LeoDeKing: Money meant for research, Chikaodinaka Nwankpa spent it on olosho.
Anyway, Pennsylvanians are jealous because we are the most successful tribe in the universe. Imagine, even to develop their oloshos, Pennsylvanians are trying to victimise us. Abiama will help us.
Look at his head, as flat as table.
This is just funny but silly tribalist comment. Let it end as cruise and not extend to hate pls.
Roger Federer (August 08, 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times.
He has won 103 ATP singles titles, the second most of all time after Jimmy Connors, including 20 Grand Slam singles titles, a record eight men's singles Wimbledon titles, an Open Era record-tying five men's singles US Open titles, and a record six Year-end Championships.
He also won a men's doubles Gold and Singles Silver at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic events respectively.
A winner of the Davis Cup in 2014 and the Hopman Cup thrice (2001, 2018, 2019).
The greatest ever...... The calmness, the gracefulness. Legend!
AdemolaVictorTv: Kits manufacturer, Nike have unveiled Nigeria's home and away kits for 2022/2023.
Which one is your favorite?
Wow...this is good and beautiful. Nike is on fire �...they are always turning up with amazing designs.
Nigerian football and national teams need to play better. Home based player must always be incorporated into our national teams especially the men's senior team, that has always been our secret success ingredient.
mysticwarrior: Aljazeera is not biased towards the Russians, secondly it was aljazeera who truly showed atrocities of the American invasion of Iraq to the outside world.
I don't quite agree on that....though they may be balanced sometimes but on this Russian matter, Aljazeera is biased against Russia.
SergeantTitus: Honestly the American media CNN needs to step up their game. Bias news and propaganda won't do them any good. It's so bad they don't even hide it anymore. Their day has been filled with queen Elizabeth's death but the few opportunities they've had to report other news has been about the Russians and it has been so disgraceful. What exactly is their obsession with their worse nightmare Russia? They even interviewed a fighter and asked him how was the fight in "recapturing " the city. The fighter said it was easy peasy. That was the only part they showed out of what I'm sure so many fighters were interviewed and said the fight wasn't an easy one .
If you want undiluted and biasless foreign news, listen to aljazeera instead.
Aljazeera is also biased concerning this Russian invasion of Ukraine.
CCN, BBC, Aljazeera, Foxnews, France24,DW etc are all biased against Russia. After all they are all from NATO partner countries with same propaganda of deciet agenda.
Suddenly you've become Poirot when it comes to crime in the East but if it had been anywhere from Lokoja to the North you would have announced that it was carried out by FULANI
TFOH.
Now that your have spilled the rubbish in your brain, now rest.
Not everyone reasons the myopic ways you do...Enjoy!
tolue42: Ipob on the beat again... Obi what do you have to say
Some of you are rubbish creatures...your response is ill-mannered. In this unpleasant event, of all things you could say about this, is IPob that came to your mind concerning an attack that cost lives. Why allow IPob live free in your head...what if this same IPob were not the culprits....have you considered other possibilities like political or non-political assassination..? IPob may be quilty but allow it to be truthfully established before conclusions.
A lot of murders have taken place without being nipped because some people like you make it about IPob instead of actually finding out who these culprits "unknown gunmen" are or their wicked agendas.
Think before you talk next time.
RIP to the lost souls. May these evils cease and the criminals be apprehended and dealth with and no peace for the wicked&evil...Amen!
Mehn...these are deep revelations...this guy is out for Tinubu. David seems to know how to dig out information and evidences more than the Nigerian cabal government and it's politically compromised security agencies.
These matters should be taken with seriousness and investigated so that men of questionable personality will not find their way to public offices.
Lowkeygee: 1. Sir Louis Ojukwu was a great man. He accomplished and made so much wealth before he died. All without Oil.
He was so Rich he did not need official papers to visit the Britain.
Sir Ojukwu's Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith LWB
was used to chauffeur Queen Elizabeth during her 1956 visit.
2. According to Forbes Africa, Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, who founded the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), was the first Billionaire in Nigeria.
He practically owned Victoria Garden, Lagos.
