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CareerRe: Anna Makanju: Nigerian Working At OpenAI (Photos) by AlphaTaikun: 11:08pm On Nov 21, 2023
PureFace1:
The only Nigerian working at Open AI but the most surprising thing is calling a Yoruba woman with full Yoruba name an immigrant from Russia
That's mad cool... She's intelligent and pretty too.
CelebritiesRe: Steve Harvey Crowns A Nigerian 'king Olu' For Updating Wife's Wedding Ring by AlphaTaikun: 10:56pm On Nov 21, 2023
1stGenAmerican:
You’re wrong, little guy. Sorry but I’m NOT sorry. Your failed tv speech isn’t red pill by a mile, it’s what real Red Pillers call INCEL RHETORIC. Red Pillers don’t think, talk, or act like you—try harder.
FYI, I have Nigerian blood running through my veins but I was born in America. I bagged a Bachelor’s, an MBA, and a Juris Doctorate with my own sweat so sir, who has time or energy to be mad about what a man does for another woman when I’m self-made and paid? Everything I have I’ve worked for and unlike you, nobody can claim it or take it away from me. Yes, I have men willing to spend on me because as you can see, I’m beautiful but I can spend ten times over on myself what any man can spend on me—there’s levels to this thing we call life but sadly, you aren’t anywhere near my level.
Do you keep the same energy for men as you do women? Do you step to men, trying to give them pepper or are you one that builds his broken ego by bullying women? No, I’m sure you don’t because guys like you are intimidated by real men. Instead of SIMPING for the entertainment of other men for FREE, go grab a shovel and go fill a pothole, grab a bag and pick up some rubbish off the street, feed a few hungry kids, and confront a few of the politicians burdening your future generations with debt so they can live lavishly—you might actually grow to respect yourself more than you do now.
Peace to you, Sir.
A real class act... wink
CelebritiesRe: Steve Harvey Crowns A Nigerian 'king Olu' For Updating Wife's Wedding Ring by AlphaTaikun: 10:48pm On Nov 21, 2023
Art, Graphics & VideoRe: 2023 Access Art X: Julius Agbaje, Asmaa Jama Emerge Winners Of The Art X Price by AlphaTaikun: 10:46pm On Nov 21, 2023
Qtsnow:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/agbaje-jama-named-winners-of-access-art-x-prize-2023-get-20000/%3famp
I love abstract works of art... They trigger your critical thinking process.

Nice thread.
PoliticsRe: Meet The Nigerian Fashion Moguls Championing ‘Made In Africa’ Worldwide by AlphaTaikun: 10:38pm On Nov 21, 2023
PoliticsRe: The Internet Never Forgets: Gbadebo Vivour Accused Of Insulting Pastor Adeboye by AlphaTaikun:
abbeyfel:
His tweet reeks of Tribalism. Forget that this guy's father is yoruba. He has more of his mother's blood flowing in him! How come he can't even speak in Father's language fluently??
SMH. I think Gbadebo's father didn't do enough to expose his son to his paternal Yoruba culture. I mean how can this young soon to be 39-year-old guy called Gbadebo make such ethnic slurs and he wants to be the Governor of Lagos State which is a Yoruba State.

His mum not being a Yoruba is not the issue here, but his irresponsible Tweets and ethnic slurs.

Desmond Olusola Emeka Elliot's father is from Olowogbowo in Lagos Island [where formerly enslaved Yoruba returnees from Sierra Leone settled in from the 1800s], and Desmond's mother is from Illah in the Oshimili area of Delta State... near Asaba. He has not been discriminated against by Yorubas who love him for his acting skills and more.

Even Gbadebo's illustrious family is descended from the lineage of formerly enslaved Yoruba returnees from Sierra Leone, rescued from slave ships heading to Cuba, Brazil, and the U.S. in the 1800s. His ancestor was a very wealthy oil palm and cocoa plantation owwner in Fernando Po which he settled on from Sierra Leone with other wealthy Yorubas [Krios or Creoles] to do business and they had their own ships as of the 1800s.

Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke of Osun has a Yoruba father and mother from Akwete in Abia State with no discrimination.
PoliticsRe: The Internet Never Forgets: Gbadebo Vivour Accused Of Insulting Pastor Adeboye by AlphaTaikun: 2:24pm On Mar 07, 2023
renderme:
He didn’t disavow, he doubled down. Lol! Have u seen the one he was praising ojukwu in an interview? Here’s the link:




And here is the link to the GRV twitter spaces discussing how “igbos should take Lagos and chase all traditional rulers from power as they go to vote LP

PoliticsRe: Spiritual Proof That Tinubu Is The Moses To Take Us To The Promised Land by AlphaTaikun: 2:14pm On Mar 07, 2023
sukkot:
hey brother Alphataikun trust you are well brother. Hope you no dey see this naira scarcity ? Lol. You are somewhere in Europe right ? If I remember correctly ? . But yeah the road for Tinubu was very long and arduous but you know destiny is destiny and all detractors would always be put to shame. In the infamous word of OBEDIENTS you can’t beat an idea whose time has come and it is time for a progressive minded person to lead us out of darkness and into the light. Tinubu has that pedigree. As for vivour you know I did an article on that in a thread called sanwo vs chinedu , the battle for Atlantis . I would link that thread here. And yeah it’s quite amazing how the Red Sea parted so that Tinubu can walk through. The confusion of language and purpose of the Tower of Babel PDP as they splintered into G5 and LABOR and Kwankwaso and Atiku factions. That is the stuff of miracles without which Tinubu stood no chance speaking of which I didn’t know balabala bolobolo is a Yoruba adage for gibberish. Thanks for that info wink

https://www.nairaland.com/7598062/sanwo-vs-chinedu-battle-atlantis

https://www.nairaland.com/7590168/vivour-rhodes-tries-surf-obi
Hey Sukkot nice to know you are fine. smiley

I was on this contoversial Gbadebo thread that made front page when I saw your second mention on this thread to me.
Indeed, something must be wrong with that guy. He has an insidious past TBH.

==> https://www.nairaland.com/7600547/internet-never-forgets-gbadebo-vivour


Yeah! It was a Nairalander that even made it clear to me that "Balabala balabolo" is an expression for "gibberish" in Yoruba and that was when Tinubu's alleged comment become clearer to me. The objective of the fake news spreaders was to create doubts and confusion in the minds of people about Tinubu's competency. It was a massive propaganda campaign that was ethno-religiously based. If NOT nipped in the bud by punishing all the offenders who spread fake news, it has the ability to distort history and future generations of kids would NOT know what history to believe anymore while reading internet posts in the future.

Thanks for the links.

All the best Sukkot.
PoliticsRe: The Internet Never Forgets: Gbadebo Vivour Accused Of Insulting Pastor Adeboye by AlphaTaikun: 2:02pm On Mar 07, 2023
Idiko1:
Lagos is built with the commonwealth since 1914. No place in Nigeria came close except Abuja. One reason Nigeria is called basket of fools.
Lagos State was created for the indigenes on May 27, 1967 by the Government of General Yakubu Gowon.
Lagos State was never the capital of Nigeria... it is Lagos Island that was the capital of Nigeria from 1914 to 1991.


95% of the total land mass of today's Lagos State was under Chief Obafemi Awolowo's Western Region and other regional administrators till May 27, 1967. 95% of what is now known a Lagos State would have been in Ogun State right now if Lagos State wasn't created for the indigenes just like the other 11 states Gowon created after due consultations with the indigenes.

Ikeja Industrial Estate, Ikeja GRA, Ilupeju Industrial Estate, Orile Iganmu Industrial Estate, and more giant industries were set up by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, GCFR, SAN.

Ikeja LGA, Badagry LGA, Ikorodu LGA, Ibeju Lekki LGA, Epe LGA, Mushin/Isolo LGA, Amuwo Odofin, Ojo, Agege, etc, were all under the economic development of the rich Western Region. Take note and learn your history.
PoliticsRe: Spiritual Proof That Tinubu Is The Moses To Take Us To The Promised Land by AlphaTaikun: 2:01pm On Mar 07, 2023
Sukkot, watch the 46.37 MINS video below that was uploaded on the 12th of February 2023 by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group.

