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this is soooo funny!

it's a general knowledge that roadside tailors are better - fashion design colleges are just glorified tailoring outfits

Ghanaian trio named for Caf award

Gyan was one of the stars of the World Cup in South Africa
Three Ghanaian players including Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan have been shortlisted for the 2010 Caf African Footballer of the Year award.

France-based midfielder Andre Ayew and Kevin Prince Boateng of AC Mlian also were named in the ten-man shortlist.

They will face a tough challenge from three-time winner Samuel Eto'o from Cameroon and Chelsea's Ivorian duo of Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou.

Egyptian duo of Mohamed 'Geddo' Nagy and Ahmed Hassan were also named.

The three Ghanaians were instrumental for the Black Stars who were the only African country to reach the quarter finals of June's World Cup in South Africa.

Gyan and Ayew played in the young Ghana side that reached the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola in January.

Eto'o, who has already won the award three times from 2003-2005, helped Inter Milan to win the Uefa Champions League in May.

Drogba, who took the award in 2006 and 2009, was pivotal for the Chelsea side that won the English Premier League title in May.

The two Egyptian players were shortlisted for their contribution to the Pharaohs side that won the Africa Cup of Nations title for the sixth time.

Nagy and Hassan were also given the nod in the Best African player on the continent category.

TP Mazembe striker Dioko Kaluyituka was also nominated in this category for his contribution to the DR Congo side who are on the verge of retaining their Champions League title.

2010 Caf Awards shortlist:

Caf Player of the Year

Andre Ayew (Marseille/France, GHA), Kevin-Prince Boateng (AC Milan/Italy, GHA), Madjid Bougherra (Rangers/Scotland, ALG), Didier Drogba (Chelsea/England, IVC), Samuel Eto'o (Inter Milan/Italy, CMR), Asamoah Gyan (Sunderland/England, GHA), Ahmed Hassan (Al-Ahly/EGY), Salomon Kalou (Chelsea/England, IVC), Seydou Keita (Barcelona/Spain, MLI), Mohamed 'Geddo' Nagy (Al-Ahly/EGY)

Caf African Player of the Year

Oussama Darragi (Esperance/TUN), Michael Eneramo (Esperance/Tunisia, NGR), Ahmed Hassan (Al-Ahly/EGY), Dioko Kaluyituka (TP Mazembe/DRC), Mohamed 'Geddo' Nagy (Al-Ahly/EGY)

i have observed this trend over a period of time - it appears generally speaking, if the truth must be told, big ladies are more well behaved and make better wives than slim ladies - i think the reason for this is slightly - now before any thread bashing slowpoke comes here, this is not to say all slim ladies have bad characters - i'm talking of average here - it seems the fat lady feels she she has something lacking by way of physical look and feels she has to compensate for this by being well-mannered - the slim lady on the other hand feels is more secure in her self and hence does not really feel less of a need to please the world by way of good behaviour -

does any other person agree with this notion?

Help! The burden of this secret is too heavy for me! (Full story)
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Thursday, 04 November 2010

Dear Readers,
She has been worried with a shocking and sad secret which her sister-in-law confided in her.
The sad thing however is that she made her promise not to tell anyone because it involved her life.
She is confused, she needs your help.

NB: Thanks for your responses. This is the complete version of the story.


Monica Taiwo

Dear Taiwo,

PLEASE, help me. I am very sure you and your readers will help find a solution to this problem.

I am not directly involved but if anything happens the consequences would affect me severely. I must also be very careful so that I won’t put the person who is directly involved - my 17-year-old sister-in-law in trouble. She confided in me because she had no one to turn to and she had been given a serious warning not to divulge the secret or she would die.

I am sure you would understand the gravity of the whole issue after explaining or probably I am overplaying it.

I am a mother of three children, to the glory of God, I had my first two children without any problem. My marriage used to be a peaceful one, but few years into the marriage, my husband lost his job. Then, I was carrying my second child's pregancy (please I don’t want to mention names here for obvious reasons). I am a trained nurse, I have equally obtained my B.Sc Nursing degree and I have a good job. My husband also a graduate, had a banking job which he lost.

