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In Nigeria, most lawyers don't bill per hour. They are responsible for stating the cost they would be asking before the court and depends on a lot of factors.

It looks iffy to you but not to her lawyers. Frankly, we don't care. Many people are of the opinion that a male rapist who is also a pastor should not face the consequences of his actions.

isthatso:
I have sued before, I didnt determine the exact legal costs before hand because lawyers bill per hour and you dont know how far a case will go, so you dont really know what your costs are. Each time they attend court lawyer will bill you, each time they are working on your case, Lawyer will bill you. What you do is ask for "costs" which will be determined by the judge at the conclusion of the case. What if the case goes on for 5 years and legal costs run into 50m and she has only asked for 10m?

secondly, I dont think it is rocket science to be aware that if you ask for an amount it looks iffy. Especially when you know the public is split on the issue. It's either bad legal representation or hidden motive clounding rational thinking. Because it doesnt take a rocket scientist in a sensitive case like this to simply say change the N10m to "legal costs", let the judge ask what are the legal costs because he must ask before he give judgement!!

Is that not what she did?

To layman, it looks iffy but that is how it is done. There is nothing iffy about asking for cost of an action.

isthatso:
ahh ok legal costs, the headline was misleading. Like I said I have always thought she was raped and was shocked a woman would say what she said.

Either way she has not done herself or her lawyers have not done her any favours. She could just have demanded a public apology and legal costs. To state the amount when the case has not even started makes the whole thing look iffy. Let the judge determine legal costs.

What silly lady told you that?

She is not demanding 10m from him. She is demanding for him to pay the cost of action she is bringing against him that includes the lawyers fees, etc.

Cc Fynestboi, MissyB3

The title and content of this article are misleading and false.

isthatso:
10m is the price of your dignity? A lady told me this girl wasnt raped, I didnt believe her and I was shocked that woman would say such a thing about a fellow woman, especially because I was convinced she was raped. But she kept tellling me "trust me I am a woman, I know when a woman was raped"

That an apology and 10m is your price makes me now question the whole story. I am not a woman but I'd like to think that if indeed she was raped no price would compensate her.

What have you the impression that she wasn't taking care of herself?

Working out can only do so much. You don't know what happened to her.

meobizy:
She should get on a yoga routine because it may break again. I don’t understand why people sit around and assume their bodies take care of themselves. Working out is your utmost priority because you have only one life and one body to enjoy it with.

What is the problem then? What exactly is your question? If he is not adamant about pregnancy, fix a date for the wedding, let him invite her and live happily ever after. Court wedding doesn't take forever. They can be married in a week, she can secure a visa if everything goes according to plan in less than two months.

If I were you, I will.listen to people's advice. You are not this man's mind, you can't know him. Display of affection is not enough to show true love. If he loves her, he should do the needful. Prepping a woman to be the Naija wife or a maid is very real.

blackangel0403:
he wants a family he will take over there because of culture and also he loves my sis, for all the people saying he wants a Nigerian wife, I kept quiet because I know the real truth. Guy means his words 100% and he is not insisting on getting pregnant, he suggested it to her because he wants to assure her he is here for stay, I am only buying into the idea because I don’t want her to miss this opportunity, she might never see such opportunity again in her life because of our Nigerian men mentality. Like one pointed out earlier, no sane man wants to take responsibility of another mans children. For dose saying am the one desperate here, maybe because I know better in the case than u and I can smell the future if she looses this guy.

Please, who is comparing? She is condemning what is wrong and you are trying to compare one inhumane treatment to another. You need to get yourself checked.

Haddek:
Unclading is not excessive.
She's just enjoying female privelege because if it was male that was involved in the same stealing, he'd have been lynch to death and turn to burnt offering.

This certificate propaganda has always been ridiculous.

How can you be too diplomatic about your future?

What is it about Trump that makes him a leader? A man that keeps BS himself and his lane supporters? Do you hear yourself?

Zane2point4:
Thanks for your analysis, though my head dey do off and on, but sure i grabbed something from it.

But watching the uk parliamentarians, i think they're too deplomatic, sometimes they need someone like trump to lead them.

Sound like porridge though with the pounding.

HarryDuce:
Cutlery (just spoon for most people). It doesn't have the same texture as pounded yam or any other swallow. Don't be deceived by the photo. Then you have your stew (or sauce).

I don't have caused the deaths of several people yet, ruined my country's economy etc.

If he were I wouldn't wish him well, why should I when he is dead.

alphaNomega:
Why? He is dead now. If he did you any wrong you should find peace within yourself and move on.

