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ebamma: Money ritual things on my mind

coolkris: President goodluck jonathan who has always been associated with sheer luck all his life...but as our country intensifies with cases of corruption and looting and other problems. .what are those qualities you think our president has that can restore normalcy in the system?

melorious4: What does davido's mum anniversaries got to do with my life?

Mart d dart: ...and how exactly does this put food on my table

Mart d dart: ...and how exactly does this put food on my table

kpozite: It feels like being inside the baker's oven here in Makurdi.

Eklektika: Hot air 4rm MASSOB as usual. They cant do anything. If they declare civil war,who go go fight? Or hv they nt read d history of d 1st civil war? Does MASSOB hv any arms cache 2 prosecute a war? Is it not dis MASSOB dat common 9ja police dey arrest in their hundreds n murder dem in cells? But boko haram boys? Army sef dey run 4 dem! Sadly dis country is abt 2 b ripped 2 shreds by islamic insurgency n GEJ lacks d force of xter or will 2 arrest d situation. Enough said. I case my rest!

ifeduba1988: The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB and new Igbo leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike has warned Nigeria that Ndigbo would be forced to defend itself from the recent killings in various parts of the North.

Chief Uwazuruike, while reacting to the bomb blasts in Kano yesterday said the Igbo had been pushed to the wall by the Boko Haram insurgency, adding that the people would be left with no other option than to defend themselves.

“I am ready to declare another civil war in this country if this killings and other senseless activities on Ndigbo continue like this because I know that it was this type of massacre that brought about the first civil war in Nigeria.” “I am disappointed in our people, when they were being slaughtered, I brought out buses to bring them home, but they refused to come home and remained in the North.

What I did was to safeguard their lives because their lives were in danger. But I want to warn President Goodluck Jonathan that there is limit to everything. Ndigbo can no longer continue to allow themselves to be senselessly killed in the North.

“We are not cowards because I believe that it was this type of senseless killings that prompted the civil war and we are aware of the consequences of the ongoing provocation, but I must warn that Ndigbo are not cowards and will react if pushed to the wall because there is limit to everything,” he said.

Also confirming the incident, the leader of Ndigbo in Kano, Chief Tobias Idika said the incident happened when two buses belonging to Gobison Motors Limited were about leaving the park to their various parts of the South East.

According to him, the suspected Boko Haram members planted explosives in the two buses of which one was bound to go to Aba in Abia State and the other on its way to Lagos. “I received information that there was bomb blasts involving two buses, one going to Aba and the other going to Lagos. The bombs exploded simultaneously, killing several persons suspected to be mainly Christians with Ndigbo dominating the list.

“The suspects, according to information were sighted going around the park before perfecting their evil acts, by allegedly planting dangerous explosives in the two buses belonging to Gobison Motors, which exploded and killed almost all the occupants on board.” Chief Idika in an emotion laden voice disclosed that Ndigbo had been reduced to mere sheep being slaughtered in the streets of the North, adding that the state government had not done enough to protect the lives and property of Ndigbo.

He disclosed that five luxury buses belonging to Gobison, Ezenwata and Chimezie transport companies were affected in the bomb blasts, adding that the fire fighters were still struggling to put off the fire from the buses, which he said over 60 passengers were burnt beyond recognition as at the time of filling this report.

“The major problem we are having is insecurity, like today incident, so many people were killed in the blasts, as am talking to you, we have evacuated and counted over 60 persons and we are still trying to put out fire in the four vehicles affected in the blasts.”

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/massob-spits-fire-says-im-ready-to-declare-war-again/

CFCfan: President Goodluck Jonathan calls them ghosts. But a French businessman and an Islamic activist is travelling down to Nigeria in April to meet leaders of the Islamic terror groups, the Boko Haram and Ansaru.

The man who has given himself the daring task is Rachid Nekazz, a flamboyant, handsome and a rich French businessman.

He plans to arrive Kano on 1 April, staying till 7 April before returning to France.

Nekazz puts his money where his mouth is; he is never scared to speak against the government or in favour of Muslims anywhere they are maltreated or subjected to ridicule.

He spends his personal money to travel from continent to continent advocating for Muslims’ religious and civil right.

The 41-year old is also popular for advocating women’s freedom to wear the nijab in Europe. He once pledged one million euros to pay fines of French Muslim women caught wearing the full veil.