If he was patient, we could survive on my salary until God would provide another job for him, but few months after he lost his job, I started noticing that he became very restless especially after the business he tried to go into with the little money he had failed.

I also noticed that he started keeping some friends who I was not comfortable with. I tried raising these with him but he became aggressive. In fact, he became almost a total stranger to me.

I spoke with his mother and mine about this change in him (both of us had lost our fathers even before we got married) and I was advised to take things easy with him as he was probably disturbed with the things happening to him. About seven months after my perceived observation, things started picking up for him again and truly he became his normal self. He changed and he started a business. I don’t want to mention the business, so that no one can trace this story.

I had delivered my second child then. A baby girl. My first child was a boy and because we had agreed that we wanted two children. I was not prepared for another child.

When one of our very good days my husband and I were talking he raised the issue of his new friend and my initial opposition and hostility towards them. He also emphasised that he had them to thank for his change of station.

I made him realise that my opposition was not as a result of hostility but because I was not comfortable with them. We joked on a lot of things and we closed the topic.

It was later that I realised that probably my husband raised the issue of his friends with me to find out if I still held my suspicion and knew more than met the eye.

Although, I suspected a lot of things, but I was diplomatic with him, because I had learnt that their (his friends') issue was always a very delicate one, so, I decided not to raise my misgivings or say my mind.

My husband and I went to the same secondary school, we lived close to each other while we were growing up, so, to a large extent, we had common friends and I knew all his other friends. But the set of people that he met after losing his job I hadn’t met them before.

They had a suspicious aura around them and I suspected that they were either armed robbers or ritualists. When I later raised this with my mother, she advised that I should be prayerful, watchful and diplomatic and that was what I did when he raised the issue of his friends. Sincerely, I never trusted them or my husband's new business, but I kept praying and also kept my cool.

When my second child clocked two, my husband said he wanted another baby. Of course, I had to ask him why because we had already agreed that we would not have more children.

I couldn’t say what got over him on this issue, but I was really shocked with the way he went about it. I was advised to give birth to another child if that was what he wanted and what would restore peace in my home.

I am not God, I couldn’t make myself pregnant immediately. I eventually conceived about four months after, it was not an easy time for me.

It was like I hadn’t had a child before. The experience was worse than that of a first timer, and at a stage I was asked to resign from my job.

I had no problem about money and, sincerely, my husband took good care of me all the while. Because of my condition, I needed a house maid, but I was unable to get one. My husband then suggested that his cousin, who just finished her Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations but was unable to make the results required of her to go to higher institution. Her parents also needed help to send her to school if she eventually made her papers.

That was how she started living with us. She was a good, well behaved girl who related with me not like a sister-in-law but like so own blood sister, and I equally liked her to much. She really helped me before and after I was delivered of my baby-another boy.

About six months ago, I began to notice a change in her attitude; not towards me though. She suddenly became moody and she would sit down and steer into space. Once or twice, I caught her crying. I asked her several times what the matter was, but her reply was always nothing.

I called my husband's attention to his sister's change of attitude, he asked that I made her tell me what was going on, but since her reply was always nothing, he said I should mind my business and that when she was ready she would say what her problem was. I am very sure my husband did not think twice before saying this, little did he know that he was being philosophical.

One day, I went for evening service in the church, when I came back my sister-in-law was rolling on the bed in pains, I asked what was wrong with her, she said she had menstrual pains. I offered to give her drugs or take her to the hospital but she told me that her brother had already taken her to one. That was shocking. I asked her when he came back home, she said not quite long after I had left. I also asked if he did not see her in that condition before leaving her alone in the house, she said he did.

I was not convinced; I smelt rat. But there was no way to confirm my suspicion. My mind was far away from the shocking fact I later learnt. I was of the opinion that probably she got pregnant and had an abortion. Of course, that was what happened, but I never knew the person involved was my husband.

Two weeks ago, she asked to see me, my husband was out of town. Initially, I thought she wanted to leave but what she told me almost knocked breath out of me.

Before she said anything she made me swear with the Holy Bible not to tell a soul about what she was going to tell me. After much persuasion I did.

