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delishpot:
Its their state of mind. As soon as they show interest those guys feed them with BS and send them on missions before they have time to meet neutral people and get a change of heart.
Thats why they always separate those kinds of people from the public and even from other members of the group. They wont give them time or room to think. They will take them on a long psychological journey as to why death is better than life.

wow! You've just hit the nail on the head. Isolation is key in their strategy for recruitment into their ideologies.

delishpot:
Hmnñnnnn! Its a natural thing. The strong will make the weak feel important and strong only just to use them to gain more power.

what's more troubling is that, the weak never ever understand that they are being used. Its a trick these terrorist organization use on the would-be suicide bombers. And it works!

victree007:
nawa o

its the truth. These terrorists look for those with weak minds to recruit

“..I know tanks and airplanes and artillery. But I don't know the person who turns himself into a bomb. I have never met a living, breathing death machine. ..and it was important to me to speak to them face to face: to see how I would feel, to try to understand directly what causes a young man or woman in their teens to throw everything away, to go out and murder innocent people, to commit suicide.”

These were the words of former Israeli Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer. He made this statement after returning from a one-on-one interview of two young suicide bombers.
One of them Arin Ahmed, a 20-year-old young Palestinian female. She was studying communications and computer programming in University before she decided to become a suicide bomber. The other, a bright teenage high school boy with very excellent grades. Both failed in their mission to carry out suicide attacks for different reasons.

Many have often wondered what motivates normal human beings especially young ones, living normal lives with bright prospects before them, suddenly turn into bombs. Bombs that have no regard for gender, children, parents, status, human visions and dream...In “normal” wars, there are rules of engagement. Even in video games!

There are several articles, studies and interviews that have sought to understand and if possible, peep into the mind of suicide bombers and to ask WHY? The obvious problem is that you cannot interview a suicide bomber who was successful in their suicide mission unless they had failed. Its not strange that sometimes bombs fail to explode. Many cluster bombs dropped during World War II didn’t go off until years later! Therefore, only those who failed in their suicide mission and the would-be suicide bombers (if you are extremely lucky as this investigative journalist to meet those already in preparation mode) are left to really ask them the big question of why?

It is a factual truth that NO ONE is born a suicide bomber. Also, factors such as religion and poverty have only but marginal influence into motivating someone to becoming a suicide bomber. The purpose of this article is embedded in the statement below;

" When a person seeks revenge or is emotionally unstable, they become the most suitable raw material for environment to mould into a finished product of its choice"

REVENGE
When Arin was asked by the Israeli Defense Minister on why she decided to become a suicide bomber, revenge was her primary motivation. “You (Israelis) killed my friend”. She was referring to her boyfriend who was killed while attempting to prepare a car bomb. To her, you killed my beloved , so I will make you pay for it. It wasn’t religion, poverty or ignorance. She was 20 years old, educated , studying communications and computer programming in a University. She was intelligent. Moreso, the thought of becoming a suicide bomber didn't pop out just like that. She had friends in school who were active members of a Jihadist movement. They will discuss within themselves and information came that recruitment into the Movement was ongoing. As she was grieving the loss of her friend, she became motivated to join the movement. She indicated interest to instantly offer herself as a suicide bomber to avenge her boyfriend’s death. Things moved very quickly and one thing led to another. She was quickly accepted, recruited and sent on a suicide mission. But something happened!

On her way to the target area she suddenly changed her mind. She ran back to her handlers who tried to convince her but her mind was already made up. Mission aborted!. She left the movement, went back home and was arrested days later after intelligence officers gathered she was a member of the Jihadist movement, Nanzim.
Fact of the issue: Her motive to become a suicide wasn’t borne out of ignorance or brainwashing as in the case of others. Hers was borne out of personal grief for the loss of her boyfriend. The thought of avenging his death by suicide bombing was sown due to her peer group’s association with a militant group that had the mechanism already laid and provided the enabling environment to carry out that threat.

In referring to environment’s influence on her, she said this “But they didn't let me think about it too much(during the process of recruitment). They pressured me and persuaded me. They told me: You'll gain a very special status among the women suicide bombers. You'll be a real heroine. It's for Jad's(her boyfriend’s) memory. You'll be reunited with him in heaven. You'll be with him in Paradise. They pushed me. They encouraged me. I did whatever they told me. They explained everything to Issam (16-year old co-suicide bomber who went on with his mission) and me. This all happened very fast and then we set out”. She didn't go through with it. Others have and still are. Their's might be revenge for cultural, national or personal humiliation. The ingredient here is Revenge!

EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY
A study carried out by Tel Aviv University discovered a trend in men who had attempted to carry out suicide attacks but had failed for various reasons such as technical malfunction or capture by security forces.
The study revealed a personal characteristic pattern among the would-be suicide bombers, an inability to handle stressful situations or to endure pressure for long. They are very much susceptible to being overly dependent on higher authorities or strong ruler-ship that appeals to their personalities. This pattern is corroborated in this Boston's article which explains how a suicide bomber who was described as "depressed" by his friends after he had gone through with a suicide mission. He was supposed to detonate the bomb in a crowded restaurant but rather detonated it after locking himself in the bathroom thereby causing minimal damage. He was said to be taking antidepressants at that time. The report also stated that recruiters admitted to looking for "sad guys" for martyrdom. This clearly shows the influence of personal emotional instability in becoming a suicide bomber.

Fact of the issue: It becomes obvious that the state of mind of the individual plays a great role in making them suitable tools for the "bigger boys" to recruit. These emotionally unstable minds become ready instruments to be used by recruiters of big terrorist organizations for their own causes, whatever it may be. It is important to note that emotional instability doesn't necessarily mean mental degeneration. Lets leave that for the psychologists to decide.




