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That appears to be the goal keeper and unfortunately that juju never helped him because the guy still conceded three goals.
Foolishness of voodoo.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Siemens-High-Power-Touching-Digital-BTE-Hearing-Aid-Simple-to-Use/2019979370.html

Need 2 pieces of those. Please revert ASAP

Dangote has increased the price of CEM 42,5 (3X) to 1,745 as against 1,308 he was advertising 3 weeks ago and CEM 32,5 to 1,585 as against 1,150.

Now where are his praise singers.

Dangote milking Nigerians since 1000BC

That is a humpback whale nothing mysterious about the fish. From the picture the fish appeared to have died at sea probably up to two weeks because of the change in skin color. So people are just eating rotten meat that might cost them their health, seen that not even other fishes had even bother to eat from the carcass.

I read this article sometimes back and inasmuch as I do not really want to believe the article because it looks more like a product of an overactive imagination and an attempt at decently present a carefully woven conspiracy theory, but what if it is me living in denial. Enjoy.

We have already been regaled with reports provided by the Wikileaks which identified the US embassy in Nigeria as a forward operating base for wide and far reaching acts of subversion against Nigeria which include but not limited to eavesdropping on Nigerian government communication, financial espionage on leading Nigerians, support and funding of subversive groups and insurgents, sponsoring of divisive propaganda among the disparate groups of Nigeria and the use of visa blackmail to induce and coerce high ranking Nigerians into acting in favor of US interests.

But beyond what we know from the Wikileaks report, what many Nigerians do not know is that US embassy’s subversive activities in Nigeria fits into the long term US government’s well camouflaged policy of containment against Nigeria the ultimate goal of which is to eliminate Nigeria as a potential strategic rival to the US in the African continent.

According to wikileaks article on ACRI which portrays the ACRI as a counterweight which was set up by the US to instigate mistrust in Nigerian dominated ECOMOG; the sense of Nigerian led anti-American opposition was first observed in during the bush administration, when Nigeria without support from the west or UN led the first ever African intervention force on peacekeeping mission to Liberia while at the same time engaging Sierra Leone in forced peace combat, with predominantly Nigerian troops( over 90%) being spearheaded by then Military ruler Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida.

In this regard, the report further recalled Nigeria’s role in helping to liberate the southern African countries in the 70’s and 80’s in clear opposition and defiance to the interests of the United States and its western allies which resulted in setback for Western initiatives in Africa at the time.

Both concluded with a recommendation that the US Government in conjunction with its allies should seek to contain the growing influence of Nigeria in the sub-region by forming a parallel organization to ECOMOG. But in order not to unduly alarm and antagonize Nigeria which the report admitted still had considerable influence in the region, the US government was advised to go about this using quiet diplomacy and instigating false propaganda.

Years later the CIA while tactically taking advantage of growing sectarian violence in Nigeria, recruited jobless Islamic extremist through Muslim and other traditional leaders offering training indirectly to the group by use of foreign based terror groups. A detailed analysis is done below:

However, there many dots left to be joined together to find the truth;

In December 2011 an Algerian based CIA wing gave out 40 million Naira for a planned Long term partnership with boko haram, with the PLEDGE TO DO MORE. On June 29, 2009 a United States cable leaked by wikileaks showed that the CIA public predicted the onslaught of deadly terrorist attack by boko haram, i.e. even 2 months before boko haram started terrorist actions. Disregarding advices from experts the US armed Saudi Arabia who in turned armed Libyan rebels that in turn armed Malian rebels and Boko Haram, a chain tactically predicted by the CIA. US=>SA=>LIBYA=>BOKO HARAM. Spy files a wikileak document indicates that SS8 a surveillance company in the us was producing viruses(Trojans) that hijack individual computer and phones (iPhone, blackberry, android etc.), take over the device, record its every use, movement, GPS info and even sights and sounds in the room it is in. This software was however bought and used as tools by the CIA in its eavesdropping games on Nigerian politicians, thus detecting corrupt practices. As good as that may sound, but whichever politician refused to hijack policies in favor of the US was made to face financial espionage or “corruption charges”. It is however remarkably outstanding or rather coincidental how Nigerian SSS agents personal information, including address, bank information, mobile numbers, etc. were leaked and published on the web when the SSS where jointly working with the CIA to gather intelligence boko haram thus compromising the identity/security of the agents as well as that of their family. It is also important to note the “miraculous escape of Kabiru Sokoto” from a secret top security facility whose location was known to the CIA. In the aftermath of the unfortunate bombings and sporadic attacks that took place in Damaturu, Yobe State capital and environs on the last Eid, the Embassy of the United States in Nigeria hastily put out a public statement declaring that such like bombings should be expected in three well known hospitality establishments in Abuja the nation’s capital.

