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A guard dog at a Nigerian wedding party grappled with a teenage suicide bomber until her explosives detonated, killing the animal as well.
Buba Ahmed of Belbelo village, near the northeastern city of Maiduguri, said guests are grateful that the dog sacrificed itself to save their lives.
He said the bomber was on the outskirts of a gathering where most villagers were attending a wedding ceremony when the dog pounced on her on Sunday morning.
Police spokesman Victor Isuku confirmed that the dog had intervened to save the wedding party.

A multinational force has driven Boko Haram Islamic extremists out of most towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria, but the extremists have resorted to attacking soft targets with suicide bombers.
Meanwhile, Nigerian police confirmed that three suicide bombers blew themselves up attempting to get into Maiduguri on Sunday morning.
Isuku said two men detonated explosive vests when security agents challenged them near an entry to the city, which has sustained several attacks. He said the bombers killed only themselves.

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Myndd44

Source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4382352/Dog-saves-wedding-party-suicide-bomber-Nigeria.html

charlesm91:
Same goes for me but not the data, the credit bonus when one loads. I loaded 10k credit to subscribe and got about 15k credit bonus only for the bonus to disappear after two days.

After subscribing MTN wickedly first deducts from your bonus airtime if there is before they'll start to deduct from your data balance.
My inlaw says I'm stingy because after subscribing I won't browse until I have used all the bonus airtime to make calls.

this is informative you know
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Myndd44 justwise , DisGuy )

Depending on where you're from, your passport can say a lot about your country.


Travelers don’t have a lot of say in how their passports look. It's hard to take a flattering picture ( unless you're Prince), you can't choose which inspiration quotes frame your stamped pages, and you can’t choose the color of your passport cover.
To that last point, Business Insider recently explained why passports only come in shades of red, blue, green, and black. Somewhat surprisingly, the color of your passport follows no strict system of country categorization—though that's not to say the colors are totally random, either.
“Most passports in the world are based on blue and red primary colors,” said Passport Index Vice President of Marketing Hrant Boghossian, though there’s an enormous degree of variation in hues. And while geography, politics, and even religion come into play when a country selects its passport cover, there are no guidelines or regulations dictating the color of these national documents.
“There’s nothing [that] stipulates the cover colour,” confirmed Anthony Philbin of the International Civil Aviation Organization, which issues passport standards on cover size, format, and technology.
So what can we infer about passport color? Boghossian says it’s a matter of national identity.

Red Passports

Burgundy passports are used by members of the European Union (sans Croatia), and countries interested in joining (think: Turkey) have changed their passport colors to match. The Economist called this a “branding exercise.” The Andean Community (also known for past EU-ambitions) of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru also has burgundy passports. The Swiss passport, in effortless and famously Swiss-fashion, matches their flag,


Blue Passports

Boghossian told Business Insider that Caribbean, or Caricom states, typically use blue, though it’s common in the “New World,” as well. Vox pointed out the customs union of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguya, Uruguay, and Venezuela, known as Mercosur, all boast blue passports (except Venezuela, which still sports a red passport from its time in the Andean Community).
The United States’ passport, however, only became navy blue in 1976—to match the shade found in the American Flag. Before that?
“We believe the first travel documents in the U.S. were red,” Boghossian told Travel + Leisure.
Green passports were used in the 1930s, followed by burgundy ones, [and] black passports in the 1970s.”


Green Passports

“Most Islamic states use green passports because of the importance of the colour in their religion,” Boghossian shared with Business Insider. Variations of green are also used by members of ECOWAS—Economic Community of West African States—including Niger and Senegal.


Black Passports

Here’s another, far more practical, interpretation for selecting passport colors. Dark colors (even deep shades of blue and red) show less dirt and tend to look more official. Examples include the Republic of Botswana, Zambia, and New Zealand—though for the latter, black is also considered one of the country’s national colors.
Ultimately, you can infer about color as much as you want, but passports represent something much greater than geo-political and economic ties. “We forget that [passports] belong to people. For some, they are a barrier. To others, a right of passage,”
Boghossian said to Travel + Leisure.
After all, both the U.S. and Syria issue blue passports—but Syria has one of the worst-ranking passports in the world . Having a Syrian passport allows you access to only 32 countries without a visa, due to diplomatic relations. Meanwhile, the U.S. has the third-best ranking passport.
“Governments around the world have the freedom to choose the color and design,” reiterated Boghossian. “Unfortunately, only few have understood the importance of this document on their country’s brand identity.”
Boghossian cited Norway, which recently unveiled its winning passport design from a nationwide competition, as an example of a country using its passports to define its distinct personality and characteristics. The colors? Vibrant and hip.
The U.S. passport is about to get a makeover : and while the design has yet to be released, we know for a fact the country has a history of changing its passport cover.

