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19301  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / MTN Leads With 28m Subscribers Leads on: 7-12-2009 03:41 PM
GSM company, MTN Nigeria Limited, has been ranked highest amongst telecoms service providers in Nigeria with a 28,740,000 subscriber base.

This is the outcome of a recent ranking of 18 telecoms companies by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC).

MTN is trailed by Globacom in second place, and Zain in third position, with 16,228,556 and 14,935,770 subscribers respectively.

Other networks ranked by the NCC in its Q3, 2009 ranking include Visafone (2,554,589) Starcomms (2,466,623), Multilinks Telkom (1,868,105) and new entrant Etisalat Nigeria (1,835,870).
19302  Forum / Sports / No Foreign Coach For S'Eagles –NFF on: 7-12-2009 02:00 PM
Despite widespread calls for Nigeria coach Shuaibu Amodu to be replaced with a foreign Technical Adviser, the NFF have reiterated its stand that Amodu will definitely be in South Africa next year.

Influential executive committee member, Taiwo Ogunjobi told KickOffNigeria.com in Cape Town that Amodu would be going nowhere as far as the federation is concerned.

"I can tell you for certain that Amodu will be at the World Cup in South Africa," Ogunjobi, flanked by NFF General Secretary Bolaji Ojo-Oba, Chief Media Officer Ademola Olajire and Head of Marketing Idris Adama, said.

Pressed to define what role the coach will play in South Africa, Ogunjobi was unequivocal that he would be the top man.

"He will not be going there as anybody’s assistant, but as the man in charge."

Ogunjobi’s declaration follows a ringing endorsement recently handed to the coach by the NFF board, which remain under pressure to hire a foreign technical adviser.

So far, the Glass House have refused to buckle, and Ogunjobi, who chairs the NFF Board’s Technical Committee, says Nigerians should be proud to have Amodu in charge in South Africa.

"It is an African World Cup, being hosted in Africa and he is the only African coach leading a team there. We should be proud of him and support him to succeed rather than distracting him with talk of a foreign coach.

"He has one of the best records in qualifying. Even some of those that they are calling to replace him have not done better than him. So why should we reward them for their failure, and punish him for his success."

Meanwhile, Amodu has describe as ‘good’, the Super Eagles draw for the preliminary stage of next year’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa, but admits that things will be tough.

The Eagles will play Argentina, Korea and Greece in Group B.

Amodu said after the draw that it was up to him and his team to be prepared to make progress beyond the preliminary stages.

"It is quite a good draw," Amodu said. "As you know, every group is tough, but we must all be prepared for it."

Nigeria has lost to Argentina on the two occasions both sides have met in the World Cup in 1994 and 2002, and beat Greece in 1994 but Amodu says there are no guarantees.

"Obviously, the biggest team on paper is Argentina, but we don’t have to worry. Anybody who is coming to the World Cup must be prepared to face any team and they will all be difficult.

"If you do well and progress to the next round, you may meet them there so it doesnt matter when we play Argentina, we just have to look to our own preparations."
19303  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / The Myths Of Sex Addiction on: 7-12-2009 08:51 AM
The term "sex addiction" is often used pretty loosely. See what Dr. Read considers normal and abnormal segxwal behavior.

There are two camps when it comes to sex addiction: those who believe it’s a real affliction and those who don’t.

I’m in the "don’t" camp. segxwal addiction is, in my opinion, an easy and convenient label for a very complicated problem. As it stands, there is a lack of empirical evidence and scientific agreement on whether such a condition exists.

The trick to what makes up a sex addiction is defining what are "normal" segxwal pursuits. An exercise in subjectivity, as every person has their own comfort level and preference: some couples want sex three times a day (or more); some have exotic tastes; others favor vanilla sex.

Consequently, it’s extremely difficult to do any scientific study that can set guidelines to say what is an acceptable way to express segxwality.

That said, when you look at what sex addiction advocates—and what has developed over the last 15 years—their standards are based around heterosegxwal, monogamous, long-term sex. Other forms of segxwal expression outside these boundaries could be construed as a sex addiction.

Apparently a lot of people agree with this belief system. Over the last few years we see the term sex addiction popping up all over the media. In fact, Oprah and Dr. Phil have christened it as a real condition.

Not surprisingly, all this media attention has filtered down to the average couple. I get countless inquiries from people asking how to help their spouse. When they explain their situation, it’s usually a gross self-misdiagnosis: "He wants sex everyday. I think he’s an addict."

Please understand, it can be incredibly harmful to a couple’s wellbeing when an incorrect diagnosis is put on their segxwal dilemma(s). When you self- diagnosis, it’s difficult to impartially gauge if the behavior is obsessive and harmful to you and your spouse, or you’re uncomfortable with the behavior and don’t know how to manage the circumstance.

However, all my nitpicking does not help an individual or couple who is in the middle of a serious segxwal struggle. After eight years together, one couple revealed their marriage started to unravel quickly. The husband was having an affair, compulsively self- pleasuring, as well as seeking out prostitutes.

His wife decided to work on saving their marriage. She first started to read books and research the web. After trying eight different counselors, they both felt they were getting nowhere fast.

It was only when she stumbled upon the term sex addiction, she says everything clicked into place and their situation made sense. Author, Patrick Carnes, defines segxwal addiction as, "ny segxwally-related, compulsive behavior which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family, friends, loved ones and one's work environment."

After they took Carne’s online test (http://sexhelp.com), it showed the husband was a sex addict. He started to attend Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA) and she S-Anon meetings. Both of them agree that SAA and S-Anon has been instrumental in fixing and changing the way they are as a couple, parents and individuals.

