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Mrsoundoro:
Senator Ben Bruce took to his twitter account to share a photo of himself with his friends in Los Angeles in year 1977.

While sharing this photo, he wrote...


Source: https://dailynaija.com/post/throwback-photo-of-senator-ben-bruce-with-his-friends-in-los-angeles

Cool... 1977.

SHIBAQUEEN:
Me I'm a woman and let me tell you the trick, ladies of nowadays they will tell you yes even if they don't love you so long as you have the money, but for me everything came natural because we don't have anything but we have the brain and we saw the bright future together and lo and behold the future is shining right in our eyes and today I'm a cyber attorney in US with my partner a real estate but bro believe me if she is for you she will say yes and even if she is not for you and you have the money she will say yes but if you don’t have the money get ready to see how she might turn you down, this happened to my cousin just two months ago and the guy went into depression, this guy is a banker but the lady said gos finances cannot really take care of her needs.

Well said.

BrandSpurNG:
A Rivian electric vehicle factory is under consideration for construction in North Texas and could possibly rival Tesla’s electric vehicle plant or “Gigafactory” which is currently under construction in Austin, Texas.

Rivian Automotive, based in Irvine- California is a company that is backed by both Ford and Amazon and has announced that they would invest at least US$5 billion to build this factory with the capacity to produce 200,000 vehicles a year.

The Fort Worth EDC proposed an economic development package with Rivian that would include up to US$440 million in grants and county tax abatements, according to an announcement from Rivian.

Although Rivian’s facility would be primarily factory rather than office space, it would employ more than twice as many workers as Toyota’s 2.1 albeit at lower average salaries, and be more than five times the million-square-foot corporate headquarters complex on 100 acres in Plano.

This project would have five times the capital investment as Toyota’s, which is widely currently known as one of North Texas’s most impactful economic and biggest development wins ever. Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO has boasted the so-called GigaTexas project as the largest automotive manufacturing facility in the United States.

The plant is being built on just over 2,480 acres Tesla purchased last year. In a presentation the company gave to Travis County officials, the electric automaker said that they will hire at least 5,000 employees to work at the facility.

While a number of states and cities are still under consideration, the Texas site has become the front-runner for the Rivian electric vehicle factory. The company, and in particular R.J. Scaringe, the CEO, had previously been keen on a location in Arizona but concerns were raised around the available infrastructure, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private information.

Robert Sturns, the director of economic development for Fort Worth, said in an email that the city is “very excited to be a finalist for this project and looks forward to continuing the process.”

SOURCE:https://brandspurng.com/2021/08/21/new-us-5-billion-rivian-electric-vehicle-factory-to-rival-tesla-gigafactory-texas/

Awesome stuff! That's healthy
competition that'll lead to more
affordable electric vehicles.

folaski:
HOW TO KNOW IF YOUR MOTHER IS A NIGERIAN

The following is not my original composition but I find it interesting and somehow true. Many of our mums are like that. Enjoy

1) When you say, "Mummy, I'm Sorry!" And she replies, "Sorry for yourself!"
.
2) When you ask her where you should drop something and she
says, “Drop it on my head."
.
3) When she brings food wrapped in a nylon bag from a party.
.
4) When you say, ''Mummy, I have fever.” And she replies you, “Why won't you have fever when you press
phone every night”
.
.
5) When you say, “Mummy I took 2nd in my class.” and she replies, “So the person that took
first has two heads abi?”
.
.
6) When she takes the DSTV remote to work, just to punish you.
.
7) When you are watching television with her and then she sleeps off and still doesn’t want you to change the channel.
.
.
When you tell her you are going to a friend's place to play and she asks, ''When last did that friend come here to play with you?
.
.
9) When she asks you if the food she served you is enough, and
you reply no, and she says, come and eat my own with yours.
.
10) When she tells you, if I hear Peem, you
will
hear Ween.
.
11) When she touches hot pot comfortably without a cloth or
paper.

12) When she tells you, ''I didn't kill my mother, so you will not kill
me''..

13) When she calls you from your room upstairs and then sends you back upstairs to bring her purse.

14) When you ask her to refund the money you borrowed her and she tells you, "All the food you have been eating in the house nko? Which money did you think was used in buying them?''

Our Mothers are wonderful.
True or false. Lolz we still love ur mums!!

LMAO! Mad cool.

