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For those saying spartacus is low budget...dts lame...budget of a movie doesn't determine how interestin it is...

D dialogue in spartacus is unequled by any oder...EVER!

See plenty quotes and action flicks pple re churning out from spartacus...y can't d advocates of GOT do same?

After season 1 of spartacus...d world over knew bout it.Jooo was a song where Reminisense sang and mentioned spartacus..buh after 3 seasons of GOT...most pple don't even knw it exists. I heard bout GOT first on dis thread...

Me tinks its rude to compare spartacus to dis GOT. Sounds like comparing Yakubu to Messi.


Spartacus is classic.

Advocates of GOT, you press beyond position!

Enuf said.

Check these lines from Doctore...

“A gladiator never fears death. He caresses it, kisses it...fu.cks it!”

“Words fall from your mouth as sh.it from Ass.s”...Damn! Spartacus....Ebaaaaaano!

Fuc.k it!! Spartacus all the way....

Its easy really.

Which is more popular?

If game of thrones were that good, it would be as popular as spartacus...

Spartacus! Victor!

Damn!

If Lagos is the safest place in Nigeria...

I shudder to think how insecured other parts of the country are...

SMH!

Abeg...wetin "sexy" mean again?

And all info on LASG is usually brough to u by naptu....yet he always claims he has notin to do wiv d govt...funny.


How does d carnival improve d average life of d poor?

Another pointer to the elitist agenda of dis govt.

The Federal Government on Friday told SUNDAY PUNCH that it would not extradite a former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, to the United Kingdom to face money laundering charges.

While reacting to a statement by the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew Pocock, the FG accused the envoy of challenging the sovereignty of the country.

The President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration stated that it was not willing to extradite Alamieyeseigha because the British government did not go through ‘appropriate channels.’
 
An highly-placed government official who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter said, “The UK cannot dictate to us. The government is not willing to extradite the former governor because of what they (UK) are saying on the pages of newspapers.”
 
Also, SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that the UK request to extradite Alamieyeseigha predated President Goodluck Jonathan administration.
 
Pocock was reported on Thursday to have said Alamieyeseigha, who recently got state pardon for his criminal conviction in Nigeria, still has an outstanding case of money laundering to answer to in the UK.
 
He said the UK government would not give up until Alamieyeseigha was brought to justice.
 
According to the envoy, the UK had asked the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice for Alamieyeseigha’s extradition and was still awaiting his position on the issue when Jonathan announced the state pardon.
 
He had said, “The former governor skipped bail in the UK on a charge of money laundering and returned to Nigeria. So, he has an outstanding charge in the UK, which is there for him to answer.
“We have already discussed it and the Nigerian government knows our views. But we would like to see him return and answer charge in the UK.
 
“I am very sure we asked in the past. But I am not sure we got a formal response. So, we are still waiting for a formal response from the Nigerian government.”
 
But a government spokesperson, who pleaded anonymity, told our correspondent that the request which Pocock talked about was an old one that was made shortly after the former governor returned to Nigeria.
 
When asked why the present administration refused to take action on an old request, he said, “The request is an old one. It was not made under this administration, you can check the date. The request predates this administration.
 
“I am sure the request must have been made in 2005/2006 when the events happened. That surely was before the inception of this administration.
 
“In any case, it is inappropriate for the envoy to be addressing issues such as this on the pages of newspapers. There are established diplomatic channels to address such issues because diplomacy has its own rules.
 
“What is expected of a foreign diplomat in another country is to go through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs if he has such an observation to make.
“A diplomat is not expected to behave in a manner suggesting that he is interfering in the internal affairs of his host country. Diplomacy on the pages of newspapers is odd, it is almost like joining a protest movement.
 
“He is expected to go through the proper diplomatic channels. Reacting on the pages of newspapers amount to challenging the sovereignty of the country and meddlesomeness in the affairs of the country.
 
“The action also amounts to carrying placards and joining protest against the host country.”
 
When contacted, the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Ambrose Momoh, said he was not aware of the UK request.
 
Momoh also said the minister, Mohammed Adoke, was not in town, and as a result, he could not immediately reach the AGF to get his (AGF’s) official position on the matter.
 
Similarly, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ogbole Ahmedu-Ode, said he was not aware of the request.
 
“All I can tell you is that normally, such request is routed through the foreign affairs ministry.
 
“All communication between foreign missions accredited to the country is through the ministry. For example, if an ambassador wants to visit the president or any minister, he writes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for clearance. The same thing applies to correspondence.
 
“Anything short of this is a breach of diplomatic procedure,” he added.
 
Meanwhile, the National Publicity Secretary, Action Congress of Nigeria, Lai Mohammed, has warned the Federal Government against endangering its ties with other countries. He said Nigeria might be ostracised in the comity of nations if government did so.
 
Mohammed said, “We live in a global world and there’s inter-relationship between countries. Without commenting on the rightness or wrongness of the recent pardon of Alamieyeseigha, we warn the government not to jeopardise the interest of Nigerians because of any man.
 
