I just heard this, as funny as it is, you guys have to read and share . Male and Female students Of the prestigious Ladoke Akintola University of Technology are henceforth not allowed to wear the following; * All tight fitting clothes including skirts, trousers and blouses. *All clothes which reveal sensitive parts of the body such as bust, chest,belly, upper arms and the buttocks. *Outfits such as knickers and mini-skirts and dresses which arenot, at least knee-lenght. * Outfits such as , T-shirts , and jeans, black T-shirt, special arm-bounds, caps by males, special scarfs and tattooed jeans by females which carry obscene nd erotic messages. * Trousers such as , hip-riders and low waist-jeans. * Inappropriate outfits, such as party-wear nd bathroom slippers should not be worn to lectures. * Traditional dresses that contravene the general dress code. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, (a) Students should dress in a waythat will not hide their identity, however, students who dress according to their religious dictates should be allowed to exercise their fundamental human rights. Such students should submit themselves for identification in examination halls,laboratories and libraries when the need arises. (b) Students may be allowed to put on religious/ denominational dress, but it should conform to the acceptable principles of dress code already discussed. (c) Sports and games wears for athletes, sportsmen and women should be officially prescribed for this category of students to be worn in sports and games areas ONLY. (d) The wearing of earings and plaiting of hair by male students is banned, henceforth. The statement added that Lecturers and Administrative staff have beenempowered to correct/ exclude students from lectures , Library, examination halls and other official business whenever they are not properly dressed. Sulaiman Kazeem - President, Students' Union. This Message is directy from the SENATE, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, The students are currently rounding off a session and writing Exams, the following rules are to take Effect basically as from next session. Please share this post on facebook and twitter to all your friends, share the link to the post as well.

in life

Everybody in life is fighting a war.GOD did not create us to be the same.Our story and glory can never be the same.A journey of 8hrs can take another person 8yrs. Everybody will eventually get 2their destination nlife.It doesn't matter if U run or walk. D slow n steady always arrive peacefully with everlasting joy n life. Those who r 2desperaten life always run faster than destiny gets temporary luxuries but end up starting from scratch. REPUTATION n STATUS is never D same.Impatience n desperation has brought everlasting regrets 2some ppl n life.Life is a lesson 4 all 2 learn...Everybody will have their moments n life. If U are not happy today doesn't mean you will be sad for life.You are not alone in your journey of life.GOD iswith U at every point in life.

Authority

Romans 13:1,2 Everyone must obey state authorities, because noauthority exists without God's permission, and the existing authorities have been put there by God. Whoever opposes the existing authority opposes what God has ordered; and anyone who does so will bring judgment on himself. (GNT)

wife material?

Manchester 2 – 1 Arsenal

Robin van Persie provided a painful illustration of what Arsenal are missing as he set Manchester United on the way to a comfortable win against his former club at Old Trafford.

The striker – who received a hostile reception from the fans who once idolised him, following his £24m summer move from Arsenal to United- was on target inside three minutes with his 10th goal of the season.

United were in such command that they could even afford a missed penalty from Wayne Rooney before Patrice Evra wrapped up the victory with a second-half header.

And to make matters worse on a miserable day for Arsenal and manager Arsene Wenger, Jack Wilshere was sent off with 20 minutes left after receiving a second yellow card from referee Mike Dean for an overzealous challenge on Evra.
Santi Cazorla pulled a goal back for the Gunners with the final kick of the game but the scoreline was not a true reflection of United’s obvious supremacy in all areas.
The result put United, at least temporarily, top of the Premier League with three points collected with the minimum of fuss in the 44th meeting between Wenger and his great adversary Sir Alex Ferguson.
For the visitors, defeat leaves them with 15 points from 10 games, their worst start to a Premier League season under Wenger. It may not have been the humiliation of last season’s 8-2 thrashing at Old Trafford but Arsenal’s manager will struggle to take any positives from this performance.
Arsenal’s visiting support made their contempt for one-time hero Van Persie clear when his name was announced before kick-off – but the Dutchman was soon punishing his former club as he put United ahead early on.
Thomas Vermaelen set the tone for a poor display with a bad clearance that sent Rafael’s cross straight into the path of Van Persie, who did not hesitate before sending a low right-foot finish past keeper Vito Mannone.
It was a goal scored in close proximity to Arsenal’s fans but Van Persie declined to milk the moment and his celebration was muted as he was mobbed by delighted team-mates.
Van Persie almost added his second when he was played in by Rooney’s angled pass but his powerful rising shot was well saved by Mannone.

Arsenal were struggling desperately, a problem exemplified by the hapless Andre Santos’s woeful attempts to defend their left-flank in the face of the pace and penetration of Antonio Valencia.

Mannone, at least, was distinguishing himself and he did well again to block from Rooney as United continued to dominate.
There had been little for Arsenal to cling to in a dismal first half but they were at least given some hope as half-time approached. Referee Dean awarded a penalty after Cazorla raised his arms to block Ashley Young’s cross. Rooney stepped forward to take the kick but missed his seventh penalty out of 20 in the Premier League by shooting low and wide.
Theo Walcott, surprisingly only named as substitute after his hat-trick in the 7-5 Capital One Cup win at Reading in midweek, finally entered the action after 51 minutes as a replacement for Aaron Ramsey after the Welshman injured his groin. It was the signal for the visitors to threaten at last, Olivier Giroud striking the outside of the post from an acute angle.
Valencia had missed an open goal from Van Persie’s pass seconds after the break and the Netherlands striker was also thwarted by another fine stop from Mannone – but it was a brief reprieve for Arsenal.
Rooney took possession of a short corner and the diminutive Evra found space among Arsenal’s defenders to head comfortably past Mannone after 67 minutes.
The Gunners’ plight worsened moments later when Wilshere, who had been combative throughout, was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Evra. He could have no complaints although his fate was in sharp contrast to Tom Cleverley, who was hastily removed by Ferguson as he ran a similar risk for a tackle on Wilshere following an earlier booking.
Cazorla’s fine curled finish provided nothing in the way of consolation for Arsenal as this performance demonstrated just how far they have to travel before they can even consider themselves title contenders once more.

Culled: BBC Sport News

My 8-Year-Old Son Is Too Sexually Aware – Mother Complains

I really need some advice. My 8 year old boy is too sexually aware.

In the last few months I’ve noticed him touching himself, rubbing himself against anything he can find, and doing things that I’m too ashamed to type here even though I am anonymous.

He is touching his younger sister in ways that are not brotherly. He’s fixated with breasts and grabs any he sees. He also forcefully tries to kiss people, both male and female.I’ve smacked him several times but it hasn’t stopped the behaviour.

Just last week, his teacher told me he was caught kissing a classmate. I understand children are curious but I have no idea where he learnt all these. He has never seen that kind of behaviour in my house. I monitor what he watches on TV and I have never allowed him on the internet.

My husband thinks he should be punished for his behaviour but what kind of punishment? Should I lock him up in his room till he’s grown? I am a mother who is so ashamed of her own child. I’m afraid to take him out so he doesn’t start harassing other people’s children.

I’m so confused and ashamed that its making me sick.funsho Can you please help me make sense of this? What do I do to stop this behaviour?

‘My ex-wife killed my son; wants me dead’ – Mr Ibu

In January 2011, popular Nollywood actor John Okafor’s wife and 1 year old son, Mandela Okafor (both pictured above), were kidnapped and held in captivity for 10 days. Then exactly one year later, 2 year old Mandela died in mysterious circumstances. John Okafor later revealed in an interview that his son died from food poisoning.

