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The article clearly says this:

"Since Tuesday, foreign travelers arriving in the United States on the visa waiver program have been presented with an “optional” request to “enter information associated with your online presence,”

So what is the big problem and complaint? It is optional.

EmekaBlue:
Wetin corper dey do for forest?

Wanted to ask the same question myself

worworgirl:
God, when will I have my own footballer boyfriend na

Footballers are plenty...I'm sure you can find one you like in your street team

gokuu:
What is this one saying??

Obviously, this is a feminist ideal. The gifts are going in both directions, that sounds like equality; which is what feminists espouse.

Next time, reason some.

Because the value of a house and the value of a car are the same?

Continue reasoning some.

Florblu:
This are the kind of men we need in our society.

And the kind of women too

OP why are you crying? All is far from lost!

you are a university graduate, please lets try and think about solutions before crying.

Now, firstly let go of the notion that you are just a helpless citizen who can do nothing about her situation.

Second, if you really want to do this Npower thing all you need is a lawyer who will know the best route of challenging the scheme on this issue.

There are many underemployed lawyers who may take your case for reasonable amounts.

nooooo

januzaj:
Show us his dead body or his pix if captured alive...

Why are you showing us flag that is duplicable ....who flag epp

He never said the flag is proof shekau is dead...he simply is showing off the spoils of victory.

Why can't you read through to the truth and leave it at that?

Home alone... but to be fair, that is probably the only Christmas themed movie i can remember

juman:
Reading through the story, I was sad beyond expression.

nigerian "leaders" got and getting things wrong totally.

As if we dont have our own country.

But unfortunately our own country is a destroyed country with no good leaders.

Na bro this has little to do with our leaders. Didn't you read the part where a young man was dashed $700 to do a business and instead decided to use it to travel? Na... the problem is not with our leaders on this particular issue.

this people, please try and join the rest of us in the 21st century

Toks2008:
As i wrote, this thread was not written for frontpage and i did not intend getting it out here but for whatever reason it is here i guess some will find sense in it and some will see it as vague.

Nevertheless i believe it is insightful enough...BTw DID YOU REALLY READ THROUGH OR YOU JUST READ FEW WORDS?

of course i read. You are saying we should accept selfish reasons for marriage, thus justifying the gold diggers and forgetting that at the other end of the transaction will always be a dissatisfied party.

you forget that in practice selfishness is not the same as being self-seeking. sure we all love a person for the value they provide for us and yes that is selfish, but the question is what value do they provide for you? if the value they provide is all about what you can take from them then you are both selfish and self seeking but if the value they provide for you is a shared experience i.e caring for someone who cares about you, you are selfish but not self-seeking. And that is a healthy relationship.

Let us take examples, a young African man wants to marry an older European lady for '"papers". She wants him for love but he doesnt love her, he only wants the papers. So if they get married, he gets what he wants and she gets nothing. The young money-hungry girl does the same to the old man who marries her for a relationship when she's only after his money and spends most of the time cheating on him. Whenever motives are self-seeking one party is liking to end up feeling cheated.

But when there is common ground i.e both are seeking a mutually beneficial selfishness, then there is harmony. Love remains the legitimate reason and foundation for marriage. And love is based on personality and compatibility not money or sex and other such secondary elements.

Toks2008:
This piece is written as a result of the misconception many people have when it comes to tagging a marital union a scam or potential scam.

Many guys and ladies are still single at very ripe age because they still believe that their intending spouse should love them for "real"(whatever that means) so they always want to be too careful and in the process fall into worse hands..

The stark truth is that there will always be a reason for anyone to be with another regardless of how selfish,lame or wicked it may sound but at the end it is still a legitimate union and the couple could be together till death if the conditions remain favorable so what is the fuss about?

In essence,whatever reason you choose to marry that person is your choice..whether it is because of parental pressure,beauty,sex,money,nationality,fame,power and so on,it remains a valid reason and the other party should either take the risk or back out.

- An unassuming guy woos a rich lady and she says he only wants her money.

-A rich guy sees a lady who wants him and he says it's about his money.

-A Nigerian guy or lady chooses to marry an European or American and they say it's for a green card.

-Even a broke cocky guy will say a lady does not really want him but just love his bedmatics.

