[font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font][color=#990000][/color]Today is my day, though no celebration, but ur jolly wishes n prayerz will make ma day. Any B/Day mate, don't hesitate to show up here.

On behalf of Rasputinn(who has been away on some natural mission) I wish all celebrants for last & this week many happy returns

Hello everyone,
It's good to be back after a very busy spell,went to bury my mother-in-law
The devil is a loser
The song of praise of the most high God will remain on our lips

And a big welcome to the latest members on this thread
Lompi23,Saskatoon,Lawrea,QueenAnais and Jamesjami
Daps to y'all

;Dhey 7th september,198---your eyes go pop comot.eightywetin you wan see?any how sha proud to be a product of December coldness

Mine is 24th today, since i have no birth mate i'm wishing myself a happy birthday, long life and prosperity many good things ahead to come in the future.

24TH HERE [color=#770077][/color]

23rd ,i bet we are few

anny2020:

24TH HERE [color=#770077][/color]

Happy birthday Anny

toksdam:

23rd ,i bet we are few

Hi Toks,these here are your bday mates
Franklinog,Scubagirl and Mikelbay

@ poster,

rasputinn:

Happy birthday Anny

well thanks mate,just as i thought i will try and find them

Ihuoma85:

Happy birthday to them who celebrates today, me included. Hope you all have had a good day.

Happy birthday Ihuoma

And finally for our bruvas n sistas whose days fall on the 29th and 30th,we say do have yourselves very blessed birthdays

And they are;

September 29th: Sannies,Bigproject,Sept 29,Ikamefa,Pclay,Testy,chiegemba,freeranger and Joyblinks

September 30th: Goldwater

rasputinn:

And finally for our bruvas n sistas whose days fall on the 29th and 30th,we say do have yourselves very blessed birthdays

And they are;

September 29th: Sannies,Bigproject,Sept 29,Ikamefa,Pclay,Testy,chiegemba,freeranger and Joyblinks

September 30th: Goldwater

tank you oh!

ikamefa:

tank you oh!

Anytime dear

5th

cheyi:

5th

Welcome
Your birthday mates are Radiant,Sizmo,Fab509 and Rugina

September rocks!!! 15th is my special day right in the middle of the month isn't dat special . Lots of LOVE 2 all my birthday mates .

kulus:

September rocks!!! 15th is my special day right in the middle of the month isn't that special . Lots of LOVE 2 all my birthday mates .

You're damn right baby
Hope you had yourself a wonderful celebration
Your birthday mates are;Stephen P,Gagnant,Ernalibot,GB777,Blackspade are lawrea
Welcome to the thread

Hi y'all

It's been a while. Hi everyone.

How tremor, landslide swallowed our farmlands– Victims of Enugu earth tremor

Residents of Ugwueme, Umuhu, Ugulesi Awgu and Ezinese Mgbidi communities in Awgu Local Government Area, Enugu State could not believe their eyes when they visited their farmland in the morning of October 7, 2008.

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Scene of the landslide

Expansive farmlands measuring more than 20 square kilometres had been destroyed by a tremor.

On account of the incident which was later explained as a landslide, there were huge cracks and depressions on the land as if a straying ballistic missile had exploded there. Some trees sank in the depression while others were completely uprooted.

Materials suspected to have been thrown up from the earth crust during the tremor littered the entire area.

Expectedly, the affected communities were in an uproar over the incident which had literally taken away the means of livelihood of the majority of the people who are predominantly farmers.

Although the farming season has passed, the devastation wrought by mother nature left the residents bewildered. While some described it as an earthquake, others argued it was a tremour and a forewarning about a serious natural disaster that may yet happen.

The traditional Prime Minister of Awgu, Chief Stephen Onuorah, who visited the scene on the second day of the incident, said he felt a massive shaking and reverberations under his feet. He said he heard a noise that sounded like the roaring of a bulldozer. Surmising that it was an earthquake, he contacted the Chairman of Awgu Local Government Area, Chief Uche Anioke, who later led some officials to the site.

Amazed at the level of devastation, the council boss contacted experts from the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, but the confusion over the incident was dispelled by the team of experts from the National Geo-hazards Monitoring Centre led by the director of the agency, Mr. Alex Nwegbu, and Prof Cornelius Nwajide, a lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and consultant to Shell Petroleum Development Corporation.

The team which also included geologists, geophysicists and seismists, visited the farmland on Tuesday. They described the incident as a landslide which occurred on account of massive rainfall which “peculated into the land to an impermeable layer and caused land cracks”.

Nwegbu in his preliminary report traced the remote cause of the incident to the geographical positioning of Awgu which was sitting on a ridge belt called clay star. The belt runs from Idah in Kogi State through Awgu to Arochukwu community in Cross River State, all of which are prone to geo-hazards.

The landslide, Nwegbu added, happened because the earth was dry and cracked during the dry season. When it rains, the cracks absorb water which percolates and moves in a rotational and translational manner and causes massive fracture on the earth surface.