In an interview with Entertainment Express yesterday, Mr Okafor accused his ex-wife of poisoning Mandela and also trying to kill him. What he said below:

“My ex-wife and her cohorts planned and kidnapped my wife and child; they were later released after 10 days. I paid the ransom and they came home twelve hours later. That child died a year later through poison. The facts later came out but I don’t want to act on it now. She has made several attempts on my life and that of my immediate family. You will be surprised the day you hear what really happened, but I don’t want to go into details now

Houseboy, 20 Defiles Employer’s 6-year-old Daughter

A 20-year old houseboy working for the family of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dopemu at their residence in Surulere, Lagos has defiled his emloyers’ six-year-old daughter.

The houseboy, Obong Thompson reports say allegedly grabbed his boss’ six-year old daughter (name withheld) pulled off her clothes and had carnal knowledge of her while his bosses were at work.

According to reports, when Mr. and Mrs. Dopemu returned from work, they noticed their daughter’s unusual mood. They later discovered blood in her private part and quickly reported the matter to the police at Bode Thomas Divisional Headquarters. Thompson was arrested and investigated.

In his confessional statement, the suspect allegedly wrote: “When both of us were at home alone, I saw her body naked. I was charged and emotionally carried away.”

He was arraigned before a family court sitting at Tinubu, Lagos Island.

The court ordered that Thompson be remanded at Kirikiri prisons, Apapa, Lagos till the next hearing of the case on November 14.

“I have decided not to play for Nigeria anymore” – Osaze Odemwingie

Head coach of the Nigeria national team, Stephen Keshi has sensationally revealed to supersport.com that West Bromwich Albion star, Osaze Odemwingie wants out of the Super Eagles.

Odemwingie last played for Nigeria in a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Rwanda on February 29 in Kigali.

Keshi has now revealed that he spoke to the WBA forward a week before Nigeria’s second leg final round 2013 Afcon qualifying game against Liberia on October 13 and that Odemwingie told him that he had decided not to play for Nigeria again.

“I spoke to Osaze before the Liberia game and he told me that he had decided not to play for Nigeria anymore,” Keshi told supersport.com.

The former Togo and Mali national team coach said Odemwingie took the time to explain the reasons for his decision not to play for the Super Eagles again.

“Osaze told me that he has no problems with me as a person and that he took his decision even before I assumed position as national team coach.

“He said he was unhappy at how he was treated in the past in the national team. He explained that prior to Nigeria’s participation at the 2010 Fifa World Cup, he played in all the qualifying games but was dropped at the finals.

“He said he was angry at the treatment meted out to him but did not discuss it with anyone. I told him that was not the best way to handle issues and that if he had already decided not to play for the national team, he should have opened up to me when I invited him to play,” Keshi said.

Pictures From Late Bimbo Odukoya`s Daughter’s Traditional Wedding

Popular designer Remi Lagos has passed away

One of the pioneers of fashion in Nigeria is gone. Remi Osholake, the talented designer behind pioneer fashion house, Remi Lagos, died at noon today November 3, 2012 at the Harley Street Clinic, London, after a battle with uterine cancer. She was 51.

A creative, funny, remarkable and joyous woman, Remi Osholake's designs have been showcased on runways across the world. Incredibly sad day for the Nigerian fashion and modeling industry. May her soul rest in peace...Amen

Wizkid Gets A New Toy

The young star just acquired a black 2009 V8 engine mid-size luxury crossover BMW X6. He posted the picture on his instagram page and said ''My new baby!!!''. Big congrats to him

6 things rich people need to stop saying

All of a sudden, it’s like you can’t make huge amounts of money without people getting all pissed off about it. And it’s only going to get worse — with the election coming up and the weather getting warmer, this whole “Occupy” movement is probably going to come back strong. The 1 percent will feel even more besieged than before.

“What the hell?” you’re probably thinking, if you’re somehow both rich and reading an article with this title, “I didn’t crash the economy!” You might even be tempted to take to a microphone, to defend yourself and your wealthy friends. But before you do, I want you to stop and ask yourself, “Will this make me sound like an out-of-touch douchebag?”

#6. “Well, $500,000 a Year Might Sound Like a Lot, but I’m Hardly Rich.”

“The amount that I have to reinvest in my business and feed my family is more like $600,000 … and so by the time I feed my family, I have maybe $400,000 left over …”

– Congressman John Fleming

“It is hard to ask more of households making $250,000 or $300,000 a year. In large parts of the country, that kind of income does not get you a big home or lots of vacations or anything else that is associated with wealth.”

– Senator Chuck Schumer

What They Think They’re Saying:

“Come on, we’re all in this together! It’s not like I have infinite money.”

What We Hear:

“When my family’s Aruba vacation went over budget, that was exactly like you being unable to afford medication for your child’s excruciating chronic illness!”

“Look at how tiny my yacht is!”

I’m going to try to only quote politicians and pundits and other public figures for this article, but don’t take that to mean they’re the only people saying this stupid shit. Regular rich folk aren’t exactly reluctant to offer this as a defense (here’s an article on why it’s hard to get by on $500,000 a year in New York, and here’s one on why $200,000 a year isn’t rich in Toronto), and you can go to the comment section of any article that mentions taxes or welfare or income inequality (including this one!) and hear this same bullshit.
“It’s gotten to where I can barely afford my daily cigar rolled in the tanned flesh of a forsaken child.”

Hell, you’ve probably heard it in real life, from a boss or some guy sitting nearby at Starbucks. “I guess I’m considered rich now! Well, if I’m so ‘rich,’ why am I broke at the end of the month?!?” Uh, I think it’s because your mortgage is $3,000 a month, since you live in a fucking palace. And because you took your family on that Disney cruise last summer. And because you pay for your kids’ college, so that, unlike us, they won’t be crushed under six figures of student loan debt at age 22. And because you eat all the best foods and drink the finest liquids.

Or, as Hamilton Nolan at Gawker put it, “‘Sure, it’s an objectively large sum of money,’ they say. ‘But it is far smaller after I spend it.’”

“Once I pay for the helicopter, the helicopter fuel, the townhouse and the Lexus, I barely have more spending money than your entire yearly salary.”

For people who are grinding through overtime just to keep up with their bank’s late fees, this induces an urge to storm a gated community with pitchforks and torches and make those people go spend a year in a trailer park or in a city apartment so small that when you flush the toilet, little droplets of piss splatter onto the bed.

But don’t get too mad at the rich for saying this — we shouldn’t, as a rule, get as angry at people for being oblivious as we should when they’re being intentionally evil. Besides, they can’t help it — that obliviousness is hard-wired, a product of evolution that, really, kind of explains all class tension in the world. The rich, along with all of us, are biologically programmed to not notice their advantages.
“This stuff? I guess I could use it to prop up the table.”

This came up a while back in a previous Cracked article. Basically, your brain drains the pleasure from the current things you own and do in order to motivate you to keep hunting and gathering. And I don’t care where you are on the economic ladder, you’ve experienced this yourself.

You remember that scene from Big, where the boy-in-an-adult-body Tom Hanks gets his first paycheck at his shitty data entry job and screams in celebration, “A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN DOLLARS!” When you’re a kid begging mom for 10 bucks at a time so you can buy some stickers for your Trapper Keeper (this is still 1984, right?), $200 seems like the kind of money that should come on a huge novelty lottery check. But then just a few years later, you get that first fast food job and watch your paycheck evaporate on just one car payment (the insurance takes the next one).

That leaves just enough extra money for a Netflix subscription and a bowl to cry into.

It is apparently entirely possible to stay in that mindset, ignoring each new asset, right up until you’re sleeping on a platinum bed under covers made of fur from a cloned woolly mammoth. If someone tries to offer you a little perspective and remind you of the tremendous advantages you no longer even notice, you’ll reply with something like …

#5. “Hey, I Worked Hard to Get What I Have!”

“I became a self-made millionaire by the age of 30 by working grueling hours, being relentless and risking my own money. My success was earned with blood, sweat and tears.”

