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my guy, i feel you. we should not denigrate our nation like that. i gotta tell you, though i like jonathan, i am sick of the incompetence. abot 4 years ago i came across the same sorry story of soldiers buying their own gears (though this was also a major scandal in the british army in 2003 as well.....though it has been rectified). Why cant the army take care of its own? its disgraceful seeig the army collect 5o naira bribes from bus drivers!!! people i use to hold in high estimation..... though i will vote for this jonah guy come 2014; had it been he was standing against kwankaso, fashola, oshio baba or saraki, i will not vote for jonah but for either of these guys!!!

kaecy5:
i have watch CNN all my adult life, i have never seen CNN interview an AMERICAN SOLDIER during IRAQ or AFGHANISTAN wars

only authorized military personnel are allowed to speak to the press. any soldier speaking to the press is on his own

but in Nigeria when we do something wrong we dont take responsibility it is the fault of the president

we should be mindful the way we advertise our country, when they would show up under the guise of help and destroy our country like they have done in a lot of places our children would continue the fight for many years

Somalia have not recovered till date.

this is not POLITICS this is our LIFE.

my guy, you have seen anything yet. there was this bride price ceremony at ukpor in aambra state (shares boundary with imo state) where the items the guy was asked to bring was about N2.5 million.....it was one of the most bizarre experiences of mine. check out some of the bizarre aspects f that bizarre show:

--the guy was to give expensive george wrappers each to all the women in the village who saw the girl on the day she was born.

--he was asked to bring about 20 cartons of cigarettes, with emphasis on st morritz!!!

--All the umuada(girls from that kindred who were married outside) were to be given 3 expensive wrappers--forgotten the name.

--Since the guy was a graduate, the cash money was automatically astronomical.

--when the girl ad the mother protested (thats the previous day); they were shut up by the elders...some even say they know the guy's shop in kaduna; that it always full and very large for a small boy!!!! what could the women do? she only lamented that had her husband been alive, she would have made sure they collected nothing more than 50,000.

What could the guy do? they already had two children, so he could not back off.

The worst part of it was that since we were there for our kindred, we had to stay put. However, when we asked for water to drink (after about 2 hrs of them baring their greed); they snobishly pointed us a well, to get drinking water, inspite of him having brought 50 crates of eva water? by then, i was so pissed and just kicked my car and left....after that i decided to not marry, unless i find a wife from my own village!!!!

Kachisbarbie:
hmmm.
I think it's a wont here in Nigeria that the man shoulders responsibilities like that because it's believed to increase the value of the woman in his sight.

But, come to think of it
*If a man can't pay the bride price alone, where does he plan getting money for the wedding proper?i.e considering the fact that, that expense is "basically" on him too.
_ he should pay the bride price (borrow from his friends nd family) and the lady can come in later, during the trad/white wedding.


To the woman:
_Are you doing it out of desperation?
_Or are you genuinely trying to help? If this is the case, nothing wrong...the adage that if one hand is weak the other helps to pull up comes into play.

If the bride price is outrageous and she has to support, it's ideal she develops amnesia, immediately after helping him out - never bring it up...no matter the situation...lols

If they are both mature....
If they both understand they are doing it for them...not "one person"....
If he is visionary and she knows it's just a temporary set back....

It shouldn't be a problem.

u think they did not do what we did? the only difference is that a few big men northerners are in jail for sponsoring the camerounian version of boko haram....both ministers and minister delegates!! no court trial or what ever...is that not some sort of blackmail?

Akshow:
See better government that care about the lives of their citizens taking bold steps to crush terrorism. They didn't resort to cheap blackmail and finger pointing accusing oppositions. They didn't leave the people to their fate like the Nigerian govt that was busy campaigning in Lagos while Aljezeera was carrying the news of hundreds dead in Baga. The president did not wait for three good years and d prompting of a Pakistan gal to visit the bokoharam states.


Nigerians shine ur eyes. Embrace change. We have seen the best of good luck for six years. only a foooool keeps doing the same thing and expect a different result. I will correct my error of voting the clueless one last election by voting for change in this election.

you, Catholic riests do not dabble into politics...they can criticise bad governance and mismanagemet but not tell us that we should for mr A or B.....simple, i had say

kahal29:
Sanction him for saying the truth? The same way you sanctioned the Mbaise and Ahiara people for clamouring for a bishop of their own and one who is close to them and understands their needs? Haba... My dear cardinal

you have not read the full message he postulated on the 31st have you? he made it clear a week or 2 before he announced his change of hearth he has tried to call the 1st lady to inform her that her husband should withdraw from the 2015 race. So in essence, he would have called her to inform her of the bad news had it been he had her number, instead of announcing it like this...

muami:
Rev Fr Mbaka has just explained that he switched his support from the president to Buhari because the first lady, Patience Jonathan refused to honour his calls.

In his words : “When she came here, I told her to give me her number so that I could give her messages, but thrice she refused,” he said. “It was later she told one of the pastors with her to give me his number. Before that message (On December 31), I had called the number for two weeks but it was always the personal assistant to the pastor that picked the calls.”

Read more at: http://www.thecable.ng/not-afraid-die-says-rev-fr-mbaka | TheCable

for those of u still supporting the israeli occupation of west bank, in case u r not aware see wetin the supreme court in israel said last week about another illegal settlement....

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's supreme court has ordered Israeli authorities to demolish one of the oldest and most contentious Jewish settlement outposts in the West Bank.

The court on Thursday said the hilltop outpost of Amona must be evacuated within two years.

Amona was established in 1995 on private Palestinian land without Israeli government permission.

In 2006, Israeli police demolished nine homes at the outpost, setting off a bloody clash of settlers and supporters against police and soldiers. Several dozen trailers have remained.

