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Rexphobia:
not bad...I like her lips...I wish I could just..... Never mind....

abeg, you wish what


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spill:
For me I don't see anything wrong living in a house built by your humble, respectful and well cultured wife.

But for the selfish wife without manners please don't live in a house built by her, because she will always frustrate your life with the "this house is my hard earned money", forgetting that wives are helpmates to their husbands.

gospel

great article! front page material for most NL members to read and digest!

don't fall for 21th century economic colonialism!

Very important info! Nothing beats optimum health and vitality. Urge your political representative/s to address this issue.


5 Million Nigerians Oppose Monsanto’s Plans to Introduce GMO Cotton and Corn

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(Lorraine Chow) Millions of Nigerians are urging the Nigerian government to reject Monsanto’s attempts to introduce genetically modified (GMO) cotton and maize into the country’s food and farming systems.

One-hundred organizations representing more than 5 million Nigerians, including farmers, faith-based organisations, civil society groups, students and local community groups, have submitted a joint objection to the country’s National Biosafety Management Agency (NABMA) expressing serious concerns about human health and environmental risks of genetically altered crops.

The groups’ petition follows Monsanto Agricultural Nigeria Limited’s own application to NAMBA that seeks to release GMO cotton (Bt cotton, event MON 15985) into the city of Zaria as well as surrounding towns. Another application seeks confined field trials of two GMO corn varieties (NK603 and stacked event MON 89034 x NK603) in multiple locations in Nigeria.

In a press release, the groups said they are particularly alarmed about the commercial release of Bt cotton into Nigeria, which is being phased out in Burkina Faso due to the “inferior lint quality” of the GMO cultivars.

“We are totally shocked that it should come so soon after peer-reviewed studies have showed that the technology has failed dismally in Burkina Faso,” Nnimmo Bassey, the director of theHealth of Mother Earth Foundation, one of the leading opposition groups, said in a statement. “It has brought nothing but economic misery to the cotton sector there and is being phased out in that country where compensation is being sought from Monsanto.”

He asked in the statement: “Since our Biosafety Act has only recently entered into force, what biosafety legislation was used to authorize and regulate the field trials in the past in accordance with international law and best biosafety practice?”

Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan signed the National Biosafety Management Bill into law last year, basically opening the doors to GMOs cultivation in the country.

The groups noted Monsanto’s crops are genetically enhanced to tolerate the use of the herbicide glyphosate which was declared as a possible carcinogen by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) last March.

“Should commercialization of Monsanto’s GM maize be allowed pursuant to field trials, this will result in increased use of glyphosate in Nigeria, a chemical that is linked to causing cancer in humans,” Mariann Orovwuje, Friends of the Earth International’s food sovereignty co-coordinator, said in a statement.

“Recent studies have linked glyphosate to health effects such as degeneration of the liver and kidney, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. That NABMA is even considering this application is indeed unfortunate and deeply regrettable, knowing full well about the uncontrolled exposure that our rural farmers and communities living close to farms will be exposed to.”

Besides the potential contamination of local maize varieties, the groups argued that the health risks of introducing GMO maize into Nigeria could be “enormous” considering that maize is a staple food in their diet.

Coupled with a lack of resources to adequately control and monitor the human and environmental risks of GMO crops and glyphosate, the groups argued that Nigeria doesn’t have a platform to test for glyphosate or other pesticide residues in food and food products, nor do they have an agency that can monitor the herbicide’s impact on the environment, including water resources.

On the flip side, GMO-advocates tout that biotechnology is not only safe for human consumption and the environment, it’s also a solution to malnutrition and global food security, as these crops have been genetically tinkered with to provide certain nutritional benefits and/or spliced-and-diced to resist certain pathogens and other roadblocks.

For instance, Monsanto’s Water Efficient Maize for Africa, a five-year development project led by the Kenyan-based African Agricultural Technology Foundation, aims to develop a variety of drought-tolerant maize seeds. The project receives funding from the Gates Foundation, United States Agency for International Development and Howard G. Buffett Foundation.

In an interview with Wall Street Journal’s Rebecca Blumenstein, Bill Gates explained his viewsabout GMOs:

“What are called GMOs are done by changing the genes of the plant, and it’s done in a way where there’s a very thorough safety procedure, and it’s pretty incredible because it reduces the amount of pesticide you need, raises productivity (and) can help with malnutrition by getting vitamin fortification

“And so I think, for Africa, this is going to make a huge difference, particularly as they face climate change … The U.S., China, Brazil, are using these things and if you want farmers in Africa to improve nutrition and be competitive on the world market, you know, as long as the right safety things are done, that’s really beneficial. It’s kind of a second round of the green revolution. And so the Africans I think will choose to let their people have enough to eat.”

