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Gerrard59:
The industry matters. Shola of Paystack will become a dollar billionaire before most successful agri-entrepreneurs or major spare parts dealers' in Nigeria.

"Will" ? "Before others"?

I hope he does though.
But the world of Business is cut-throat. No guarantees.

You wordings carry a deep tone of 'entitlement' for shola and bias against other enterpreneurs (as inferior).

I know this is the IT age. Still, there are no guarantees all the same. Watch out though. No one's special.

Xisnin:
Okowa about to make the most important move of his career.
I have suggested that all states affected by herdsmen crisis ban the buying and selling of beef.
Apart from being dangerous to human health and longevity, it is fueling the killing of innocent people.

There is nothing as effective as an economic blockade since the killers are being protected by federal machinery.
I hope he can see it through.

How's meat dangerous to human health?

You do know that not all humans are above 45/50 yrs with cholesterol related health challenges right?

Young humans need meat too.

madridguy:
Correct man. I see no reason why our political class need to move around with DSS, Soldiers, Police, if they're doing the right thing.

If i be President tomorrow, i will be going around without any escort. I will even be going to the viewing center go watch football, especially El Classico night and argue with the barca people.

I'll advise you not do this oh!

There are a lot of sickos out in the world.

Sickos could kill a popular person just to have their names publicized as having done something "noteworthy".

You can't be right to all in the world.

oluwatosink:
Barça and Madrid are the team that have won ucl in the last ten yrs in Spain. They keep buying players from epl(ronaldo,bale,suarez..)and other leagues to strengthen their squad for them to win ucl.

Besides the fact that you didn't answer my question, The Best player ever in the history of la Liga was not "bought" from epl (or any other league for that matter) and even the ones you mentioned as bought from the epl were also "bought" from somewhere else by the epl teams themselves, So?

Ryocaj:
U r really an Igbosmoker.. Exceptional season for Ronaldo? Ronaldo hasn't been scoring goals like he does since he left La Liga.. Serie A is a tougher league.. Out of all d leagues Ronaldo played he scored most in LA Liga (More goals than his apps) .. it shows away easy it is 2 score in d La Lisa than other leagues.. Ronaldo was finding it hard 2 score at d beginning of d season. when Messi had 11goals Ronaldo had 5goals.. If Ronaldo was still in d LA Liga he would still be scoring goals for fun..

If Laliga was merely an easy place to score than at other leagues (as your theory suggests), why has the Top scorers of the UEFA CL in the last 10 yrs always come from Laliga and not these other "stronger" scoring leagues?

NatazJuju:
The North always claim they feed the country,
People that can't feed themselves, they depend on aids from Europe, European Union, Canada, USA, Bill Gates, China, Southern Nigeria, etc.

The core North is half desert and unproductive.

Middle Belt is the food basket of the nation and that's why the Hausa Fulanis are trying to capture them and rename their land.

If the facts should be totally stated though, the North/Northerners have steadily shipped raw materials (particularly food related) to industries in the east. It is well known that the vast majority of fresh tomatoes eaten in Nigeria are shipped from the North.

Sugar and the raw materials for it is also source in the N. Some products like tomatoes are particularly suited to be grown in the north better(AKA nature's bias).

The N. Has a long way to go in many areas.
But WE can criticize without totally invalidating.

And if the North is half desert, the other half is Probably as big as the south (state for state).

And yes the North (excluding Benue/Nassarawa/Jos) also produce food crops too. Forget all I have said and visit Katsina (for instance) yourself to confirm.

Blueelf:
Even as a grad of a fed Uni, I must admit that covenant Uni is head above shoulders in tertiary education in Nigeria compared to the past glory fed and state Universities. They really deserve the ranking. I pray they achieve higher heights

CU has shown itself to be a fine Institution. I respect it.However there seems to be this "unhealthy" push to be seen/heard as being better than "All" Nigerian schools.