When the Defense Minister was asked what relevant information did his meeting with young suicide bombers provide, he said.." the environmental factor is the key - not the socioeconomic situation, or whether they're working or unemployed, or the years of oppression and built-up frustration, or whether they're educated or not. These parameters have weight, but it is marginal. Above all, it has to do with the person's character and how susceptible he or she is to pressure and persuasion. There's an entire system with its sights set on this satanic aim. It operates entirely in order to produce human bombs. As soon as they identified him as suitable, they trapped him like a fish in a net. These suicide bombers aren't created out of nowhere. They aren't born like that. The Islamic Jihad and the Tanzim and Hamas find them. It's the most cynical and cruel exploitation of human lives, of young people's lives especially. The weak, like him, are caught





In bringing this piece to an end, it is imperative that governments, society leadership and the general community to know that suicide bombers always never act alone no matter their motives or reasons. They will always require an already established mechanism provided by terrorist organizations which provides them the enabling environment to carry out suicide missions. These organizations have a way of exploiting individuals' weaknesses (personal grief, humiliation, emotional instability, ignorance, poverty..) thereby brainwashing them into thinking that they(both the prospective suicide bomber and terrorist organizations) are fighting for the same cause.



Final Word

A suicide bomber is a member of society and is made when his or her weakness is exploited by terrorist organizations to suit their selfish cause and these organizations form the conducive environment for these isolated individuals to feed and nurture their weaknesses into something solid...a bond... stronger than self, superseding rational thinking, a force..a bomb..A Human Bomb!

(Embedded links in red in Original Article)
http://agentzico..com/2015/08/most-potent-ingredients-of-a-human-bomb.html?m=1

boboLIL:
Thanchuu!

thanchuu too...We should hav rules on investigating murders at crime scenes..I Don't think Nigerian police have any such guidelines

A young woman was killed in Ibadan, Nigeria. Her murderer took her body to a woodland area along the local Eruwa community to secretly bury. He buried her body but her head and some parts of her body were still exposed. The body was at an advanced stage of decomposition when it was found. There was high concentration of maggots around her cranial region(head) and other exposed body parts.
The police has invited
you to be part of the investigating team.
Q. As a Forensic Scientist, what procedures will you follow at the crime scene?

Having been invited to be part of the murder investigating team as a forensic scientist, I will establish communication with the crime scene management especially the senior investigating officer and other members of the team on arrival at the crime scene. Processing the crime scene shall be my principal assignment. Maintaining the integrity of the crime scene and any evidence recovered shall be my mission . I shall carry out this task by:

1. Securing The Crime Scene
This is by estimating the extent of area that will cover the area to be processed. I will ensure a considerable area of space is surrounded with the restraining tape in order to restrict access to trained and authorised personnel only. The objectives of this is to ensure the security of the investigation team and most importantly, maintain the integrity of the crime scene and potential evidence as much as possible.

2. Recording The Crime Scene.
This is to capture every available detail of the crime scene. I will ensure to retrieve relevant information from the first officer(s) arriving (FOA) at the crime scene. They may have information from eye witnesses as well as seeing first hand conditions of the crime scene before the arrival of the investigating team.
I will ensure that photographs and videos of the crime scene be appropriately taken with High Definition(HD) cameras. Sketches and drawings according to dimensions as well as detailed notes shall be taken. I will also make an audio recording of my findings throughout the investigation process. This will ensure I don't miss any detail that might be relevant in solving the crime.
Maintaining the integrity of the crime scene will ensure investigators have as close as possible the conditions and elements that were present when and after the crime was committed. Clues are preserved and could lead to suspect apprehension.

3. Systematic Crime Scene Logging
This is the deliberate and systematic documentation of all actions carried out at the crime scene. In simple terms, if officer A is transferring to officer B the wrist watch he recovered at the crime scene, his name, rank, evidence he is transferring, name of officer B and rank should be captured in the log book. Also officer B will sign that he has received the evidence and at so so time. This is called 'chain of custody' of the recovered physical evidence. This is to hold anyone responsible for handling evidence in order to reduce the incidence of contaminating physical evidence as much as possible.
During court proceedings, a brilliant lawyer can help to a very 'valuable evidence' useless or inadmissible due to possible manhandling, or contamination of evidence. There are standard procedures to follow when transferring physical evidence from place to place. If these are not followed, smart lawyers can poke at the loopholes due to the possibility of contamination.

4. Search And Recovery of Evidence.
This task involves trained personnel who will assess the crime scene for potential evidence and attempt to recover it in a way that the integrity of the evidence is not compromised. Since it is a murder case, the search for possible murder weapon, victim and perpetrator personal items such as rings, phones, handkerchief s etc will be a priority. A forensic archaeologist will be needed to exhume the partially buried remain. I shall attempt to recover shoe print impression around the burial area. At advanced stage of decomposition, the body will be examined by a forensic entomologist who will recover the maggots in other to determine the possible time of death.

Full article
http://agentzico..com/2015/07/investigating-murder-crime-scene.html?m=1

[quote author=Demmocrats post=36352005][/quote]What's "demmocratic " about double empty posts?

There was no way the 2015 Nigerian General Elections would have been credible without the instrumental role played by the National Voters database (or Register). Everything the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, did in the hall of the Abuja International Conference Center was to ensure efficient management of that database.
Taking into consideration the number of registered voters, accredited voters, total votes cast, invalid votes to valid votes, the INEC boss only ensured that every bit of the data was accounted for. That database was the election's backbone. That was why he employed the card reader which immensely helped in verifying the authenticity of voters in the database. It was the success behind that election.

