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ikp120:
Let me use this opportunity to appeal to my fellow guys in the house, please stop spending money on girlfriend o... Most naija girls of nowadays are out for money, not love... Please let's discourage it.

As for sex and romance. Abeg which day did sex and romance become exclusive to guys... Both guys and girls enjoy it... If tomorrow she say she no dey do again, you will be able to boldly tell her "Okay"... Was it not my Philippine gf that was eager to send me an iPhone, even when I was like I didn't care?

My guys wise up... Relationship is not a career... When a guy tells me that his girlfriend just jilted him, the only thing I ask him is "Did you spend money on her?". If he says "Yes", me myself go sack the guy sharp sharp. My opinion though.

Guy wetin women do u?

Fabricated story. when did they build those houses overnight?

Tell us boko haram is no longer in that town, don't over dramatise ur point. unless u are telling us all the houses in Bama was destroyed and overnight new ones was erected

Another Justice of the Supreme Court, whose home was raided by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, has opened fresh can of worms, alleging that operatives of DSS, planted hard currency in his house. He also alleged that his ordeal was a result of his refusal at various times to help the All Progressives Congress, APC, pervert justice in governorship election disputes involving Ekiti, Rivers and Ebonyi states. This came as operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said, last night, that a Federal High Court judge, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia gave herself up to the commission, after EFCC claimed she feigned illness and was on admitted in the hospital. She is one of the judges being investigated by the commission, which invitations she had repeatedly turned down. Justice Ngwuta, in a letter dated October 18, which he forwarded to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed and the National Judicial Council, NJC, specifically fingered the Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi and Minister of Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, as those who approached him on behalf of the APC. Amaechi and Justice Ngwuta In the letter, entitled: ”Invasion Of My House In The Night, Planting Of Huge Sums Of Money In Different Currencies, Purported Recovery Of The Money, Carting Away Of My Documents And Other Valuable Items And My Subsequent Abduction By Masked Operatives Of The DSS Between Friday, October 7 And Saturday, October 8, 2016”, Ngwuta, said Amaechi begged him to facilitate the removal of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State. He further disclosed that shortly after the Supreme Court affirmed the election of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Amaechi also called him on phone and said “Oga is not happy.” According to Nwguta, “I asked him who is the unhappy “Oga” and he answered “Buhari”. I retorted “go and talk to his wife.” He told the CJN that the Minister of Technology, on the other hand, wanted him to convince the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, to facilitate the declaration of candidate of the Labour Party as winner of the last governorship election in Ebonyi State. He said Onu revealed to him that the LP candidate was ready to switch over to the APC once the judgment was in his favour. Ngwuta’s letter to the NJC, a copy of which was sighted by Vanguard yesterday, read: “Some days before Friday, 7th October, 2016, I started feeling symptoms of malaria attack. Any malaria drug keeps me drowsy and sleeping for days and since I had to go to work I decided to hang on until Friday to take the drug after work. “I returned from work late Friday afternoon, had a meal and took the medication I got from Dr. Ukah of the Supreme Court Medical Centre. By 7.30 pm I was already in bed having switched off my hand sets. After a little while, my house maid knocked on the door to my bedroom. “I reluctantly dragged myself to the door. She told me that a group of people wanted to see me. I told her to inform whoever wanted to see me that night that I do not see visitors in the night, that they could come to see me in day time. I went back to sleep. I could not tell how long later that I heard knocks on the door. “I ignored the knocks but when my house girl continued knocking on the door, I managed to get up and opened the door. She told me that some people said that the President sent them to me. I got out of the room to find that a large number of people some of whom wore face masks and hand gloves were everywhere in the ground floor. I told my house maid to ask the people to meet me in my study next door to the bedroom. “They rushed into my study; one of them said his name was John. He flashed a card to me and showed me what he said was a search warrant. My vision was blurred as a result of the malaria and the drug I took. They had drawn guns. I was terrified and I thought they had a more sinister mission than a mere search. “I made to know whether the Chief Justice of Nigeria knew of their mission. One of them contemptuously spat ‘Who is Chief Judge of Nigeria?’ I brought out my handset to call the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, they would not let me do so. Rather, they collected my three phones and another phone that I had discarded. I lay down on the seat in the parlour downstairs while they turned everything upside down on the ground floor. “When they finished downstairs, they demanded that I should show them the rooms on the next floor. Again I had to lie down on the seat in the room, while they turned everything upside down. I had to go to another seat when they wanted to upturn the seat I occupied. One of them saw the sum of forty thousand naira (N40,000.00) and one thousand naira notes in one of the drawers. He was excited and called their lead who saw the money and said ‘this is not the kind of money we came to pick.’ They left the N40,000.00. “In the next bedroom, I lay on the bed out of sight of the wardrobe from which they brought some boxes and brief cases and travelling bags. All the bags and briefcases and travelling bags except one contained only magazines, papers and some old clothing. Some were empty. Only one small bag was locked with a padlock and this was the only bag that contained money. They directed me to come over and remove the padlock. I retrieved the key from the side pocket of the bag and removed the padlock and returned to my bed. They put the bags together by the toilet door. They called me again and asked me whether the bags were my property and I answered they were my property. “None of the bags were opened in my presence nor in the presence of my housemaid who was the only person in the house with me at all material times. “Some of them stayed in the room while I took them to my study. At this time, I became very dizzy and I had to return to lie down on a seat in the parlour and a man with a gun and a face mask stood over me while I dozed. He followed each time I went to the toilet. Another one followed my housemaid each time I asked her for water. There was no way out of the house. “They were at all doors. Those searching and those outside the house went into the house through the main door, kitchen door and back doors. They went in and out of every room, including the room in which the bags were kept. I dozed intermittently but my house girl was kept sitting on the steps and was able to observe them coming through the kitchen door but she could not see those who came from back doors, took the second steps and went in and out of the rooms on the upper floor. “After many hours, they came down to the sitting room downstairs and told me they were going to bring down the bags. “I was speechless when I saw them bringing out huge bundles of different currencies from the bags that had contained only magazine papers and old clothes and some were empty. Some were contained in multi-coloured plastic bags which they tore and discarded. They put the money in different bags and brief cases and then proceeded to count a large amount of N5, N10, N20 and N50 notes, which were the change I returned each time I went to shop over the years. They kept waking me up to ask how I came about the small denomination of naira notes. No one asked me any question about the huge sums of money they put in the bags. “One of them came to where I was lying down and ordered me to sit up. One of the gun men, who stood a few feet from me, came and stood next to me with his gun drawn. I was ordered to sign a paper which they said contained a list of what they were taking away. Confronted with the life-threatening situation, I made an instant mental decision that it was better for me to comply with their orders and stay alive to tell my story rather than get shot and killed on the pretext that I attacked them or that I tried to escape. I signed the paper and wrote my name as ordered. No one told me what offence I was alleged to have committed. No one told me of any petition or allegation against me. “The only bag that contained money was the small bag I locked with a padlock which I unlocked when ordered to do so. The bag contained the sum of $25,000, £10 and a brown envelope containing the sum of N710,000 which was a monthly allowance paid to me for September 2016. In the brief case, which I carry to my office daily, I had the sum of N300,000 and some loose change. The above are the only sums of money taken from me along with my phones, papers