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Politics / Re: Uninterrupted Electricity Impossible In Nigeria Now— Power Minister: Prof. Nebo by toluene12: 3:42pm On Feb 10, 2015
ogene007:

I'm pretty much certain that you did not go to school because f you did, you will not come here to advertise your ignorance. The problem in nigeria today is that social media has afforded all manners of characters to come online to spew thrash. I implore you to do a little research of the profile of Prof Nebo before coming here to advertise your idiocy. When the Erudite Prof says it costs 2 billion USD per Mega watts, he knows what he is talking about. Those of us who are well informed know that the man is absolutely correct and that is why we are not queuing up behind the cattle rearer and mooing 'change' like one of those his 150 cows.

Abeg
Show us anywhere in the world
where 1MW of electricity = 1billion dollars

For a whole prof to utter the above statement
Then Nigeria is in trouble
That means Nigeria spends 4.5 trillion dollars to generate its present 4500MW shocked shocked shocked

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Autos / Re: CN Cars: We Sell Used & Tokunbo Vehicles! by toluene12: 8:54am On Dec 19, 2014
is the tokunbo Toyota matrix still available? how much?
how much is Nissan xterra 2005 tokunbo and tokunbo 2005 RAV 4
Autos / Re: I Help People Buy Cars From Cotonuo At Cheaper Rate...no Hidden Charges by toluene12: 8:34am On Dec 19, 2014
how much is Nissan xterra 2005 with genuine custom papers
Autos / Re: Direct Tokumbo Cars At A Cheaper Price: 2000 - 2014 Model Cars. Toyota, Honda, by toluene12: 8:32am On Dec 19, 2014
how much is Nissan xterra 2005
Autos / Re: Clean Tokunbo Toyata Corolla 2003 Model @give Away by toluene12: 8:28am On Dec 19, 2014
how much
Politics / Re: US Men Found Innocent After 30 Years In Jail by toluene12: 5:07pm On Sep 03, 2014
shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked
They just have to be black men!!!
THE BIGGEST WHITE LIE EVER TOLD:
The only race that matters is the human race

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Dating And Meet-up Zone / Serious Relationship Needed by toluene12: 8:06pm On Aug 24, 2014
hello ladies, I'm a 31 yr old based in benin n financially stable. In need of a pretty yoruba lady btw the age 25-29 yrs.
any lady interested can call me on 08179884032or pm me.
Politics / Re: z by toluene12: 9:43pm On Aug 23, 2014
do u people offer stem cell transplsnt?
if yes, how much?
Health / Re: Doctors At Ebola Isolation Center In Lagos Say N1.9bn Promised By The FG Was Nev by toluene12: 12:38pm On Aug 23, 2014
Amya: I'm sure the doctors in the isolation ward are their swallowing spittles waiting for the 1.9billion that will change their life forever. I'm sure they've divided it amongst themselves even.

If the FG allocated N1.9billion to fight the scourge, does that in anyway imply the lump sum given to the doctors at the isolation unit? The people their are infected already and what they need is food and drugs to heal them which I'm sure even Lagos state can provide. But I'm sure the ministry has started sending something. Maybe smaller than they expected.

The money is therefore for the prevention of Ebola and curtailing it and that has absolutely nothing to do with the doctors at the isolation ward.

I see greed in those doctors eyes.

simple article, u cannot comprehend.
u need to go back and demand for a refund from ur school principal.
that institution did a poor job on u.
then work on urself
so that future academic investment will not be a waste.

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Politics / Re: Nigerian's Trade Surplus Now At 20.3% by toluene12: 12:04pm On Aug 22, 2014
barcanista: My friend you are a lying preeeeeeek. Nigeria CANNOT have Trade surplus because her imports Overwhelms her export. It's a very simple economics, one doesn't need to be an economic guru to understand this. Nigeria is on Trade Deficit!!!!!!!!!!