There is no country in the world that is successful in fighting crime that has no dynamic, reliable and effective DNA database system. DNA (DeoxyriboNucleic Acid) is the material on which the genetic information in living things is stored. And no two human beings can have the same DNA profile, except they are identical twins.
The US has one of the most sophisticated and robust databases on planet earth. Take for instance, the CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) managed by the FBI. According to the FBI's Quality Assurance Standard For Forensic DNA Testing laboratories, CODIS links DNA evidence obtained from crime scenes, thereby identifying serial criminals. CODIS also compares crime scene evidence to DNA profiles from offenders, thereby providing investigators with the identity  of the putative perpetrator.   In addition, CODIS contains profiles from missing persons, unidentified human remains and relatives of missing persons.
This has made countries like the US and UK successfully achieve multiple convictions in criminal and terrorism related cases. Criminals are caught by comparing the DNA sample recovered from the crime scene against a DNA database. And if there is a match, the individual whose DNA profile in the database matched that of the recovered sample becomes a prime suspect liable for conviction. One thing is evident, DNA does not lie.  This is only possible when a country gives priority to forensic science and invests in forensics related applications.

The need for Nigeria to becoming forensics compliant can never be over emphasized. Developing a DNA Data bank will be a step in the right direction. The most important thing needed now is the Federal Government's will in making forensics a priority in our judicial system. And by that, I mean setting up standard forensic labs, enhancing training of forensic experts. etc. It should be a major focus in enhancing Nigeria's internal security.
Among several processes involved in developing a DNA database is:

i. A systematic collection of all DNA samples found at every crime scene, be it homicide, arson, rape, bomb blast, armed robbery, kidnapping or even riot situations in the country.
Personnel trained in sample evidence collection should be tasked with this responsibility. They could be hired or employed forensic scientists, crime scene investigators or specially trained law enforcement agents. This is important because the procedural methods involved in sample evidence collection determine the admissibility of evidence in a competent court of law. If the evidence is not recovered properly, it might get damaged or destroyed. If standard procedures are not followed in recovering, packaging, labelling and storing the evidence before analysis; that evidence might be thrown out by the court and all efforts wasted!

ii. Processing of the sample evidence. This involves the real work in scientifically analysing the samples to building DNA profiles. The main morden method of analysing DNA is by using an STR PCR- based equipment.
In simple terms, an STR PCR(Short Tandem Repeats Polymerase Chain Reaction) based equipment is a machine that amplifies minute DNA materials to sufficient quantity enough to develop a genetic profile from.

Since in most cases, samples to be analysed are usually in very small quantities, such as a drops of blood, tiny bubbles of saliva, dried patch of semen, sweat stains from feet or palms.....PCR multiplies the extracted DNA into sufficient levels for a profile to be developed.

Interestingly, the PCR machine is said to be scarcely available in Nigeria. The Nigerian Forensic Lab that is managed by the Nigerian Police in Lagos does not have a PCR machine. Samples for DNA analysis are sent 'abroad' and may take up to four weeks for results to return. DNA analysis is not cheap depending on the lab.

You can now see the challenges involved in building our own DNA database. You cannot have a DNA profile bank without DNA equipment!  More so, qualified personnel must handle these equipment. These could be geneticists, molecular biologists, trained technologists. I believe the Nigerian government can surmount this challenge.

iii. Very importantly, computing the developed DNA profiles into a database that can be accessible to only relevant agencies. The database can be in categories such as a Crime Scene Index (CSI), Missing Person Index(MPI), Convicted Offenders Profile (COP) and many other profile categories that can be developed. This will help in distinguishing what category to input a developed DNA profile.

Of course, Rome was not built in a day. It took the UK National Offenders Database 40,000 profiles per month to reach 1.2 million samples as at November 2001. That figure would have skyrocketed to over 7 million by now.

So, how can this challenge be overcome? Isuggest the approach should be thus: have at least one standard and functional Forensic lab in every state of the Federation. At worst, one state-of-the-art forensic lab should be installed in each of the six (6) geo-political zones in the country. These labs will process, analyse and upload to the main database any recovered DNA sample. By so doing and starting immediately, Nigeria would have gotten its first multi-functional and robust DNA Database in one year from now and counting! This will be a milestone. That Africa's most populous and No1 economy has a functional, efficient and dynamic DNA database is no small feat.

These labs should not be headed by persons who have neither the concrete nor relevant forensic backgrounds. As a matter of fact, strict standards and international accreditation protocols should be followed in setting up these labs. The set up should meet international best practices such that they could receive samples from all over the world for analyses. Our labs can be a reference point. This can generate revenue for the Nigerian state. It can increase the quality of our research content and competency to the world, especially the global forensic community. We stand to gain everything when standards are met.

The uses and applications of a National DNA Database can never be quantified in value. A developed and reliable database will help in:

1. Linking several crime scenes together.

2. Exonerate the innocent. (I believe our prisons will be decongested for once because many in there are wrongly detained)

3. Identify the potential serial offender.

4. Unraveling clues from cold cases and comprehensively closing the 'unsolved cases'.

5. Identifying the unknown perpetrator from numerous cases of only victims and no suspect.

6. DNA identification is particularly useful when a person has been involved in a fire or vehicle accident or if the body is  decomposed. In such circumstances where other methods are often impossible, DNA can provides the means of establishing the identity of the deceased...(when a database or recovered sample is available for comparison)

Also, studies have shown that escalation of criminal history of an individual can occur. This means that the common thief of today could be the rapist tomorrow or the murderer next year. Statistics in Florida State showed that burglary DNA matches linked to more than 28% of the state's homicide cases and 28% of its sexual assault cases.