3. Sir Ojukwu went to lagos with nothing in 1929 aged just 20 but 10 years later, he was already managing his own chain of businesses which included, Ojukwu Stores, Ojukwu textiles and Ojukwu transportation company.
4. By 1950, just Ojukwu Transportation company had over 200 trucks in its fleet. How did he do it?
Born Louis Philip Odumegwu Ojukwu in Nnewi in 1909, the only boy and second of four children,Sir Ojukwu went to Government primary School Asaba.
5. In 1922, he proceeded to the only secondary School in the Eastern region at the time, Hope Waddell training institute, Calabar. After completing his secondary School education in 1928.
Sir Louis secured a job as a tyre sales clark with John Holt lagos in 1929.
6. It was working as a tyre clark the Sir Louis Ojukwu noticed that many Igbo traders who came to lagos to buy tyres also bought textiles as well.
With his meagre saving, Sir Louis travelled down to Onitsha where he opened his first business venture called "Ojukwu stores"
7. and employed one of his relatives to oversee it.
He then returned to lagos and started sending down textiles on Lorries to his shop while still working for John Holt. Sir Louise's textile boomed.
By 1930, Louis bought a second hand truck
8. and employed a driver in other move his goods himself and 'Ojukwu transport company' was born. Sir Ojukwu worked tirelessly and by end of the 1930's, was the major transporter on the East-West Road.
In 1939, on the outbreak of world war 2, the British Government requested
9. use of Sir Ojukwus fleet of trucks for the War effort to which he agreed.
When the war ended in 1945, the British Goverment recognised the sacrifice he made and he was awarded a KBE (Knight of the British Empire).
10. The end of the war also created a high demand for raw materials from West Africa and Sir Ojukwus Transport business exploded sky high and he diversified into other businesses.
Some of Sir Ojukwu's early drivers such as Chief Ilodibe (Ekene Dili Chukwu)
11. and Chief Izuchukwu (Izuchukwu Transport) would later become Transport moguls themselves (Igbo wealth Creation).
Sir Louis was also a financial pillar of Ziks NCNC party and when the party came to power in 1960, Sir Louis was offered the position of Finance Minister
12. which he turned down, the position ultimately went to Okotie-Eboh. Sir Louis died in Nkalagu, present day Ebonyi state, in 1966.
Some.of his key achievements includes ;
- The first President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
- President, African Continental Bank
13. - Chairman, Nigerian cement company (NIGERCEM)
- CEO, Ojukwu Transport company...over 5000 fleet of trucks.
- Chairman, Nigerian National Shipping Line...over 100 ships and vessels
- Chairman, Lion Of Africa Insurance Company
14. - Chairman, BISCO Nigeria Limited cool Chairman, Nigerian Industrial Development Bank. founded to specifically give loans to industries
- Vice President, lagos Chamber Of Commerce
- Chairman, Palmline Shipping company
- Chairman, Nigerian Produce Marketing board
15. - Director, Shell D'Arcy Petroleum
- Director, Thomas Wyatt & Son
- Director, Nigerian Coal corporation
- Director, Guiness Nigeria Limited
- Director, Nigerian Tobacco Company
- Director, Daily Times of Nigeria
16. Sir Louis Ojukwu also owned numerous building, landed properties and stocks.
It is estimated that as at the time he died in 1966, he was worth about 40 Billion Dollars in today's money.
How many Billionaires in Nigeria today do we know their background?
17. It is not a coincidence that his town, Nnewi, has the highest number of Billionaires in Nigeria today. You can clearly see the effect of wealth distribution. He inspired many of those Billionaires from Nnewi and beyond. Until a man that believes & understands wealth distribution
Source: Facebook, Igbo History.
Amazing history and beautiful piece of information. Thanks OP for the educating the general public.
Sir. Lious Ojukwu did not just build business empires but also built men(Ekene Dili chukwu&Izuchukwu transport companies), he also built institutions (Nigerian stock exchange, NigerCement, Lagos chamber of commerce, Guinness etc) and finally he built governments(The British world war 2 efforts&the early Nigerian economic foundations and importantly the old Eastern region economy). His wealth that his son the legendary Gen. Odumegwu Emeka Ojukwu inherented also financed the Biafran war to a good extent.