The government put off dismantling the rest of the outpost, despite court deadlines. Settlers also claimed to have retroactively bought some of the land where the outpost sits, though the Palestinian landowners claim some of those sales were fictitious.

Palestinians want to establish a state in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

joeyekembele:
I can't figure out what is actually wrong with the Muslim umma, evenly the academia. It is funny why a professor would link a foreign policy to a religious inclination. I am disappointed at prof Isaq and his irrational write up here. What would he say about Saudi Arabia denying Nigeria a landing Permit so as to bring procured arm from pakistan? If Boko Haram ain't an Islamic arm wing, why would Saudi Arabia do that to us simply because the arms are meant to fight the Boko Haram? Again, it is unfortunate that a professor would see Israel as a Christian state. I put to the clueless professor that the body he represents or chairs is not recognised by the Hausa Muslim as no Hausa Muslim recognises a Yoruba man a true Muslim talk more of making him a head of a religious body. Allow the government to handle all foreign affairs of this magnitude as we have all to gain being in the side of Israel than Palestine.

what are u saying? the same history books say that humans evolved from africa.....does that mean europeans, chieset etc should claim africa? if you wanna go by history teachings or the Bible you will have to chase the egyptians from egypt as the pyramid was not built by the arabs/muslims; as there was nothing like islam then. Spain would be taken over by the arabs because that was their land before the spaish chased them out. turky controlled half of europe thru the ottoman empire...so the turks should tell the germans and french and co to leave their historical land? do you even know that the english got full control of england in 1026, after defeating the vikings of norway? so make norway go claim eglad as their own? since israel is claiming palestine due to historical claims?

proxillin:
Palestine got what ?

All history books including Your Quran and bible all recorded Jewish kingdom in Jerusalem. Read the history of roman conquest of jerusalem and roman colonialism of Jerusalem.

Why must we suppress the truth ? This is too bad ...men are really wicked

u dont semm to understand the situation in the middle east. palestine in israel?? my friennd na palestinians get that land called israel from time immemorial. it was in 1948 that the state of israel was created after the europeans felt guilty about the slaughter of jews in europe by the nazis in germany. they did not want to carve out a coutry for the jews in europe as the looked down on the jews as well as the americans and co. as such, since the palestine was still a colony/protectorate of the british; they connived with the yankees and carved out part of palestine from the arabs to create a jewish state. thats where the current arab/israel troubles are coming from.
note that b4 1948 there was no troubles or hatred between the arabs and the jews. this can be seen by the presence of jewish settlements in morrocco, turket, iran, iraq and many more places i the muslim world.m

Gabbysky:
I think Nigeria did what's best for her - Abstain from voting.
The Prof guy doesn't know what he is saying, Nigeria did not VOTE!
She was Neutral, and that's okay to satisfy both the Christians and Muslims in this country.
Now come to think of it, what relationship exists between Nigeria and Palestine sef?

Maybe, when a Christian Part of Saudi Arabia decides to break away and call for the total Annihilation of Saudis, Nigeria should remain Neutral too...
Palestine is still a part of Israel PERIOD! And they must continue to live in peace under the Israelli laws not Sharia law.
It's just like one Igbo community in Lagos springing up and asking to be carved out from Lagos and recognised as a state of her own in SW Nigeria.

Mehn, if this is true then Anambra is relly gonna go places o!!!

Our Reporter

Monday, December 29, 2014

Anambra attracts $1.65bn investments as Oduah heads Anambra airport project

In keeping with his avowed commitment to achieve increased investment inflow to the state, Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, said the state has attracted about $1.65 billion investment from investors since March 17, 2014 when the new administration was inaugurated.

These investments, he said, were attracted to key areas covering agriculture, hospitality and tourism industry, power generation, trade and commerce, among others.

Obiano, who addressed journalists on the various programmes and achievements as well as challenges facing his government, also disclosed that he had appointed former Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, as head of Anambra State Airport Development Agency based on her wealth of experience and track record of turning around the country's aviation industry, noting that his administration had distributed high-yielding seedlings to farmers and encouraged the formation of cooperative societies for easy access to farm inputs and credits.

The governor stated that through the Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency

(ANSIPPA), investments had flowed in from the Coched Farms $175 million, Ekcel Farms Limited ($150 million) and Grains and Silos Llimited ($11 million). Others are Delfarm Limited and Songhai Regional Centre from Benin Republic with $200 million investment, West Africa Inter-continental Trade Centre ($320 million) and Cardinal Developers and Trust which took over the completion of Anambra's four-star luxury hotel in Onitsha, among others.

He stated that the investment feat recorded by his administration in a few months in office was made possible by well-deserved appointment of competent professionals, especially in the areas of financial investment and banking as board members of the Anambra State investment Promotion and Protection Agency (ANSIPPA), led by Cyril Enweze, traditional ruler of Umuoji and an accomplished professional of international repute.

The governor pointed out that consideration was being given to an idea of expanding Onitsha Main Market to the River Niger, stressing that four other urban markets had been proposed for urban settlements of the state.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=97697

http://nigeriaworld.com/

my guy i wonder o!! if 5 million is the largest instalment; how did they get to 50milla with the other 7 installments the story get k-leg. i feel say na serious libel case against these lazy journalists in naija.

LMAyedun:
There is something wrong with this News...
She paid 8 times and the largest she ever paid was 5M at a time..?

[color=#006600][/color]you guys are just hallucinating....My guy, while we are insulting each other over Buhary, most of those Northerners, especially the educated one dont even wanna talk about him. they say he lacks intelligence and does not take advise. And he has insulated himself from people; talkless of if he is elected next year.

pendy79:
He is the humble and silent husband while she is the business manager and coordinator of their numerous empire.