Blossomfirst:
Hello Nairaland; I am Destine with my instagram handle as https://www.instagram.com/o.l.a.e.d.o_
I am in my 20s and I reside in Portharcourt, Nigeria though I studied in Enugu. I took it upon myself to travel to every single state in Nigeria; and though I am yet to achieve this dream, I am getting closer to achieving my dream. I have been to these states;

Lagos
Abuja
Niger
Bayelsa
Abia
Delta
Ebonyi
Edo
Nasarawa
Imo
Rivers (winks)
Kogi
Anambra.

I have been to Benin Republic too! I look forward to travel to the far north; plans are still underway

I detail my journeys on my various experiences travelling across the breadth and length of Nigeria and one thing I have discovered is that though we are from various tribes in Nigeria, we are all pretty much the same. I have learnt to respect the opinions, belief and culture of the people I meet. Trust me, you have no idea how fun this country can be!

Check out my pictures and enjoy the scenery of the country we call home!

For more travel stories and pictures check out my Instagram. Thanks

https://www.instagram.com/o.l.a.e.d.o_/

This is mad cool! Travelling
for leisure and business
elavates your awareness and
enables you to pay attention
to little details. Yup!

Blossomfirst:
Lol.. Thanks for your concern dear. but I draw inspiration from various travellers such as Drew Binsky who has been to Afghanistan, Somalia, North Korea, Iraq, Iran etc. I believe I would be there one day when tensions calm down

Aha! Lol... This babe will love
risky behaviour and/or extreme
sports like bungee jumping, hang-gliding, skydiving, etc, just
like me.

The Drew Binsky style.

Nice thread!

digitaltrades:
This post is sequel to https://www.nairaland.com/5616004/genotype-wants-ruin-me-fighting. And the final words of the OP, cheato64, make me want to correct certain misconceptions about Genotype.

Misconception

If two individuals with AS genotypes get married and give birth to say 4 children, only one (25% chance) of their offsprings will have SS genotype while the remaining 3 will have AA or AS genotype.


The Hard Truth

The AS/AS Chart really means that each child has 25%, 50% or 25% chance of having AA, AS or SS genotype. This means each child can be AA, AS or SS in no particular order. In fact, all the children of such a couple can come with SS Genotypes.

Imagine having 4 kids all with SS Genotype! Imagine the pain and suffering on the part of the kids and the psychological trauma on the part of the parents! Imagine the cost of treatment!

Last time I checked, the only permanent solution to sickle cell anaemia is bone marrow transplant, which is costly. It's either such parents take their 4 sickler kids for bone marrow transplant and risk going bankrupt or they leave the 4 kids to wallow in pain and live on liver-damaging analgesics and electrolyte therapy all their lives.

Furthermore, there is no assurance that the AS kids will live up to 25 years before they give up the ghost even if the parent has money to foot medical bills for the kids! Does it really worth it?! What's the point in spending such huge amount and undergoing so much psychological trauma only to bury the kid in his/her prime of life!

My conclusion

Any AS genotype parent that intentionally marries another AS parent is a wicked person deserving a death sentence (in my opinion). Why would a parent condemn a poor, innocent kid to a life of suffering and pain because he or she doesn't want to leave his or her AS partner? It is simple selfishness and wickedness; not love at all!

Bro cheato64, take good note of this. You cannot blame ignorance anymore for your wrong choice. It will be your fault all the way, and you may look back upon today and wish you didn't make this wrong decision because of your selfishness. What is controlling you isn't love but selfishness. True love will let go if it will benefit both parties.

Lala, kindly take note.

Yup! This post is very valid!

I know of a wealthy family that had 7 children, and 4 of them had sickle cell leaving only 3 free!

The belief that only 1 in 4 children will have sickle cell is just a percentage probability. Just as the original post stated, it's true that all the 2, 3 or 4 of the children (of parents who are both AS) can turn out as sickle cell carriers.

EaglesEyes1:
I was with my ex-girlfriend in the car on a lonely road, she was in the driver seat and I was in the passenger seat. She was holding the steering wheel as if it will come off if she turn the steering wheel. The car started heading towards a parked damage trailer by the left hand side of the road, I told her to turn the steering wheel away from the direction of the trailer, but her hands were shaking on the steering wheel and her eyes opened wide as if she was looking at a scary ghost and she stepped her foot on the gas pedal, the car started going faster. I was there shouting brake! brake!!

I had just had to quickly switch the car off and raise the hand brake.