Source:
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/what-your-passport-color-means

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Myndd44

Earth2Metahuman:
*facepalm*
I'm here too educate you and not argue with you cos its obvious your IQ is to low. I think I would rather argue with homoerectus instead of wasting my time with you.

if they borrow 30billion dollars, are they going to put it out of the economy or into the economy?
Is travelling based on budgeted money and outright embezzlement now the same?

Eat more brain food.

Not gonna respond to your annoying quote again though.

So you think traveling is not budgeted, wow amazing.
Can't account for the recovered loot nor see the fruits from 2016 budget how can $30b be put to good use and be accounted for.

I know you'll start insulting soon, for the fact that you don't know that every meal in aso rock is accounted for & budgeted not to talk about traveling around the world the president does, goes to show how little you know about economics and governance.
Peace to you.

Earth2Metahuman:
how does buhari travelling or borrowing money dollarise the economy? You just want to troll me cos you don't have anything meaningful to say... WeLldone

Your last argument was on embezzlement and GEJ dollar spending
The fuelling of the presidential fleets is done in naira?
The oil money used to fund the 2016 budget and 30b PMB wants to borrow is in naira?
The recovered loots is it naira?

You said dollars should be meant for manufacturers and importers. Where were you when Innosson was crying for lack of dollars thereby laying off staffs. Under which regime did the manufacturing sector suffered the most?

Better be prepared for intellectual debate (not childish grumbling and personality defamation) when next you mention me on Nairaland.

Earth2Metahuman:
no

Gej was dollarising the economy by spending dollars where he supposed to spend naira.
E.g, bribes are paid in dollars instead of naira (bribing kings, religious leaders and traditional rulers in dollars instead of naira during election and before)

-Expatriates and government worker are being paid in dollars instead of naira where they can find a way of exchanging it themselves (e.g okonjo, etc)

-Embezzlement was done in dollars. During obj time, they still billions in naira, in gej era, they steal in milllion and billion of dollars. Cos its easier to get and keep than have bunch of useless naira.
That's why obj was able to save and gej couldn't.
Every wondered why 90% of people caught so far stole in dollars? (Mama piss, deziani, dasuki, that guy that kept money at home)


Dollar should be meant for importers, travellers and manufacturing industries and all transaction within the country should be done in naira. But any tom dick and harry can request dollars from cbn before.

Hope you have learnt something.

You know the PMB spend more time flying than in office I guess he's saving.
What was achieved under the 2016 budget and the money gotten from subsidy removal and all the loot recovered?
And PMB wants to borrow $30b to fund 2017 budget, more social media advisers less economic advisers. I hope love this change?

UNIQUEISRAEL:
Young fellow, you better watch your mouth, you should understand the care free attitude of supervisory work of GEJ and PMB, he TSA system has saved alot!

Under whose administration was TSA designed. Who masterminded it?

Pumping dollar into the economy, isn't that what GEJ was doing to stabilise naira back then and was accused of APC that he was dollarizing the economy?
Now CBN under PMB is doing same. Learning from a 'clueless man and effectual baboon'.

Jodha:
Awon baby mama.. No go find man marry..

For a second, why are you hating on her?

nkcares:
Its for this summer. enrolment deadline is may 15. When I was sent the rejection letter last month, they also stated that there might be further consideration if any one already on the admission list declines their admission. I guess a space came up. I already lost all hope for this summer. I don't even know if I can get my visa before time.
Please people in Germany, is it possible for someone there to help one open a blocked account, which might make it faster like just a week, so that I can go book my interview quicker. As opening through the embassy takes like 3 weeks before account details are sent to one. Please its urgent. Thank you for your anticipated answers.

I tap into this testimony.

Zloty
"Zloty" is the Polish word for "golden."


Forint
The Hungarian forint comes from the Italian word "fiorino," a gold coin from Florence.
The fiorino had a flower, or "fiore" in Italian, stamped on it.



Ringgit

When coins were minted in precious metals, thieves would shave off small portions of the metal to create new coins.
To combat this, countries began minting coins with jagged edges.
The Malaysian word for jagged is "ringgit," the name of the currency.


Source:
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-currencies-got-their-names-2016-3?IR=T/#ringgit-15

Dinar
Jordan, Algeria, Serbia, and Kuwait all call their currency "dinar."
This is a pretty straightforward truncation of the Latin word "denarius," which was a silver coin used in ancient Rome.

Rupee
The Sanskrit word for wrought silver is "rupya," which lends its name to the Indian and Pakistani rupee, as well as Indonesia's rupiah.

Pound

The British pound is derived from the Latin word "poundus" meaning "weight."
Egypt, Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria call their currency pound.

Ruble

Russia's and Belarus' ruble are named after a measure of weight for silver.

Rial

The Latin word "regalis," meaning "royal," is the origin for the Omani and Iranian "rial."

Similarly, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen all use a currency called the "riyal." Before the euro, Spain used "reals" as well.