The prisons in Nigeria will be too small for corrupt officials next year. buhari will be amazed at the massive sleaze perpetuated by this grabbing and grabbing first lady.

From Oil bloc fronting to licence plate contractor to kerosene subsidy claims returns and massive massive contracts in all agencies and ministries.

Only God can deliver Nigeria through Buhari

I am trying my best to stay away from talking about Nigerian politics and politicians. The reason is because it is the surest way to get oneself aggravated with the most unpleasant feelings. If you want a free dose of acrimony, just start discussing Nigeria and her politics and you'll get a bonanza of what you wished for.

President Jonathan and General Buhari

A celebration from certain folks who identify themselves as Buharists with a lofty practice of chorusing "Sai Buhari" upon the news of the emergence of Buhari as the winner of the APC presidential primaries deals a blow of a comfortable disappointment in my eyes. How can you possibly celebrate the emergence of Buhari in a party that had better options of presenting refined people like Fashola or better options like Fayemi and Oshiomole? Even Rochas Okorocha is a more comfortable joke than the coup d' etat General.

The country is insane! The citizens are clueless and myopic. If you can rejoice that a man who over-threw or benefited from the usurpation of a democratically elected government, is openly unapologetic over it and ran a very brutal and abusive junta, then you deserve the clueless man in Aso Rock ten times.

This is a man who said he will not contest for the Presidential race again, defended the monstrous junta of Abacha as "not corrupt," presided over a petroleum ministry where funds running in the billions disappeared under his watch and yet you chorus about his integrity? Do you know what integrity means? Someone says he won't do a thing and next tomorrow he wakes up doing the same thing he promised never to get involved in and you are not worried about a man of such personage? If he could not keep to his word, why would he keep to his promises upon being entrusted with power?

This is a man who has not presented any manifesto, plan, nor submitted any idea or plan he intends to runs with if elected into power. All we hear is "I'll fight corruption," "Vote me and my party and they'll be security," and "I am the answer to a buoyant economy," etc. How the heck do you intend to bring these superficial promises to light? Will you fart out insecurity? You think the economy is run by rhetorics? Or you want to fight insurgency with words of mouth? No explanation, no manifesto, nothing practical just cheap vague promises and the mindless followers chorus "Sai Buhari!"
In a way this guys kinda makes some sense to me



I do not understand folks in Nigeria. If you think that Buhari will do a better job simply because the man in Aso Rock is acting like a clueless docile which makes it easy for the Sharia enthusiasts to fart any vague rhetoric to your patronage, then I laugh.

You do not find it shameful and disturbing that in a country of over 170 million people, the best that could be offered to contest for the Presidency are a Sharia enthusiast who over-threw a democratically elected government and most importantly has no plans and manifesto to offer and a disappointing commander-in-chief who runs a government of proud incompetence and loud cluelessness. I am ashamed.

In a saner clime neither GMB or President Jonathan would have been allowed to preside over a nursery school not to mention a country of over 170 million people. Sorry, we are lost. A country where two non-senses are put before you to try to make sense from them. Meanwhile, this is the same nation where we have the likes of Donald Duke, Fashola, Nuhu Ribadu, and few others and they are in perfect fettle. Sai! Una shame me!
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http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/12/neither-buhari-nor-jonathan-can-govern-nigeria-imoh-david

[color=#990000][/color] though i dont think he is a saint, yet his book continues to intrigue me. I think he wastedmore than Jonathna will ever watse; but i find it amasing that he has the guts to say all what he keeps saying. Dis is a case of a sewage shit)(system calling a water pipe in asaba dirty. it cant possibly be kettle calling poy black!!!

Our Reporter

Wednesday, December 10, 2014


In new book, Obasanjo blasts Jonathan, Atiku, Nnamani, Tinubu

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• Yar'Adua lied over his health, he also says

By CHINELO OBOGO

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has taken a swipe at his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar; former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, ex-Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, describing most of them as liars.

He also accused President Goodluck Jonathan of incompetence, while saying that the late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua deceived him over his state of health.

Writing in his memoirs entitled: Olusegun Obasanjo: My Watch, in Lagos which was presented to the public yesterday, Obasanjo said the late Yar'Adua did not give him a full picture of his health condition when the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agreed to present him as presidential candidate in 2007.

In a chapter in the book, which chronicles the life of the former President from birth till this year, entitled: "To be or Not to be: Jonathan," Obasanjo stated that the late Yar'Adua made him to believe that he had overcome his health problems, thereby deceiving him.

The former President wrote in the book: "I was heavily involved in the transition and exit process that saw me leaving office for my successor, Umaru Yar'Adua, as recounted in Chapter 37, the ninth chapter of the second volume of this book. The unprepared and unplanned transition from Yar'Adua to Jonathan was a more difficult exercise in some respects. One reason was the 'cloak and dagger' manner in which Yar'Adua's illness was handled.

"The illness of a President cannot be regarded as private. His health has implications for the security and wellbeing of the nation. For the president and those around him to have attempted strenuously to keep the fact of the severity of his illness from public smacks of ignorance of the enormity of what the job entails and the level of provinciality of their understanding, attitude, and approach.

In the book, Obasanjo blasted President Jonathan, describing him as an incompetent leader. He wrote that President Jonathan has failed Nigerians and considered the current administration as inept and a colossal failure. He exonerated himself from the blame of the Musa Yar'Adua/Jonathan presidency that resulted in the current administration.

The former President did not also spare some leaders, like Atiku, who he described as a "blatant and shameless liar." Also, he described El-Rufai as "a brilliant man who is economical with the truth." Just as he wrote that Tinubu, was "one of the worst cases" in terms of corruption. He described Gen Muhammadu Buhari as a "strong, almost inflexible, courageous and firm leader," but said he would not be a good economic manager.