Boris Johnson is Trump

The UK parliament isn't like the US's. It is exactly why he is getting this treatment

Zane2point4:
Thanks for your analysis, though my head dey do off and on, but sure i grabbed something from it.

But watching the uk parliamentarians, i think they're too deplomatic, sometimes they need someone like trump to lead them.

May his soul never rest in peace

Flexherbal:
He has finally gone to rest.

May his soul rest in peace!

UK has been part of the EU for years. Basically, trade, healthcare, research, transport, border control, immigration....almost every damn thing is intertwined. Which means they might have to start from the scratch.

Most importantly is the trade deal and the Irish border. The EU and the UK need to reach an agreement that will not affect movement of goods and services moving into the UK.

It also doesn't help that there is Ireland and Northern Ireland. There is a whole lot of bitter history between the Irish and the English. Northern Ireland is part of the UK, Ireland isn't but it is part of EU. There isn't much divide on both Irish sides and they wouldn't allow a situation whereby any deal reached by EU or Britain affects the relationship, ease of movement from Ireland to Northern Ireland.

There are also other consequences that affects individuals like new passport rules, health insurance etc

Zane2point4:
What do the Uk have to loose if the pull out from the eu.
Pls educate.

Yes. Scotland didn't vote to leave. Northern Ireland didn't vote to leave. Wales voted to leave. England voted to leave.

ibietela2:
So the English has more population then others?

The people didn't vote to leave EU with a bad deal or uncertainty. The parliament is there to guarantee that we leave with a deal that won't leave the UK weaker.

Besides the English were the ones that voted for leave not the rest of the UK.

superior1:
Make e go siddon. The people voted brexit and the decision of the people must be upheld

Boris Johnson does not have one atom of humility in him.

boss1310:
it was today I watched British ministers debating in parliament upon being one of the world powers the humility of the parliamentarians and the prime minister himself shocked me.they were sometimes shouting at each other but everything is all about their country not politics or showing off expensive wears and designs.we are still far behind

Ode!

The sin you commit against your own child.

How does Yoruba culture translate to politics?

For your wisdom, do your think acting like a douchebag to a girl hoping she still stays is good test of loyalty. It would take a girl that likes to treated like trash to stay.

anigbajumo:
For yer mind,u fink to identify a loyal girl is a rocket of science

You think a loyal girl that has sense will wait for you to get sense

ceeceeco:
I love my strategy. I will shower these girls with sweet words and keep having sex with them, so whenever i'm done with any girl, I'll just change my lifestyle from being nice, & she will get fed up with my attitude & dump herself thinking she dumped me. I don't dump girls, rather they dump themselves. It's very simple, if I want her to leave me, I just stop being nice. This strategy doesn't apply to the loyal ones though, which perhaps I haven't found any, but if I find one, I'll definitely keep her. So my point is that, i don't take girls serious, because, I'm yet to find one who is loyal. Sometimes I just use them to pass time...Simple!

It may or may not be true. Everyone claiming that the Presidency is lying could factcheck themselves. There has been a lot of fake news floating around these days, we had got be aareful.

That is not news. It is boycott not loot and kill SA

Buhari's failure to address the country doesn't mean he hasn't acted. If he hasn't acted, no surprise there either.

stormborn28:
oh... You don't know Rwanda ,DRC Congo etc has already taken by boycotting a summit that is coming up in SA. When an elder in a community who the younger generation believe in fail to act , his respect diminishes if you don't know ..that is the case of the living skeleton in Aso Rock

You are a reinforced silly irrational, shortsighted and irrational fooolll

PrecisionFx:
U are an enforced FoooOOoooOOOooL.

The attack is on South African owned companies, not on all Nigerians and stop scare mongering, nobody's house is burning n dead bodies won't be everywhere for any reason concerning forcing the South African government to take a decisive step n end these attacks.

By the way, I just read that some of these companies are franchises owner by Nigerians

Not SA are for xenophobia. I am sure more than half of them do not have anything against Nigeria.

Also, you are not dealing with animals. You are dealing with misguided foolls. You are not animal and you have a lot to lose if you decide to act like one.

Lastly, don't ever tell me to stop being emotional. If you applied a bit of logic, you would realise that your approach is very emotional, irrational, shortsightedness and childish. Loss of income i, Nigerians getting robbed, women getting raped, the society descending into chaos....do they sound emotional to you?