He confides, "It is the only place where I can be 100 percent completely open. I feel like I belong." They are grateful both groups have taken away the shame and stigma of what was happening in his sex and their overall life.

In this situation, the husband caused, "Severe stress on family, friends, loved ones and one's work environment," as well as possibly giving STIs to his partner. Obviously, it’s a good thing when someone can get immediate and free help if they feel their segxwal behavior is out of control.

Yet, it’s been my experience this is the rare exception and not the norm. For the record, here are a few things that are normal segxwal behaviors.

1. If a person has a high sex drive and wants sex far more than their partner.

2. If a person wants to experiment in outside the heterosegxwal, monogamous boundaries and try such things as S&M, swinging or cyber sex.

3. If a person wants to look at porn in moderation.

If you are in the middle one of these typical couple difficulties, it’s best worked through with a professional counselor. If you feel strongly that you are dealing with a sex addiction, remember the road to recovery is not a quick fix, cease and desist the behavior immediately. It’s a lengthy, soul-searching process where both partners must be 100 percent committed to fixing themselves and their relationship.

So the next time you read that someone in the news has a sex addiction, please take it with a grain of salt. Most likely they don’t. But it does make for very sexy, headline-selling news.
19304  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Should You Share Your segxwal Past with Your Husband? on: 6-12-2009 03:08 PM
If revealing your segxwal past to your husband will be hurtful, it would be wise not to do it.

The loveliest thing about marriage is the sense that you and your spouse know each other deeply, and will continue to uncover more knowledge about each other for years to come. So of course you share some segxwal secrets. But as someone who has heard about the fallout of these shared secrets too often, I want to say this: Be very careful about revealing your segxwal past.

Some women, in the name of "sharing," become specific not only to old lovers and names and preferences and private parts, but confide to their husbands about kinky explorations from, oh, college days, and positions and threesomes and experiments. And I, as their counselor, spend years trying to get the fretful guy to forget this knowledge. Truth-telling is so rampant these days that you'd think it really is someone else's business what you did in bed five or ten years ago.

Trust me, it isn’t. You play intimacy games ("I'll tell you a secret if you tell me one") at your risk. True intimacy isn’t about revelation so much as it is about discretion.

Intimacy requires a falling-away of barriers. But the "truths" you share when you share your segxwal past bring up a deep competition, threat and jealousy. Freud had a name for this: He called men’s deep and unreasonable desire for a woman to have a blank segxwal past "Retroactive Monogamy." Yes, we’re all beyond that now, but emotions aren’t as modern as we think. How did you really feel when your new husband confided that his first love was the finest dominatrix on the West Coast? Was that a truth you need to know? Why should he hear that the height of segxwal ecstasy for you was a decade ago, when you had nine simultaneous orgasms during tantric sex with your bisegxwal yoga instructor (and that he was married. And you were, too)?

Ladies, please consider how you both will feel later on in the night—and on and on into your future—once the sharing of secrets turns into a massive stomachache. Who needs the retroactive scrutiny? Who needs the questions that remain in his head about your goofy, segxwally ambivalent yoga teacher? Who needs to picture him, forever and ever, handcuffed to a bed?

Please, do not confuse discreet with deceit. Discretion is respecting privacy—yours and his—it’s not lying. It’s revealing that which is appropriate and relevant—but with a careful eye towards its emotional impact and its rebound effect. And don’t confuse honesty with honor. You wouldn't reveal a friend's secrets, would you—and then say you were "just being honest?" No, give me honor over honesty any day.

I know a woman who told her husband about a lover’s beautiful private part and her husband is still making self-mocking remarks about his own. She can’t convince him that his is great, too. The heart, complicated and possessive, hears the worst not the best when it feels threatened. So, instead of talking about the stuff that turned you on in the past, talk to your beloved husband about what turns you on now! And when he asks about the segxwal experiences you’ve had in your life and with whom ("Wow! Where’d you learn that?") it's both fair and kind to be vague and forgetful. You’re allowed your secrets. You’re allowed mystery. What really matters—and this you can speak to your heart's content—is just how much you're looking forward to the segxwal experiences you're hoping to have with your husband.
19305  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Do you think an all female children is a curse or blessing? on: 5-12-2009 12:03 AM

Do you think an all female children is a curse or blessing?

By Bridget Amaraegbu ([email protected])

Married women, especially in Africa and the rest of the underdeveloped world, are usually blamed for failed marriages, especially where the issue of children is involved. While some are divorced for not having children at all, others are constantly under siege for failing to produce male children.
Since today’s scientists have proven that the sex of a child is determined by the man not woman, who should the blame of an all female children rest on?
As usual, Bridget Amaraegbu has all the answers. Enjoy!

Male or Female, children are gifts from God — Monalisa Chinda, Actress

Human beings are insatiable, whether it’s money, house or children. That is why most people will never be satisfied with any gender. Have you not seen where a couple with  four boys in the kitty still want to try for more children because they desire female children and vice versa?

Now, when you ask them why they won’t stop, the argument will be that they’re trying because they want the opposite sex. What then can we say to those who have no child at all? It is a story of some have while others don’t have. Those who have are not okay while those who don’t have, cry unto the Lord for one, even for half a baby.
The bottom line is that our people should learn to be content with whatever they have. I strongly believe that every child is a blessing and not a curse.

Whether it’s a male or female child, the important thing is: the child is given the right training. When I say right training, I’m not necessarily saying the child must be sent to the United Kingdom or United States of America to study. If a child is given the right morals and values, that child is bound to be useful to the society and I think that is what is necessary.
I think we should stop talking about female and male children in this present generation. We’ve gone past that age where issues like this should be our major headache.