In the book, Obasanjo also blasted Yoruba chieftains, some of whom he said would prefer to be "rulers in hell, if they cannot be rulers in heaven."

On the infamous Third Term agenda, Obasanjo denied that he ever wanted to elongate his tenure, but wrote that it was the monumental mischief of his detractors that turned an effort at constitutional reform into a myopic argument about tenure elongation.

He accused Atiku and PDP governors, saying that were behind the alleged move. He said: "Atiku was behind the whole episode of turning wholesome constitutional amendment efforts of the National Assembly to a futile exercise and as a means of riding on its ashes to be a Nigerian President," he wrote.

"Those who can be regarded as influential and who have publicly accused me of allegedly manipulating a third term were Atiku Abubakar, who is a blatant and shameless liar, who was behind the whole episode of turning wholesome constitutional amendments efforts of the National Assembly to a futile exercise and as a means of riding on its ashes to be a Nigerian President; Nasir el-Rufai, a brilliant man, economical with truth and without substantiating his claim in his book and has a track record of a turncoat.

"If I did not want tenure elongation when I was military Head of State and had me to, I see no reason why I should be falsely accused of coup planning by Abacha and tenure elongation by Atiku."

He also blasted Nnamani, in the book, saying: "Ken Nnamani, the then Senate President, was a blatant liar and unabashed maker of the untrue statement on third term by saying that I informed him of my desire for a third term. As for Gbajabiamila (Femi), who talked about money passing hands, if money flowed to lawmakers, it was not from the federal treasury and definitely not from me. It could be from state governors who wished to be beneficiaries of a third term amendment."

Writing on Tinubu, he said: "Nuhu Ribadu tried to investigate almost all of them to the best of my understanding. At a time, he publicly announced that 28 out of the 36 governors were either manifestly corrupt or had tainted in one way or other. He gave me a copy of his report on those governors. Bola Tinubu was definitely one of the worst cases."

The former President also took a swipe at former governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, in the book, saying: "Daniel is shifty, dubious and believes he is the cleverest human being on earth."

While answering questions thrown at him, Obasanjo said he was not afraid of telling the truth, insisting that everything he wrote was true.

He also spoke on the court injunction obtained by a chieftain of the PDP, Buruji Kashamu, to stop the publication of the book. He described the injunction as absurd, saying that the book was published three months ago and called for the sanction of the judge who gave the judgment.

"The book had already been published and printed three months ago, only for the court to be asked to put a stop to it. Buruji went to a court to stop the book from being published and the hearing was fixed for yesterday (Monday). When that was not enough, he went to another court by 5pm on a Friday and got an injunction, saying the book should not be published. Unfortunately, the book was already completed three months ago. Secondly, I want the judge that gave such an injunction to be penalised."

person de advertise her 'goods' to guys on airaland you de ask questions? na the new runs style wey dem de do now

EroticAngelina:
what's the meaning of this? I don't understand

ibedun:
I cannot give any analysis on the subject as i dont know enough. However, the subject of shale oil is far more complex and has PEST implications not mentioned in this shoddy analysis.

I could not get into the technical jargons as i did not want to bore you guys with shale or fracking terminologies as i did not want to bore everyone. If you look at the first sentence i made, i stated that i was not gonna bore you guys with a long writeup. My initial write up was about 8 pages long. i had to cut it because i know alot of guys on this forum are bored with reading. And still what happens? the 1st commentator says its a long write up, that he eeds to come back later to read? despite me cutting it to 2 pages....

my bros think it over...check what the Russian president said today. he is begging Russians with money in diaspora to come back with their money...that no checks will be instituted against how they made their mney, the federal revenue service will ot bother them, that no police enquiry on them...are you getting the picture? tune CNN now and see him talking!!!
ITS A PARADOX

ibedun:
BS analysis.

I cry for your employer.

[color=#990000][/color]If you want to hide something from a blackman, put it in a book!!! it will be hidden for a generation.

gtrust:
I'm coming to read!

Guys, I will try to make this assertion as brief as possible, so as not to bore my fellow Nairalanders. The main reason for the fall in oil prices and subsequently the fall in the naira is due to two and only two countries; Federal Republic of Russia and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Let me elucidate my points below with regards to these two separate countries that are causing Nigerians the present hard times:
Russia:
We all know that the Russian annexation of Crimea in Ukraine and its recent support of the rebels in Eastern Ukraine really got the West very really angry and they felt impotent and helpless to do anything about it. As a result of these aggressive Russian machinations towards Ukraine, sanctions were imposed on Russia as well as on the close aides to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Though there were myriads of Russians; their businesses; and more sanctioned, the Russian economy was still waxing stronger and growing without much adverse effects on the GDP. Retrospectively though the Europeans remembered how the Russians spent about 50 billion dollars USD in the just conclude winter games in Sochi without even borrowing from the West or facing financial constraints. With this in mind and the fact that the Russian economy was not affected by the sanctions; the West, especially America came to see that their constant dependence on Russian gas and oil makes a mockery of their sanctions on Russia, as they kept pumping money in Russian oil while trying to make Putin withdraw from Ukraine (this was an irony they later realized and stopped!!! ). As such a few months ago, they decided to be dependent in matters of oil and gas. Then, the American discussions on shale oil of fracking became a reality. Ca you believe that with fracking America and West Europe within a few months almost became self sufficient in oil production? They reduced their purchase of Nigerian oil from 25% to less than 5%; within a few months? Not to even talk of Russia; as other Europeans who were against fracking now embraced it and BINGO ! The market now became over flooded with oil; thus bringing down the price of the black gold. Within a period of a few months, Russia has lost 100,000 billion dollars as no one seems to wat their oil..Ditto Nigeria.