– Wayne Allyn Root

“I used the tears as hair gel.”

“Why, oh why, does the media bolster President Obama’s rhetoric by using his term: ‘the rich’? Would it not be more appropriate to say ‘the successful,’ or ‘those who work harder?”

– Letter to the Editor, Feb 21, 2012 Wall Street Journal

What They Think They’re Saying:

“I’m not Paris Hilton! I work 70-hour weeks to make this salary!”

What We Hear:

“The only reason I have a hundred times more money than you is because I work a hundred times as hard!”

This will be the entry that prompts many a reader to skip right to the comment section after only reading the entry header (“I’m tired of these hippies saying the rich just got lucky and don’t work hard!”). So let’s get this out off the way right now, and make them look like assholes for not reading far enough:

Most high-income earners do put in a ton of hours. Bill Gates seemed to never sleep (an employee once said that putting in 81 hours in four days still couldn’t keep up with Gates’ schedule). So yes, it’s unfair that we tend to think that “being rich” means “lounging by the pool while an albino tiger massages our feet with his tongue.” So, “Hey, I work hard for what I have!” is perfectly true. It’s also insulting.
“You guys just need to work hard in a lucrative field.”

It’s insulting for the exact same reason “Hey, I love my country!” is insulting: It implies that the listener doesn’t. Otherwise there’d be no reason to say it.

It implies a bizarre alternate reality where society rewards you purely based on how much effort you exert, rather than according to how well your specific talents fit in with the needs of the marketplace in the particular era and part of the world in which you were born. It implies that the great investment banker makes 10 times more than a great nurse only because the banker works 10 times as hard.

He doesn’t.
And he gets pooped on less than half as often.

And even stranger, it implies that money earned is a perfect indicator of a person’s value to society — if you’re broke, it must mean you’re a loser who contributes nothing to anyone’s life. And that’s downright bizarre when it comes from the same people who also go on and on about the importance of parenting and family values. Surely they’ve noticed that being a great stay-at-home parent makes you exactly zero dollars a year.

And volunteering to work at a shelter for battered women? Doesn’t pay shit! Diving into a creek to save a toddler from drowning? It pays infinitely less than throwing a touchdown pass during the Super Bowl.
I mean, babies are important, but c’mon …

So, mister rich person who clearly is not reading this, when we say you’re “lucky,” we’re not saying you’re lucky in the way that a lottery winner is lucky. We’re saying that you’re lucky if you were born in a time and place where the hard work you’re good at (say, stock speculation) is valued over the hard work that other people are good at (say, landscaping, or poetry).

You can reply that if some other field paid more, you’d have just simply switched to it and been equally successful, due to your smarts and determination. You know, like how the smart and determined Michael Jordan was equally successful as a basketball player (six titles, $70 million a year) and baseball player (batted .202 in the minors) and team owner (his Charlotte Bobcats are currently 4-28).

Hmm … wait a second. Man, it’s almost like Michael’s hard work and determination wouldn’t have made him rich if he hadn’t happened to have been born in the one place and one time in human history where a man could get rich throwing a rubber ball through a small metal hoop.
On the other hand, that sweater vest makes us think he has potential as the next face of Jell-O.

Now I’m starting to wonder if I would have ever heard of Shaquille O’Neal if he’d skipped basketball to go right into rap. If you think I’m just being mean to athletes, hell, let me use myself as an example. I failed at three different careers before I struck gold with list articles and dong horror. I suck at everything else — take away the Internet and I’m a 37-year-old man doing data entry in a cubicle instead of promoting a brand new sequel about boner monsters. Or, if you don’t believe me, let billionaire investor Warren Buffett tell you: “If you stick me down in the middle of Bangladesh or Peru or someplace, you find out how much this talent is going to produce in the wrong kind of soil … I work in a market system that happens to reward what I do very well — disproportionately well.”
“And yet I do all my shopping at Goodwill.”

So to sum it up: If you make good money, but have to work 80-hour weeks to get it, you’re still lucky. Just swallow your pride and fucking acknowledge it.

#4. “If I Can Do It, So Can You!”

“We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have-nots; we must always be a nation of haves and soon-to-haves.”

– Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana
“The road to wealth is paved with self-delusion.”

What They Think They’re Saying:

“This is the land of opportunity, where anyone can make it! Instead of complaining, just go out there and get rich!”

What We Hear:

“If everyone at my country club makes good money, it can’t be that hard!”

This is such an impossibly strange idea that I’m not sure if the people saying it actually believe it.
At the best parties, the words “social mobility” are the only punchline you need.

But … I guess our entire philosophy about money kind of revolves around this premise — that there is no poor or working class, but only people who have chosen to not buckle down to the task of getting rich (and thus deserve whatever salary, insecurity or poor work conditions they get). So there should be no talk about improving the lives of the non-rich, since any of them can simply choose to elevate themselves out of that group, right?

Seriously, now. How much time do you really have to spend off your goddamned yacht to see that this isn’t true? You don’t even need to leave the dock — there’s a guy standing right there who you pay to fix your boat’s engine. You know that 1) you absolutely need guys like him and 2) he will never get rich doing what he does. He could be great at his job, he might be the Michael Jordan of mechanics, he might work 100 hours a week — it doesn’t matter. Sure, if that one guy somehow also has the head for management and finance and the networking skills, he could maybe open his own chain of yacht repair shops. But they can’t all do that.
This dress could have fed starving interns.

So “anyone can get rich” isn’t just untrue, it’s insultingly untrue. You can’t have a society where everyone is an investment banker. And you can’t have a society where you pay six figures to every good policeman, nurse, firefighter, schoolteacher, carpenter, electrician and all of the other ten thousand professions that civilization needs to survive (and that rich people need in order to stay rich).

It’s like setting a jar of moonshine on the floor of a boxcar full of 10 hobos and saying, “Now fight for it!” Sure, in the bloody aftermath you can say to each of the losers, “Hey, you could have had it if you’d fought harder!” and that’s true on an individual level. But not collectively — you knew goddamned well that nine hobos weren’t getting any hooch that night. So why are you acting like it’s their fault that only one of them is drunk?
Or alive.

You’re intentionally conflating “anyone can have the moonshine” with “everyone can have it.” And you are doing it because you’re hoping that we will all be too busy fighting each other to ask why there was only one jar.

But if we do ask, the response will probably be something like …

#3. “You’re Just Jealous Because I Made It and You Didn’t!”

“I think it’s about envy. I think it’s about class warfare. When you have a president encouraging the idea of dividing America based on the 99 percent versus one percent — and those people who have been most successful will be in the one percent — [it] is entirely inconsistent with the concept of one nation under God.”

– Mitt Romney

Cracked Exclusive: Mitt Romney’s hair isn’t as nice as he thinks it is.

“Part of it is jealousy. I stand by that. And here’s why I don’t have a lot of patience for that. My parents, they never played the victim card. My parents never said that we hope the rich people lose something so that we can get something.”

– Herman Cain

What They Think They’re Saying:

“It’s wrong to tear down others instead of improving your own life!”

What We Hear:

“All complaints about unfairness in the system are the equivalent of 12-year-old girls spreading mean rumors about the popular ones!”

Look, I get it. You worked your nuts off to start a business (or get your MBA or become a lawyer or whatever) so that you can finally have what you dreamed about when you were in high school: a huge swimming pool in the shape of the Van Halen logo. You obey the law, you pay your taxes. Then suddenly, this Occupy Wall Street freak show declares you to be the “one percent,” and therefore the enemy. Obviously you’ve done nothing wrong, so their hatred must be irrational. They only hate you because you’re rich!

To that, as the senior editor of a site that should goddamned well know, I can only offer one word:

Batman.

