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Do you mean you are outside the country and would want someone to recommend a househelp from Nigeria to you? If so i am in a similar situation and would be pleased to get someone.

I feel your anxiety bro. On the flipside, south africa knows the media is out to get them. They are quite keen to keep a clean record at least during the tournament. Their security budget is the largest in world cup history.

Crime may not turn up to be as bad as feared. Just keep a cool head and take the usual precautions. Good luck.

GenBuhari:
^^^pointless post

You think all these one liners will raise your post count eh?

edoyad:
Come on guys, do you believe that "trying to wrest gun from the arms of a police officer" line ? That's like the oldest line in law enforcement, i'm sure even the Romans used it when asked why they killed Jesus.

Exactly. Wrestling gun my fat ****. He was probably shot execution style. A story needed to be cooked up to cover the extrajudicial killing.

GenBuhari:
RIP to the unfortunate young man and my sincere sympathies to his family and friends.

These Eastern European countries are very oppressive and racist to black people. I am not surprised that there was a riot, it seems the Nigerian community are starting to assert there right to be treated as human beings.

I knid of agree with that.Heard stories from friends in austria and russia

A Nigerian was shot dead in Warsaw on Sunday after a struggle with police who chased him through a crowded open-air market whose traders pelted officers with bricks, police said after making 32 arrests.

The 36-year-old man took flight when a police patrol entered the market in the central Praga district, police spokesman Mariusz Sokolowski told AFP.

Traders threw bricks and other objects at police when they began to pursue him, Sokolowski said.

"According to certain witnesses, the man tried to wrestle a gun away from a policeman," when it went off, he said.

"A police officer was wounded and hospitalised. Thirty-two people were detained, most likely all Nigerians, but we are still checking their identities," Sokolowski said.

Investigators have opened an inquiry into the circumstances of the man's death.

http://www.africasia.com/services/news_africa/article.php?ID=CNG.936e144ccc4a23348cdcc0aec488b9ea.111

A nation that can hardly feed its citizens playing father christmas

what a sad country. Infact everyone should pack out and leave nigeria. It is everything a country should not be.

One of Africa’s richest men is plotting to buy a stake in Arsenal in a move that could trigger a full-blown takeover battle for the Premier League football club.

Aliko Dangote, a billionaire Nigerian industrialist, is in talks to buy the 16% stake being sold by Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith, the club’s fourth-largest shareholder. Dangote is understood to have registered his interest in buying the holding with Blackstone, the American finance house that has been given the job of finding a buyer for the shares.

Bracewell-Smith’s stake is currently worth £96m, but she is seeking up to £160m for the shares. Her holding is key to the future ownership of the north London club.

Arsenal’s two biggest investors, Stan Kroenke, the American sports tycoon, and Alisher Usmanov, the Russian oligarch, are also contemplating buying the shares. If either of the two men were to buy the Bracewell-Smith holding, they would be forced to launch a full takeover offer for the club. Arsenal, which has a market value of £606m, is one of a number of Premier League clubs that could change hands this summer. Liverpool’s American owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, have recently put their club up for sale.

Manchester United has attracted bid interest from a fan-based consortium that wants to wrest control from the Glazer family.

Dangote is a passionate football fan and has the wealth to compete with Kroenke and Usmanov. Forbes magazine recently ranked him among the world’s 500 richest people, with a fortune estimated at $2.5 billion (£1.7 billion). He has helped the Nigerian national football team with cash presents and has stood for the post of president of the Nigerian football association.

He recently celebrated his 53rd birthday with the purchase of an eight-seater Bombardier jet, regarded as one of the most sophisticated private planes in the world.

He is the founder of the Dangote Group, a manufacturing empire that started in the late 1970s as a cement importer and which now has interests ranging from sugar and flour to telecommunications and oil.

He is a close friend of Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo. Until recently he was the head of the Nigerian stock exchange but was forced to step down after falling out with Africa Petroleum, one of Nigeria’s biggest companies, which accused Dangote of manipulating its share price, a charge he has appealed against.

The Nigerian tycoon is thought to have made it on to a shortlist of about 10 investors, drawn up by Blackstone.