Iran:
As for Iran, the Saudis have seen with amazement how the Iranians are exerting so much influence in the Middle East; which has historically been their sphere of influence with the help of America. The recent bombardment of ISIS positions in Syria by Iran really got the Saudis scared (not that they support ISIS). They are seeing Iran’s presence in Syria as a sign that one day it will be their turn to be distabilised by the Iranians. So therefore, they want to reduce or stop the cash flow to the Iranians. Due to the fact that Iran get more than 65% of its foreign exchange from oil; the Saudis feel and think its in their best interest if the price of oil keeps falling and stays low. Though I suspected this move about two weeks ago, it was confirmed to me by their recent actions last week at the Organization of Petroleum Exportig Countries) OPEC meeting last week in Vienna, Austria. While Iran, Nigeria and the rest wanted OPEC to reduce oil production Worldwide so as to raise prices per barrel; the Saudis on the other hand informed its fellow members in Opec without mincing words that if they dare reduce their productions, Saudi Arabia will increase its production to offset ay short fall. Guys, go and look at what is happening to Iranian economy right now, as they depend so much on oil exportation. Ditto! Nigeria. As for the Saudis they have a foreign reserve balance of 750 billion USD!!!

So therefore guys, we can see why our Naira is falling badly. There is oil, but no buyers….We have lost 20% buying from America and other percentages from other European Countries. You see? If no money is coming from abroad, our oil is as good as useless at the moment. Worst still is that it will keep falling for a while before stabilizing and returning to normal next year!!! We don suffer; this Christmas no go easy. The irony is that in spite of oil prices falling World-wide fuel in our pump stations keep rising!! I don’t get the economics of Nigeria at all.

Source: personal analysis

[color=#006600][/color]But cant the second son become the first in place of the death of the first son??

tochimas:
I actually it is different in my part of Anambra , if the first son died while his father is still alive, he will not inherent as the first son, and he cannot be buried in his fathers compound , he will be buried at a place where the children can inherent and build in the future , cos his children will never never inherint that compound, he died while his father is still alive. That disqualifies his first son status

You see, in igbo land the father's house/estate i the village goes to the first son. You dont come and make a will for other sons to inherit your village main compound as you can do in cities. Unless you disown the first son, then can you disinherit him of his traditional right.
Lets say, for argument sake, a father has one house and 4 plots of land in the village; and has 5 sons. The 1st son takes the main family compound where they have their house; while the remaining four will inherit an empty plot each. There is no way the father will as the 1st son to go and inherit an empty land. Even if the last so is a millionaire and rebuilds a mansion on the family compound; the 1st son is the rightful owner of the house.[color=#990000][/color]

DesChyko:
Traditionally or otherwise, these brothers are completely wrong.

Traditionally, the first-born son has the right to his father's compound. Then, he may allow his siblings live close to him or look for other options for them. At his death, he should also be buried in his compound. This will change if the son chooses otherwise.

Otherwise, the father still has exclusive rights to his properties till his will assumes dominance. Even at that, the father writes his wills himself. If he wants it so, the sons had absolutely no right to behave this way.

All in all, the sons had acted in a really selfish manner. It's as if they placed all their hopes in their father's wealth and affluence. It is okay to need a little push here and there to become 'someone' in life, but the way they are going about it, it's as if they expect the father to bequeath their fame to them.

A lesson for all to learn, do not allow the definitions of today drive away your morals. What is evil remains evil.

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The horses can very well be used to enhance security in the 21st century, my friend. Have you not seen the horses unit of the New York State Police department?? They can be used used in remote areas of the state even in places like Onitsha. The horses can be used to control crowds during riots or strikes. Moreover, Toronto in Canada has the mountaineers who ride soley on horses...and dont go thinking they are based in the montains!!! Moreover they are cheaper to maintain; and dont need fuel; or car parts and no need to repaint or visit the mechanic!!!

ignis:
Am I the only one getting confused here?
How can horse be used by the police to enhance security in this 21st century? Whatever happened to power bikes? I will like to see the scene of police using a horse to chase a car.... lolz

It's either the police sell those horses or they roast and eat the meat in their various stations.


Misplaced priorities.

what are you saying? did you not read where the customs officer said that certain dangerous chemicals were added on the meat to preserve it? these chemicals can cause cancer.[color=#990000][/color]

SeverusSnape:
I hate this rubbish....there are people who needs this meat for the festive period, why not share it out to them...and believe you me,most customs officials take these "loots" home to their families.

GUYS, SAW THIS IN VANGUARD AND WAS WONDERING WHAT NAIJA GUYS THINK IN GENERAL.....AS I DO NOT SEE ANY WRONG THE WOMAN DID WITH HER ACTION!!!

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We have been talking ever since and the thrust of our discussion is what I have reproduced below as he has requested. Worried guy is a 32 year old hard working and very focussed banker, while his wife whom he met at the university works as a teacher in a private Secondary school.

They are both Christians and have been married for close to three years, but he would rather not take his problems to the church for personal reasons. He is counting on you and I to work things out. Please, let do this together!

Dear Yetunde,

I have a very serious problem which has started affecting me psychologically and even my performance at my job.

I have tried to work things out with my wife but it has not yielded any positive result as I am not convinced about the situation. I feel too ashamed to discuss the problem with my pastor and even worse with my mother because I know that will only escalate things. Trust me, I know my mother and mothers generally. As for my friends, I am afraid they might turn around to use it against us and make me the butt of their jokes

My problem started last December, over the festive period to be precise. I caught my wife on our matrimonial bed having sex with a Romance-Machine. I almost collapsed because I was shocked beyond what words can describe. I found myself shaking from head to toe, unable to even say anything. I felt so disgusted and sick that I had to rush to the bathroom to splash water over my face to avoid vomiting.

