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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 7:37pm On Oct 26, 2024
popizaino:
You know what i won't be doing in this internet age is arguing pointlessly when a simple click on YouTube can clear anyone's doubt.

If you are eager to dish out L just hold it for the man in the mirror.
Try and be watching more matches so u won't be out here erroneously claiming Real Madrid often play to outscore their opponents from two goals down 👌
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 7:31pm On Oct 26, 2024
TemporaryHansel:
It's wild how ghadaffi keeps getting free back to back pr on twitter. If he was that good, why did his people turn against him?
This is dangerous because when a lie becomes repeated too much, people begin to accept it as truth.
Well, it appears it is now becoming a pattern that when an oppressive leader dies, people always find a way to suddenly turn them into a deity to be worshipped for reasons best known to them....... More like we have people who have volunteered themselves to be always available to rewrite history.

By all standards, Gaddafi was not the man they now want him to be in death. Gaddafi was in power from 1969 to 2011 and he committed series of attrocities ranging from oppressing of his country, jailing opposition leaders and even sponsoring terrorism activities outside the borders of his country. There's a reason why people like Ali Aujali who was one of his trusted men turned on him and joined the rebels that later unalived him. Aujali spent almost all his adult life serving under Gadaffi from 1969 till 2011 when he ported.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25979532.amp

I'm not surprised tho. We've seen people trying to re-write history even on this platform about whom Nigeria's Abacha was years after his death.

I guess this is the new Normal, people doing PR for dead tyrants. Although the fault is not 100% that of the people doing the PR Sha. Yorubas have a saying that goes " aiṣedédé ara ayé ló jẹ́ ká ṣ'edaro ara ọ̀run " ( It is the inadequacies of the living that makes us miss the dead)
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:21pm On Oct 26, 2024
A40:
Lives are being lost which is what's sad here. I was expecting the reaction to be relief for the people who supposedly want peace.

4 Iranian soldiers are now dead on an attack where Israel clearly pulled punches but no Israel is toothless. Dem throw knockout wey kill 4 people. These people want bloodshed that they can cry about and say see Israel is wicked, I'm convinced about it now
There's a reason they are being referred to as terrorist sympathizers. They are no better than the people they stan; they just don't have access to bombs, missiles and guns for now.

I read BBC's account of the Israelis' retaliatory attack and they noted that that the Jews avoided populated areas and focused on military target in contrast to Iran that sent missiles towards Israel's most populated city.

The Persians are not beating the allegations and so are their supporters.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:13pm On Oct 26, 2024
Ballzproblem2:
https://x.com/Osint613/status/1850219269591642146?s=19

Bad ass video of Israel fighter jets returning home cool
I thought I was reading people chatting shiiit that IDF fighter jets didn't enter Iranian airspace.

How come? 🤷‍♂️
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick:
popizaino:
Your fellow Arsenal fan, who is a PhD. holder is defending having airport in kogi state. Na so una be for una fan base?
What has the opinion of a random person got to do with the fact that you don't watch matches but you are forming Ur opinion from a single match result? 😒

People that watch matches know u are capping. Just take the L and move on bro. Everybody that watch football matches regularly know real madrid don't go into any match to concede two goals and turn it around later. They are not in the business of "outsocring" their opponents like you erroneously claimed.

As for ur Kogi guy defending why Kogi needs an airport, Goodluck to him and the good people of Kogi state on that.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 3:39pm On Oct 26, 2024
swiz123:
Madrid with their low block don't care about conceding because Dortmund scored 2 goals against them. Before that game, the only team to score twice against Madrid since May is Alaves.
Alhaji Popizaino doesn’t even watch enough Chelsea’s matches ; talk more of Madrid matches . grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 7:46pm On Oct 25, 2024
Amigoss:
Na you dey talk like this undecided...Dadiyata demanded for accountability in Kaduna,he has been missing for more than 5yrs....Agba jalingo did same in cross river,Ben Ayade imprisoned him...This are notable journalist ooo,imagine the average Joe's who might have done so too on facebook and dss have silently picked up and didn't make it to the news...

Protest to the govt house or secretariat? If protest works, Nigeria as a whole go don better...
Okay .

Let the state keep lagging behind due to bad leaders and docile followership while states not as rich as them keep progressing .