But in the video below, Bassey objects to the argument that GMOs are necessary to ensure food security and nutrition in Africa and that the continent can feed itself without the aid of multinational biotech companies.

“Genetically engineered crops are not engineered to help anybody,” he says about six minutes into the video. “They are engineered to help the industry that produces the crops.”

Watch here:

"GMO Is The Next Big Threat To Africa" - Nnimmo Bassey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8knVi8lHo8

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GLYPHOSATE IT BINDS MINERALS AND CUTS OFF THE PRODUCTION OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND HORMONES....A VISUAL CONNECTION OF THE ROUTES OF DISEASES AND CANCER

http://www.academia.edu/5772865/GLYPHOSATE_IT_BINDS_MINERALS_AND_CUTS_OFF_THE_PRODUCTION_OF_NEUROTRANSMITTERS_AND_HORMONES....A_VISUAL_CONNECTION_OF_THE_ROUTES_OF_DISEASES_AND_CANCER

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The Dangers Of Gmos : Nigerians Should Be Concerned -
https://www.nairaland.com/1876902/dangers-gmos-nigeriand-should-concerned


Gmo/hybrid Seeds:inviting Cancer To Our Land,Passing A Death Sentence On Nigeria

https://www.nairaland.com/1978772/gmo-hybrid-seeds-inviting-cancer

heeyarnuh:
so prostitution don turn to business now...... nawa ooo

some of the professional big girls chop on N40,000 for just one hour of work.


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i'm checking it out now and it's tight.


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nice firm rack, keep doin them bench presses ma

did someone mention colonial masters in the thread?


Richard Quest
Journalist
Richard Austin Quest is an English journalist and a CNN International anchor and reporter, based in New York City, New York. He anchors Quest Means Business. Wikipedia
Born: March 9, 1962 (age 53), Liverpool, United Kingdom
Education: University of Leeds, Vanderbilt University
Nominations: News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form

nice curvy frame and abs, forget about whether or not she wearing a pad. nonsense.

2baba, please tell ur naturally beautiful wife that she doesn't need all that cake on her face.

hate to say it about a married lady but that backside is looking right.

Good to see the nation working on the corruption and looting problem at the government level. Flight of capital doesn't help the the economy in the least. Money parked in foreign banks and assets sitting in off shore accounts has been going on for too long.

The recent oil price drop was a manipulation of the international banking cartel.

Oil is rallying today just simply because someone flipped a switch for it to do, not for any rational/concrete economic news/stats that we learned in class.



Global Stocks Rally on New Hopes for Central Bank Stimulus

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JAN. 22, 2016, 6:51 A.M. E.S.T.

FRANKFURT, Germany — Global stocks bounced back strongly Friday, buoyed by sharply higher oil prices and the prospect of more monetary stimulus from the European Central Bank.

Japan led the rebound as the Nikkei had its best single day in four years, just two days after entering bear market territory.

KEEPING SCORE: In early European trading, France's CAC 40 added 3.0 percent to 4,332.78 and Germany's DAX rose 2.0 percent to 9,762.41 Britain's FTSE 100 climbed 2.23 percent to 5,902.61 U.S. stocks were poised to open higher. Dow futures were up 1.3 percent to 15,992.00 and broader S&P 500 futures rose 1.40 percent to 1,887.00.

STIMULUS HOPE: European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi cheered investors by saying the bank is prepared to take action as early as its next meeting in March to expand existing stimulus efforts. While the ECB left key interest rates and its 1.5 trillion euro ($1.6 trillion) monetary stimulus program unchanged Thursday, Draghi underscored his willingness to ramp up the program if plummeting oil prices and market turmoil threaten the continent's weak economy.

ASIAN SCORECARD: Japan's Nikkei 225 posted its biggest one-day gain in more than four months, soaring 5.9 percent to close at 16,958.53 on hopes the Bank of Japan would join Europe in promising additional monetary stimulus. South Korea's Kospi gained 2.1 percent to 1,879.43. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 2.9 percent to 19,080.51 and the Shanghai Composite Index in mainland China climbed 1.3 percent to 2,916.56. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.1 percent to 4,916.00. Benchmarks in Taiwan, Southeast Asia and New Zealand also ended higher.

ANALYST VIEW: "Monetary easing speculation is providing a boost for Asian markets today," Angus Nicholson, market analyst at IG in Melbourne, said in a commentary. "Nowhere more so than in Japan."

ENERGY: Oil prices rebounding from their lowest in 12 years are also supporting investor sentiment. Crude futures extended gains after bouncing back from their worst day in four months. U.S. benchmark crude rose by 1.62, or 5.5 percent, to $31.15 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, rose $1.92 to $31.17 a barrel in London.