She must have been so engrossed in what she was doing that she did not even know when I entered our apartment and walked into the room to find her in that position. It was my movement that brought her back to reality.

What I found most disturbing at that moment was why she could not wait for me if she was so in need of sex, since I’d called her earlier on that I was on my way home. And though she got up immediately and started pleading with me that it was the devil, I did not bring myself to talk to her until very early in the morning of the next day.

She told me a friend in her office had given it to her to try out and it was her first time of using it. And that she would have told me about it but wanted to try it out first. She mentioned somebody’s name which she said I have never met and pleaded that she would return it and never use it again. She managed to convince me that it was an innocent one-off-thing which I did not need to bother myself about and I accepted.

But it was difficult for me to forget as I kept seeing the picture of her in that position in my head and wondering if it was right for a married, Christian woman to be doing such a thing. To me, it is something made by the Satan for his children.

Later that week, she told me she had returned it and things went back to normal between us but I was surprised to find the instrument again in her underwear drawer by accident. She was not at home, so I took it out and laid it on her side of the bed. As soon as she saw it, she went on her knees again and began to beg me.

She said she did not know how to return the thing since it was a gift and would not want to upset her colleague at the office, nor embarrass herself. She insisted she was not using it and was also scouting for whom she too can give it to.

Since I did not catch her using it, I had no choice but to let it go. However, I was not comfortable and began suspecting her. I later hatched a plan to catch her and before long, it worked. What I saw that evening was worse than the previous one and still haunts me till today.

I’d never seen my wife look that way before even when we are doing it. I was transfixed that I had to hide quietly behind the door way to allow her finish before I opened the door. Immediately my wife went on her knees, begging that it was the devil again.

I refused to talk to her and walked out of the apartment. I just walked round and round the neighbourhood because I felt lost and didn’t know where to go or who to talk to. I felt thoroughly betrayed. I had never looked at another woman in my life, before and even after I met her. I’d never looked at Indecency magazines or movie, not to talk of having a girlfriend, and worse still, owning a intimacy gadget.

I could only manage to keep my anger for two days as she kept crying and asking for forgiveness, promising never to use it again. I could not bear to see her that way too, so, I insisted she had to tell me the truth.

She then told me that since the matter was no longer a secret, it was better she confessed everything to me. She said the Romance-Machine was hers and she had been using it even before she became a born again Christian, as she was introduced to it while in Secondary school. (A girls only school) I don’t understand the logic, but she said it was a way to show that they did not need male company? Were they Lesbians?

She insisted they were not. When she became “born again” in the university, she stopped, she said. This was where we met and started first as friends, then I got the message that she was my wife and we eventually got married two years after our service year. She said she was forced to go and buy another Romance-Machine after a discussion with some ladies in her office about how much they enjoyed their sex life and she missed the fun she used to have. She also told me that she does not get satisfaction from what we do together but did not want to hurt my feelings by telling me and begged me to allow her to continue using the thing and that it will not affect what we have together, after all, I never would have guessed it, if I had not caught her using it.

My problem now is that, though I have not caught her again in almost two months, I am still not happy because I know she is doing it and its disgusting to me. Though she says it will not affect us, it is already affecting me because anytime I want to have sex with her, that picture comes to my mind and spoils my mood. I will have to just force myself because I have nowhere else to relieve myself.

My work schedule is very tight as I work in the bank and have to leave home very early in the morning and most times, don’t return home until around 10pm or even later. I am also taking some professional courses, so, that also takes away most of my weekends. But my wife is a teacher, so she has more than enough time on her hands to do all she wants before I return.

Before you ask what I have done to make our love life better, I have tried to do everything she tells me, and though she says she is now enjoying it, I am not convinced. I do not see that look on her face. And it is making me feel inadequate as a husband. We have been married for three years and we are yet to conceive a child and I sometimes wonder if this is her priority. I know what I am facing with my mother and family on that issue alone, not to now add this one to it.

Have I not bitten more than I can chew with this girl? My wife is unfaithful to me and I am powerless to do anything about it. Please Aunty Yetunde, help me. I want Nigerians to advise me on what next to do. I don’t want anyone to know my identity please.

Worried guy in Lagos.

Well Nigerians, the ball is in your court. As is my style, I never assume I have the best answers to all relationship problems and this guy is sure not expecting me to provide him one.
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chibwike:
And how is this political

I did not say it was a political piece...but that it had certain socio-economic and political ramificatios, as it deals with equality of the sexes!!! And also, she has not committed adultery. If you think what she did is bad, why dont castigate men who watch porn or are engrossed and intrigued by porn? You see, the hypocracy of us men when it comes to sex issues is what i abhor, mate

Hey guys, no be me this shit happen for o!! And i know this is not a politics item; but felt the socio-economic and political (because it has to do with equality of the sexes) is worth debating. Personally, if its me i will encourage her and use it to spice up our luvvy luvvy. why cant the man ask the wife to inform him when she is about reaching the point of no return so that he can finish it off.!!!!



on June 21, 2014 / in News 1:32 am / Comments
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We have been talking ever since and the thrust of our discussion is what I have reproduced below as he has requested. Worried guy is a 32 year old hard working and very focussed banker, while his wife whom he met at the university works as a teacher in a private Secondary school.

They are both Christians and have been married for close to three years, but he would rather not take his problems to the church for personal reasons. He is counting on you and I to work things out. Please, let do this together!

Dear Yetunde,

I have a very serious problem which has started affecting me psychologically and even my performance at my job.

