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1zynnvn:
Wiki should have mods na, lala should look it up.

They do have mods

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL NAIRALANDERS

Y'all might want to read this: 7 Fascinating Random Facts About Valentine’s Day

With millions of couples gearing up for February 14th across Nigeria – you’d be surprised to know that the romantic sentiment of Valentine’s Day isn’t shared across the world.

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According to Listwand, Valentine’s Day has been either made illegal or banned in five countries across the world. Whether for cultural or religions reasons, these countries have all made it illegal to celebrate this popular Western tradition.

Violators of this law have to endure severe punishment in some of the countries if they are caught celebrating it.

1. Malaysia
In Malaysia, The celebration of Valentine’s Day has been banned for Muslims since 2005, Muslims (who account for over 60% the population) are prohibited from celebrating Valentine’s Day. Going out for the occasion is a big risk in the country. In 2012, police busted budget hotels and arrested more than 200 Muslims for defying a ban on any activities marking Valentine’s Day.

2. Iran
In 2011, Iran banned the production of Valentine’s Day gifts and any promotion of the day celebrating romantic love to combat what it sees as a spread of Western culture, In a statement from the state-run media, government officials warned, “Printing and producing any products related to Valentine’s Day, including posters, brochures, advertising cards, boxes with the symbols of hearts, half-hearts, red roses and any activities promoting this day are banned,” read the instruction. “Authorities will take legal action against those who ignore the ban.”

3. Saudi Arabia
Every year in Saudi Arabia, officials with the conservative Muslim kingdom’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV), better known as the religious police, clamp down on cupid do-gooders, prowling the street from shop to shop looking for anything related to Valentine’s Day. Items were confiscated and people who looked like they were celebrating or promoting the holiday were arrested and punished. Some shop owners have become so paranoid about this that they’d rather close their shop for the day to avoid the risk of the religious police finding something ‘illegal’ in their stores.

4. Indonesia
The prohibitions of Valentine’s day in some Indonesian cities come amid concerns that traditionally tolerant Indonesia is taking a sharp fundamentalist turn, by pushing to make pre-marital sex – including gay sex – illegal and punishable with jail time.
In 2018, authorities in the country’s second-biggest city Surabaya briefly
detained about two dozen couples during a raid to sniff out any sign of Valentine’s Day celebrations. They were later released with a reprimand.

5. Pakistan
Pakistan is the most recent country to ban Valentine’s Day celebrations in public spaces after the country’s High Court passed a ruling, saying it was against Islamic teachings, according to local media reports.



Source: https://listwand.com/valentines-day-it-is-illegal-to-celebrate-day-of-love-in-these-5-countries/

But... He is doing a bad job at it.. The recent Transparency International Ranking proved it...

See below
Top 20 Most Corrupt and Least Corrupt Countries in Africa, 2019: Nigeria Ranked 19th Most Corrupt

Osasnidas:
all 20 from africa... na wa

No.. African countries were seived out from the top 180 list

Yambee:
Not bad for a Country that still has IBB,Obasanjo,Tinubu, Atiku, Jonathan and his wife, Ibori, Uduaghan,Pius Anyim,Theophilus Danjuma and a host of people like them still living there.

These guys can buy 10 of some of the other countries listed in the list with cash.

Lol

Evercurious:
Are you this daft?

No.. I'm just a pessimist.

Hmm

We are sha trying

Atleast we are not the most Corrupt in the world.. Or in Africa

See more below

Top 20 Most Corrupt and Least Corrupt Countries in Africa, 2018/2019

ismail4sure:
Haa, I always think we are number one, sha

E surprise me too

See more below

Top 20 Most Corrupt and Least Corrupt Countries in Africa, 2018/2019

Seychelles and Botswana are perceived as the least corrupt countries in Africa, ranking consistently high among international financial transparency, while the most perceived corrupt country in Africa is Somalia.
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Transparency International recently released its annual corruption index “Corruption Perception Index 2018”.

