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Chapter1vs6:
Singer during the day. Olosho at night.

Today's lesson....No olosho is above fake transfer.

Fake transfer is a crime nonetheless. The spoiler is the illegality of the transaction. The guy too is a shameless individual. Scamming ladies up and down with fake transfers in exchange for sex.

Fahdiga:
APC trying so hard to get a kangaroo judgment to oust Obaseki but they will fail woefully. when he was in APC he was a saint then but now a certificate forger under PDP. APC as a party is a threat to our democracy

Democracy as being implemented in Nigeria is a threat to the long term welfare of the citizenry. Both PDP and APC were not founded in the interest of the people. So we should stop all these cries of one party is better than the other.

Since our new found democracy started in 1999, it has minted more political billionaires than genuine business men. Practically all ex-Governors and two-term Senators are billionaires. More than 70% of Governors serve two terms and would have done a third if the constitution permitted: a situation which shows their performance is not really tied to their re-election. Unsuprisingly the quality of life of citizens is going down rather than up. So who are the true beneficiaries of this democracy wwhere the slogan should be: "serve and become a billionaire"?

People should grow beyond parties and politicians that mean no good for the populace.

stacyadams:
Ur thinking in the right direction bro, others RE not seeing it..

He is thinking in the wrong direction and it is commendable that all others in his family have told him the right thing even without seeing each other.

If you help you wife's business you help yourself. A wife is meant to help and support her husband and that is different from being a "co-husband" that the OP is asking for.

Freestainworld:
I pity the young man because by now he must have repaid for the slap with more than 100 slaps, don't fight an armed officers, and it's wrong to even lay a hand on a police officer.

It is one side of the story that we have heard and from experience, the Police are known liars. If there are no credible witnesses, then they just want to suffer the man by remanding him in prison for more than 2 months. That is one of the problems with our Judiciary and Law Enforcement. They can say they are still investigating for months while the suspect languishes in prison. At the end of the day the case gets dismissed for lack of diligent prosecution without any reliefs for the suspect who has been punished unjustly by incarceration.

wisdomiskey:
Lol. This woman go dey regret say she carry her matter put for internet.

Never put mouth in husband and wife matter. Dem go settle las las. This goes out to that jobless nycompoop Dr Olufunmilayo "Our Fav Online Doc" who has released at least 30 tweets on this matter

Never undergo chemo for someone else's cancer!

Please can you explain why the woman will regret? Are you advising she should have kept quiet and die in silence?
I think it is better we do not try to support domestic abuse in any way or further victimize the already battered victims by discouraging them from speaking out. Imagine yourself having a daughter or sister in such position. What will be your reaction?

Zeesugar:
In must rural areas you don't even need up to#2000 to start a business that can sustain a family all they need is just little amount.
MSMEs is doing a wonderful job.
Thank you

Okada Riders and Artisans covered in this distribution do not fall under rural areas where it would go a longer way. Most are in the cities. While distributing these pittances is better than doing nothing, it will be better for the Government to have and execute a comprehensive recovery plan that address Stable Electricity, Good Roads and Security. If farmers cannot go to farm and bad roads along with epileptic electricity supplies are increasing the cost of living and business, then the grants being given are only to be used for feeding.

Another sad aspect is that while these grants in single or double digit billions are being distributed, the Government is heavily borrowing in Trillions including dipping their hands into peoples pension funds at a time revenue is dwindling. It takes a lot of resolve not to weep for this country.

saaphiere:
Sack him to serve as a lesson to other wife beaters.

The matter ought to be investigated first. You don't hear one side of the story and pass judgement.

Kondomatic:
And the brain?

Thick is the thigh, thin is the waist and empty is the brain.

sapphiere:
Can it fly?

That is the big question. We should have long moved beyond this stage of building matchbox cars that cannot be driven just to show we can imitate reality. While not trying to demean the young man's efforts, 20 years is not a small age and we have millionaire entrepreneurs of that age providing real value in exchange for customer's money even in this country.

If he cannot write a business plan around it but is relying on Government to give him a grant just for doing this, so he can lavish it, then he should forget it. We need to start encouraging the development of things with real value in exchange for real money.

helinues:
Apologize?

Has SARS not been disbanded? What was the further protest for?