Fucking Batman. Pop culture’s greatest hero. Search Cracked.com for “Batman” and 70 percent of the site comes up. Our culture loves him, and he 1) is rich as hell and 2) can only do what he does because he’s rich.

Hell, let’s look at the annual poll of the most admired people in America for 2011. There are 20 people on that list, and all 20 are rich enough to be in the “hated” 1 percent. I count four billionaires on that list, and another person who is a member of a billionaire family.

Now go into the bedroom of any child in America. Even before the parents have the chance to call the cops, you’ll see posters of pro athletes and Disney pop stars and famous actors dressed as action heroes. Millionaires, all.

That’s because all of our fucking heroes are millionaires.

Hell, every Christmas we celebrate the tale of the wealthy Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. We hate him in the first part of the story, and then we love him by the end. Not because he gave away all of his wealth and became poor (he didn’t), but because he stopped acting like a shithead. Do you get the incredibly subtle and nuanced message of that story?
A few million donated to the right dinosaur-cloning company would totally change this man’s legacy.

You might be tempted to say, “What business is it of yours what I do with my money! Whether I use my cash to give to the poor or for gold paint to spread on naked women like goddamned Goldfinger, it’s none of your business!”

Oh, dude, wouldn’t life be easier if that were true? If we didn’t have to answer to anybody, or feel social pressure based on the choices we make?

But, sadly, all civilization and morality rests on the fact that we have to answer to each other — the only reason I haven’t murdered a dozen people in traffic is because society will bring consequences if I do. And when you’re powerful (due to being a politician, or a rich man, or having a position of authority like a priest or police officer), we turn up the heat even more. See, your power eliminates many of society’s checks on your shitheadery (i.e., you can afford better lawyers), and so we have to make up for it in other ways. It’s how we keep you in line. The fact that you don’t like it only proves that you need it.
“Not allowing the wealthy to hunt man for sport removes all motivation to succeed.”

And when we hate people, it’s always for the same reason: They refuse to acknowledge that their power brings with it any responsibility. It’s why we hate bullies and dictators and supervillains. It’s why we hate people who benefit hugely from society and then pretend like they’re living on an island with a population of only them.

Which leads us nicely to …

#2. “You Shouldn’t Be Punishing the Very People Who Make This Country Work!”

“There is a deeply disturbing message coming out of the Occupy Wall Street movement … Simply put, it boils down to this: We must punish success …”

– John E. Kramer, Washington Times
He must speak really fluent Hippie.

“There’ll always be those who earn more than I do, and I say, God bless them. I’m sure they work hard, did what was necessary to get ahead and should not be penalized for or feel ashamed of their accomplishments.”

– Bernard Goldberg

“The top 1 percent of wage earners in the United States pays 40 percent of the income taxes and the top 10 percent of wage earners pay 90 percent of the income taxes … the very people that we expect to reinvest in our economy and to create jobs in our country.”

– Speaker of the House John Boehner

“I never got a job from a poor person.”

– Sean Hannity

“I also can’t lick my elbow and hop at the same time. Life’s funny, huh?”

What They Think They’re Saying:

“If you punish success, society will collapse into communism!”

What We Hear:

“I have to pay higher taxes than my gardener! Waaaah!”
“I’m pretty sure he’s either smoking pot or shooting up insulin back there. I forget which is which.”

There are two elements to this, and I don’t want to get too much into the first one because it gets into a tedious debate about tax policy and shit that nobody comes to Cracked.com to read. But, very briefly, it’s the concept of “You have your job because of a rich person.”

This is true, I suppose, if that rich person inherited their money and you are personally working for them as a gardener. But if you are working at a Toyota factory, your paycheck doesn’t come from under the mattress of the owner of the company. That money came from lots and lots of regular Joes who bought Toyota cars. The guys in suits are just middlemen between the supply and the demand.

So as for the popular talk radio joke, “I’ve never gotten a job from a poor person”? Well, Sean, a lot of your listeners are poor, and your advertisers are paying you with money they made by selling goods to those poor people. So, yeah, the cash you make does in fact bear the smelly fingerprints of the lower classes. It’s the same for somebody working at Walmart, or a grocery store, or a liquor store. You didn’t get your job from a poor person, but collectively their money made it happen. Which is just a long way to say the obvious: That rich people don’t make the world go around. It takes everybody.

But the second part is this idea that asking the rich to pitch in is “punishing” them.

So, Rich Guy, let me explain this as calmly and logically as I can:

Are you fucking 6 years old? Do you still think mom made you clean up your room because she was mean? In the adult world, we get asked to do things because shit needs to get done. It has nothing to do with fairness, it has nothing to do with judging you. It has nothing to do with you at all. There’s a whole world out there, with people who need helping and projects that need accomplishing.

You’re only being asked to pitch in because you have the resources. You’re not a tall person who us dwarfs are jealously trying to cut down to size. You’re a tall person being asked to get something down from a very tall shelf because nobody else can fucking reach it.

Really … I’m not trying to be condescending. We’re all adults here.

Just … here, how about this: Remember when Yoda told Luke he had to confront Darth Vader if he wanted to be a true Jedi? Do you think that was because Yoda hated Luke and assigned him that awful task to punish him? Was it because Yoda was jealous? Of Luke’s … height, or whatever?

Or was it because it needed to be done and Luke was the only one who could do it? Because he had the Force?

See, in our society, money is the Force.

Yes, I know you think you already give more than your fair share. So did Luke. So does everyone. Welcome to the human race — we all think we’re getting the shit end of the deal.

#1. “Stop Asking for Handouts! I Never Got Help from Anybody!”



“I’ve been on food stamps and welfare. Did anybody help me out? No.”

– Craig T. Nelson

“I expect nothing to be handed to me, and will continue to work my @$$ off for everything I have. I am NOT the 99 percent, and whether or not you are is YOUR decision.”

– Anonymous
“Unless you were born in Haiti. Then the deck is kinda stacked against you.”

What They Think They’re Saying:

“I pulled myself up by my bootstraps!”

What We Hear:

“Because I didn’t inherit millions of dollars, impoverished children don’t need food stamps!”

All right.

You “never got help from anybody.”

Nothing was “handed to you.”

All right.

Let’s say you scratched and you clawed and climbed the ladder of success. You never took a welfare check or charity, you worked three jobs to get through college. And at the end of it you look back on your labors and feel justified in saying, “I never got help from anybody.”
“Wow. When you put it like that, the vast majority of my life sounds terrible.”

So … you were never a child? From birth, you were hunting and gathering your own food? You never had a mother to “hand” you milk?

You’re completely self-educated? At age 4, you sought out your own knowledge, and paid teachers out of your own pocket?

I don’t think you did. I’d have seen something about it on the news.

I think your parents poured untold resources into your hungry mouth. I think you had a roof over your head that was paid for by other people, I think you went to schools that were built and staffed and paid for by other people, I think you felt safe because the streets were patrolled by other people, I think you drove to your three jobs on roads paved by other people, in a car built by other people and burning oil that was drilled by other people in a nation whose borders were defended by other people.
“Don’t mention it.”

Look, I understand why “I ain’t asking for help from nobody!” individualism works as an attitude, or a philosophy. No, you shouldn’t wait for help to come along. I’ll even agree that we don’t impress that message hard enough on kids when they’re growing up. Kids, if you’re reading this, and you fucking shouldn’t be, but if you are, let me tell you now:

The world doesn’t give a shit about you, and you’ll have to wrestle it for every good thing you get. Hell, I’ve written an entire article about how grown-ups don’t tell us how freaking hard everything is, and how the shock of unexpected effort trips us up.

But, for the rich, this somehow gets extended to the absolutely delusional idea that they exist on a purely self-sufficient island, in an ocean full of shiftless layabouts always asking to borrow their stuff.
“More soup? Next you’ll be asking to borrow one of my 12 golden Xboxes.”