She told me that my husband had been having sex with her since the third week she started living with us. He made her swear on oath not to tell anyone as this could cause her and the other person death. My husband deflowered her.

And she had to abort two pregnancies for him. She reminded me of the day I came back from church and met her in pains.

The most shocking thing, however, is the fact that after sleeping with her, he would clean up the sperm with a white cloth and took it away. He also took away her used sanitary towels after each abortion. I almost fainted, but she kept begging me not to tell anyone except if she dies.

Taiwo, this is too much for me to take. My husband came back two days after she told me all these. I couldn’t pretend all was well. He had asked what was wrong with me several times and each time he did, he would look at his sister to see if she was around.

I noticed he has been trying to get her alone and she equally is avoiding him.

I am tired of this cat and mouse game. I am also afraid that something bad could happen to this lady.

I don’t know what to do or how to handle this.?
Please help me.

Amunike for NFF job
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Friday, 05 November 2010

FORMER international, Emmanuel Amunike is poised to be picked as one of the assistant coaches of the Super Eagles as more members of Nigeria’s ‘golden generation’ of the 90s are re-integrated into the country’s football establishment.

MTNFootball.com has specially gathered that Spain-trained coach Amunike is favoured to be the third coach of the Super Eagles as Samson Siasia will be allowed to pick his own number two man.

Amunike, two-goal hero when Nigeria defeated Zambia to win the 1994 Nations Cup in Tunisia, has already tried his hands in the domestic league with his former club Julius Berger and Ocean Boys.

“Amunike is strongly backed to be the assistant coach of the Eagles who will be appointed by the Nigeria football Federation (NFF),” a top official told MTNFootball.com.


http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/sports/13180-amunike-for-nff-job

Dear Agatha,

I am 25 years of age and still live with my parents at home. I won’t describe my parents’ marriage as ideal as my father is forever accusing my mother of having extra marital affairs. Sincerely, he isn’t off the target as my mother specialises in dating younger men.

Severally my father has had to send some young men away from our premises, who come asking to be employed as drivers. Since I spent the better part of my life away from home: entered into boarding school from JSS 1, beyond what I experience during the holidays and the complaints of my younger ones, I can’t say categorically that I know my mother very well.

All I know is that she is very fashionable and beautiful as well as a socialite. Unlike my father who is more into his children and home, my mother doesn’t care much about us.

We have all come to accept her for whom she is and the times I am at home or when my father comes to visit me in school. I always tell him not to bother too much about my mother. I often tell him that after 26 years as a couple he should be used to her ways by now.

It is an open secret that my father is the one keeping the marriage; my mother doesn’t care one bit about it. As a child, can’t recall when she went to the kitchen to cook, I don’t even know what the taste of her food is like. She is that bad.

Although I have always known my mother’s weakness for young virile men, not once did it occur to me that my mother is capable of sleeping with my own boyfriend.

About three months ago, I brought my fiancé home to meet my parents. He finished before me and travelled to England to further his studies. He came back about four months ago to ask for my hand in marriage. Since his parents were familiar with me, I brought him home to inform my parents of our intentions to spend the rest of our lives together. My father has also met him while he was still in school.

My mother was at home on the day he came. We all agreed on the day his parents would come to meet mine. Three weeks after, they came for formal introduction and to agree on a date for the introduction and wedding.

It was during the period of our wedding planning that I ran into my mother and fiancé coming out of a hotel close to the house of the caterer I contracted for the wedding.

While I was still trying to fathom what both of them could be doing in that place, my mother oblivious of who might be looking gave him a quick peck on his lips before zooming off in her car.

I didn’t need to be told what they had gone to do in the hotel. My boyfriend didn’t know what to say when I called out his name. Right there and then he confessed and started begging for my forgiveness. He claimed not to know how it all happened; that all he remembers is my mother inviting him over for discussions concerning the wedding plans.

I am pained and so confused. Agatha, our wedding is on December 18. I want to end it all. There is no way I can go ahead with a wedding to the man who has slept with my mother. The worst thing is my mother’s attitude. Even when I confronted her with what she had done, her attitude was ‘so what!’