So Lagos State first declared curfew at 4pm on the day of Lekki event, but considering those that would be caught unaware, it was moved to 9pm.

According to the report, the army arrived at the scene at 7: 45pm when the protesters was just about to start their party.

Does it mean they were ready to defy the curfew declared if not for the army intervention?

You cannot charge someone for intention to violate a curfew that is yet to commence. It is only after 9PM that anyone can be said to have violated curfew.

Furthermore the Army has come out to say at the Judicial Panel that they did not go to Lekki Toll Gate to enforce curfew but were on their way to Epe!

peacekante:
It is very sad to see things like this happening. We know that the management of these things can't be 100% in management but hello, we should be prepared for situations like this. That spot is a very dangerous spot for kidnapers if I m not mistaken and it could harm the passengers.

Why move the train when you know the train is faulty?

The problem with corruption is that it knows no limits. When the oga at the top inflates the contract to get his own share but give the subordinates the exact amount or even extra to do maintenance, the corrrupt subordinates too take their own and do shoddy maintenance. And the end result is this type of embarrasment. Instead of heads to roll it is excuses that will roll and the coruption continues.

OneTemplate:
Is the message wrong though? Let's learn to stay on topic.

The Federal Government that is being accused is not the one controlling the Judiciary, which is an independent arm of Government just like the Legislature.

They should address a petition to the NJC. However it is clear their interest is not in protecting the sanctity of the law but rather encouraging its violation, seeing that if Ndume had not been remanded they would have kept quiet as they have done all along on the Abaribe issue.

Mopolchi:
Na waa! Torture be like say e dey groove inside Evans family line. While he tortured others, he was paid indirectly by the police torturing his sister. I feel, however, for the unborn that was lost. That said, no evil deeds done go unpunished. Karma is a biitch!

I beg to differ frrom your line of thinking. It is not justified or proper to torture someone because his/her sibling tortured others or is a criminal.

Let the criminal pay for his deeds, not innocent relatives. That is why the new Police Act 2020 prevents Police from arresting relatives because of a criminal except those relatives have committed crimes.

Akainzo:
You should simply have read the same newspaper that you quoted to understand how blanks work and why in this the incident happened. So apparently,. someone had made an error.



So even from the NY Times post, it is clear that blanks would not normally kill anyone.

While Lee's death may be termed a mistake from a supposed blank, a more appropriate reference is the death of Jon-Erik Hexum from blank cartridge which shows blanks can kill.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2018/02/12/the-bizarre-afterlife-of-tv-actor-shot-dead-in-on-set-accident/amp/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71752/how-do-blanks-work-compared-regular-bullets

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank_(cartridge)

It is also important to note that if there is any other thing in the barrel, it will come out with projectile force. As such, using blanks need to be very well planned if fatalities are to be avoided.

Now imagine Nigerian Army going to meet protesters whom they claimed became violent. Do you think they will first load their guns with blanks and when the situation becomes dangerous they switch to bullets? This is the same Army accused of war crimes in Borno by Amnesty o. The same Army we all know shoot to kill rather than to warn or play. In the same country where Police never use rubber bullets. Then the Army starts to shoot blanks?

Please, the Army and the blanks story just doesn't measure up and going by their different conflicting statements starting from the claim that they were never at the Toll Gate to the claim that they didn't fire on protesters and then that they later fired blanks, the only valid conclusion is that they are liars.

ecolime:
The Government should own up to their errors. Admittance of guilt is the first step towards healing for everyone. These lies and charades aren't helping.

The Army's stories are consistently inconsistent.

1. They were not there at Toll Gate.
2. They were at Toll Gate but didn't fire.
3. They were at Toll Gate but fired blanks.
4. The protesters were happy with them and welcomed the Army.
5. The protest became violent...

What do we believe other than the only certain fact: The Army is telling lies!

Brandonx:
That general is so insensitive
He should bring the rifle and someone should please try with a live bullet on him.

If a rifle is pressed to his head and fired with a blank the man will die. It has happened several times with a pistol firing blanks, much less a rifle with a much higher muzzle velocity.

