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could not really see much of the dancing pics, rather he being mobbed by the crowd.

A video would have been better.

~Bluetooth:
Ode
does Turai emabarass us before the whole world ?

So you would rather be "unembarassed" and remain impoverished than the other way round.

Now i can understand why you are the clown of nairaland.

Guyman02:
Nna meen you too much. You must be a counsellor? I like the bolded.
Age is nothing but numbers; I think she loves you and was afraid of loosing you.
Take time to study her circle and ovulation period; anyday she tells you that she is feeling sick and have headache dont pity her check to see if that is her ovulation day (if you sabi) then make quality love to her and pour in everything and let her remain there for sometime with her buttocks placed on a pillow to ensure that the fast swimming spermatozoa cells hit the eggs in her uterus. Gbam! she go get belle and give you plenty pikins and sidren.
Goodluck! but not jonathan

An easier way would be to bang the woman day and night consistently for at least 3 months. Make hot love at least 3 times a day, 5 days a week. Man she would become pregnant.

As for the lie, poster needs to look at the bigger picture. Is she also a liar in other aspects of her life? If not, carry go.

I would rather have a semi literate but competent and incorruptible first lady than a thieving turai anyday anytime

!!Mr Cork:

nvo5, madam are u one of te IBO pirate?

comments like this will get you banned yet again

jay bee:
Yes i am dead serious. Personally, i would be needing hard evidence before breaking my home.
Texts could have been from an admirer or what not.
Best way for him to confirm his suspicion is get the wife do a pregnancy test

If your wife could hide something so huge and significant like sending or receiving highly suggestive and damaging messages from her boss, then that marriage is done for. Worse still they could have been seeing each other regularly for 3 solid years and she pregnant for him at least once.

Remember poster said he has been suspicious of her for some time which led him to desperately bug her phone. How much more evidence does he need.

If this were a law court the woman would be guilty as Cecilia ibru.

mbulela1:
the story sounds cooked up.
on another note, how daft is your wife to leave not one but several of such explicit texts in her fone?

I would not put it that way.

But what i will like poster to tell the house is how exactly he was able to tap her phone. Did you do it yourself, or get a private dic. Were those old text messages or new ones?

jay bee:
Help you to do what really? How pathetic  
you need to substantiate your suspicion. Text messages could have been a prank so have her confess then send her packing.
No two ways about it.

u serious? do you mean catch him on top of her, banging each other.

i am not sure he is that stupid. He probably meant kudos to GEJ for using fb as a medium in reaching out to Nigerians unlike his predecessors.

this debate sounds petty. there are more serious issues in the country that need addressing

what did he forget in aso rock that he wants to go back and collect.

some "ego" i supposed.

MsTom:
keep thinking why a woman would get a man as a house help knowing that she has 2 girls?

this is bothering on sexism. not all men are perverts you know.

Sad, sad and so very sad.

The western invasion of Africa and subsequent colonial rule is the greatest injustice the galaxy has ever known.

This mask is only a tip of the iceberg, on a visit to the museum in Birmingham some months back, i was appalled at the number of bini artefacts i found.

Oba gha to kpere, ise.

An exercise in futility. the country is rotten to the core

Mbeki:
That's what happens when you have a profit centered business.

ARIK air was established with stolen funds and the curses of people are following them.

They better repent or see d enterprise crumbling.

Hope these curses dont translate to plane crashes

TUFIAKWA.

As long as they only lose money for bad management thats fine with me.

another arik problem again!!!

is this the beginning of the end of the airline?

slap1:
Answer the question. @Topic. Osaze Odemwingie

what question? are you ok? or do u have an axe to grind with me.
i can only see 2 statements by poster, one the topic the other his opening post.

you need to get out more often mate. the world does not revolve around nl u know.

i heard the airport in finland , where it snows several inches deep in winter hardly ever gets shut. the extra money invested could indirectly save millions more in revenue that would have been lost due to the country grinding to a halt.

