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eternityk:
More of their investments
Note
Sifax recently acquired old warri port for 100 million dollars
They met the olu of warri

Really?

Are Individuals able to buy ports? Do governments sell ports?

Ports as National Assets are usually Concessioned for a tenure. You may want to check your source very well on that. Nations rarely sell ports, Moreso for a "meager" $US100m. I could be wrong though, Nigeria can be strange.

RussianKGB:
Very innovative company. Wish we had like 5 of this in all the regions in the country but alas, a particular region cares only about who rules yet has 0% concern about innovation. Sad reality.

Hahahahaha!

Perhaps, that region also produced the person who Created what is Nigeria's most Valuable Private Company ever— with enough innovation to go around.

Xclusivedaniel6:
Don't be blinded my hate and incompetent statements, messi is a midfielder and ronaldo is a striker.
Messi is meant to provide assists
Rinaldo is meant to score goals

Fact that they are both creating passes and scoring goals should not mean he his better than Rinaldo

Ronaldo have played in 3 major top leagues and still making waves were ever he goes, messi have only a been a god in barca, no other club record bruh.
If you think you want to contest this statement, then you should have stayed in primary school, make yourself there and just stay there to make all what you have now

MORAL
You can't make anything in your comfort

Hahahahaha!

But seriously,If the "Comfort zone " of being in a single club really gives any advantage in goals scored, Could you name any one-club player who has more goals than Cr7 from the top 5 EU leagues ?

By the way CR7 is a fantastic/great player.

chocboi78:
It's the same penalty that king Leo couldn't deliver in two copa finals

Hahahahaha!

1 Copa actually.

You probably "selectively" forgot that he was the only one that scored his penalty in 2015 vs Chile when other team mates missed.

But you remembered the one a year later, better.

dayowunmi:
Don't be cynical. Answer his question. What major title or achievement has Messi won that Ronaldo hasn't? Facts only. And pls don't come and bang about goals scored. What has Messi won over Ronaldo or even Maradona or Pele?

The Ronaldos are Greats. Supremely talented.
However, This "Who is better" arguement is an unnecessary subjective game.

On a lighter note since you asked, it's interesting to note that Messi is highly likely the Only player of this generation to have won at least an individual title (MVP) from every Major Competition he has ever participated in — Since he was16,17 years old.

I am not a fan of Subjective titles/awards though, but it's a really interesting angle to the "little man's" Career.

athaboi:
Production or assembling? Oga chose your words carefully, don't come and be confusing us....

Hahahahaha!
Everything's relative. This can still be said to be Production too for a start.

Even in the US' motor Industry(Detroit), they don't mine ore & Aluminum or smelt these in the same place where vehicles are fitted.

It's production, albeit low value added. But then that's how great things are done— Starting.

majamajic:
we no go early

we for go when Chelsea dey loan him up and down

Keane go use bench wound am , English don't joke with their real natives

Not always though. One can be so good they can't ignore. See Raheem Sterling, for Instance,with Jamaican ancestry.

Tolexander:
The choice to live or die young lies with every individual

It doesn't always though

Heard about congenital ailments ? Hereditary diseases/tendencies?
Health isn't just about your choices, some choices have been made for you already by one's ancestors.

It's always good to develop good habits though.

God help us.

Aiyk2333:
Ronaldo scored those goals in three major leagues!!! probably u missed that part!!!!
don't compare with someone who sits at homes comfort to do same

If the "Comfort zone " of being in a single club really yields an advantage in goals scored, Could you name any one-club player who has more goals than Cr7 from the top 5 EU leagues ?

By the way CR7 is a fantastic/great player.

FarahAideed:
Buhari had no choice than nominate him because that's what the entire membership of AFDB want .. I never want to hear you mention the word merit again because if you had any respect for that word you will not be supporting Buhari

Hahahahaha!

Don't sweat it. Democracy was never a Merit game.

It rewards populism amongst available Contenders.

A "Meritorious" President, whatever that means*, can only win IF he is popular.