and other household items. “I do not know how they came about the huge sums of money I saw for the first time in my parlour on the early hours of Saturday, 8th October, 2016. The various sums of money alleged to have been recovered from me were said to be in the social media in the early hours of Saturday, 8th October, 2016 when the invaders were yet to complete their search. “They took me away in their vehicle but before they drove away, they ordered my housemaid to get in and lock the house and not to ever come out or let anyone into the house. It was when I saw DSS in the premises into which they drove me that I realized my invaders were agents of a Federal Government Department. Prior to getting into the premises, I thought that the invaders were even armed robbers or kidnappers, more so when I was not questioned by anyone about anything. “Then I became much more disturbed not only for myself but for the future of this great Nation, Nigeria. I could not convince myself that any agency of the Federal Government, in a democratic setting, could for any undisclosed reason, violate the rights of a Nigerian citizen, a Judicial Officer and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, for that matter with such impunity. I thought that the democratic government had been overthrown and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) abolished or suspended. “Then the next phase of the ordeal started. I was taken to a room where I met my learned brother, Hon. Justice John Inyang Okoro, JSC. He looked spent and so were other Judicial Officers both serving, sacked and retired. No one told me anything or asked me any question till late in the night when they drove for over one hour to a place they called Villa. They took Justice Okoro and myself into a room that contained only a bed with a discarded, stained old mattress and both of us had to share it for the night. There was no towel, no soap and worst of all there was no toilet paper. We slept in our clothes, went under the tap and used our handkerchiefs in place of towels. “The next day, Sunday, we were driven back to the office. I was taken to a room where two operatives fired questions at me in quick succession. I answered as much as I could in the circumstances. I pleaded with them to tell me why I was abducted and detained and subjected to endless questioning. I also asked why everyone kept mute over the huge sums of money allegedly recovered in my house but none of the two men would answer my question. We were allowed to go home Sunday night only as a result of the intervention of the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Hon. Justice Mahmud Mohammed, GCON. We were ordered to return on Monday and since then, we have been reporting daily to them. “On Friday last week, I was ordered to report by 10 am. Justice Okoro and I were required to appear before the Judiciary Committee of the Senate. We told our stories to the Senators and rushed from them to meet our interrogators. On one particular occasion, I was taken to, and locked up, in their different rooms. Each room had only a table and a set of chairs and I was kept for about one and half hours in each room. No one was with me in any of the rooms. Reason for my travails “My Noble Lord, I am a victim of my own resolve never to violate my sacred oath of office as a Judicial Officer. Politicians and their collaborators have been hunting me on that account. It started in Ebonyi State, where I was falsely accused before a panel set up by NJC in August 2000. It was replicated in 2009 when I was pulled from my Division, Calabar, to preside over a motion filed by Senator Andy Uba, seeking to be a Governor without going through the process of election. In each case, I was exonerated. “My present plight started sometime between 2013 and 2014. I represented the then Chief Justice of Nigeria in an event organised in the International Conference Centre. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi came in late and sat next to me at the high table. He introduced himself to me and we exchanged contacts. A few weeks after, Fayose’s case was determined in the Court of Appeal. Amaechi called me by 6.45 am. He said he had come to see me but was told I had left for my office. When he said he would return in the evening, I demanded to know what he wanted but he would not tell me. He did not come that evening but came the following morning when I was already prepared to go to work. He begged me to ensure that Fayose’s election was set aside and another election ordered for his friend Fayemi to contest. I told him I would not help him and that even if I am on the panel I have only my one vote. “After the Rivers State Governorship election was determined by the Court of Appeal, he called to tell me his ears were full and he would like to tell me what he heard. I told him I was out of Abuja at the time. On my return, he came in the evening and even before he sat down, he barked: ‘You have seen Wike.’ I asked him whether that was a question or a statement. Then he made a call and asked me to speak with someone. The man he called said he was a DSS man. We exchanged greetings and I handed the phone to him. Next, he said ‘Oga is not happy.’ I asked him who is the unhappy “Oga” and he answered “Buhari.”. I retorted “go and talk to his wife.” He got very angry, and left, remarking “we shall see” several times. “Your Lordship may recall one morning when I pleaded not be on the Panel for Rivers Appeal. Your Lordship said I was already on the Panel and asked me to explain why I made the request to be excluded. When I explained what transpired the previous night, Your Lordship told me Amaechi had also attempted to influence other Justices. My Lord, on the day we heard the appeal with your Lordship presiding, we were allowed lunch break at 4.20 pm. The moment I got into my Chambers, he, Amaechi, called. When he told me who was calling, I said to him, “Your Excellency, you want to issue more threats?” He replied: “Have you been threatened before?” I replied “I know a threat when I hear one even if veiled. In any case, I will not talk to you” and I switched off my phone. “The people who failed in their attempt to destroy me in Ebonyi in 2000 and in Enugu in Andy Uba’s case in the Court of Appeal, Enugu in 2009 are now supplying Amaechi with information to fight me for my negative response to his demands, especially my answer to his statement that “Oga was not happy.” This infuriated him and as he stormed out he said he would deal with the situation. “The incident I will narrate below may or may not bear on this case. When the Governorship Election appeal from my State, Ebonyi, came to the Court of Appeal, one Mr. Igwenyi, a Senior staff of Federal Judicial Service Commission came to my Chambers and told me that the former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu had pleaded with him to convince me to see him, Dr. Onu. I asked him to call Dr. Onu; he did and I wanted to know why he wanted to see me. He said it was confidential. I asked when he wanted to see me and he said he would like me to come in the evening. I told Igwenyi that he would have to take me to Dr. Onu in his car and bring me back. “I had wanted him to listen to what Dr. Onu had to say but when we arrived, Dr Onu put him in a different room. He asked me whether I knew the Hon. President of the Court of Appeal and I told him that His Lordship was my Presiding Justice in the Court of Appeal, Benin Division. He asked of my relationship with the PJA and I said it was cordial. He nodded his head several times in apparent satisfaction. “He told me that the candidate for the Labour Party was ready to switch over to APC if he could help him win the appeal in the Court of Appeal and that in appreciation of the undertaking to come over to his party, he had obtained the services of three Justices of the Court of Appeal to ensure victory for Labour Party. He said he needed one to convince the PJA to include his three Justices of the Court of Appeal in the five-man panel to hear the appeal. I told him I would not help him and that I could not in good conscience convey such request even to a Customary Court Judge. He was disappointed and asked me whether I knew the husband of the PJA. I told him I did not know the man. I bid him good night and left. Igwenyi joined me in the passage and when he drove me back to my home I told him what Dr. Onu wanted. Igwenyi apologised to me and assured me that he would not have bothered me if he had known what Dr. Onu wanted me to do. “In addition to the above, I have been subjected to visits to the DSS offices. I was made to stay idle for the whole day, without food or even water. On 17th October, 2016, I went to the DSS office to collect my passports as directed. I was to be there by 10 am but I arrived by 9.30 am and I was assured that I would return to my office in no time. I was kept there till 3.45 pm before I was questioned on the passports till 5.00 pm. After that, one of them took the passports to his boss. He returned an hour later, handed me my passports and told me he had finished with me but that only the man in whose office I was could let me go. I was only allowed to go about 10 pm with a warning to report at 10 am on 18th October 2016. From 9.30 am to 10 pm I was not given water or food. “I am on my way to the DSS office and who knows if and when I will be allowed to leave the place. My Lord, the facts stated here in can be verified. Attached is an Affidavit deposed by me in the Supreme Court Registry to this effect. Yours faithfully”