The African society is so attached to male children that sometimes the woman is blamed for not having male children. This is not supposed to be. Our people forget that it is the man who has the power to determine the sex of the child because he’s got the XY chromosome while the woman has only the X. And it is only when the Y chromosome fertilizes the X that the couple can have a male child. So, what are we talking about?
Our people should be sensitized on health matters like this which I think is part of what you’re doing, and I commend you for a job well done.  Yes, it is good to have both male and female children but when you can’t have them in that form, you try to make do with the one you have. Aside this, I’ll say that any couple who insist that they must have both sex at all cost should seek medical assistance, sanitise themselves and see if it’s achievable. But I still think it’s very necessary for our people to forget this African mentality of it must be a male or female child and begin to appreciate their children the way they come.

Every Child is a gift — Klever Jay, Musician

Whether male or female, four children will be enough for me. I really care about adding more than required children to the increasing population for this country. A lot of Nigerians are not aware of the real population of this country and that on its own is part of the problem we have here. So, when you’re breeding too many children in search of a male or female child, also know that you’re adding to the problems of this nation.
Again, I ask myself why should I suffer because I’m looking for a male or female child when so many people don’t even one child to call their own. A child is a gift, whether male or female.

Blame the man for female children — Dr. Ajayi, Medical practitioner

It’s actually the man that determines the sex of his children. So men should stop blaming their wives for the sex selection of their children. The man has both the XY chromosome which is responsible for male and female children while the woman has only the X chromosome. Unless the man allows the Y chromosome to fertilize the X chromosome in his wife, he cannot have a male child.
As to whether same gender children are a blessing or curse, children are gifts from God. So, we should learn to appreciate the one we have and forget the wrong saying that says variety is the spice of life. I’m already blessed with both male and female children and I’m happy. But I don’t think there’s anything wrong with having only female or male children because children are  gifts from God.

Appreciate every child — Benson Acholonu, Chemist

The sex of any child is not determined by the woman. So, I don’t know why some men continuously lay the blame on their wives when they can’t have a female or male child.
Besides that, I think every child is a gift from God and it doesn’t matter whether it is female or male. We should learn to appreciate our children the way they come. Who can tell which sexes of children would be more  useful to the family?

Whether female or male, give thanks  —  Benita Nzeribe, Actress

Benita Nzeribe

Benita Nzeribe

Whenever people complain about the sex of a child, watch it: it will have to do with the matter of a male child. Every man wants to have male children rather than female children. And the women on the other hand prefer female children.
But I don’t buy the idea that the male child is more important than the female, after all women are fast becoming prominent and holding their own in a male dominated economy. Today, women have shown that they can be as industrious and self achieving as their male counterparts or even more. I think we should learn to accept and appreciate male and female children.
Female children have even become more useful to their families as they have also shown that they are more resourceful. They have shown that in terms of resource management, they are better than their male counterparts who are extravagant and uncaring toward their aged parents.
Children will always remain gifts from God, so whether you have them all male or all female, appreciate the fact that you’ve been blessed.
19306  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / What NOT to say to a pregnant woman! on: 4-12-2009 11:58 PM


The pregnant woman is an odd creature. She is beautiful and at the same time prone to fits that can make her positively horrendous. She carries life within her and can appear to have the very life and vitality drained out of her at the same time. This is the one thing that she can TRULY do better than a man! However, she can be sensitive to the point of discomfort, as many a husband has been dismayed to find out. There are some things that one should never say to a pregnant woman. I have a few in my head but this is by no means an exhaustive list.

1) “ My…how you’ve grown! You look about ready to pop!!”: Uhm…no, no and again I say no! FYI she is VERY aware of her bulging, burgeoning shape. You do not need to remind her, genius! She feels like she’s about ready to pop and if you’re lucky, she just might…in front of you. Not pleasant. Very messy.

2) “ That’s a very odd shape…looks a bit like a misshapen pumpkin…”: Einstein, who told you that all pregnant bellies are created equal? There are some that are like cute little basketballs and others that look like oblong watermelons (yep, it’s gross but true). Please don’t tell her that. You may have one of 2 reactions: she may burst into tears…or she may attack you.

3) “Uhm…are you sure if you eat that the baby will turn out…you know…normal?”: There are very few times in life when a woman can eat what, when and how she wants and pregnancy is one of those times. So do her a favour and leave her alone. So what if she’s eating yoghurt with pickles and ketchup? The baby will turn out just fine. Worst comes to worst she’ll have a bad case of indigestion.

4) “Aren’t pregnant women supposed to glow and be radiant?”: ‘So you mean I’m not?’ That would definitely be her response and then you will fluster and sputter and try to apologize ‘No, that’s not what I meant…’ ‘Well, what did you mean?’ “Oh, uhm..I..uhm’. You get the picture. Don’t start what you can’t finish. And a pregnant woman is not a person you argue with: she has stamina and she can be C-R-A-N-K-Y!!!

5) “Let’s hope baby doesn’t end up looking like Uncle Clement (or Auntie Abebelubelanetta)”: That is a definite no-no…especially if the said Uncle or Auntie is aesthetically challenged in the facial department. Seriously, no mum-to-be wants to visualize her baby with Uncle Clement’s red brick nose or Auntie Abebelu(etc)'s satellite dish ears.

6) “Good LORD! I’ve heard of women’s noses getting big during pregnancy but yours…” You have just officially entered the danger zone. The condition you speak of is called pregnancy induced acromeghaly and is quite common. However it’s one of those things you pretend not to notice…for you own well being. As mentioned earlier in points No. 2 and No. 4: Pregnant woman= cranky and sensitive!