To discerning observers not only did that score high marks for bad manners as that was hardly what a nation still grieving and coming to terms with its losses expected from a supposedly friendly nation, but that the US embassy was being economical with information on what it actually knew about the incident, and more significantly, the role the US government itself has been playing in the whole gamut of acts of destabilization against Nigeria.

We have already been regaled with reports provided by the Wikileaks which identified the US embassy in Nigeria as a forward operating base for wide and far reaching acts of subversion against Nigeria which include but not limited to eavesdropping on Nigerian government communication, financial espionage on leading Nigerians, support and funding of subversive groups and insurgents, sponsoring of divisive propaganda among the disparate groups of Nigeria and the use of visa blackmail to induce and coerce high ranking Nigerians into acting in favor of US interests.

But beyond what we know from the Wikileaks report, what many Nigerians do not know is that US embassy’s subversive activities in Nigeria fits into the long term US government’s well camouflaged policy of containment against Nigeria the ultimate goal of which is to eliminate Nigeria as a potential strategic rival to the US in the African continent.

Today as Nigerians are reeling from the negative effects of the insurgency that has befallen our dear country and earnestly seeking answers to what all this portends for the future, the GREENWHITE COALITION a citizen’s watchdog can reveal the true nature of this silent, undeclared war of attrition waged against Nigeria by the Government of United States of America.

BACKGROUND TO US SUBVERSIVE ACTS AGAINST NIGERIA AND TIMELINES

From ACRI to AFRICOM

ACRI stands for Africa Crises Response Initiative and it was set up during the Bush Jnr Administration as a counterweight to the Nigeria led ECOWAS Monitoring Group on the Liberian Civil War or ECOMOG as it is more popularly known. ACRI came to being from the secret reports and recommendations separately by the Africa-America Institute and the Brookings Institute commissioned by the Central Intelligence Agency, the American Government’s Directorate responsible for organizing foreign subversive activities, on the Liberian civil war and the intervention of ECOMOG.

Both reports zeroed in on the pivotal role Nigeria was playing in the ECOMOG initiative and noted pointedly the phenomenal success recorded by ECOMOG in containing the Liberian crisis without any significant role or intervention from any of the major western powers including the United States. The report concluded that should ECOMOG be allowed to go the whole hog, the major beneficiary will be Nigeria and that might form the basis for a pax Nigeriana in the West African sub-region eclipsing the influence of former colonial powers France and Britain. The reports also called on the United States Government to note that Liberia being its creation should not be allowed to fall into Nigerian hands with consequences to US strategic interests in the country and the region.

Specifically both reports noted that

http://www.tarnews.co.za/boko-haram-is-a-cia-covert-operation-wikileaks/

Dear OP the pictures are not of the same person but separate individuals. You don't have to crop the second picture to mis-educate Nigerians. (MOD Justice please).