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/dss-planted-hard-currency-house-justice-ngwuta/

A yet unknown number of Nigerian soldiers drowned in the Yobe River in North-East Nigeria as they tried to escape intense fire from Boko Haram fighters on Monday, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report.
Also, no fewer than 22 soldiers are currently recuperating in a hospital in neighbouring Niger Republic following the attack.
The troops were manning an outpost in Gashigar, Borno State, near the border with Niger, when hundreds of terrorists advanced rapidly towards them, forcing the troops to abandon their position with some diving into the nearby river, top military sources familiar with the development told PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday.
The Nigerian Army had on Tuesday distributed a statement announcing the assault on Nigerian troops, but blamed it on “escaping Boko Haram remnants.”
But a day after the statement, which was signed by Sani Usman, a colonel, details of what actually transpired on the battlefield that day and the reaction of commanders on the ground have been exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES.
According to the security sources, the soldiers, attached to 145 Task Force Battalion, came under attack around 5:00 p.m. on Monday, but rescue operation did not yield result until the next day.
On that Tuesday, three rescue operations were carried out by soldiers from the neighbouring Republic of Niger operating in Ngarwa.
Around 7:00 a.m., they rescued the first set of nine Nigerian soldiers. At about 2:00 p.m., seven more were rescued. The last set of six troops was rescued around 5:30 p.m. in the River Komadougou Yobe, which empties into Lake Chad through Niger.


The troops, numbering 22, were dispatched to Diffa General Hospital in Niger. Two of them sustained gunshot wounds while the rest were said to have been rescued unscathed.
The casualty figure, including those who drowned, was yet to be determined as at the time of filing this report.
The sources said the troops have started recounting the incident to their superiors.
The soldiers said they were manning their post in Gashigar when they learnt that suspected terrorists, dressed in black and multi-coloured camouflage, were approaching in several utility trucks while chanting ‘Allah Akbar!’ (Allah is great).
“Troops then had to flee from their position because of their their inability to take on the terrorists in such a large number and firepower,” one of our sources said.
“The terrorists then began chasing them, and we learnt that many jumped into the Yobe River where some of them drown or get fatally shot by the attackers.”
The soldiers also said Boko Haram seized their armoured vehicle and set it alight.
But the sources said the military leadership might open an investigation into the attacks to establish the claims of the soldiers.
FILE PHOTO: Boko Haram
FILE PHOTO: Boko Haram
One source said some of the claims made by the troops were doubtful.
For instance, the commanders said it is difficult to explain how utility trucks were used to dispossess soldiers of their armoured vehicles especially when the soldiers said they were standing alert in their position.
The leadership also found it curious that the soldiers were rescued with their bullets still largely unspent.
“If they actually came under attack while they were fully at alert, then they should have exhausted their ammunition before taking to their heels,” the source said. “At least that much should be clear.”
Mr. Usman did not respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ requests for comments.
Nigerian troops are fighting alongside their counterparts from Cameroon and the Republic of Niger.