7) “Wow…got a Dolly Parton thing going there, have we?”: How do I put this delicately…a pregnant woman’s body is preparing for a new person. That new person can make a loud and HUNGRY entrance into the world and for the safety and sanity of all around there had BETTER be food on the menu around the clock, a fully stocked bar so to speak! For some ladies this is a rather welcome development while for others, it’s a bother. Better to err on the side of caution and not try to find out which of the sides the lady is on, right?

Cool “ Geez…I thought you were a Size 6. When did you start wearing your husband’s shoes?”: There are cases in which the lady gets swollen feet and hands. That can be quite distressing. Equally distressing is the fact that gone are the days of sassy Manolos and in come the Crocs and flip flops. For the fashionista mum-to-be this can be extremely depressing. So please when you see her donning a less than flattering pair of shoes/slippers, leave her be. Believe me, she’s grieving the loss of her high heels.

9) “ Oh I’m sure you’ll be back in shape in no time after…you gained 28 kgs? Oh… I see. Well, nothing a year of vigorous diet and exercise won’t clear up!”: Oh don’t rub it in! She knows she looks like a beached whale. Please don’t remind her needlessly. If you’re not going to be her personal trainer and help her lose the weight then please don’t talk about it.

10) “ Gosh, I hope you don’t have one of those long 75 hour labours…”: Labour is not a pleasant walk in the park and for some ladies it is a terrifying prospect. The less said to scare her, the better. Besides, you may make things even harder for her husband as she is likely to pour out all her labour room angst and horror at him!

There we have it, people! Having gone through the process myself I know I don’t want anyone saying that stuff to me next time around!
19307  Forum / The Buzz Central / Dbanj To Launch New Reality Show – The Next Entertainer on: 4-12-2009 11:58 PM
With his Koko mansion success, it's no surprise that Dbanj would want to host another reality show. This guy is becoming much more than a musician in the Nigerian entertainment industry. Guess why he's The Entertainer. Big Ups to him for real. It no easy @ all.

This time, the TV reality show has nothing to do with finding his ideal kokolette... Nope. It's about finding "the next entertainer". Almost like a making the band, but with only one winner. We definitely can't wait to see this show... more esp the initial auditions. So Dbanj, Don Jazzy, Mo-hitts, HiTv... or whoever is in charge of running the initial auditions, please make sure you record it for our entertainment. Smiley

Also Dbanj is said to be shuttling between Nigeria and some Asian countries for his much talked about Koko Mobile which will soon hit the Nigerian market.

Stay tuned on jaguda.com (we say that like it's a tv channel...lol) we'll definitely keep u posted on what's next with the show.
19308  Forum / The Buzz Central / Femi Kuti’s Album Day By Day Nominated For Grammy on: 4-12-2009 11:50 PM


The son of the legend, Baba Fela is pulling his own waves on the international scene. Femi Kuti was nominated for a grammy in the Best Contemporary World Music Album Category with his last album, Day by Day. This is pretty big for traditional naija music and I hope this opens more doors for naija entertainers. Big Ups to Femi on this one. Congrats!!! I'm way too excited on this one. Here are the nominees as shown on the grammy website. For more info on nominees visit http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx

Category 75

Best Contemporary World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Welcome To Mali
Amadou & Mariam
[Nonesuch]

Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 — Africa Sessions
Béla Fleck
[Rounder]

Day By Day
Femi Kuti
[Mercer Street Records]

Seya
Oumou Sangare
[Nonesuch]

Across The Divide: A Tale Of Rhythm & Ancestry
Omar Sosa
[Half Note Records]
19309  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Shameless wannabes of Nollywood on: 4-12-2009 10:30 PM
If what happened at the nominees’ party of the Best of Nollywood Awards held at La Cachette Club, Ikeja, Lagos, is anything to go by, then the resuscitation of the industry by concerned practitioners and stakeholders would take a long time to come.

Apart from the presence of Funke Akindele, Iyabo Ojo, Ayo Badmus, who was busy chasing skirts after skirts, the rest of the actresses most especially the up and coming ones in the Yoruba genre are just hustlers.

There seems to be no difference between them and professional club girls with the way they behaved at the party. In fact, their conduct leaves much to be desired.

Their skimpy dresses were way out of this world. They drank recklessly and puffed stick after stick as if cigarettes were running out of fashion. When they cry that directors and producers are harassing them segxwally, we bet it is the other way round from what happened at the gig. Aside the raunchy dance and smooching from different men who later took some of them home, they have constituted themselves as complete nuisance, desperate to become stars over night.
19310  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Confession of Nood dancers: How we were arrested and segxwally abused on: 4-12-2009 10:29 PM
Saturday Sun gathered that the arrested strippers were detained for eight days before being granted bail by a Lagos State Mobile Court. According to Mr. Tayo Ashagba, Public Relations Officer of the Task Force, “their managers will produce them whenever they are wanted in court.”

However, the officials of the task force, who were sent to rescue the not only exceeded their mandate but also added their personal programme.

They allegedly segxwally abused the strippers and made away with their personal belongings, including cash, handsets, and jewellery. Some of the girls claimed that they were raped.

Narrating their ordeal in the hands of the law enforcement agents, some of the strippers said the rampaging officials took them in turns to satisfy their segxwal appetite.

One of the Nood dancers, who claimed to be a student, said: “They said that what we were doing was bad but what they did to us was worse. When the task force people came to arrest us, some of them behaved like animals and they treated us as if we are not human beings. They were squeezing our buttocks and Bosom s and fingering us (inserting their fingers into their private parts). Then they raped some of us.”