The second picture is courtesy of http://www.punchng.com/news/commotion-at-national-assembly/

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I don't like lending my thoughts to discuss that is fast degenerating to tribal bashing but why can't we let go the past.
I am yet to come across anybody on this forum that fought in the war and still prays for another. We have the opportunity to correct the mistakes of our fathers but we always allow bitterness get the best of us. Any of us could have been born into any of the numerous tribes in Nigeria the Ijaw man today could have been an Igbo man and the Igbo man today could have been a born an Hausa man.
As long as we are still called Nigerians let's fight for her glory, let's see ourselves as brothers. I have learnt from traversing this great Nation from the North to the South, from the West to the East we are the best of people any nation could wish to be. We have simply allow the greedy and self seeking minority of people present in all of our tribe to continue exploiting our past to appropriate our commonwealth and our future for their selfish gain. We can build this nation together, we can be the envy of humanity, we can work as one, we can defy the dark part of our history seeking to destroy our future. Remember I am your future and you are mine. Nigeria, great people, great nation

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The controversies generated earlier this year about cement grade for the need to phase out the production of 32,5 grade of cement which was champion by Dangote by proxy through the Standard Organization of Nigeria, now the initiative seems to be back firing on the proponents.

Dangote stand in adverse to other manufacturer was that the Nigerian built environment is not matured/literate enough to understand cement classification and usage but seems to have gone back to its vomit by the announcement of its introduction of 32,5 cement for plastering "according to SON directives" .

In full compliance with the directive of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on the various grades of cement and their prescribed uses, Dangote Cement Plc has announced plans to launch its brand of the premium 32.5 cement grade, selling N200 lower than the price of higher 42.5 grade.

Addressing newsmen in Lagos on the new development, Group Managing Director of the Dangote Cement Plc, Devakumar Edwin said specifically that the 32.5 grade, which had the lowest strength among the various cement products, would be priced lower than the others and would be selling at N200 lower than the price of the higher strength 42.5 grade.

He said, “this in addition offers our numerous customers and end users the prerogative of choice and its appropriate application”.


The new product, which has been branded “Dangote Cement 1X”, Edwin stated, was in response to popular demand from the customers as well as in full compliance with the SON directive encouraging production of all grades of cement but with clear labelling on the use.

Edwin noted that the entrance of the 32.5 cement grade from Dangote would ensure that the consumer pays the appropriate price for the right value rather than paying more for lower grade as was presently the case in the market.

Edwin disclosed that Dangote Cement was currently reviewing the selling prices of its products with intent to reduce them and make the products available with the recent commissioning of additional six million metric tons per annum lines 3 and 4 in Ibese, Ogun State and another three million metric ton capacity, additional line 4 at Obajana, Kogi State.

According to the Dangote Cement GMD, the 32.5 cement grade would be clearly marked in the colour prescribed by the SON with the uses for which it should be applied, which is purely for plastering.


Dangote, with this move, now produces 42.5 for column and beam casting, block making, decking and other general purpose construction work that require high strength, while also producing the premium 32.5 grade for plastering and flooring only.

The company is also pushing out the 52.5 grade for specialized construction of high strength structures such as bridges, flyovers among others.

Edwin also disclosed that it will continue with its nationwide campaign and capacity building which it initiated and has sustained for the past 3 years, to ensure that the different grades of cement are easily identified by users and used only for their prescribed purposes.

Dangote Cement Director said in compliance with the SON standard for cement quality and packaging, the lower grade 32.5 type on the Dangote shelf would be clearly labelled as such, in order to prevent the problem of misapplication and misuse of the product, which had become rampant in the nation’s building and construction industry.

He said, “we have significantly increased the supply of cement to the market and as it is expected, the enhancement in supply of the product to the market has also resulted to a reasonable reduction in the price of the product”.


In all, the Pan-African cement company with presence in 16 African countries, is today producing locally at a combined installed capacity of 29.25 million mtpa from its three plants in the country.

http://newtelegraphonline.com/dangote-cement-launches-premium-32-5-brand/

But this is what they told us earlier this year.