Conclusively I will say there is really nothing like scam marriage because most marriages are as a result of selfish interest from both party.

My opinion.

Marriage should always be about something much more genuine than the ephemeral. And that is why it is always more natural to gravitate towards people within your social class.There are so so so so so many cases where people of comparable economic status have gotten married simply because of each other, and the marriage works.

Btw what is your goal in airing this opinion of yours? Its not everything that passes through your mind that must pass out of your mouth.

Omeokachie:
Post a picture of that torture chamber at the Guantanamo Bay, AND the name of the country whose Executives 'sanctioned' war crimes and we can debate this further.

BTW, no random names without proof to back up your assertions.

I dunno if you are new to the internet or what, to be asking questions about such widely-known issues. But to oblige you:

1. http://www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=8560 this page provides numerous pictures of the horrible abuse detainees were put through at Abu Graib detention facility in Iraq, and it went on for years while the war in Iraq lasted. Abu Ghrai was operated by the US.

2. As for members of the executive involved in the torture, here is an excerpt from this link: http://www.antiwar.com/rothschild/?articleid=2559

"Under questioning by Senator Ted Kennedy, of Massachusetts, Undersecretary Cambone admitted that his boss, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld also has his own list of "approved techniques," saying that when interrogators at Guantanamo Bay want to surpass the severity of the techniques on Rumsfeld's list, the permission of the Secretary of Defense himself is required."

Specifically a Lieutenant General is mentioned but much more seriously, Donald Rumsfield, then defense secretary and answerable directly to President Bush is also directly implicated.

Senior army officers are members of the executive, as is the secretary of defense who is more or less acting in the stead of the president.

3. http://thejusticecampaign.org/?page_id=273 details the sort of torture that has gone on at Gunatanamo Bay.

The extent to which US troops broke both US and international law in the "war on terror" is widely documented on the internet. I suggest you read up.

Omeokachie:
What does the Geneva convention say about treatment of POWs?


And a soldier is posing for a photograph next to this? Africa!!!!

What does this have to do with Africa? Are you unaware of what western soldiers have done in recent times, even with the full sanctioning of their countries Executive? This is exactly the kind of torture that was carried out in Guantanamo Bay.

Hedybee:
My opinion is based on the information provided by the OP, and my point is that, it is possible for people to meet, fall in love and get married without being driven by money. So what's your point? Quit whining already.

Madam no vex o. my point is very simple.

In the info provided by the Op it is never said that the young lady was with the young man from the age of 13. You can only infer it from the fact that is says they 'met' when he was 13 and thus you cannot rely on it to form any subsequent conclusions such as :"she was with him before he had money".

Also note that elite footballers start making it from a very early age. Before the world gets to know about them, they are already the star at the academy and youth levels. Tevez for example was already in the system from the age of 8; thus even if she started dated him from relatively young, say maybe 15 (when he moved to Argentia's top club), by that age it would have already been clear to everyone in his local environment that Carlos Tevez was destined for great things. So in all probability, here is no heart warming tale of true love here.

Hedybee:
The report said he married his 'childhood sweetheart'

But that does not specifically tell us at which stage of his childhood she became his sweetheart. Plus perhaps the reporter was being euphemistic possibly referring to a childhood crush as a "childhood sweetheart".

The point is, it just seems like the reporter has provided all these little clues to push your mind into forming a particular conclusion which makes the story sound better. But they never explicitly say it themselves, because it might not be true.

Please woman come back here and finish the story by telling us why you had to reply him with attitude the first time.

SerialGist:
Looks so old now. My grand dad wasn't this old @86 when he died.

Bet he wasn't as rich and famous neither.

Hedybee:
Why are people talking about money? they met when he was 13yrs old, I wonder how much money he had then. so people can't meet, fall in love and get married without being driven by money. SMH

The report says they 'met' not that they have been together since then. I think the reporter has only made reference to this as a way of sensationalizing the story. She probably started dating him a little later in my opinion.

This dude has had money for ages...he was a highly rated prospect from his youth, already earning an above-average living in Argentina, playing in the World Cup and moving to Europe where he went straight to the money league (English Premier League); he and this woman already have two kids, and they have been dating for a while.