Asked if she was eventually raped, Betty, as she introduced herself, said she was not. She, however, added that her handset and money were stolen.

Hear her: “They took my Samsung E4900 handset and N1, 800 inside my hand bag. They squeezed my buttocks and Bosom s, but I was not raped. I was just lucky. Some other girls were not.”

Another victim, who gave her name as Detra, said she was raped at the Courtyard of Wall Street, the Nood club she operates.

Detra said: “One of the men pulled me into a corner and raped me. He first told me that she would set me free if I agreed. Later he said that if I did not agree he would still have his way and arrest me. He pulled me to a corner and told me to bend down, while he did the doggie style with me. After he had his way, he reneged in his promise to set me free.”

Recalling the events of the night, another stripper, Evelyn, said: “When they came that night, I did not know that they would take us away. We thought that they came to be settled, as usual. You know, some officers normally come, from time to time, to see the manager. Usually, after seeing the manager, the manager will divert some of us to meet the officers.

At such times, we sleep with them. But that night, there was commotion because of the way they entered; they were shouting and rough handling us. They stole a powerful phone given to me by my guy, who returned from the United States not long ago.

“In fact, they searched my hand bag and took my wristwatch, necklace and N4, 000. I did not even see my make-up kit. I don’t know what they want to do with that.”

Asked if she was raped, the dark complexioned Warri girl, with full Bosom s, declared: “I no fit talk again; the one wey I don talk don do. Leave me alone.”

Sources told Saturday Sun that the task force men had a field day sleeping with the girls while they were in detention. Said the source: “After the girls were arrested, the officials took turns to rape them. They promised to assist some of the girls to escape prosecution but they never did. The task force people had a hell of time with the girls.”

Meanwhile, the Nood clubs have gone back to business, with the girls doing their strip shows. The girls said that their arrest would not stop them from engaging in the trade that provides their daily bread. Also, many other clubs are springing up, especially in Ikeja and Apapa areas of Lagos.
19311  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Boy, 17 Nabbed For Burglary on: 3-12-2009 05:09 PM
The men of local security outfit in Ijebu-Ode, Obanta Safe & Secure Central Vigilante, have arrested a teenager, Tunji Adebowale, 17, who allegedly burgled a house in Imoru area of the town and stole some household items.

Parading the suspect at their office in Itoro Ijebu-Ode, the Obanta Security Commandant, Mr. Ayankoya, expressed dismay at the involvement of teenage boys and girls in crime.

“It is becoming alarming the rate at which boys and girls were being arrested for crimes recently. But I can assure you that we are up to the task, we shall ensure that we flush them out from Ijebu-Ode and its environs,” Ayankoya said.

The suspect, who said his parents live at 9, Adebowale Street, Odomola area, Epe, Lagos State, told our correspondent that he lives with his aunty in Sagamu, where he is learning carpentry.

Speaking with P.M.NEWS, the suspect said, “I was coming from Epe, where I went to see my father to inform him about my infections with gonorrhoea disease, when one of my sisters, who lives in Ijebu-Ife told me to come for treatment. I had no money to go to her place, so I decided to find a way out. When I saw everywhere was quiet, that nobody was around the house, I used a stick to break one of the ceiling and went in.”

Speaking with P.M.NEWS, one of the vigilante group members, popularly called Arewa, said the outfit had taken the boy to his father’s house in Epe to invite him, that till date, the man has not shown up.

Items recovered from the suspect include land phone and pressing iron among others.
19312  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Lesbians amongst us on: 2-12-2009 11:49 PM


There are lesbians around us and that’s not being questioned as it’s gone beyond closet affairs with rumours of celebrities [Asa and her manager, Janet Nwose been lesbians] to Obaru Ibru – Kin to embattled and sacked Oceanic Bank MD, Cecilia Ibru as being gays. What’s your take on gays – lesbian and homosegxwal behaviours?
19313  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Nigeria President Umaru Yar'Adua urged to stand down on: 2-12-2009 06:22 PM
More than 50 Nigerian public figures have called on President Umaru Yar'Adua to resign, saying ill health has impaired his judgement.

Several Nigerian newspapers carried a statement asking him to step down that was signed by senior political figures and democracy activists, among others.

But ministers dismissed the statement, saying there was "no basis" for the president to leave office.

Mr Yar'Adua is currently being treated in Saudi Arabia for a heart problem.

In a statement, Information Minister Dora Akunyili said the cabinet had met and had "unanimously resolved" that the president "has not been found incapable of discharging his functions".

She said: "Council wishes to inform all Nigerians that all organs of government are functioning and that government will continue to deliver."

'Leadership vacuum'

BBC Africa analyst Mary Harper says the statement issued by the group of political figures is blunt and to the point.

It says the president's illness "has created a dangerous situation whereby no-one is in charge of the affairs of state".

   
AFRICAN VIEWPOINT
No journalist worth the description should subscribe to the rumour mill and I try not to, but the Nigerian environment is different
Nigerian journalist Sola Odunfa

Nigeria's great rumour mill

The statement talks about "a vacuum of leadership" whereby ministers are "engaged in infighting" and "routinely flout the orders of the president".

Many of the people who have signed the statement are prominent figures in Nigeria - including Aminu Bello Masari, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, and Ken Nnamani, a former Senate president.

Our correspondent says their words reflect the general mood in the country, where there is real concern that the president's recurring health problems have rendered him frequently unable to do his job.

She says the front pages of Nigeria's newspapers regularly print photographs of a man who is obviously in ill health - his face deeply lined and ashen.