I have tried to work things out with my wife but it has not yielded any positive result as I am not convinced about the situation. I feel too ashamed to discuss the problem with my pastor and even worse with my mother because I know that will only escalate things. Trust me, I know my mother and mothers generally. As for my friends, I am afraid they might turn around to use it against us and make me the butt of their jokes

My problem started last December, over the festive period to be precise. I caught my wife on our matrimonial bed having sex with a vibrator. I almost collapsed because I was shocked beyond what words can describe. I found myself shaking from head to toe, unable to even say anything. I felt so disgusted and sick that I had to rush to the bathroom to splash water over my face to avoid vomiting.

She must have been so engrossed in what she was doing that she did not even know when I entered our apartment and walked into the room to find her in that position. It was my movement that brought her back to reality.

What I found most disturbing at that moment was why she could not wait for me if she was so in need of sex, since I’d called her earlier on that I was on my way home. And though she got up immediately and started pleading with me that it was the devil, I did not bring myself to talk to her until very early in the morning of the next day.

She told me a friend in her office had given it to her to try out and it was her first time of using it. And that she would have told me about it but wanted to try it out first. She mentioned somebody’s name which she said I have never met and pleaded that she would return it and never use it again. She managed to convince me that it was an innocent one-off-thing which I did not need to bother myself about and I accepted.

But it was difficult for me to forget as I kept seeing the picture of her in that position in my head and wondering if it was right for a married, Christian woman to be doing such a thing. To me, it is something made by the Satan for his children.

Later that week, she told me she had returned it and things went back to normal between us but I was surprised to find the instrument again in her underwear drawer by accident. She was not at home, so I took it out and laid it on her side of the bed. As soon as she saw it, she went on her knees again and began to beg me.

She said she did not know how to return the thing since it was a gift and would not want to upset her colleague at the office, nor embarrass herself. She insisted she was not using it and was also scouting for whom she too can give it to.

Since I did not catch her using it, I had no choice but to let it go. However, I was not comfortable and began suspecting her. I later hatched a plan to catch her and before long, it worked. What I saw that evening was worse than the previous one and still haunts me till today.

I’d never seen my wife look that way before even when we are doing it. I was transfixed that I had to hide quietly behind the door way to allow her finish before I opened the door. Immediately my wife went on her knees, begging that it was the devil again.

I refused to talk to her and walked out of the apartment. I just walked round and round the neighbourhood because I felt lost and didn’t know where to go or who to talk to. I felt thoroughly betrayed. I had never looked at another woman in my life, before and even after I met her. I’d never looked at porn magazines or movie, not to talk of having a girlfriend, and worse still, owning a intimacy gadget.

I could only manage to keep my anger for two days as she kept crying and asking for forgiveness, promising never to use it again. I could not bear to see her that way too, so, I insisted she had to tell me the truth.

She then told me that since the matter was no longer a secret, it was better she confessed everything to me. She said the vibrator was hers and she had been using it even before she became a born again Christian, as she was introduced to it while in Secondary school. (A girls only school) I don’t understand the logic, but she said it was a way to show that they did not need male company? Were they Lesbians?

She insisted they were not. When she became “born again” in the university, she stopped, she said. This was where we met and started first as friends, then I got the message that she was my wife and we eventually got married two years after our service year. She said she was forced to go and buy another vibrator after a discussion with some ladies in her office about how much they enjoyed their sex life and she missed the fun she used to have. She also told me that she does not get satisfaction from what we do together but did not want to hurt my feelings by telling me and begged me to allow her to continue using the thing and that it will not affect what we have together, after all, I never would have guessed it, if I had not caught her using it.

My problem now is that, though I have not caught her again in almost two months, I am still not happy because I know she is doing it and its disgusting to me. Though she says it will not affect us, it is already affecting me because anytime I want to have sex with her, that picture comes to my mind and spoils my mood. I will have to just force myself because I have nowhere else to relieve myself.

My work schedule is very tight as I work in the bank and have to leave home very early in the morning and most times, don’t return home until around 10pm or even later. I am also taking some professional courses, so, that also takes away most of my weekends. But my wife is a teacher, so she has more than enough time on her hands to do all she wants before I return.

Before you ask what I have done to make our love life better, I have tried to do everything she tells me, and though she says she is now enjoying it, I am not convinced. I do not see that look on her face. And it is making me feel inadequate as a husband. We have been married for three years and we are yet to conceive a child and I sometimes wonder if this is her priority. I know what I am facing with my mother and family on that issue alone, not to now add this one to it.

Have I not bitten more than I can chew with this girl? My wife is unfaithful to me and I am powerless to do anything about it. Please Aunty Yetunde, help me. I want Nigerians to advise me on what next to do. I don’t want anyone to know my identity please.

Worried guy in Lagos.

Well Nigerians, the ball is in your court. As is my style, I never assume I have the best answers to all relationship problems and this guy is sure not expecting me to provide him one.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/wife-cheating-vibrator/#sthash.fWlDdGmf.dpuf

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/wife-cheating-vibrator/

I think its about time they speak up

Hassan Ibrahim-Kaduna
Tuesday, November 25, 2014


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The Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI) group has called on Muslims to rise up and defend the Ummah against terrorists' attacks.

The group in its charge urged Muslims not be docile and wait for insurgents to slaughter them.

"We must wake up and defend ourselves; no international convention stops anyone from self defense. Enough of this killings, we must face this reality because we are not dogs or goats that should be slaughtered," the Muslim body has said.

The JNI stated this in an interview on the Voice of America (VOA), Hausa service, in Kaduna, on Monday.

Secretary General of the group, Dr Khaleed Abubakar said in the interview that Muslims were gradually been exterminated through the Boko Haram insurgency which was unacceptable, while the authorities were allegedly doing nothing about it.