Nekkaz believes that Boko Haram and Ansaru are organisations that advocate for the respect and dignity of African Muslims.
He likened the actions of the sects to that of the controversial American organisation, Black Panthers, during the 1960’s and 70’s. “With respect to the dignity of the Muslim people of Africa and of Nigeria, the actions of the Boko Haram and Ansaru organisations have definitely resulted in numerous repercussions in the international press since 2009,” he said.

He added that like “The Black Panthers of America made many key strategic errors in their time. Those errors have tainted not only their image, but that of Islam in and outside the US for the last 30 years.”

Nekkaz is optimistic that his trip to Nigeria next month will help leaders of the sect avoid the errors made by the Black Panthers in the US. “By discussing and helping their mission and their strategic choices in a way that would accomplish their local mission, while improving the image of Islam across the world,” he explained.

He also hopes to address the French hostage situation while he is Nigeria. In 2009, Nekkaz travelled with Jean-Bruno Roumegoux China in hopes of preventing the execution of 12 young Uyghurs, a Muslim minority in China living mainly in the region Xinjuang, in western China.
Nekkaz is the son of Algerian immigrants to France where he was born. He studied history of philosophy at the Sorbonne, France. He later made a fortune with an internet start-up but then diversified into real estate.

With real estate came politics and in 2007 he contested the French Presidential elections but failed to secure the 500 endorsements required. In the legislative elections of the same year, he founded his own party, standing in the 7th district of Seine-Saint-Denis and receiving only 156 votes, just over 0.5 per cent of the ballot. He unsuccessfully stood in 2008 for the municipal elections, promising €300 to every voter if elected.

He has had problems with the French government which includes two international tax audits and one week imprisonment for his political activism.

Egypt’s Cheikh Abou Ishaq, and Iran’s Ayatollah Safi are some of the world’s Muslim spiritual leaders that have celebrated Nekkaz for his actions and his advocacy for the rights of Muslim women in Europe.

In Nigeria he will meet with a different opposition. The Islamic sects are different from what Nekkaz has always fought for but it is not impossible that he could proffer some solution and reach an agreement with the sect leaders. A respite in the North will be a welcome idea.
Nekkaz is the author of Millenarium, a book of interviews with the leaders of the G7 countries (Clinton, Chirac, Blair…). The book is focused on the future of World Ethics, Human Rights, and Peace.

Despite his advocacy for women wearing the niqab, he does not support men to force their wives to wear it and stay at home.
“I’m in favour of a law to convict a husband who forces a woman to wear the niqab and who forces her to stay at home. But I’m also for a law that lets these women move freely in the streets, because freedom of movement, just like any freedom, is the most fundamental thing in a democracy. How can a woman truly integrate or find a job if her face is hidden?” he asked.

link: http://saharareporters.com/news-page/french-bizman-offers-meet-ansaru-boko-haram-leaders-pm-news-lagos

MariaP: Hello All,

What is the name 'peace' called in the different Nigerian languages?

Yoruba
Igbo
Hausa
Efik
Edo
Itsekiri
e.t.c.

joseph1013: Lend a helping hand for what? Did he give me any money while he was raking in tens of thousands of dollars weekly. He earned in a week what alot of nigerians will not earn in a lifetime? Why are we like this? Why do we have the mentality that someone else should take care of our shortcomings. Is it my fault that he failed to plan for retirement? Does he not know that he'd not play football forever? Pls and pls, nobody should disturb me o.
That is how some of these present players will come in the future and tell us they are bankrupt. If they like they should not invest the millions of naira and dollars they are earning now. All the gifts and cash being given to them should be judiciously used. A player's career is very short. Only a FOOL will not put that in perspective.

Walecole74: According to the parish priest of Christ the King Catholic Parish, Kurudu, Abuja, Rev. Fr. Jerome Ituah (OCD), the Boko Haram sect has destroyed 50 out of the 52 Catholic churches in Maiduguri Catholic Diocese of Borno State.

Ituah, who was speaking yesterday during a church service, revealed that he was in Maiduguri during the week and that Catholic faithfuls, were forced to conduct services under the sun and rain, because of the destruction carried out by the Islamists.



“Out of the 52 catholic churches in Maiduguri diocese, 50 of them have been destroyed by Boko Haram. Yet the faithful are not discouraged of their faith. You would always see them worshipping under rain and sun in open places at the site of their destroyed places of worship,” he stated.