And you literally hear people express it this way — in libertarian circles they refer to it as “Going Galt” (as in John Galt, the hero of Atlas Shrugged) — fed up rich people just disconnecting from this annoying “society” thing that’s bleeding them dry. If you live in my part of the country, you’ll hear hard-working, rural farmer types say, “I got my own piece of land, I grow my own food, all I want is to be left alone.” All right, well tell me this, cowboy:

Let’s say some mean, even richer guy, like a wealthy gangsta rapper, hired a bunch of armed thugs to come take your farm. What would you do? Your shotgun won’t fend them off — they have a hundred bigger shotguns. What will you do, call the cops? That is, other people, who will risk their lives while being paid with still other people’s tax money, who will try these bad guys in a court funded by yet other people’s tax money, under laws passed by legislators paid with other people’s tax money? Whoa, slow down there, welfare queen!
Now fight off these Nazis with your bootstraps.

But if none of that stuff existed, there would be nothing stopping Jay-Z from taking your farm. In other words, you don’t “own” shit. The entire concept of owning anything, be it a hunk of land or a house or a fucking sandwich, exists purely because other people pay other armed men to protect it. Without society, all of your brave, individual talents and efforts won’t buy you a bucket of farts.

So when I say “We’re all in this together,” I’m not stating a philosophy. I’m stating a fact about the way human life works. No, you never asked for anything to be handed to you. You didn’t have to, because billions of humans who lived and died before you had already created a lavish support system where the streets are all but paved with gold. Everyone reading this — all of us living in a society advanced enough to have Internet access — was born one inch away from the finish line, plopped here at birth, by other people.
“On your mark, get set — hey! Anybody else want to watch The Office?”

So when somebody else asks for your help, in the form of charity or taxes, or because they need you to help them move a refrigerator, you can cite all sorts of reasons for not helping (“I think you’re lying about needing help” or “I don’t care” or “I’m too tied up with my own problems”), but the one thing you can’t say is, “Why should you need help? I’ve never gotten help!” Not unless you’re either shamefully oblivious, or a lying asshole.

Hell, if anybody could play the “I did this myself!” card, it’s me. I mentioned earlier that I’ve made an unfair amount of money due to writing a novel about a zombie detective who only solves crimes of paranormal romance and then selling the film rights to said novel. If anything is a one-man show, it’s writing a book. Nobody helped me with that. Well, I mean other than the friend who created the title character. And the publisher who spent the money to print up the copies and publicize it. And all of the previous novelists who established the medium and genre. And the public school system that taught me how to read and write, and that taught all of my readers how to read. And the people who built and maintain the Internet so that I would have a place to promote it, and the people who maintain the roads so that the books could be shipped from Amazon …

You get the idea

Have you seen KWAM 1′s Ijebu mansion?

A lot has been said about Fuji great Wasiu Ayinde Anifowoshe aka K1 the Ultimate’s home in Ijebu, Ogun State.

Well, we’ve got some pictures for you to marvel at…

The mansion called ‘Omoojusagbola’ House was completed in March 2012, around the same time the Fuji icon turned 55.

Some reports say K1 has permanently moved into the multi-million Naira mansion but with him still regularly performing on stage, that might not be entirely true.

13 things that I have learnt about Religion

Don’t we hear all the time that the lessons of life are continuous, and that even in death, there’s still a lot of learning going on? Well, in my short time here, I have learnt quite a few things and because I’m just too generous for my own good, I’m sharing some of the things I have learnt with you. Enjoy!

1. I have learnt that in a world where there’s too little to hold on to, people should be left alone to trip on ideas like going to heaven. It’s often the only consolation for an otherwise cheerless life.

2. I have learnt that heaven cannot be for only those who congregate. Since God is love, truth, justice, peace and beauty, wherever we find love, truth, justice, peace and beauty, God is also present there, wherever ‘there’ might be.

3. I have learnt that only those who really lack substance make a life out of judging people. I have since come to believe that:

‘There is so much good in the worst of us.

And so much bad in the rest of us,

That it hardly becomes any of us,

To talk about the rest of us.‘ Edward Wallis Hoch

4. I have since learnt that as far as the thousands of myopic religious people I constantly encounter are concerned, the content of my character will never be as important as the God I profess. Yet, if I dare profess one that does not look like theirs, I am doomed all the same. At such moments I find solace in Ghandi’s words: “…after long study and experience I have come to the conclusion that: (1) all religions are true, (2) all religions have some error in them, (3) all religions are almost as dear to me as my own Hinduism. My veneration of other faith is the same as my own faith. Consequently the thought of conversion is impossible…Our prayer for others ought never to be: ‘God! Give them the light thou hast given to me! but ‘Give them all the light and truth they need for their highest development.’

5. I have learnt that in matters of faith and religion, prescriptive morality should be totally avoided. There can be no divine right vested in anyone to pronounce the final word or the ultimate truth. “The unique aim of human existence lies neither in Heaven or Hell, but only in carrying to its highest perfection the humanity which we bear within us.” Desiderius Erasmus

6. I have learnt that the next coming is that of the master within. That we actually should be searching for Him within our souls rather than waiting for Him.

7. I have also learnt that the way to become human is to recognize the characteristic features of God in all the wonderful variations of the face of man.

8. I have learnt that happiness can be overrated, and the power of sadness is often underestimated.

9. I have come to understand that my faith in Karma, Reincarnation and sameness of humanity gives me strength to navigate through trying times and find peace of mind.

10. I have learnt that loving truly, even the most undeserving, is never in vain. It may for sometime seem like casting pearls before swine, but in time, compensation will come.

11. I have learnt that being a father goes beyond the possession of a penis and the ability to impregnate a woman. Similarly, I have also learnt that a mother is not necessarily the woman who can carry a foetus for 9 months and wails at delivery.

12. I have learnt that while hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, the heavens also hath no pleasure like a woman loved. Nothing compares to a woman who loves truly and is truly loved back.

13. I have since learnt that if it is to be, it is up to me. I am the captain of my ship…I am the master of my fate.

Yoruba comedian, Baba Tee poses with his wife

Add caption Since his secret wedding to celebrity journalist, Yetunde Bustline, Babatunde Bernard popularly known as Baba Tee has not been spotted with his wife in public functions. This is likely going to be the first picture with his wife in a long time after their wedding

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Jackie Chan, the stunt master, takes a bow as he retires from action roles

Jackie Chan, popularly known for his real life stunts in action movies, has announced his retirement as an action star, saying he is too old for stunts and the world is “too violent”.

Speaking in Cannes, Chan said that his latest Hollywood movie, Chinese Zodiac, would be the last time he would be seen in a leading action role.

“This is my last action film,” he said. “I tell you, I’m not young any more. I’m really, really tired. And the world is too violent right now. It’s a dilemma – I like action but I don’t like violence.”

Chan has been talking of retirement for the past couple of years but said today that this time he really means it. Chinese Zodiac is Chan’s 100th film and features an international cast.
58 year-old Jackie Chan, born Chan Kong-sang made the first Police Story film in 1985, a US-influenced action comedy in which Chan performed a number of dangerous stunts. It was named the “Best Film” at the 1986 Hong Kong Film Awards

However, Jackie’s first huge blockbuster success came when he co-starred with Chris Tucker in the 1998 buddy cop action comedy Rush Hour, grossing US$130 million in the United States alone. This film made a star of Jackie Chan, in Hollywood. As a publicity stunt, Jackie also wrote his autobiography in collaboration with Jeff Yang entitled I Am Jackie Chan.


Jackie Chan in The Tuxedo

The 58-year-old actor said he felt “really, really tired” after decades of pushing his body to the limit. The dangerous nature of his stunts makes it difficult for Chan to get insurance, especially in the United States, where his stunt work is contractually limited. Chan holds the Guinness World Record for “Most Stunts By A Living Actor”, which emphasizes “no insurance company will underwrite Chan’s productions, in which he performs all his own stunts”.