Monday’s development marked the first time in more than two years that Nigerian troops would come under superior firepower that required foreign military personnel to come to counter.
A similar incident last occurred in August 2014 when about 480 troops crossed the border into Cameroon while fleeing Boko Haram.
It also underscored the renewed vigour of the sect to launch major attacks on not just civilians but uniformed men after losing the huge swathes of land it once controlled.
Besides losing territory, the insurgents had also been largely decimated by the troops which experts said is responsible for their activities being whittled down across their stronghold in the northeast.
The insurgency, which began in 2009, has left approximately 20,000 people dead and displacement of millions.
Boko Haram leaders recently engaged in negotiation with the Nigerian government which led to last week’s release of 21 of the over 200 girls kidnapped from Chibok, Borno State, in April 2014.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/213167-exclusive-how-several-nigerian-soldiers-drowned-in-river-yobe-after-boko-haram-attack.html

Haute:
That dress on your DP is so beautiful. And the 'other things' too.

Guy see the full package first be4 u dey like oh. 99% of all the time u will be disappointed when u see am life.

The dropping of a nuclear weapon does not necessarily mean instant death - if you are quick enough to react

With tensions high over Syria and increasing attacks from terrorists, the threat of war is never far away.
Recently, Turkish military bosses said the threat from Russia, the growing military strength of China and climate change could be factors which lead America into World War Three
And they say any future conflict would be “extremely lethal and fast” with a war between two powerful countries “almost guaranteed”.
If indeed war did break out, the possibility of a nuclear attack on the UK, a close ally with the US, becomes a chilling possibility.
But if you are in a city that is about to be hit by a nuclear missile is there anything you can do that will increase your chances of survival?

1) It depends where you are when the blast happens.

If you are unlucky enough to be at ground zero - where the bomb is a fireball - then your chances of survival are nil.

According to a 2010 United States Government paper entitled "Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation", immediate lethality would be 100 per cent.
The paper says: "Close to the fireball, the thermal energy is so intense that infrastructure and humans are incinerated."
Underground bunkers and car parks would do little as they too would be almost completely destroyed and there would be barely a physical trace that you ever existed.

2) Any chance of survival?

The only way to even have the remotest of chances to survive the blast at ground zero, you would need to be in a very deep bunker that somehow has incredible blast protection.
However, if you are a few miles away from the explosion your chances of survival are better - if you follow some simple rules.

Assuming the attack was not known to be coming, the first thing you would see is an intense bright flash in the distance.
With a 10 kiloton bomb the blast will be visible from a distance of around 10 miles.
The speed of light, perceived as the flash, will travel faster than the blast overpressure allowing you maybe 10-15 seconds to take limited protective measures.
Have your say in the comments below
What you need to do in that time is somehow find shelter. Many of the deaths and injuries that occur in this distance from the blast come from collapsing buildings and winds coming in at almost 600mph from the explosion, will level anything in their way.

3) Duck and cover

Some experts also say that "duck and cover" is still a worthwhile exercise - it has nothing to do with preventing radiation or fire injures, but will help prevent falling masonry or other things from killing or harming you.
Another thing you should try and do is keep your mouth open. This will prevent your eardrums bursting from the pressure.
If you are wearing or near any flammable materials, then get away from them. They will ignite from the thermal blast.
If you survive the original explosion, you now have around 10 to 20 minutes to get out of the way before a lethal amount of radiation comes down from the mushroom cloud.
During a talk on surviving a nuclear attack, professor Iwrin Redlener, US specialist on disaster preparedness, said: "In that 10 to 15 minutes, all you have to do is go about a mile away from the blast.
Read more: Russia's 'plan to drop nuclear bomb on London' in attack that could kill millions exposed
"Within 20 minutes, it comes straight down. Within 24 hours, lethal radiation is going out with prevailing winds."
Prof Redlener said you should feel for the wind and begin running perpendicular to it - not upwind or downwind
He said: "You've got to get out of there. If you don't get out of there, you're going to be exposed to lethal radiation in very short order.
"If you can't get out of there, we want you to go into a shelter and stay there. Now, in a shelter in an urban area means you have to be either in a basement as deep as possible, or you have to be on a floor - on a high floor - if it's a ground burst explosion, which it would be, higher than the ninth floor.
"So you have to be tenth floor or higher, or in the basement. But basically, you've got to get out of town as quickly as possible. And if you do that, you actually can survive a nuclear blast."

4 ) Fallout

The most hazardous fallout particles are readily visible as fine sand-sized grains so you must keep away from them and not go outside if you see them.
If you are still in the fallout zone but are in a shelter, you are advised to stay there for a minimum of up to 9 days.
During this time food should be rationed and lots of clothing worn to prevent the skin being subjected to radiation.

5) Be prepared

Aside from all this, the best way to survive a nuclear attack is to prepare for one.
We have all seen it in Hollywood movies and American TV shows, but experts suggest keeping a stash of food and clean water stored in a safe shelter.
Along with this you should have working phone lines, a radio, TV, mobile phone and internet connection.
You will also need a medical kit, prescription medicine supplies and a first aid manual.
Once the bomb has dropped and you venture back outside processed foods are okay to eat, so long as the container has no punctures and is relatively intact.
As previously stated, a good bomb shelter is the most important aspect - but where do you find one?
In England there were few made during the Cold War, and even in America where the fear was greater it is estimated that just 1.4 per cent of the population did anything -either making a space in their basement or actually building a bomb shelter.


http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/world-war-3-how-you-9073877?ICID=FB_mirror_main


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lhcZ8RsEEU

The dropping of a nuclear weapon does not necessarily mean instant death - if you are quick enough to react

With tensions high over Syria and increasing attacks from terrorists, the threat of war is never far away.
Recently, Turkish military bosses said the threat from Russia, the growing military strength of China and climate change could be factors which lead America into World War Three
And they say any future conflict would be “extremely lethal and fast” with a war between two powerful countries “almost guaranteed”.
If indeed war did break out, the possibility of a nuclear attack on the UK, a close ally with the US, becomes a chilling possibility.
But if you are in a city that is about to be hit by a nuclear missile is there anything you can do that will increase your chances of survival?