He also encourgaed the Catholics in Kurudu, to continually pray for their Maiduguri counterparts and those in other regions, where insurgency is a threat.

Where is this country heading to and some people are clamouring amnesty for this group?

http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/03/18/boko-haram-has-destroyed-50-out-of-52-catholic-churches-in-borno-rev-fr-ituah/

contactmorak: The Benue State government has disclosed that over one million out of the 4.5 million population in the state have been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

This was made known at the training of media professional on HIV/AIDS held at the Conference Hall, Ministry of Information, Markurdi, Benue
State, on Thursday.

The Executive Secretary, Benue State Action on Control of AIDS (BESACA), Mrs. Grace Wende, in a paper entitled “Basic facts on HIV/AIDS,” said that about 400,000 children living with the virus have been placed on antiretroviral drugs (ARV), adding that 708,640 adults are living with the disease.

Based on the statistics, about two out of five people in the state are carriers of the disease, with women having it more than men.

“In Benue State, the number of adults infected with HIV/AIDS was 708,640, out of which 21,259 were new infections in 2011. In the same year, 17,139 women were found positive.
The number of children requiring ARV was 398,888,” she said.

Mrs Wende cited the attitude of the people of the state to unprotected sex and the rising number of youths becoming homosexuals as factors responsible for the rise in the scourge.
Speaking further, Mrs. Wende noted that many men who flock around ladies and engage in unprotected sex also transmit the virus to their unsuspecting wives.

The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Comrad Wegba, regretted that despite the huge amount of funds the state had committed into the fight against the scourge, the disease was
still spreading.

He blamed the practise of unprotected sex and the deliberate spreading of the disease by carriers as the major sources of the spread of
the disease in the state.

“The former governor of the state, Chief George Akume, visited Angola to see the havoc the disease wreaked on the land and ways to reduce the scourge. Unfortunately, while the
prevalence of the disease has reduced in other parts of the country, Benue is getting worse by the day and this is as a result of our attitude to
unprotected sex as well as deliberate move by the carriers to spread the disease,” Wegba said.

Together with Mrs. Wende, the commissioner called for behavioural change among the people, urging them to stick to a partner and
use condom.
http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/7432-one-million-people-hiv-positive-in-benue-govt

coal_coal: I don't want to say something now and my oga at the top will say another.
Hmmm

jude33084: I believe God has accepted τhis new pope as one of His own,...
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1027613_62746_416917395071830_688058774_n_jpg604fa2f9a5c8a655e9fd6d434f5cfca1



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzCRaS0awaw
Just hours after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio made his first appearance as Pope Francis at the Vatican, Florida resident Jodi Guthrie snapped a photo of a stunning cloud shaped like an angel hovering in the sky over Royal Palm Beach.

What do you thinK Nairalanders?

outrage: I was just about to open this thread.

However, my own question is how can you redeploy? And what documents are required, with paying and not paying an official.. All the ways, make una list am abeg.


I really am not a fan of that, "claim a sickness" you don't have.

emmalezy: Lil Wayne is in ICU in critical condition after suffering yet another seizure, and we’re told it doesn’t look good … ReportNaija has learned.

We broke the story … the 30-year-old rapper was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in L.A. Tuesday night after suffering multiple seizures. He was released Wednesday but just hours later one of his bodyguards found him in his room, on the floor and unconscious.

Wayne was rushed to the hospital again, but this time he did not stabilize. He was taken to ICU, where he was placed in restraints because he was shaking uncontrollably.

We’re told Wayne is currently “unstable,” and has been placed in an induced coma. He is breathing through tubes.

We’re told several people are at Wayne’s bedside crying, and a number of rap artists and family members are on the way. Sources say the scene is violent as Wayne shakes uncontrollably.

Sources say there’s evidence Wayne went on a Sizzurp binge after being released Wednesday, because doctors found high amounts of codeine in his system.

We’re told Wayne's stomach was pumped 3 times to flush the drugs from his system.

His mother have flown to LA to ascertain the condition of his son.