Although he has missed several important events, officials had kept silent on what was wrong with Mr Yar'Adua.

Last week they finally confirmed he was suffering from acute pericarditis - an inflammation of the lining of his heart.

He is also known to have a kidney problem.

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8390750.stm
19314  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Quit Now! More Groups Tell Yar’Adua on: 2-12-2009 06:21 PM
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More Nigerians and groups have joined the clamour for ailing President Umar Yar’Adua to resign and look after his health, instead of holding the country to ransom.

President Yar’Adua is currently hospitalised in a Saudi Arabia hospital for acute inflammation of the pericudium, the outer covering of his heart.

Apart from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) which advised Yar’Adua to resign in view of the critical nature of his illness which had made him abandon governance, many Nigerians and groups are also of the view that the president should quit now and allow Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, continue the administration of the country.

In a statement made available to P.M.NEWS, the Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress (AC) expressed dismay that President Yar’Adua did not hand over to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan before his departure to Saudi Arabia.

The statement which was signed by its spokesman, Joe Igbokwe, said Nigerians need to know what is happening at the presidency, “with the president being away.”

“We call that the Vice President should take full charge of the affairs of state.”

A group of 53 prominent Nigerians, including the former Senate President, Ken Nnamani and former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Audu Ogbeh, had earlier appealed to President Yar’Adua to resign from office and allow a more capabe hand to administer the country.

The group explained that it was clear to every discerning observer that President Yar’Adua’s physical condition has had a negative impact on his ability to discharge the functions of the highest office in the land.

They accused the president of being unable to attend to crucial affairs of the state at home and abroad “and whenever he has found time to do so, his judgment appears impaired by his ill-health.”

They also accused Yar’Adua of not informing the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of his numerous trips abroad on health grounds in the past four months, an action that is against the provision of the constitution.

“It is also common knowledge that the incapacity of the president has affected the implementation of the nation’s budget because he has been unable to coordinate the management of the national economy and to preside over the Federal Executive council in a diligent manner,” the group, which included former finance minister, Chief Olu Falae, stated.

A group of Northerners have also thrown their weight behind Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to take over from Yar’Adua, if the latter cannot continue in office.

Notable members of the group whose membership is drawn from across the 19 Northern states are Alhaji Abba Kyari, Col. Hamid Ali and Malam Mohammed Haruna. They submitted that in the event the President is unable to continue in office, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan should immediately be sworn in as president, as provided by Section 144 (section 146) of the 1999 constitution.

“Any other ploy to bypass the constitution will have grave consequences for the evolution, unity and integrity of Nigeria,” they added.
19315  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Is my mother a witch? on: 2-12-2009 08:58 AM
A divorced father of three stabbed his mother 21 times after becoming convinced that she was a witch and had put a curse on him, a court in Britain heard on Friday.

Kayode Kuye reportedly tortured and killed Christina Kuye, 69, because he believed she had ruined his life with a black magic spell, the Old Bailey was told. Unemployed Kuye, 50, of Edmonton, north London, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.


The judge, Christopher Moss, ordered him locked up indefinitely under mental health laws and described it as a “brutal” killing.

Kuye reportedly attacked his mother after letting himself into her home in Finchley, north London, with a key in May last year, the court heard.

After a lengthy argument, he stabbed her 21 times to the upper body, also slashing her arms and hands as she tried to defend herself.

He was later arrested covered in blood at Finchley Central station, laughing as he said: “I have had an argument with my mother.”

Policemen forced their way into her home where they found her body in her bedroom.

Kuye later told psychiatrists that his purpose was “to torture his mother to try to prevent her from continuing what he perceived to be black magic upon him,” said Alan Kent, prosecuting officer.

Mr. Kent said: “The motivation behind his attack was his paranoid and deluded belief that his mother had cursed him through witchcraft and had ruined his life.”

Mrs. Kuye came to Britain from Nigeria in 1961 with her husband, who died in 1984. She had eight children, including the defendant, and 20 grandchildren.

She herself believed in witchcraft and her son became increasingly interested in the subject during the four years before he killed her.

His mother helped him get in touch with a witch doctor she knew in Nigeria and he would send him money “for advice and medicine,” the court heard.

Two years before the killing, he began to blame her for all his problems, saying she had “sacrificed him as a child and had put a curse on him.”

He believed that “he was a king and should be rich, but the curse prevented this from happening.”

For about a year before his mother’s death, he had been saying he was going to kill her, as well as other family members.

On the day of the stabbing, he had been “ranting and raving” at his former wife and told her that “he had to go and do what he had to do,” the court heard.
19316  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Port Harcourt Trans-amadi Meat Market on: 1-12-2009 10:10 PM
Trans-Amadi Slaughter, the main abattoir of Port Harcourt. At the slaughter, animals are killed in the open, their blood spill into the waterways below and their skin is burned by the flames of old tires, which creates thick clouds of black smoke over the city. Fish had been the traditional source of protein in the Niger Delta, but as fish stocks have dwindled due to pollution from the oil industry and over fishing, meat is becoming more common
19317  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Nna men, China sentences 6 to death - For shipping fake drugs to Nigeria on: 1-12-2009 09:45 PM
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For shipping fake anti-malaria drugs to Nigeria, the Peoples Republic of China, has sentenced six of its nationals to death, the Director-General of the National Agency For Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Paul Orhii, has said.

The NAFDAC boss, therefore, canvassed for a life sentence for all drug peddlers in Nigeria, as was the case in China and other countries in Asia, adding that the agency was tightening the noose round drug traffickers as part of efforts to reposition the agency for more efficiency.

