Clearly this is a very selfish decision by Jonathan, how many Nigerians can afford a brand new car of 4-5million naira?, i regret voting that man. Just some few weeks ago, he banned importation of fish, fish business has crippled and price of fishes has sky-rocketted. Why is jona making life miserable for the common man?, i weep for this nation. i weep for this generation and the generation yet unborn. The poor keeps getting poorer while they (the politicians) keep faking certificates and siphoning our money. Only God can judge them now. Jona will weep profusely too in 2015 and we the common Nigerian will smile cos victory will be ours, if we can just endure and survive jona's tenure, there is a brighter day ahead. May God curse him and bless us the common man.

Fake story, one naija guy cooked up this shii

Its not right for you to open up a thread for something so miniscule and irrelevant.

Bleszin: Weather u lyk it or nt women rule d world

i wish u are right but u are wrong dear

Bleszin: Hw?

we marry u women and then u become totally submissive to us.

Bleszin: We run d world....dats jst a fact

well maybe u women run the world, but we men run u people.

mizzthang:

Huh? Whc mail?

didnt u get my mail?

Mermaid.of.life:
Well
Thang, this is what i have to say.
I hate lesbians ....they are possesive and extremely jealous. but i
wonder why the wast of energy..Like WTF am i gonna marry u biatch?
I'd take a bi-chic anyday.....the versatility is awesome. And yes
bi'simply enjoy d best of both worlds with no drama!

person

Dyt: Flips up n down
Again
And again
And again
Can someone pls summarize what she wrote?

she wrote jargons

mizzthang:

Hmmm
Come on, keep selling. I might buy!

reply my mail

mizzthang:

You got money?

i got everything u need

mizzthang:

Ears... back of the neck... between the shoulder blades... base of the toes... just below d pit... just above the waist on d side... e.t.c.

will u marry me?

mizzthang:

Smh seriously. What if she doesn't like being squeezed. Like me, I dislike being squeezed. It puts me on edge.

the wrong people have been handling your bosoms. Get an expert.

mizzthang:

Come on!

I'm not saying don't touch, buh u will do eventually buh try other sensuos parts na.

which other sensous parts my dear?

the bossoms are there to be squeezed by us. What else is there to squeeze or handle with if not the bossoms?

Tinkybabe:

You're a murderer of english language.

murderer indeed

women runs the world? i doubt this

miz tola: ...battle of the sexes,laff iyaf finish my throat.

when u have tiny throat nko :p

lepasharon: guys are nasty..they pee nd dont wash their hands

oh we have to carry water about like we know we will pee at a certain time. Do u girls wash that p***y after peeing? and u expect us to eat that thing.

Ohwhy: Another silly thing they do is seeing a girl pass by and calling "sssssssssssss fine girl" like as if she's a fine snake or calling her as if she's a dog... If the girl doesn't answer, he will change it to " ugly thing, u think say u fine mtcheew"

D worst one is sending a kid to call the girl saying " my chairman said I should call you" what's DAT na?

Lol babe u probably stay at Mushin or Ajegunle where we have loads of razz guys.

PrettyRita: No wonder prof was shamelessly defending him. Always around rivers govt house. All cos of d daughter. I see. Old man supporting d daughter to destroy another woman's matrimonial home.

*u are the most foolish being on planet earth for believing this jajajaga story. Aaarrrrgh*