1) It depends where you are when the blast happens.

If you are unlucky enough to be at ground zero - where the bomb is a fireball - then your chances of survival are nil.

According to a 2010 United States Government paper entitled "Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation", immediate lethality would be 100 per cent.
The paper says: "Close to the fireball, the thermal energy is so intense that infrastructure and humans are incinerated."
Underground bunkers and car parks would do little as they too would be almost completely destroyed and there would be barely a physical trace that you ever existed.

2) Any chance of survival?

The only way to even have the remotest of chances to survive the blast at ground zero, you would need to be in a very deep bunker that somehow has incredible blast protection.
However, if you are a few miles away from the explosion your chances of survival are better - if you follow some simple rules.

Assuming the attack was not known to be coming, the first thing you would see is an intense bright flash in the distance.
With a 10 kiloton bomb the blast will be visible from a distance of around 10 miles.
The speed of light, perceived as the flash, will travel faster than the blast overpressure allowing you maybe 10-15 seconds to take limited protective measures.
Have your say in the comments below
What you need to do in that time is somehow find shelter. Many of the deaths and injuries that occur in this distance from the blast come from collapsing buildings and winds coming in at almost 600mph from the explosion, will level anything in their way.

3) Duck and cover

Some experts also say that "duck and cover" is still a worthwhile exercise - it has nothing to do with preventing radiation or fire injures, but will help prevent falling masonry or other things from killing or harming you.
Another thing you should try and do is keep your mouth open. This will prevent your eardrums bursting from the pressure.
If you are wearing or near any flammable materials, then get away from them. They will ignite from the thermal blast.
If you survive the original explosion, you now have around 10 to 20 minutes to get out of the way before a lethal amount of radiation comes down from the mushroom cloud.
During a talk on surviving a nuclear attack, professor Iwrin Redlener, US specialist on disaster preparedness, said: "In that 10 to 15 minutes, all you have to do is go about a mile away from the blast.
Read more: Russia's 'plan to drop nuclear bomb on London' in attack that could kill millions exposed
"Within 20 minutes, it comes straight down. Within 24 hours, lethal radiation is going out with prevailing winds."
Prof Redlener said you should feel for the wind and begin running perpendicular to it - not upwind or downwind
He said: "You've got to get out of there. If you don't get out of there, you're going to be exposed to lethal radiation in very short order.
"If you can't get out of there, we want you to go into a shelter and stay there. Now, in a shelter in an urban area means you have to be either in a basement as deep as possible, or you have to be on a floor - on a high floor - if it's a ground burst explosion, which it would be, higher than the ninth floor.
"So you have to be tenth floor or higher, or in the basement. But basically, you've got to get out of town as quickly as possible. And if you do that, you actually can survive a nuclear blast."

4 ) Fallout

The most hazardous fallout particles are readily visible as fine sand-sized grains so you must keep away from them and not go outside if you see them.
If you are still in the fallout zone but are in a shelter, you are advised to stay there for a minimum of up to 9 days.
During this time food should be rationed and lots of clothing worn to prevent the skin being subjected to radiation.

5) Be prepared

Aside from all this, the best way to survive a nuclear attack is to prepare for one.
We have all seen it in Hollywood movies and American TV shows, but experts suggest keeping a stash of food and clean water stored in a safe shelter.
Along with this you should have working phone lines, a radio, TV, mobile phone and internet connection.
You will also need a medical kit, prescription medicine supplies and a first aid manual.
Once the bomb has dropped and you venture back outside processed foods are okay to eat, so long as the container has no punctures and is relatively intact.
As previously stated, a good bomb shelter is the most important aspect - but where do you find one?
In England there were few made during the Cold War, and even in America where the fear was greater it is estimated that just 1.4 per cent of the population did anything -either making a space in their basement or actually building a bomb shelter.


http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/world-war-3-how-you-9073877?ICID=FB_mirror_main

JixNation:
Why would I??
Am I a stalker hell no.
You call for cheap attention and I can't help but check your profile.
That's when/where I see that your old face.

Guy talk true, that face make brain die

An Abuja Federal High Court on Monday sacked two members of the House of Representatives from Enugu State for alleged wrongful emergence as flagbearers of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2015 general elections.
The affected lawmakers are Stella Ngwu from Igbo-Etiti and Uzo-Uwani Federal Constituency, and Dennis Agbo from Igbo-Eze North and Udenu Federal Constituency.
Two other members of the party, Gabriel Okafor and Chijioke Ugwu, had approached the court after PDP conducted its primaries in December 2014, ahead of the 2015 general elections.
They argued in separate suits later merged by the court that Stella Ngwu and Denis Agbo’s emergence as flagbearers of the party was wrong, since they were not elected delegates to represent the party at the November 1 congress held in 2014.
The PDP and its National Working Committee were the 1st and 2nd defendants in the suits, while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was the 3rd defendant. Ms. Ngwu and Mr. Agbo were the 4th defendants in the two separate suits.
They prayed the court to declare the election of the fourth defendants null and void.
The trial judge, Okon Abang, held that the emergence of Ms. Ngwu and Mr. Agbo was unlawful.
He ordered them to vacate their offices and return to the treasury of the National Assembly all monies they had collected by way of salaries and allowances since they resumed office in the House.