Dr. Orhii spoke at a five-day strategic planning retreat for NAFDAC staff in Kaduna, saying that while other countries like India and China were in the vanguard of waging war against drug traffickers, Nigeria, which had assumed the toga of a “dumping ground” for manufacturers of fake drugs was fighting the war with levity, due to weak legislation.

According to him, it is so paradoxical that Nigeria which is at the receiving end of fake drugs is so lenient in terms of law, adding that NAFDAC was planning to review the existing law in its quest to fight the war against drug trafficking in the country.

Already, he added, NAFDAC was in contact with some legal luminaries and human rights activists in order to review the law establishing the agency.

He said the law which had the blessing of the National Assembly once passed, would make drug trafficking a non-bailable offence, just as an offender risked going to jail for life.

“We are going to implement severe punishment like in India and China,” he said, adding that apart from the jail term, offenders, when caught would have their assets confiscated and proceeds from the sale of the assets would go to victims.”

“Those people in China are facing death penalty. The India parliament also passed a law for manufacturing of counterfeit drugs. It will be difficult for Nigerian drug traffickers to go to India. In China, it is even worst the counterfeiter will be facing death penalty,” he said.

“For the first time, we have achieved tremendous progress in our campaign against fake and counterfeit drugs and today, most of the culprits are being brought to justice.

Today, six people are facing cases on death penalty, while those people traced to India will also risk life jail sentence”.

Orhii further argued that it was time the government strengthened its own laws against the importation of counterfeit drugs, stressing that “it is paradoxical that Nigeria which is at the receiving end is lenient in terms of laws against fake and counterfeit drugs.”

He said NAFDAC would collaborate with India and China in the fight against drug trafficking in such a way that going into these countries to manufacture fake drugs or to import it into Nigeria would be very difficult.
19318  Forum / Politics / President gravely ill! Who will take over from Yaradua? on: 1-12-2009 08:22 PM
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IN spite of official assurances that President Umaru Yar’Adua is responding to treatment in a Saudi Arabian hospital and will return soon to the country, Nigerian Tribune findings have revealed that ambitious politicians have begun to strategise to position themselves or their cronies to become the vice-president, thereby placing them at a vantage position to pick the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket in 2011.

The contest for control, it was learnt, is among the groups of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the incumbent, President Yar’Adua, the Nothern establishment and those loyal to the Senate President David Mark.

President Yar’Adua has been suffering from kidney and heart related problem and has been in and out of hospitals at home and abroad in the last 10 years or more.
Worse still is the revelation, last week, by his physicians that he also has acute pericarditis, which is currently being treated at King Faisal Hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Feelers from the hospital, however, have revealed that all may not be well with the health of the Nigerian president, and sources said that he is at the intensive care unit, where he comes in and out of coma.

His condition, it was learnt, may have really degenerated, as very close relatives have been unable to see him at the hospital.

Nigerian Tribune reliably gathered that the succession struggle is being fuelled, because some of those who followed the president to Saudi Arabia for the treatment of the acute heart problem have returned with reports that are not too pleasant.
It was gathered that various power blocks and camps have been holding meetings permutating on what may be the solution in the face of any eventuality.

Most of the groups, except one, appear to appreciate the constitutional provisions which favour the vice-president, in this case, Goodluck Jonathan, from the South-South, taking over, if anything happens to the president.

The Obasanjo group, it was learnt, favours the Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, becoming vice-president for the remaining 15 months, after which the calculations may favour his getting the presidential ticket in 2011.

The Yar’Adua group, it was reliably gathered, is strategising along the same line, but would rather support Bauchi State governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, who is also a son-in-law to the president, as vice-president to Jonathan.

The far north establishment wants the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Yayale Ahmed, to be deputy to Jonathan till 2011, when they hope he (Yayale) will clinch the ticket for presidency.

Some lawmakers, it was gathered, believe it could be dangerous to leave Vice-President Jonathan in the saddle till 2011, hence the alleged pressure on him to resign.

The calculation, it was learnt, is that, if he resigns, the Senate President, David Mark, will take over and, as a northerner, may also be interested in becoming the president in 2011.

For the Jonathan group, however, they are working on consolidating their position, which the 1999 Nigerian Constitution has strengthened, that Dr. Jonathan steps into office as president in the event of the incumbent president’s inability to continue in office by reasons stated in the constitution.

During most of the campaign towards the presidential election in 2007, President Yar’Adua was receiving treatments abroad.

However, against perceived surreptitious moves by politicians, especially within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to position themselves to succeed ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua, the party has warned that they stand no chance of becoming president, as no vacancy exists in the presidency.

It has also accused the opposition parties of raising tension by allegedly sensationalising President Yar’Adua’s presence in Saudi Arabia for medical attention, even as it noted that the president was responding to treatment and would soon return to the country to “continue the good work he is doing.”

A statement issued, on Monday, by the national leadership of the party and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Professor Rufai Ahmed Alkali, advised “those working themselves into frenzy on the basis of an illusionary vacancy in the presidency to calm down and pray for the peace and stability of the country, rather than dissipate energy on a wild goose chase.”

It said that it was “utterly unacceptable that instead of demonstrating selflessness and patriotism in moments like this, some politicians are engaged in creating undue and banal sophistry in the name of an imaginary succession crisis in Nigeria.”

Following reports that there was pressure on Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to resign, the statement further said that the PDP was not involved in the speculated attempt to get anyone to resign from his position as there was no ground for it.

It said emphatically that “for the avoidance of doubt, the PDP wishes to state categorically that the party is not in any way involved in, neither is it contemplating any move to persuade or force any office holder to resign his or her office under whatever guise, as it is being erroneously insinuated in some sections of the media.