Rand
Like the dollar, South Africa's rand comes from the Dutch name for the South African city Witwatersrand, an area rich in gold.


Chinese yuan, Japanese yen, and Korean won


The Chinese character "圓," meaning "round" or "round coin," is responsible for the name of the Chinese yuan, Japanese yen, and Korean won.


Crown
Many Scandinavian countries use a currency that derives from the Latin word "corona," meaning "crown."
Sweden's krona, Norway's krone, Denmark's krone, Iceland's króna, and the Estonian kroon (now replaced by the euro), and the Czech Republic's koruna all derive from the same Latin root.

From country to country, monetary units vary nearly as much as the cultures and languages that use them. But have you ever wondered why a dollar is called a "dollar"?

A recent post on the Oxford Dictionary's OxfordWords blog explained the origins of the names of the world's most common currencies. In the slides below, find out where these everyday words come from.


Dollar
The dollar is the world's most common currency, used in the US, Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand, and Singapore and elsewhere.
According to OxfordWords , the Flemish or Low German word "joachimsthal" referred to Joachim's Valley, where silver was once mined. Coins minted from this mine became "joachimsthaler," which was later shortened to "thaler" and which eventually morphed into "dollar."

Peso
"Peso" literally means "weight" in Spanish.


Lira
The Italian and Turkish "lira" come from the Latin word "libra," meaning "pound."

Mark
Before the euro, the Deutsche mark and the Finnish markka also draw their names from units of weight.

I wish this policy came a year earlier naira wouldn't have plummeted this much.

knacker:

BEHOLD
best "no Bleep given" meme on Nairaland.

Hmmm

There's something called email. If not for publicity sake it's better you exchange messages via email than Instagram. Instagram has direct message feature too.
Oh they are celebrity so publicity is mandatory.

Chibenn

You've taken the most important step which is repentance.
The restitution is good but since she's your business partner you should consider thoroughly before going for it.

You can decide to go to her for restitution, tell her everything and ask for forgiveness. Most importantly, tell her that you're going to pay all you've taken from her without her knowing. And this payment you're going to do it gradually.

Or you can decide not to go for the restitution, and decide to pay her all you've taken from her gradually. By using your own money to buy goods for her. Continue this until you experience peace within you. After which you may decide to go for the restitution and explain to her why you were bought those goods for her.

Whichever way try not lose your relationship and trust with this your business partner.

God will give you wisdom.

eMidas:
Yes. I am about to send (post) my application for Winter Session 2017. Hope it's not too early?

Earlier the better.

jyemsta:
Its the summer admission which is starting by april 4, 2017. I got a mail from them yesterday and dey said my hardcopy admission lettet has been posted and will get to me sooner. I have sent u a pm,u can contact me tru dat medium....also copied #Youpele5

You applied 25th August and got reply yesterday. That means I still have say 4weeks to wait since I applied first week of October.
computational science and engineering (mechanical) Msc. Seems like most persons here that are interested in University of Rostock is going for that computational engineering. Nice

jyemsta:
Totally confused and worried now, i got admission for master in electrical power engineering at university of rostock and at same time to masters in engineering technology at tennessee usa. The usa school gave me scholarship worth $11,400 and i am to balance $12,000 for my first year tuition which is payable in $4000 installmental.
Pls i am not an "OBO", but wanna go for this course my parents last kobo, which is advisable ......Germany or USA....i am considering factors such as staying back after program, getting student job to sustain myself during study...et al

GO TO GERMANY

I applied for University of Rostock early last month (sent my doc via nipost) still haven't gotten reply from them.
Please when did you apply and how long did it take before you got your offer posted to you? please reply.

you are my inspiration today

omojaiyejaiye:
Has the school confirmed your documents have reached? And if yes, how many days did it use? I'm waiting for uni assist to confirm mine it's 2 weeks now. Also waiting on TUM to confirm

I only sent mine on Wednesday. The lady told me it'll take 14 working days for the it to get to the destination. Also the school I'm applying to University of Rostock on an email said they won't notify me when they have received it.

Nosky247

After sending my documents to a school in Germany via NIPOST ordinary mail, if I ought to get a reply from the school will it be posted to my home address or I'll have to go the post office to receive it?

Chiznonso:
Na Oil Boom be this ooh, Omo Aussie no work out

Oil Boom, what'd they say concerning the Aussie movement

Chiznonso:
Pls those that are to travel to RWTH Aachen, have U all travelled?

Hello Chiznonso, I'm also a PTDF scholar and Germany bound. I'll love to get few information from you that'll help me and few that's others. WhatsApp me 08037899469

giftedben
Google translate should be number one.

idemudian1:
yes

I'm currently applying to the school. What's remaining is to post my notarized documents them thinkin of using nipost.
How long will it take for them to send admission letter? And how's the school and town like?