* History has records of Well educated but poor Performing Presidents as well as High Performing [Not-too-educated] leaders.
It is at this point that merit becomes hard to explain.

N.B. I know that there are successful educated leaders too.

adeyemi91:
How sure are u they were born again?? How did u know they took it to God before marrying their wives?? Did u read where I stated "that he trusts n believes"?. The likes of Adeboye, Oyedepo, Kumuyi n other men of God are there to be used as references. Based on all I've seen in marriages, I stand on my word, LET GOD CHOOSE FOR YOU. Thank you.

I don't know them too. No one does. But you are opting for the easy way— Predicting based on hindsight.

Hindsight is always easy. So God forbid, if any of the above you see as successful (whom by the way I respect) experience marital hitches, do they become Not born again too.

No matter how saintly one is, if your partner abruptly changes, your marriage is doomed.
No successful marriage is the making of ONE person.


By the Way I believe in prayers. But the attitude that if a Marriage fails then God Automatically wasn't involved is untrue. WHY? Because people change.
God grants freewill too for these changes.

Man at best is a Man oh!

God help us.

ednut1:
the world as you have it today is a western concept. Africa was never meant to be developed . Imagine i need a loan to do poulty gtb would give me at 22%. But in the uk i can get it at 3%. Will ship it to nigeria through cotonou and its still cheaper than the nigerian ones. Corn cannot grow in a desert except there is irrigation in the desert. Government is the irrigation

Nice point but I think that is not the Foundational reason.

I speak for Nigeria (Not Africa). Every Development-seeking Nation must have a sacrificial generation. A generation that is almost perfect in COMPETENCE & CHARACTER.

This Sacrificial generation Would be at the foundation of the Society's(Nigeria) Development. Now this generation WOULD NOT reap from their strides but they keep making the same sacrifices Nonetheless.

The generation would agree to bear all short-term consequences of deciding to ALWAYS do right.
AND I say generation because a massive proportion (90%) of the generation must be supportive of such a movement.

The results, I presume is that in just a decade, All the Country's institutions would be automatically strengthened to carry out their mandates, slowly but surely MERIT becomes entrenched in our National thinking and charlatans are exposed from leadership.

Again There are smart Nigerians, Very Smart Nigerians but National development doesn't happen in a single generation or by 2 people's smarts.

Truely the world now tends to glorify the "Self made" Achiever, but in the true sense there's No self made person.
WE are All standing on the shoulders of those before us and can only move further from where they dropped off.

What kind of shoulders have our generation been standing on in Nigeria. There our answer
Lies.

There's Very little Long term thinking in Nigeria. And There's a limit to what a single person can achieve without buy-in from others.

God help us.

kokomaster3d:
Men can marry at any age. As long as there is money. The useful life of a woman finish at the age of 30

Really? So wives above 30 are useless?

In a bid to be blunt, you totally lost it.
I know you meant unmarried women above 30 are more disadvantaged maritally, but even that is not correct, as 31 is above 30.

Life is lived individually (case by case) not in groups.
Many are finding marital happiness in the exact age grade you've deemed useless.

Bigiyo:
lol

Ronaldo scored and assisted yesterday tho but i prefer messi

He is a great player. He didn't assist yesterday though.
Gonzalo higuain was the player that score and assisted.

softwerk:


Now the question is; Have you done any construction contracts before?!

Or is this just your share of the yams?!

Cos this country is already too cursed at 59 for you to add your own rot

Hahahahaha!
What yams? Isn't Plumstead in the UK? The environment clearly isn't even Nigeria.

lilbest4:
Why is DNA not part of the test carried out immediately after birth?

It's really Very expensive. [For the Average Person]. Who is already struggling to meet child birth costs.

MedicH:
That's what stars do

Yes. But the point is, why didn't he score to wrap up the match? You said he always scores when one goal is needed. On the 60something minute, one goal was needed by juve. The team later lost.

By the way, he is a great player.

