₦airaland Forum

Minemrys:
Its titled "Mannequin" a 1987 film of a man, jonathan switcher who created a statue 0nly for it to c0me alive whenever he is al0ne. I've been looking for the m0vie everywhere and even the internet, so i decided c0ming here to ask. Any0ne watched it or kn0w where i can download it? Thanks!

podosci:
PDP turned the Presidential election into a north vz south issue with their tribalistic propaganda and the IGBO fell for it
NOW The PDP have turned the Lagos election into Yoruba vz IGBO thing...I seriously hope they don't fall for it this time around
The Yoruba are too sophisticated and intelligent for PDP tribalistic propaganda, so PDP always focuses it on the IGBO

Dear Lagosians,
First let me thank you all for turning out to vote on the 28 th March 2015 and for doing so peacefully to make history by electing the All Progressives Congress candidates in the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Once again, I must address you as we approach Saturday’s elections, when you will be electing a Governor who will continue after me and consolidate on the progress we have built together.
You will also be electing members of the State House of Assembly who will make laws on your behalf to assist the Governor and his team in the Executive arm.
Although your votes will be cast for one political party or the other, let me remind you that you will actually be voting for your wellbeing, security, prosperity and future.
You will also be voting for the future of your children. You will be choosing candidates and a party that you will entrust your lives to.
Think hard, think clearly, think deeply. Ask yourselves a few questions.
Who has shown a better record and example of protecting and securing you between the political parties?
Which of the parties cares more when disasters happen?
What is the record of the parties as it relates to the promises they have made to you in the past?
Which of the parties do you see regularly and which one do you see once in a while?
Which of the parties do you see when your life or property is threatened by epidemics like Ebola or by unfortunate accidents like plane crashes?
Which of the parties is showing that you can become home-owners without knowing anybody?
Which party has responsibility for providing electricity for you, and which one is taking up the responsibility to light up your streets and communities at night?
Which of them cares more about your children and their safety?
Indeed ask yourself; which of the parties threatened you with thugs on that sad Monday of March 16th and which is seeking to protect you by supporting the police; with patrol vehicles, fuel and other equipment?
Ask yourself when last you saw the Federal Fire Service in Lagos.
The proud men and women of the Lagos State Fire Service have taken over admirably.
Ask yourself who should be supporting the police and who is actually doing it?
Dear Lagosians, your choice of who to vote for will be easy if you answer these questions within yourself honestly.
Indeed, you have clear choices to make between parties that use your resources to develop your society and community on the one hand, and the party that chooses to bring money to you for distribution when election beckons.
So you can choose between schools for your children, hospitals for your community, roads for your transportation or in the alternative, you can choose to have these services monetized once in four years.
Remember, that choices have consequences and your vote will decide the choice that shapes your lives.
Dear Lagosians, it is tempting to take the right and opportunity to vote for granted. It is tempting to think that it is too much trouble.y
I agree that the process can be made much easier. But it is no excuse to refuse to vote.
Out of 5.8 million registered voters and 3.8 million PVC collections, only about 1.5 million turned out to vote, on the 28th March 2015.
Think of all the pain, the effort, the sleepless nights it took to get the PVCs to you. Think of the best way to show that the effort was not wasted or in vain.
It seems to me that the best way is to have all these 3.8 Million voters come out to vote.
By refusing to vote, you surrender decision making to a few and you will be bound by the consequences of your choices.
By refusing to vote, you do a great disservice to many who have lived before you, who fought very hard at great personal costs to themselves, to earn you this right.
By refusing to vote, you dishonour the sacrifice of patriots before you who fought for the right to vote.
Remember that when they were fighting for the right to vote, they were not fighting for yesterday, they were fighting for today and tomorrow.
They have handed today to you and I, can we secure tomorrow for the next generation?
Remember that since the capital of Nigeria was moved from Lagos 24 years ago in December 1991, Lagos has been abandoned by the Federal Government.
Ask yourself when the last major new road in Lagos was built by the Federal Government. It was the 3rd Mainland Bridge completed in 1990.
The assets the Federal Government left behind almost became a burden but for our resilience to maintain them. Today the Federal Government is owing Lagos N51 Billion which remains unpaid.
This is not in accord with the spirit of the promise made to Lagos when the Federal Government first declared Abuja as the capital in 1976.
The Head-of-State at the time, the late Gen Murtala Muhammed, said then and I quote him:
“…Lagos will, in the foreseeable future, remain the nation’s commercial capital and one of its nerve centres. But in terms of servicing the present infrastructure alone the committed amount of money and effort required will be such that Lagos State will not be ready to cope.
(But we have coped at great sacrifice)
“It will even be unfair to expect the state to bear this heavy burden on its own. It is therefore necessary for the Federal Government to continue to sustain the substantial investment in the area. The port facilities and other economic activities in the Lagos area have to be expanded.
“There is need in the circumstances for the Federal Government to maintain a special defence and security arrangement in Lagos which will henceforth be designated a special area. These arrangements will be carefully worked out and written into the new constitution.
Kaduna and Port Harcourt are to be accorded similar status and designated as Special Areas…”
Sadly, no Federal Government and indeed not the PDP Government has done anything to redeem that promise for the 16 years it was in power or to protect Lagos.
Instead of assisting Lagos, they attacked her. If you remember FERMA, in 2006, the same PDP seized your Local Government money and resisted the attempt to bring Government closer to you by creating more local Governments.
On Monday 16th March 2015, the same PDP continued in their tradition of assaulting Lagos. Their supporters took over a major road in Lagos and threatened your peace and security.
On Wednesday 18 th March 2015, the President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari came to Lagos and said Lagos will receive compensation for the role she has played in maintaining Federal Government Assets.
Yesterday on Tuesday the 7th of April 2015, he was here in Lagos in his first political engagement since he became President-Elect and he reiterated his commitment to support Lagos.
This is what I will vote for. This is what I urge you to think about as you vote on Saturday.
This is the place that every Nigerian calls his home. It is the home of displaced people. It is the place where the homeless arrive and are made welcome.
It is the place where generations of Nigerians have arrived without knowing anybody but have, through the opportunities and inclusion, become somebody.
This is the place where the Late Chief Adeniran Ogunsanya and Owelle Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe consummated the handshake across the Niger and played politics without bitterness.
Tell those who try to divide us that our greatest strength has always been our diversity.
Tell them that you feel safe here, and that I have continuously assured you of your safety as the basis of our mutual co-existence.
Tell them that our waterways have been assets of prosperity and sustenance, for transport, recreation and fishing and they will remain so.
Let nobody now attempt to re-write that history for you.
When they reel out false statistics about Lagos, please ask them the statistics about the places they governed for 16 years.
When they reel out statistics, please remind them that those statistics don’t stand in isolation, they are the burden of a whole nation and many parts of West Africa that Lagos state bears.
When they promise you heaven and earth, remember their broken promises on power, security and many more.
Ask them to show you a plan, if they can produce one, which is doubtful, ask them whether they have implemented it elsewhere.
Tell them that you have seen the Lagos Development plan for 2012 – 2025, that the Lagos Light Rail Project, the Adiyan Water Works Phase II of 75 Million gallons a day, the solar power for all schools and many more which are part of the plans for you and your children and which are already being implemented.
Tell them that you will vote to keep a plan that you can see, that is already working, instead of a plan that you have not seen.
Ask them what happened to Vision 20:20, to the 7-Point Agenda and to Transformation.
Tell them that your bird in hand will not be traded for a dozen unseen birds in the bush.
Tell them that this election is not about money, tell them that it is not about ethnicity and it is not about religion.
Tell them that this election is about the place you call your home, the place you earn your living and the place where your investments are the safest.
Tell them that you will not play ethnic or religious politics with your survival. Tell them that you will not vote with anger.
Tell them that you will vote with common sense and for experience.
Tell them that you have seen Lagos survive without Federal support, and you wish to see her flourish with Federal support.
That will be the most historic thing you will have done, putting Lagos in the centre with your votes.
History and tomorrow beckons. Don’t turn your backs.

Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN
Governor of Lagos State.

daramz1:
I doubt the source of this news because by our criminal justice system, an accussed dou can only be convicterRd upon facts and evidences before the court. H®owever, when charged with a capital offences e.g murder...that's when deth penalty attracts the offence and not stealing which is criminal in nature. The Judge erred in his conviction and this should be up turned on appeal. I so submit

ugojamali:
Prosecutors usually charge people to court for multiple offenses even when only one offense is committed. That way they are hopeful of getting the maximum possible sentence for at least one or two of the charges.

