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FeliciaOja:
Nigeria Handling Nuclear Energy
is like Giving A Monkey AK-47
Or Giving A 2yrs Old A Car To Drive

Both will end in pure disaster..

Both interesting scenarios.
In one scenario the car will not start.
In the other, the monkey will end up shooting itself, others or both �.

jmoore:
5G conspiracy theories didn't start this year. Why are some people recycling same conspiracy theories in the form of REVELATION in 2020?

They are all at home at the moment with time on their hands.

And what about Israel and other countries that don’t have 5G yet?

uyiekpenn:
I once walked a girl out of my car in the middle of the road while I was in Nigeria last year over some stupid comment that she made. She said no man should go into a relationship if you don't have money and guess how I replied her? No girl should go into a relationship if she's broke and has nothing to offer besides pussyy. Majority of these girls are hopeless.

Guy. You must have a very big car to “walk” someone out of it

Please charge your phone.

Officialpdpnig:
Buhari is seriously spanking Atiku on Atikus own campaign group Facebook page.

I think Atikus campaign team need to go to Buharis campaign team for campaign strategies

Ok

Is the original story true or false?

Just looking. I'm not understanding...abeg find me that meme...

Meanwhile in another part of Nigeria.....

Wikipedia on Mavrodi: "Sergey Panteleevich Mavrodi (Russian: Серге́й Пантелеевич Мавроди; born August 11, 1955) is a Russian criminal and a former deputy of the State Duma. He is the founder of the МММ series of pyramid schemes."

donsteady:
Put religion aside and be logical, even pope doesn't have a jet. It's sadden me when some folk assumed we will all be shallow.

At least 3 private jets. The least is about $350,000,000. Times that to three, that would be about $105,000,000 times that to 480 naira, that will be about fifty billion+ naira. I am not good with maths, somebody help plz.

35 yrs ago he was nothing and had nothing. How did he get all this wealth ?
That's the question. He started by collecting money from the poor and rich and he name it as offering, tithe, seed and all the other nonsense. (35 yrs he is still collecting and the collecting still will continue)

This is very simple. You collect money from the poor and rich, you buy urself a private jets, build expensive uni and you said ur uni is not for the poor.
Just one simple question sir. At your age,(60+)
How would you sincerely summaries purpose of your life in one sentence?
What would you die for? wealth?

You are right...you are not good at maths . With regards to the cost of the private jet...I think you meant 35 million US$.

thesicilian:
How much is Ghana visa?

You can visit Ghana with your ECOWAS Passport

AlphaCentauri:
its too hot for all this leather na

It's not fashion....it's protective gear.

Someone completed his duty months ago and when he is not paid, it is referred to as "a minor internal matter".

You deserve a literary prize for the way you state the facts!

Cyojunior:
The broken home of the northern family.
In effortless ceremony, a man got hitched to his wife and
swiftly a family setting begun. In no time, Allah bless them
with a boy and joy raided the air.
Just as the boy clocks three years, he is escorted by the
father into the city to learn the Quran. Yes, a three year old
is forcefully pulled away from his mother to God knows
where! The father returns home to the embrace of his wife
in kulle. Putus -another baby is on the way as the first one is
left forgotten.
The mallam in his wisdom has been blessed by Allah and
using his economic dexterity, he sends the poor child into
the street to ask for arms. In the harshest of the street, the
3 years old boy learns survival instincts. He battles ruggedly
against unexpected elements. In no time, he becomes a
champion of the street.
Unfortunately, he is cut off from the affinity of family
bonds, he has no relations to share feelings with as this lad
is left for the street to mould him into her dictates. He
becomes vicious, angry and paranoid. To subdue his anger
against his mallam, he is told never to question his
conditions as it is Allah's will for him. He is told to hate
those who don't belong to his religion and with unmitigated
fury, he brews in anger against the people in the society.
With age catching up with him, the street becomes
uninhabitable for him. He can't longer beg because no one
give alms to an able bodied man. He resorts to crime-from
picking pockets to petty stealing and eventually to violent
crimes. He is completely a nuisance to the society. The lucky
ones amongst his peers are recruited into political thuggery
and others brainwashed into religious fundamentalism.
As the circle of the almajiri life continues, he is arrested for
any of the crimes above and made to serve jail terms. After
years in confinement, he comes out more bitter,frustrated
and hopeless. With no task to do, he takes to selling water
and ridding okada. Again, he continues his romance with
the streets.
Like a walking corpse, he moves around with fist of furry
and stained mind of hate. He is quick to start a fight
because he has nothing to lose. Because you are too
sophisticated to him, you treat him with disdain and quick
to pour verbal venom on him. In the blink of an eye, he
draws out his pocket knife and press it to your fine body.
While you writhe in pains, he flee into the streets because
that is where he belongs. You learn a lesson never to
engage the almajiri in a fight.
Suppressed eventually by age, he become weak in the
hustles of the streets and resort finally to begging as
curtain of life draws on him. As he battles to bid farewell to
his unfair life, he look back at the offspring of his groin -the
next almajiris of his legacy.
Tearfully musing