CURRENCIES: The dollar rose to 118.25 yen Friday from 117.77 yen on Thursday. The euro weakened on the prospect of further stimulus, slipping to $1.0825 from $1.0851.

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Chan contributed from Hong Kong.


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I was surprised to read that the great UK has serious poverty problems.


The Truth About Poverty In Britain Is Much Worse Than You Think
19th January 2016 / United Kingdom

http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/truth-poverty-britain-much-worse-think/

chick looks great..

i don't get the name german dreads....

now i wanna go watch her film 'cross battle' where she played an armed robber

O is beautiful with no weave/wig in her hair. i can't wait for that fad to end.

i would rub and feel those shapely legs until the sun came up


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firstEVA:
I look forward to when women can walk freely with two or more boyfriends and not be judged.

abeg, start the ball rolling and post the pics or vid on NL


courtesy of the lovely ms. linda i.

Funderland Mall opens in Lekki, Lagos

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http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2016/01/funderland-mall-opens-in-lekki-lagos.html#more

these two chicks must really love this bro to exhibit this prank in public!

Don't try this with 9ja or london town oyinbos girls unless you have top notch playa skills like Chidi, Iyanya, Dbanj, or Jim Iyke honourable mention to the retired 2 baba


WTF!! GUY WALKS AROUND WITH 2 WHITE GIRLS ON LEASH



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw0-RR5tI9U

hot off the www.


Alex Jones spends a day with Louis Farrakhan


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mIXPYjFebs



Louis Farrakhan Agrees With Donald Trump on Refugees


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qROJZcQpac

origin of the oyinbo race on earth....


Big Head Scientists | The story of Yakub and Yashmal


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUEN1ZuDSMg

CFCman:
You can open a thread on this high-achieving Nigerian woman. Or I can

feel free cousin cfc

cray woman from boston.....end of time with some of these chicks


Attempted Vehicular Homicide Caught On Camera!!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqxZldc-dSk

sistas are doing their thing....


more positive health news .... 9ja daughter reppin strong in yankee



31 year old Dr. Foyekemi Ikyaator opens a stand alone full service emergency room



January 6, 2016


Rebecca Walton

HOUSTON, TEXAS--HPT Media--31 year old black woman ER doctor opens stand alone emergency room in northwest Houston. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place January 15, 2016 at 4 p.m. at Life Savers Emergency Room located 17685 Tomball Parkway. The entire northwest Houston, Cypress, Tomball area is invited.

She's a young black woman; and in December 2015, Dr, Ikyaator (Dr. Foye, pronounced Foy-yay) and her husband opened up a stand alone full service emergency room in northwest Houston. Life Savers Emergency Room comes from the heart of Dr. Foye -- a graduate of University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. A Nigerian native, Dr. Foye was practically raised in the States and groomed to care for the physical well-being of people. No doubt coming from a structured support system that purported academic superiority, Dr. Foye received her education on a full academic scholarship. A self-proclaimed human rights proponent, the silver lining of Dr. Foye is simply helping people.

After completing her residency in Emergency Medicine 2012, at the Emory School of Medicine and Public Health, in Atlanta GA, Dr. Foye moved to Houston TX. to further her practice. She gained extensive experience working within the St. Luke's Health System. Within a few short years, she decided it was time to do what she wanted to do. She says, "In the emergency room you can see between 20 and 30 patients within a shift and [there] is just enough time to treat them and get them to their next point of care."

The swift response is attractive to Dr. Foye. Ultimately patients get alot of primary care which can be a very good thing if the patient has limited access to care. As an ER doctor, Dr. Foye can treat and provide life saving acute care. She can also manage blood pressure, diabetes, depression and a host of other chronic ailments. It's fast medicine which is not always a bad thing in dealing with patients who want swift and direct care.

Today, Dr. Foye directs the free-standing Life Savers Emergency Room where she can take more time with her patients and counsel them on specific needs as well as promote the kind of medicine that she believes is necessary in today's community. Life Savers ER is here for community as a whole; patients and medical professionals alike. Dr. Foye is in tune with her colleagues who wish to practice medicine under a non-restrictive bureaucracy so board certified doctors, nurses and practitioners can be flexible with the time and resources needed to care for people in need. Dr. Foye says, "The whole idea in a free-standing ER is that you can provide the care in a more relaxed environment." Since opening in December the ER service has been met with rave reviews with five stars given on Google, and other social media platforms.