In addition, he holds an unrecognised record for the most number of takes for a single shot in a film, having shot over 2900 retakes for a complex scene involving a Jianzi game in Dragon Lord.

Chan has been injured numerous times attempting stunts; many of them have been shown as outtakes or as bloopers during the closing credits of his films. He came closest to death filming Armour of God, when he fell from a tree and fractured his skull. Over the years, Chan has dislocated his pelvis and broken his fingers, toes, nose, both cheekbones, hips, sternum, neck, ankle and ribs on numerous occasions.

Jackie sure needs a break after decades of making dangerous stunts! It’s a surprise he is still fit after breaking everything in his body! He is a superstar of a rare kind

Ngozi Nwosu missing in action, allegedly down with HIV

Nollywood actress, Ngozi Nwosu has been missing in action for a while and it has raised concern. Earlier reports had said she was ailing with a kidney problem after she was spotted looking pale and lost weight. New findings have however emerged that the actress is in a terrible condition, believed to be Cotonou while colleagues are on the cause of raising financial support for treatment of her HIV status.

Read full report below:

The source who pleaded anonymity and was formerly in the service of the Nigerian Medical Research Center, Yaba, Lagos as a nurse hinted she’s HIV positive.

According to the source who was one of Ngozi`s medical counselors at the NMR, “Ngozi has been on medical surveillance since 2010. She is what I will call an HIV positive patient. Her kidney problem is as a result of her HIV complications. She used to visit the center on Wednesdays but we have not seen her for some time now”

Asked why Ngozi took off and shunned medical treatment, the source said, “Ngozi is a stubborn patient. I used to advise her to stop drinking and smoking as these habits won`t speed up her healing process fast. Worst of all, she does not take her drugs righteously. When a patient with HIV refuses to take recommended retro-viral drugs the person cannot get better. That is her problem.

Mind you when she visited the center not quite before I left we found out her DN4 was so low that we immediately raised an alarm and told her to be cautious of her her health situations and advised her to do better in taking her drugs as required. – E247”

Top Nigerian celebrated pastors and their net worth

According to Forbes Magazines, below are the Top 5 Richest Pastors, Men of God in Nigeria and their estimated net worths. Lets hope your pastor makes the list. Check list after cut


1. Bishop David Oyedepo

Affiliation: Living Faith World Outreach Ministry, aka Winners Chapel

Estimated net worth: $150 million

David Oyedepo is Nigeria’s wealthiest preacher. Ever since he founded the Living Faith World Outreach Ministry in 1981, it has grown to become one of Africa’s largest congregations. The Faith Tabernacle, where he hosts three services every Sunday, is Africa’s largest worship center, with a seating capacity of 50,000. Oyedepo owns four private jets and homes in London and the United States. He also owns Dominion Publishing House, a thriving publishing company that publishes all his books (which are often centered on prosperity). He founded and owns Covenant University, one of Nigeria’s leading tertiary institutions, and Faith Academy, an elite high school.


2. Chris Oyakhilome

Church: Believers’ Loveworld Ministries, a.k.a Christ Embassy

Estimated net worth: $30 million – $50 million

Last year, the charismatic preacher was at the center of a $35 million money laundering case in which he was accused of siphoning funds from his church to foreign banks. Pastor Chris pleaded no wrongdoing and the case was eventually dismissed. His church, Christ Embassy, boasts more than 40,000 members, several of whom are successful business executives and politicians. Oyakhilome’s diversified interests include newspapers, magazines, a local television station, a record label, satellite TV, hotels and extensive real estate. His Loveworld TV Network is the first Christian network to broadcast from Africa to the rest of the world on a 24 hour basis.


3. Temitope Joshua

Church: Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN)

Estimated net worth: $10 million – $15 million

Nigeria’s most controversial clergyman is also one of its richest and most philanthropic. T.B Joshua heads the Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN), a congregation he founded in 1987, which accommodates over 15,000 worshippers on Sundays. The Pastor has remained controversial for several years for his inexplicable powers to heal all sorts of incurable diseases, including HIV/AIDS, cancer and paralysis. For miracle-craving worshippers, The church currently has branches in Ghana, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Greece. In the past three years, he has given over $20 million to causes in education, healthcare and rehabilitation programs for former Niger Delta militants. He owns Emmanuel TV, a Christian television network, and is close friends with Ghanaian President Atta Mills.


4. Matthew Ashimolowo

Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC)

Estimated net worth: $6 million – $10 million

In 1992, Foursquare Gospel Church, a Nigerian church, sent Ashimolowo to open a satellite branch in London. But Pastor Matthew had other ideas and decided to set up his own church instead. Today, his Kingsway International Christian Center is reportedly the largest Pentecostal church in the United Kingdom. In 2009, the church posted profits of close to $10 million and assets worth $40 million. Ashimolowo earns an annual salary of $200,000, but his real wealth comes from varied business interests including his media company, Matthew Ashimolowo media, which churns out Christian literature and documentaries. Ashimolowo’s representatives did not respond to a request confirming his net worth and ownership of all these assets.


5.Chris Okotie

Church: Household of God Church

Net worth: $3 million -$10 million

Pastor Okotie made his first success as a popular pop musician in the 80s. He found the light, embraced the bible and set up the Household of God Church, one of Nigeria’s most flamboyant congregations. His 5,000 member church consists predominantly of Nollywood celebrities, musicians, and society people. He contested and lost Nigerian presidential elections for the third time this year under the Fresh Party, a political party he founded and funds. An automobile lover, he owns a Mercedes S600, Hummer and Porsche among several others

3 Boyfriends die protecting girlfriends In ‘Batman’ theater shooting

In the wake of Friday’s devastating theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., President Obama remarked that it will be the “good people” the heroes who took action that remain in our memories long after James Holmes, the alleged gunman, has been forgotten.

And as stories from the darkened chaos begin to emerge, three among many share similar heroic stories: they all died shielding their girlfriends from bullets.

Jon Blunk had served in the Navy and was planning to re-enlist. On Friday, the 26-year-old took his girlfriend, Jansen Young, to see the “Dark Knight” — when the assault began, Young says he saved her life. “Jon just took a bullet for me,” Young said in an interview on “Today”. “He knew and threw me on the ground, and was like, ‘We have to get down and stay down.’”

While Holmes walked up and down the aisles shooting, Young says her boyfriend was a constant presence, pushing her further under the seats and out of the line of fire. Finally, as the shots slowed, she crawled out and attempted to pull up Blunk by the shoulder, but he didn’t move.

“I guess I didn’t really know he had passed, up until I started shaking him and saying, ‘Jon, Jon, we have to go… It’s time for us to get out of here,’ ” she told the Denver Post.

Reached for comment by the NY Daily News, Young’s mother described Blunk as “loving, the kind of guy you want your daughter to be with.”