lol thank u dear, nice username btw

Festus Iyayi was, by every account, a truly
exceptional Nigerian. University lecturer and
activist, he was, between 1986 to 1988, the
leader of the labour union entity known as the
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the
umbrella organization responsible for the
activities of academic staff unions across
universities in Nigeria. In 1987, as its president,
ASUU confronted the military leadership at the
time, advocating critical improvements of
working and education conditions for the staff
and students population alike. As its influence
grew and with typical military fastidiousness,
ASUU was banned by the government at the
time. Its leadership, starting with Iyayi, were
arrested, detained and tortured. His
employment with the University of Benin was
terminated. He experienced – and survived –
this extremely harsh and inhuman treatment,
grew in stature and principle whilst achieving,
albeit in part, some of the objectives that led to
the original standoff in the first place. With the
passage of time, he ceded the front-runners role
to others but remained a formidable
encapsulation of wisdom for ASUU. For 5
months now, ASUU has embarked on a strike,
citing some of the same issues for which Iyayi
so valiantly put himself in the forefront. With
the stagnation of efforts by government to
resolve the crisis, yet another negotiation
exercise was arranged to take place. Iyayi’s
considerable experience and voice was called
upon. On Tuesday, 12 November 2013, on a
journey by road to Kano to attend an ASUU
National Executive Council meeting, Iyayi and
three others were involved in a fatal motor
accident in which, most profoundly, he lost his
life. That Nigeria, the Academic Staff
Community, Edo State and most importantly, his
family have lost a leader of immense
proportions is unquestionable and the nation’s
deepest sympathies are with them at this
extremely trying time.
But what is so significantly galling is that having
survived the most indescribable physical abuse
for a cause for which he stood so heroically tall,
he was to be claimed by a quite needless,
entirely avoidable and hugely unnecessary
accident. The accident occurred when the
vehicle he was travelling in was hit by another
from the convoy of the Kogi State Governor
driven, it appears, with such capriciousness that
its impact caused the injuries from which he
sadly never recovered.
Convoy related accidents are not new in Nigeria.
Incidents of very serious and fatal accidents
occurring across the country have continued to
occupy news headlines and occur with shocking
regularity. The key features of these accidents
are largely two fold. First, these vehicles are
driven at such speed – generally by drivers who,
in real terms, are so ill-prepared for high speed
driving of this nature that masterly control of
the vehicles is generally difficult – and with such
disregard for other road users that accidents are
often prevented largely by the other drivers
taking evasive action. The second reason, to
which this article with return in some depth, is
that the proliferation of “convoy driving” from
an obscenely inordinate number of “convoy
users” makes it inevitable that high volumes of
accidents would necessarily occur.
Convoy travel – for want of a better description
– is an inherited luxury. Essentially conceived to
aid easier travel on congested roads, the
purpose was to provide faster travel to
destinations for emergencies and urgent
attendance for matters of state attention. In
doing this, the security of those being
transported, itself an important consideration
depending on the passenger, was an additional
benefit as speedier travel would inevitably
provide a security bonus for the “Very
Important Passenger”. This practice is common
across the world. But it is important to look at
the current position for some of the world’s
most advanced nations from where these
practices have been culled.
In the United Kingdom, sirens and flashing lights
are described as “blues and twos”. Almost
completely utilized by the emergency services,
like the Fire, Ambulance and law enforcement
services, its use is chiefly too obtain faster
access to respond to an incident of the type
covered by the emergency service. The use of
blue flashing lights is regulated by the Road
Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989, and sirens
by the Road Vehicles Construction and Use
Regulations 1986, both as amended in minor
respects by various other pieces of legislation
subsequently. Vehicles used for these purposes
may have exemptions from some road traffic
regulations whilst responding to an emergency.
These exemptions range from exceeding the
statutory speed limit (police, fire and ambulance
purposes only; and special forces purposes only
for national security emergencies where the
driver is trained or is being trained in high-
speed driving); driving in a bus lane; stopping on
zigzag lines; parking in restricted areas, using
audible warnings outside permitted hours.
However, the guiding and overriding principle is
that merely being authorised to use blue lights
and sirens does not of itself grant exemptions
from road traffic law. In other words, despite
the exemptions, compliance with road traffic
laws including driving with due care and
attention to other road users remain paramount.
As for official usage, this is extremely restricted.
Prior to the premiership of David Cameron, only
the Prime Minister and a very small selection of
government officials used flashing lights and
travelled, convoy style. Tony Blair, the last of
the prime ministers who did so travelled in a
state official car, with no more than a small
number of other vehicles and highly trained
police motorcycle outriders. Without motorcycle
support to keep travelling routes clear, the
reasoning is that the inevitable occurrence of
London traffic and traffic lights renders the
passenger a static, vulnerable security target.
Post 9/11, the security concerns around the
person of the British Prime Minister has
heightened tenfold, justifiably sustaining the
reason for this high level of security during
vehicular movement. This movement is often
quietly done, with only the flashing lights giving