My boyfriend and his best man have been pleading with me. My chief bride’s mate who has been my friend since our childhood is of the opinion that my mother must have charmed my boyfriend and that the best way to deal with her is to forgive my boyfriend and go ahead with the marriage.

I am so confused. I haven’t told my father anything since I don’t want to hurt him more than she has hurt him all these years. Please tell me what to do. He is the only man I have ever fallen in love with in all my life. We have been together for five years and not once has he cheated on me. Even he was away, he kept calling me religiously everyday for the 18 months he was abroad. Once he sent money down for me to visit him. He has been that dedicated to me. He is still insisting he doesn’t know how he ended up in the hotel with my mother.

Todun.

Nollywood star, Aki, survives surgery
… Still hospitalized
By AZUH AMATUS
Wednesday, November 03, 2010


Aki and Paw Paw
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What could have been another calamity in Nollywood was averted over the weekend when star actor, Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as ‘Aki’ underwent a successful operation for acute appendicitis.
Aki, who is unarguably one of the biggest names in Nollywood, is still on the hospital bed recuperating as at the time of filing this report.

Daily Sun further gathered that the Uzoakoli, Abia State-born thespian, was rushed to a hospital in Ogba, Lagos, in the evening of last Saturday by some family members and friends, including his acting twin brother, Osita Iheme (Pawpaw).
“Upon arrival on Saturday evening, Aki was immediately admitted and later wheeled to the theatre in the early hours of Sunday, where one Dr. Charles Davids, a consultant surgeon, successfully performed the operation. He is still at the hospital recuperating and is expected to be discharged within the next two or three days,” said a family member.

While confirming the story, the multiple award winning actor said he cannot thank God enough for saving his life.
“Azuh, sincerely, to God be the glory that the whole operation went well. Although, I’m still on the hospital bed recuperating, I’m full of thanks and praises to God for seeing me through. I also thank my family and friends that rushed me to the hospital and equally kept vigil throughout by praying fervently for me. I also thank my fans and colleagues who kept calling,” he said on phone.

On how the whole thing started, the HND Mass Communications graduate of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, said he could not comprehend what could have led to it. “I just knew that I was feeling serious pains that Saturday and when I could no longer bear it, I was rushed to the hospital and was on admission till the operation was successfully performed very early the following day. I feel strong and better now and cannot wait to be discharged.”
Aki, with over one hundred movies to his credit in Nollywood, became a household name when he alongside Pawpaw thrilled movie buffs in the monster hit movie, Aki na Ukwa, from the stable of Kas-Vid International.

ONLINE ROMANCE, …. We met online in 2005, he sent engagement ring by DHL and we married in 2007
By Bolatito Adebayo

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Until recently, people used to regard online dating as an awkward, silly, risky venture or downright unreal.

Comfort Okafor




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But guess what, it works! Studies have shown that one-in-five people who got connected through dating sites eventually tied the nuptial knots, and are enjoying marital bliss. Take Comfort Okafor for instance, real marital name concealed, who is now happily married to an African-American man she met through a dating site, and the couple is now blessed with two lovely children. In this interview, Comfort tells her story. Excerpts…


How I met my husband

I met my husband online through a Christian site called The Big Church. It was a Christian dating site. I signed up just to while away time because back then I was working in a cybercafé as a receptionist. So whenever there was no customer I just got myself busy on the net.


About two months after I registered, I met him. Although I met other guys, he was more sincere and more interested in knowing me. So we kept chatting consistently everyday for about three months. Honestly, I never thought I would end up with Ik because you know you can’t really trust people you meet online. But I noticed that he was different. Initially, I tested him and I asked him to send me some money, and he never once hesitated. I can’t really remember the amount now but when I asked the other men, they told me stories or stopped communicating with me. Ik kept telling me he was real and that he had real intentions to marry me. This was like a little after three months. So I told him to prove to me that he really meant it. At this point he said he would file papers with the United States Immigration Service to bring me over. It was at this stage that I started taking him serious, and he also began sending me gifts through DHL. Moreover, he told me his plans and how he would execute them. He also gave my number to his Dad and sister and they kept calling me too.


When did he come to Nigeria?