Lemme even ask, What and what is Nigeria Exporting and what and what is Nigeria Importing?

nigeria had been enjoying trade surplus since the


oil boom days.
last year, the value of our export was $95 billion(mainly oil and gas)
while the value of our import was $75 billion.
so nigeria had a trade surplus of $20 billion in 2013.

however the naira does not really benefit from the trade surplus because we are paid with dollars as far as the oil we sell is concerned.
the international buyers do not need to seek for naira to exchange for dollars.
they simply pay in foreign denominations.

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Politics / Re: Deep Divisions Over Nigerian Child Bride On Murder Charge by toluene12: 8:25am On Aug 14, 2014
PassingShot:


Even many western countries legally allow girls younger than 14 to marry. All that is required is the consent of a parent or guardian. So, from that context you cannot fault this practice since the consent of the parents were involved too.

And to say that she wouldn't have killed him if she went into it willingly is too bogus and not correct. We have seen many marriages of adults even in the south that ended in tragic just like this one. Only that in those ones we don't talk about age of the victim or the murderer since that is not always a factor.

My point is that she could still have killed him even if she was 35 years who chose to marry the man for many other reasons.

u people have started again.
which western country allows marriage at 14?
only on very rare occasions are two minors allowed to marry, not a full grown adult taken advantage of a naive girl.
try and present ur child bride in front of a judge in new york requesting for marriage certificate.
he will view u with suspicion n scrutinize ur case thoroughly.
the child will be snatched away from u and she'll be compelled to say u wanted to force her into marriage.
u will he arrested, chained, thrown into jail and forced to admit being q child rapi.st for the rest of ur life.
even in muslim countries like egypt, the legal age of marriage is 18.
pls, enough is enough. stop looking for ways to validate a nonsense practise.

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Car Talk / Re: Made-in-nigeria Hyundai Cars Hit Market by toluene12: 9:10am On Aug 12, 2014
CFCfan:
Madam, in the automotive world, 'assemble' and 'manufacture' mean exactly the same thing.

that's not true
u people confuse outsourcing car components with assembly
there's also intra factory assembly, where a section of the car plant produces just one component of a car i.e division of labour b4 they are finally assembled.
check the list of automotive producing countries (as at 2013)and tell me whether Nigeria is there.

@topic
the fact that the toy called hyundai i10 cost that much shows it was assembled and not produced in nigeria.
if it was truly manufactured in nigeria using locally sourced raw materials, technology and manpower skills, its sale price will be less than a million naira.

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Why Are Chinese Companies In Nigeria Maltreating Nigerians? by toluene12: 7:53am On Aug 10, 2014
GeneralShepherd: All the BRIC countries (Brazil,Russia, India and China) have no respect for human rights.

Hate Americans all you like but you can't be treated with disrespect in American or an European company.

They are very courteous regardless of our weak labour laws.

I will always be with USA and Europe.

In the end if we can't run a juice factory,or a plastic company or even a biscuit factory but wait on technicians not even educated indians and Chinese to run these simple organisations for us. Then we deserve what we get.

Maximum respect to all manufacturers that don't employ indians and Chinese eg Beloxxi food industries

the above is the summary.
bric countries dont respect labour or human right laws.
u dont xpect their companies to do otherwise.
the truth is their own citizens are treated worse.
the average salary of an indian factory worker is #15,000/ month, in bangladesh- the largest producer of textiles products- its #6,000. in china u're very lucky to earn #30,000 in a month.
there is nothing like pensions, health insurance, hazard allowance or compensation for any industrial accidents. if u take a leave u wont be paid for that period, and u can be sacked at will without prior notice.
unfortunately, this cheap wages and poor labour laws is the single factor that enabled them become global industrial power.
now everybody is saying we should look towards the east for foreign investment.
and thats exactly what our govt did.
virtually all factories that produces in this country are owned by lebanese, indians or chinese.
now u dont expect them to come n implement chevron style of salaries or western type of labour laws.
i think we should just adjust to the new fresh air breezing over africa currently, because its going to be here for a very long time.
until we learn to stand n produce by ourselves.

most nigerian business men will love to go into manufacturing.
at least they pay better and create a better conducive environment for employees.
but the cost of production n lack of financial support from banks is the major obstacle.
this is where our govt can assist.