dollyjoy:
Revelation 3:5


on the last day,five women will hold unto one man and................



What was the verse again?i have forgotton

You mean Isaiah 4:1

Kreamie:
What is a KWASU?

My guess is Kwara State University.

Please prayerfully watch this video from Elijah House:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APNXf-mW2oo

Nigerian marathon runner achieves North Pole dream
Last updated 2 hours ago

Athlete running through a snow field during the North Pole Marathon
Runners tackle the challenge of Arctic running in frigid temperatures with the added danger of polar bears
The first Nigerian to do the North Pole Marathon tells the BBC how proud she felt to plant her country's flag in the snow at the end of the race.

Tuedon Morgan, 42, said Antarctica, where she has been on two previous trips, was a playground compared to her experience at the North Pole last week:

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The North Pole was extremely difficult for me: It was so cold, with temperatures of -41 C, and I noticed that my body was losing a lot of energy - it was like the magnetic field was sucking all my energy out.

The last 4km (2.5 miles) were the hardest for me - I started to see buildings where I knew that there was nothing there.

I didn't have any training for this - I didn't have any snow to train on.

In Qatar, where I live, it's the extreme opposite: I wear T-shirts and shorts to run; in the North Pole you have to wear all these different layers.

North Pole Marathon finish line
There are no crowds at the North Pole Marathon to cheer on the runners
We were 44 competitors from 22 countries and I finished quite late, I was one of the last people to finish. But I compete[d] with myself.

I was just singing and praying and when I got to the bend where I could see where other people had planted their flags, I kept saying to myself: "I have to plant the Nigerian flag there; your country's flag has to be there."

A South African has done the race; I don't think any other Africans have done it, so for me it was awesome to do that for my country, for Nigeria and for Africa as a whole.

As I was leaving, other Nigerians arrived - they had been to the geographical North Pole and they had raised the Nigerian flag there as well.

It was awesome. I would do the North Pole again. Right now, sitting here, I'm thinking: "I want to go back to do it again."

'I love food'
It all started one day in January 2008, when I woke up and looked myself in the mirror and I said: "I need to change my lifestyle."

I would go to bed early and wake up really tired, I weighed 121kg, which is about 266lbs, I was a big girl.

Tuedon Morgan
Tuedon Morgan started her fitness regime seven years ago to lose weight
I was extremely happy with the way my life was, I never envied any slim person, but I was always breathless. I've got four kids, I could barely do much for them, my bad leg was getting worse, my doctors would give me some injections and would tell me how to lose weight.

That day I made up my mind and I said I was going to commit to this, so I got into the gym and I started walking on the treadmill and then I went on the road and I just built up from there.

I joined a running club - the first day they wanted to do a 7km run and it took me over two hours - I was the last one to finish but I went back the next day, I just wouldn't give up.

For me, losing weight, I wanted to do it as slowly as possible, gradually. I needed to learn to eat.

I think my biggest problem was food - I love food and that's why myself and a friend, we've founded a weight-loss group, we've got over 5,000 African women in it, we have a cook book and they can use our menus free of charge.