Tinubu spoke off-hand and was so intelligent in his speech that many commenters of the YouTube comments section said they regreted saying bad things about Tinubu. You have to watch it if you haven't. He is a real technocrat and NOT the fake drug baron lies that mainly those Peter Obi supporters, Hundeyin, Reno, etc told about him. It is time to charge all the culprits who spread the lie that Tinubu is a drug baron for criminal defamation of character. If he is or was a drug baron the U.S. law enforcement agents would have arrested him and locked him up because the U.S. has ZERO-TOLERANCE for drug barons and drug pushers.


Interactive Session with Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the NESG Presidential Dialogue
=>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlnv_hqafZU
Nigerian Economic Summit Group · 12 Feb 2023
PoliticsRe: The Internet Never Forgets: Gbadebo Vivour Accused Of Insulting Pastor Adeboye by AlphaTaikun: 1:46pm On Mar 07, 2023
YeyeGbami:
Sanwo-Olu's CV
Sanwo-Olu is a 3-time commisioner in Lagos State... that's awesome.
PoliticsRe: The Internet Never Forgets: Gbadebo Vivour Accused Of Insulting Pastor Adeboye by AlphaTaikun:
Minjim:
I believe he isn't counting of Yorubas support.

He's counting the the support of non-Yorubas in Lagos and their anger and disappointment from last election.

This is why we all must take a side. I didn't quite in the presidential election but I must vote in the Guber.

The LP guy lacked the skill, experience and personality for the office of Lagos state governor.
Sanwo has been in the Civil service , has head a government agency and he's a stAuch party man before he became governor. I will rather go with the continuity of APC than the anger, hatred and bitterness of LP
I agree... Well said.

You can see right from the page 1 comments that those supporting him here and attacking the OP are some NL members of Ibo origin that have been well-known to make highly inflamatory posts, and spread fake news, and fake videos on this Website. I have used this Website since 2005 and I can tell that some of the Ibos here are highly dishonest and very insidious. Instead of condemning the 39-year-old Gbadebo's anti-Yoruba posts or ethnic slurs on Twitter, they are busy attacking the OP.

This young dude called Gbadebo is NOT fit to be the Governor of Lagos State, which is the 4th largest economy in Africa made possible through the flow of investments and sagacity of the incumbent political party since 1999, and more work needs to be done. Gbadebo clearly lacks the mental and emotional intelligence to be the Governor of a traditional Yoruba state such as Lagos. He doesn't even speak fluent Yoruba which any Lagos State governor would need to communicate with all the Obas of the major towns in Lagos State, Lagos traditional High Chiefs, the indigenes, and folks on the street level.

NOT even one word of apology from him for his past tweets... some of which he has deleted.

What has this Gbadebo dude been smoking?
PoliticsRe: The Internet Never Forgets: Gbadebo Vivour Accused Of Insulting Pastor Adeboye by AlphaTaikun: 1:25pm On Mar 07, 2023
brutustech:
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party, made a derogatory remark on Twitter about Pastor Enoch Adeboye, a highly respected pastor and leader of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, in response to his compliment to El-Rufai during a visit. This tweet has generated widespread outrage and debates about the importance of respectful discourse in public conversations.

Although some supporters of the Labour Party have defended Rhodes, citing his right to free speech and claiming that his tweet was simply expressing his personal opinion, a significant number of people, particularly the elders, have condemned his language. They believe that insulting a revered public figure like Pastor Adeboye is unacceptable and disrespectful.

Furthermore, they see Rhodes' generalization of Yoruba people as those who are known to "lick ass" as a derogatory comment, that insults the entire Yoruba clan

Gbadebo's remark is not only harmful but also has the potential to escalate conflicts. It undermines the fundamental principles of civility, tolerance, and mutual respect, which are essential for a healthy and functional society. Making derogatory comments about someone with a differing opinion about others creates an atmosphere of hostility and division.
Moreover, as a Yoruba descendant, Gbadebo's comment is both condescending and disrespectful. It demonstrates that he lacks regard for others, which disqualifies him from being a suitable leader.