Make Bayelsa dey drag with dem Kogi and Kwara states wey no Dey collect derivation .
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:51pm On Oct 25, 2024
Ibime:
Burna has never been against using police. Police is just a tool of oppression for the wealthy in Nigeria, and he was very clear on his stance when Mr 2Kay called police on him. In Nigeria, calling police isn't snitching, it's showing levels


Oluwa Burna, mọ gbóná feli, say mọ gbóná feli
You no get money, you dey call police
Me I dey laugh you gan ni



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I’m not even defending his oppressor asss , I’m only saying that calling the police in this case is better than assaulting Akpi or unaliving him.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:25pm On Oct 25, 2024
seankafor:
https://x.com/chude__/status/1849856456889336280?t=60lOI5Z98LMnwzYBm52_dw&s=19

But speedy talk true shaa .. u dey claim this and that but you dey run go police for small beef

Never seen Dem hip-hop stars going the police route over some beef
So would you be happy if Burna had kidnapped and his dead body was found later ?

Na wa for una o. When Burna was beating people up and having his boys shoot at night clubs una complain ; now he use police una still complain 🤦‍♂️
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 1:54pm On Oct 25, 2024
TemporaryHansel:
How much is the 13% lol. Money that ordinary counties in the US spend more than.
They should allow ND states 100% control of their resources first before we talk.
You obviously don't have an idea of Nigerian constitution. By law, the federal government owns everything under the ground so all those talks about ND states controlling 100% of their resources is dead on arrival.

The question is : The 13% that is being shared to the ND states, what have the governors been doing with it? Can they show us anything tangible they have been doing with it? Even some states not getting 13% derivation are doing better than states who do.

It is a shame.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 1:33pm On Oct 25, 2024
GloriousGbola:
https://www.nairaland.com/8249457/nnpc-weighing-options-ph-refinery



1 billion dollars undecided cry sad
The funny thing is the staff of this moribund PH refinery will most likely get TAM allowance despite the TAM being unsuccessful (It is standard for players in the oil & gas space to pay TAM allowance to staff after completion of each TAM)

Yar Adua and NLC did us strong thing by reversing sale of this refinery back then sha, angry
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 1:24pm On Oct 25, 2024
Amigoss:
This is harsh,what do you expect them to do?
They should demand for more accountability from their leaders now. How can their state be in that kind of mess despite collecting 13% Derivation as an oil producing state and they are okay with that?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 12:54pm On Oct 25, 2024
CrystalTiger:
I don't just understand this state honestly..It's just 8 LGA here ooo to make things worse with even a former president who was still part of the state SEC..

The under development here is scary..
I think the people of the state are just too docile; they just accept every nonsense their governors have been doing. And funny enough, if they had not carved them out of Rivers state, they would've been crying marginalization today o.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 12:50pm On Oct 25, 2024
popizaino:
Na now you just dey talk. I know bulk of the problems we are facing in this country is from the FG but the governors themselves have not cover themselves in any glory. These people are worse off than the president himself.
It's actually a shame because most governors are highly educated people ranging from PhD holders, trained professionals like doctors, engineers, business managers, ex-bankers, professors, etc.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 11:38am On Oct 25, 2024
CrystalTiger:
Have been in Yenagoa for three days now and haven't seen nepa light, thought it was just something that coincided with my arrival only to discover this morning that the entire state hasn't had light for three whole months..

Things dey happen for this country abeg..
This country's problem just defies logic.

A small state like Bayelsa with so much water bodies can easily generate electricity through investment in hydropower plants. Instead everybody just mount on top national grid.

When I was in the north, I kept asking why can't northern governors invest in solar energy on a large scale considering the kind of sun that shines in that part of the country? By 7-7.30 pm u will see the sun still in the sky.

As much as FG's ministry of power has its own fault, some of these governors of states need to start doing something at their own respective state levels if the country will ever develop beyond the level it is currently
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 11:31am On Oct 25, 2024
Amigoss:
😭😭 grin
Ahhhh!

Wetin be this ? grin grin grin
CelebritiesRe: Where Is Runtown? by BlueRayDick: 10:51am On Oct 25, 2024
He don run out of town

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick:
This man was 94 year old when he made this warning two years ago . But younger Nigerians say dem get coconut 🥥 head , dem no dey hear word .

Now everywhere don cast. Even people wey paste “Asiwaju 2023 “ sticker for their cars no see money buy fuel again inside the car. ☹️

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 10:35am On Oct 25, 2024
reccy:
It's normal I confirm it sha. Ah no wan looseguard ni.
On a flip side, I know people that have been cashing out in my placement. These are the people that joined last three months. They have been enjoying free $$$. Nah why ah wan do my homework before anything.

For now, I'm out!!!
The problem with Ponzi scheme is that u never know when it will crash. It may crash the same date u decide to "invest" in it. It happened to a lot of people with MMM.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:50am On Oct 25, 2024
nihilistjnr:
You need to read the story of Robert Hanssen.