Let me end with this stunning statistics from a rape survey that was carried out in Nigeria and published by the International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research. With credits to the researchers (Ugochukwu et al, 2015)
Imagine with the availability of a DNA database how those rapists would have been caught and with the aid of forensics, successfully convicted. Please note that this survey was carried out on 400 female students from the Ebony State University, Abakaliki between March and April, 2014. Here it is...

Results:
The response rate (involvement in the survey) was 81.8%.
The incidence of rape was 19.3%.
17.7%  cases  of  rape  occurred  in  fair-skinned  females and  only  1.6%  occurred  in  dark-skinned  females.
Most  of  the  cases  of  rape  occurred  in  the  age  range  20-24  years,  12.5%  and among  the  singles,  19.0%.
Most  rapes  were  perpetrated  in  the afternoon,  33.4%,  followed  by  evening,  31.7%.
87.3%  of victims  recognized  the  rapists  and could  identify  them.
Most  of  the  perpetrators  of  rape  were  relations  of  the  victim,   60.3%.
Most of the rape cases took place in the residence of the  rapists, 48.6%.
The rapists were older than their  victims in  100% of  cases.
66.7%  of  victims  did  not  make  report  to  any  person/authority  and  the  commonest  reason  for  not  reporting  was  fear of shame and  stigmatization,  70.6%.

In summary, the Nigerian Government needs to pay focused attention to the field of forensic science and developing fully equipped forensic laboratories across the country along with appropriate legislation to control its practice and handle related ethical issues. This would enable Nigeria to have its own DNA database which will immensely assist it in successfully fighting crime, checking terrorism, achieving high reference resource status in the world of forensics thereby ensuring a better society for us to live in.
Source: http://agentzico..com/2015/07/relevance-of-dna-database-in-nigeria.html?m=1

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pls let's meet abt. 08061156669. (UI charging N200k 4 one course!)

saasala:
Meet interswitch, liaise with them.

interswitch ke! U wan cut hin neck. As the guys above have stated, go to voguepay dot com, click on merchant account, fill the online form. You may need to verify your account if you want your business name to be shown to your clients. Verification includes 2 options. First, a merchant form that you will download, fill and upload, a recent utility bill, a recognized ID card, plus N2500 or a merchant form, a CAC certificate plus N1500 and viola!
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Hi database programmers, from your experience as a Mysql DB programming/admin, which Collation type is best for a multilingual site? Also, which of the utf-8 types is suitable for case sensitive characters. thanks for your contributions in advance.

eazysally:
Hehehe I dey laf, free and fair election indeed. The more he trys to please us the more he makes us hate him. Am not amazed while amechi is this angry, Nigeria I hail thee

Amaechi says he has video evidence to show that most PUs he visited didn't have Result Sheets. He was moving around with AIT, NTA, CHANNELS Tv etc to prove his point

lisimmo:
Ouch

sorry. Guys I have a feeling INEC might cancel Rivers election given the reported widespread rigging Amaechi is crying about

President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples
Democratic Party has won last Saturday’s
presidential election in Rivers State with a total
vote of 1,487,075.
Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) of the All
Progressives Congress followed suit with 69,238
votes while KOWA party came a distant third
with 2,274 votes.
www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-records-1-48-million-votes-in-rivers/