'It's time management'
It's been very difficult because I have four boys, I have my husband, I have my job.

People say: "I don't have the time" - everyone has the time, you have 24 hours, it's time management.

I don't watch TV late at night. I wake up at 03:30 and I go running from 04:00 to 05:30. When I come home, I wake my husband and my kids.

So my running time in the morning is my time, I'm not using family time. It's all about compromise.

Tuedon Morgan and her family
Tuedon Morgan says her running does not eat into spending time with her family
My husband, when I came home yesterday from the North Pole, said: "What's our next challenge?"

I have already done 33 marathons - but every race is different.

For example, in the North Pole we didn't have spectators. In New York they virtually lift you up your feet, the crowd. London is the same.

The message I'm sending out there is always belief in yourself, you have no limits, you can do whatever you want to do.

We're the ones who set the boundaries. It might take longer for some but if you're persistent, if you keep knocking, it will happen.

Tuedon Morgan was interviewed by the Akwasi Sarpong on BBC Focus on Africa on the World Service

BBC © 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-32326063

just passing...

An ideal gift would be a "free get out of jail" card...

PMS Pump price reduction and the economy – my take away
on january 26, 2015 at 12:11 am in for the record, viewpoint
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By Raji Fashola, SAN
IT is no longer news that the Federal Government has announced a reduction in the pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol.
While I have made my position known on my Twitter handle that ‘a little over 10% reduction in cost of the final (crude oil) product (PMS) in response to an over 50% drop in the cost of the raw material is a good try and that Nigerians can get a better deal’, I am constrained to make this further intervention for a few reasons.
1.There is a sense in the public space that this reduction is politically motivated, given the reactions that have followed it. To the extent therefore that there is a political nexus, it deserves further interrogation because it is an ECONOMIC issue and this is a major issue in the elections as canvassed by both parties, especially at the Presidential candidacy level.
General Buhari had seized the moment and the importance of the economic issue earlier this month. Through his campaign council he said: “Stop stealing from Nigerians and allow them enjoy the relief that has come to consumers of petroleum products globally.
“For the Nigerian consumers, unfortunately the collapse of crude oil price since October 2014 has not translated into any change in diesel, kerosene and PMS prices across the country.”
2. The second reason for my intervention is also economic, and it goes to interrogate POLICY, particularly this PRICING POLICY, and the consistency of the party in Government Vis-a-Vis their credibility before the Nigerian public.
NNPC Mega Filling Station now selling at N138 per litre in Abuja yesterday.
THE ECONOMICS OF OIL
It must be obvious to any discerning mind that you cannot have a viable democracy without debating the management of the economy.
This is because the real issue in elections is the way people’s lives have fared during the tenure of the incumbent.
The question, sometimes spoken, sometimes not, but never forgotten, is this: – Has my life been better in the last few years or not?
This question always involves an examination of the record of service of the incumbent and many have lost their seats in a bad economy.
So, the present government must defend its record on the economy and this involves its management of prices and consumer indices.
The cost of energy, fuel, gas, electricity for transport, cooking, heating and manufacturing is a direct determinant of the cost of living and how far people’s wages can take them before the next pay day.
It is not therefore surprising that in the last decade and a half, many western countries have gone to war “in order to make peace”, especially in the Middle East, so that there is no scarcity of petroleum (crude oil) supply.
The reason is simple. Scarce crude means high prices of crude oil, translating to high fuel, gas and production costs, leading to restive domestic population, which can translate to electoral defeat.
If one remembers Iraq, Libya and Egypt; in spite of the democratic masks that those military interventions wore, it is difficult to dismiss a domestic, political (electoral) self interest in them.
In the aftermath of these interventions and investment in shale oil as an alternative, leading to the crash of crude oil prices, what have these western countries done at home for their people in terms of oil price management?
Let us look at a few examples:
i.U.K
Drop in Price (dollar per litre): 0.52
Percentage of price drop: 23.75%
ii. U.S.A
Drop in Price (dollar per litre): 0.39
Percentage of price drop: 36.57%
iii. SINGAPORE
Drop in Price (dollar per litre): 1.79
Percentage of price drop: 21%
v. NIGERIA
Drop in Price (dollar per litre): 0.03. Percentage of price drop: 10.3%
My take aways: a) It is poor economic management to import the final product of a commodity whose raw material (crude oil) we produce in abundance.
b) A refinery in Nigeria, such as the 400,000 barrel refinery we are supporting by providing land for the Dangote Group in the Lekki Free Zone will keep jobs at home, (instead of in foreign refineries), create income for the Nigerian Government by way of companies income tax, and give us better control of pricing by eliminating subsidies and demurrage charges by port delays paid to ship owners in dollars against a weak Naira; and it will eliminate many other charges that are passed on to ordinary Nigerians.
c) Clearly, an inefficient Port Management that escalates shipping costs, a devalued currency, and an exorbitant interest rate on borrowing, which are economic failures of the current Government, are part of the reasons why Nigeria cannot get a better deal from an over 50% drop in Crude Oil price.