Mr. Abang said the PDP and its National Working Committee had no right nor authority to use any delegate list for the election of its candidate for Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani and Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituencies, respectively, other than the list of delegates that emerged at congresses held on November 1, 2014.
“It is hereby declared that the 4th defendant did not emerge as winner from the primary election conducted for the purpose of electing the House of Representatives’ candidate of the 1st defendant for Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani Federal Constituency for 2015 general election since the primary election that purportedly produced her as winner was not conducted based on the list of delegates that emerged from ward congresses of the 1st defendant held on 1st November, 2014.
“It is hereby declared that the plaintiff, Dr. Gabriel .A. Okafor won PDP’s party primary election on 6th December,2014 for Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani Federal Constituency election into the House of Representatives.”
“It is hereby declared that the 4th defendant did not emerge as a winner from the primary election conducted for the purpose of electing the House of Representatives’ candidate of the 1st defendant for Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency for 2015 general election since the primary election that purportedly produced her as winner was not conducted based on the list of delegates that emerged from ward congresses of the 1st defendant held on 1st November, 2014.”
The judge ruled that Mr. Okafor was the rightful winner of the Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani Federal Constituency seat election, and Mr. Chijioke Ugwu won the Egbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency, Enugu State in 2015.
He ordered INEC to immediately issue certificates of return to Messrs. Okafor and Ugwu respectively. He also awarded the sum of N100, 000 as cost against the defendants in favour of the plaintiff.
The sacked lawmakers are expected to appeal the ruling and the House of Representatives may not enforce the judgement until appeals are exhausted.
CONTROVERSIAL ANTI-PDP RULINGS
Tuesday’s rulings occur one week after Mr. Abang declared controversial businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim as the rightful governorship candidate of the PDP for the forthcoming Ondo gubernatorial election. He ordered INEC to replace the name of Eyitayo Jegede with that of Mr. Ibrahim.
Last week’s ruling was based on an earlier ruling he gave in June where he barred the PDP from holding its national convention in Port Harcourt after he recognised a faction of the party led by Ali Modu Sheriff. The controversial rulings on the PDP leadership tussle were later investigated by the National Judicial Council, NJC. The judge later told his close friends that he had been cleared of any wrongdoing by the NJC.
Mr. Abang was also berated by the Court of Appeal for sacking the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, and replacing him with Samson Ogar after he ruled that Mr. Ikpeazu had tax clearance problems in a pre-election matter. The Court of Appeal reversed that ruling.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/213034-controversial-justice-okon-abang-sacks-two-pdp-federal-lawmakers.html

Shooting Stars energetic defender Izu Joseph has been shot dead by soldiers in his hometown Okaki in Bayelsa State. The player’s father confirmed the death of the player at the hands of Joint Task Force (JTF), who are locked in a long-drawn face-off with militants in the restive Niger Delta. The powerful central defender, who was a great man marker and good aerially, joined Shooting Stars three years from Bayelsa United when the Ibadan club were still in the second-tier Nigeria National League (NNL). He was man of the match at champions Rangers when Shooting Stars drew 1-1. Initial reports said the player was caught out at a restricted area by soldiers on a raid. His identity as a footballer was only established after he had been shot.

Read more at: http://dailytimes.ng/shooting-stars-defender-izu-joseph-shot-dead-bayelsa/

naijacentric:
Who boobs epp?

Sucking babies and adults

Power of a man

pstnicodemus:
once upon a time, Ronaldo was a complete winger who provided assists for others to score, and used to be a master dribbler.
All that doesn't win matches, goals win games. I think we are in an era where a player like inesta or Rakitic, or maybe a Paul scholes or Frank Lampard never became the best player. not cos they're not world class, Goals are the end result of any game

EXACTLY

gurunlocker:
The only thing I like about him is hardwork, every other thing I dislike.... Not that I didn't like him, I'm just giving honest opinion.... What else does he do aside waiting inside box to score?

What else do u expect him to do?

gurunlocker:
The only thing I like about him is hardwork, every other thing I dislike.... Not that I didn't like him, I'm just giving honest opinion.... What else does he do aside waiting inside box to score?

You know he is getting old, so he is more of a 18 box player these days.

In his formative yrs he use to take on defenders from either of the wings to score or assist.

Don't forget football is all about scoring and winning, nothing else.

gurunlocker:
when they say someone is lucky, then this guy is.... nothing spectacular about him.... Just score goals, wait for pass, score goal.... that makes him world best, his believe tho.....

Good luck, it's your year

Guy u really think is luck that is pushing Ronaldo, or its hard work and dededication?

If is that easy other players should wait for pass and score too. You may not like somebody, does not mean that u will not give honest opinion about that person.

Ronaldo is a typical example of " hard work pays"

Histrings08:
Racism can't be eradicated.. Ask me why nd I'll explain

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Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram have been freed, a senior Nigerian government official has told the BBC.
It is thought that they are now with the security services in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri.
It is not yet clear how the girls were rescued.
The Islamist militant group kidnapped more than 250 students from a school in Chibok in April 2014 - an act that provoked international condemnation.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37641101

prinsam30:
one step at a time, you guys should manage this one for now, but please don't misuse it, two previous power house of movies directories I gave in one of my threads

https://www.nairaland.com/3285360/finally-power-house-movies-collections

was over flooded with traffic and was suspended for now, so please use this one wisely, thank you, God bless u all



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Thanks

prinsam30:
sorry I'm a movie freak, I have a 10inch tablet with 1000gb of hard disk(external) that I take to my office, I work mostly at night in my house, in the day time in my office I'm extremely busy watching movies even in this recession lol


I have lots of websites movies directories, this is just two percent

Please share others. Thanks

sonnie10:
Unfortunately, the system is not set up that way. Take for instance if the man is earning $12hr and the woman is earning about $40hr as an RN, they surely would want to get a mortgage of about $300k. The monthly payment will not be less than $2k. This amount is more than the man's entire monthly income at $12hr/ 40hr a week job. Considering that they certainly would have other expenses and bills, how then will the man form boss with his little earning?
The truth is that, it takes understanding between couples to live with such difference in earning. The man must relinquish, get down from his high horse and find ways of coming to terms with reality. On the other hand, the woman must also understand that situation warrants threading with caution. She must make every effort to make the man feel like he is still in charge, even when in actual sense he is not.