Dr. Foye represents the minority in and the change that comes from of her generation. Whereas 50 years ago, the average medical director didn't look like her; and certainly there aren't many 31 year old black women today who is thriving in the kind of lane Dr. Foye has created for herself. As a young black female, mother and leader in medicine, she is pressing the bar a little higher and bridging the gap a little closer so that the next person can impress and charm the masses by representing odds defied.

On January 15th 2016 the Life Savers ER is holding their ribbon cutting ceremony. The entire community is invited to come take part in the festivities that will begin at 4 p.m. The event will be catered by Texas Land and Cattle. There will be appearances by the Cy-Fair Chamber of Commerce, and other prominent medical practices that will be giving the public free screenings.

To learn more about Life Savers Emergency Room or about the ribbon cutting ceremony please call Rebecca Walton 713.878.7882 or log on to www.lifesaverser.com


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Son of Biafra is doing big things in yankee. If she gets elected I'm sure she won't forget about 9ja. Don't forget the Clintons have visited Nigeria several times in the past and are cool with GEJ and Baba Obasanjo, we live in interesting times.

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Bill Clinton to stump for Hillary in Bridgeport

By Neil Vigdor Updated 12:46 am, Thursday, January 7, 2016

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Hillary Clinton is deploying her most valuable asset — defined by Donald Trump as a liability — to Bridgeport.

Former President Bill Clinton will visit the city’s Black Rock neighborhood Jan. 12 for a pricey fundraising reception to support his wife’s White House ambitions.

The $2,700 (₦537,900) per person event is being hosted by software executive Oni Chukwu, according to Clinton’s campaign website. It comes just weeks before Iowa holds its first presidential caucuses on Feb. 1.

The timing of Clinton’s return to Connecticut, where Bill and Hillary met as Yale Law students, is significant.

In recent weeks, the 42nd president has been targeted on the campaign trail by Trump, who said he would consider Clinton’s extramarital affairs “fair game” in a race against Hillary Clinton in the general election. Trump, the Republican real estate mogul, went so far as to compare Clinton to comedian Bill Cosby, who was charged last week with sexual assault.

“I think President Clinton is responding with exactly the right tone and basically declining to dignify Trump’s taunts,” said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.

Blumenthal went to Yale Law School with the Clintons.

“He is an incomparable emissary and asset to her, especially in Connecticut because they both have longstanding ties and allegiances to our state,” Blumenthal said. “He is one of the most successful presidents in achieving economic growth and job creation in recent American history, ending his presidency with tremendous prosperity, no deficit and great economic momentum.”

But Connecticut’s top Republican went on a Trump-like riff about the former president, saying that Democrats need to look in the mirror next time they accuse the GOP of engaging in a “war on women.”

“We have historical evidence of Bill Clinton’s escapades,” said J.R. Romano, the state GOP chairman. “We’re not talking one transgression here. This is the typical Democratic mantra — don’t look under our bed because it proves we’re hypocrites.”

A request for comment was left Wednesday with Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

Bill Clinton was president during Joe Ganim’s first stint as Bridgeport’s mayor, which ended unceremoniously in 2003 when Ganim was forced to resign and served seven years in federal prison for corruption. The city’s voters overwhelmingly returned Ganim, a Democrat, to his former office last November, capping an improbable comeback that saw his party’s standardbearers such as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy keep their distance from Ganim.

“At this point, the mayor has not yet been invited to the fundraiser,” said Av Harris, a spokesman for Ganim. “So he wasn’t planning on going. But that could change in the future.”

Harris said Clinton visited Bridgeport when Ganim was mayor in 1998 and they had a positive rapport.

“He recalled that very fondly,” Harris said. “The mayor’s door is always open. He’s happy to get together anytime he wants.”

The choice of Bridgeport as a fundraising destination for Clinton is notable departure from the political playbook of both Democrats and Republicans, who tend to frequent the Gold Coast haunts of Greenwich, Stamford and New Canaan for campaign cash.

Chukwu is the president and chief executive officer of etouches, a Norwalk-based software and event management company. He resides in a $4 million contemporary on the water in Black Rock, the wealthiest neighborhood in a city with widespread poverty. A request for comment left Wednesday for Chukwu was not returned.



http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Bill-Clinton-to-stump-for-Hillary-in-Bridgeport-6740483.php


Oni Chukwu '94 M.B.A.
Chief Financial Officer, Triple Point Technology

http://www.newhaven.edu/alumni/spotlight/oni-chukwu/

Turning Technology into Gold

When the time finally came to resume his education and earn the MBA he had put on the back burner, Oni Chukwu, ’94 MBA, took a leap of faith. “I was apprehensive about UNH,” he recalls. “I was looking for a school where my education would fit with my career in all respects. I wasn’t sure UNH would be it.”