What took this dude so long to propose? Is there something that makes a relationship sweeter when it is called boyfriend and girlfriend, than when it is called marriage?

Vanity upon vanity!!

I tire for this gay

This dude needs to spanked for being so silly.

divicode:
Not all comments deserve an answer and this obviously will not be dignified with an answer

That is your business.

goldbim:
Really??I think this lady is suffering from inferiority complex..let's wait for sound city's response.. .besides,i don't think skin colour should matter..so far you look decent, trendy and beautiful..Your ability as a presenter should be more of how well you can carry your audience along..if you are good, you are good!!..no wonder most presenters are hypo fans ..some even have Afro-british/american accents...

Since you know that you don't know anything about what exactly has transpired why not wait also wait for Sound city's response before you tell us what yo think she suffers from or not?

divicode:
While there is nothing really wrong with career change, infact I see it at as plus for your career- I think you need to engage in soul searching before the change!
1. It seems to me you might have wasted about 4 years of your life in the medical school. My little plea and advise on this is that you finish you medical school before the switch - you have to give everything it takes to graduate from medical school
2. Please note that the grass is always looking green outside. Note the word "looking". I am a fellowship member of a leading professional body in Nigeria, sometime I still wished I have read some other courses. The people at the other side always think that same way too. It is always looking greener the other side.
3. Finishing medical school will afford you the opportunity to be multi-skilled. That is obviously a combo! The best set of staff in IOCs are the ones with multi-skulking abilities
4. Time wait for no man! I am sure you are over 20 (that was the age I graduated from the then Unife). I hear you say it is never too late? Yes you are right, but you carry a big advantage with age on your side. For instance, you graduate at age 31 with a first class, you are most likely not going to get work at the IOCs, banks, multi-nationals etc. Why? At that age, Many of your age mates working there are already having about 8 years experience. There you are with a 1st class at 31 without a single day experience
5. If your mind is totally out of medical school and will end up wasting your time and life, make the switch today, you still have many more years ahead of you.
Good luck to you

Would it have been too much for yoy to read his post and grasp the simple answers you seek such as the fact that he is 26 and out of med school already?

Be quick to listen, slow to speak!

Zikkie:
It's still like a dream oooo!!! I still can't get over d feeling of excitement!! Just last month, I wrote a post here on Nairaland abt how hard it was to afford basic things for my kids... My God has put a new song in my mouth!!

It was on friday NIGHT, I got a mail notification, inviting me for an interview, within me, I was like 'which serious employer sends an interview invite at night?'... At abt 9pm, I got an SMS, that was when I actually started getting curious... I kept wondering if it was a mistake. On Sunday afternoon, I decided to check the place, to know if it was worth my time... When I got there, it happened to be a BIG place, I decided I wl gv it a try...

Monday morning, I went for the interview, we were four, put in d hall for the written interview, before the next stage... Guess what? My CV was there! With the interviewer, and they claim I submitted it! (How wld I submit CV to a place I do not even know??). At the end of the day, the HR lady said 'congrats'... I didn't want to raise my hopes unnecessarily.. I just said 'thank u'.....

Just dis morning, I was explaining to my kids, how they'll have to choose between a new pair of shoe, or a xmas dress, as I honestly couldn't afford both.... I decided to go charge my phone, by the time, I switched it on, it was another mail... MY LETTER OF APPOINTMENT!!!!

I 'm still dazed! I'm still in shock! I had thought 2016 has come n is abt 2 end without any tangible thing,,, but God showed me and has proven to me My case is differnt!!!

I called my daughter (6yrs), and told her abt it, she hugged me, and started crying,,, she said 'mum, at last u wld be able to pay our fees easily'... I didn't know when I started crying too.... I'm determined to gv d job my very best at least for d sake of my kids!

JFO2, thank u so much for that opportunity u gave me (though it didn't click) I pray God wl meet u at every point of ur need!

Osyxcel, Odunharry..... God has surprised me oooooo!!!!

For everyone out there who is hoping for one thing or the other, God Almighty wl surprise u as he did to me.. I'm saying this with all amount of humility.... I bless the name of God!!!

Heart warming!

jomoh:
So who did? Who provided for the materials used in election.