For instance, she should never give out large amount of money to her family members without prior discussion and permission by the husband, even when it is her money.

You just nailed it guy. you too much

mnairaland:
The fellow who created this thread will never get to know the degree of harm he has done to Nigerian women.

EXACTLY. Big harm. But it's good, so that men should know what to expect ....

ZanyABC:
NOW THAT THE CONTROVERSY REGARDING THE RECENT 'CRACKDOWN' ON JUDGES IS OVER: WHAT NEXT?
If you have money, you can really take advantage of government in this country. There is too much noise; too much sentiments and little 'intelligent conversation'. At the end of day, everything is swept under the carpet.
Notwithstanding where each of us stood regarding the last saturday's crackdown on judges, I am sure EVERY Nigerian now worries about how to get the judges convicted, if truly they are gulty.
NOW imagine what people are talking about! Let's even assume that the arrest of the judges meets the standard of law, are we going to get them convicted with all these conversation people are having?
What conversations am I talking about? DSS has been releasing 'evidence' against the judges and here are some of them: a list of 'monies' recovered from judges' bedrooms; the fact that a Rolls Royce was found in a judge's compound, the fact that a judge has 15 cars, the fact that a judge has several properties...etc
You call these ones evidence of corruption? DSS must be joking.
In which part of the law is keeping money at home a crime? Even if you keep N200 billion in your house, that in itself is not corruption. It does not take a brilliant lawyer few days to come up with some explanations for you.
In which section of the law is owing a Rolls Royce a crime? There are a thousand and one legitinate ways to own a Rolls Royce. Could be a birthday gift from your daughter's man. Could be proceeds of business. If DSS finds 1000 Rolls Royce in a person's house, that is not proof of corruption. Even if you own all the houses in Nigeria, that is not a crime. We should stop asking people to come and explain how they got XYZ amount of money! That is the easiest way to lose a corruption case.
If this is what you guys did forJames Ibori, Stella Odua, Joshua Dariye, and others, I am not surprised these guys were not convicted. Little wonder all corruption cases don't end up in conviction. If anyone goes to court with peripheral information such as these, no judge will grant a conviction.
The proceed of corruption can be used to buy a bicycle or nothing; and that does change the fact that it is corruption. The proceeds of corruption may have been spent patapata. Meaning even if DSS found no money in the judge's houses, that does not affect a case of corruption in any significant way.
The real evidence we need are evidence of people who paid brides to the judge; the evidence of a go-between; Audio and video record of the process from negotiations to dropping of the cash to the judge. Fundamentally inciminating evidence from the judge call logs to go-betweens, and several other evidence. So far I am yet to see 5% of the evidence needed to establish corruption.
Let's stop talking about Rolls Royce or foreign currencies. That is not how to prove corruption. These are evidence that gives DSS a reasonable suspicion to effect arrest and carry out investigation; that is not the evidence to prove corruption.
I hope this will help our excitement. We always get too excited about weightless information like this. What has happened to Stella Odua, Fayose, Allynson Madueke and many others with all the figures that were put in the media. Gbenga Daniel nko? How about Dimeji Bankole? Assuming Jonathan spared them, why hasn't Buhari convicted any of them?
When the Federal Government sued Saraki and Ekweremadu for forgery, I remember stating it on this platform on my Wall that the evidence are not sufficient. Now the case has been withdrawn. A person can benefit from forgery without being guilty of it.
Guys we are too learned to allow security agencies to confuse us. Let DSS produce the real evidence.
NOW IS MY POSITION:
Let's ask DSS for the real evidence. Even if they are not producing it to the press, let them demonstrate that they have it.
- A judge travelled to Ghana or Niger to collect bribe!
-Who told them?
-Any video or audio to that effect?
-Whose bribe did the judge go there to collect?
-Any statement by the person who gave him the bribe?
-How must is the bribe collected?
-For what purpose was it collected?
-Is it about a case?
-Who are the parties to the case?
-Have you interviewed them?
By asking these questions instead of getting so excited about the foreign corrency especially and the Rolls Royce, we will help DSS a great deal.
2. Secondly let's advise DSS to go back to NJC. They should present their allegations to NJC. It is better if the affected judges are suspended or removed while they are facing prosecution. Otherwise a Supreme Court judge will leave the dock in the morning and sit to hear a case in the afternoon. That is not too good. That is why it is always better to have a judge face disciplinary action even if it is suspension before their prosecution.
I hope this changes our conversation a little

You have a point. what suprise me is that they called it Sting operation.

Sting operation is what Obasanjo and Otedela did to that law maker, collecting life bribe and was video life by Otedala. Its very difficult to get off that hook.

Is the same way the FBI did thiers. They use a normal case already in court, and offer bribe to the judge thru one of his accomplice. He collected the bribe and was caught. That is sting operation. Not breaking into someone house in the ngt