The holding was put up for sale earlier this year. It was inherited by Bracewell-Smith’s husband Sir Charles Bracewell-Smith and transferred to her name in 2005.

The stake has attracted interest from investors in Asia, the Middle East, eastern Europe and America. It is expected to be sold for about £15,000 a share, against a current market price of £10,000.

Sources close to Kroenke say he is the favourite to buy the holding. The American, who currently owns 29.9%, the largest single shareholding in the club, ultimately wants control and has told Blackstone he plans to bid.

Kroenke is also more popular with the Arsenal directors than Usmanov, who owns a 26% stake through his Red & White Holdings investment vehicle but has failed to gain a seat on the club’s board.

A buyer could be selected before the emergency budget on June 22, which is expected to put up capital gains tax on certain types of investment. A rise in the tax rate could cost Bracewell-Smith millions of pounds.

Foreign ownership of football clubs is under increased scrutiny because of the large debts many clubs have been saddled with after takeovers by foreign investors.

Some proprietors, such as Chelsea’s Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, have slashed debts recently while others — Aston Villa’s American owner Randy Lerner, for example — have striven to avoid becoming dependent on bank financing.

The sale of a stake in Arsenal, which is forecast to make a pre-tax profit this year of £56m, will not be helped by growing speculation that Cesc Fabregas, its star midfielder, could move to Barcelona this summer.

Both Arsenal and Blackstone declined to comment.

FROM THE TIMES

One of Africa’s richest men is plotting to buy a stake in Arsenal in a move that could trigger a full-blown takeover battle for the Premier League football club.

Aliko Dangote, a billionaire Nigerian industrialist, is in talks to buy the 16% stake being sold by Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith, the club’s fourth-largest shareholder. Dangote is understood to have registered his interest in buying the holding with Blackstone, the American finance house that has been given the job of finding a buyer for the shares.

Bracewell-Smith’s stake is currently worth £96m, but she is seeking up to £160m for the shares. Her holding is key to the future ownership of the north London club.

Arsenal’s two biggest investors, Stan Kroenke, the American sports tycoon, and Alisher Usmanov, the Russian oligarch, are also contemplating buying the shares. If either of the two men were to buy the Bracewell-Smith holding, they would be forced to launch a full takeover offer for the club. Arsenal, which has a market value of £606m, is one of a number of Premier League clubs that could change hands this summer. Liverpool’s American owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, have recently put their club up for sale.

Manchester United has attracted bid interest from a fan-based consortium that wants to wrest control from the Glazer family.

Dangote is a passionate football fan and has the wealth to compete with Kroenke and Usmanov. Forbes magazine recently ranked him among the world’s 500 richest people, with a fortune estimated at $2.5 billion (£1.7 billion). He has helped the Nigerian national football team with cash presents and has stood for the post of president of the Nigerian football association.

He recently celebrated his 53rd birthday with the purchase of an eight-seater Bombardier jet, regarded as one of the most sophisticated private planes in the world.

He is the founder of the Dangote Group, a manufacturing empire that started in the late 1970s as a cement importer and which now has interests ranging from sugar and flour to telecommunications and oil.

He is a close friend of Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo. Until recently he was the head of the Nigerian stock exchange but was forced to step down after falling out with Africa Petroleum, one of Nigeria’s biggest companies, which accused Dangote of manipulating its share price, a charge he has appealed against.

The Nigerian tycoon is thought to have made it on to a shortlist of about 10 investors, drawn up by Blackstone.

The holding was put up for sale earlier this year. It was inherited by Bracewell-Smith’s husband Sir Charles Bracewell-Smith and transferred to her name in 2005.

The stake has attracted interest from investors in Asia, the Middle East, eastern Europe and America. It is expected to be sold for about £15,000 a share, against a current market price of £10,000.

Sources close to Kroenke say he is the favourite to buy the holding. The American, who currently owns 29.9%, the largest single shareholding in the club, ultimately wants control and has told Blackstone he plans to bid.

Kroenke is also more popular with the Arsenal directors than Usmanov, who owns a 26% stake through his Red & White Holdings investment vehicle but has failed to gain a seat on the club’s board.

A buyer could be selected before the emergency budget on June 22, which is expected to put up capital gains tax on certain types of investment. A rise in the tax rate could cost Bracewell-Smith millions of pounds.

