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Seun: OAM4J is doing a fantastic job, but nobody is perfect. He is fantastic in 99% of the things he does. But no man is an island; we all need help.


I will remove any moderator if I'm presented with enough evidence to convince me that the moderator needs to be removed. Even sexkillz.


Every time I meet with our human resources mod to discuss who to appoint, he starts trying to convince me to follow his direction instead of following my direction. I find that to be very irritating so I have been ignoring him for some time. We need to find a way to resolve this soon.

Desola: I chuckled a bit but you know that it's not the first or the last time you'll deal that lengthy ban and I still return to knock your teeth out. You are making a habit of it and I might just take you out completely.

In the meantime, we are discussing your removal although your oga isn't flinching. How's yelsew80, taking a short rest in the meantime?

Desola: so obiagelli is berem?

What the eff! Why do your brothers ban others under the claim of going around a ban but leave you their kinfolk to roam around?

The same goes for wesley80(sexkid's alternate id) who reversed his username to yelsew80, yet he is allowed to roam around the forum and carry on being a menace.

If altruth is to afam and wesley80 is to sexkid, I wonder what the alternate id for that two faced mod is. Oriebaje o something like that? sheesh!

Afam4eva: People would naturally gravitate to a place where they will be given a free hand to do as they choose. That's what led a lot of people to Christ embassy and their population keeps growing as young people continue protesting against the restrictive nature of some places of worship.

clefstone: We r not fighting o. Your tone is getting too harsh for an Inlaw. Anyways, if u hv live/lived in Nigeria it is hardly possible tht u hv not seen an Aboh man. As for Aboh gettin extinct, u shud understand tht the Aboh u probably read about from the now famous expedition is the Aboh 'Kingdom' of the early to mid 19 century, at the peak of its power which had soveriegnty over my Sister's (your wives) Kwale and all the sorrounding villages. Most of these other sorroundin communities r nw independent but stil acknowledge the historical significance of Aboh. Modern Aboh on d other hand is limited to the capital of the then Kingdom plus the immediate neighbouring communities. Today, we may not be as significant as we once were but our history is our pride. All kingdoms, once risen must fall. Unlike the Igbo nation whose rise was as a result of Western influence, we created a Kingdom with our hands and Ruled the World as far as we could reach.

Howmanage: Any fire helicopters? Hope no trapped people

texazzpete: Anyone who believes this strike is 'politically motivated' has to be extremely daft. Politically motivated strike which is asking for NO NEW demands but the application of an agreement duly noted and endorsed by the current president?

I know some of you are frustrated with village life, some miss their girlfriends, some chafe under parental scrutiny etc but try to use your brains when you put forward your arguments. It is a clear admission of imbecility to play the 'politically motivated' card.

Sahara migrant survivor: I buried my family
1 November 2013
The bodies of 87 people, thought to be migrants, were discovered in the Sahara desert in the north of Niger on Wednesday. They died of thirst when their vehicles broke down en route to Algeria. Shafa, a 14-year-old girl from Niger, survived and told the BBC's Newsday programme her story:
We were on our way to Algeria to visit family members. There were more than 100 of us in a convoy of two vehicles. Our truck broke down and it took a whole day to fix. In that time we ran out of water.
We managed to find a well but there was very little water - one of us climbed down into the well and managed to draw out a tiny amount, but the rest of us went thirsty.
The drivers told us to wait while others went to fetch water, but a night and a day later they had not returned.
That was when people started dying. Some 15 of us died on that second day without water.
We moved on with the dead bodies in the truck. By this time the second vehicle had returned with some water, Alhamdulillah (thanks to God).
We came across some Algerian security forces - but the drivers turned around because they didn't want to be caught carrying us since this was illegal.
They asked us to hide inside a trench, we spent another night there - so that is three nights in a row without any water.
One woman started complaining and one of the drivers used a hose to beat us.
Many women and children died. The drivers had some water in jerrycans but kept it for themselves.
'I buried them'
From there they took us back into Niger. Our water ran out again. There we were, hungry and sitting amidst corpses in the truck.
Once we were in Niger, the drivers removed the bodies from the truck for burial. They laid them out on the ground - mothers first, then their children on top of them.
Those of us who were still able to move were told we would be taken back to our village. On the way, we ran out of petrol and they asked us to give them money to buy more.
They told us to get out of the car while they went to get the fuel. They never came back.
We waited for two days in the desert - no food, no water - before we decided to start walking.
Some vehicles passed by, we tried to stop them but no-one would stop. One of the passing cars even knocked down three of our group and killed them.
There were eight of us by now, including my mum and my younger sisters. When we got tired, we sat under a tree, and that was where one of my sisters died. We buried her there.
Then we continued walking and after a day, my second sister died. Then on the third day my mother died. I buried all of them myself.
Rescued
None of the vehicles that passed by agreed to stop and pick me up.
After a while I found a tree and sat under its shade, almost giving up at that point... then a car came by.
I took off my blouse and started waving it wildly. He stopped and asked me what happened and I told him. They gave me some milk, then water and rice cake.
I ate a little bit but I couldn't continue, then they made me some tea.
It was only then that we carried on travelling towards Arlit, where I was reunited with my grandfather.
So here I am - my father died long ago, now my mother is dead, I have no sisters, no brothers.
I am living with my aunt. I heard that only myself and a little girl and 18 men survived the journey out of more than 100 of us.