Dangote Cement Plc has said it manufactures only 42.5 grade cement in all its three plants, which are located in Obajana, Kogi State; Ibese, Ogun State; and Gboko, Benue State.
It said it is not a party to the firms accused of shortchanging Nigerians by civil society group and professionals.
Its Chief Executive Officer, Mr DVG Edwin, spoke at a briefing at the weekend in Lagos.
He said: “In all our three plants, we produce 42.5 grade cement. We believe that Nigerians deserve the best and we remain steadfast in meeting the needs of Nigerians for quality, cost effective cement. We want to align with the civil society group that there is need for standards in cement manufacturing; we need to comply to set standard so that Nigerians can get the best.”
Edwin said Dangote Cement’s adherence to global best practices informed the production of 42.5 grade cement in all its factories, adding that it is stronger and has better qualities.
According to him, the cement grade possesses higher strength capability and its rapid setting quality makes it the preferred grade among block makers, builders and construction workers, and add that with quick setting, blocks come out stronger and reduces the number of breakages.
He said as part of efforts to drive quality, the firm has in the past two years, been training blockmakers on how to mould quality blocks using the 42.5 grade Dangote Cement.
He said seminars and demonstrations with block makers is a continuous exercise, which has become a vital part of the company’s corporate social responsibility initiative aimed at preventing building collapse.
Explaining why Dangote Cement is emphasising the production of 42.5 grade cement, Edwin said prior to the country’s attainment of self-sufficiency in cement production, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) had specified the 42.5 grade as the acceptable grade for importers of cement.
He said: “Dangote Cement, as a responsible market leader, has continued to produce 42.5 grade in its three plants in strict adherence to the stipulations of SON.”
He wondered why SON should insist on 42.5 grade as the standard for import and allow a lower grade for local production.
He asked: “How come that during the import era, we were all compelled by the regulatory authorities to bring in 42.5 grades and now since 2012 when import was banned, the same regulatory authorities condone the production of 32.5 grades?”
He noted that 92 per cent of Portland cement produced in the United States are in 52.5 and 42.5 grades, while other imported cement from China, Japan, Denmark and Paris are all 42.5 grade. He said: “Over 90 per cent of consumers are not aware of the different types of cement available in Nigeria. Their expectations in respect to the performance of cement are the same regardless of the type. The grade (quality) of concrete to be used may allow 32.5 grade cement for certain construction work such as pavements, rendering (plastering) and culverts but would demand 42.5 grade cement for structures, columns, bridges and multi storey buildings.”
Reacting to claims by some cement manufacturers that the cause of building collapse is not cement quality, but poor use of materials, especially 32.5 grade, he advocated that the best way to ensure safety in the construction industry is to insist on 42.5 as the grade to be produced and used in Nigeria.
He said despite training builders on how to use 32.5 grade of cement, some of them still cut corners.
“Incidence of building collapse will be greatly reduced if we adhere to a common quality specification, leaving no opportunity for manipulations,” he added.
On claims by some cement manufacturers that switching over to 42.5 grade would erode their profit margins, Ekanem said producing the grade though would lead to a marginal cost increase, it should be seen as a patriotic gesture to stem the tide of building collapse.

“We place a high premium on human lives and not cost. Nothing on earth can be substituted for human lives. Those arguing that migrating from 32.5 to 42.5 will erode their profit margin are insincere and selfish as human lives are more important than profit taking,” he said.
The sales/marketing director of Dangote Cement also said that in the last five years, the price of cement from Dangote has remained constant despite the high inflationary rate, high cost of fuel, and infrastructure deficit, and other operational challenges. “Even though, we have consistently been producing 4.2 grade cement the price is the same for 32.5 grade,” he pointed out, noting that the company invested so much in logistics hence, the company’s cost of moving cement products is the lowest in the industry.
A coalition of civil society groups and professional bodies in the construction industry are set to launch a major campaign for the standardisation of the manufacturing and importation of the product. The coalitions, according to media reports, have called on the relevant authorities to initiate actions to make 42.5 grade of cement the standard product in Nigeria.
The stakeholders’ argument is that nearly all the cement manufacturers and importers in the country are in the habit of taking advantage of the lax regulation and lack of enforcement to vary their pigmentation in favour of the lower grade cement (32.5) which in most cases is used in building and seen to be partly responsible for the collapse of houses. They believe that the practice, which is quite prevalent, is usually overlooked by SON.