MedicH:
No coach ever can vote messi. There's no other player in the world that can be scoring against Spain in the world cup canceling all their 3 goals. That alone is incredible and out of this world. Let me not even talk about Liverpool UCL blunder. Of course everyone knows u can't have Ronaldo in a team that needs just a goal to advance and he won't do it. I can bet 1m.

You probably shouldn't bet then.

Because, in the 30th Minute of the Juv vs Ajax game in Turin. Juve led by 1-0, at home.— Ronaldo scored.
They just had to hold on to that goal— to qualify— but they didn't. By 70' they trailed at home 2-1.

No player always scores. None. Save your bet.

fairfora:
I'm a Christian but to be honest, there some Arab nations that offer world class education for far less. If you've been to Qatar, Oman, etc, you'd testify to this. Their medical courses are top range yet very affordable. It doesn't matter how you teach or learn ABC so far you start from an A and end at a Z...in an orderly manner. It's same principle. Education in the west is very expensive.

True.

It does matter how you teach though.

Some people argue that one of the reasons why Chinese/other Asian countries are criticized for unoriginality is because of the widespread practice of ROTE Memorization in their pedagogy.

Particularly with India and North asian Countries.
The Saudi oil industry was midwived by Western technologies.

Religious balance is probably the issue here. And cost too. The USA is NOT perfect. But it is in many ways the largest contributor to the world's knowledge base currently (Not in the past).

One generally stands a higher chance of getting funding, scholarships and research grants in the US, than anywhere else in the World.

There is almost no cultural barriers to research interests. The US is probably the place that gives your wildest ideas the greatest chance at success.

Teewhy2:
Business is business and family is family

Not necessarily though, Some of the More successful brands that exist today have been formed from familial partnerships.


JCB, Miele, Leibherr, Mars, Clifbar and Technogym are some very popular examples.

Families can do great.

I don't know anything about entertainment biz. though, but generalizing that business has to be separated from family and to do well isn't true.

[quote author=Francisayo post=82071506][/quote]One such is the IPAN (Institute of Public analysts of Nigeria)

See: www.ipan.gov.ng/registradeskinner.php


I don't know much about them other than they apply scientific skills/methods to assess consumer products.

BrokenTV:
And they are even holding an Ak in front of security men. If na other tribes soldiers for done levelled everywhere. What a country.

That is certainly NOT true. Every issue must not be reduced to tribal marginalization.

There are pictures all over the net (particularly) from the south south of violent groups including https://www.tulsaworld.com/business/yenagoa-nigeria-militant-unit-accepts-amnesty/article_67fa3a36-c4dd-5954-b31f-c38cdfa0ca36.html
And this
https://www..com/talk/topic,299560.0.html

Showing the groups laying down arms in the presence of the army and government reps.

You should think your statements through or else you may become the bigot, not those you seek to criticize as bigots.

Cheers.

BrokenTV:
And they are even holding an Ak in front of security men. If na other tribes soldiers for done levelled everywhere. What a country.

That certainly NOT true. Every issue must not be reduced to tribal marginalization.

There are pictures all over the net (particularly) from the south south of violent groups including https://www.tulsaworld.com/business/yenagoa-nigeria-militant-unit-accepts-amnesty/article_67fa3a36-c4dd-5954-b31f-c38cdfa0ca36.html
And this
https://www..com/talk/topic,299560.0.html

Showing the groups laying down arms in the presence of the army and government reps.

You should rethink statements well or else you become the bigot, not those you seek to criticize as bigots.

Cheers.

Wow! Leibherr.

Astounding piece of Engineering.

You should have omitted the video that shows — This is a xenophobic attack but not in 2019.

Why does it matter the year?

I am all for truth but you don't go arguing that, for instance, when accused of stealing the act was done in the Morning not in the afternoon. That's laughable.


All the other acts are unrelated though. Nice to have reported so.

rozayx5:
to manage public funds

there are SEC requirements

last i checked its close to 300M naira and some other stuff

300m for the license ? Sure about this?

By the way I doubt it is public funds alone. It all/any investor's fund. (I.e. investing public).