He came to Nigeria first in 2006 to see my family but before his visit we had been talking consistently for about one year. By this time I had started believing that he was really serious and committed. So I just played my part by loving him back and that was how we ended up being together.


What was your first meeting like?

Honestly, I was so nervous because I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know if he would change his mind or if he would still like me after getting to know me. But while all this was going on I prayed and asked the people in my fellowship to pray with me.


What was it like meeting his parents?

Well, you know American life is quite different from ours, and not all of them cherish family life like we do. He is from a family of nine and they reside in different states. So, I didn’t get to meet anyone until a year later when we went to visit his Dad in Alabama. He liked me and we just got along, but I have only spoken to his Mom once and have never seen her. I only talk with one of his siblings; I don’t get to talk with the others.


When he was coming to Africa, and most especially Nigeria, didn’t other people discourage him about you?

Coming down to Nigeria was a great risk for him because they told him Nigeria is a dangerous place. And there were many negative things on the internet, most especially about Lagos. But for the love he had for me he took the risk. Actually, at some point the paper work stopped because we didn’t have enough evidence to prove our claims. We needed to take pictures together, so he came down, damning the consequences.


Were you not scared when he came to take you away?

He didn’t come to take me away; after they approved the paper work, he sent the flight money and I went over there. I wasn’t afraid because I thought to myself, a guy that will do this for me won’t harm me and if he does he is the big looser.


If it was worth getting me out then it was worth keeping me. You see the paper work cost him about $2,000 because he used an agent abroad. Really it could have been cheaper but he chose that. Then he sent me $1800 for the flight ticket; then if you add all the other money he sent me, it was about $3,000 or more. Then he spent another $2,000 to come to Nigeria. For him to spend this amount of money he must have really been in love with me. So that was why I wasn’t scared. You know it was not all about the money, also the time he spent talking to me everyday. He spent about 7-8 hours everyday on the phone.


So how did he propose?

When he came to Nigeria he only stayed for two weeks. And I met him in 2005. He proposed around June online by sending me an engagement ring through DHL. Then we met in February 2006 and I joined him in 2007. So we got married in 2007.


How have you been able to deal with the cultural differences?

The cultural differences weren’t really an issue with me because we dealt with a whole lot of issues before we got married. For instance, my children have Igbo middle names. Our love is waxing stronger and I know he still loves me and I cherish him too. Although we all have our differences but we are working out these things and building a strong union. For instance, I don’t let him mind the children because he might not pay much attention to them. But above all, he is a great guy.


If you come back to this world would you still want him to be your husband?

Yes, I will marry him again because I am having the time of my life. He is the best that can happen to me because he doesn’t stress me, he doesn’t fool around, he trusts me and he gives me a free hand. You know he is very quiet and I even talk louder when we have arguments, and he has never laid his hands on me. So tell me why I won’t marry him over and over again?

i don't know if anyone has mentioned this on this thread but it is easy for anyone to see that BOTH pictures are OBJ - a closer obeservation of the second picture will make it clear - as you can see, the man in the second picture is dressed in military uniform - this is just a trick by some folks to cause problems in the polity

i love this

the answer is wrapped up in this yoruba adage  "ohun ti a ko ba sise fun kii pe lowo eni" - whosoever understands yoruba can interprete it for others 

this guy has had his five minutes of fame - he has been adequately compensated for "returning" the money - why can't he just move on with his life instead of trying to milk the situation endlessly

Keshi or Siasia to coach Nigeria
By Peter Okwoche



Nigeria's Super Eagles will learn their new coach on 8 November
Nigeria are set to name either Samson Siasia or Stephen Keshi as the Super Eagles' new coach early next month.

The candidates will be interviewed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on 4 November, with the successful coach being revealed four days later.

"Whoever is selected will start work on 1 December," NFF board member Deji Tinubu told BBC Sport.

Caretaker Austin Eguavoen will lead the team for next month's friendly in Iran before taking over the Olympic side.

And Tinubu clarified why the list of nominations for the job is so short.

"We've spent so much money on foreign coaches before," he explained.