Sir. Lious Ojukwu Snr. was a great Igbo man with many positive firsts to his belts and records in wealth creation and billionaire status in Nigeria.
Finally, it is important for everyone to learn from him to build people, institutions and governments and not themselves or families only.
Respect to a great man and a senior legend !! May his soul continue to rest in peace.
AkuOlisa: A massacre of unarmed Nigerian protesters – the everyday men that only asked for better working conditions and pay, men, who seemed replaceable by these disrespectful occupiers. This was the final straw.
This act would temporarily set aside, ethnic, regional and class divisions in Nigeria to collectively work to do away with British rule.
Meetings were held across the country to discuss the events at Iva Valley;
The Nigerian Women’s Union canvassed to boycott all foreign owned business; Riots broke out in Aba, Onitsha, Port Harcourt and Calabar;
Papers all over reported the high handedness and showed their disgust on their pages;
Ibadan Ex-Servicemen’s Association held meeting to express their dismay.
The backlash was growing .
The Governor General, John Macpherson announced that a commission of enquiry would be constituted and on the 12th December, 1949 it began.
The outcome of the Fitzgerald Commission was very clear. The time was coming for self-rule.
The committee also demanded the resignation of the Chief Commissioner for the Eastern Region and the return of every police officer involved in the killings to Nigeria for trial.
Newspaper headline of the time
Copied!!!
Thanks OP for sharing this valuable piece of historic information. Respect to chief Osita Osadebe&crew,Enugu state govt and everyone that made songs, statues and wrote pieces to honor these innocent men. May their soul continue to test in peace.
Psoul: How OLIVER DE COQUE's most kept secret took him to an early grave as told by his son. (April 14, 1947 - June 20, 2008. Age: 61)
HIS NAME, HIS MUSIC & HIS LIFESTYLE
Chief Dr. Oliver Sunday Akanite popularly known as Oliver De Coque was a Nigerian highlife musician and guitarist who has more than 50 albums to his credit and whose career lasted over 4 decades, making him one of the most popular highlife kings in Africa. Oliver and his music band group, 'Ogene Sound Super of Africa' blended modern highlife and traditional Igbo music.
The music star had 12 kids; 7 boys and 5 girls and they all enjoyed their father's presence. "It was awesome. My siblings and I didn't see him as a famous person. He was a normal, caring, jovial and loving dad to us," Darlington Akanite, one of his sons disclosed.
While growing up, Oliver was popularly called, 'The Game Master' because he was good at the game of Draft. Draft in Igbo language is 'Okwe.' So, People began to call him 'Oliver Di ka Okwe.' He then changed the name to sound more like a French name; that was how he came up with, 'Oliver De Coque.'
HIS SIGNATURE LOOK
He loved to buy clothes and spent a lot of money maintaining his looks. Infact, he spent #30,000 on his beard weekly and that amounted to #120,000 monthly. He visited his Salon twice a week and always said his beard was his Signature look. He said that if someone decided to keep a beard, it was right to maintain it.
HIS SICKNESS & HOW HE DIED
He fell ill at the end of 2007. He was diabetic and hypertensive. Most artistes don't like to disclose their health challenge and his son is of the opinion that if Oliver had told people about his health challenge, he would have gotten help quickly. "He was ill for three months. He then recovered in February 2008 and began to go for shows. He died on June 20 but he had planned to travel to the U.S on July 2 for checkup," Darlington added. He went further to tell the press that it was as if his father knew he was going to die because on the day he died, he decided to stay indoors. "And he told me to stay by his side." "That morning after he had his brekfast, he began to feel ill and cancelled his appointments for the day. I didn't know it was a serious matter; all I could do was to console him. I went to the bathroom to take a shower and then told him that I wanted to visit a few friends but he begged me not to leave his side and I became upset. I thought he was just depriving me of having fun. I grudgingly stayed back." While Darlington stayed with him, he began to tell him how he started his career.