In an age when many celebrity marriages barely
outlive the buzz they created, Mercy Johnson-
Okojie is one actress whose four-year-old
marriage has remained stable and she attributes
this to her decision to build her marriage on
truth, no matter the situation. In this interview
with SOLOMON NDA-ISAIAH, the thespian said
her resolve to abide by the truth at all times
followed an advice from her pastor.
You’re rated as one of Nigeria’s biggest
actresses. What do you do differently that has
kept you in the league of A-list actresses?
As you may already know, the industry is a very
competitive one and if you fail to bring
something refreshingly different to the table,
there is a high chance that you will be swept
under the carpet within a very short time. I
believe that people who have seen my movies
are in a better position to talk about what they
think are my strongest attributes. Personally, I
try to be original. I also take it easy and try not
to over act because overacting usually gives the
same results you’re confronted with when you
fail to meet the demands and expectations of
the producer and director. I also try to stay very
true to my fans. When you are in the heart of
showbiz, your fans can make or mar you and I’m
glad I realised this at a very early point in my
career. For me, it’s always about putting smiles
on their faces. True fans cannot be bought over
with money or gifts. The moment they develop a
liking for your brand, they will stay with you even
during your trying moments.
There is a general notion that actresses do not
make good wives. Do you agree with this
submission?
Well, I can only speak from my own perspective
and when I say my perspective, I mean from my
personal experiences, marriage and relationship
with my husband. One of the biggest lies anyone
can tell himself/herself is using one or more
random experiences to judge and stereotype
others. We all have our different stories to tell. I
have two children for my husband today and he
has not stopped talking about how down-to-earth
I was yet I am an actress; not just any
actresses. I had a large following at that time yet
I did not go around pouting my lips or playing the
snub. My husband later confessed to me that for
him, it was love at first sight but that did not
stop him from asking me to cook for him the
first day I set foot in his house. At first, I was
stunned that a Nigerian man was asking me to
enter his kitchen to cook him a meal. A part of
me whispered to me that perhaps, he was not
aware of who I was and when I said to him: ‘You
must be joking. My name is Mercy Johnson’.
What shocked me even more was his response
when he said: ‘I know’. Rather than take offence,
I was drawn closer to him. We have been
married since 2011 and we love each other to
bits till date and have consciously decided to
spend the rest of our lives together. As I said
earlier, I am an actress who is correcting the
rigid stand that actresses cannot have happy
homes when they get married. Also, bear in mind
that there are several Nigerian actresses like me
who are happily married. Having a happy
marriage is a choice a woman has to make.
When you decide to have a happy marriage, you
focus your thoughts, actions, words, work and
everything else around protecting that happiness.
What do you think is responsible for the high
divorce rate among celebrities?
In marriage, you must have trust and you must
also have love. The moment you lose these two,
then it is just a matter of time before you embark
on a calamitous countdown towards the end of
your marriage. My relationship with my husband
has been very special. He is not just my husband
or father of my children. He is my friend.
Apart from love and trust, what other secrets
would you attribute to the stability of your
marriage?
I don’t even have to think about it. It is honesty.
I remember the words of my pastor to me even
before we got married. He advised me never to
have a marriage built on lies and I listened. I
don’t lie to my husband. We have agreed to tell
the truth to each other regardless of how painful
or scary it might be. I remember one instance
when I found myself crying when I had to tell him
the truth. That day, I had attended an event
wearing a lovely dress that had a slit but
unfortunately, at that event, the paparazzi
captured a wrong image of me. I picked up my
phone and I don’t think I have to tell you who I
called first. My husband, of course, and guess
what? I was crying and sobbing even before I
started talking to him because I felt really bad
about it. Rather than lie to him, I told him the
complete truth and it helped in no small
measure. I remember him asking how bad it was
and I remember telling him that it was really bad.
I sent him the photo and he consoled me. That is
what a husband who is also a friend does. He did
not rub it in my face, insult me, make me feel
bad or dent my self-esteem. He was there for me
when I needed him and he has not stopped till
date. This is one of the reasons I do not hide
anything from him. He loves me just as
passionately and as fiercely as I love him and I
have no doubt in my mind that our marriage was
ordained. God had a hand in it and that is why
everything just works out between us. That is
the only thing I can consider the secret of our
love story, which continues to blossom. I have
two children, an amazing husband and millions of
fans who have held my back over the years and
of course, God who has watched over my affairs
from the very first day I arrived in this world till
this moment.
http://leadership.ng/entertainment/421397/i-built-my-marriage-around-truth-and-openness-mercy-johnson-okojie

Ayoakinkahunsi:
Only that it failed in some area couple with deliberate lies concurted to discredit it

true

UrennaNkoli:
Let's all maintain peace. Say no to violence.

Sai Buhari.

No to violence

The Ambassador of the United States to Nigeria,
Mr. James Entwistle, has applauded the decision
of the Independent National Electoral
Commission to use the Permanent Voter Card in
the general elections which commenced on
Saturday.
The ambassador, who spoke with journalists at
the International Conference Centre, venue of
the National Collation Centre of the election
results, on Sunday said Nigeria’s PVC involved
superior technology which his state of Virginia in
the US needed to copy.
He said, “I am very impressed by the decision of
INEC to use technology in this election. The
Permanent Voter Cards are very high-tech.
“They are more high tech than my voter card
from the state of Virginia in the US. My voter
card does not have biometric. It does not have
my fingerprint. The high-tech gives the process
more integrity.
“I congratulate INEC on taking the part of High-
tech. I think we need to come and study it so
that we can use it in my country.”
The ambassador expressed hope that INEC
would address the challenges experienced in the
use of card readers and move forward.
Entwistle, who said he monitored the elections in
Abuja, expressed satisfaction over the patience
and dedication of Nigerians to the smooth
conduct of the exercise.
He said, “I was extremely impressed. On
Saturday, I went to number of places in the FCT.
Every place I went, I was impressed by the
patience and dedication of the Nigerian voter. I
found that inspirational.”
Entwistle further said Nigerians had reminded
the world of how beautiful democracy was.
He said the expectation of the American
government “is that the Nigerian people will win”.
He added that his country’s government would
be willing to work with anybody who emerged as
winner of the presidential election.
He said, “I mean they (the people) will get what
they want which of course is a transparent,
credible and non-violent election. We look
forward to working with whatever government
emerges from the election.”
www.punchng.com/news/pvc-better-than-us-voter-card-ambassador/