This one was a Russian mole in the FBI tasked by the FBI to find the Russian mole in the FBI. grin

Or Dmitry Polyakov who was a Russian mole in the CIA pretending to be a CIA mole for the Russians but was actually a CIA mole for the Russians. grin

Dem Don bring top tier spy craft come Hezbollah and now the sheikhs, the dogs, everybody dying, no lying.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 7:46am On Oct 25, 2024
iamoyindamola:
Why is GTB and zenith having issues
I don’t how true it is , but someone told me the reason why GTB is having the most issues with this upgrade is because they were using a customized app/platform . Now that they need to move to another platform it’s a big problem for them unlike those who were using a general app/platform.

I am not a tech guy so I don’t really understand much of what the guy said. But he said other banks will not face as much issue as GTB when they are moving to new platform
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:57am On Oct 25, 2024
afrodoc2:
grin grin grin

How person go fall for this na 57th wonder of the world.
“Mugu must fall , Guyman must chop am ! “

There’s a reason the “dollar-in-the-car-booth” 419 format has been working for almost 40 years now
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:46am On Oct 25, 2024
Are we all just going to pretend we didn’t know this stupiiid current administration blamed Binance for weakening naira and went on wild goose chase incarcerating Binance executives ?

https://www.nairaland.com/8248886/binance-executive-gambaryan-departs-nigeria

Today all charges against the executives are quashed ,tax payers money spent on legal fees gone and the Naira is still weak against the Dollar 🤦‍♂️
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 10:18pm On Oct 24, 2024
raumdeuter:
E get one man for here. If you see the way he is so bitter about stocks especially Naija stocks.

He will be like "I don't usually buy stocks but this man(their church pastor who used to work in a Bank in Nigeria before relocating) convinced them to invest that it was a great deal. He probably called the senior men for church that time and convinced them to invest in some Naija stocks. This man wey I dey talk said he dropped almost $50K into the Naija stock market

Today everything don vaporize, He no dey go the church again after he fought the Pastor because of it and he is still bitter to the Pastor who sold it to him

He will say, The only thing I owe Nigeria is the house I built for my mother. After that nothing else

I told him Egbon na so e happen to everyone of us. Naija stock market almost got me stranded here. When I travelled I had money in the NSE and was thinking I will be trading it growing it. By 2008 there was a time stock market trading in NSE was suspended for about 8months, by the time they reopened in 2009, almost all the stocks had crashed as everyone was in a race to get out

My friend and stockbroker and I introduced him to other friends, Ended his career as a stockbroker because of the curses people he helped buy stocks were using to chase him, some even used threats of physical violence and jazz, He relocated back to Ibadan to face farming as many people didnt want to hear say na market crash, it was simply him they pointed at like he was the one who chopped their money

Him sef he lost a lot including his close family, brother inlaw who he invested for, His parents pension.

To enter Lagos now, Maybe he go wear mask or disguise
If I was that Egbon, I would be mad too ! $50k is not small money in naija currency at any point in time. If he wasn’t in America he would’ve died of stroke in naija losing that amount of money to stock market .

As regards the stockbroker guy, I think almost all stockbrokers are still dealing with the aftermath of the great economic depression. Till my old man’s last breath , he still talks about millions he lost due to his stock broker not selling when he ought to during that economic depression . He said the guy is nowhere to be found . I’m sure that guy too would have several people looking for him.

This Nigeria ehn…. It’s best u just learn from the experience of others . I avoid investment in Nigerian stock like plague considering inflation rate , Nigerian factor, weak corporate governance and historical events
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:53pm On Oct 24, 2024
raumdeuter:
In addition to this, many of the company shares that they were selling those days. I no even know if those companies exist now. Especially during the Soludo consolidation of 2003-2005, many banks went to the market to raise capital. Some of those banks are not even in existence anymore
Sometimes when I ask what of this bank, it's gone, that bank it's now part of this and that.

First Aluminum, Daar communication, Intercontinental bank, some of those companies have gone under with investor money
My old man bought Daar communications shares when it was listed on NSE. Few years down the line , he always cussed Dokpesi under his breath for running them shareholders streets .

You see that ur first paragraph ehn, same thing will happen to banks with this upcoming consolidation exercise . Almost all the banks sold shares and people were being sweet talk to part with their hard earned money to “buy a part of the bank “ by virtue of buying their shares .

All the banks are in a race to meet up with the new capital requirements as released by CBN but we all know that not all the banks will survive the consolidation exercise . Some of these banks that raised funds will die natural death in the coming years while some will be acquired by bigger banks .

