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pDude:
I'm going to rightly assume that you're Yoruba.

A few Igbos gathered on this thread to hype themselves and blow their own trumpets(because no one else would) but you brought your smelly mouth here to trash-talk abi? Good!

Na Yoruba pple full London and majority of the scum of African heritage that were found looting just happened to be Yoruba. Yes, London is bursting with you shameful lot and there is a continuous deportation of them on a weekly basis.

Thieves and looters. It runs in your blood. Just as Dimeji BankOLE and Bode George. Scum of the earth.

Just another igbo guy who blames his woes socially and politically on Yorubas and still yearns for Biafra. That's your psychological profile

If they don tire for spotlight, make dem retire so others fit see space to blow.

Yeah this is kinda true. During IBB's rule, we had unity with little threats of seccession unlike now.

Thanks. But my main concern is how safe is it?

has this been NAFDAC approved b4 i recommend it?

your idea seems cool. based on my brand experience, i'd advise Carla Care, Mini Trendies, Newcomers, etc.

@hercules.you're right. no census was taken to this effect. it is nothing but a dumb assumption to hype one's state.

Heyyy. This is kinda unfair, i agree Italian accent is d sexiest, but wat happened to the Jamaican accent or Indian accent. They sound well sexy too,

@ Jarus, Thx 4 ur input.

Paying Via Naira Mastercard

I intend making payment online via mastercard credit card(our normal atms). However, I am scared on how safe it is to make payment via this means. It's GTBank mastercard that I am using, anybody here with experience on paying through this means? Kindly advise, thanks.

I love nairaland but one of its main probs which is supposed to be a blessing is its antispam bot. 3 of my accounts have been banned because i noticed anytime i post similar content dat got me banned, i get banned again. I think there shud be a board, where antispam issues are discussed so non-spammers dont get banned unnecessarily.

i highly doubt dat it is GEJ running his facebook page. i higly doubt it.

Our colonial master was obviously a good analyst of human behavior and tendencies. I'd love to read that book someday. He was so right.

I think it is left for us to evaluate: Nigeria 1986-1992 and Nigeria 1999-2007, which was better. CRAREFUL EVALUATION OF THIS PROVES IBB WRONG OR RIGHT.

Not enough evidence. anyone cud make claims

Cray Paedophile.

Child Labour in Saudi Arabia? What is going on in the world?

Lol, they're simply trying to show that they can point fingers on the West just like the West points fingers at them all the time.

Good initiative. I'm yet to hear the US government do something on behalf of the raging poverty/hunger in somalia

Dede1:
@OP

Rochas okorocha’s actions in Imo State with regard to education are perpetuation of fool’s theory. Instead of engaging in actions that will build industries and factories that could provide jobs for millions of graduates in Imo State, the governor is still talking about schools wich will grind out additional unemployed or unemployable graduates.

Abeg we know this guy is controversial but won't it be fair to give him some time before hurling stones his way?

Yeah this happened at state level in the 2007 elections. I'd have hope in this country if it can happen at a presidential level.

He's doing a great thing and should be encouraged. Craze no dey worry am abeg

Son of the Governor?

Which state?

Which colonel.

Please inform a journalist to better report this story for you. Then drop the link on the thread

@ Poster

Your works are very impressive. Keep it up

You've got to be ready to pay.

I am available but work freelance, would dat be ok? Check out my website on my signature.

Happy Birthday, but you remain a villian for
- Taking power away from a better man
- Being lenient on corruption
- Denying MKO of his right
- Your Era's gone but the evils still remembered

Nice to know dat Nigerian police got snipers too

Investigating the plight of African women caught up in a web of organised crime, prostitution and human trafficking.

Every year tens of thousands of West Africans migrate to Europe in search of a better life. But for some of them that search will end in tragedy, as they fall victim to competing mafia gangs that prey on the hopes of the desperate. In southern Italy, it is Nigerian women who are among the most exploited, with many ending up trapped in the nightmare world of the sex trade.

In the first of two special reports, Juliana Ruhfus investigates the plight of African women caught up in a web of organised crime, prostitution and people trafficking. In the following account Chiara Caprio, an Italian journalist who was involved in the making of the film, describes what they found out in southern Italy.

The ghetto of Destra Volturno, an assembly of houses once used by Neapolitan tourists, is surrounded by flowers as it hosts the funeral of Mary Morad, a seven-year-old from Ghana. She was killed by a man with psychiatric problems. But in Castel Volturno, more than one-third of the 25,000 official citizens are African and, in particular, Ghanaian and Nigerian.

Al Jazeera came to investigate the phenomenon of Nigerian organised crime in this small town, quickly forgotten after serious riots in 2008, when hundreds of Africans took to the streets to protest against the massacre of six young Ghanaians committed by Giuseppe Setola, the army of the Casalesi clan.

Mary's family is waiting for the coffin and tension grows as delays and friction increase. Bose Atta, Mary's Nigerian mother, who was trafficked to Italy to be forced into prostitution, is nervous. She cries as her friends express anger against Mary's father, a man from Ghana who is now married to another Nigerian woman.

Finally, the coffin arrives and a group of men start celebrating with a Muslim rite. An improvised march towards the cemetery starts under a warm sun overheating a tormented African community.