The Independent National Electoral Commission
has said that despite the extension of Saturday’s
elections till Sunday in some parts of the
country, the results of the presidential poll will
be declared on Monday(today).
INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, gave the
assurance as some of results from wards, local
government areas and states continued to
emerge on Sunday.
For instance, results from Osun and Ogun states
showed the All Progressives Congress
Presidential candidate, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari, defeating President Goodluck Jonathan.
But in Ekiti State, Jonathan had an easy ride as
he beat the APC candidate.
Jega, who gave journalists an update on the
conduct of the polls in Abuja, said that as of
Sunday evening, results of the elections had only
been completely collated in two states, one of
which was Ekiti.
He said, “Some people assume that when I said
48 hours( for the release of the results), it starts
from the morning the elections commenced. It is
48 hours after elections have ended, like
yesterday(Saturday).
“You start counting 48 hours from yesterday
(Saturday) when substantial majority of the
polling units ended elections.”
The INEC chief expressed satisfaction over the
conduct of the polls, which he said held in a
substantial number of polling units across the
country, including the troubled North-East zone
where internally displaced persons voted in
Adamawa, Yobe and Borno states.
“We are pleased that the elections went on
smoothly in a substantial number of polling units
across the country, including the North-East
where the commission was also able to conduct
voting for Internally Displaced Persons in the
three states of Adamawa, Yobe and Borno,” Jega
said.
He said that out of more than 150,000 card
readers used for the conduct of the polls , only
300 failed, representing about 0.25 per cent of
the total number of machines.
“It is also gratifying to note that the card readers
worked well in the majority of polling units, even
though there were areas where difficulties
experienced necessitated additional guidelines to
allow for manual accreditation of voters, as
announced yesterday (Saturday),” Jega said.
He stated that manual accreditation was done in
some polling units in Osun, Kebbi, Ekiti,
Adamawa, Borno, Jigawa, Anambra, Akwa Ibom
and Ebonyi states.”
Jega said the elections were extended and
concluded on Sunday in nine states and the
Federal Capital Territory.
Taraba State has the highest number of 116
polling units where the polls were extended.
Other states where the number of polling units
where the elections were extended are Lagos
(90), Kebbi (16), Adamawa (25), Niger (six ),
Yobe (37), Borno (eight), Jigawa (37), Kano (13)
and FCT (two).
He also rejected the claim by the spokesman for
the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation,
Femi Fani-Kayode, that his party had won in
certain number of states.
Jega, who said Fani-Kayode should be asked the
source of his figures, stated that as of the time
he was addressing the journalists on Sunday
evening, collation had only been concluded in
two states. He said that the results from the two
had yet to arrive Abuja in the manner that it
could be announced.
The chairman said, “You said somebody in one
of the parties said the PDP is winning in 23
states. I don’t know the sources of his
information. I know result have not been collated
in 23 states.
“May be you should direct the questions to him
and let him explain.”
He advised journalists “to be careful about
reporting this kind of information that is being
put out there by people who are clearly
partisan.”
He also debunked speculation that he was under
pressure to declare results of the presidential
election inconclusive.
“We are not under any pressure to declare
inconclusive elections. In fact, I wonder who will
be interested in declaring the election
inconclusive. I think candidates will be interested
in being declared winners and not to have the
election declared inconclusive,” Jega said.
The INEC boss said his office had on Sunday
morning received petitions from the APC in
Rivers State calling for outright cancellation of
the elections in the state.
He assured the petitioners that the commission
would consider all the complaints, including the
allegation of presence of some underage voters
and substitution of some members of the
commission’s ad hoc staff with untrained
partisan persons in Rivers and Lagos states.
However, results from Osun State showed that
Buhari recorded victory in 22 out of the 24 Local
Government Areas so far announced by the state
INEC. He had 264,734 votes.
Jonathan,who won the remaining LGAs – Ife
Central and Ife East – scored 192,288 votes.
The results were announced in Osogbo by the
returning officers for each of the LGAs on
Sunday.
Also in Ogun State, the APC presidential
candidate defeated Jonathan in 13 out of the 20
LGAs whose results were announced by INEC.
He polled 308, 290 votes while Jonathan scored
207,950 votes.
The APC candidate for the Ogun Central
Senatorial District, Lanre Tejuoso, defeated
PDP’s Abisola Sodipo-Clark, the wife of an Ijaw
national leader, Edwin Clark.
Tejuoso scored 115, 197 votes while Sodipo-
Clark had 30,036 votes. The sitting senator for
Ogun Central and Social Democratic Party’s
candidate, Olugbenga Obadara, got 15,124 votes.
Jonathan, however, had it easy in Ekiti State
where he polled 176,466 votes from 16 councils
in the state. Buhari garnered 120,331 votes.
The result was announced by the state Returning
Officer, Prof. Adebiyi Daramola, to party officials
on Sunday.
It was also a sweet victory for the PDP as it
won all the three senatorial and six House of
Representatives seats in the state.
Impliedly, by implication two of the APC senators
– Anthony Adeniyi and Olubunmi Adetumbi –
who contested the poll will not join their
colleagues in the eight National Assembly.
Gbenga Olofin, the third APC candidate for Ekiti
Central was defeated by Fatimat Raji-Rasaki,
wife of a former Lagos State military
administrator, Brig.-Gen. Raji Rasaki of the PDP.
Those elected for the House of Representatives
seats are Kehinde Agboola, Ayotunde Oladimeji,
Thaddeus Aina, Olamide Oni, Akin Awodumila and
Segun Adekola.
In Kogi State, Buhari was leading by polling
108,817 votes from six LGAs as against
Jonathan’s 84,555 in five LGAs.
The APC candidate also won in Dekina, the LGA
of Governor Idris Wada with 18, 819 votes to
Jonathan’s 13,885 votes. He also won in Amadu
Alli’s LGA of Idah with 10,445 votes to
Jonathan’s 6,113.
But there was a mild tension in parts of Imo
State on Sunday as armed officials of the
Department of State Services, the Police and the
Army barred journalists from collation centres in
the state.
At the collation centre in Owerri Municipal
Council Secretariat, journalists were turned back
from the gate by stern looking security
operatives who asked them to go back and wait
until the results were announced.
All efforts to reach the Resident Electoral
Commissioner, George Ada, were abortive as his
telephone was switched off.
www.punchng.com/news/president-elect-to-emerge-today-jega/