Notable elders in Lagos state have expressed their opinion that Gbadebo is not fit to be the governor of Lagos state due to his lack of respect. Therefore, Lagosians require a leader who can provide good governance, promote respectful discourse in public conversation, and work towards a society that values civility, tolerance, and mutual respect.
PoliticsRe: Spiritual Proof That Tinubu Is The Moses To Take Us To The Promised Land by AlphaTaikun: 12:43pm On Mar 07, 2023
sukkot:
So people have to understand that the bible characters are archetypes that exist at all times and all ages in different peoples. These are not static characters that existed at that one biblical time . These archetype souls exist all the time . You just have to identify who they are in your time. So how does God show us that Tinubu is the Moses of our time to lead us to the promised land ? Moses was known to have a speech impediment. Like a stammerer. And how does the LORD make us identify that trait in Tinubu ? During the elections he had severe speech impediment kinda like stammering eg words that were used to mock him like bulababa and garagara etc etc. That’s the LORD letting you know that this is the Moses that would deliver you to the promised land. And what happens immediately he gets nominated ? The LORD restores his speech . His acceptance speech which he was reeling offhand he was as eloquent as ever without any mistakes. It’s like his voice has been restored.

And on a side note if we look at his path to victory we know this is a man ordained by God. God collapsed a monster monolith structure in his path into threefold ( Kwankwaso obi Atiku ) and had them cancel each other out. That is the stuff of miracles. That means God has gone before you to clear your path as he confuses the language of the tower of babel called PDP. and so if you fight this man you are fighting with God and your hands are too short to box with God, you will lule . And there is the age factor ? All the great men the LORD used were almost 90 years old when he called them. Some would say BUT I AM TOO OLD TO BRING FORTH CHILD ? Meaning but I am too old to perform for you ? But God controls the body and mind and can make him reverse backwards in age . The point here is, you mortals need to cage up your grandiose ideas about who you think should be president or not because you can be snuffed out like a roach if you go against the Moses archetype of our tIME. What you experienced with Tinubu is the biblical miracle called PARTING THE RED SEA . The red sea was the monster monolith PDP and it was parted ( parted into labor and pdp and Kwankwaso and the G5) so that the Israelites can walk through into the promised land initiated by Moses but actualised by Joshua . So the question is who will be Tinubus joshua ? To facilitate the upgrade of Nigeria from a third world nation to a first world nation, a first world nation being the promised land as we escape from the pharaohs who kept us In bondage
Hello @Sukkot, I hope you're doing great?

I just logged back into this account and saw you mention.

Sukkot, you are one hell of a seer. Deep stuff!

I remember you did say emphatically from last year and this year that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu, [the former ExxonMobil technocrat and chartered accountant with a First Class degree from Chicago State University] was going to become the next President of Nigeria. But looking at the physical election permutations, it looked very daunting because of the primordial ethnic, religious, and other variables that had set in.

I too just could NOT understand how Atiku, Peter Obi and Kwankwaso [the man of the Kano folks] hoped to win the elections knowing full well that they would cancel themselves out. It's like a reindeer looking right into the headlights of a moving truck at night.... They just simply CANCELLED themselves out. grin If they had combined, Tinubu stood no chance of winning.

But just as you stated, these are spiritual or karmic dimensions. Tinubu really impressed me with his extempore or off-hand acceptance speech. He actually said "Balabala balabolo" [which is a Yoruba term for GIBBERISH], but some of these ethnic bigots deliberately twisted his comments and said he made some "balablu" comments which is false. The full video of his "Balabala balabolo" speech in OWERRI was uploaded on NL, but if you look at it clearly, it was mainly Obi's supporters that were spreading the fake news that he said something else.

There was also a lot of fake videos on NL and blog posts de-marketing Tinubu that had been created by mainly some Obi supporters and some PDP goons too and VERY gullible bigots fed into it. This is the time to beam a searchlight on internet usage and bring all those who were responsible for the criminal defamation of others to JUSTICE.



Side note:
Sukkot, what's your take on Gbadebo's past anti-Yoruba posts or ethnic slur on Twitter against his Yoruba folks including his pro-biafra posts. I was stunned to see this young 39-yr-old [he was 35 in 2019] make such posts on Twitter knowing full-well that his father is Yoruba and Lagos State is deeply Yoruba. So how did he think he would win the Governorship elections based on the screenshots that have gone viral? He is NOT mentally and emotionally mature enough to be the Governor of a State like Lagos. He failed to realise that the internet NEVER forgets!

