Moscow to hold beauty pegeant for Snakes

The Moscow Zoo plans to hold a "beauty pageant" for snakes from March to May to mark the year of the snake.

The zoo has already allocated about 2 million rubles ($66,000) for the event's organization, according to information on the official state procurement website.

A condition of the event is that it must be held in a pavilion with a total area of nearly 300 square meters.

In the statement, the maximum price of the contract was calculated based on the planned attendance of the zoo from March to mid-May, and that at least 36 different kinds of non-venomous snakes will be on display at the event.

Only the brightest, most beautiful and unique kinds of snakes will be showcased: Leptocercal ladder snakes, false smooth snakes, slim, ancestral, European, American and burrow snakes, sand snakes, South American bush snakes, king snakes, red king snakes and Madagascar snakes, as well as Australian and reticulated pythons, ordinary snakes and tree boas.

The zoo requires whoever wins the contract to ensure veterinarian services for the animals and any treatment they require, as well as to prepare admission tickets for the show and forms for voting. The tender winner will also have to provide all equipment and heating for the snakes' cages, as well as security for the event.

Over 40 Nigerians Repatriated from the United Kingdom and Spain

The United Kindom and Spain have repatriated over 40 Nigerians. Speaking at the London Immigration Office, a Nigerian immigration officer, Issa lawal said those repatriated are people who have been jailed for a long time and have completed their jail terms. Others include illegal migrants most especially those with fraudulent papers.

The UK has her own internal economic quagmire. She has not fully recovered from the recession and has been trying to meet the employment demand of her citizens. Spain is also battling high unemployment rate. Her citizens are emigrating more to South America. The last thing they need now is to habour 'misfits' and those who will strain the insatiable social amenities the more.

Nigerians have always being repatriated and sometimes killed with impunity in some countries. The Nigerian government has never seen this as a shame for it to make moves to make the country conducive for Nigerians so as to fulfill their dreams and aspirations in their homeland.

Nigerians are being exterminated in Libya after the killing of Maummar Gaddafi under the watch of the same TNC Nigeria supported because of the West and NATO yet the government remains mute.

More Nigerians will still experience this fate because no country says Nigerians should not determine their destiny by shaking up the corrupt system to its foundation and get rid of the thieves who circumvent the country's bliss and advancement. This must be done for Nigeria to take her pride of place among the commity of nations.