Once he enrolled, Chukwu changed his mind. “I soon realized it was the perfect fit,” he says. “It accommodated my schedule and the classes were filled with students who, like me, were very committed to their careers and brought a lot of experience to the classroom.”

A few years before arriving at UNH, Chukwu had earned his undergraduate degree from the Nigeria Institute of Management and Technology and moved to the United States. Soon after coming to this country, he met his wife, Leslie, and landed a job as the controller with the TowerOne/TowerEast Housing Corporation. It was, he remembers, “a good job for that stage of my career,” and he stayed with the Housing Corporation for five years.

With his MBA in hand, Chukwu began to establish a track record of success turning software and technology companies into gold for their investors. He became chief financial officer with Shelton, Connecticut-based software firm Pinnacle Automation. Two years later, after overseeing its rapid growth, he sold it. Over the next decade, Chukwu held top positions at Eventra, Healthcare Software Synergies, Lexbridge Corporation and KPMG Peat Marwick.

Today, Chukwu is CFO of Triple Point Technology, a leader in commodity management software solutions, with large global customers on six continents. He is responsible for global finance and banking, financial reporting, budgeting and analysis, system administration, human resources, facilities, and all of the company’s other administrative functions worldwide.

Chukwu also is a member of the University’s Board of Governors and serves on other boards. “I’m excited about the direction in which the University is going,” he says, “and I want to use my global connections and unique circumstances to help.”

After all, he is quick to acknowledge the role his UNH education played in his own career success. Coming to the University of New Haven,” he says, “was a wise decision.”


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Fostering the entrepreneurial spirit

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The journey of a lifetime doesn’t happen overnight.

Oni Chukwu is proof of that. More than geographical distance and time separate the Fairfield County technology executive from his childhood in eastern Nigeria.

Chukwu, the CEO of etouches, a company that provides software solutions for event management, is one of nine children born to a policeman in the capital city of Lagos. Chukwu had a normal childhood until his family became displaced during the Nigerian Civil War, a three-year conflict over an unsuccessful secession attempt by the Republic of Biafra.

“As a result of the civil war, we had to move back to our ancestral home in the east of Nigeria,” Chukwu says. “We were completely displaced. On a firsthand level, I understand the life of a refugee child, because that’s exactly what we lived for the three years that the war lasted.”

The civil war finally ended in January of 1970, with an estimated three million people, including civilians on both sides, killed in the fighting.

“After the war, we were dispossessed of everything we owned and had to essentially start from scratch,” Chukwu says. “It wasn’t easy for a family with nine kids, and because they saw my dad as Biafran, he lost his position on the police force.”

Despite that, Chukwu and his eight siblings all went to college and then, 25 years ago, Chukwu came to the United States.

“I came here to go grad school, and went to the University of New Haven,” Chukwu says. There, he earned a finance-focused MBA that has carried him to success in the business world.

It’s also where he met his better half, Leslie, while he was working in a restaurant.

“I started as a dishwasher,” Chukwu recalls. “It was very productive, because it’s where I met my wife. She was taking a final class for college. She’d come back from Europe and was working as a part-time waitress.”

Shortly thereafter, Oni, the dishwasher, married Leslie, the waitress, and they now have two children. In the intervening 25 years since they met in that restaurant kitchen, Chukwu’s career as an executive guiding technology companies has taken off.

“I made a conscious effort to get into technology,” Chukwu says. “My modus is getting into technology companies, getting into them with some investors, growing them to a size and doing an exit transaction.”

Chukwu has done this with several companies, most recently with Triple Point Technology Inc. in Westport. Triple Point Technology is a company that provides software to the commodities trading industry, enabling traders to develop detailed analytics of commodities chains.

“We grew them from very small to over 1,200 employees with 16 locations around the world and over 500 customers,” Chukwu says. “Triple Point started with a few people, a startup, and we grew it and sold it for a lot of money.”

Just how, Chukwu didn’t want to say. But he’s done that with four different companies that either turned public or were strategically sold.

And while he’s been successful in the business world, there’s more to Oni and Leslie Chukwu than business success.

“That’s my story, but it’s not my legacy,” Chukwu says. “Given my background, given where I came from, it’s important to me and my family to give back.”

Growing up among the displaced and dispossessed of the Nigerian Civil War, Chukwu saw poverty and knows that it isn’t enough merely to give money.

“To make the impact, you have to make it more directly,” says Chukwu. “I always told myself that if I made any money at all, I’d have my own foundation so I can give impactfully to people.”

Chukwu’s Africa Plan Foundation aims to foster the entrepreneurial spirit by providing financing and business advice to startups in Africa and elsewhere.