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Travel / Re: Nigeria Airways Air Hostess In 1973 - What Do You Think? by toluene12: 7:28am On Jul 18, 2014
Rossikki: [img]http://2.bp..com/-fXYF2nH0ht8/U8ep9fNkKBI/AAAAAAAADIg/ZOKPfjP7AIM/s1600/niger.jpeg[/img]

[size=20pt]''1,500 destinations across the globe''? 1,500? With 26 aircraft? How? When? Are there even up to 1,500 air destinations on earth? British Airways today serves 170 destinations. But Nigeria Airways served 1,500 destinations in 1973??

Generating ''N150 billion per annum'' in 1973? 1973? Do you know Nigeria's entire annual GDP was less than N5 billion in 1973?

This stuff was clearly written by a semi-literate, ignorant buffoon, and clearly accepted without question by equally semi-literate, dumb and stupi.d Nairalanders, more concerned with purveying ethnic hatred than using their brains. LOW IQ DUNCES - EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.[/size]
Nairaland / General / Re: Nigeria Is A Useless Country,you Need To Be Away From Nigeria To See It! by toluene12: 9:34pm On Jul 10, 2014
Babymama1:

There is no affirmative action anywhere in the civilized world that calls a failing grade a pass
Prove me wrong
None
Blacks in the USA were an enslaved people,conquered ,shut out and not given a chance
That was meant to carry them along but it didn't change a failing grade to a pass like your country does


Did the Igbos ,Akwaibomites and Yorubas plus Benue indigenes ever conquer northern Nigeria ?
Were they ever enslaved by us
Did our forefathers humiliate them,lynch them or exclude them from schools and colleges
So tell me,what is the basis of granting them a special status ,converting their failures to passes and what is the origin of their poor testing grades?



You have a group of people that value Islamic writings above western education and Nigeria enables them by lowering standards to nothingness to accommodate them rather than insist that they shape up of ship out.


FYI affirmative action where it obtains does not give preference to blacks
It ensures a representation of minority groups like blacks,women,native Americans,the disabled ,in some settings ,whites and others from rural populations and other groups shut out from the workforce historically.
Please don't insult affirmative action by equating it to foolishness
You have to have a minimal passing grade to be considered
If affirmative action as it is applied in the USA was used,most of those northern states would not qualify.

babymama1, pls go and read about affirmative action.
Virtually every developed nation has a preferential program for its ethnic minorities especially in university enrolment.
In Germany, 30-35% of admision into gymnasien(preparatory university school) is based on lottery and not merit.
Eligibility for lottery is irrespective of primary school performance and such students may not be expelled from gymnasien even if they perform poorly.
This is to ensure students from poor socio- economic background have a fair chance of graduating from the school.
Special quota is also set aside for children of low income working class.
In canada, the canada employment equity act requires employers in federally regulated industries to give preferential treatment to aboriginal people, visible minorities and disables.
In most canadian university, people of aboriginal background normally have a lower entrance requirement and are elgible to receive scholarships.
We can see from the 2 countries mentioned above that affirmative action is not all about compensation for past discrimination, persecution or exploitation by the ruling class of a culture but a system that promotes fairness and balance in the society. It also adresses existing discrimination.
Although, i admit some countries e.g south africa and usa establish affirmative action to atone for past misdeeds.
Now coming back home, I want u to get something clear.
The inability of ur cousin or niece to secure admission into unity schools has nothing to do with the northern candidates low cut off marks.
Stiff competition from her colleagues in enugu, anambra and delta fizzled her out.
In short, ur cousin couldn't compete with her peers from the south.
Pure and simple. Stop blaming the poor nothern child.
Despite the ridiculously low marks for northern candidate in entrance exams into unity schools, they still dont get to fill up their slots. Therefore most of these spaces are re-allocated to southern candidates.
So tell me, how were u cheated?
U really need to stop behaving like the typical rural white american who blames black people for his failure to secure a fed. govt. job or his son's failure to enter an ivy league school. He simply believes those position were given to blacks who didn't merit it. He ignorantly thinks he was denied because of affirmative action.
Concerning education backwardness in the north, passive approach rather than aggressive policy by succesive govt to promote education is the problem n not any preference for islamic education.
For example, i see no reason why the medium of instruction in northern schools(from pry to tertiary) cannot be in arabic or hausa.
They can equally write their waec or jamb in arabic or hausa.
Its not a must u're educated in english.
The most important thing is to be educated n stop being ignorant.

