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a girl once told me she cant marry a guy who wont beat her

and I was like


apparently she loves both parents but seems to love her father more. And may I say, her dad beats her mum.

BBC is dubious at times,

I visited the site again today and the story has changed!

Believe me, I did a copy and paste when I posted this topic.

I wonder what the interest rate would be and I wonder why we need to borrow when we have $40b in foreign reserve. Something smells fishy. Why does the world teach us to swim by tying weights on our legs when others are given floats?

please read the following article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6178473.stm

World Bank boosts malaria fight 

Malaria, which mosquitoes pass on, still kills a million every year
The World Bank has announced it will lend $180m in funds to help African countries - especially Nigeria - in their fight against malaria.
Nigerian Health Minister Eyitayo Lambo said malaria was the leading cause of illness and death in the country.

The announcement came ahead of a summit at the White House that is to discuss fighting the disease globally.

Malaria is preventable, but still claims more than a million lives a year - mostly among children in Africa.


World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said the funding - which doubles the bank's previous anti-malaria assistance - needed to be well co-ordinated and monitored to ensure its effectiveness.

@ thread starter - whats the point of this thread? to prove that you (a nigerian) are foolish?

@ article writer - whatever sense he was trying to make was lost in the jungle of ambigous vocabulary.

I second that.

UI is the greatest all-ways

e.g. IMF regulations

you probably didn't know that Abacha stubbornly fixed the official currency exchange at $1 = N22 you could only get that rate in the bank

The problem was, the bank never traded dollars because there was non to be traded (the bank was literally broke)

You could only get it in the black market at N132

Because of bad leaders.

Colonization and the therefore the lack of patriotism has made people selfish.

Nigeria and Africa in general is backward because it's foundation is highly faulted.


but we have to look beyond this to move forward. Identifying the root of the problem is the first cure of this disease called african countries. The next step is repositioning ourselves in global affairs and we should find a way of improving our relevance and reducing our dependency. We need to think for ourselves and refuse leaders that are dogs to the west. We need leaders that would have the interest of the people at hearts.

Yea, let the whole of the Federal Troops go there and comb the mangroves in large numbers.

On second thought, the result might not be predictable. The militants would result to setting bosom traps. I am sure Nigerian army would win in the long run but there would be too much blood shed on both sides.

Except the army go there without trying to be oppressive and plead with nigerian citizens/militants to be sensible.

Militants Hit Nigeria Oil Facilities
Two pipelines are damaged by explosions, and an offshore supply convoy is attacked.
From the Associated Press
July 14, 2006

YENAGOA, Nigeria — Twin explosions hit oil installations belonging to an Italian company in Nigeria's volatile southeastern delta region, government officials said Thursday.

Elsewhere, militants attacked 11 boats carrying supplies to Chevron's offshore oil fields Wednesday, killing four navy sailors who were escorting the convoy, Brig. Gen. Alfred Ilogho said Thursday.


The militants also seized 40 people and held them overnight. The captives and the 11 boats were released early Thursday, Chevron spokesman Deji Haastrup said, and the incident did not affect oil production.

One of the two blasts Wednesday blew apart an 18-inch oil pipeline at the Clough Creek Tepidapa flow station, and heavy spillage was reported, said Dikivie Ekiogha, an oil industry advisor to the state governor.

Another local official said the second blast hit a 10-inch riverside pipeline in Lagoagbene.

Nigerian officials said the oil installations belonged to Italian oil giant Agip, which said it had repaired minor damage with only a small loss of oil.

In Rome, Agip's parent company issued a statement denying a report in the Nigerian Guardian newspaper that the blasts caused a loss of 120,000 barrels of oil a day.

The company did not say what caused the damage.

The pipelines carry oil to an export terminal in Bayelsa state, which normally exports about 200,000 barrels a day.

Militant assaults on installations this year in the Niger Delta, the main oil-producing area, have cut more than 20% of Nigeria's daily exports of 2.5 million barrels and helped drive up world prices.