The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. More than two-thirds of countries score below 50 on this year’s CPI, with an average score of just 43.

This year’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) presents a largely gloomy picture for Africa – only eight of 49 countries score more than 43 out of 100 on the index.

With an average score of just 32, Sub-Saharan Africa is the lowest scoring region on the index, followed closely by Eastern Europe and Central Asia, with an average score of 35.

Many low performing countries in Africa have several commonalties, including few political rights, limited press freedoms and a weak rule of law. In these countries, laws often go unenforced and institutions are poorly resourced with little ability to handle corruption complaints. In addition, internal conflict and unstable governance structures contribute to high rates of corruption.

Top 20 Most Corrupt Countries in Africa, 2018/2019

World Rank – Country – Rank

180. Somalia - 10
178. South Sudan - 13
172. Sudan - 16
172. Guinea Bissau - 16
172. Equatorial Guinea - 16
170. Libya - 17
170. Burundi - 17
165. Congo - 19
165. Chad - 19
165. Angola - 19
161. DR Congo - 20
160. Zimbabwe - 22
158. Mozambique - 23
167. Eritrea - 24
152. Madagascar - 25
152. Cameroon - 25
149. Uganda - 26
149. Central African Rep - 26
144. Nigeria - 27
144. Mauritania - 27

Source: https://listwand.com/transparency-international-top-20-most-and-least-corrupt-countries-in-africa-2018/

See the full list Below

Transparency International: Top 20 Most And Least Corrupt Countries in Africa, 2018

Rigging

Copied from an American blog... Werin concern Nigeria concern credit score

jcmaiah:
Hmm... DMX may God have merci on u

Useless hypocrite

Don't blame nairaland mods.. Blame Nigerians.. Nigerian youths Love reading news that adds nothing to their knowledge/intellect they'd rather embrace those ones wey dey reduce THEIR IQ.. And Nairaland is a business, they serve the people, na wetin them dey sure say the people like dem go push go FP


Irretrievably Dumb masses

peter1994:
And this made FP

Hilarious

If Nigeria doesn't burn this year, it never will

Hintona:
One thing with this gay pipu is that they like sex
There is no love without lust

My sister, Abeg Who no like Sex

linearity:
Africa is very religious, but don’t have a single positive index to show for it.

Nothing, life, safety, peace, human, security, rights, decency, food, property, etc...nothing.

At least in the Bible, when the Israelites were serving God, they were victorious at war, there was peace, food, prosperity, etc.

Makes one think; we don serve the real God in Africa, we are all hypocrites. BTW in Israel from where we got this religion, there is no gay ban and gays even serve in their military and openly.

Thank you...

Bouncingbabyboy:
as for me and my Family....we Will nack women only

Lol.. Speak for yourself only baba

Nigerians now lack basic integrity

Angola has adopted a new penal code, dropping the “vices against nature” provision from its colonial era, and decriminalizing homosexuality.

The country’s new law will see people who discriminate against members of the LGBT community be subject to up to 2 years in prison.

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Yesterday, Angola became the first country in 2019 to decriminalise gay sex. Making it a well-rounded win, lawmakers also passed a bill that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment. The bill passed with 155 votes in favor, one against and seven abstentions.

The country’s new law will see people who discriminate against members of the LGBT community be subject to up to 2 years in prison.

The country’s old penal code was put in place by its colonizers, Portugal, in 1975, allowing discrimination of LGBT people in terms of education, employment, and even healthcare.

Angola now joins other African countries like South Africa, Lesotho and Seychelles to become places where LGBT people can live without the fear of state-sanctioned discrimination and violence.


https://listwand.com/angola-is-the-latest-african-country-to-decriminalise-homosexuality/

Sirmuel1:
Out of 80?

Yes baba

Talk

Luckylife:
Nigerians need a smart educated strong man to lead us out of this failure.

One day bro.. One day