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/01/obituaries/blank-pistol-kills-actor-the-son-of-bruce-lee.html

OZOnNengiTheory:
DJ Switch should be arrested and thoroughly investigated. I believe she is working with the opposition or the albino coward to destabilise this country.

The gullible ones will say families of killed Protesters are afraid to speak up. Laughable! E be like say Una never lose a loved one before..and I don't pray you experience it in ya lives. A woman that loses a child isnt scared of anything else in this world..and I can tell you with all I have that she would speak up in this circumstance!

The truth, DJ Switch and all those behind the just concluded drama called endSARS must be thoroughly investigated and those found culpable should be ruthlessly dealt with

DJ Switch should be arrested on the testimony of an agent of an accussed party? It is ridiculous for the Judicial Panel to allow the Army as an accused party to present one of their own as expert witness and also submit blanks that were not taken from the crime scene in the presence of credible witnesses. Do you go to court and say the accused should be presenting his family members as expert witnesses? Where is the objectivity?

Even if we assume without conceding that they used blanks, do you know that blanks for a pistol used in filming killed Bruce Lee's only son? Do you know several actors have died from blanks fired from pistols? Do you know the muzzle velocity of pistols compared to rifles?
And he is saying even if he presses the rifle on a person and shoots a blank nothing will happen? That is a blatant lie.

Also, why do you as Army come to a peaceful protest with civilians if you wanted to shoot blanks? You bring an armoured tank to a fight and you say it is to spray water? And you want us to believe you? Everyone knows it is the Police that have the constitutional duty for security in civilian protests except it becomes very violent. That the Army showed up is already indicting.

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/01/obituaries/blank-pistol-kills-actor-the-son-of-bruce-lee.html

Afamed:
The Fox news has suddenly become propaganda? The same fox news Trump repeatedly praised as the only credible news outlet .
Virtually all the news outlets around the world have become propaganda according to habitual serial Wailers simply because they didn't present you the news you want to hear

Trump is a very dangerous person to trust with power. Imagine someone who turns everybody that does not agree with him into enemies and lashes out at them? It doesn't matter if you have supported him previously. The moment you don't toe his line again, you are an enemy and a bad person to be bullied and attacked. Someone who doesn't listen to advice except his own? That kind of mindset is very dangerous with power.

Americans are lucky they have well established institutions unlike Nigeria, else Trump would have turned everything upside down.

Okoroawusa:
In as much as I disagree with their roles during the#ENDSARS protests, I think they have every legitimate right to support whosoever they like politically.
Atiku is not an enemy of the state so he must definitely have supporters.
That's my honest submission on this case.

I support your point of view.

In fact that tweets raised about Mr. Macaroni and Modupe Odele is not convincingly pointing towards them as Atiku supporters. Macaroni is a comedian and the fact that he asks you to send his "Akant Number" does not mean he supports you. Modupe asking to see Atiku campaign managers could mean a lot of things: from media business angle to campaign strategies. Election is business for some people if you know.

If I condemn Atiku on any issue, the weight of my argument should carry the day and not the fact that I rooted for Buhari during elections.

People should put on their thinking caps and addess the issues that are the bones of contention instead of wasting time on fallacies of trying to poison the well. It is only politicians that find ready excuse for all misdeeds and criticism as being due to their political enemies! Let's rise above such thinking.

Eriokanmi:
What a bunch of useless individuals. What are they hiding ?

They most likely use the corruption findings as leverage to get what they want from those parastatals. Once the findings are published and public, no more leverage.

Nigerian leaders are typically selfish and more concerned with how to use public office to further their personal agendas.

Bsc:
Even the bookies knew Joe Biden would win , The instruments and plans were already in place, despite his debate flops and claims to end fracking .
He has bn in politics for 40+ years and sure know the game.
I hope Americans won't regret a new government just as we have ?

Americans regreted voting in Trump. From Trump's actions, he is an institutions destroyer. If not that US has strong institutions, Trump would have wrought serious damage. Imagine trying to cast aspersion on the electoral process? That is unprecendented in US history.

naptu2:
This is one of a series of videos posted by the Catholic Bishop of Nsukka, Most Reverend Godfrey Igwebuike Onah, to his YouTube channel on October 21. The theme of the homily was about the End SARS protests and the situation of the country, but I believe that it is this particular clip, in which he talked about mosques in Nsukka and churches in the north, that offended a lot of people.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxwTa5TbKAU

I see nothing wrong with this sermon. Nigeria creates warped realities that foster negative narratives and then try to silence those who speak about these realities. You cannot run an unjust Government and then say people who highlight the injustice are hate mongers.