Siena:
Most RWD cars won't fare as well as FWD or AWD in the snow, true.

My work buddy has an E36 M3 Coupe, and it's lethal in the snow. He lives on a hilly stretch, and the rear end's just too tail-happy attempting to drive up the crest. He's resigned himself to running his wife's Ford Focus 1,6 to and from work, till conditions improve.

absolutely agree. unless one has to change all the tyres to winter ones.

where is a range rover sports when you need it

If these are all we ve got, no wonder Nigeria can no longer win Africa [caf or bbc] footballer of the year

gone are the days of the yekinis, amunikes, okochas, etc etc

r231:
says who

mine is coping just fine

Most BMWs are rear wheel drive, apart from the 4*4 and minis, even them are based on a rear wheel model. They struggle on snow and the tyres spin a lot.
I don't know the type u ve got, but i have the new model 5 series diesel. I have sinced packed up, shikena.

Siena:
Strangely, the snow hasn't stopped me from getting out and about. One of the reasons I've always gone for AWD Audi's. In this case, an Audi A4 Avant 3,0L Quattro.

She's currently having a make-over, and I'm driving an old Peugeot 405 STi Estate, which is regular FWD. I still don't get stuck. I guess it's down to the way you drive, i.e how you pull away from standstill, brake, what gears you use, how you ascend and descend snowy slopes etc.

Nice one.
But whatever you do avoid BMWs. They are useless on ice.

rhymz:
. . .hmmm whatever sha! Na U get your mouth, Am way above this nonsense, me and U no dey compete for who dey enta cyber pass, I ve said my piece, you should do thesame and move on. I ve seen many of your posts and honestly you usually sounded like an informed adult until now, you can do better than indulging in unprovoked attacks on people who respect you and expect that you do thesame. Even if you are bored here, there are other engaging things you can actually do with your time you know?

Well i sense some insight from this last comment. You resorted to name calling in the first place, which i would never do myself. I was being honest by making you know that your long criticism of this chap would have been better outlined in paragraphs, and voila, you erupted.
BTW, back to the topic.

heryyy:
meeeeee

You are joking right.

I reserve my comments

the UK govt. need to pull itself together and stop letting its citizens down in snowy/icy weather. they tend to become too easily overwhelmed whenever there is an Arctic freeze.
the motorways are simply impassable today.
shocking

Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, has siphoned as much as $9bn out of his impoverished country, and much of it may be stashed in London banks, according to secret US diplomatic cables that recount conversations with the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court.

Some of the funds may be held by the part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group, according to prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who told US officials it was time to go public with the scale of Bashir's theft in order to turn Sudanese public opinion against him. "Ocampo suggested if Bashir's stash of money were disclosed (he put the figure at $9bn), it would change Sudanese public opinion from him being a 'crusader' to that of a thief," one report by a senior US official states. "Ocampo reported Lloyds bank in London may be holding or knowledgeable of the whereabouts of his money," the cable says. "Ocampo suggested exposing Bashir had illegal accounts would be enough to turn the Sudanese against him."

Lloyds responded by saying it had no evidence of holding funds in Bashir's name. "We have absolutely no evidence to suggest there is any connection between Lloyds Banking Group and Mr Bashir. The group's policy is to abide by the legal and regulatory obligations in all jurisdictions in which we operate." Details of the allegations emerge in the latest batch of leaked embassy cables released by WikiLeaks which reveal that:

• US officials regard European human rights standards as an "irritant", criticising the Council of Europe for its stance on secret rendition of terror suspects.

• Diplomats believe judges in the war crimes trial of the Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor have been deliberately causing delays to ensure the only African judge is presiding when the verdict is delivered.