“There is no basis for such a wicked rumour as the circumstances warranting such a speculation have not arisen.”

Blaming the opposition for the current tension on the president’s trip, the PDP said it was shocking that some people have chosen to “over-sensationalise the situation and magnify it out of proportion in order to satisfy their selfish prejudices.”

It pointed out that it was amazed by “the hype and tension being deliberately generated by so-called members of opposition parties over the medical checkup currently being undertaken by the president.”

According to the PDP, “under normal circumstances, even in politics, we owe it a moral duty to each other as human beings to wish our fellow human beings well, irrespective of the extent of differences that may exist. Regrettably, recent events in the country have shown that for some Nigerian politicians, this is not so.”

The statement prayed for the safe return of President Yar’Adua, hoping that God would touch the hearts of “those peddling these rumours to repent from their evil ways.”

Meanwhile, worried by the rumours doing the rounds on the state of health of President Yar’Adua, President of the Senate, David Mark, said in Abuja, on Monday that the rumour merchants were the real enemies of the country.

He called on Nigerians to ignore such people, saying that they were trying to cause crisis in the relatively peaceful polity.

To him, “since the president left for Saudi Arabia for medical checkup, the organs of government have remained intact and functional. But, in spite of this, some Nigerians have resorted to all kind of rumours that can neither strengthen our development processes nor guarantee our much-sought reforms. I urge you to ignore these rumour mongers, as they do not mean well for our country and her people.”

The Senate President, through his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Kola Ologbodiyan, in a statement made available to newsmen, called for a special prayer for the quick recovery of President Yar’Adua.

He said: “It is incredulous for any man to wish his fellow brother dead. It is also not in our culture as Africans to engage in such idle talks over the lives of others.

“The decision of President Yar’Adua to make his health status public is borne out of patriotism and transparency and in view of that, he deserves commendation as well as the prayers of all well-meaning Nigerians.

“I believe the president means well for this nation and our polity. He has demonstrated this in words and in action. I, therefore, find it indecorous for certain Nigerians to engage in speculative diagnosis over the president’s prevailing state of health.”
19319  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / The desperation to travel out of Nigeria on: 1-12-2009 08:20 PM


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The desperation on the part of many Nigerians to travel out of the country is believed to have reached an alarming level in recent times.



And indeed Vanguard Metro’s visit to some embassies in Lagos revealed scenes of absurdity involving many Nigerians, both young and old, desperate to flee their country at the slightest opportunity.

At all the embassies visited there was almost always a crowd of visa seekers jostling and fighting desperately under the sun or rain to be attended to. To them, the visa they seek is as important as the Holy Grail, which explains why they are prepared to sacrifice anything, including their dignity, comfort and personal safety in their quest for it.

This development only goes to confirm that all the campaigns and other efforts by government and its relevant agencies to discourage Nigerians from travelling out of the country on flimsy grounds have so far come to nought.

What Vanguard Metro saw in one of the African embassies located at Sinari Daranijo Street, Victoria Island was astonishing and unbelievable. It was a Thursday and it was raining heavily when Vanguard Metro got there at about 5.45am. Yet the number of visa seekers was over 300 and the applicants had been divided into two queues with the first one being for first time travellers, work and study permit applicants while the other queue was for corporate clients, frequent travellers, transit and medical visa.

“How did these people get here this early?” queried a fellow who was a first time visitor to the place. Another fellow who identified himself as Tope had responded thus: “For anybody to be among the first 20 on these lines, the person must have been on the queue by 4.00am”.

This was a shocking revelation which was confirmed by another visa seeker by name Ajayi. According to him: “I have been trying my luck for the past one week, only to be getting here by 6.00 am and meeting many people. I then requested for a friend to bring me down here in his car yesterday and we slept in the car to make our being on the line by 4.10 am this morning possible”.

Also easily noticeable were the ubiquitous touts as they went about rendering one service or the other and collecting money from desperate applicants. The Police were not left out as officers and men from the Maroko and Bar Beach Police Stations used the opportunity to make brisk business for themselves as they were seen arresting and searching people and ‘penalising’ those “with questions to answer”.
19320  Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Divorce: Keyamo’s wife demands N20m alimony on: 1-12-2009 08:18 PM
ISIOMA Irene Keyamo, wife of popular Lagos based human rights lawyer, Festus Adeniyi Keyamo, has asked for a court order mandating her husband to pay the sum of N20 million as alimony at the Probate and Family division, of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday.

The money is expected to be a compensation for the psychological trauma, financial losses, sense of disappointment and her failure at the Nigerian Law School, as a result of the breach of contract of marriage between them.

She had earlier asked the court for an extension of time, to file her answer to the petition, filed by her husband for the dissolution of their marriage.

She is also seeking an order deeming the already filed and served, answer and cross petition marked as Exhibit A as properly filed and served.

Isioma made the request through her counsel, Mr. Jonathan Ogunsanya, from the office of the public defender, who told the court that he had a motion on notice dated November 11, 2009, which he wanted to move and the court allowed him since there was no objection on the part of the applicant.

Justice Elfreda Williams-Dawodu granted the order, but asked counsel for both parties if there were no outstanding issues, between the couple before a trial date was fixed as demanded by Gloria Oahajaguan, counsel for Festus Keyamo.

Justice Williams-Dawodu, however, informed the parties that before a trial date for dissolution of marriage would be fixed, all outstanding issues between the couple must be resolved.

She consequently ordered for a compulsory conference between the parties to settle the issue of cost of maintenance, among other such issues, before commencement of trial.

She subsequently adjourned the case till January 27, 2010.
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