He hasn't even deemed it fit to apologise for his irresponsible tweets.


Thanks for the mention. I like the deep message you conveyed here for easy comprehension by those who are ready for it.
Foreign AffairsRe: Nipsey Hussle: Court Sentences Killer, Eric Holder Jr, To 60 Years In Prison by AlphaTaikun: 6:12pm On Mar 02, 2023
1stGenAmerican:
Sir, where have you been? I was worrying, hoping you didn’t get abducted by a gang of slay queens!
Dayum! We're in a new month already.

grin... "Abducted by a gang of slay queens"... that cracked me up @1stGenAmerican.
You know what? "I took some time off for some capacity building programs, and I was busy pushing money around as usual." grin
I had convos with you in January though with my other older NL user name... Remember? *smirk*

So, how have you been? I trust you're good.

By the way, Nipsey Hussle was an Eritrean-American and NOT an Ethiopean-American like I stated in my post that you quoted above.
The error was unintended though since both countries sound alike in my head. Ethiopia and Erithrea used to be one country before they split into separate countries after a Civil War a few decades ago, but they share almost similar cultures. Tiffany Haddish's father is also of Eritrean descent who got married to an African-American woman.

You were partly right to have told that guy that Nipsey Hussle as an "African" and not a Black-American because Ethiopeans and Erithreans don't regard themselves as "Black" but of a mixed Semitic stock. The perception of NOT being "Black" is deeply ingrained in them right on the East side of the African continent where they come from.
Foreign AffairsRe: Nipsey Hussle: Court Sentences Killer, Eric Holder Jr, To 60 Years In Prison by AlphaTaikun:
TheCongo2:
His father was an Eritrean and his mother American.
Absolutely @TheCongo, thanks for pointing the unintended error out. Eritrea and Ethiopia both sound alike in my head. grin

Nipsey's father was of Eritrean descent just like the hugely popular American comedienne Tiffany Haddish's father who was also an Eritrean [of Jewish roots] and she has an African-American mother.

All the best.
PoliticsRe: How Foreign Press Agencies Reported Tinubu's Election Win by AlphaTaikun: 4:30pm On Mar 02, 2023
DoTheNeedful:
Elections get disputed everywhere including "almighty" America. Few weeks ago, there were massive riots in Brazil because of the outcome of their elections. Every election we have conducted in Nigeria have always been contested by the losing parties, except for 2015.
Word!
PoliticsRe: President Of France, Emmanuel Macron Congratulates Bola Tinubu by AlphaTaikun: 4:15pm On Mar 02, 2023
PoliticsRe: Lagos Oil And Gas Corporation Gets Certification by AlphaTaikun: 4:07pm On Mar 02, 2023
PoliticsRe: Lagos Oil And Gas Corporation Gets Certification by AlphaTaikun:
FreeStuffsNG:
The PUNCH reports that IBILE Oil and Gas Corporation is a Lagos State-owned company established by law in 2013 to invest and engage in energy activities in the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors of the industry.


The vision for the company started with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, now President-Elect Federal Republic of Nigeria, in the early 2000s.

The company was registered during the tenure of HE Raji Fashola

Production started and Lagos included to oil producing states during HE Ambode's tenure and now

Got full certification under HE Babajide Sanwo Olu.

Lagos always on the move again and again.

Thank you HE Sanwo Olu. E ma şe ekan si.

Please invest in Lagos and the rest of Southwest today.

Your investments are safe and guaranteed of great returns in the South West Nigeria.

check my signature for free stuffs!
Impressive... Eko o ni baje.
PoliticsRe: Peter Obi: We Won The 2023 Presidential Election by AlphaTaikun: 4:04pm On Mar 02, 2023
Iamgrey5:
Even if a million votes were deducted from Tinubu's tally and added to yours, you will still lose the election to Tinubu.

You could only manage 25% in 16 states when you needed 25 states

I believe you want to use the emotions of your supporters as a currency to buy their loyalty till the next Elections.