Its faculty has always been substantially made up of Nigerian trained academicians (Trained by the Purportedly poor public institutions) (Some of whom I hear have been trained at CU themselves) — This should mean something, right?

You could say CU has made available equipments previously not in their former institutions, but besides this being a flawed assumption, They'll have to "train up" on those equipments/practices for sometime, wouldn't they?

Some argue [and it's hard to counter them totally that by private institutions employing previously tenured/trained Nigerian academicians, they are indirectly subsidized by the government]

If they could train up and become proficient in the practices/equipments from CU's environment quickly that would mean to me that were already good instructors — from Nigerian Public Universities, right?

I assure you that if a more detailed/funded study is conducted on all these institutions, CU may really be better than a good number of the top 90.

But it seems CU looks to be okay with any position in any global ranking as long as it doesn't sit below any Other Nigerian institution. That's funny to me.

CU is a fine institution nonetheless but others don't have to be/look bad for them to be good/great.

creolehunt:
A family friend once served time in a Moroccan prison. While there, the Nigerian ambassador to Morocco visited the prison given that there was a sizable number of Nigerians there.

When Mr Ambassador visited, the Nigerian inmates were called to have a chat with him. During the chat he asked three out of the bunch their names (coincidentally they were from same ethnicity) and when they replied, Mr Ambassador shrugged and said "why are your people always embarrassing Nigeria"?

Can you imagine that level of unprofessionalism?

If this truly happened, and the inmates were nabbed for real crimes (not mere suspicion), then the Ambassador was well in his right for asking them this question (I assume he was not being tribal).

Even you and me MAY be guilty of this sentiment too.

As citizens of a (Mostly) Poor Nation, Caused in part by bad leaderships, Our International image evoke contempt from other Nationals. You'll generally have to do a lot to beat this perception.

You also have to accept to suffer some inconveniences (as regards rights to citizens of these other countries) as a result of being an "Outsider".

Nigerians (Certainly not all) commiting crimes or "Disturbing the peace" in these mostly homogeneous white countries also make matters worse for us all.

The long/short of it is that the reputation of these criminal few are extended to us all. At times they (these foreigners also have contempt for our leaders too. They may not show it much because those ones spend there and do not permanently live there)

Ultimately, All Nigerians should know that their actions have an effect on those coming behind them.

northvietnam:
Most Nigerians are richer than bill Gate, but you can’t rate them cuz they made the money through Questinable means ...

Davido papa load pass 250m usd but the money no clean

Hahahahaha!


Most Nigerians are richer than Bill Gates?

Ya Don't mean it ! Are you kidding me?

So how come (I presume this money is in the Banks Somewhere) Our Banked funds don't reveal this?


A little suggestion from me though, [try to use the word "most " sparringly] as it means at least ~50.1%.

ebujany:
This country, na only God sha o. Since they robbed pdp in imo state,they decided to use bayelsa state to compensate....

Is this your response to not being able to rope Buhari into this decision (if it is not fake news)?

A cop out?

I think we all should realize that there are government officials in Power capable of making decisions that affect the country on their own (whether right or wrong) mostly without Buhari's interference.


Even though I am not a supporter of this admin I know this. Decisions like this (if true) exemplifies this point better. No need to come up with the Compensation story, that's just a joke and you know it.

ebujany:
This country, na only God sha o. Since they robbed pdp in imo state,they decided to use bayelsa state to compensate....

Is this your response to not being able to rope Buhari into this decision (if it is not fake news)?

A cop out?

I think we all should realize that there are government officials in Power capable of making decisions on their own (whether right or wrong) mostly without
Buharis

setobaba:
So what she wrote there is metaphor?

I think it is Analogy/ Symbolism .

These literary devices essentially use different objects /scenarios in ways representative of a current situation to drive home a speaker's points.

It looks to be the case here.