"Everyone is saying they want Siasia or Keshi, so let's try to see the ones who can do it from within ourselves."

Nigeria were led by Swedish coach Lars Lagerback at this year's World Cup, who failed to take the team out of the group stages.

This was despite earning nearly a million dollars for just over five months' work.

Siasia had already been in talks with the NFF over succeeding Lagerback before the body chose to advertise for the position.

Having won the 2005 African Youth Championship, the former Lokeren and Nantes striker took his team to the Fifa U20 World Cup final where they were undone by Lionel Messi's Argentina.

A former assistant coach for the senior national team, Siasia also took Nigeria to the 2008 Olympic Games final where Argentina (and Messi) once again proved too strong.

Keshi, meanwhile, worked wonders when qualifying Togo for its first and only World Cup in 2006 but was dismissed before the tournament.

The 48-year-old, who has also been a Super Eagles assistant coach, led Mali at this year's Nations Cup but failed to steer the West Africans out of the group stages.

Both nominees are former international team-mates who knew success with Nigeria's national team.

Keshi captained Siasia at Nigeria's maiden World Cup finals in 1994, a year when the pair also won the 1994 Nations Cup.

NKIND STAB
Wife kills husband over loaf of bread
• She should face the law –Deceased’s family
From NGOZI UWUJARE, Ibadan
Thursday, October 28, 2010
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If tears could raise the dead, Hafeez Rasheed, allegedly stabbed to death by his wife, Molayo, would have ‘resurrected’ by now. But wishes were not horses, as her weeping and wailing could not repair the irreparable damage, done to the family by his alleged murder. But the woman in the eyes of the storm tried to justify her action.

“After stabbing him, I cried out for help, but our neighbours did not come to assist in saving his life. I cried for help but nobody came to assist me,” she lamented. The incident occurred at Ile Oloola Oja Igbo area of Ibadan, Oyo State. Problem started when Molayo was eating a loaf of bread and her husband decided to take part of it without her permission.

The 18-year-old woman was said to have challenged her husband for eating out of it. The suspect, a bread hawker, was alleged to have earlier quarreled with the victim, after he reportedly refused to give her N1,000, feeding allowance.

According to her, what her late husband could afford to give her was N70. She also narrated how they started fighting as a result of his failure to give her the money she requested.
“I was frustrated as he could only afford to give me N70, instead of the N1,000. We started exchanging words and he suddenly held my back. As I tried to lose myself from his grip, he started beating me up. Fight later broke out and it was in the process that I used the knife to stab him in the chest and he died at about 2.00 pm.

I didn’t know it would result in his death. I still blame our neighbours for not coming to his rescue,” she said amid tears. According to some neighbours, before the tragedy, the couple turned their matrimonial home to battle field.
The suspect also confirmed this: “We fought regularly and after each quarrel, which sometimes made me to go back to my parents’ house, my husband usually came to beg me to come back,” she said.

“I got married to my husband in 2007 and the marriage is blessed with a year old child. But my husband was not taking care of me and our child. He usually beat me up each time I requested money for the up-keep of the family,” Molayo said. One of the victim’s relatives said the family was still in shock over the tragedy. He disclosed that Rasheed was the only son of his parents.

“They always quarreled, but we didn’t know this could result in his death,” he said. He recalled how the suspect was sent packing on many occasions, but her late husband went and brought her back to the family. “Let Molayo face the consequences of her dastardly act,” he said.

The second-in-command at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Iyaganku, Ibadan, Mr. Okpara Benjamin, confirmed the incident. He disclosed that that the corpse had been deposited at General Hospital, Yemetu, Ibadan, adding that the suspect would be prosecuted after investigation.



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it's very sad to see people celebrate mediocrity - there are several cities that are far more beautiful than abuja - cairo, casablanca, johannesburg, cape town, sun city and rabat to mention a few - people posting these pictures should be ashamed of themselves - even if abuja is beautiful is it not just one city out of several villages cities in 9ja?

jusRadical:
Shadrack77. Yeah! That is the point. GOD bless you real good.

CASE CLOSED.