List of top Nigerian ‘money makers’

According to forbes, Nigeria is undoubtedly one of the richest countries in Africa thanks to its oil reserves. Here is the list of the top money makers in Nigeria, lets hope your uncle or may be father makes the list. View list after cut


Aliko Dangote
Net Worth:$11.2 billion – As of March 2012
Nigeria’s Richest Person: #1
Source of wealth: sugar, flour, cement , self-made
Age:54 ,Citizenship: Nigeria , Residence: Lagos, Nigeria
Marital Status: Married, Children:3


Mike Adenuga
Net Worth:$4.3 Billion – As of March 2012
Nigeria’s Richest Person: #2
Source of wealth: Telcom, banking, oil, self-made
Age:58 , Citizenship: Nigeria , Residence:Lagos, Nigeria
Marital Status: Married


Jim Ovia
Net Worth: $775 Million – As of November 2011
Source: Banking
Citizenship: Nigeria


Theophilus Danjuma.
Net Worth: $600 Million – As of November 2011
Source: Oil
Citizenship: Nigeria


Oba Otudeko
Net Worth: $550 Million – As of November 2011
Source: Manufacturing, Telecom
Citizenship: Nigeria


Hakeem Belo-Osagie
Net Worth: $450 Million – As of November 2011
Source: Telecom
Citizenship: Nigeria


Abdulsamad Rabiu
Net Worth: $400 Million – As of November 2011
Source: Sugar, Flour, Cement
Citizenship: Nigeria


Mohammed Indimi
Net Worth: $330 Million – As of November 2011
Source: Oil
Citizenship: Nigeria
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Nigerian Business Mogul, Aliko Dangote makes Bloomberg’s Inaugural List of the World’s 200 Richest People

Nigerian billionaire and business mogul, Aliko Dangote has been named as one of the World’s 200 Richest People by Bloomberg.

Bloomberg Markets’ inaugural list of the world’s richest people, in the magazine’s December 2012 issue, showcases the billionaires who pull the levers on the global economy. As noted on the magazine’s website, the ranking shows who’s on top (America Movil SAB Chairman Emeritus Carlos Slim, with a net worth of $77.5 billion), who’s faltering (Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, who’s down $6.8 billion since Jan. 1) and who’s just wealthy enough to make the top 200 (SAS Institute Inc. co-founder John Sall, who’s worth $5.8 billion).

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, both in the top five, are household names. At the number 3 position is Amancio Ortega of Spain. The 76-year-old founded Inditex SA, the world’s largest clothing retailer, which is known for its more than 1,600 trendy Zara stores. He made more than $18 billion from the start of the year through Oct. 5 or about $66 million a day.

Aliko Dangote was listed on the 62nd position with a total net worth of $13.5 billion. The 55 year-old CEO of Dangote Cement has made another $3.5 billion so far this year, increasing his wealth by 34.5%

He is however not the only African on the list. Egypt’s Nassef Sawiris was listed on the 141th position having a net worth of $7.8 billion. South Africa’s Nicky Oppenheimer and Johann Rupert made the 147th and 187th positions respectively. Their net worths are $7.6 billion and $6.2 billion.

Dangote’s achievements with his businesses have continued to put Nigeria on the world map. He has been a major contributor to the increase of foreign investments in Nigeria and is one of the largest employers of labour in the country. He recently made the final shortlist of the Forbes Africa Person of the Year Award. We celebrate his success and say we are indeed proud of him

Telecoms operators may pay N5m sanction for poor call billing system

WITH effect from this month, a telecommunications operator in Nigeria, which fails to provide its subscribers instant Short Message Service (SMS) alert at the end of every call with details of each call and available balances to the subscribers will be liable to a fine of N5 million and a further N500,000 per day as long as the contravention persists.

This is the new mandate by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to service providers, such as MTN, Globacom, Etisalat, Airtel and the Code Division Multiple Operators, Visafone, Starcomms and Multilinks.

According to NCC’s Head, Media and Public Relations, Rueben Muoka, this move would curb subscribers’ complaints over billing irregularities.

Meanwhile, Vice President Namadi Sambo has said that reforms in the power sector would greatly enhance investment in broadband in the country.

Specifically, he said there has been dearth of investment in broadband connectivity, thereby making access to the internet impossible for many Nigerians.

Sambo spoke at an investment forum hosted by the International Telecommunications Union in Dubai, United Arab Emirates recently.

According to him, government has put in place measures to cushion investment challenges and create a safe environment that would guarantee greater interest of investors not only in telecommunications but also other areas of the economy.

Besides, subscribers in Zamfara and Katsina states may not be getting the best possible telecommunication services because of the activities of their state and local governments frustrating service providers from expanding.

According to Airtel Nigeria, “fibre optic cable deployment is being held up in some states, particularly Zamfara and Katsina, over Right of Way payments already made to the Federal Government and this is affecting further deployment.”

Airtel raised alarm concerning the two states as part of a general report on the environmental challenges of the telecoms industry with impact on quality of service at a press conference in Lagos on Monday.

Airtel Nigeria’s Director of Regulatory Affairs and Special Projects, Mr. Osondu Nwokoro, addressed the conference supported by the Chief Technical Officer, Mr. Awadhesh Kalia and the Director of Corporate Communication and CSR, Mr. Emeka Oparah.

Across the nation, Airtel added: “There are on-going threats and harassment by Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government include site shutdowns and denial of access aimed at extracting multiple and illegitimate taxes and levies.”

On the billing issue, Muoka said: “This service is free to all subscribers with the commencement date for all the operators fixed for November 1, 2012. Any operator which fails to commence the service to its subscribers will be liable to fine in the sum of N5, 000,000 (five million naira) as sanction and a further sum of N500, 000 (five hundred thousand naira) per day as long as the contravention persists.”

He explained that the commission had in a directive issued since August 2012, mandated “that from November 1, 2012, all mobile operators shall send, free of charge, a message or an alert to both postpaid and prepaid subscribers after every call, SMS, or system generated charge or tariff, with a proviso that a subscriber can opt out if he or she so wishes.”

According to him, the directive “mandates the subscribers to send messages containing six pieces of critical information including: exact duration of the call minutes and seconds, total cost for each call or SMS; customer accounts balance after the last call for prepaid and SMS; customer account balance after a charge or tariff and the reason for the charge or tariff; cumulative call charges up to the last call within the charging period for postpaid customers; cost of services and credit balance upon request by customer for data service.”

He said the directive issued to the operators was in line with the provisions of Section 53(1) of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003, adding that this was in response to one of the major concerns of the subscribers as it relates to the actual amounts deducted from their credit balances by the service providers for each call or SMS sent.

“With this directive, subscribers are empowered to promptly discover any anomaly in their bills, and will be able to prove if they are billed for calls that they did not make,” he stated.

Sambo explained that although the country had experienced a monumental growth in voice telephony, there was a missing link in broadband as the cost for its acquisition was still very much high.

“Mr. President would have liked to have been here to illustrate the level of importance that we attach to this sector. This is a sector that cannot be discussed exclusively; therefore I would like to share with you some of the added values that are being planned for national growth.

“One of the major issues is the aspect of power supply. I would like to share with you that at the outset of this administration in 2010, Nigeria was generating 2,000MW of electricity. Today, we are generating 4,300MW. We are building 10 new turbine power plants which are all at advanced stages of completion and when completed, the 10 plants will add 5,000MW to the national grid.”

The Vice President who lauded NCC tasked the agency on improved regulation of the sector, saying “we have also reached an advanced stage in the construction of a large hydro power plant known as the Mambilla power plant which will add 3,050MW. Also, we will soon start the construction of the Zungeru hydro-power plant that will add an additional 700MW. Furthermore, we are exploring alternative energy sources.”

He said Nigeria had signed an agreement with Siemens that would produce 450MW of solar power in the first year of the project’s commencement.

According to Airtel, there are also challenges in various communities. Many local chieftains see telecommunication sites as sources of income and forcefully demand various payments, in the process preventing access to the sites for routine maintenance.

This practice, Nwokoro added, hurts the communities even more as residents suffer loss of service in an era where such services have become critical for family relations and general connectedness.

In the case of the North, Airtel said telecom services are suffering in seven states due to terrorists’ activities. Mostly affected are Yobe, Borno, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Katsina, and Kaduna. The attacks on facilities in the North East in particular affect not only the direct states but also subscribers in other locations across the country.

As part of remediation efforts, Airtel said it has reactivated 112 out of 193 sites bombed out in the North and is working on fixing the others.