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/we-dont-produce-32-5-grade-cement-says-dangote-ceo/

Now my questions are;
1. Has the Nigerian built environment/ Market "suddenly" matured overnight for Dangote to now start producing 32,5 cement "for plastering only" knowing people will gravitate toward buying that to build since it will cost 200 Naira lower that its current 42,5?
2. Is this an attempt to backtrack knowing well that the professionals in the Nigeria built environment has never bought into the argument of SON and Dangote?
3. With the sustained campaign against 32,5 since last year and the fact that wise Nigerian has stubbornly stuck on to the 32,5 cement in many market over Dangote 42,5 cement (because of quality issue), not a sign that the "needless" battle has been lost?
4. What plan does Dangote and SON have to clamp down on people that will be buy Dangote 32,5 for concrete job knowing that the planned 32,5 cement will have lower strength compared with other 32,5 since it it going to be for plastering only?
5. How long will they take us for fools?

This is not Boko Haram neither is it communal class or political assassinations, this is a case of local cults taking revenge on each other. There are two sides to these attacks namely Dey-Well and Dey-Bam cults local to Rivers, Bayelsa and southern Imo State. Killings between them has been going on for years now but the dimension it has taken this time is alarming, because people that are been killed are not just the cult members but their relatives and friends as a case of "if we can get you we will get your families and friend". Two of the notorious communities for cult activities in that area where this current ugly incident is taking place have not been mention in this current fracas and I want to believe it was due to the action taken by the elders of the two communities in 2011 namely Akabuka and Erema where all the cult members were brought to the community square to swear on their gods popularly refers to has Juju in these area. (Egi, Ogba, Egbema, Ndoni and Ekpeye)
This recent killing has turned communities like Obukegi to a ghost town, where many suspect the current killings started, when a well known cultist wife was shot in her sleep during assassination attempt of her husband, with the said cultist vowing revenge. I won't be surprise if it is his group making good on their vow.
The current situation is a sure reminder that, when a sore is left to fester it will end up consuming the whole body.
My beloved Egi people wetin dey happen?

Zionope: These were d pictures shown to us the day the wooden bridge collapsed, we were made to understand that day that the main bridge is under construction and that and that Ajimobi was too slow about it, u guys even list the slow pace of the bridge as one of the reason(s) why "Ajimobi must go" just two weeks ago ooo. Now u're here telling us again that he commissioned the bridge and it collapsed, do u mean he commissioned an uncompleted bridge? Even if u were fed d rumour, look at d bridge very well, does dis look like a collapsed bridge to u?

Help tell the OP o. The OP said he is a professional, but the pictures he posted in contrast to his post speaks otherwise. A good lesson from the post;---Reason hard don't just post anything for sensationalism---

Walelavender: I thought you were smart enough to differentiate a make~shift bridge from a Reinforced concrete bridge. From my post, I thought you could see part of the submerged temporary bridge. I dont stand to gain anything from this. The under construction bridge was the only obvious structure you could see; others have been submerged no thanks to the heavy downpour! Btw you think people will gather as early as possible to stare endlessly @ d decimated bridge? Dont you understand

1. I may not be smart like you (you know what I mean) but if I were the one posting the article I would have made a clear distinction between a wooden temporary pedestrian staked platform and a bridge been a supposed professional. Because you know the structure that will readily comes to mind when anybody reads the word bridge from you heading. posts below refers;

17. NgeneUkwenu(f): Quote Post
No sight of collapsed bridge! Next pls

19. OtunbaJega: Quote Post
oponu op... see bridge under construction...where is the collapsed bridge?....op must b sillly