“I come from a part of the world and part of Nigeria that’s very entrepreneurial,” Chukwu says. “We’ll give them seed capital and then give them the advice that I can as a business executive and entrepreneur myself to help them grow and employ other people. It’s not just a handout to one person, but it’s a help, over time, to a generation.”

Chukwu doesn’t want to limit what he does to Africa, however. He wants to help wherever there is a need.

“The other part of it is that my wife is interested in global health and women’s health in particular,” he says. Leslie Chukwu wants to help provide information and access to women’s health care in the world’s developing countries.

“I see myself as a global citizen. I’m very well-traveled as are my kids and my wife,” Chukwu says, which is an understatement.

Chukwu’s wife Leslie was unavailable to be interviewed for this story, as she and their daughter, Ellington, are volunteering at an orangutan preserve on the island of Borneo. It was his daughter’s idea.

“She’s 17, and she’s doing a gap year,” Chukwu says. “She came up with Borneo. They’re out there reintroducing orphaned orangutans into the wild.”

Evenutally, Chukwu will retire from business and run Africa Plan full-time.

“That’s the kind of legacy I want to leave,” says Chukwu. “Not just another rich guy, but somebody that has done something that has been impactful and helpful.”

i swear, dat's why i love me some nollywood flicks, they cover almost all the drama and f-ery in 9ja.



“Henceforth, payment of the monthly stipend would be made directly to each beneficiary with focus to eliminate cases of fraud and short-changing by their leaders."


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VagileVictor:
Atiku Abubakar's cash is involved.

is genny his 3rd wife or official/unofficial concubine/mistress?


Atiku Abubakar: "Why I Married More Than 1 Wife" - Politics - Nairaland

https://www.nairaland.com/2777898/atiku-abubakar-why-married-more

art imitates life all the way live


Sharon Stone In Abuja

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A pretty good article on power. The only part I disagree with is the the divine will/right of royalty which may or may not be passé now. A certain newly elected president is frugal and moves cautiously and strategizes like her!


Leaders & Success


Queen Elizabeth I Sparked England's Rise To Greatness

BY SCOTT S. SMITH, FOR INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
01/05/2016 02:16 PM ET

Elizabeth Tudor didn't seem destined to become queen of England. Before she was 3, King Henry VIII beheaded her mother, Anne Boleyn, removing Elizabeth from the line of succession.

When her half-sister became Queen Mary I, Elizabeth was suspected of plotting a coup, imprisoned and nearly executed.

When Elizabeth was finally crowned at age 25 in 1558, she hardly faced rosy prospects.

Fighting between Catholics and Protestants jarred England, and the Catholic powers of Spain and France threatened it.

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"She had learned never to despair and to avoid acting rashly, to think through her options carefully," Susan Doran, author of "Elizabeth I and Her Circle," told IBD. "She had an excellent education, developed the ability to communicate brilliantly, surrounded herself with wise advisors, treated her courtiers well and rarely used her power arbitrarily."

Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People of All Time" called Elizabeth "a woman so strong, a politician so skillful, a monarch so magnetic that she ... brought her country safely through the Reformation, inspired a cultural renaissance and united a tiny, fragmented island into a nation of global reach."

Royal From The Start

Elizabeth (1533-1603) was born at Greenwich Palace, London, the presumptive heir to the throne, since her older half-sister, Mary, had lost that position when Henry had the marriage to her mother, Catherine of Aragon, annulled.
Elizabeth's Keys

Her 45-year reign as queen spurred England to greatness.
Overcame: Violent conflict between Protestants and Catholics.
Lesson: Major decisions are best made after careful consideration.
"Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested."

When Boleyn failed to produce a son, trumped-up charges of treason led to her execution, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate.

Henry then married Jane Seymour, who bore Edward in 1537.

Women of the nobility cared for Elizabeth, who received the type of training normally reserved for a prince, making her one of the best-educated women of the era by the time she was 17.

She proved to be a brilliant student with an astonishing memory, becoming fluent in French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Welsh, Scottish, Cornish and Irish.

In 1547, Henry died and his son, 9, became Edward VI.

When Edward died at 15, Elizabeth's half-sister became Mary I in 1553. A devout Catholic, Mary tried to crush the Protestant church that her father had established, executing 300 Protestants who resisted and earning the title Bloody Mary.

Elizabeth had been brought up Protestant and was arrested when a plot was discovered to put her on the throne, despite no evidence that she knew of it. In 1558, Mary died and Elizabeth was crowned, beginning a reign of 45 years.