ATIKU and even Buhari have been able to use the same mechanism in the past to remain relevant between election cycles.

I have always said Peter Obi is just like every politician in Nigeria, he is a very self-centered man who pretends to stand for everything and everyone but will always look after his own personal interest at the end of the day.
Foreign AffairsRe: Nipsey Hussle: Court Sentences Killer, Eric Holder Jr, To 60 Years In Prison by AlphaTaikun:
HonNL:
SOURCE

Previous thread https://www.nairaland.com/5109677/nipsey-hussle-shot-dead-los#77159667
Nipsey was an Ethiopian-American rapper.

Edited
SportsRe: Philemon Mulala Mauled To Death By His 3 Dogs by AlphaTaikun: 5:19pm On Feb 28, 2023
HonNL:
SOURCE

SOURCE
Gosh!

Pitbulls and pitbull crossbreeds are the deadliest breeds of dogs ever.
From babies, to adult men and women have been mauled to death by these beasts for decades now.


I have no dogs as pets because of these vicious dog attacks.
Foreign AffairsRe: Brazil - "Pele Buried On NINTH FLOOR Of World’s Tallest Vertical Cemetery" by AlphaTaikun(op): 3:39pm On Jan 04, 2023
AlphaTaikun:
The legendary football Orisha [Deity in Yoruba language] has ended his earthly cycle.

=> https://punchng.com/pele-millions-bid-football-orisha-farewell/


The vertical cemetery was built in 1983, and has more than 14,000 vaults. It has a tropical garden, restaurant and even a classic car museum. Pelé chose to be buried in the Ecumenical Necropolis Memorial back in 2003.


=> https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/pele-buried-cemetery-funeral-santos-28862450?int_source=mantis_rec_rhc_network&int_medium=web&int_campaign=more_like_this_rhc

=> https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/pele-worlds-tallest-cemetery


That vertical cemetry will definately be a Mecca for the international community because of Edson Arantes do Nascimento.
Hopefully I'll make it there this year, and Salvador da Bahia.

https://i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk/incoming/article28862905.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_Pele-Santos-Brazil.jpg


Pele's goals were truly legendary coupled with the free-flowing samba like moves while on the football pitch. I remember the Brazilian World Cup soccer stars from the early 1980s that I used to watch back then such as Socrates, Zico, Falcao and more as well.


Props to them all for making the game look so beautiful.
The fantastic use of space here for the vertical cemetry [Ecumenical Necropolis Memorial] is awesome! Should be adopted by cities or places that have space constraints.
EducationRe: FGC Ijanikin, Lagos Students Lodge Colleagues In Hotels For Sex Romps by AlphaTaikun: 3:36pm On Jan 04, 2023
EducationRe: Boarding School Scandals: My Experiences As A Staff Of FGGC by AlphaTaikun:
Romanoff:
Most of these children are already spoiled from home due to parental neglect, the parents then pawn them off to boarding schools.

I went to an FGGC and I can tell you that if you don't put the right values in your children, these spoiled kids will influence them.

In 2003, I was in SS1, some girls from my set scaled fence to go party with their boyfriends. The cab man that took them from the fence to the club came back to report to the security at the gate, he then took them to the point at the fence where he picked them up. The house maters and mistresses were informed, principal was informed, house captains were informed.


Immediately, they started roll call house by house, room by room. That's how they found out the students who were missing.

All the prefects slept outside the hostel by hanging around the school waiting for them to come back. They came back on Sunday morning, they were allowed to scale the fence, the moment they entered like this, they were marched to the principal's house while their parents were called to come to school urgently on Monday morning.

By Monday morning, their parents were on the assembly ground when they marched them in with the skimpy clothes they had on. One of them that was influenced was just crying helplessly. Her mum jumped on her and started beating her.

Bottom line, they were sha expelled.
That situation happened in an FGGC NOT even an FGC.

Kids of that age range are still developing mentally though till the age of 25 years when the nerves in the pre-frontal cortex get fully connected. This is why juvenile delinquency exists among a lot of teenagers and those young ones in their 20s. Sometimes you have to use "strong arm" tactics to keep them in line.