In the case of these Robbers it was three: conspiracy to commit robbery, armed robbery and stealing.

Now both conspiracy to commit robbery and armed robbery carry the maximum sentence of death. Usually the judge would have handed two death sentences for both counts but since you can't kill a man twice, he handed a death sentence for one and a life sentence for the other. If there was no conspiracy charge, the judge would have still handed the death sentence for robbery.

ugojamali:
For robbery. They're two different charges with separate convictions.

Sugardiva:
for every count charge in law there is a corresponding sentence. When there is a multiplicity of charges then there will be a corresponding multiplicity of sentences to run either cumulatively or concurrently depending on the court's discretion. Conspiracy to commit a crime is a crime on its own. A crime is different from a conpiracy to commit a crime. A person may be convicted of one and not the other or both and attract seperate sentemces for each as the case is here.

according to the article the sentence for stealing was 3 yrs which is appropriate because stealing is a simple offence. The sentence of death was passed for a sepetate crime altogether. Do u see where the Op's topic is misleading? because they were not sentenced to death for stealing. If stealing was all they were charged for they wld hv only a 3 yr jail term hanging over their heads.

ugojamali:
Oga corrector, they got the death sentence for conspiracy to commit armed robbery. If there was no conspiracy charge they should still have gotten a death sentence for Robbery.

ugojamali:
Funny judgement. But before we all scream for Bloody murder we should pause and read again. They were not sentenced to death for stealing but for armed robbery.

The law of the land States that once you are convicted of armed robbery, the punishment is death. It doesn't matter if you stole one billion or you stole just a piece of meat.. Don't get caught. If you do then the death sentence awaits you. A lenient judge may decide to give you a life sentence but that's all you can hope for.

Armed robbery is different from stealing. Because armed robbery causes direct deaths or poses risks of instant direct deaths. In the heat of the moment a crazy drunk or doped robber may just take your life. So in order to discourage them the harsh sentence is handed to any convicted armed robber.

So cry all we can. But let's analyze the facts before we condemn the law.

Sugardiva:
pls tell them. The level of ignorance on here about law is so amazing. The man was convicted for ARMED ROBBERY not STEALING. As a matter of fact if the charge was stealing the case would have been heard by a magistrate and a magistrate lacks jurisdiction to even pass the death sentence.

Op pls stop misleading the public. Every now and again someone creates a thread like dis to incite Nigerians. How long b4 we hv sense not to fall for it?

In his judgment, Justice Falola convicted them on only three counts: to death for conspiracy; life sentence for robbery, and three years imprisonment for stealing.

Seun:
Missed it. What points were raised? What was Nairaland Forum accused of during the discussion? And how would you advice us to respond?

sinorte:
It sure belongs in my diary. But Its just to let you know the kind of treatment meted out to Nigerians abroad. This was an error that actually could have been avoided if they took us serious.

diablos:
OP ure a bas-tard! This is an old pix frm an old cultism story. Thunder molest ya family for misleading d public. Onuofia. And humans will be commenting witout knowing d source of d news or checking its authenticity

drered:
stuck?? You don't want to have to be on a steroid trust me.. Be very happy with ventolin and don't use your dad's medication cuz they are two different kinds.. Your dad's seretide is a controller therapy( to prevent attacks) your ventolin inhaler is to treat acute exacerbations of asthma..( to abort attacks)..

safarigirl:
I think it's ameliophylin injection. It works faster cuz it enters the vein and is transported to the heart faster than the tablet can dissolve. I've only been to the hospital on account of asthma 4 times. Once in 2005 and then in 2009, 2011 and this year. Other than that it's the inhaler I use as well.

safarigirl:
Mine only gets really bad occasionally, the last time being 2 weeks ago. I use ventolin inhaler/tablets and ameliophylin tablets once I have a slight difficulty in breathing, but if it gets bad to the point of chest-tightening, I'm off to the hospital for injections

victor1464:
ur arguments wont change d situation of make us what u tink....ishiegwari!!yo

christopher123:
Don't deny benin heritage ..I agree with that but please give us evidence of Benin heritage in terms of language and culture then we can agree but you have not been able to show your intellect

Are you not ashamed ....Benin no dey see you

In wonder your type is called fake Igbo