“This incident is a major one never witnessed in this part of the world. The cracks happened to be part of a certain ridge of over 500 km that stretches from Idah northwards towards Benue River, surging southwards all the way towards Enugu through Awgu and Leru (Imo State) and peters out at Arochukwu. The scar on this ridge must be avoided either for building or for farming,” Nwegbu warned.

The experts found that the integrity of the land is poor because the sedimentary rock underneath can cave in easily and dissolve and the texture can no longer hold water. They took a sample of the soil for further investigation.

Nwajide said that the tremor could not be controlled and could indeed happen again. He stated that the affected land had been rendered useless for any productive activities, warning residents not to do anything on the area.

A farmer, who was affected by the devastation, Ugwuanyi, said he could no longer recognise his farm when he got there, adding that the whole area looked like the scene of a major battle between two great elemental forces.

Anioke, in an interview with Saturday Punch, thanked the experts for responding quickly to his calls, but noted that his office was facing a serious challenge managing the social crisis that nature had placed on his doorstep without warning.

Many families who lost their farmland and crops now rely on him for their survival, a challenge the council was ill-equipped to handle, he stated.

Calling on the Federal Government to come to the aid of the communities, the council chairman explained that the affected families would need to purchase new farmlands and seedlings as their land had been lost forever. “The challenge before the council is to provide relief materials like food and water to the communities. We are trying to identify genuine land owners and we are also making wide consultations to see how to address the social dislocations the disaster has thrown up,” he said.

Anioke said he was yet to get any offer of help from the state and federal emergency management agencies, stressing that a quick response to the incident was key to ameliorating the suffering of the communities which lost their sources of water during the disaster.

During the week, the Enugu State House of Assembly also called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to investigate the cause and implication of the earth tremor and proffer solutions to it without delay.

The Chairman of the House Committee on Petroleum Resources and Environmental Management, Chris Ugwu, in a report sent to the state assembly, described the incident as an unusual disaster, noting that with the magnitude of the ecological disaster, there was need for the Federal Government and the state Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources to pay special attention to the community by providing fertilizer and improved variety of seedlings for the next farming season.

Ugwu said that his committee, which visited the area, observed that large portions of land were compressed into crooked ridges and valleys.

He said, “In view of the bizarre nature of the incident, the attendant fear and devastation it has caused, the National and State Emergency Management Agencies should come to the assistance of the people of the community.”

He urged the National Orientation Agency to mount an enlightenment campaign in the affected community so the people can keep off the devastated area.

Welcome to a new week my peeps,slowly but surely,2008 is coming to an end,hope y'all av been meeting/surpassing your targets?

Remember to allow the Holy spirit to lead you

Hi! Rasputinin, why have u not been able to link me up wt my birthmate(s) now? U must get them for me o! Haba! 7th Sept. is a wonderful date now. I am sure I wasnt the only one born on this date, so? look for them for me. FULLSTOP.

Waruno:

Hi! Rasputinin, why have u not been able to link me up wt my birthmate(s) now? U must get them for me o! Haba! 7th Sept. is a wonderful date now. I am sure I wasnt the only one born on this date, so? look for them for me. FULLSTOP.

Okay,over to you all ye September 7 babies,your attention is needed by fire by force

18th boi, hail september people, 2face na my birthday mate, i hp say i knw go start to dey impregnate chic(as) too nw.

Duroti:

18th boi, hail september people, 2face na my birthday mate

Hi Duroti
Welcome to the thread for the peeps born in the best month of the year;NO DOUBT

JUST FOLLOW THE TRACKS:A JOKE


3 men are stranded in the middle of the Canadian Forest and they don't know where they are at. They decide that they have to find some food. So the first man leaves and tells the other 2 that he is going to get some food.

Several Hours later, he comes back with a deer over his shoulder. The other 2 are amazed and ask him how he got a deer without any weapons. He replies, " I find tracks, i follow tracks, i get deer". They both are slightly confused but let it go.

1 week later, they have eaten the deer, so they need to get more food. The second guy leaves and says that he is going to get food. He comes back a couple hours later with a elk over his shoulder. The other 2 ask how he got the elk. He simply replies, "I find tracks, i follow tracks, i get Elk".

5 days later, they have eaten the elk, so they need more food. The third guy, feeling very cocky, thinks to himslef, " This is going to be a piece of cake. The other guys got the other animals so easy. I'm going to get an animal better than their's put together!". So he leaves to get some food. They wait a couple hours, he doesn't come back. They wait another couple hours, he is still missing.

Finally, after 9 hours of waiting, they see him coming back. His clothes are torn rags, he is covered in dirt with scrapes and bruises all over his body. He is bleeding from different gashes in his arms and legs along with one on the side of head. They ask, " What happened!". He looks at them, wide-eyed and confused, and replies, " I find tracks, I follow tracks, i get hit my train".