Stronger than ever

"The Domitiana crosses Castel Volturno for 28 kilometres," says Stefano Ricciardiello, a detective at the local police station, a small and shabby office overwhelmed by new and old papers covering stories of murders, repatriations and organised crime. "The new African mafia's activities have invaded the whole territory."

He is showing us along the roads where, one after another, Nigerian women and young girls are waiting for clients.

According to the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), Italy is now the main destination for more than 10,000 Nigerian prostitutes, trafficked from Benin City to European cities and criminal hubs, just like the Domitiana and its coast.

"Nigerian criminals are able to find agreements with all the mafias, from Colombians to Chinese. But it's an easy game for them in Italy also for another reason: the high number of Italian clients who look for prostitutes night and day," says Giovanni Conzo, a prosecutor at the anti-mafia section in Naples.

"This organisation is stronger than ever. We should stop them before they take full control of our region," he adds. But Conzo's words offer just a glimmer of hope.

Using voodoo to enslave

Isoke Aikpitanyi, a former victim of trafficking and now the main reference point for Nigerian women in Italy, knows how this business is managed in Caserta's area. As she walks in Castel Volturno's historic centre, she explains: "Today in Italy there are almost 10,000 madams, each one in control of an average of two or three girls."

Madams are the key, she explains. They are the main actors in this exploitation. They force girls into prostitution and ask for money to repay the debt. They work with "brothers", men who are in charge of physically trafficking the "babies", as girls forced into prostitution are called.

But Nigerian human trafficking is often associated with drug smuggling and a distorted use of religious tradition.

The women and girls are often forced to undergo a Juju oath-swearing ritual that commits them to repaying the money they owe to their smugglers on pain of death or insanity.

"The Juju, the voodoo rite, it's not a bad practice. It was used to bring justice, but they ruined everything," says Isoke with anger. "They don't care how they make their money as far as they make it. They use Juju to enslave."

Even in this hell, there are people who try not to lose hope. Sister Antonia, a Nigerian nun of the Sacred Heart of Jesus order, manages a shelter, the Casa Santa Maria dell'Accoglienza, launched in 2000 in the Fernandes centre by the Capua-based Caritas. Here, more than 70 women have found a place to stay and 10 children have been born.

"We were called by the bishop of Capua, Mons. Bruno Schettino, to promote these girls' integration. They are all former prostitutes. If they want to change their lives, they know they'll always find a place here," Sister Antonia says.

The women can stay for between six months and a year, a period when they dedicate their time to education and "to gain[ing] their dignity back," explains Sister Antonia. The nuns give the girls the opportunity to write down their stories and explain what happened and who forced them into prostitution.

"We try to make them understand that Juju won't have any effect on them," she says.

But we met girls who still work on the streets and believe in the agreements they made. Some of them have to repay debts of up to $58,000 and are still terrified of the powerful consequences of Juju on their families and themselves.

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/peopleandpower/2011/08/201189141348631784.html

We cant see any samples or contact

Thursday, 11th August was a day of sorrow tears and blood in Ilaro, Ogun State as armed robbers in their tens stormed the town and raided four banks simultaneously. Street Journal gathered that they stormed the town in about six different vehicles. The robbery left at least four people dead, including an Assistant Superintendent of Police.

The robbers’ mode of operation has shown that robbers have advanced beyond the hindrance often posed by banks’ security doors and metal detectors. Apart from spending more money to procure guns that often put them at an advantage over the police, robber now invest in rocket launchers, hand grenades and armour-piercing bullets.

Eye witnesses disclosed that the security doors at the affected banks in Ilaro gave way to the explosive devices and rocket launchers carried by the robbers. “As soon as the doors gave way, they started shooting. It was as if they were not going to stop” a witness said.

Street Journal gathered that in the operations that lasted for almost an hour, an undisclosed amount of money, jewellery, phones and other valuables were taken from victims in the banks. Those who lost their lives were reportedly cut down by the robbers’ endless hail of bullets.
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Nicholas Daaru Nkemdem confirmed the robbery incident. The robbers escaped into Lagos State after they had unleashed terror and caused panic in the whole town.

Some of those who spoke to Street Journal disclosed that it is becoming increasingly difficult to stay long in banks these days. A bank customer said “I pray before going to the bank nowadays because it is not a matter of how long one stays. What if the robbers arrive after one enters? ”
Similar robberies were also reported in banks around Ojota and Ogudu Road in Lagos yesterday.

http://thestreetjournal.org/2011/08/how-robbers-blasted-their-way-into-ilaro-banks/

The media is very powerful, they imposed lies on Abacha eating an apple and being with prostitutes to make it seem like Abacha's death was eventual. Abacha's death was a big setup, setup to change Nigeria's political destiny. Since Abacha was not such a popular leader, this is welcome. However, balancing the equation by masterminding Abiola's demise just wasn't fair.

A few number of people determine political destinies of a nation not fate.

eddy1977:
F u c k the african union.
you have presidents hailed as "great ones" in the afri an union.these presidents who have been in power for over 25 years.
your brother gadaffi has nurtured you and pampered you for years.why arent you sending help to him?
france invaded the ivory coast,what did you do?
mugabe has been president for over 27 years,what are you doing?

God,why did you make me an african?

Bros cool down, the topic is a joke.