Next topic please

thanx jusraadical   - some people are just here to cause mischief but for those who are really serious about finding answers to the question, refer to my previous comment on the topic. Moreso, we need to realise that God is holy and no form of sin can come near Him. Since the fall of man (from the garden of Eden) man had fallen and he had been separated from God since God cannot behold sin. The only thing that could redeem man and take him to his former place was through sacrifice through blood - please check [size=13pt]Hebrews 9:22[/size] for reference

though someone has answered the question but let me simplify it further. Just because God is God does not mean He does anything at will. God created rules to govern His creation and He lives by those rules. Part of those rules is that there is no forgiveness without the remmision of blood. For sin to be forgiven there has to be a sacrifice and the shedding of blood. For us to be reconciled back to God, there has to be a sacrifice and God decided His son Jesus would be the ultimate sacrifice in order to make it easy for us to be reconciled back to Him.  

Dear Agatha,

I am a girl of 18 years of age while my boyfriend is 25 and I love him very much. Our relationship is a year old. He can’t do without sex and I am not so crazy about it but can’t end the relationship. According to him, his mother says it is always better when a woman loves a man more as against a man loving a woman more as our case.

Recently, he called me to inform me that he desires to reduce intensity of his love for me through reduction in the number of times he makes love to me but that as long as I am in his life, he can’t stop.

The only way he says he can achieve this is to have another girlfriend alongside with me. I don’t know what to say to him or how to handle the matter.

Confused Girl.

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Lewd singer, Janet Iyun, also known as St. Janet, has lost her adopted brother and property worth millions of naira to fire.

P.M.NEWS learnt that fire gutted her Alagbado home in Lagos when her younger brother went to refuel their generator.

St.-Janet

It was gathered that the young man in his 20s did not switch off the generator before refuelling it. This caused the inferno that engulfed the residence of the controversial musician who was not at home when the incident happened. Her husband, Kayode Iyun, was equally not at home when the tragedy occurred.

Sources said that although the young man was rescued, he died in the hospital later due to the severe burns he sustained.

When P.M.NEWS called the husband of the self-styled General Overseer (GO) of St. Bottles Cathedral, yesterday, he did not pick his calls. When a text message was sent to him regarding the incident, he promised to respond but never did until we went to press this afternoon. P.M.NEWS further gathered that St. Janet is so devastated by the incident that she has declined to comment on it.

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Ekiti: Segun Oni gets the boot on wife's birthday
10.22.2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010

Ekiti State former governor, Engr. Segun Oni must be biting his fingers at the moment and lamenting bitterly over how he was booted out from office. Until a few days back, virtually everybody in the Ekiti political landscape literally worshipped the ground on which he trod. Unfortunately, the Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Friday, October 15 pronounced Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the winner of the re-run gubernatorial elections in Ekiti State. The court ruled that Oni's emergence as the state's governor was fraught with irregularities.



Interestingly, the day that he was booted out of office coincided with Oni's wife, Mrs Kemi Oni's birthday. Preparation were said to be already under way to celebrate it in a grand style had Oni won his case at the Court of Appeal. Had it been in the days when Mrs. Oni held sway at the government house, congratulatory advertorials would have been colliding with each other in many newspapers and magazines, reminding her that she was a gem who touched the nation in so many ways.

But the truth must have hit her squarely in the face that you are here today, gone tomorrow. A few days after this bitter experience, all their "loyal" friends and hangers on have deserted them and left the former governor and his wife to wallow in self pity.

Emperoh:
That site is no longer functioning
U can only read daily independent online at www.inlng.com
That where they are at now!!

thanx!

i don't think this is true - somebody just sat in the comfort of his home and made up a story - this cannot happen anywhere

i'm not suprised judging by this lady's body language in films, she appears to be very violent and devious - i'm sure men would struggle to live with her

try shopping in lidl instead of tescos

Lepa Shandy

"Yes my marriage is over. i tried to make it work, but my husband frustrated all my efforts. Even when he stopped communicating, I still continued and twice I went to London to see how we could make things work. So now I'm single again, but I'm not searching, I need time to sort myself out." Sade Omoniyi Kassim aka Lepa Shandy tells City People Magazine

Her husband relocated to the UK shortly after their marriage six years ago.