The cables were released as the WikiLeaks editor-in-chief, Julian Assange, accused the US of mounting an aggressive, illegal investigation against him. "I would say that there is a very aggressive investigation, that a lot of face has been lost by some people, and some people have careers to make by pursuing famous cases, but that is actually something that needs monitoring," he told reporters outside the mansion on the Norfolk/Suffolk border where he is staying while on bail. Assange has repeatedly asserted that he is the victim of a smear campaign. The Guardian today publishes the first full account of the allegations made against him by two Swedish women based on previously unseen police documents.

If Ocampo's claim about Bashir's fortune is correct, Sudanese funds being held in London banks amount to one tenth of annual GDP in Sudan, which ranks fifteenth from bottom in the UN's index of the world's poorest countries. Ocampo discussed evidence of the stash with the Americans just days after issuing an arrest warrant for the Sudanese president in March 2009, the first issued by the court against a serving head of state. Bashir was indicted for seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity last year with a further three counts of genocide added in July. Ocampo, who has never released details of the alleged funds, was severely criticised for the indictment by many in Sudan and internationally amid criticisms the move would inflame fighting in the southern Darfur region. Despite the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, Bashir has remained popular among many others in the country, particularly those who have benefited from the oil boom brought about during his presidency. A spokesperson for the Sudanese government dismissed the claim, describing it as further evidence of the ICC's political agenda in discrediting the Sudanese government.

"To claim that the president can control the treasury and take money to put into his own accounts is ludicrous – it is a laughable claim by the ICC prosecutor," said Dr Khalid al-Mubarak, government spokesperson at the Sudanese embassy in London. "Ocampo is a maverick, and this is just part of his political agenda. He has failed miserably in all his cases and has refused to investigate Iraq or Gaza – he needs success and he has targeted Bashir to increase his own importance."

"Attempts to smear not only Bashir but Sudan as a whole are well known, and are clearly linked with anti-Arab sentiments and Islamophobia," Mubarak added.  But experts said that if confirmed, the funds could have big implications for victims of human rights abuses in the county. Richard Dicker, head of international justice at Human Rights Watch, said: "If Bashir were to be tried and convicted, these funds could not just be frozen, but used as a source of reparations for victims … [of] horrific crimes in Darfur."

Robert Palmer, a campaigner at anti-corruption organisation Global Witness, said: "$9bn may sound like an inconceivably large amount of money for the president of Sudan to control. But we have uncovered evidence of substantial funds being held in a European bank by an oil-rich country in the past, where the head of state had a worrying level of personal control over the funds. In Sudan's case, the figure is almost the same amount as has been transferred from north to south Sudan under the oil revenue sharing part of the comprehensive peace agreement since 2005."

In a remarkable series of exchanges, the cables also reveal how Sudan's mineral wealth had a direct bearing on the ICC proceedings against Bashir, as China balked at action against him that could harm its interests in the oil industry. "Ocampo said China, as long as it continues to have oil concessions in Sudan, does not care what happens to Bashir," one cable states. In another cable dated March 2008, a senior French official noted "growing Chinese concern about possible north-south fissures in Sudan and the possibility that its oil interests could be threatened".

"The Chinese were beginning to see more clearly that Sudan's behaviour towards Darfur and Chad could only increase the possibility of a north-south rupture will a possibly severe effect on China's stake in the oil sector,' the French are reported to have said.

In return, the Chinese expressed "puzzlement" that the French – a member of the ICC and able to influence the deferral of proceedings against Bashir – supported Ocampo's decision to pursue the Sudanese president, given France's oil interests in the region. "[The Chinese] observed French companies have oil interests in Sudan as well as Chad," the Americans stated.

France ultimately supported Bashir's indictment, but the cables suggest this was deliberately calculated to protect their oil interests. The French told the Americans they believed that firm action on Darfur was the only way to protect oil interests. Both French firm Total and China, through affiliates of its state-owned China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, have substantial oil concessions in Sudan, which currently produces 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day .