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felaismyhero:
i understand boycotting their products,but maybe we need to send a stronger message.stop being too emotional; we are dealing with animals; cant you see the SOUTH AFRICANS ARE UNREPENTANT?! i know you and @ornicus are very rational,but there is the need for strong actions,otherwise the killings will never stop.

So you want to make life hard for Nigerians at home while they make life hard for Nigerians in SA. Sounds like a smart plan

felaismyhero:
it does not matter; shell is a dutch company,but majority of its workers here would be nigerians.don't forget too that the slain nigerian businessmen would have south african workers.i am not saying they attack the nigerians,but SOUTH AFRICAN companies! until nationalised,shell is a dutch company,mtn,shoprite,standard bank are south african companies.GM-general motors is an american company anywhere in the world,but the workers would be citizens of the nations where they are situated.

Exactly, many people are shortsighted. It is unfortunate these are youths, you would think they will know better.

It is different if a protest goes awry but coming inline to justify this madness...it beats me.

ornicus:
This right here.

This is exactly the story of kidnapping.

I remember years ago I was in the staff bus and one foolish woman started pointing at white dudes on the road and joking about how much their ransom would be. Several other fools in the bus were laughing along with her. They were too shortsighted to see that kidnapping, if unchecked would trickle down. Today you have stark incompetent illiterates engaging in mass indiscriminate kidnapping of any unlucky soul that they can catch.

The more desperate yahoo boys are into bizarre pant stealing, and murder of Nigerians for rituals. That is where every defended crime will eventually get to

The same idiots who keep wailing about security are encouraging a full breakdown of law and order.

Imagine a horde of okada men invading a street and robbing and raping in daylight. That's where this leads.

Is this opposition?

We should definitely boycott their businesses.

Zoharariel:
Exactly! They think it is every ethnicity or race that will accommodate their shenanigans & despicable lifestyles.

When you refuse to discipline your wayward children at home, they would be disciplined by strangers outside your home.

Now, they're calling for "Operation Destroy Your MTN Sims" & "Total Boycott of South Afrikan Businesses".

I wonder if it was their parents that bought me my MTN sim card or DSTV.

When you refuse to conduct yourselves in civil manner like the rest of other Nationals, then be prepared to face the consequences of your actions.

You travel abroad with your primitive & dishonest mentality to dis-virgin our National image through your cocaine-trafficking, fake drugs & armed-robbery business in your host Countries - and then think you can blackmail the FG into coming to your rescue.

Even if Nigeria is a failed state, should that be a justification for their greed & unruly behaviour everywhere they go?

Their people are on death-row in virtually all the prisons worldwide.

Chinese Prisons, Malaysian Prisons, Cambodian Prisons, Indonesian Prisons, Ghanian Prison - and even Benin Republic Prison.

Yet, they refuse to learn.

The Nigerian Army should do the needful. Anybody wey do anyhow, let them see anyhow - Nonsense!

Well, if they are going to loot MTN and stannic monthly, do you think they won't come for your mother's shop too?


Sure, they won't be unemployed. The small investors will find somewhere else to set shop; the little security forces we dey manage will have their hands full. Bodies everywhere. Houses burning. Do you want me to continue?

Sense has departed some of you. Greedy irrational foolls

PrecisionFx:
No one will become unemployed if MTN, Stanbic n Shoprite is looted monthly

They have been kidnapping and killing Northerners and
non-Northerners along Abuja-Kaduna for some good years now? Buhari hasn't done anything much about it

Small thing now, you will open your mouth and tell us that it is because they are not from his state, then if they were from state, it will be probably because they are not from his hometown.

You need to get sense. You do not need to tribalise this shit. Xenophobia in SA started before Buhari.

Chinonye02:
And beside because those guyz killed over there are not hausas

They will not be killed outside their countries

Which other African countries have joined you in your madness? Plus they may also end up in jail if caught.

Do you really think the best cause of action is to kill other innocent people in retaliation? You think it is wisdom to take lives for the actions of some idi.ots. I am sure you are one of those fools that wondered why some Northerners went for Southerners after the first coup?

stormborn28:
don't worry...it has just begun ...subsequent attacks on Nigerians will be met with similar reprisal... Not all South Africans are in South Africa ...so they will be killed too outside their country ...all Africa countries who are affected will definitely take similar measures ... It is now dog eats dog

Sorry, I don't follow.

If that is the case, Nigerians need to calm down.

edi287:
Nah he got threatened first. Look at what he said before that tweet.
People were threatening to kill him if he comes to naija.