Finally, u came here and started ranting, cursing, and displaying emotions about a system u dont understand. U even have a poor knowledge of the system u claim u are staying.
If truly u're passionate about naija, why dont u ask questions or express ur concerns about the present state of the nation in a civil and matured manner, rather than displaying the typical egoistical american like know-all syndrome on this forum.
My piece of advice; dont be hoodwink into accepting any political appointment in the guise of nigerians in diaspora, or else ur own case go worse pass Magnus kpakol.

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Nairaland / General / Re: Nigeria Is A Useless Country,you Need To Be Away From Nigeria To See It! by toluene12: 4:22pm On Jul 10, 2014
Babymama1: Look at those fed school entrance scores again
It almost looks like it is a punishment to be intelligent in Nigeria
A girl in Anambra state will need 139 to get into a school that a Zamfara girl only needs a pair of bweasts to get into
And I am supposed to be proud of that set up?
What is the incentive for hard work in Nigeria
Nada!
Some need to , some don't,they needn't lift a finger,their place is secure
And those who don't have to do a thing,rule over those who do
Nigeria is useless I insist
Everything about it stands on a worthless foundation

america also has affirmative action.
a program that gives preference for minorities n blacks when it comes to college admission, employment n govt contracts.
ben carson and so many successful blacks today once benefitted from the scheme.
there's nothing wrong in quota system.
u cant just neglect a certain region simply because they cant compete.
so long as we remain a nation,
its important everybody is carried along.
whether quota system has been utilized effectively or if it has actually achieved its objectives is another matter entirely.
But never u condemn quota system.
its a noble idea.

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Education / Re: Federal Universities Should Have Tuition Fees - Pro-Chancellors by toluene12: 7:37pm On Jul 06, 2014
Personally, I believe govt should stop subsidising university education heavily.
The few assistants govt should render are provision of scholarships, grants, non interest students loan, bursary, financial awards to indigent, brilliant or truly deserving students.
A lot of youths has no business in the university, and are better off learning vocational and technical skills.
As a developing nation the above is what we need, not all these inconsequential paper certificates.
Nigeria is seriously losing out on globalisation compared to asian countries and this is because we have a poor value supply-chain network.
We just cant convert crude raw materials/natural resources into finished products.
We export everything raw, and we import only finished goods.
Thus our inability to create jobs and the subsequent high unemployment
what we need in this country is more of technical education, vocational training and less of university certificates.
even in developed countries like u.k, their govt is placing emphasis on technical education
university education should be reserved for those interested in logic, research or innovation.

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Politics / Re: State Of Federal Roads In Lagos-case Study: Tin Can Road by toluene12: 7:59pm On Jul 01, 2014
biafran soul:

Hypocrite! It's a Federal road and exclusively under the purview of the FG, how come Plasma officials and all those useless Lagos agencies are milking Nigerians dry on that same road? When it's bad it becomes only Federal Road.
Tell me; what Lagos state govt done about the bad roads in the state? e.g Ago palace way, ijegun, ejigbo Alimosho etc.