If the constitution called for election and he decided to follow suit. If he had decided not to go ahead with the election like he has done in the past 22years who would care? No one.

But he consented to the constitution by allowing the election and even participating.

Gadaffi never called for an election and his people never complained only the external forces that he wouldn't now to.

The Independent Electoral Commission did all that of course. Let's not drag this further. Constitution calls for elections and creates Independent Electoral Comission to conduct them independent of the president.

Obviously.

Omeokachie:
In politics you read between the lines and pay close attention to body language.

Everybody knows about the human rights abuses under Jammeh's administration.

Barrow just confirmed in that interview that he will look into it and apply the law. In other words we are talking about jail term or death on conviction depending on what the law says in The Gambia. Now that was tackless of Barrow knowing you are trying to get rid of a dictator who has control of the army. Patience and less talk is a virtue, especially for a president.


You claimed a lady supporter of his made the comments. Any link of that to back your assertion?

He simply had to toe the neutral line. To claim outrightly claim Mr. Jammeh would not be prosecuted at all would rile up the people who had just voted him in to power; to claim he would not be prosecuted and later turn back on that would on the other hand rile up Mr. Jammeh's fanbase and set a bad precedent of dishonesty from his government; and to outrightly claim he would be prosecuted would be to back the man into a corner and cause him to defend his interests fiercely. As you can see, the only acceptable political answer is the one that says everything and yet says nothing.

http://europe.newsweek.com/new-gambian-government-will-prosecute-jammeh-says-coalition-chair-529102

jomoh:
Mentioning Gadaffi with this guy is an insult to gadaffi.


Gadaffi issue was because the western powers couldn't control him and his country's oil. So they decided to fund son rebels to fight against him. Even at the heart of the war when they found out the rebels were looking ground in a big way, the US had to physically intervene through NATO. It is exactly the same thing happening in Syria right now. The only difference is that unlike Assad of Syria, Gadaffi had no world power like Russia to support him.

Jameh's own issue is different. He is the one that called for an election and went ahead to organise it only for him to turn around and start crying foul after being defeated/rejected by his own people.

Gadaffi was never rejected by his own people and he never had a recognised opposition figure, that was why the rebels found it very hard to defeat him on their own.

Just to correct this statement in bold. The constitution of the Gambia calls for elections every 5 years. Mr. Jammeh never called for nor organized elections of his own volition.

Omeokachie:
Here is an excerpt from an interview granted by Barrow...

Barrow will also face a dicey situation handling his predecessor once he’s sworn in. Given Jammeh’s track record of human rights abuses, Barrow will have to decide whether to investigate and prosecute Jammeh.
“We don’t have a grudge against anyone. If there are files to be judged, we will do it,” Barrow said about the possibility. “We respect the constitution and the rights of all, but the law will be applied to everyone.”


http://qz.com/852974/gambias-president-elect-adama-barrow-lays-out-his-vision-for-a-nation-mired-in-fear-and-poverty-after-22-years-of-yahya-jammehs-autocratic-rule/

Thank you for this, as it clearly backs up exactly what i said. He did not discard the possibility of it, when asked by foreign media, but he never went round declaring he would prosecute anybody in particular. Did he??

Here are other thigns Barrow has said:

“We conducted the election on principle, not on personal things. I’m sure if we can reconcile...I see no reason why Gambians cannot do the same,” says Barrow

“I think he [Jammeh] can also stay in this country. He belongs here and he’s a citizen of this nation. He has been [leading] Gambia for 22 years and I think he has the spirit of Gambia,” says Barrow.

hotice01:
Nothing will happen to Jammeh!
The worse that can happen is sanctions imposed on Gambia.
If Assad of Syria is still in power then Jammeh stands a good chance.
I believe he is smarter than most of think.For him to make this decision he has covered all his bases.
After seeing how GEJ is been treated by the same man who was appointed head of negotiation committee for ECOWAS,he had to take this decision to save his neck and prestige.
Not everyone is as docile as GEJ.

1. If you can't see the difference between Assad's Syria and Gambia then you cannot be taken seriously as a political analyst.

2. How is GEJ being mistreated?? Is he not a free man, roaming the globe praising himself for doing what ought to have been done?