2. I could have overlooked your errors if you have stated that the supposed bridge was a temporary wooden pedestrian bridge. As you are trying hard to now point out. the bolded refers;

I thought you were smart enough to differentiate a make~shift bridge from a Reinforced concrete bridge. From my post, I thought you could see part of the submerged temporary bridge. I dont stand to gain anything from this. The under construction bridge was the only obvious structure you could see; others have been submerged no thanks to the heavy downpour! Btw you think people will gather as early as possible to stare endlessly @ d decimated bridge? Dont you understand

3. You need not insult me, just be objective and sincere enough to edit your original post by putting in those missing minor information that could have given your post a little bit of credence. Mr professional (stop insulting the engineering profession)

Oga do the needful

oldenglish: wey machinery for the construction company. Na so Ibadan people mumu reach to gather dey watch construction of bridge?

Check all the pictures what you will see is a 3 span RCC bridge under construction and if you look at the second picture you will see a broken up wooden pedestrian bridge. So the question is which of the two bridges is the OP referring to? As to the construction equipment I dare the OP to post the surrounding picture of the supposed bridge.

@OP fear God o. That picture only shows a bridge under construction with the pier and abutment sticking out of the water and the precast beams that are yet to be placed on them by the side. Your post should have been that the temporary wooden footbridge at Apete has collapsed. The pictures you posted has just nailed you, don't think everyone on Nairaland are without brain, except you are telling us that the pictures you posted were those of the bridge under construction.
Try to be fair

ojimbo: you forgot to mention the poor states of those narrow roads in anambra. Useless govt

Since when has narrow roads started causing building collapses?

cjrane: An epidemic of substandard cement and fake iron rods. Many cement sellers now re-bag cement with grey colored clay.
Likewise, nobody can vouch for the quality of some so called "Made in Nigeria cement"
There should be a random sampling of bags of cement in the market to identify the fake ones and destroy them immediately.




Crap!
Your reasons could have been true if the collapse had not been specifically restricted to newer buildings still under construction.
99 percent of the buildings built in Onitsha from Woliwo, Fegge,Omaba etc happened after the civil war or atleast 40 years ago. They were mostly built without the so called "Professionals", but the cement and the iron rods were all good quality. Those buildings are still standing today.

The present epidemic of collapse happen with NEW buildings done with NEW fake CEMENT and fake Iron rods presently in the market NOW!

If you know that the houses that were built back then were with good cement, good reinforcement bars by the supposedly non professional with proper supervision by the relevant authority and the buildings are still standing, why are you rooting for the continuous engagement of unsupervised, unknowledgeable quarks who can not identity the fake cement, fake reinforcement bars and design errors.
Secondly, Will there be cement and reinforcement bars in the market if the government have been doing their job?
Just try and be objective in your criticism, fake cement, fake reinforcement bars and fake engineers what do you now have?

I was in Onitsha recently on a working visit to some construction sites and you can't but notice the poor construction practices going on all over the place all in the name of wanting to have a multi storey building like everyone else. The inept government and the relevant authorities also are not helping matters because it was obvious nothing is been done to ensure compliance with the relevant building codes and laws.
Noticeable among other things on all the sites are;

1. Absence of professional
2. Construction of floors above the approved
3. Poor or non existence of structural drawing
4. Usage of brittle, light weight poorly grade iron ore instead of well graded crushed aggregate. ( because it's cheap)
5. No mix design nor trial mixes before commencement of job
6. Excessive free water cement ratio
7. Inadequate reinforcement
8. Over proportioning of fines above coarse aggregate
9. Over proportioning of aggregates because a cement producer advertised a cement three times stronger, with more yield. (which is false)
10. Poor and weak sandcrete blocks
and the list goes on and on.

Until the government stops playing politics with the lives of the people by clamping down on the informal sector of the construction industry more lives are bound to be lost.