“There is supposed to be cooperation among various countries on issues such as terrorism, money laundering, drug trafficking, etc. To that extent, the government is not correct to say that the UK demand is an attempt to meddle in the internal affairs of the country.”
 
Also, the National Publicity Secretary, Congress for Progressive Change, Rotimi Fashakin, said Jonathan would be playing with fire, if he attempted to shield Alamieyeseigha.
 
He argued that Alamieyeseigha committed an offence in Britain and jumped bail to avoid prosecution.
 
He said, “It is within international law; Nigeria is a signatory to an international treaty. It is not about Britain meddling in Nigeria’s internal affairs, no. The UK has the right under a known international law to request that Nigeria extradites him. The judicial process of his trial has not been concluded.”
 
Similarly, the Executive Chairman, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, Debo Adeniran, said the Nigerian government shields corrupt leaders.
 
He said, “President Jonathan had declared that Alamieyeseigha is his benefactor. So, he has to protect him by all means.
 
“Nigeria has not been respecting the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty it signed with the UK. That is why it could not give enough evidence against James Ibori, when the UK requested Nigeria to confirm that he was wanted for criminal activities. The Nigerian government is practically and openly protecting corrupt leaders.”
 
Alamieyeseigha, then a serving governor, escaped from the custody of the British authorities when he fled back to Nigeria in September, 2005.
 
The pardon granted Alamieyeseigha by Jonathan had also led to a diplomatic row between Nigeria and the United States with the latter threatening to sanction Nigeria for Jonathan’s action.
 
SUNDAY PUNCH

ACN a.k.a rogues in government

solomon111: The newly improved iskander is the bomb.
It has the ability to fool any missile defence system by producing diversionary missiles.
Even the RS-20 voyevoda should be at par with the patriot missiles,if not better.
Infact the reason why america stopped carrying out military drills with Georgia was because Russia(after continously warning america) silently deployed iskander missiles to the border.
America didn't know if those missiles were for Newyork or Georgia,so they withdrew.

Ooomo! See people dey talk bombs like say na fish! i been think say na ordinary people like me and you dey Nairaland before o. Na now i know say Boko Haramites sef dey...(running for cover)

birdman: Because you are stup1d?

lol. if your post carries some semblance of sense, it will be seen by even idi.ots.


But my brother, i regret to inform you that your brain was in recess when you posted that...

But not to worry, you are not the only sens.eless person in the world.

Hope that makes you feel better?

emiye: Lagos state should not and can not afford to implement all the "socialist" thrash you are recommending. Infact it is the last state in Nigeria that will do that. Big important cities like, Lagos, Abuja, PH, Kano can not afford to be too slack chasing those textbook ideals, the moment you start compensating illegality,you have set a very wrong precedence that will boomerang. Don't refer to Venezuela any more, please, that is a communist country, for goodness sake.

Let me indulge you a little bit, Venezuela (oil rich nation) with a national budget in 2012 of Bs. 297.5 billion ($69 billion) and a population of 29.5 million.

Lagos state with a state budget in 2012 of N497 billion ( $3.1 billion) and a population of almost 20 million.


I used to argue like you some years back as passionately as you are doing, without understanding some specifics.
3.1 billion USD versus 69 billion USD. (Can they ever be mates)

One has a spending power almost 23 times more.

Emiye, i like ur intellectual analysis of issues albeit i do not agree.

the reason is this. lagos dont have to have the same kind of budget as Venezuala. you do not even need money to allocate a portion of lanf to people who have been living there for long.

Now let me tell u this...even Nigeria's LAND USE ACT at the time of promulgation confered ownership at of land to people who have been inhabiting a place for a long period.

lagos can adopt that more humane approach in this case.


thats my point.

Eko Ile: Ode Mr Venezuela. You are asking the state to reward illegalities by handing over public lands to millions of illegal occupiers in all the slums and shanties public land in Lagos state.

Let me give you a better idea, after handing over public land to millions of illegal occupiers and law breakers, go to the border and start welcoming the thousands of every new potential illegal occupier entering Lagos state with nowhere to live and no kobo to there name a pull package of free taxpayer land and broadcast to the outside world that there is a place called Lagos state and they give away free land, all you have to do is take and occupy government land illegally, even the lagoon and the bridges are fair game because this is how they do it in Venezuela.

Dude, get your brains out of the gutter because you are still not making any sense.

Btw, what sensible and responsible government allows people to exist in unsafe and degraded environment where raw human waste/sewage floats directly into our lagoons and trash contaminates our underground water table?


Like I said, clueless and mentally incompetent people like you should never be allowed to lead anybody.

The more you talk the more you sound s.tupid.


i knew you are not capable of research, so i gave you the link to just @ least read. If you read the solution in venezuela well, am sure you will realise what was done.

You just didnt bother reading did you? you just had to defend the government init? reading is too tasking for you ba?


