmas period) so i had to part with some naira notes after which i was allowed to check in my luggage  

gej is a disgrace - how can the president of a nation dress in such a shabby manner?

it's funny princess kate (prince william's wife) did not make the list

@op - i feel you exagerrated some of ghadafi's achievements

Alamieyesiegha ! Alams for short!

Ojumiii:
missing and kidnapped, what is the different, if you are not kidnapped how will you miss

morons called police

grammatical blunder! check the log in your own eye before you see the speck in other people's eyes

Rastamann:
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A source close to the family has, however, alleged complicity of the family in Obi’s predicament.

“I have heard of some rumours that the abduction is meant to get a fair share of Obi’s fortune by some members of the family.

“Some of the family members are feeling left out in the sharing of the footballer’s money and have devised a way to get something,” the source, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN.


how are we even sure that is not mikel's father that planned that he should be kidnapped in order to get more 'mula' from his son  

Greenpro:
Alhaji Abdulmattalab is a seasoned bank with experience.

is good english so difficult to write? 

this thing called genevieve is so full of herself! At 35 she still thinks she is all-in-all. I don't blame her but those who are hyping her

shakomende:
Nigeria’s 50 Greatest Football Players according to Super Sport

1. Nwankwo Kanu
2. Austin Okocha
3. Sunday Oliseh
4. Rashidi Yekini
5. Segun Odegbami
6. Stephen Keshi
7. Emmanuel Amuneke
8. Finidi George
9. Christian Chukwu
10. Muda lawal
11. Peter Rufai
12. Daniel Amokachi
13. Taribo West
14. Uche Okechukwu
15. Teslim “Thunder”Balogun
16. Victor Ikpeba
17. Samson Siasia
18. Adokiye Amiesimaka
19Vincent Enyeama
20. Celestine Babayaro
21. Thomson Usiyan
22. Taiye ‘Taiwo
23. Henry Nwosu
24. Emmanuel Okala
25. Felix Owolabi
26. Haruna Ilerika
27. Joseph Yobo
28. Aloysius Atuegbu
29. Richard Owubokiri
30. Elkanah Onyeali
31. Patrick Ekeji
32. Best Ogedengbe
33. Bright Omokaro
34. Peter Anieke
35. Yisa Shofoluwe
36. Ben Iroha
37. Julius Aghahowa
38. Osaze Odemwingie
39. Albert Onyeawuna
40. Augustine Eguavoen
41. Sam Okwaraji
42. Obafemi Martins
43. Yakubu Aiyegbeni
44. Tijani Babangida
45. Tony Igwe
46. John Obi Mikel
47. Sam Garba Okoye
48. Friday Okoh
49. Etim Esin
50. Dan Anyiam

http://www.cp-africa.com/2011/06/20/supersport-nigerias-50-greatest-football-players/

Sam okwaraji should be higher on the list. Moreso, Kanu should not be number 1, and then how did yakubu make the list?

it's a pity the poster could only think of mordern day hip-hop videos - three classic musical videos
1. Sir Shina Peters - Ace
2. Adewale Ayuba - Bubble
3. King Sunny Ade/ Onyeka Onwenu - Wait for Me

i feel it depends on the amount of productive years a lady has left in her - for example, it is perfectly okay for a lady of 25 years and a guy of 23 years to marry. It's also okay for a lady of say 30 years old and a man of 28 years to marry but it's NOT okay for a man of 38 years to marry a lady of 40 years. What do you think peeps? 

Andre Uweh:
We had Buhari from Jan 1, 1984 till August 85.

point of correction - it was from Dec 31, 1983  

this is very silly! how did it make it to the front page?   - itunes is an international organisation and has always been available to all countries including Nigeria - just because you (the poster) was not aware of this does not negate the fact - moreso, there are several Nigerian artistes on itunes including Paul Dairo, King Sunny Ade, 9ice, Femi Kuti, Tosin Martins etc.  

not bad looking for a 35 year old  

it's been confirmed. AIT just reported he is ALIVE!

this sounds like a death knel for Obama

greateros:
MUMBAI: A Nigerian travelling with 67 "drug capsules" in his stomach died due to certain complications on board a flight, which had to make an emergency landing at the city airport on Thursday.