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I couldn’t believe that I could actually understand what I was reading. The phenomenal power of the human mind, according to a research at Cambridge University, it doesn’t matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be in the right place.
The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without a problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself, but the word as a whole. Amazing Huh? yeah and I always thought
spelling was important!
If you can read this say awesome !!!

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Yes, apparently this kind of thing can happen. At least according to Tomasz Paczkowski, from Elbag, Poland, who while trying to help his wife with house chores, accidentally picked up the hot iron instead of the phone and ended up burning half his face.

32-year-old Tomasz Paczkowski had taken a week off from his job, and one morning he decided to prove to his wife that he could be a real asset around the house. Before going off to work, she asked him to iron some clothes, and Tomasz was more than happy to oblige. But, as we men know, ironing can get pretty boring after a while, so the young Pole got the “brilliant” idea to multitask. ‘Women are always going on about multi-tasking, so I set up the iron, opened a beer and turned on the TV to watch boxing’ Mr. Paczkowski said. Everything was going great, and he was actually starting to enjoy doing housework, only at one point he got so involved with the boxing that he wasn’t really thinking about what he was doing. That’s when the phone started ringing…
He picked up the receiver, put it to his ear, but all he could hear was the sizzling sound of his face burning. The excruciating pain woke him up, and he realized he had picked up the hot iron instead of the phone. And if that wasn’t bad enough, as he ran to the bathroom to put some cold water on his face, he bashed his left eye against the door, and added even more pain as well as a black eye to the mix. Tomazs told Polish reporters he looked as if he had come out of a boxing game himself. Luckily, doctors say the burns are not that serious, and he’ll make a full recovery. As for Mr. Paczkowski, he swears he will never watch boxing on TV again. There’s your mistake right there, friend, it’s housework you should have stayed away from in the first place, we’re just not cut out for it.

http://www.odditycentral.com/funny/man-answers-iron-instead-of-phone-burns-half-his-face.html

Speaking from experience People often criticize what they do not know.I rather have someone that has a device running window 8 or at one time or the other use an iPhone and a device running Android OS to tell us the difference. As for me I had never in my life spoken good of windows Phones (ask a lot of people using iphone) until I was given a Lumia as an official phone at the office. Since I have been given the phone I have been asking myself why have I wasted my money on iPhone when I could have gotten something better in a Windows. With the Lumia it is just like carrying my office in my pocket. Great multimedia and lots more, I can't count the number of time the phone as fallen, scatter to pieces and all I have to do is couple it back and Vola it is back just like 3310. I can therefore summarize my experience this way; Iphone=Class, Window Phone= Productivity. I can therefore bet that the Window Tablet can't be anything less(Productivity wise).

AwodwaGyanOniwe:
Am sure our HATERS/Naaigerians are happy.
THE WORLD ICON IS GONE BUT HIS LEGACY LIVES ON.

"I HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST WHITE DOMINATION AND BLACK TRIBALISM" Nelson Mandela.

I am sure if their is anywhere on earth that Nelson Mandela is revered more than South Africa, it is in Nigeria. So dear your comment stand so much in averse to what Nelson Mandela stood for. Your comment is laden with Hatred and discrimination which he fought to a standstill. People like you never learn anything. Is this the time to castigate or cast aspersion on your brothers? The reason every race under heaven is celebrating this uncommonly great man is because he fought people with your kind of ideology with kindness and forgiveness. Apartheid might have gone but lives on as ethnic and tribal bigotry in people that holds on to your kind of ideology. Africans lets live in harmony and oneness, because that is the only way to keep Madiba's memories alive. His life has thought us that we are more than animals if only we can reason beyond our selfish interests. SLEEP ON GREAT ONE, AFRICANS MOURN AND CELEBRATE YOU, MAY WE ONE DAY COMPREHEND THE FULLNESS OF YOUR SACRIFICE FOR US ALL. VIVA MADIBA

RIP MADIBA

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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Xhosa pronunciation: [xoˈliːɬaɬa manˈdeːla]; 18 July 1918 — 5 December 2013[1]) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the first black South African to hold the office, and the first elected in a fully representative, multiracial election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism, poverty and inequality, and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as the President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1991 to 1997. Internationally, Mandela was the Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.