It urged the Federal Government to speed up action on the planned policy on Right of Way payments as well as declare telecommunications Critical National Infrastructure given their growing importance in civil administration, finance, aviation and various other services critical to the functioning of modern societies and nation states

Govt may accept dialogue offer with condition

The Federal Government is ready for dialogue with Boko Haram but on one condition that the Spiritual and Political Leader of the sect, Imam Abubakar Shekau, will be at the negotiation table.

It was also learnt that the government may come up with an Amnesty Programme for members of the sect after ceasefire and disarmament if they are sincere.

A government source, who spoke in strict confidence, said the conditions set by the group would be resolved during the dialogue.

The source said: “We were not surprised by the offer of the dialogue because there had been contacts between the sect and National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki in the last few months.

“As a matter of fact, the NSA had some talks with the leaders of the sect last week where it was indicated that Shekau’s deputy might lead Boko Haram delegation to the dialogue.

“The NSA however said the government would want Shekau to head the team from the sect’s side in order to give the proposed talks more weight.

“With Shekau, who is the spiritual and political leader of Boko Haram, there will be a meaningful direction for the discussion by the two parties.

“If it works out and if Boko Haram is sincere with the dialogue option, the government will embrace it.”

Responding to a question, the source added: “Once we can find common grounds, the government will come up with a rehabilitation initiative which is similar to the ongoing Amnesty Programme.

“Even in the case of the affected parts of the North, there might be a joint reconstruction programme between the Federal Government and the ravaged states.”

Concerning the demand of Boko Haram for the arrest of ex-Governor Ali Modu Sheriff, the source added: “That is a political side of their demands which the government will look into.

“From security reports and investigation by agencies, some members of the sect gave Sheriff support during his election based on three demands.

“The demands were a creation of a Ministry for Islamic (Religious Affairs), being part of Sheriff’s government and the implementation of Sharia in Borno State.

“They parted ways with Sheriff when he refused to implement the Sharia policy. The situation worsened following the brutal killing of the leader of the sect, Mohammed Yusuf and a former Commissioner for Islamic (Religious) Affairs in Sheriff’s cabinet.

“The dialogue will shape discussions on the fate of Sheriff.”

Your only limitation is YOU. If he can, YES YOU CAN.

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Six-year-old Quadruplets from Shenzhen, China with their hair shaved into numbers before they start go to school for their first time. Their parents decided to mark them with 1, 2, 3, 4 on their heads to make it easier for teachers and classmates to tell them apart.

Anini: The most famous armed robber that ever lived in Nigeria

Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini 1960 – March 29, 1987 was a famous Nigerian bandit who terrorised Benin City in the 1980s along with his sidekick Monday Osunbor. He was captured and executed for his crimes.

Anini was born in a village about 20 miles from Benin City in present day Edo State. He migrated to Benin at an early age, learned to drive and became a skilled taxi driver in a few years. He became known in Benin motor parks as a man who could control the varied competing interest among motor park touts and operators.

He later dived into the criminal business in the city and soon became a driver and transporter for gangs, criminal godfathers and thieves. Later on, he decided to create his own gang and they started out as car hijackers, bus robbers and bank thieves. Gradually, he extended his criminal acts to other towns and cities far north and east of Benin.

The complicity of the police is believed to have triggered Anini’s reign of terror in 1986. In early 1986, two members of his gang were tried and prosecuted against an earlier under-the-table bribe induced agreement with the police to destroy evidence against the gang members. The incident, and Anini’s view of police betrayal, is believed to have spurred retaliatory actions by Anini. On August, 1986, a fatal bank robbery linked to Anini was reported in which a police officer and a child were killed. That same month, two officers on duty were shot at a barricade while trying to stop Anini’s car. During a span of three months, he was known to have killed 9 police officers. He wrote numerous letters to media houses using political tones of Robin Hood-like words to describe his criminal acts.

On December 3, 1986, he was caught at a house off the main street of Benin in the company of six women friends. Anini was shot in the leg, transferred to a military hospital, and had one of his legs amputated. The country’s military leader, Ibrahim Babangida, demanded a speedy trial. Anini was convicted of most of his charges and was executed on March 29, 1987

Keshi names 24 man squad for Venezuela friendly

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has named 24 home-based players for the friendly match against Venezuela in Miami, United States of America, on November 14, as he prepares the side for January’s Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.

Team Secretary, Dayo Enebi Achor, advised the invited players to resume at the Bolton White Apartment camp of the team on Sunday with their international passports and two passport photographs.

The list consists of two goalkeepers, nine defenders, 13 midfielders and strikers with four players – Solomon Yaya (Kwara United), Ugwu Uwadiegu (Enyimba), Gambo Mohammed (Kano Pillars), Gomo Onduku (Sharks) and Emmanuel Ajia (Lobi) – getting their first national call-ups.

Kano Pillars’ midfielder, Gabriel Reuben, gets a recall after injury sidelined him from the squad. The 2012 League Bloggers Awards Player of the Year and Best National Team Player has been ruled out for several months but if fit, he is a big boost for Keshi as he gradually aims to blend the home-based players and their foreign-based counterparts.

Niger Tornadoes’ Okey Azubuike and Tony Okpotu of Lobi Stars are also in the squad after U-20 duty with the Flying Eagles.

Also invited is captain of the home-based Eagles, goalkeeper Chigozie Agbim of Warri Wolves.

Nigeria Premier League champions, Kano Pillars, supplied the highest number of players – five- while Heartland FC and Wolves had four and three players respectively.

Enyimba, Rangers, Sunshine and Lobi Stars provided two players each while Gombe United, Niger Tornadoes, Sharks and Kwara United had one player each.

Two-time champions Nigeria are in Group C of the 2013 Nations Cup alongside defending champions Zambia, former champions Ethiopia and Burkina Faso.

Gunmen kill traditional ruler, 20 others in Zamfara

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have killed 20 people in Kaboro village in Zamfara state northwest Nigerian. Local Government spokesman, Nuhu Salihu Anka, said on Wednesday.

12 men armed with guns stormed Kaboro village early on Tuesday morning, demanding money before shooting and hacking people to death, local residents said.

After several people had been killed, the area’s chief appealed to the gunmen to stop firing, but they turned their weapons on him instead, according to the spokesman.

“They were all shot to death while the village head was slaughtered with a sword,” local government spokesman Salihu Anka told Reuters by phone.

At least 27 people were killed in June when suspected armed robbers attacked several villages in Zamfara.

This killing comes on the heel of Sunday’s attack on a Catholic Church in another north central state, Kaduna.

A suicide bomber drove a jeep full of explosives into a church in Kaduna, about 70 miles (113 km) from the Zamfara border, killing eight people and triggering reprisals that killed at least two more

Man Served Jungle Justice For Stealing Ram During Sallah Celebration

No one discovered America.

Carbon dating and other very complicated scientific processes will determine that it was always there. The planet made entirely of milk chocolate.

Astronomers will be shocked at first, but soon come to realize that in an almost infinite universe every possibility will eventually be realized. The planet will be so far from Earth that it will be impractical to fill our milk chocolate needs there for at least 500 years. Federal authorities will investigate the possibility that chocolate manufacturers knew of this planet but kept it secret, citing chocolate products with names like "Milky Way" and "Mars."

Yawning is contagious, and can kill

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Studies at the Van Winkle Institute will prove once and for all that the affliction that teenagers at family gatherings with cousins that are too young or too old for them have long tried to tell the world about … is real: A person can be bored to death.

Cell phones do not cause brain cancer

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However, they will be shown to cause brain deterioration over time due to the added usage required for the thinking, speaking and general kvetching they make "necessary." It seems that ideas that were simply thought and dismissed in years past, are now fully formed into semi-coherent "brain blogs" and distributed via cell phone throughout one's circle of friends, whose brains are, in turn, further deteriorated by the process.