Foreign ownership of football clubs is under increased scrutiny because of the large debts many clubs have been saddled with after takeovers by foreign investors.

Some proprietors, such as Chelsea’s Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, have slashed debts recently while others — Aston Villa’s American owner Randy Lerner, for example — have striven to avoid becoming dependent on bank financing.

The sale of a stake in Arsenal, which is forecast to make a pre-tax profit this year of £56m, will not be helped by growing speculation that Cesc Fabregas, its star midfielder, could move to Barcelona this summer.

Both Arsenal and Blackstone declined to comment.

FROM THE TIMES

Irunmole:
I've heard and seen some of the pointless, useless so called grammar that he spews in the House of Rep on AIT, NTA and other media outlet, cannot but marvel at the utter tosh and garbage that comes out of his mouth. He may be knowledgeable but tries to hide some of his failings as a communicator with his use of over-blown, self-indulgent and unnecessary grammar that are peculiar to him and his mini circle of circus clowns. Simple, clean, plain English as spoken by the likes of Mamora, Gbajabiamila and others clearly endear me to them and make me want to listen when they speak, not this egotistic buffoon.

How are the market women from his Edo state constituency expected to make any sense from the dross that comes out of his mouth week-in week-out, at the House of Rep?

Time was when it was in vogue, in the medico-legal professions and in ancient times, when you tried to use exotic and esoteric words and language to create an air of superiority around yourself, not anymore. I just hate the sight of him when he goes into such silly mode with everyone laughing at, and not with him.

Hate as much as you like, i repeat it does not change the fact that he is the least of the problems amonsgt the Abuja honourables. Direct all you venom to the looters, the biro thieves, the silent destroyers in the assembly.

This guy is a passionate person. You cant deny that. His mode of communication is immaterial in this context. Last i checked his constituency are not complaining. They have elected him FOUR times to represent them at various levels of governance.

And mind you dont insult the people of Edo state by insinuating market women are a reflection of the ordinary person.

I understand your suspicions but there surely must be some honest guys with little IT knowledge wanting to change their IP address for wholesome reasons only.
Basically if the poster werea crook, he would find a way of obtaining the information if he is shunned here. On the other hand, he looks genuine. And i dont think it is illegal to disclose methods of changing IP adds.

Where about in Spain are you talking about?

This issue has been discussed several times on this forum. Last i checked it depends on your location and the quality of the work you want in addition to whether you require a storage tank.

It can range from N150,000 to N1,000,000

y2kaustin:
Hi,[b] its unprofessional [/b]to give u that answer on a billboard,give me a call or send me an email on y2kaustin@gmail.com, thanks

Untrue if you ask me. Rather it is unprofessional if you dont provide the price for such a product in your advert.

I wonder if those going plan to stay in a hotel. Word is that they are so expensive.

You guys should back off. He has his style, and as far as i know he is yet to be brought before any assembly committee to quiz his grammer.

Better than those who keep quiet during debates on the floor or worse still hardly attend unless when its time to share naira.

You guys should shun your cynic self.

If you have the answer just say it and stop being kill joys.

This is fricking funny. What a guy.

The coach should make our boys watch the tape of the second leg match btw inter and barca at the nou camp over and over again.

Messi is briliant. And hey thats no news. But something i saw the inter players do several times in that match was go for HIS LEFT LEG, whether he is with or without the ball. That is where the threat comes from.

Check out most of his goals, its from the left leg, he controls the ball and shoots better with it. Ignore his left leg at the teams peril.

If Messi is checkmated, i belive 75% of the work is already done. The Argentine team is filled with superstars as people have shown above, but if you watched their qualification matches in which they struggled, one of the reason was their team is built too much around Messi. Although others reasons are an inexperienced coach and inconsistency in team selection.

His team mates were always on the look out for him whenever they had the ball.

tosag:
I think the old dude should be given the hero of the year award. Reasons are , 1. He didn't attemp to embezzel public funds. 2. Not many pple will have the guts to do what he did at his age. 3. Lastly, he didn't attempt using his innocent fellow citizens for ritual in pursuit of his politrickal ambition. Thumbs up bro.