They are Commonly used literary devices. But it's also easy to see the Metaphor in everything written.

goodnessme1:
Feeding your cow while waiting for the day to slaughter it.




That is what they are doing to that Igbo woman.

Really?

But then Isn't 31 yrs is too long a time to feed one's cow? Even literally, the average Cow lives for between 15- 22 yrs.

Or Probably you implied figuratively. but then Isn't 31 years too long a time to prime one's target? (Of course, assuming the story's totally true).

Sometimes it's hard to accept what goes against our strongly held beliefs. but we just have to let go. Not everything we have in our heads is, in fact, consistent with reality.

Cheers.

mushystuff:
She's never had this much exposure till now. Unfortunately the fears are legitimate even though you are prone to denying everything just because it exposes the wickedness in some of your people.

Really ? You think this is her first exposure?

She's literally been exposed for 31 yrs.

Aren't (Not saying you are, but just asking)you part of the cohort that remind us about how "Hausas people" would give a foreigner away (deny & expose to harm) in the event of crisis no matter how long that foreigner has coexisted with them ?

Even if you aren't you must at least have heard of this sentiment,right?

Akachukwu42:
U are funny. Who told you everything bought from aliexpress comes from china.
Some comes from Singapore. Russia etc.

I am not saying that the viral disease breakout wouldn't affect the workflow of aliexpress. I am only giving reason why it doesn't stop them from working

True but Make no mistakes the vast majority of goods on AliExpress are sourced from China.

Those "European sources" where created for tax planning reasons and to reach European shoppers.

As a Nigerian it would typically cost more to ship from those countries than from China.

Conner44:
So you’re happy that trucks bring goods from the north to anambra and take goods back to the north from anambra? Something that has been happening since time immemorial

No. It's not so much about being happy than it being about providing pictorial evidence to those who often ask: "What does the North bring to the table?"

Here. Clearly, they can see it.

Kenistry:
what of in 2011 copa final against Uruguay, the miget missed the spot kick nah

That's incorrect again. Only Tevez missed his penalty and the team lost against Uruguay. The game was played on the 16/7/2011.

Agree?

cr7lomo:
U just shot ur other foot ... It simply shows that it's not easy to score penalties if out of at least 4 players that took the penalty that day , only one scored...it shows it's not easy

You certainly didn't get me.

I just replied the guy who said that if scoring penalties were easy Messi would have had an International trophy (Alluding to Messi missed penalty in 2016).

My point being, Penalties are a part of football. Great. But don't twist their relevance according to when it suits you.
Ronaldo once missed a penalty in a final but guess what ? His team still one. Cr7 is a great player nevertheless.

JOHNSONSOLAFUNMI:
If penalty is easy to score, Messi will have an international trophy by now

Well factually that's not correct.

In 2015 COPA America, Messi scored the only Penalty for Argentina but the team lost after others missed theirs. I guess it is very convenient to forget this and move on to the 2016 miss forgetting the one before, right?

Wickedtruths:
Lucky man. She could have stabbed him. I guess the judgment sentencing Maryam Sanda to death made this one think twice.

How did she think twice when she was ready to die herself?

Mymynd4u:
Even the citizens nko, we don't wana hear the truth... We support each other blindly, some by religion, some by tribe.. We ain't straight with each other, we cover our kinsmen even when the numbers are clear dt it's evil but no, we support them.

Some useless citizen mobs a poor man but hail a rich man dt has stolen all their wealth.

It's not an offence to be rich but denying others for ur own gain is evil and that is what our politicians do. They clamour financial freedom for us and after it has been granted, same people go behind our back and steal it for themselves.

One thing I learnt from these two books

Richest man in Babylon
Rich Dad Poor dad


U can never get rich when u work for money. Don't depend on ur salary to make u rich bcox it can never make u rich

No matter how small it is today, learn to invest in sumtin and watch it grow.. It it's too small to invest today, it may be too small to invest tmao too.. Start with the little today.