She quickly rushed out of the car and started shouting at me and saying 'it is not a force to know how to drive a car and not every women knows how to drive, that I shouldn't urge her to drive a car anymore'. I started laughing ooooo. she hissed and sat down in the passenger seat.

So guys, I guess yours might be more hilarious than mine.

She needs to attend a proper
driving school where driving
simulations can be done before
driving on the public roads.

HolinessForever:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/politics/15940223/terrorists-are-trying-to-sneak-into-britain/amp/

It's gonna be a nightmare scenario if they are not properly screened.

Nevertheless there are many good
Afghans who just want to lead a normal life, and in the 1960s to 1970s for instance, Afghanistan
was a major tourist hub for Western tourists, and there was tolerance of secularism.

Unclefemolala:
Ohh I misunderstood
Sorry..lol

Lol... It's OK then, I appreciate.

No time for beefs. Respect!

Cheers.

Unclefemolala:
Lol
And u people would claim educated...so all I need is to have my wife birth at lagos US embassy and my baby is American...lmaooo...please read...

Gosh! Femolala what is this?

You seem NOT to have read my post properly. Kindly read my post that you quoted again
to get a hang of what I posted about the U.S. flag.

I'm one of the few on this thread warning folks not to buy the U.S. flag or game the system because giving birth on American soil is the primary way to become a citizen, or be given birth to by American parents. Even a naturalised American cannot become a
President (POTUS). That's how structured the American system
is.

I felt a bit embarassed by the mixed up message you posted above which I believe was unintended.

Kindly edit your post before folks on here start thinking I'm one of the olodos posting false
info here.

All the best.

camri:
https://gazettengr.com/afghan-woman-delivers-baby-aboard-u-s-evacuation-plane/

Afghan woman who went into labour in a U.S. evacuation flight
[Photo credit: Air Mobility Command]

The triumph of the human
spirit.

Praxis758:
Happy for the woman.

The baby is automatically a US citizen by birth.

1. Any baby born 5 - 6 metres from the the US flag in any foreign land is automatically a US citizen by law. The said flag must be for official mission. It is not anyhow flag.

2. Any child born into the US embassy in any foreign land is automatically a US citizen by law

3. Any child born into a facility of the US mission in any foreign land is automatically a US citizen by law.


However Oga Trump tried to reverse all those 3 amendments but couldn't

All U.S. flags are specially manufactured on U.S. soil. So those who may be thinking of "gaming the system" by sewing fake or uncertified U.S. flags should not even bother.

Happy to know the mother and baby are okay!

Kiasa:
It's sad that you take your inferiority and lack of self worth out on BA. All it would have taken is five minutes of your time to get rid of your ignorance instead of having a mental breakdown while posting and acting just like a white supremacist lunatic. SMH

A mind is a terrible thing to waste, the more you know the farther you'll go.

Affluent African American Suburbs in the US.
www.blackenterprise.com

1***Black Beverly Hills***,
This beautiful suburb is located in Southern California, with nearly 75% of it's population being BA. Median household income and home values are more than the entire state of California on average with house value coming in at nearly $900,000 and income over $100,000.

The area is famous for it's many wealthy and successful residents including many doctors and attorneys, making it one of the most coveted black suburbs in the US. Nearly 100% have high school diplomas, 44% are married and 54% have bachelor degrees and higher.

2. ***Black Wall Street***

NBC reported that 60% of the businesses in this DeSoto Texas Suburb are owned by Black Americans. Seventy percent of the population in DeSoto is Black with the median income of over $61,000 and the house values at nearly $164,000, more than the states average.

Fifty percent of the population are married, 90% are high school graduates and 30% have bachelor degrees and higher. Compared to Black Beverly Hills DeSoto has a lower cost of living making it's purchasing power go a lot farther.

.3 ***Other Black American Suburbs***
These BA suburbs have a population of 70 to 85% BA.
The median incomes are $60,000 to $90,000, a high home value, 90% high school graduates, 30 to 50% earning bachelor degrees, and higher with very low crime rates.

Olympia Fields, Illinois
Wheatley Heights, New York
Hillcrest, New York
Wood more, Maryland
Kettering, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland
Mitchellville, Maryland
Friendly, Maryland

These are a few, you can use your half of a brain to search for more.

Stop your stupidity and believing everything the white media brainwash you with.

Yup! Ebony and Black Enterprise magazines have always emphasized these specifics from time to time.