Source: http://odili.net/news/source/2014/nov/25/601.html

wao..so i can go home this december with o repercussions? let me get my papers ready!!!

Our Reporter

Monday, November 24, 2014


Yuletide: Obiano tightens security with 'Operation Sheba'

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After establishing himself firmly on top of the security scenario in Anambra State as the chief security officer of the state, Governor Willie Obiano has initiated a wave of new measures to deepen the security network in the state and give Ndi Anambra a chance at experiencing the first crime-free Christmas in decades.

One of the new security measures that the governor has rolled out for a safer Anambra this Yuletide Season is 'Operation Sheba,' a special, combat-ready, anti-crime police squad that was unveiled recently in Onitsha to give a new dimension to crime-fighting in Anambra State.

Made up of 150 elite officers and men of the Nigerian Police Force, Operation Sheba was introduced to give crime-busting in Anambra State a new and biting edge. The squad is split into three units of 50 officers each, designated to 24 hours surveillance on each of the three senatorial districts of the state. Operation Sheba comes to provide more depth to the all-conquering 'Operation Kpochapu,' which is credited with wiping out criminals, especially kidnappers from Anambra State in less than two months of swinging into action. Operation Sheba's strength lies in its high mobility and penetrating surveillance that covers virtually the length and breadth of Anambra State and its rapid response ability.

Providing an insight into the formation and mission of Operation Sheba, the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Hosea Karma, explained that the idea of setting up the special squad came from the thunderous ovation that trailed Governor Obiano's security exploits during the security fundraising organised by the state in Abuja and Lagos recently.

According to him, after listening to the words of encouragement from many illustrious sons and daughters of the state who felt elated that Governor Obiano had finally secured the state, it became clear that the state government could not afford to rest on its oars and allow criminals to even contemplate a come-back.

"So, we likened those high praises in Lagos and Abuja to the Biblical narrative where Queen Sheba, after hearing the exploits of King Solomon, left her own kingdom to come and witness the greatness of King Solomon, first hand, only to discover that what Solomon had was far greater than what she had heard. We want the indigenes of the state to visit home this Christmas and New Year and find out that Anambra is far more peaceful and secure than the stories they have heard," explained Karma. According to him, Operation Sheba is poised to raise the bar in community policing in Anambra State as it connects effectively with the officers and men of 'Operation Kpochapu' as well as the members of vigilance groups in the various towns to provide a round the clock data on the security situation in the state.

According to Commissioner Karma, the Anambra State Police Command has also moved to forestall any likelihood of a breakdown of law and order in any part of the state during the Yuletide Season. "We have issued directives that all commercial vehicles that have hitherto complicated the traffic challenge in Onitsha by picking passengers along the highways must desist from that practice forthwith. Henceforth, they must load their vehicles in parks and garages that the government has designated as bus stations.

This will help decongest the roads and ensure a free flow of traffic this season. We have also started arresting street traders and hawkers of all kinds of merchandise on roads and highways as they provide a perfect cover for criminals to strike at unsuspecting commuters. We shall also arrest loiterers and anyone who is roaming the streets aimlessly because they serve as decoy to criminals. We are assuring the people of a crime-free Christmas," Karma further explained.

Although Karma has been in his present position for only two months, there is a growing feeling that he has what it takes to sustain and improve on the excellent foundations laid by his predecessor, AG Gwary.

"Within two months of my stay, we have pulled down six houses in six locations and arrested over 100 crime suspects from across the state," Karma recalled, pointing out that his men had arrested a syndicate made up of a man and his wife that specialised in stealing babies from hospital maternity wards as well as a two-man gang that robbed mothers of their babies at gun point. Also arrested are syndicates that specialised in bank robbery and the one that robbed churches after service, carting away tithes and offerings.

The command also arrested a syndicate that tricked car-dealers into parting with their cars with false credit alerts that were programmed to hit their phones once a transaction was sealed. No fewer than 15 second hand cars were recovered from this syndicate alone.

Indeed, since his inauguration as the governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has continued to justify the faith of Ndi Anambra in him.

source: http://nigeriaworld.com/

[color=#990000][/color] Even the bible the bible recognises islam? are you normal up stairs? the bible had been in existence for hundreds of years before islam was discovered and you say even the bible recognizes islam?? when u talk like that it means that islam was already in existence before the bible; because in actual sense you can not mention something in a book that came after you; its that thing that came after you can mention you in the future and not the other way round....

arsetalks:
Do you blame anyone if the are been religiously sentimental? GEJ and his administrators were working so hard to divide the country along ethnics and religion lines, they are getting dividend of their hard work.

GEJ and his advisers should not complain. Not at all. I am a Christian, but never in support of PDP's antics. Even the bible recognises Isam. But a so called Christian want to use evil antics to divide the country for his own selfish gain.

chinese ko? dat name sounds japanese to me...anyways; that woman is one bad and vicious lady!!!

i can decipher from your post you are based abroad. yes bank cleaners can be found at the bank at everytime of the day. Yes, they can also act as messengers or office helps to the professional bankers. And also there are female security personnels as well. Some of these girls are fine and at times prettier than the bankers!!

You either fabricated this story or the lady in question is lying.

Bank customers don't even see bank cleaners because cleaners do their jobs before banks open for business.

Do Nigerian banks have messengers? If any has, do they interact with customers?

Nigerian banks do have guards but they're mostly men.

If you want to fabricate a plausible story, do better next time.[/quote]

is this gold plated or gold color painted??
note that an ounce of gold is $1000 or more so for that car to be gold plated kcee would need at least $100,000 or more ounce of gold; to plate or dada or rasta or braid that car!!!
Nonsensical!! i had say