The way u people support jonathan is irritating n sickening to say the least.

@ op, I strongly believe F.G's first step at renovation is to get those trailers off that road.
Let there be a fuctioning railway system that connects the port to hinterland.
That road transports virtually everything imported and consumed in this country, including fuel.
There's need to lessen the pressure on the road and a rail system will do just that.
There should be a parking space for trailers and all those tanker drivers should be forced to use it.
They should stop packing by the side of the express road.
Finally, F.G should force importers to use altenative ports in others coastal areas.
Goods destined for southeast and nigerdelta has no business plying that route.
They can use calabar, oron, port harcourt or sapele ports.
Or else any renovation work is worthless and those trucks will destroy any road reconstruction within 5 yrs even if its world class.

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Sports / Re: FG Should Stop Investing In Football? by toluene12: 1:30pm On Jul 01, 2014
Seun:
Which African countries have better raw talents than Nigeria when it comes to football?
oga seun, lets stop deceiving ourselves.
we dont have any talent- be it raw or refined.
we are similar to England- passion but no talent
forget all those age cheat competitions we win with over age players
its a shame that Nigerian best football talents we can boast of currently, developed their game outside the shores of this country and are not even considered hotshots.
david alaba n angelo ogbona.
all this goes to show football talent is not in our gene.
The truth is we suck in football and its high time we embrace a new sport as a nation.
american football or cricket will not be a bad idea
at least we know how to run.

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Sports / Re: Super Eagles: The Insult Is Beyond Belief by toluene12: 6:00am On Jun 29, 2014
toshmann:
And talking of ESPN, you mustn't watch ESPN. If our lootocrats have sense, they can use all that stolen money to invest in stuff that will help our economy. How much did ibori alone loot? How much will it take to establish a world class network like Al Jazeera or ESPN. If we can have our own then you won't have to watch ESPN and we can have our own analysts who will analyze our own players favorably and we can feel good about ourselves. Period. But our people will not e able to do that, we will rather watch oyibo own then turn around to complain.
Ughhh!!!'

we already have supersport
and they are doing a good job as far as this world cup is concerned
the complaint here is coming from Nigerians in the U.S, who watches the world cup via espn.
nobody says espn should focus on Africa or african players
but they should at least be objective in their analysis.
if supersport can do it, why not ESPN
pls, there's something called professionalism.
thanks

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Sports / Re: Super Eagles: The Insult Is Beyond Belief by toluene12: 7:40pm On Jun 28, 2014
lagtech:

But France almost did worse than that at the 2010 World Cup-yet they still have respect.

Luis suarez bit somewhere and both him and his country Uruguay still have respect.

England fans used to kill opposing fans before the 1985 EUFA massacare where 45 people where killed and England has never won a World Cup aside from 1996 when they hosted and Pele was injured in the Quarter final-yet they have respect.

u need to see the comments on youtube when cameroon Assou-Ekotto headbutt his team mate.
it was like the whole of africa commited the offence.
-blacks will always be blacks
-africans should be banned from the world cup
-they remembered their buffalos at home

when suarez removed a chunk of chellini's flesh, no one called uruguayans canibals.
when the french team prefered to insult each other rather than play ball no called french people touts.
when frank rjkaard was busy spitting at german players at italian '90, the dutch people received no uncomplementary remarks.
but when it comes to africa, the suppresed negative perception about africa suddenly comes alive and all africans are seen from one myopic angle.
the evil that men do starts and ends with them and should not in any way be extended to other members of his clans.
thanks

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Politics / Re: Stella Oduah's First Public Statement After MBA Scandal: She's In Brazil! by toluene12: 9:56am On Jan 09, 2014
Eziachi:
So this is what its all about?
Tribal inspired finishing of other tribes. And the same Yoruba trying to finish other are the one that sing one Nigeria like parrot, that any mention of dissolution of Nigeria send some into a spin.