The Doha-Kuala Lumpur flight requested an emergency landing after the deceased, Chika Imaneal (26), started vomiting and fell unconscious.

Medical experts at the airport declared Chika dead on arrival. The airport authority informed the Sahar police about the death, who have registered acase of "accidental death".

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Nigerian-who-ingested-67-drug-capsules-dies-on-flight/articleshow/9489202.cms

ibos are so desperate they will do anything for money  

but the song sounds very nice! sentiments apart catchy tune! and one more thing, they say it's a gospel band so what has discrimination got to do with christianity ?

anything makes it to nairaland front page these days

hotstuff06:
Major turn-offs.
Please if you do not see anything wrong with these made-up faces, an evaluation of your makeup regimen is highly recommended.

they look like masquerades

shina peters started it when he sang it in his album 'Ace' "bobo mi americana, naija lo wa yi oo ee ee - wajo - afro juju lo gbode"

Guys i figured out another way to solve the puzzle. You see, the "missing" 1 naira is actually part of the 97 naira he used to buy the shirt. How do i know this? 97 divided by 2 = 48.5. If he returns the shirt, and gets a full refund and decides to give his parents the refund, it means he would be giving them 48.5 naira each. Now if he now gives each parent, 1 naira each from the 3 naira he is has left with him, it means each parent will have 49.5 naira each. Now 49.5 multiplied by 2 = 99. And if we now add the 1 naira which he still has with him to the this amount, it makes 100. End of story!

Here is it worked out mathematically:
97 divided by 2 = 48.5
48.5 x 2 = 97
48.5 + 1 = 49.5
49.5 x 2 = 99
99 + 1 = 100

Boss Ttdiamonds:
Guys, your answers are all wrong, You're just adding up the numbers from the beginin' , But the real case here is that he borrowed 100 naira, bought the shirt for 97 naira, gave both parents 1 naira each and now he's in debt of 1 naira cause the money dont add up to 100 again,

i.e #100 = intial debt and price of shirt
shirt bought for #97, ( 100 - 97 ) =3
now he has 3 naira with him

suppose he gives both mom and dad #1 each that means he'll be 49 naira indebted to both his mom and dad
49 + 49 = 98 + 1 = 99,
He's askin' for the missing #1

but what ya'll doin' is addin' up 97 + 3 which is not possible since he has returned #1 to each of his parents

the deal now is that he has #1 missing help him find the #1, Cant ya'll do math,

since u are claiming the puzzle has not been answered, why not tell us the "answer"? The truth is that the so called puzzle has been solved over and over again on this thread, even with more than one solution

further to my previous post, i discovered a much simpler way of solving the puzzle. Since the original debt is 100 naira, we deduct the 2 naira he gave his parents from the original debt. This leaves us with 98 naira. Then we deduct the price of the shirt he brought (97 naira) from the remainder and we are left with 1 naira which is what he has left with him. So there is no missing naira. This is how it works out:
100-2=98
98-97=1

Looking at it from another angle, if he decides to return the shirt and get a full refund, he will have 97 naira. If he adds the 1 naira he has on him to the 97 naira he would have 98 naira. Now he is owing both parents 49 naira each since he has already given them 1 naira each. Now (49+49=98) so if he uses 98 naira he has on him to pay, he would be left with nothing since he has already paid 2 naira out of the debt.
This is how it works out
97+1=98 (49+49)
100-2=98
98-98=0

Ivynwa:
It's simple, you only complicated it to muddle the brain up.
Now let's solve it
If you borrowed 50naira each from mum and dad and returned 1naira to both of them, that means that all you borrowed from them is 49 each.
Okay 49+49= 98
You bought a shirt for 97naira and kept 1 naira  which still equals 98. So you see there's no missing naira because what you worked with is 98 because 2naira was returned from the original 100naira. There you are. Ivynwa claps We got you at your own game!

i think this is the BEST answer. The poster confused us by making us believe that the debt he owed was 100 naira when in fact the debt he owed was 98 naira. He had already returned 2 naira out of the original 50 so he owes just 98 naira. If he bought the shirt for 97 naira, we simply need to add the 1 naira he has left with him to the 97 naira (amount of the shirt) and we would get 98 naira which is what he actually owes.
Here is it worked out;
50 -2 = 98
98-97=1
1+97=98