This new year, I must make sumtin dt will benefit me in years to come. All. I need is a comfortable life


Gud morning

Cc: Petyprincess InfernoNig

It's important to push the investment gospel to worker bees but this shouldn't be to the detriment of facts, namely;

"That you can never be rich when you work for money"

Of course you can be rich being an employee as history has since shown.
Coca cola's Roberto Goizueta became a billionaire from being an employee (CEO granted).
Uber's Ryan Graves became one too by being an employee.
Jamie Dimon & Lloyd Blankfein and all their Senior executives have become multi-millionaires just by their employee compensations.
You could easily say that all these we're achieved abroad...

Well we are not as transparent in corporate compensations as in the US but if you pick up many a Financial Report from top Nigerian listed companies and have a glean at the compensations section, it becomes clear that indeed people can become rich through employeeship.

Investments are great but you can become Rich by being an age old "Labour" factor of Production.

Davash222:
“...So they advised me to be committed to my religion when we finally settle in the US,”

Same religion that has infested him with poverty in Kano is what they’re advising him to be committed to in US
Trump would just deport him immediately!!

I am not even a Muslim. But does Islam infest with Poverty ? Some of the richest Businessmen that ever walked this country were Kano Muslims so your point is a bit bland here.

Besides the Richest man around town happens to be one. So?

AntiChristian:
One Christian terrorist spotted!

I wonder why he hasn't been shot by a firing squad?

What will he get in heaven if he believes Jesus as his Lord?

You are Overreaching a bit with the attempt at sacarsm.

The Rhetorics about "Islam" being marked by terrorism doesn't stem merely from the fact that those perpetuating these acts are Muslims. It arose because they (perpetuators) strongly identify religion (true/false) as the 'Reason' for their actions.
They (Terrorist) Vehemently rant on about how they are called (rightly/wrongly) to do what they do by their faith.

I can't remember this killer saying that God or his faith asked him to carry out any of his heinous crimes.
So the analogy you seek to draw here does not really blend.

N.b. I know that not all Muslim have terror intentions about others.

Stalwert:
This is extreme, punishing an entire community for the crimes of a few is not justified. Nigeria's security needs to reach a stage where people willingly give information. But brutal actions like this does not help.

What the soldiers did was a Terrible terrible Overreaction.

But you too may be Overreaching as the "entire" Community was clearly not Burnt.

Sad sad story.

PapaNnamdi:
I feel the CIA is involved.
this seems like a well planned operation by the USA..

my opinion though

You feel the CIA is involved?

Even when Iran's President has admitted culpability you still "feel" the CIA is involved?

Wow! Operation America must be blamed!

Kendroid:
Well, I don't usually answer questions regarding these legends but let me just do it today...

against Ajax, Ronaldo scored home and away. it's worthy to note that only Ronaldo scored for Juve throughout the knockout stages of CL last season including a man of the match winning hatrick against ATM in the round of 16.

Last World Cup, Ronaldo scored 90% of of his country's goals including a man of the match hatrick against the defending champions Spain, and yes he couldn't score against Uruguay because he was man marked unlike Ur dwarf GOAT who couldn't put a penalty past a film director goal keeper of Iceland and ended up scoring once against a weak Nigeria while he was also a spectator when a 19yr Mbappe shamefully dumped his country out of the tournament.

unlike ur dwarf GOAT the king of bottler himself lost CL knockout stages after a comfortable win in the 1st leg on 3 different occasions.
Not like he even scored in a CL knockout stage in 4 years in a row until last season.
I don't wantu even mention his misery all the he has successfully achieved with his country.
just shut up and enjoy the 2 legends!

You made a few mistakes though. You probably should be a little less exaggerating.

Messi has score at least a goal in the last 4 years knock out stages of the UCL. Knockout is NOT just Semi finals, Quarters and finals. It also includes Round of 16s.