The Secretary-General congratulates the people
and Government of Nigeria on the largely
peaceful and orderly conduct of presidential and
parliamentary elections on 28 March. He
condemns the attacks reportedly carried out by
Boko Haram and others who have attempted to
disrupt today’s polling, and is encouraged by the
determination and resilience shown by the
Nigerian people in pressing forward and
exercising their civic duties in the face of
unjustifiable violence.
The Secretary-General encourages all Nigerians
to continue to maintain a peaceful atmosphere
and to exercise patience throughout the ongoing
voting process and the announcement of the
final results. He calls on all actors to channel
any complaints that might arise through the
established dispute resolution mechanisms.
The Secretary-General believes that the
successful conclusion of the electoral process
will mark an important step forward in further
consolidating democracy and the rule of law in
Nigeria.

www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=8504

The question now is what effect will an "infected semen" be to a woman? hm

The Liberian government recommended on
Saturday that survivors of Ebola practice safe
sex indefinitely, until more information can be
collected on the length of time the virus might
remain present in body fluids including semen.
Previously, male survivors were advised to
abstain from sexual intercourse or to use
condoms for three months, reflecting that the
active virus had been detected for up to 82 days
in semen.
Acting on new developments, all countries
affected by the Ebola outbreak need to consider
applying similar recommendations, said Dr. David
Nabarro, the United Nations secretary general’s
special envoy for Ebola.
Agencies involved in the response were urgently
reviewing the issue. “Yet again the Ebola-
affected communities are asked to deal carefully
with an unknown,” Dr. Nabarro wrote in an email,
adding that survivors “should not be stigmatized
as they take actions for the public good. They
are the heroes.”
The new guidelines came one day after the
death of Liberia ’s single confirmed patient with
Ebola, Ruth Tugbah. Before her illness, the
country had gone three weeks without a new
Ebola diagnosis, and hopes had risen that Liberia
was nearing the end of a yearlong epidemic that
killed more than 4,000 people there. Ms.
Tugbah’s only known risk factor was having a
boyfriend who was an Ebola survivor.
Graphic | Ending the Ebola Outbreak Months of
declining cases have fed hopes that the Ebola
outbreak might finally be ending.
Scientists detected the genetic material of Ebola
from a semen sample the boyfriend provided to
infectious disease investigators, officials from
two Ebola response agencies said, speaking on
background because they were not authorized to
speak publicly.
In a potentially worrying development, officials
learned that the man, whose name is not being
released, was treated for Ebola last September.
A blood sample from his girlfriend, who tested
positive for Ebola, was collected on March 19.
Given a maximum incubation period of 21 days,
the earliest she could have been infected was
Feb. 26, well over three months after the man
was cured of Ebola.
Even though traces of the virus were detected in
the man’s semen, that does not prove that the
fluid contained active virus particles, or that Ms.
Tugbah was infected from it, the officials said.
To help determine that, the sample will be sent
to scientists outside Liberia who have the
facilities to try to grow the virus in a culture.
Scientists in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital, were
working to determine whether the virus carried
by Ms. Tugbah matched the sequence of that
from her boyfriend. The national laboratory
gained the capacity to sequence the Ebola virus
just last month with support from the United
States Army Medical Research Institute for
Infectious Diseases.
Officials from Liberia, the United States Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention and the World
Health Organization scrambled on Friday to come
up with the new recommendations given the
developments and their sensitivity.
“For now we are encouraging survivors to have
safe sex,” said Tolbert Nyenswah, Liberia’s top
Ebola official. He said the country planned to
enroll survivors in a study to determine the
maximum length of time the virus remains
detectable. Condoms have not been tested with
Ebola, but are thought to be effective because
they block transmission of much smaller viruses,
bacteriophages, which are 27 nanomillimeters
compared with Ebola’s 80 nanomillimeters, said
Nathalie Jeanne Nicole Broutet, a medical officer
with the World Health Organization’s Department
of Reproductive Health and Research in Geneva.
“In theory the Ebola virus wouldn’t pass the
condom,” she said, while noting that condoms
“are not perfect for sexually transmitted
illnesses. They have a 95 percent efficacy if you
use them constantly and correctly.”
Dr. Broutet said that research protocols had
been developed to test a range of body fluids for
the virus — such as tears, sweat, semen, vaginal
secretions and even breast milk — but that the
studies had not yet started and were still
awaiting ethical approvals. Certain parts of the
body, including the testes, may harbor the virus
longer than the blood because those areas are
not well accessed by immune cells.
The research was sensitive, Dr. Broutet said.
Some survivors accused of infecting their sexual
partners have been incarcerated in Sierra Leone.
Dr. Broutet said research had been delayed
because of competing priorities during the height
of the epidemic. “Now that it’s quieter, it’s the
right time,” she said. “The question is urgent.”
Dr. Philderald E. Pratt, assistant representative
in Liberia of the United Nations Population Fund,
known as UNFPA, a reproductive health agency,
said there needed to be a campaign to inform
the public about the uncertainties, while at the
same time avoiding further stigmatizing
survivors.
“We’ve thought about it, we’re planning it, but
we hadn’t kick-started it,” he said.