A Xhosa born to the Thembu royal family, Mandela attended Fort Hare University and the University of Witwatersrand, where he studied law. Living in Johannesburg, he became involved in anti-colonial politics, joining the ANC and becoming a founding member of its Youth League. After the Afrikaner nationalists of the National Party came to power in 1948 and began implementing the policy of apartheid, he rose to prominence in the ANC's 1952 Defiance Campaign, was elected President of the Transvaal ANC Branch and oversaw the 1955 Congress of the People. Working as a lawyer, he was repeatedly arrested for seditious activities and, with the ANC leadership, was prosecuted in the Treason Trial from 1956 to 1961 but was found not guilty. Although initially committed to non-violent protest, in association with the South African Communist Party he co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1961, leading a bombing campaign against government targets. In 1962 he was arrested, convicted of sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the government, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial.

Mandela served 27 years in prison, first on Robben Island, and later in Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison. An international campaign lobbied for his release, which was granted in 1990 amid escalating civil strife. Becoming ANC President, Mandela published his autobiography and led negotiations with President F.W. de Klerk to abolish apartheid and establish multiracial elections in 1994, in which he led the ANC to victory. He was elected President and formed a Government of National Unity in an attempt to defuse ethnic tensions. As President, he promulgated a new constitution and initiated the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate past human rights abuses. Continuing the former government's liberal economic policy, his administration introduced measures to encourage land reform, combat poverty, and expand healthcare services. Internationally, he acted as mediator between Libya and the United Kingdom in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial, and oversaw military intervention in Lesotho. He declined to run for a second term, and was succeeded by his deputy, Thabo Mbeki. Mandela subsequently became an elder statesman, focusing on charitable work in combating poverty and HIV/AIDS through the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

Mandela has been a controversial figure for much of his life. Right-wing critics denounced him as a terrorist and communist sympathiser. He nevertheless gained international acclaim for his anti-colonial and anti-apartheid stance, having received more than 250 honours, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize, the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Soviet Order of Lenin. He is held in deep respect within South Africa, where he is often referred to by his Xhosa clan name, Madiba, or as Tata ("Father"; he is often described as "the father of the nation". He died on 5 December 2013.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela

SPEED5: All these naïve igbo girls marrying yoruba men, that's the risk u take- heart break. Yoruba men ar know for infidelity, same as there women. Dumb igbo women

When was the last time you heard of Clarion Chuckwura? her last name as I can remember is ABIOLA. Please stop ethnic bigotry

Year 2013 and my people are still fighting the war many of them knows nothing about. The truth about how it started, what started it all, for whose interest was the war started? Who were the people behind the scene? who were the ones that profited from the war? Now tell me how many innocent souls died on both side of the divide? fourty something years down the lane some people are still shooting e-guns at themselves. What lessons have we learnt from the war? Hausa this, Igbo that, yoruba that. When are we going to grow up and know that no tribe is bigger or can be bigger than this country. How do you explain the continuos existence of this nation with the daily happenings? Almost all the thread you go through daily on nairaland are always derailed to either tribal war or religion war. The existence of this country should be evidence enough of our collective destiny......SMH

The Vulture and the starving child. Lucky Dube's Crazy World playing in my mind. An innocent child who never knew anything about war, dying because of some people's decision to fight each other. Looking at the Biafra pictures should tell us as a country the part not to tread. The warmongers on nairaland, over to you.....SMH

[quote author=5.00GP]YOU SABI PREACH DIE...
TELL YOUR FELLOW PEOPLE TO STOP HATING ON OTHER TRIBES......[/quote]See what I was saying? I never told you I am from any particular tribe. Please let us always look beyond tribe and religion. Let's move beyond this hatred it never does anybody any good, not since 1914 and it will never help. #imout#