You guys can't have it both way. You can't be hanging on to one Nigeria like a leech and at the same time can't stand anything that is not one of yours.
Why Jonathan cannot shock all of you by calling a referendum on one Nigeria. I don't know. I was one of those calling for Odua's head when the news broke about the bullet proof car, but now, I can see clearly now that this just Yoruba doing what they do best, destroy whatever that is not one of it's own and nothing to do with fighting graft.

yoruba fighting for one nigeria?
you gotta be kidding me

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Family / Re: Which Is Better: Boy Or Girl As First-born? by toluene12: 9:24am On Jan 07, 2014
Gaggi: http://www.examiner.com/article/trying-for-a-boy-or-a-girl-can-you-medically-improve-your-chances-part- 2


http://www.natural-health-for-fertility.com/natural-gender-selection.html





oga the v.agina p.H is acidic in order to prevent infection, alkaline p.H promotes bacterial vaginosis and other STI.
and no it kills no sperm.

the Y spermatozoa are fast but weak vice versa for the X, so couples who desire male child are encouraged to abstain from sex until the woman ovulates.
the above is not even a guarantee, its just a hypothesis
Celebrities / Re: Basketmouth Under Fire For Molest Joke On Twitter by toluene12: 10:41am On Jan 06, 2014
neyobillz:


Justine Sacco said,"Going to Africa,hope i dont get AIDS,just kidding.Im White." this is exactly what she said,not that thing u posted above, and she work as a top PR person for InterActiveCorp, the New York media conglomerate run by Barry Diller,InterActiveCorp owns the Daily Beast, Vimeo, About.com, Match.com and Ask.com, among many other so she isnt a comedian,BTW this is more of a racist statement than a joke,anyone who sees this as a joke has a warped sense of humor.

What BM wrote was RAYPE and not the GIRL WAS,IS OR BEEN RAYPED,as u can see,its just an exclamation of the word RAYPE,it doesnt mean it actually happened,people actually have to understand the English language perfectly before jumping into baseless conclusions.

hmm, so justine sacco actually came to africa and caught AIDS ? why the unneccesary attack then?
BM represents global brands like glo, gtb etc.these coporate organisations didn't endorse him because he's a comedian rather because he's a celebrity.
he's first a celebrity before a comedian and in that capacity he has a reputation to protect and not ranting all over social sites embarrassing himself.

same way senator ted cruz crude joke about nigerians was termed offensive.
"have you guyz noticed nigerian e mail scammers are less active lately? they've been hired to run the obamacare website".
Celebrities / Re: No Joke! Basketmouth Under Fire Over molest Joke by toluene12: 7:49am On Jan 06, 2014
Ok then, i wonder why this one posted on twitter 2 weeks ago wasn't deem funny

' I'm going to a country in Africa and I hope I don't get infected with AIDS...........just joking'

justine sacco got sacked and her career ruined for tweeting such crude, and unhealthy rant.
There are some topics that are too sensitive to joke about.
And those who saw nothing wrong about the joke, it says a lot about our society and predisposition to se.xual assault. No wonder nigerian men in u.k are always getting into trouble with white women.

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Celebrities / Re: Basketmouth Under Fire For Molest Joke On Twitter by toluene12: 1:41am On Jan 06, 2014
Justine sacco also twitted something similar and I quote: ' I'm going to a country in Africa and I hope I don't get infected with AIDS.......just joking' The tweet was considered insensitive and she was attacked both online and offline.
Despite her sincere apology, she was sacked by her employers- a media company and her appointment with the AIDS agency terminated.
There's a responsibility that comes along being a celebrity.
U just dont transfer beer parlour gist to social media.
That u pour out ur unprocessed and crude thoughts on a faceless forum like nairaland doesn't mean u do the same on sites that reveal identity. There's a reputation to protect.
By the way, there's nothing funny about that crude and insensitive joke.