9jaRealist:
You mean "public statements" like they stopped/questioned them...
And determined they are Northern Nigerians looking for a better life?!

First, a Secret Service is NOT necessarily a good thing or a legitimate tool of governance, whether it is the so-called DSS that recently invaded the National Assembly where the ELECTED representatives of the Nigerian people conduct business or Hitler's Gestapo or Sadam's Mukhabarat or East Germany's Stasi or the Soviet's KGB. Not least because many governments (unfortunately including Nigeria's) often mistake their own narrow interests with "national interest", which of course is NOT synonymous.

Nonetheless, with all due respect, you appear to misunderstand the concept of TRANSPARENCY - which is predicated upon the PROCESS rather than the outcome. Accordingly, even if you do not agree with the substance of the Police's conduct in this case, it is nevertheless even more important that the process was PUBLIC (and relatively transparent), so that even people like you who substantively disagree with the Police know enough about what transpired and are thus in a better position to criticize.
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Thanks. We agree to disagree then.

9jaRealist:
Ironically that's what lends credibility to this incident...

The fact that (according to news reports) many ordinary citizens and the Police, who are transferred and live in many different locations across this vast country, found something unusual about this group to apprehend and bring them in for questioning is telling in of itself.

Nonetheless, TRANSPARENCY is always a good thing. That's the reason that the Constitution mandates a PUBLIC criminal justice process. It would have been far worse if these dudes were arrested in secret and interrogated in secret. The rumours alone could be catastrophic.

Nothing sanitizes better than the broad daylight of a PUBLIC process!
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Thanks for responding. Again, As humans we have to be nuanced in our view points.

Most things are NOT always good. If Transparency is ALWAYS good why does the government operate a cladestine service called the DSS (changing the name from, well, secret)?

If Transparency is ALWAYS good why then does the government label some meetings as "closed door" meetings?

I am not a lawyer but even I know that a judge may decide to
Impose some level of privacy to certain case proceedings. (Determining few/who would be allowed).


Transparency is perfectly suited to issues of Public accountability & administration.

Where human dignity and public peace stands to be eroded, Transparency considerations should be nuanced.

You don't lose anything by investigating a matter before come to make public statements. You may say public assurances. Well. Any Nigerian who is rest assured of Lagos' safety JUST because of this "catch" would be totally gullible.

9jaRealist:
What is this Nigerian obsession with secrecy, and doing everything undercover?
TRANSPARENCY is a GOOD thing, and it’s GOOD all this was done PUBLICLY and above board.
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I follow you and perfectly respect your views.

But I think I would Partly disagree here.

For one, Nigeria's law enforcement systems are highly flawed. Transparency may sound good but publicity (brought upon by transparency sometimes can be damaging).

What stops them from going through a thorough investigation/profiling before arousing public apprehension.


Any Nigerian. Any Nigerian. Who thinks 120something Northerners coming to Lagos (or any other state) is something unique/strange is totally Ignorant about internal migration in Nigeria.

You don't need to travel too much to see these guys move in their numbers (on trucks) to various states across the Country in search of greener pastures.

Excessive publicity (AKA Transparency) may be good in many matters of public interest, but care has to be taken.
In a country with massive enlightenment deficits (including amongst the very educated) any publicity can sway large groups into making crazy conclusions — leading them right into the arms of bad actors.


Personally, I recognize the police power to arrest/hold but I think in this case nothing stops them from quietly investigating these guys and — arresting them if they're found wanting.

The "victim" was found safe.

The real victim isn't the "victim" here.

Beverlyjean:
Ronaldo...top scorer for 6 consecutive years in the champions League

He was joint-top scorer in 14/2015 though , you should mention that.


He was rewarded with the ballon dor/FIFA player in all but. 2015 & 2017/18.

That is, there was only one time (2018) when he was the sole top scorer in UCL and NOT the Ballondor/FIFA player of the year which was last year.

Otherwise he was awarded in 5 of the 6 years when he was the sole top scorer — including the year he didn't win the UCL (2013).