"The composure with which she faced the challenges that awaited her was quite extraordinary," wrote Anne Somerset in "Elizabeth I." "Far from making her uncertain of herself, the vicissitudes she endured had revealed to her inner strengths and heightened her self-esteem, for she knew that it was largely owing to her intelligence and willpower that she had emerged unscathed from these ordeals. ... And because of the certainty that she owed her exaltation to the divine will, Elizabeth was untroubled by feelings of inadequacy on account of her sex. It was an attitude that enabled her to sidestep male prejudice and was hence an invaluable asset at a time when women were classed as inferior beings."

First, the queen tackled the religious tensions. She pushed through Parliament an act that made the Anglican Church the state's official church and ended the persecution of Catholics.

This move did not satisfy the more severe Protestants, like the Puritans.

Catholics were also dissatisfied and repeatedly tried to overthrow her, with the blessing of popes.

The greatest threat came from Mary Stuart, who became the Catholic queen of Scotland in 1542, when her father died shortly after her birth. She spent her childhood in France, a Scottish ally, while regents ruled until her return in 1561.

By then, the mostly Protestant Scottish lords had concluded a peace treaty with England. They rebelled against Mary Stuart's efforts to impose her faith.

She was imprisoned in 1567 and abdicated to her infant son, James, who was reared as a Protestant.

The next year, she escaped to England, where she was imprisoned for 19 years, when her involvement in a coup plot against Elizabeth caused her to be executed.

Sharp At The Top

Elizabeth's inner circle tried to pair her with suitors from countries that would provide a strong ally for tiny England.

She flirted but never consented, sometimes because she was in love with someone whom her advisors opposed or because remaining available was smart foreign policy.

Late in her reign, she spoke of being married to her kingdom.

"Elizabeth was an excellent speaker and deployed the rhetoric she had learned from her classical education, often silencing her critics in Parliament," said Doran. "She surrounded herself by and large by wise advisors, such as William Cecil, Lord Burghley.

"She improved the economy by reforming the currency, nurturing trade and spending prudently, avoiding excessive spending on palaces, unlike her father, or on patronage, unlike her successor."

Elizabeth even opened trade with the Muslim states of Morocco and the Ottoman Empire.

She refilled the empty treasury from the government's stake in seven privately operated companies. Loot also filled her coffers from explorer-privateers such as Francis Drake, who circumnavigated the globe in 1577-80, raiding England's enemies.

And she made great expenditures to build up the weak English navy so it could fight the Spanish Armada, which arrived in the English Channel at the end of July 1588.

The Spanish fleet had 22 galleons and 108 armed merchant ships with a total of 2,500 guns, manned by 8,000 sailors and 18,000 soldiers for boarding English vessels that might oppose them.

The English had twice as many ships, which were smaller and had only two-thirds as many cannons, but were able to maneuver faster.

On Aug. 8, the English fleet repeatedly attacked and quickly retreated, sinking five enemy boats and losing none. Just 100 English sailors died and 400 were wounded; 600 Spaniards were killed, 800 wounded and 400 captured.

Spain's Reign Sank

The Spanish had been driven north and decided to return home by going around Ireland into the North Atlantic to avoid further attacks. Gales destroyed many ships. Only 67 vessels made it back, with fewer than 10,000 men.

Spain would hold its global dominance for a century, then fade as Britain and France fought to replace it.

"Elizabeth did not seek military glory, nor was she interested in building a large empire," wrote Michael Hart in "The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History." "Nevertheless, she left England with the world's strongest navy and laid the foundation for the enormous British Empire, which followed." He puts her at No. 94 as a mover and shaker in world history, just ahead of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Elizabeth's attempts to put down rebellions in Catholic Ireland and to support the Protestant King Henry IV of France were less successful. Incompetent commanders hurt her, and she didn't want to risk major investments.

"Elizabeth did not attempt to deal directly with the vexing problem of the relative authority of Parliament and the monarch," wrote Hart. "But by simply avoiding being a despot, she probably did more to aid the development of British democracy than if she had promulgated a democratic constitution."

Elizabeth's reign is also seen as a golden age of literature, with her encouragement of playwrights and poets such as William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, Edward de Vere and Christopher Marlowe.

On her deathbed at 69, Elizabeth finally named Mary Stuart's son, James VI of Scotland, her successor. He simultaneously ruled England as James I.

According to Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers: The Story of Success," Elizabeth's net worth would be $142.9 billion in current money (outranking Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) founder Sam Walton).

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prela:
Nice gift.........but Someone should pls tell this woman to stop going to the gym. Her stature is just right. @ almost 50 she should take it easy

Queen Kate has made an important discovery. Exercise is the elixir and fountain of youth and beauty.

Body Building Grandma Ernestine Shepherd Bench Presses, Runs Marathons At 73

By Sarah Netter

April 27, 2010

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Ernestine Shepherd began workout out at 56. Now 73, she runs 80 miles per week and can bench press 150 pounds. She was named to the Guinness Book of World Records ast the oldest female body builder.
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Taut abs and rippling muscles aren't exactly the stuff grandmothers are known for. But then again neither are marathons and cell phones that play the theme to "Rocky."