Minister of State for Education, Mr. Kenneth Gbagi, on Thursday in Ibadan said the Federal Government might abolish the current 6-3-3-4 system of education next year.

The decision was taken as a result of the system’s failure to address the various educational challenges in the country several years after it was introduced. Gbagi spoke at a meeting with the management of the Universal Basic Education Commission and chairmen of the commission in the 36 states.

While stating that the government may return to the former 6-5-4 education system from next session, Gbagi said plans had reached an advanced stage on the proposed change.

The minister said the Federal Government would soon make its decision public. He said the decision was part of the recommendations of a White Paper raised on education reform in the country.

Gbagi said that with the inclusion of the Higher School Certificate, the 6-5-4 system remained more valuable.

He said, “Government is looking at the policy seriously and will conclude before commencement of next session. It is government’s intention to commence the new system next session. We are putting our acts together.

“The Federal Government, state governments and the local governments will be involved. You will agree with me that we had hitherto lost focus with our educational system; and that is greatly responsible for the situation we are today.

“So, we are into the works to find out what was wrong and why it was wrong. You will remember that when we went to school, it was the 6-4-4 system with the HSC; and the value of education was then much better than what we have today.”

Ovadje, others discover cancer cell killer plant

By Onajomo Orere





LIKE her inventor father, Brig.-Gen. Oviemo Ovadje (rtd), Pamela, has begun a scientific journey showing signs of a great future.



Ovadje, others discover cancer cell killer plant



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Pamela, a doctoral student at the University of Windsor, Canada along with her colleagues, has discovered cancer-killing properties in a common weed that grows around homes.

The story of their discovery, which can be accessed in Google, Pamela Ovadje, Cancer, Windsor, Canada, is like the story of Pamela's father, Dr. Ovadje, who several years ago, invented the Eat-Set machine that has won for him several awards worldwide. The machine is deployed during operations to harvest the blood of the patient for auto-reinfusion that eliminates risks of external infections and contamination.

The University of Windsor students and their supervisors discovered that the dandelion, a nuisance weed that ruins the beauty of a well-manicured lawn, holds tremendous promise.

To Pamela Ovadje and Sudipa Chatterjee, the common weed is a potential lifesaver that they believe has the ability to kill some types of cancer cells.

A dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) root extract the graduate students created in their biochemistry lab caused commercially available human leukaemia cells to effectively commit suicide within 24 hours, they reported in an article published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

Co-authored by postgraduate student Carly Griffin, undergraduate Cynthia Tran, biochemistry professor Siyaram Pandey and Windsor Regional Cancer Centre oncologist Caroline Hamm, the article says the extract "contains components that act to induce apoptosis (cell death) selectively in cultured leukaemia cells, emphasizing the importance of this traditional medicine and thus presents a potential novel non-toxic alternative to conventional leukaemia therapy.

"It started cell death activity in leukaemia cells very quickly," said Chatterjee, who defended her master's thesis September 15. "They were almost all dead within 24 hours. In fact, they even continued to die after the extract was removed."

Dandelion extract is available in an alcohol-based formula, but the students used a water-based formula and an extraction method they developed themselves. The cancer cells were then treated with the extract and analysed. Each of the tests was repeated thrice to make sure they got the same results.

The students are excited about their results but know that seeing them transformed into actual leukaemia treatments is a long way off.

"What you see in vitro doesn't necessarily mean you'll see it in animals or humans," Ovadje cautioned.

But Dr. Pandey said their research -funded by the local Knights of Columbus, Council 9671 - provides the lab with a strong platform to test the extract on patient-derived leukaemia samples and animal models.

And the students are still hopeful the results may provide a "stepping stone" for the development of a more efficient therapy for leukaemia and possibly other diseases such as melanoma, colon and pancreatic cancer.

Chatterjee and Ovadje won awards for presentations of their research at the Third Annual Cancer Drug Discovery Symposium in Sudbury, while Griffin won a similar award for a presentation on her research on cancer and pancratistatin - a natural derivative of a Hawaiian spider lily plant that has shown promising results - at the Natural Health Products Research Society conference in Halifax in May.