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I got confused whether she was running a Beauty site or personal blog. He's and her mother's beauty pics and beauty posts were all over it. check it out.
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Precioussilas10:
very nice article but i don't think the crab illustration makes any sense.

shy guy it shows

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It is no gainsaying that most women prefer
dating men who appear confident and outspoken,
not necessarily because such men are better
lovers, but partly because they exhibit an aura of
protection, safety and reliability for their
spouses.
Notably, shy men may not be every woman’s
preference maybe because they appear calm and
non-aggressive in situations that demand
absolute exhibition of their manliness, but it now
appears that women who prefer dating the
macho men to shy men may be missing out on
the best possible mate or the company of a
better lover. This is because studies have shown
that men who are shy are better lovers.
No doubt, the natural attraction of females to
‘confident’ men has compelled some men to
‘come out of their shell’ in order to impress
women, more so because they sometimes have
to prove their masculinity with some bold and
dramatic displays. However, if the findings of
these studies are anything to go by, women who
are in relationships with shy men should count
themselves lucky for being in the company of
better mates.
Some biologists at the Plymouth University,
United Kingdom, found that men who shy the
most do have the most to offer their potential
lover.
One of the researchers, Prof. Mark Briffa, who is
a marine animal behaviour scientist in the
university, likened men to hermit crabs, pointing
out that the most timid or shy crabs tend to
have more high quality sperm, making them a
better option for females.
The findings of the study, published in Daily Mail,
revealed that crabs that spend more time in their
shells have invariably invested more time and
resources in becoming reproductively fit, saying
their finding was in contrast with the idea that
the most productive individuals should be the
boldest. Thus, according to the study, shy men
who may not readily talk spend more time on
things that could make them better, which
invariably would make them better lovers.
In some other reports to buttress the point that
there are several benefits in dating a shy guy, a
post on allwomenstalk.com showed that the main
challenge shy men have is that their spouses
may need to work harder to get some
information out of them because they usually do
not readily share information about themselves.
Also people tend to have a wrong perception of
who they really are. This is unlike the ‘confident’
guy who would want to talk about his past,
present and future. The report added that the
men who are ‘confident’ tend to be more
possessive and talk a lot about themselves. It
added that such men could put off some
possible lovers with their actions for being too
forward and dominating conversations.
According to the post, shy guys are also more
sincere than the outspoken guys because they
think deeply about their words beforehand and
are more careful in their expression than those
who are not and are usually ready to talk as
soon as situations present themselves. Also, shy
men were found to be less intimidating than their
‘confident partners’, who would want everyone
around to feel that they are more than they truly
are. It added that shy guys who may rarely talk
would only talk when convinced and definite
about what to say and not to impress, noting
that the ‘confident’ men would want to introduce
or advertise themselves at all times, which may
not be the true picture of who they truly are.
“They are considerate and are more likely to
consider the impact of their words and actions
on their partner, hence, making them a preferred
spouse. Also, they are less likely to cheat, not
only because women tend not to consider them
for relationship but also because they focus their
attention on more productive things rather than
chasing women,” it added.
For women who love rapt attention and a
listening man to talk to, no one does it better
than shy men because they usually don’t and are
not always eager to dominate conversations.
Rather, they listen well and only talk when they
feel like or when they have something better or
interesting to say. This, accordingly, implies that
shy men respect the feelings and opinions of
others. According to the post, shy men have
been found to make valuable contributions in a
group discussion because they spend more time
meditating, and are not in a hurry to speak.
Beyond these, it was also revealed that shy guys
are more receptive, all making them a better
lover.
In summarising the benefits of dating a shy man,
another report on amerikanki.com, said, “It’s
believed that girls tend to talk much more than
guys, but every now and then, even women need
a person that can just keep silent and listen to
them. They want to talk more and be listened to
and any man who can afford them such would
readily score some point.
“A shy man will never act artificially and his
words always correspond to his thoughts and
women can be sure that the shy guy means
exactly what he says. Indeed, it’s a good reason
to date a shy guy.
“Shy guys aren’t so talkative and probably most
ladies will have to make great efforts to get
along with them, just that if such men choose to
talk, they are sincere and their words are
meaningful and they don’t bother their partner
with annoying questions. Even if they have to
reject people or their opinion, they do it in a
polite manner.
“These imply that shy guys shouldn’t be ignored
at all because dating a shy guy is all about
advantages and these are only a few of them. If
you want an attentive, careful person, dating a
shy guy is definitely a right idea, even if they are
not the readily combat-ready men.”
Thus, the studies and posts pointed out that a
man with such traits as highlighted and
discussed above tends to be a better lover.
Commenting on the study, a professor of
psychology, Toba Elegbeleye, said shy guys
could be categorised as introverts, and that they
are people who like to be quiet, studious and
alone, not for the fear of publicity but for them
to exhibit their internal qualities.
He pointed out that such people have fantastic
inner qualities and they usually believe that they
are the only ones that understand their
personality better.
He said, “They are very hardworking and
intelligent people because they are able to
explore all their internal qualities. So, it may not
be wrong if somebody concludes that they are
better lovers because they have the patience to
live with and correct their partners in love if
there is need.
“Also, they can see what an ordinary extroverted
person won’t see because they pay attention to
details, they know more than they speak out, so,
these may make them a good lover. They may be
able to accommodate all the inconsistencies that
come from their partner.
“They usually have internal resilience that makes
them consider issues several times before they
take action, and most of such actions cannot be
faulted. These qualities may make them better
lovers.”
www.punchng.com/entertainment/saturday-breeze/shy-men-make-better-lovers-study/

Look at how he's applying philosophical calmness

Just checked the site its still hacked. Can imagine the ongoing war between the hackers and site admin.

So the Solution should be:
1. Remove the PROTECTIVE FILM of the reading lens.
2. Switch Off and On the device.
3. Wipe off dust from the surface of the Lens.
4. Next person please!

Samakinr:
Truth. Marriage in the long run is not only about what we call love. It is all about commitment. And if we choose to call it love, then love is a commitment THAT HAS(emphasis intended) to be watered with trust, communication and passion....
Op, i concur with you

I love this. Love is a "CONSCIOUS COMMITMENT" on both sides

lovely17:
very true

ofcourse