1) Twilight years
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Barack Obama being inaugurated in January 2009 - if he looks young here, it's because he was
When Barack Obama first walked through the White House front door in January 2009, he was aged 47, and was the fifth-youngest president in history. Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest, at 42 years and 322 days.
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The next one will be a fair bit older, whatever happens.
Donald Trump celebrated his 70th birthday on 14 June. If elected in November, he would be the oldest president in history (Ronald Reagan was 69 when he took office).
Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, turns 69 some two weeks before the election, and would become the second-oldest president on inauguration. She would replace William Henry Harrison, who became president in 1841 (and was the last president born on British soil).
2) New York, New York
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Welcome to your next president, New York
Trump v Clinton is the first presidential contest between New Yorkers since 1944, when the governor of New York, Thomas E Dewey, ran against the incumbent, Franklin D Roosevelt.
Whoever wins this time will become the first New Yorker in office in 71 years when the inauguration takes place next year.
(And yes, we know Mrs Clinton was born in Chicago, but she was a senator from New York and lives in the state.)
3) Money, money, money
If Mr Trump wins, we could be looking at the least amount of money spent by a winning candidate for some time.
Federal Election Commission records show he spent $91m (£69m) up to 22 July, of which $50m is his own money.
No other candidate since Al Gore in 2000 ($126m) has spent as little. Hillary Clinton is on some $275m so far, by the way.
Of course, Mr Trump could break out the chequebook given that he has more campaigning to do between now and November, but it looks likely he will come a long way under what Barack Obama spent last time round - almost $556m.
4) Experience
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Dwight Eisenhower had decent experience - just none in office
A Trump win would be significant for another reason - no-one has been elected president in more than 60 years without experience as a governor or in Congress.
Even then, the last president with no political experience, Dwight Eisenhower, was Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in World War Two, before he was elected to office in 1953.
Before that, Herbert Hoover, who was president from 1929 to 1933, was previously an engineer and humanitarian.
No previous candidate has ever owned a chain of casinos and hotels. But Mr Trump says his experience doing deals, and the fact he is not too tied to the Washington establishment, stand him in good stead.
5) A woman in office?
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Sarah Palin was a vice-presidential pick for John McCain in 2008
The long years Hillary Clinton has been on the Washington scene may make it easy to forget one fact: She would be the first female president if elected. She is already the first female candidate for a major US party.
The closest we have got before is when Republican John McCain surprisingly picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008, and when Democrat Walter Mondale named Geraldine Ferraro as his vice-presidential pick in 1984.
Neither won the presidency.
6) Democrat relay?
Amazingly, only two Democrats have directly succeeded another Democrat as US president. The most recent was James Buchanan, who was president from 1857 to 1861.
Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson were both vice-presidents who were named president when their predecessors died. They both then went on to win the next election.
A Clinton win, therefore, would bring even more significance to the Democratic Party.


http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-36202424

THE bright hopes of a Nigerian amateur footballer to excel in far-away South Africa have been dashed in a dusk attack at his home in Cape Town, South Africa. The footballer, Emeka Kenneth Okafor, 35, was killed in his home by a three-man gang allegedly hired by his South African neighbour, Sunday. The victim, who hailed from Awkuzu in Anambra State met his untimely end after one of his Nigerian friends who visited him earlier in the day brushed the car of his South African neighbour. Kenneth Okafor It was gathered that all efforts by his visitor to pacify the South African failed as he quickly rushed out, only to emerge later with three members of a notorious South African gang called ‘INTA’. Reports said members of the dreaded gang asked for the whereabouts of the Nigerian who brushed the car and when they were told that he had left, they went for Emeka who was busy pleading for forgiveness. The gang members who were said to be armed accosted him and fired several bullets into his head. He died on the spot. Hot leads of bullets His elder brother, Ifeanyi Okafor, 43, an Abuja based football coach at the East Coast Academy, Nyanya, narrated, in tears, the heart-rending story to Crime Alert. His word: “My brother left the shores of our land for South Africa last year after several failed attempts to succeed in life. Last Sunday night, I received a telephone call from one Chinedu from Nteje who resides in South Africa. He was weeping profusely when he told me that my younger brother, Emeka, had been killed. “When I asked him what happened, he said he and other Nigerian boys were in Emeka’s house that Sunday and after lunch, one of his friends from Enugu state left and while driving out of the premises, his car scratched that of a South African neighbour.” Okafor added: “The South African went wild with anger. Emeka intervened and pleaded with his neighbour but to no avail. Soon after, his South African neighbour left in his car, then returned later with three members of the notorious South African gang called ‘INTA’ and began a search for the Enugu boy that brushed the car. When they were told that he had gone, they searched for Emeka and as soon as they saw him, shot him point blank in the head. He died on the spot. “As soon as they saw that he was dead, they fled with the man that hired them. Later that night, policemen came and removed Emeka’s corpse. “Another Nigerian who witnessed the cold-blooded murder narrated how the incident happened to the police. He went further to make a statement to that effect at the Police station. At that stage, it was also discovered that members of the South African family had also disappeared from their apartments. The police, therefore, deposited Emeka’s corpse in the mortuary in Cape Town while they claimed they were looking for his killers.” Still in tears, Coach Okafor narrated the agonising life of his brother from childhood. “Emeka came to Lagos to serve as an apprentice in a provision store at Agege after passing out from secondary school.He could not continue with his education because our parents died earlier in life. He served his master for seven years but was wickedly thrown out without the agreed settlement by the man after he was accused of simply spraying money during a wedding ceremony his master also attended. After this ugly development, he was forced to return to the village. “I had to raise money from my scarce resources to bring him back to Lagos where he operated a pepper soup joint at Orisumbare in Ejigbo. While there, I prepared him to join his friends in South Africa to look for a football club. He was still searching for the club when the ugly incident took place last Sunday. I don’t know whether his friends have reported this to the Nigerian embassy or not but I am aware that they are preparing to bring the corpse home. He was a very good boy; we will surely miss him greatly,” he lamented.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/notorious-gang-kills-nigeriana-footballer-south-africa/

The State Security Service has released all the judges arrested during a nationwide sweep between Friday and Saturday, PREMIUM TIMES can report.
Sources in the agency said all the seven judges were released on self-recognition.
“They were all released on bail yesterday(Sunday) on self recognition,” one of our sources said.
“They reported this morning (Monday) and they have all gone back home. They will be coming back tomorrow. And everything went very procedurally well and civil.
“They were released on bail on self recognition based on the fact that given their standing in the society, they cannot run away. They were instructed that they should come back today by 10am.
“They did report for investigation this morning and they have gone back home. And the investigation continues and preparation to charge them to court.”
The crackdown has continued to generate mixed reactions across the country.
More details soon…

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/212476-breaking-nigerias-secret-police-sss-releases-detained-judges.html