As he was telling the story, he complained of not breathing well. Oliver then decided that he should be taken to the hospital. On their way to the hospital, he told the driver to increase the air-condition that he was feeling hot. His son became scared when he started to shout, "Wheelbarrow! Wheelbarrow! Darlington, please bring a Wheelbarrow." It was after his death, Darlington who wondered what was happening realised that the highlife maestro was referring to a WheelChair not actually a Wheelbarrow. "I think he was becoming paralysed and unconscious. He was rushed to the emergency ward when we got to the hospital. And throughout his time in the hospital, he kept begging me to save him but there was nothing I could have done," the Son said. He held Darlington's hand close to his side as he took his last breathe. His son closed his eyes and kissed him on the forehead. "I was so confused about all that happened."
LESSON
His son believes that more than 200 Igbo people would have laid their lives down for him if he had made his health condition public.
He's gone leaving behind a vacuum but he's taught the entire family a lesson that whenever one is facing a challenge, one shouldn't keep quiet about it. "I want people to learn from his death."
richmondefosa: After a long year of working, I decided to take a break from work and embark on a two week vacation (leave as we all know it).
I will be going to Abuja by road. Several reasons informed my decision to go by road. I can easily afford air travel but man, the thrills of road transport can never be over emphasized.
Great #OBIdient Nigerian Youths unveiled Labour Party today in Ile Ife, Osun State.
#Oduduwa4PeterObi
This is beautiful and heart warming. Well-done guys and continue to be good comrades supporting the LP vision.
Mr. Obi & Datti as the president and vice president of the federal republic of Nigeria is our goal and that we will must achieve come 2023 by God's grace. Amen!
Channah1: I'm not a fan of the conventional fried rice because it's not always spicy. So I made mine with a little tweak to please my tastebud.
Pics1 ingredients
Pics 2 Steamed chicken with seasoning cubes, thyme, garlic onions and fresh pepper with little water. Then allowed to simmer very well before adding more water to cook and form broth.
I parboiled the rice and set aside. I fried the chicken and after it's dried, I added onions, curry powder and fresh pepper to sauce and pepper the chicken. Then I took it out and poured the chicken broth into oil. Covered and let it boil very well.
Pics 4 Add washed rice to boiling stock and covered to done. That's the base for my fried rice.
Zonefree allow me post the method finish before you jump in to condemn.
Y'all minds have been conditioned to only see faults and condemn.
This your chicken meat is calling me and the food is rich.
lightskinnigga: Nigerians have taken to Twitter to assume the tag “ipob” as online influencers are insistent on attaching Peter obi and his supporters to IPOB
Beautiful. Put all the crazy people and tribalist to shame. We are all IPob.
We will all support PO/YD and vote of LP and make Nigeria great again.
USA keeps provoking confrontations...hope the world will be neutral enough to call them to order&when China decides to act, no one wi act hipocritcal.
There other ways to support Tiawan with out provoking big China...it is foolishness to underrate your rivals.
Those who sing for the US&allies in this acts towards Twaiwan...hope you will sing for them to also extend this show of support to numerous other self seeking independent states and not play double standard with the others all of the world.
Beautiful..! Congratulations to team Nigeria. Kudos to all our athletes & the sports ministry for making us all proud...God bless you all. Pls government, private co-operations&the sport federation should pls continue to support them and improve on this great accomplishment.
Great100000: Babalola spoke about her journey into multilingualism, the many doors of opportunities it opened for her, and her plans for the future.
Prosper Oluwafunmibi Babalola is a 400-level student of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Ibadan. She is a hyperpolyglot, culture enthusiast, writer, and entrepreneur. She is popularly called ‘Prosperlingua’ for her exceptional polyglottal skill.
In a chat with Tijani Abdulkabeer, Babalola spoke about her journey into multilingualism, the many doors of opportunities it opened for her, and her plans for the future.
Tijani Abdulkabeer (T.A.): How did you become multilingual?
Oluwafunmibi Babalola (O.B.): I think it’s just interest that keeps me going. There is no explanation for it. It’s my life. I love languages. I am passionate about it. It just happens. I hear a language, and I pick it up.
(T.A.): How long did it take you to learn these languages? Mention the languages you speak fluently.
(O.B.): I have been learning languages since I was a kid. I remember I did French and a bit of Latin in Primary school, and I used to buy language books. Since I have been old enough to read and write, I have been learning languages.