I initially wanted to break the concept down for u sinceu seem really slow @ comprehending things but i realise its no point.


If you want to learn...read the resource i gave you.


Cos right now, your words sound like a toddlers way of talking. no semblance of brains...

All your posts on Nairaland show it.


Since you own Lagos and other dwellers are 'aliens'....please give me your account so i can pay in my taxes.


And someone will see you with a head and mistakenly think its capable of being used for thought proceses? Damn!

birdman: These are the same guys who keep whining that there is no law and order in the country. Yet when someone tries to impose some order and sanity, they whine even louder because it demands something from them.

Before you start insulting me, think so that you wont look stup1d afterwards. Paying tax does not entitle you to live on land you do not own for free. This concept seems to elude you, so let me break it down for you. Your taxes help the state government to run its affairs, as it cannot just print money out of thin air. It entitles you to services such as good roads, etc. It does not entitle you to settle on any land you deem fit.

Are there indigenes among those losing homes? Of course. But it doesnt change the facts. If everybody knows that there is one state that will resettle you for free, even though you didn't own the land you were squatting on, you would be a fool not to join the awoof. Lagos population would double in a a year, and you will be in the original situation. If you want some kind of charity or resettling program, it has to come out of the coffers of the FG and spread equally around all states so you dont have abnormal population migration.

See how dumb you look for bringing up the Land Use Act? It has nothing to do with executing law, order and sanity.

Bros...you dull o.

you mentioned that Venezuela is a country and lagos a state implying the inability of the lagos government tio legislate on land matters. instead of you to admit that i just educated you that the State govt has powers over land allocation, you are blabbing about money from the federal government. For wat purpose?


you said "Why should I as a tax payer be funding housing for people from other states?"

but i responded to that by saying, they are tax payers themselves so its not someone else usin his tax for another. or u are still sleeping aand fail to remember what u wrote in your earlier post?

so what exactly is the sense in all you ve written?...am still trying to decipher it...but i cant!

birdman: Why would any reasonable person compare Venezuela, a country to Lagos, a state. The "kind" approach you want can only happen if the FG puts a hand in it. Why should I as a tax payer be funding housing for people from other states? Are they reciprocating this gesture, or is Lagos state just supposed to be a mugu.

Dis post also sounds dumb.

First, u need to go read ur Land Use Act. Power over lands in a state is vested in d Governore in trust of the people. So its a governor's responsibility.

And these people are also tax payers.


And pls stop dt st.upid and childish talk of the slum dwellers being from anoda state. Cos indigenes re also there.


And even if there are from other states, when did it become the role of the Lagos government to cater for only people indegenous to that state?


Pls let's open up our reasoning a lil bit. It won't hurt.

Eko Ile: lmao @ Ode Mr Venezuela. Abeg shift inside bush. Olodo.

Who calls people non indigenes simply because they are living in the slums?


Who says non indigenes should all go back to their villages?


Who says we should not adopt Venezuela's progressive and masses considering approach to tackling similar issues?

Who?

A f.ool by the name Eko Ile!


You should feel ashamed of your comments. It shows you are not just senseless, but a disgrace to anyone associated with you.

Be courageous enough to accept you are a failure.

Thats the path to rehabilitation.

Eko Ile: Lagos state is not venezuela so keep quiet with the silly and off base comparisons.

The boot licking, syphophantic brains you have wouldnt allow you notice a progressive approach to a similar issue in a sensible society.

Am not surprised.

Although I would have expected the Lagos govt to employ more intelligent people for their PR efforts though.

Hez a flent communicator even with a british accent. i am sure if he asked to join the NFF,CAF or even Supersport, he ll get a decent pay. Let him go and work!

U sure say na song u give us download so? Abi na pple wey just dey talk\make noice u just record?


Waste of MB!

bidell1: You dont even know and you sound like that NSCDC dude.

dont u feel st.upid after you wrote that? i would if i were you.

Senseless words from Ali.

If yorubas are ungrateful, then the ObJ he is talking about is also 'ungrateful'.

This guy as the minister of education caused the 'Ali must Go' riots

To the igbos...

Yorubas fought to kip Nigeria one. Don't beef them for that. The best victories of the war were led by yorubas...obasanjo,adekunle etc..

Rather than hate...appreciate. Afterall, if not for them, you wouldn't be on 'Nairaland. You would be on 'Biafraland'.


To the yorubas..

Just ignore...we thank God for all we ve achieved in Nigeria's history.


To All.

The war ended over 40 yrs ago. Can't we just live as one?.

Rugged has a point.


Channels presenters were out to ridicule the man.

Besides, have u asked how the video was leaked out?

That vid wasfrom d master tape. Channels released it and made it a trending thing.

And I tink we re all being hypocritical. Wats d big deal in you not knwing the web address of your organization?

Does ur lack of internet savvy make u incompetence in what you are employed to do?

I am sure after this, the tv station will struggle to get guests for their programs.

Not fair on the man.