I went to an elite FGC decades back too when some of the white folks, Indians, and Ghanaians, etc, where still teaching in FGCs and Unis. We had white principals too in FGCs. Deviants have always existed among teenage students back then though. Social media and the Internet have amplified these situations even more.
CrimeRe: Naked Rapist Dies After Smashing Victim's Door Open With Head by AlphaTaikun: 3:03pm On Jan 04, 2023
ogbiwa:
A woman has been left traumatised and in shock after a naked burglar intent on raping her smashed through a glass pane and died.

The attack took place just before Christmas, on Thursday, December 22, at the woman's luxury condominium in Salvador, Brazil.

What appears to be footage recorded on a phone captured the attacker as he smashed his way through a metal barrier outside the woman's apartment with his head. It is believed he was possibly high on drugs when he became determined to break in.

Once at the woman's home, the man, identified as a civil servant named Jacques Freitas, head-butted a glass pane, busting his way into the building, where the British woman had been living for a year.

Freitas then walked past a Christmas tree and approached the horrified woman in order to force her to have sex with him.

In a second piece of footage, Freitas can be seen bleeding heavily after smashing through the glass pane, and leaving a trail of blood along the floor of the property.


The woman was standing by a Christmas tree as Freitas approached her, and she tried to run away.

Despite his serious injury and extensive loss of blood, Freitas removed his shorts in an effort to rape her, but she fought him off, screaming for help.

The terrified woman then managed to run out of her apartment and towards the condo's outdoor swimming pool with her attacker in pursuit, as seen in the final piece of footage.

But as Freitas chased her, he collapsed at the edge of the pool, apparently from loss of blood.

Local media reported that he died at the scene with police are now investigating the case.

They have since reported that they found cannabis, magic mushrooms, and other pills inside his flat.

Coroners will now determine if he was high on drugs when he committed his failed attack.

The building manager, Rita Pires, told local media: "It was a night of terror. I've never seen anything like it."

She said of Freitas: "Even injured, he still managed to run. His hand was broken, he was limp, shaking, and he managed to run after the girl into the pool area."

And she said of the victim: "She's been living here for a year, she's in shock. Her house is full of blood, it looks like she's killed an ox.

"She's so in shock, she didn't sleep last night [Thursday], she spent the whole night awake."

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/brit-womans-horror-naked-burglar-28819547#
What?! Salvador in Brazil... That's in the State of Bahia, a major location for international tourists.

This dude obviously was drunk and/or high on drugs. Glad she escaped and folks there have to be more security conscious.
BusinessRe: GTB Suspends International Transaction On Naira Cards by AlphaTaikun: 2:13pm On Jan 04, 2023
Prinzton:
Open an account with any of the virtual card providers and complete the verification process then fund your card at the providers black market rate.

For me I use; Kudiwave whose rate is between #756 and #769 though it fluctuates and tribapay whose rate is #796
Foreign AffairsRe: One Third Of World Economy Expected To Be In Recession In 2023, Says IMF Chief by AlphaTaikun:
iwaeda:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/02/business/imf-china-global-economy-recession-intl-hnk/index.html
It is expected because of a confluence of MAJOR events such as Covid-19, the Russian-Ukraine War, some elements of bad leadership, non-diversification of national income, monthly increments in the U.S. interest rates since March 2022, and more, etc. With dollar shortages due to the inability of people and tourists travelling during Covid-19 lockdowns, increase in U.S. interest rates also mean that many countries including Ghana, Lebanon, Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, SA, and many more have to pay their international loans back at expensive exchange rates in local currencies. The dollar shortages are humongous so many countries such as Sri Lanka have defaulted in paying back their loans.

Stop the factors that have led to the financial bleeding and the global economy will pick up gradually.
Foreign AffairsRe: Brazil - "Pele Buried On NINTH FLOOR Of World’s Tallest Vertical Cemetery" by AlphaTaikun(op):
Soccer Legend Pelé Buried at Cemetery in Brazilian City He Made Famous



BY MAURICIO SAVARESE/AP UPDATED: JANUARY 3, 2023 1:22 PM EST | ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JANUARY 2, 2023 9:43 AM EST

SANTOS, Brazil (AP) Pelé was buried in his final resting place Tuesday as millions of fans in Brazil and around the world mourned the sports legend.

Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid his respects at Vila Belmiro, the stadium where Pelé played for most of his career.

Pelé was being laid to rest in the city where he grew up, became famous, and helped make into a global capital of his sport. Mass was held at the Vila Belmiro stadium before the black casket was driven through the streets of the city of Santos in a firetruck.

It was taken into the cemetery as bands played the Santos team’s official song, and a Catholic hymn. Before the golden-wrapped casket arrived, attendees sang samba songs that Pelé had liked.

Some legends of Pelé’s sport weren’t there.

“Where’s Ronaldo Nazario? Where’s Kaká, where’s Neymar?” asked Claudionor Alves, 67, who works at a bakery next to the stadium. “Do they think they will be remembered like Pelé will? These guys didn’t want to stop their vacations, that’s the problem.”


Another notable absentee was Jair Bolsonaro, whose term as president ended Dec. 31. A day before, he departed capital Brasilia on a flight to Florida, shirking the ceremonial duty of passing the presidential sash to Lula. Bolsonaro is staying in a condominium complex outside Orlando and has been filmed speaking to neighbors.

Geovana Sarmento, 17, waited in the three-hour line to view his body as it lay in repose. She came with her father, who was wearing a Brazil shirt with Pelé’s name.

“I am not a Santos fan, neither is my father. But this guy invented Brazil’s national team. He made Santos stronger, he made it big, how could you not respect him? He is one of the greatest people ever, we needed to honor him,” she said.

Caio Zalke, 35, an engineer, wore a Brazil shirt as he waited in line. “Pelé is the most important Brazilian of all time. He made the sport important for Brazil and he made Brazil important for the world,” he said.

In the 1960s and 70s, Pelé was perhaps the world’s most famous athlete. He met presidents and queens, and in Nigeria a civil war was put on hold to watch him play. Many Brazilians credit him with putting the country on the world stage for the first time.


Rows of shirts with Pelé’s number 10 were placed behind one of the goals, waving in the city’s summer winds. A section of the stands was filling up with bouquets of flowers placed by mourners and sent by clubs and star players — Neymar and Ronaldo among them — from around the world as loudspeakers played a song named “Eu sou Pelé” (“I am Pelé”) that was recorded by the Brazilian himself.

The crowd was mostly local, although some came from far away. Many mourners were too young ever to have seen Pelé play. The mood was light, as people filtered out of the stadium to local bars, wearing Santos FC and Brazil shirts.

Claudio Carrança, 32, a salesman, said: “I never saw him play, but loving Pelé is a tradition that goes from father to son in Santos. I learned his history, saw his goals, and I see how Santos FC is important because he is important. I know some Santos fans have children supporting other teams. But that’s just because they never saw Pelé in action. If they had, they would feel this gratitude I feel now.”

Among those at the stadium was Pelé’s best friend Manoel Maria, also a former Santos player.


“If I had all the wealth in the world I would never be able to repay what this man did for me and my family,” Maria said. “He was as great a man as he was as a player; the best of all time. His legacy will outlive us all. And that can be seen in this long line with people of all ages here.”

FIFA President Gianni Infantino told journalists that every country should name a stadium after Pelé.

“I am here with a lot of emotion, sadness, but also with a smile because he gave us so many smiles,” Infantino said. “As FIFA, we will pay a tribute to the ‘King’ and we ask the whole world to observe a minute of silence.”

Another fan and friend in line was Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes.

“It is a very sad moment, but we are now seeing the real meaning of this legendary player to our country,” Mendes told journalists. “My office has shirts signed by Pelé, a picture of him as a goalkeeper, also signed by him. DVDs, photos, a big collection of him.”

Pelé had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized said he died of multiple organ failure as a result of the cancer.


Pelé led Brazil to World Cup titles in 1958, 1962 and 1970 and remains one of the team’s all-time leading scorers with 77 goals. Neymar tied Pelé’s record during this year’s World Cup in Qatar.


=> https://time.com/6243918/pele-funeral-brazil/


Pele and his surviving 100-year-old-mother in the picture below.

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