I speak German, Spanish, Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Twi, Zulu, Russian, Chinese, Indonesian, Dutch, French, Latin, Hangul, Italian, English, Hausa, Yoruba, Egun, Egede, and Igbo, among others. 24 languages.
(T.A.): Tell us about your achievements due to the many languages you speak.
(O.B.): I have achieved a lot in languages. It has opened unimaginable doors for me. You know, people’s expressions when they know you can communicate in different languages. And the recent achievement is my tweet which went viral. I only made a careless tweet to sell myself, but before I knew it, my phone started making funny sounds. Too many notifications from several people across the world; [People from different races] were sending messages to offer me jobs. I have had so many interviews and live videos. Celebrities I have always looked up to were following me, sending DMs. Everything was just crazy.
Before now, there were times I used to go from church to church to present God’s name in different languages. Hausa particularly has helped me get suya, free rides, and more on several occasions.
I did many freelance jobs for primarily private individuals and organisations. Something big is also in the pipe, but I can’t disclose it until the organisation unveils me. I will definitely share it when the deal is official.
(T.A.): As a medical student, what are some challenges you faced in attaining mastery in these languages?
(O.B.): There are a lot of challenges. Veterinary school is very crazy. We have classes from 8 am – 5 Pm daily. And you have to resume early so as not to be locked out. But when it’s about learning languages, I am abnormal. I know how to strike a balance. For instance, I have used Duolingo consistently for about a year without missing out on a day. So, how is this possible? It’s consistency. It’s just like a fun activity to me. It’s like an escape from Vet school for me. I see it as fun, not hard work.
(T.A.): What motivates you?
(O.B.): Well, I can’t remember any day I wanted to quit but there are days I felt tired to carry on. You know there is a saying that goes thus – ‘I have come too far only to quit.’ Like, it has been part of me. It has been my life. So, why is it now that I am going to quit? I can’t just quit. The passion keeps me going too. Anytime I am tired, I remember how much I love languages. How much I can’t do without languages and so reminding myself that giving up is not an option.
(T.A.): How big of a role do you think languages can play in fostering unity in Nigeria?
(O.B.): Languages can play a huge role because one of the significant problems we have as Nigerians is the fact that we are divided in terms of the tongue. People don’t understand each other, and they don’t get to. So, if we can find common ground to embrace one another culture or learn each other’s way of life, we are going to get that much-needed unity.
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And in a situation where that is not possible because it’s a popular belief that when you learn other people’s language, you are gaining a window into their life. You are seeing the world from another perspective. So, if there can be a language exchange program, we are gaining ground in people’s lives, and then we are going to understand, appreciate and love them. And speaking from experience now, there is no way you would learn other people’s language and not love them. When there is love, it is like a pointer to development.
(T.A.): How do you think technology can help make the process of learning languages easy?
(O.B.): Using technology will give us exposure to comprehensive applications that can speed up the process of learning languages. I can tell you that the major problem I have had, trying to learn some local languages, was because they don’t exist on the Internet. For instance, Egbiri, I googled and googled, yet I couldn’t find any resources online. Now, I have to meet people from that tribe for personal coaching. And it was very hard getting them to teach me at my own pace. But when there is an application, it speeds up the process.
(T.A.): Is being a hyperpolyglot a skill or a talent?
(O.B.): Well, I feel like it’s mostly an innate ability, but of course, it can be acquired. That is, learning, but for people that have the talent, they just find it easy.
Although I have a personal belief that you can learn anything in the world, of course, there would be a distinction between someone that knows it naturally and another that goes and learns it. But being a hyperpolyglot is more of a talent, but if you are hardworking and consistent, you can acquire it as a skill.
(T.A.): What’s your dream career?
(O.B.): My dream is to be a billionaire. [Laughs]. A billionaire in any career path I eventually choose.
I have big plans to implement my language skills. I want to connect people to an endless world of possibilities that learning languages can bring to them. I also intend to incorporate these languages into filmmaking. Very soon, I would go into making YouTube videos to tutor people in these languages. Then make money and impact.
I am already focusing on them, but the bigger plans are still something I want to keep private for now.
Education › Re: Nigerian-born Professor Resigns After Spending $243k Research Grant On Strip Clu by colonelwealth(m): 9:53pm On Sep 15, 2022