any indication of such top-level movement.
Despite this quite justifiable premise, David
Cameron has now dispensed with the motorcycle
outriders and scaled down the size of his
motorcade to almost invisible proportions. He
has been fiercely criticized for this decision
particularly because, at a fundamental level, the
effective protection of the prime minister is
necessary, it has been argued, for the secure
function of British democracy. He has stuck to
this decision, still at no personal cost to his
safety. Imagine then what this has done to those
other “entitled” public officials. Such “convoy”
movement for private citizens whatever their
status and wealth, is unknown.
At the other end of the scale, in the United
States, the vehicular movement of the President
is common knowledge so much that it has
actually become a tourist attraction. The
motorcade for the President of the United States
comprises twenty to thirty vehicles. In addition
to the president, the motorcade may carry his
spouse, members of the press, security, White
House officials, and VIP guests. The major
members travel in armoured vehicles, typically
specially configured limousines. The motorcade
contains several armored vehicles, a USSS
Electronic Countermeasures Suburban, a
counter-assault team, and Secret Service agents.
When called for, a hazardous materials team
precedes the motorcade on alert for potential
hazards. A police presence precedes the
beginning of the presidential motorcade. These
cars and motorcycles usually drive ahead to
clear the way and block traffic. The motorcade
for the president is made up of two parts, the
first being the "secure package". In the event of
an emergency, the secure package separates
from the rest of the group. It includes two
limousines heavily guarded by local law
enforcement and Secret Service, with all cars
driven by professional drivers. The second part
is made up of vans that transport White House
staff members and selected members of the
press. In the rear is the WHCA Roadrunner
communications van – which provides the
primary communications path via satellite,
allowing bi-directional voice, data and streaming
video – an ambulance, and additional police
vehicles. The US President’s movement is one of
the most astute security operations the world
has seen. The movement is swift, precise and
occurs with minimum disruption to other road
users despite the size of that motorcade. The
reasons are also plainly obvious. The Vice
President has a much smaller motorcade. Sirens,
flashing lights and convoys have very restricted
usage. Critically, the number of public officials
is so small that this is almost insignificant. The
moral from both comparisons is that its use is
confined to a small selection of individuals; its
implementation seamless and its occurrence,
however often, resulting in only the slightest
interference with other road users. Needless to
state, there is almost no risk to the lives of
those on the road at the same time.
There are serious problems with convoy traffic,
sirens and flashing lights in Nigeria. First, there
is an inordinately large number of users.
Without exaggeration, this number must run into
several thousands, countrywide. The vast
majority are public servants starting at the very
top. There is very limited control of the process
by which approval is given; who or at what level
of public service this ridiculous benefit is
afforded. Then there is private individual usage.
In all cases, speed of travel and security are
cited for its usage. But this also presents the
very reason for its wanton abuse. The fact that it
is extended to private individuals is plainly
outrageous and that this is usually accompanied
by corresponding deployment of law
enforcement officers from the Police Force
makes this process even more bewildering. The
incredulity does not end there. The vehicles
utilised are often high powered, sometimes
customized vehicles for which their drivers
receive little or no training. These vehicles are
driven, therefore, by poorly trained drivers at
astonishing speeds over roads and surfaces that
can be treacherous and at great risk to motorists
and pedestrians. It is this aspect, namely the
speedy and incompetent driving, more than the
actual convoys, sirens and lights that accounts
for the majority of the accidents and fatalities.
But by a long margin, the most culpable in this
charade of recklessness are the “Very Important
Passengers”. These individuals represent the very
reason that these convoys and high speed
driving even exist, in the first place. Between
2005 and 2013, no less that 10 governors and
their convoys have been involved in quite
serious accidents, some of them personally
affected and some resulting in fatalities. Several
others outside this extremely high level of
governance make up this ugly and undignified
statistic. It is incomprehensible that this type of
road behaviour is condoned or accepted with
the kind of crass abandon that has been the
case. Its continuance connotes recklessness and
institutional extravagance at its highest by some
of the very people who should lead the
responsibility for eradicating this syndrome.
That the passengers do not feel physically
endangered by such high speed driving poses
confounding questions about their sanity.
Convoy movement – along with its excesses - is
deplorable and to be abhorred, the very posture
taken, so admirably, by Babatunde Fashola, the
Lagos State Governor. He – and Lagos State –
have followed this deprecation by the passage,
in 2012 of the Lagos State Road Traffic Law
which seeks to regulate both the usage of sirens,
convoys and the conduct of persons driving on
Lagos roads in this respect. It is a start but its
theme is so commendable it should be borrowed
by the rest of the nation.
Iyayi’s tragic death, as with many others that
have occurred in this way is so regrettable it
should offend the sensibilities of every road
using Nigerian. It should not be ignored in
typical Nigerian fashion. This lamentable tragedy
should serve as a catalyst of re-orientation for
the many who are, could and would be affected
by this most deplorable practice. Enough is
Enough!!

ANDREW OBINNA ONYEARU