"It is ironic that China, which postures as a friend of the people's in the developing world couldn't give a damn about the suffering of hundreds of thousands of African victims in Darfur," said Dicker. "I'm not surprised that China is putting its oil interests above the interests of humanity in seeing that these crimes of enormous concern are adjudicated, but I think it will rebound to China's discredit," Dicker added.Speculation that Bashir may have deposited billions in oil money in foreign accounts is likely to add to demands for his arrest and transparency in Sudan's oil sector."The arm of the law, when it comes to this type of crime, committed by or alleged to have been committed by heads of state or heads of government, has gotten longer," said Dicker. "There is a long road to trial in The Hague, but what's striking is a number of other heads of state and heads of government have wound up in court much to their surprise through often lengthy and circuitous pathways."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/17/wikileaks-sudanese-president-cash-london

Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, has siphoned as much as $9bn out of his impoverished country, and much of it may be stashed in London banks, according to secret US diplomatic cables that recount conversations with the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court.

Some of the funds may be held by the part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group, according to prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who told US officials it was time to go public with the scale of Bashir's theft in order to turn Sudanese public opinion against him. "Ocampo suggested if Bashir's stash of money were disclosed (he put the figure at $9bn), it would change Sudanese public opinion from him being a 'crusader' to that of a thief," one report by a senior US official states. "Ocampo reported Lloyds bank in London may be holding or knowledgeable of the whereabouts of his money," the cable says. "Ocampo suggested exposing Bashir had illegal accounts would be enough to turn the Sudanese against him."

Lloyds responded by saying it had no evidence of holding funds in Bashir's name. "We have absolutely no evidence to suggest there is any connection between Lloyds Banking Group and Mr Bashir. The group's policy is to abide by the legal and regulatory obligations in all jurisdictions in which we operate." Details of the allegations emerge in the latest batch of leaked embassy cables released by WikiLeaks which reveal that:

• US officials regard European human rights standards as an "irritant", criticising the Council of Europe for its stance on secret rendition of terror suspects.

• Diplomats believe judges in the war crimes trial of the Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor have been deliberately causing delays to ensure the only African judge is presiding when the verdict is delivered.

The cables were released as the WikiLeaks editor-in-chief, Julian Assange, accused the US of mounting an aggressive, illegal investigation against him. "I would say that there is a very aggressive investigation, that a lot of face has been lost by some people, and some people have careers to make by pursuing famous cases, but that is actually something that needs monitoring," he told reporters outside the mansion on the Norfolk/Suffolk border where he is staying while on bail. Assange has repeatedly asserted that he is the victim of a smear campaign. The Guardian today publishes the first full account of the allegations made against him by two Swedish women based on previously unseen police documents.

If Ocampo's claim about Bashir's fortune is correct, Sudanese funds being held in London banks amount to one tenth of annual GDP in Sudan, which ranks fifteenth from bottom in the UN's index of the world's poorest countries. Ocampo discussed evidence of the stash with the Americans just days after issuing an arrest warrant for the Sudanese president in March 2009, the first issued by the court against a serving head of state. Bashir was indicted for seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity last year with a further three counts of genocide added in July. Ocampo, who has never released details of the alleged funds, was severely criticised for the indictment by many in Sudan and internationally amid criticisms the move would inflame fighting in the southern Darfur region. Despite the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, Bashir has remained popular among many others in the country, particularly those who have benefited from the oil boom brought about during his presidency. A spokesperson for the Sudanese government dismissed the claim, describing it as further evidence of the ICC's political agenda in discrediting the Sudanese government.

"To claim that the president can control the treasury and take money to put into his own accounts is ludicrous – it is a laughable claim by the ICC prosecutor," said Dr Khalid al-Mubarak, government spokesperson at the Sudanese embassy in London. "Ocampo is a maverick, and this is just part of his political agenda. He has failed miserably in all his cases and has refused to investigate Iraq or Gaza – he needs success and he has targeted Bashir to increase his own importance."