At 73, Ernestine Shepherd is in better shape than most people decades her junior. Up at 3 a.m. every morning, she spends her days running, lifting weights and working out other senior citizens at the Union Memorial United Methodist Church in Baltimore. She also works as a certified personal trainer at her gym.

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Elderly weightlifter

"I feel better than I did at 40," she said. "I am very, very happy."

In less than 20 years, Shepherd has morphed from a "prissy" woman who never exercised to the Guinness Book of World Records' oldest female bodybuilder.

A die-hard "Rocky" fan -- "Sylvester Stallone is my man," she cooed -- Shepherd is preparing for a body building competition this weekend.

"I feel now that I am a very strong, positive and confident woman," she said. "Years ago I concerned myself about what people said concerning me. But when you get 70-something and you don't have that many years in front of you, you don't concern yourself with that."

Instead, Shepherd concerns herself with her carefully formulated diet -- 1,700 calories a day, mostly comprised of boiled egg whites, chicken, vegetables and a liquid egg white drink -- and packing in the workouts needed to maintain her stunning physique.

Shepherd runs about 80 miles per week and bench presses 150 pounds. Bicep curls are done with 15- and 20-pound dumbbells.

Married for 53 years and grandmother to a 13-year-old, Shepherd said she is exactly where she wants to be.

Well, almost. She's been looking for an excuse to meet Michelle Obama and even offered to train her.

"I've been trying to get to that lady. And I can't get to her," she said. "It's so difficult."

Shepherd sees her jaw-dropping transformation as fulfulling a promise to her late sister, Mildred Blackwell, who died in 1992 of a brain anuerysm just over a year into the training that she believed would drive them to become the oldest living fitness competitors in the world.

"I kept up everything she said we were going to do," Shepherd said. "That's kept me so close to her."

Twenty years ago, Shepherd was working as a secretary in the Baltimore school system after 30 years with AT&T. Exercising was not part of the picture.

"I was too prissy to exercise," she said. "I just didn't want to have my hair messed up. Didn't want my fingernails broken."

Then, at 56, Shepherd found herself in a dressing room with her sister trying on swimsuits for a pool party.

"When we looked at each other we both laughed because we didn't look too good in those suits," Shepherd said. "She said 'Tina, we're going to have to do something about this.'"

Marathons and Modeling for Senior Body Builder

The allure of a swimsuit-ready body sent Shepherd and her sister to aerobics classes. And as they began to slim down, a trainer suggested lifting weights.

Shepherd and her sister, who she says were "like twins," took to weight lifting immediately and quickly saw their bodies start to change. But one day, Blackwell began complaining of headaches. She was dead soon after.

Shepherd said she quit exercising, holed up in her home and started suffering from panic attacks and high blood pressure.

A close friend and trainer eventually forced her out of the house, telling her, "You know your sister wouldn't want you to do this."

She hit the gym, this time to keep a promise to her beloved sister. In 2007, she began running. She now runs in the park for two to three hours a day and has a 5K time of 28 minutes.

She has also completed eight marathons and has her sights set on the New York and Boston races, warning competitors that "the old lady's comin'."

Shepherd has snagged modeling gigs and posed for Essence magazine. Even Oprah Winfrey came calling, she said, but the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks took her off the lineup. She also took first place in her class at the Tournament of Champions' bodybuilding competition in 2008.

When Shepherd was named to the Guiness Book of World Records, she took Blackwell's ashes to Rome with her.

"When I got to the Coliseum I cried," she said. "I stood there and I spread her ashes."

She is now trained by former Mr. Universe Yohannie Shambourger.

"She's special because no one can have that kind of muscle at her age," he said. "Ernestine has a body where she can compete against younger athletes and actually beat them."

Standing nearly 5' 5" and weighing between 118 and 120 pounds, Shepherd is adamant that she doesn't use any performancing enhancing drugs or even supplements other than vitamin D.

"I don't want to train my ladies and give them the false impression of supplements," she said.

Plus, with her 74th birthday in less than two months, Shepherd said taking care of herself is paramount.

"I have old things in my body," she said.


The Remarkable Story of Ernestine Shepherd


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Published on Feb 4, 2014

Do healthy, ripped bodies only belong to the young? Not if you're Ernestine Shepherd. At 77, she's the world's oldest female bodybuilder and in our original documentary short, we follow a day in her life.



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a few years ago NL front page used to frequently feature these type of hustle and success stories. hopefully we will read more in 2016 and less fluff.