Twisted logic but i can see some sense bro.

davidif:
Nigeria politician caught with bellyful of cocaine

The Associated Press
Monday, May 17, 2010; 1:36 PM

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Nigeria's drug enforcement agency says it has arrested a politician who allegedly swallowed 2 kilograms (nearly 4.5 pounds) of cocaine to fund his election campaign.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said Monday it arrested 52-year-old Eme Zuru Ayortor at Lagos' Murtala Mohammed International Airport. The agency says the pharmacist-turned-politician was trying to board a flight to Germany when a scanning machine detected an abnormality in his stomach.

Agents say they found 100 individually wrapped packages of cocaine inside his body. The agency says the politician claimed his failed 2007 run for the Edo state House of Assembly ruined him financially and smuggling drugs was the only way he could fund his 2011 election bid. He has yet to be charged.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/17/AR2010051702058.html

Now that is so sad.

bisiaet:
Decamped and decamping from one party to other is this in true spirit of democracy or the true spirit of lootcracy or powercracy? Only God knows.

Or suyaism and peppersoupism according to our honourable rep. Obahiagbon.

One year is not a massive age gap. Love bridges all things they say. If you both love each other go for it.

I have the same question as well. Will keep an eye on this post.

No surpirses here. These guys are feather weights in Edo state politics. They are all bark and no bite. They are only trying to safeguard their relevance beyond 2011.

TitanMoon:
Justwise, what do you mean British people are lazy. Britain has one of the lowest unemployment rates and in the world, and it has the longest working hours in europe.

So how does that make British people lazy, people on benefits are a tiny, tiny number. so please get a clue you bleeping idiot

Hahaha. You are so funny. You quote wrong figures with so much confidence.

Britain has 2.51 million people unemployed. That does not include those on job seekers allowance or on benefits. If not the figures would be much higher. I guess what you wanted to say if that they have one of the lowest in the europe and not the world.

Mr Titanmoon, get your figures right before coming here. The department of works and pension which oversees social security has the largest budgets of all government departments, even more than the home office, health, education and defence. The government pays £150 billion each year to people on benefits. NHS budget is £100, thats the second largest.

Why do you think David cameron is so keen to kick people like you i guess, off benefits? The days of dole and vouchers, single mothers and bogus asylum seekers claiming benefits are numbered.

justwise:
Wrong! Vast majority of British are against any form of immigration, they moan abt the polish taking their jobs but they are lazy to work but prefer living on benefit making babies like rabbit.
Immigration issue is just a vote 'getter' after the election all the noise and tough talking dies down. Lets keep this post going and watch how tory-lib is going to cap immigration.
They will only create more job for traffickers, more illegal immigrants coming in. This is the same British that went round almost the whole world colonalising and looting countries. What did they say about pple in glass house?

Weldone. You always talk sensibly.

TitanMoon:
Eight out of 10 Britons want immigration cap

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5888701/Eight-out-of-10-Britons-want-immigration-cap.html

Public wants much harsher immigration policy, says poll

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article614362.ece

Voters Anger Over Immigration

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2911175/Suns-massive-poll-highlights-voters-anger-over-immigration.html

Poll finds 77% want immigration cut

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a794d730-1cb9-11df-8d8e-00144feab49a.html

These are just a handful of the many polls conducted regarding immigration, ALL polls that have been carried out show that the vast majority of Britons think that immigration is out of control and they want it drastically cut.

To say that the british public rejected the tories because of thier immigration policies is ridiculous. Go and see for your self, every single poll has the same results.

Yet again you have shown how naive you are. All the papers above are right-leaning papers, part of the Murdoch empire. Have you ever heard of Fox news? News International? What do you expect from the Sun, Daily mail? To say lets embrace immigrants? That they are the best thing after "agege" bread? Come on my friend. You can do better than this.

If you can show me any similar article quoting same figures from the mirror, guardian, intependent or the observer, i would listen to you.

These gabbage tabloids you quoted have always spread a negative perception of immigration. They represent scare mongering and xenophobia. Hope this is not what you read? I may understand because they are cheap papers and write in street language. Please switch to more respectable ones like the guardian. A few extra pence will not kill you.