"Attempts to smear not only Bashir but Sudan as a whole are well known, and are clearly linked with anti-Arab sentiments and Islamophobia," Mubarak added. But experts said that if confirmed, the funds could have big implications for victims of human rights abuses in the county. Richard Dicker, head of international justice at Human Rights Watch, said: "If Bashir were to be tried and convicted, these funds could not just be frozen, but used as a source of reparations for victims … [of] horrific crimes in Darfur."

Robert Palmer, a campaigner at anti-corruption organisation Global Witness, said: "$9bn may sound like an inconceivably large amount of money for the president of Sudan to control. But we have uncovered evidence of substantial funds being held in a European bank by an oil-rich country in the past, where the head of state had a worrying level of personal control over the funds. In Sudan's case, the figure is almost the same amount as has been transferred from north to south Sudan under the oil revenue sharing part of the comprehensive peace agreement since 2005."

In a remarkable series of exchanges, the cables also reveal how Sudan's mineral wealth had a direct bearing on the ICC proceedings against Bashir, as China balked at action against him that could harm its interests in the oil industry. "Ocampo said China, as long as it continues to have oil concessions in Sudan, does not care what happens to Bashir," one cable states. In another cable dated March 2008, a senior French official noted "growing Chinese concern about possible north-south fissures in Sudan and the possibility that its oil interests could be threatened".

"The Chinese were beginning to see more clearly that Sudan's behaviour towards Darfur and Chad could only increase the possibility of a north-south rupture will a possibly severe effect on China's stake in the oil sector,' the French are reported to have said.

In return, the Chinese expressed "puzzlement" that the French – a member of the ICC and able to influence the deferral of proceedings against Bashir – supported Ocampo's decision to pursue the Sudanese president, given France's oil interests in the region. "[The Chinese] observed French companies have oil interests in Sudan as well as Chad," the Americans stated.

France ultimately supported Bashir's indictment, but the cables suggest this was deliberately calculated to protect their oil interests. The French told the Americans they believed that firm action on Darfur was the only way to protect oil interests. Both French firm Total and China, through affiliates of its state-owned China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, have substantial oil concessions in Sudan, which currently produces 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day .

"It is ironic that China, which postures as a friend of the people's in the developing world couldn't give a damn about the suffering of hundreds of thousands of African victims in Darfur," said Dicker. "I'm not surprised that China is putting its oil interests above the interests of humanity in seeing that these crimes of enormous concern are adjudicated, but I think it will rebound to China's discredit," Dicker added.Speculation that Bashir may have deposited billions in oil money in foreign accounts is likely to add to demands for his arrest and transparency in Sudan's oil sector."The arm of the law, when it comes to this type of crime, committed by or alleged to have been committed by heads of state or heads of government, has gotten longer," said Dicker. "There is a long road to trial in The Hague, but what's striking is a number of other heads of state and heads of government have wound up in court much to their surprise through often lengthy and circuitous pathways."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/17/wikileaks-sudanese-president-cash-london

more pics.

pictures from the uk

@ poster, you could have added more flesh to the first post as a way of introducing the topic.

@topic, yes, its the worst i have found it in all my years here. we say last yr was bad but this time around, jaw dropping comes to mind.

btw, it looks like a white Christmas this year, hurray.

rhymz:
. . .you are an !diot. How is it my fault that you are slow? Try typing on your phone pad and still manage to make sense like I did, Fool!

It aint no fault of mine you use a cheap phone to browse the internet.

On the other hand, had you been smart enough you would have gone to a cyber cafe as all your ilk do.

OK, i get it , you just wanted the house to know that you ve finally got rid of the old nokia phone

Arik probably bit more than it could chew. The expansion to europe and america came too early and thats why the poor staff are paying the price for managements wrong decisions.
Hope they dont go the way of what was it called again  . . . . . . . .

"birdflu" [bellview]