It has happened before . The banks who die natural death like Heritage bank did recently , their shareholders will get nothing for their troubles while those who will get acquired; some of the shares value will drop . Some people who have 10,000 units of shares will see it drop to 4,500 right before their eyes .

I’ve seen all sorts of magic with Nigerian owned businesses listed on NSE. We pay lip service to corporate governance in this country yet shareholders keep losing their fortune through holding shares in badly managed companies
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:19pm On Oct 24, 2024
raumdeuter:
You are even talking about all things being equal but you know in Nigeria you have to factor in inflation and devaluation. For example my Pension when I was leaving Nigeria was around 1.3m at a time when Naira was around N120 to a $. When I first reach US and things were tough. I thought about taking an early withdrawal but the Devil spoke to me and convinced me that my 1.3m might become something Yuuugee in future. I endured Sapa and kept the money there. The last time I checked my account is was around 2M and that time Naira was already like 350

Now Naira is like 1600. I don even forget my password or login and I don dash whoever the money manager is the entire money

If no be for Devil I for don liquidate that thing before the thing pafuka
You have successfully contributed to the betterment of the country by leaving the pension fund for us. I’m sure Buhari would’ve borrowed it in his first term grin

But on a serious note, I always wonder what will happen to all the pension funds in the RSA accounts of thousands of Nigerians who have japa and didn’t look back.

For example my former colleague ; his parents have 3 kids . His two brothers japa before him leaving their pension funds behind . My former colleague japa with his wife who worked in an oil company and both of them also left their pension funds behind in their RSA account cos they obviously can’t access it yet in their 30’s.

I’m sure they don’t even care about the pensions now sef, but how can government or PFA hold on to the funds just like that ?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:59pm On Oct 24, 2024
Itsrm:
Na Tinubu cause am grin

Everybody is looking for money from wherever they can find it.
Na so people rush enter MMM that year claiming it’s because of Buhari’s economy .

Anybody that didn’t learn from the MMM yawa is destined to lose money to Ponzi schemes from heaven. kadara ni.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:56pm On Oct 24, 2024
GloriousGbola:
Kip kwaiet - just say she did not align with you. tongue
I don’t shiiit where I eat baba mi . cool
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:45pm On Oct 24, 2024
raumdeuter:
If you invest 1000 in 2022 and you have 3000 today, Do you think its worth it?
Personally I think investing in Nigerian company stocks is a loss making venture . Even when the economy was still better , I see buying Nigerian stock as you just giving them your funds to run their business while their management team do as they like with your money .

I’ve seen management team of big PLC’s live the best lives , ride the best cars , go on all expenses paid “business trips” all over the world , pay themselves the best salaries and then pay paltry dividends to the so called “shareholders” who are supposed to be the owners of the business .

I see this through the lens of my old man who is a very strong believer in investing in shares . I’ve been to enough AGM’s to see that the so called management team of these PLC’s don’t really regard the opinion of the shareholders like that sef. All these was when the economy was in better shape and these companies were making profit.

The companies in the attached are companies that always keep my old man glued to business news on TV while we were growing up . He keeps monitoring their performance in the stock market through business and will be muttering to himself words like “ If I see small money now I will buy more Nigerian Breweries stock ….. I should buy Nestle stock by next year Insha Allah “ …etc

Now those companies made losses in 2023 and I’m not even sure they won’t do the same for 2024 . Imagine what the fate of shareholders who are hoping for dividend and share bonus will be like . Shebi it is even when they make profit they will declare dividend for shareholders .

While GTB was selling shares few months back , one of their relationship managers who came to our office was trying to preach to me about what they are selling. grin . I just told her to save her breath and go hustle another person cos I will rather eat my money than give them to run their business in the name of “investing “ . Till date when she comes around , she still looks at me with one kind evil eye 😈

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick:
Itsrm:
If this is what you're referring to then it smells like scam.
Leave him, let him be taking advice from a moniker that registered today whose first post on this forum is to respond to the post he(reccy) made few weeks ago. grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:11pm On Oct 24, 2024
OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Just last Sunday dem kill scores for the same awka.
If you have stayed in this area as a student. You don't need a prophet to tell you.
There's a reason why I said it is the police investigation that can actually confirm what happened.

Naija confra that usually post confirm updates on cult clashes (including the earlier one in Awka this week) claimed it is not a cult clash and that most of the victims are Hausa men. Abi Hausa man Don dey join cult for Anambra?

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 5:40pm On Oct 24, 2024
OkpaNsukkaisBae:
That is pure cult clash.
Firewood cutters vs Canoe paddlers
Source?

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