The militant groups say they are fighting for local control of oil revenue by the impoverished inhabitants of the region.

How will the government ensure law and order when the enforcers are getting wiped out?

It seems to me that people see them as disposables, let us remember that they are our kit and kin and they are simply working to make ends meet for their families.

I didn't watch the program so I will sit on the fence on this issue.

Democracy does not mean you are free to do anything. People shouldn't commit all sorts of atrocities in the name of free speech.

Sedition and treason are offenses meant to protect our government from elements likely to cause/instigate chaos. I hope the president and co are not taking things too far though.

Let us see if the judicial system will pass the test just like the assembly passed their's on the third term issue.

Is there anything as the age of consent in Nigeria?

A five year old can buy cigarette and beer: YES (because he might be on an errand)
but can he drink it in public? HELL NO
even a lot of 24 year olds can't smoke and drink in public.

You can't simply mirror the western world on Nigeria.

Click here for the Nigerian Constitution.

In the nigerian constitution:
(a) "full age" means the age of eighteen years and above;

(b) any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age. (when specified by the section)

The Nigerian Criminal Code section 221 stipulates that it is a criminal offense if a man has sexual intercourse with a woman

[list]
[li]without her consent; [/li]
[li]with her consent given under fear of pain or death threat; or [/li]
[li]if the female is under 14 years of age or of unsound mind, whether with or without her consent.[/li]
[/list]
Ironically, the age of consent for sexual intercourse varies from one part of the country to another. Specifically, the Nigerian Criminal Code puts the age of consent for boys at 14 and for girls at 16 (unless she is married). It will be seen that the law itself can be open to a lot of abuses. Law enforcement agencies are usually not sensitive to sexual rights violations, often making it difficult to establish a case of rape. The record shows that very few cases of rape offenders have been prosecuted. On the other hand, a child victim is often labeled as being sexually aggressive, even by the courts of law.

This unfavorable societal outlook on the issue of rape has not helped in the proper documentation of its incidence. Victims are reluctant to report rape cases because they feel ashamed that the society might insinuate that they made themselves a target of attack. They are also afraid of repeated occurrences by the perpetrator, because the victim is not sure of adequate redress by law enforcement agents. In some cases, victims have been driven to commit suicide because of the stigma and possible dishonor, particularly in cases of illegitimate pregnancy.

A common form of rape in Nigeria occurs with domestic help, usually a teenage girl, when she is molested by her master or by a teenage male child or relation of the . . .

@afeni, they didn't move to abeokuta from old oyo as you suggested it was more like Ibadan and Oyo town.

Hausa/Fulani calvary was superior to Oyo's calvary. To be specific it was tse-tse flies that helped the yoruba resist further invasion since the hausa and fulanis depended heavily on their calvary and their horses where infected with sleeping sickness. Maybe yoruba footmen were stronger than hausa/fulani footmen, I dont know.

Have you got proof to back your claim?

Or are you clinging to this part of the Nigerian Criminal Code?

Criminal Code provides for life imprisonment for any person who has unlawful "carnal knowledge" of a girl under the age of 13.

Shalom to my brodas _{(Shalom seems to be getting too much here)}

You will get better participation if this thread is placed in a different section. Racism, Tribalism, Sectarianism perhaps

Shalom all the way anyway.

I just made a discovery today. There is a trace of Yoruba language in GREEK, LATIN, AND GERMAN languages

In Yoruba language, the word "ADE" is a noun and it means crown.
the verb "DE" means to wear on your head (e.g. HAT)
it also means to COVER


I don't know if my findings is true but I got it from this website "http://www.babynamesworld.com/search.php?tab=3&f_gender=2&f_start=ade&f_submit=1&asearch=1&browseby=1&x=30&y=8"

They lumped all African languages together but we know there are hundreds if not thousands of languages in Africa.