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Religion / Re: Is Abortion Wrong In Cases Of Rape, Incest Or When The Mother's Life Is At Risk? by toluene12: 5:31pm On Jan 03, 2014
@striklymi
There's no sentiment in medicine, u do whats is practical to ensure preservation of life.
As at today there's no medical technology available that can help save a fetus implanted in the fallopian tube. Maybe tmrw but present medical practice teaches termination of any pregnancy embedded in the fallopian tube.

neither the mother nor the doctor has a choice over what to do. not even the anti abortionist.

Even the option of the mother giving up her life for the baby does not even arise because the fetus has little to no chance of developing to the point that it could be born alive. The gestational age of viability in the fallopian tube before the tube ruptures is just too short to give the baby any chance of survival outside the mother's baby. Both will simply die.


95% of ectopic pregnancies implant in the fallopian tubes, the remaining 5% implant in the ovary, peritoneum or other abdominal organ.

You may have read in the news of a few extremely rare cases in which ectopic pregnancies go to term. There are a few important points to keep in mind when reading these stories. First, these cases usually involve a type of ectopic pregnancy called an "abdominal" pregnancy. In an abdominal pregnancy, the baby is not implanted in the uterus or the fallopian tubes but somewhere else in the abdomen, such as the liver or another organ with a good blood supply. The odds of such a pregnancy occurring and progressing to a point of being viable are less than 1 in a million.

Second, although an abdominal ectopic pregnancy could theoretically progress to a point of being able to deliver a live baby, the situation is rare and always extremely risky for the mother's health due to the likelihood of major hemorrhage and blood loss at delivery. Abdominal pregnancies are even more dangerous than ectopic pregnancies in the tubes -- mothers are eight times more likely to die after an abdominal pregnancy than after a tubal pregnancy.

there've been only 4 recorded cases of successful abdominal pregnancy worldwide and I've seen only a case of abdominal pregnancy. it was a stillbirth at 26 weeks. the mother was in excruciating pain and we had to do an emergency ex. lap to preserve the mother's life.

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Religion / Re: Is Abortion Wrong In Cases Of Rape, Incest Or When The Mother's Life Is At Risk? by toluene12: 3:49pm On Jan 03, 2014
striktlymi:

The problem is the faulty fallopian tube and not the child.



I will treat the above together...

Two lives are at stake here. That of the Mother and the Child. There are times where it is practically 'impossible' as defined in medicine to save both lives because of the nature of the problem. It is probable that:

a) The mother has a higher chance of making it through.
b) Both have a 50% chance each.
c) The chances of both Mother and Child are not so good.
d) etc

Irrespective of the chance of success for both, the bottom line still remains, ABORTION IS NOT AN OPTION!!! The options for the lady are:

i) Get Doctors who can help correct the problem i.e the faulty 'tube'. This procedure may ultimately lead to the death of the Child but the difference between this and abortion is that: Abortion seeks to terminate the life of the Child directly without having recourse to the problem.

In the event of an abortion the problem can reoccur in future because the real problem is left untreated while an innocent Child is rather mistook for the cause. If there is no proper definition for the cause of the problem then the brutal killing of the Child may result.

ii) Make a decision to carry the pregnancy to term and solve the problem with the fallopian tube after delivery. This is, if she survives. My mum made this choice. So too do I know a number of ladies who have done same. Some survived while others gladly gave their lives for their kids.