Interrogation of policy
In announcing the reduction of fuel pump price, the Honourable Minister for Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, stated the reasons for the Government’s decision in her own words as follows:
“As you may be aware, there has been a lot of volatility in the price of petroleum products, particularly crude oil, over the last few months. Invariably, this has meant that the price of the product in Nigeria has also been greatly impacted.”
When addressing journalists she added: “After watching the price per barrel drop over the last few months, we have finally achieved parity… therefore this would be the best time to actually reduce the price. We have been watching very carefully over the last two weeks to ensure that the volatility did not destabilize this reduction in price and we think it’s safe to implement it at this time.”
Please note she used the words (1) “price per barrel drop” and (2) the “achieved parity” in the oil price regime to justify the reduction.
(i) Price Per Barrel Drop
As I have pointed out, I doubt that a 10% reduction is the best that we can get in response to a 50% drop in oil price, and this is simple common sense.
If a product is manufactured at X price and the price of the raw material drops by Y%, I think it is simple economics to reflect that Y% drop in the price of the final product without doing any damage to the cost of packaging or transporting the product. And this should happen vice versa if the price of the raw material heads in the opposite direction.
But let me be quick to acknowledge that these price changes may not necessarily be effected overnight in a period of volatility; and this is the relevance of the Honourable Minister’s point about “parity”, which I will come to later.
But the quick additional point to make is that Diesel has not enjoyed any subsidy for a long time and there is a loud silence on this product, as far as pricing policy is concerned; and nothing is said about Kerosene.
So, if this was really meant to bring relief to the people, I think Diesel, which impacts on production costs, power costs in homes through generators, and Kerosene, which ordinary Nigerians use to cook, would have been the place for Government to demonstrate that it understands the plight of the people.
This would have afforded some cushion against the austerity measures indicated by the Honourable Minister of Finance.
My take away
This price reduction is not far reaching enough. It demonstrates a knee-jerk reaction to a serious economic issue where the majority of ordinary Nigerians are concerned.
When we factor the fact that the majority of Nigerians generate their own power at 4 (four) times the cost of public power, and they mostly use diesel, a reduction there would have reduced the pressure on their disposable income.
Achieved Parity: My understanding of the Honourable Minister’s use of these words is that Government now believes that oil prices will hover around the current prices of $50 per barrel, so that, according to her, “the entire country will benefit immensely from this reduction.”
If this is correct, then who are we to believe?
If we go back to the statement of the Honourable Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on December 17, 2014 when, while defending the oil budget benchmark of $65 for the 2015 budget which some observers felt was too ambitious, she said:
“This is what we have done by proposing a benchmark of $65pb. We recognise that prices might still fall further but we do not intend to revise the price further down as price intelligence indicates that prices might average between $65 and $70pb in 2015.”
If the Finance Minister expects oil prices to get to $70 and the Petroleum Minister says we have “achieved parity,” there seems to be inherent contradictions within the same Government.
My Take Aways:
a. Are Government departments talking to themselves?
b. Who is co-ordinating the economy?
c. Why was the Honourable Minister for Finance not part of this major Pricing Policy briefing?
d. Was this price reduction provided for in the 2015 budget?
P.S. As I concluded this intervention, my attention was brought to a response by Governor Peter Obi to a contribution I had made, in which he said in This Day Newspaper that: “The president showed that the sound economic policies of his government have brought about macro-economic stability. This has been acknowledged by the renowned economist and former Chairman of the Asset Management Division of Goldman Sachs Group, Dr. Jim O’Neill, who coined the term BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey), recognising these countries as the world’s fastest growing economies.”
Fastest growing economies
I have no issue with Governor Obi, because his role in Government and policy making is still unclear to me. If he speaks as a party man, it is a measure of credit to him that he knows more about the programmes of a party he joined a few weeks ago, than those he met there.
But for the record, the same Jim O’Neill, whom he quotes in support of this Government’s policy and the leadership of President Jonathan, said:
“If he (Jonathan) doesn’t get re-elected, and it’s because of Nigerian people wanting something different and something better, I think the markets would be happy with that. Foreign investors are pretty negative about Nigeria, so I don’t dismiss the possibility that if he lost, people actually might react positively.”
Those who seek the truth should simply visit this link and verify the facts of what Jim O’Neill actually said: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-08/o-neill-says-jonathan-vote-loss-may-be-seen-as-nigeria-positive.html
MY TAKE AWAY
I think Jim is right. Nigerians want “something different and something better.” They want CHANGE.
Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, is Governor of Lagos State