Messi wasn't quite a spectator in the France /Argentina game. Even though he had a poor World cup, He contributed to 2 goals in that game alone. 4-3 is hardly a "shameful dumping" for a match.

I should also add that that was the only match in the World cup where France had to come from behind to win at any point from all games in the World cup— As poor as Argentina was.

Barca hasn't lost a comfortable win in the UCL 3 Consecutive times. You are stretching it a bit, it's actually 2. Against Roma and Liverpool. 3 years ago they didn't win any of the matches against Juventus.

These guys are great players. if you want to pick a chink on their armour you wouldn't want to do so hastily as YOU may end up being the joke.

GamalNasser:
Because of failed leaders like Buhari who don't understand values all useless currencies are benchmarked against the value of the a more stable currency like the dollar ...why didnt your Buhari borrow from China in Chinese Yen or Naira ...Value is what a sane mind measures not all these trillion toilet paper nonsense that only bamboozles dullards

You have a point but it is not totally fair to use this point for ANY reasonable performance assessments.

For one, at the Micro/Agency level the NCS should not be assessed by any index for which their operations exert no control over directly.

In absolute terms if the NCS yielded more revenue Year on Year (growth%) vs 2018 AND it did so with efficiency (i.e. its cost/revenue ratio in 2019 is less than or equal to that of 2018) The Agency has FINANCIALLY performed.

If you want to dig deeper again you may adopt a base year, Say 2014, or any other and determine an inflation index with which to reassess this 2019 Revenue figures with.

Adopting your approach of "Dollarization" of Financial metrics would be too GRIM a perspective.

By your approach for instance, Vs 2014 $ exchange rate virtually All Nigerian companies failed and by extension all Nigerian employees performed poorly(i.e. are failures) perhaps including yourself.

At a Macro level though it might be okay to look at this Metric for political banter (for the President's opposition) as it helps them amplify his failed attempt at improving our exchange rate situation.

I don't believe any 8 year tenured Nigerian President can Improve our exchange rate situation though as the fall too never happened overnight.

Exchange generally improves with Robustness of an economy, Increased Value added— in Manufacturing and Increased investment in human capacity Over at least 2,3,4 decades to a point of reasonable international economic competitiveness.

Or do you reckon there is a Potential Nigerian President sitting somewhere now who can RAMP up our exchange rate to US$ to N1 in 4 to 5 years (even though the current president funnily impliedly promised to achieve same) ?

Good help us.

themonk:
Actually they shouldn’t give it to Boeing because it is an American company. They should give to to country or institution without interest to analyze.

Really?

You would also think they shouldn't fly US Airplanes too. Isn't it. Or use US Cars too. The US may tamper with these Remotely. Or can't they?

lovat:
You don't need anyone to tell you that Obama was sympathetic to Islam that's why most of his actions promoted it and he saw Buhari as a good Muslim to lead Nigeria

The same Obama who (as some argue here) wanted to install gay rights in Nigeria?

Obama ? Muslim? Gay rights ?

So you think it's Obama that Installed Buhari as President in 2015. No longer Amaech and Tinubu and the South west?

SenecaTheYonger:
Since you know that it wasn't about gay rights, why did they pull the mercenaries out of Nigeria at such a crucial moment?

I don't know. But it's their prerogative.

Most of us easily bash the US for their "Misdeed" around the World to a point of feeling entitled to US' support when the need arises.

The US, like any other Nation can withdraw it's support whenever they choose.

Maxymilliano:
Can the allegations be alluded to Jonathan's refusal to endorse gay rights ?

So if the US disregard for Jonathan was due to gay rights has Buhari enthroned gay rights in Nigeria Now?


As we speak is there respect for gay rights in Nigeria ?

So the US as intelligent as they've proven to be would not be able to reckon that a Moderate Southerner (Jonathan) was more likely to Foster gay rights on than a Core (Muslim) Northerner?


Our opposition for a leader should not cause us not to balance arguments properly.