No one can tell the woman the option to go with. It is her prerogative to choose whatever option she wants. She can go with option 1 or 2, knowing fully well that the first option may lead to the death of the Child; which by implication may also mean that she may not be able to have babies in the future.

actually, its not as simple as that.
the uterus is designed to be the fetal home, not the fallopian tube or peritoneum. the uterus can expand to accomodate the growth of the fetus while the fallopian cant just do that, and this is where the problem lies.
in cases of ectopic pregnancy in fallopian tubes the growth of the baby will lead to definite rupture of the tube leading to fatal hemorrhage. in most cases the baby is already dead. there is nothing to save rather than perform exploratory laparotomy, remove the product of conception, repair the fallopian tube if its not damaged or cut it out.

the option of saving the baby does not arise rather the focus is no the mother.

in cases where the ectopic pregnancy is detected before the rupture, what you do is to milk out the fetus before it causes rupture and preserve the fallopian tube or u give medications that causes degeneration of the fetus without neccessarily performing surgery.

i'll discuss other types of ectopic pregnancy and their respective management apart from the fallopian tubes later

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Politics / Re: Fashola's Government Is Not As Good As You Think by toluene12: 2:10pm On Jan 02, 2014
@uyi iredia
sorry to say, but your analogy is flawed, and on this debate I think I go with shymexx
Its like u fail to understand the complex and largely inefficient unitary system of govt we operate in nigeria today. The main economic and fiscal policies needed for tranformation comes from abuja. There's very little state govts can do apart from providing basic infrastructure. When it comes to wealth generation and poverty reduction the onus lies with the F.G

Lagos issue is just typical of any commercial city in a developing economy, be it mumbai, Rio de janeiro, jakarta, johanesbourg, cairo etc. slums dwell side by side with modern architecture.

However, because of massive migration influx over the past decades, lack of urban planning and general lawlessness, lagos has more slums than modern buildings thus earning the name 'beautiful slum'. The truth remains lagos gives more to the federal purse than it receives and with a population of 20 million on a small land mass, there will always be pressure on limited resources and infrastructure. Coupled with the fact that the F.G has largely abandoned lagos, the financial resources needed to transform lagos to a mega city is just beyond what the LSG can afford.

Subways, high rise buildings, massive canals, underground cables, complex flyover, efficient transportation system, suburban development and urbanization dont come cheap. Most often, funding for most of these project comes from both the central and municipal govt alongside both local and foreigh investors. Lagos remains nigeria commercial capital and expecting only the LSG to tackle the burden is largely unfair.

However, if we insist lagos alone should carry the burden then lagosians should be ready to pay for it. Now I'm not talking about all those monthly dues or rents payed to local govenment touts and thugs. I mean real tax- income tax, property tax, coporate tax etc.
How many lagosians household income is above #100,000/month? how many lagosians can part with 35% of his salary as tax? how many of our Lagos big boys can pay 60% income tax?
well until then pls lets continue to manage whatever mediocre at best or substandard performance successive LSG gives us.

finally, i guess the sacrifice needed to develop mainland might just be too much for people to bear e.g demolition, deportation, relocation etc the reason why focus is on the island. I think the LSG can extend same to other underdeveloped suburbs outside mainland before they all turn to another Ikorodu
Religion / Re: Winners Chapel Begins Fasting 6th January 2014 by toluene12: 11:05am On Jan 02, 2014
prophecies don't just happen spontaneously, you fast and pray your way into fulfillment of prophecies.

God told Abraham that his descendants will be in enslaved for 400 years in a strange land before HE will set them free(Genesis 15:13-14),however it wasn't until the cries and supplication of the Isrealites reached God that he remembered his covenant with Abraham (exodus 2:23-25)

The word of God came to Jeremiah and he announced to the people of judah the seventy years of captivity in babylon and the eventual restoration of judah and the destruction of babylon(jeremiah 25: 8-14), yet Daniel pleaded to God in fasting, prayer and petition for the restoration of jerusalem after the 70 yrs had passed. (daniel 9:1-3,15-19); (Ezra 1: 1-2).

Therefore, let all beloved enter the year 2014 believing in the prophetic utterances of his prophets and taking action via prayer and fasting for the manisfestation and fulfillment of God's word in our lives.

Believe in God and u will be upheld
Believe in his prophets and u will prosper. (2 ch 20:20)

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