Souce : www.reportnaija..com/2013/03/lil-wayne-in-critical-condition-and-in.html

harmedox: I heared there's a bus moving from lagos to camp directly on monday. costs 12k

OAM4J: He is from Argentina, first South American Pope

https://ncronline.org/sites/default/files/styles/article_slideshow/public/stories/images/Cardenal-Jorge-Mario-Bergoglio-Buenos_TINIMA20130219_1018_5.jpg?itok=X4Z2rbRN

VATICAN CITY- Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, of Argentina was announced as the new pope Wednesday after white smoke emerged from the roof of the Sistine Chapel, and the bells of St. Peter's Basilica pealed, signalling that cardinals had chosen a new pope to lead the troubled Roman Catholic Church after only five ballots. [size=13pt]The new pope will call himself Pope Francis I[/size].

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=306321

Maxymilliano: Multiple eyewitness reports reaching us say bureau de change traders were attacked by armed robbers around Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 7.30 Wednesday evening.

The unconfirmed reports added that shooting took place at the airport, which left two policemen and one armed robber dead.

Armed policemen arrived moments after robbers attacked traders and travelers around MMIA, Lagos.

As at press time, casualty figures are unknown but those injured are said to be receiving treatment from the airport medical team.

Details later…

http://africanspotlight.com/2013/03/robbery-shooting-reported-at-international-airport-lagos/

Morgan1092: Finally! Congrats Pope Francis 1.
Chai! Sori my African brothers d cardinals.

fedrick901: Actress, Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha Adds A Year
The Beautiful Actress Turns 33
She is from Oraifite in Anambra State (Nigeria). She was born in Surulere, Lagos on March 12, 1980 to Chief and Mrs. Ndukaife Chukwuka.

She had her primary education at Onward Nursey and Primary School in Lagos.

She then proceeded to Federal Girls College, Onitsha in Anambra State for her secondary education. She also attended Lagos State University (LASU), where she studied Banking & Finance.

She landed her first major role in the year 2000, when she was featured in the movie, The Apple. Since then, she has appeared in more than 150 movies, some of which are Games Men Play, Royal Doom, Total Crisis, Royal Insult, Eagles Bride, Azima, and Sins of the Flesh.

She has won several awards, including Best Actress in a Leading Role at AMAA in 2007, and Best Actress (English Language) at the African Film Awards in 2010.
don't forget to go to the source link

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source:-http://.com/2013/03/happy-33rd-birthday-to-chioma-chukwuka.html

Unknown Member: Sorry o!!

Some of us work on the internet you know.. Say me and you dey chat here no mean say my account balance no dey change by per second billing. I have bills to pay my dear, Nairaland for me is what I use to keep busy in-between work.

When you graduate from NYSC, send me your C.V.

nenergy: We've stayed in a room and palour self-contain-but-share-varandah-with-neighbour-face-me-i-face-you style house. You'll be amazed at little things that causes "communal clashes". Nepa bills,generator noise, kids wahala, gossips. Etc

jhydebaba: Ok, paying electricity bills can be so heart breaking and tedious. To share the point (breaking the unit equally for each tenant) is like a secondary school student thinking of how to solve 'A' level mathematics.
The drama always get a special turn whenever PHCN officials called to disconnect our light from the pole.

A certain working class guy who normally leave home 4:30am to hustle returned home at night say 9pm to find out that there is PHCN light in the area but his room was in darkness. The frustration that he is not owing coupled with the tiredness made him vent his anger on every thing at sight to the extent that he almost slapped the landlord's daughter when she came to call him for a meeting.
Some people in the house owe a lot of money but they're not willing to pay till the kingdom come. "Den no dey pay nepa finish", "govt sef they owe", "I never collect salary", "market dry today", "give me time, I know say I dey owe, I go pay" etc are the likely things you'd hear.
Finally, a meeting would be fixed to resolve the problem. Oh my Gawd! Come see grammar na so that my working class guy (I use to call him Patrick Obahiagbon) go dey blow outdated grammar wey no dey inside oxford advance learner diko We'll drag the issue for hours spreading till the early hours of the new day without headway (I tire oh, no be to pay nepa bill abi na senate we dey) Na so buried issue go dey surface "d last time we contributed money to offload the soakaway some people didn't pay" " baba so so so has never paid for watch man monthly due" "me, I no be fool, I know as he dey go for lagos"...

Sensual Man: Didn't know this babe has yam-legs until today she came to do weekend @my place and wore my boxers, and her teeth are somehow. I no longer like her plzease. What do I do?

bedford101: re they not humans like u and i?"