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/pms-pump-price-reduction-economy-take-away/

What business has PDP got to do with determining who should govern a State? The constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria does not confer on them such powers

2legit2qwt: It's possible

It's possible but highly unlikely. She's barely 24. So subtracting her "5 years" experience leaves us at 19yrs. The B.Sc and M.Sc takes away 4yrs. That leaves us with 15yrs. The question now is did she start university at 15yrs or is the 5yrs experience not entire professional experience? So that could include experience jobs at McDonald's, Mr. Biggs, etc...

natasha: I will tell you that jobs are hard to come by, so also is keeping a job. There isnt an easy job. Even oil/banking/political jobs have alot of stress attached to it. If you are complaining that you work in the rain and sun (yet you hv a guaranteed income montgly irrespectively of your target met) i am sorry to say this; you are LAZY. Very lazy and a typical epitome of the nigerian graduate who feels the world owes them the right to a xushy, well paying stress free job.
Do you know how many hours the kids who hawk water/buns etc put in daily even at the weekends all for a meagre 200# naira at the end od the day? In the rain, sun, cold, they endure daily hazards like people stealing their wares, sexual harrassments from all sorts, injuries from feckless drivers.
Let me give you examples of life in d uk, there are people who work odd jobs in freezing conditions (-4 degrees typical weather condition for my city) here and end up sleeping on a couch at the end of the night just so they can save up and send money to take care of their responsibilities back home as well as meet the demanda of extended family membera/relatives like you.
I would advise yoj to suck it up, man up, stop acting like a spoilt child and learn to be thankful that you have a job despite you little work experience instead of conplaining that they didnt give you a car. Do you think its cheap maintaining a car? You need to stop this attitude of self entitlement and change your mentality. For someone who has already earned 600k in 6 months and cant boast of a 5% savings na wa o. Afraid she is catching me (as sum1 i know wld say).
Take what u can if u can from my words and i wish u well.

very harsh words from someone that wanted to dodge NYSC: https://www.nairaland.com/493745/how-get-nysc-exemption-certificate#16748562

just read this old post and a bit curious....at the time the OP wrote this she was barely 24 years old, had a Bachelors and a Master degree and 5years experience....

But FRAPORT AG is a Germany company! Who writes all these stories? :-/

If the same effort used in all these intrigues were used to run the states and country, Nigeria would be a much better place.

It's out.

cantell: Why not try googling instead? No use opening threads for general info.

I don't see how that's general info that's why I asked it here . It's something that I've wondered about and whatever the answer is, it has to do with our history and culture.