His sermon is rooting for a change to the unjust order of things. To now say that amounts to inciting youths to burn mosques is a long stretch when there were identifiable causes for the unrest that led to the burnings. What I see that are remote causes of incitement for the youths are the warped realities in the country.

Will he have opportunities to preach that kind of sermon in the USA or other developed countries where there is peace and justice and people cannot relate? Fix your country and stop fighting with people or making enemies of people that highlight the injustice. Weren't similar narratives given by APC under the change mantra to ascend to Government? So hate speech brought them to power, right?

StPete:
You that brought a letter from the Hon. Member, isn't that a form of cheating with godfatherism? Now that it didn't work, you're crying wolf. He who comes to the table must come with clean hands

He brought a letter because he was told being a member of the community in which ExxonMobil operates is also an important requirement aside merit.

I do not see anything wrong in what he did since he didnt rely solely on the letter and only brought it after being told about community requirements.

Femiwilli:
Look at the Nigerian Army logo, it has inscription written in Arabic.
This proves the Army is a Northern Islamic tool of occupation

www.nairaland.com/attachments/12608409_20201031054929_jpege31fe89750ed99e56ea19115279a6580

There are a lot of things wrong with Nigeria which need to be corrected. So many things imported from previous military regimes (i.e. "illegitimate governments" in which just one person made far reaching decisions, need to be changed.

For example Babangida's decision to have Nigeria join the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) which is contrary to our constitution. I believe same thing happened with Army logo.

iamDrRhymes:
Emotion aside, the army is right on this one. It's a slap on the Nigerian army to appear before a civilian panel.

The other day, the army facility was invaded without a prior notice. Please let's respect the military.

The President who is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces is a civilian. If the NASS which is made of civilians invite the President, he has to appear. The NASS has power to impeach him.

So let not the military stand on any high horses. They are there to serve the people. It is the people who pay their salaries. The moment your gateman or security starts feeling too big, then he is ready to lose his job.

dirtydiva:
He died of motorcycle accident on 20/10/20 bah... Don't worry we know how it happen brother.

It is curious that this will be the 4th youth claimed to have died from motorcycle accident while returning from Lekki Toll Gate protest on 20th October 2020.

Please read the Premium Times Report on the Lekki shooting:
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/423823-investigation-bullets-blood-death-untold-story-of-what-happened-at-lekki-toll-gate.html

chrisooblog:
hmm for an "investigative" article this really fell short. you claim the corpse floating in the river is likely a victim based on hearsay no witnesses that saw soldiers throw the body into the river, no evidence showing tell tale signs of gunshot wounds on the body, no attempt to retrieve body so a proper autopsy can be done to ascertain death but straight to answer without showing working.

The victims of what happened last week tuesday deserve justice but it will not be gotten by all this wishy washy dem say dem say journalism. concrete evidence and thorough fact checking should be done so that the perpetrators of last weeks crime will not get away and muddle things up with "fake news"

Witness statements are also evidence admissible in court and legal proceedings. And the reporting had them in abundance to support that the claimed massacre actually occurred.

Maxymilliano:
Killing of peaceful protesters has now become the restoration of peace abi

Don't mind their lies. The Army have no basis to come and bring peace during a peaceful protest involving civlians that has not degenerated into violence. Even when there is violence, the first line is to have SWAT or MOPOL deployed to the area. Army is the very last resort and in this case there was no violent protest at all. The Army violated all rules of Engagement in shooting at harmless protesters!

Throwback:
You mean the Governor of Lagos State is the C-in-C of the Nigerian Armed Forces?

Where is the evidence of the invitation?

The same Army that denied that its men were at Lekki? I don't trust liars!

Salmoneus:
Two deaths is TOO much, soldiers must never turn their guns against harmless protesters for any reason!!

The death of one man started World War I.

When you hear someone saying just two people died in order to downplay issues, it lets you know someone who doesn't have much value for human life except those related to him.