ExAngel007: A rare black 555.55-carat diamond dubbed 'The Enigma' that formed 'when an asteroid hit Earth more than 2.6 billion years ago' had sold for £3.1 million ($4.28 million) at auction.
The 555.55-carat was bought by Richard Heart, founder of cryptocurrency company Hex and the diamond is regarded as the world's largest known cut diamond.
Richard Heart said he was renaming the rock as the 'Hex.com diamond'.
Heart tweeted: 'I won the world's largest cut diamond for our #HEXican cultural heritage! 'It'll be called the HEX.com diamond, it weighs 555.55 carats and has 55 facets. Congratulations to all you #HEXicans.'
The rock is considered extremely heavy for a diamond. It is a carbonado, an extremely rare rock that has only ever been discovered in Brazil and the Central African Republic, and is one of the toughest forms of natural diamond.
Following the auction, auction house Sotheby's tweeted: '"The Enigma": This 555.55 carat Black Diamond sold today for £3,161,000 / $4,292,322.
'The buyer has opted to use cryptocurrency for the purchase.'
walkbrazil4k: I love this court and this is the only court that can tell any Brazilian president to sit down and he will, The president of brazil is not bigger than this court and the constitution of brazil read more below
The Supreme Federal Court (Portuguese: Supremo Tribunal Federal, is the supreme court (court of last resort) of Brazil, serving primarily as the Constitutional Court of the country. It is the highest court of law in Brazil for constitutional issues and its rulings cannot be appealed. On questions involving exclusively non-constitutional issues, regarding federal laws, the highest court is, by rule, the Superior Court of Justice.
So I've got this thing I want to get off my chest.
Note: I'm not looking for any justification here. And neither am I asking you to accept my views.
We always age shame single ladies in their 30s not only on this site but in reality. She is called an evening newspaper, old bread, bla bla bla. Is it wrong to be old though? Isn't being old considered a gift? Ok ok, that's beside the point anyway.
So the school form in Nigeria is 6+6+6+4 right? Once you finish secondary school, we know how hard it is most times to get admission, sometimes it takes up to 2 - to 3yrs, and when u eventually get it, ASUU will give you an extra 1 or 2years to graduate. In the case of a lady, she's stayed for how long so far? 3? 4years? Add that to her main 4 to 5years in uni.. OK, sometimes it can't be up to 3 or 4. But my point is by the time she's done with all these, she's aging. Which is a beautiful thing BTW. After uni then comes Nysc for 1 year. Still counting.. after the Nysc comes job hunting.. she might probably not get a job in 2-3years, sometimes she doesn't get it at all, then she settles to learn a skill or start a business.. by then she's about how old? 28? 29? This is a woman's journey before marriage.
I know you're probably thinking "why can't she get married and continue this"? How many women have you seen marry and continue pursuing personal growth? It takes only an understanding husband to make that happen, and they're rare in this part of the country.
I'm gonna put this out there. Go for who you want, it all boils down to choice. A man will prefer to marry a 24-25-year-old fresh graduate girl and tell her to be a sit-at-home mom. If that's your choice, that's cool. And a man will prefer a 28-35-40-year-old career woman, and that's OK too.
But what is wrong is when you shame someone for trying to develop herself and become a better version of herself. Self-development takes time, and it's always worth it.
I'm not gonna decide or make choices for women, but if I were them, I'd really find myself first before anything else. It molds and helps you be in control of your life. Never let your age define you, there are so many great things you can achieve, if you don't give up.
Brownygold002: Hey, n.landers. A wonderful afternoon 2 y'all. Sumtin has really been eating me up, I think I need 2 share. M a young gal of abt 17, m brown, tall, slim, Have a long curly hair(m from a mixed race_lebanon and nigeria), brown eyes and lips m endowed(no be mouth). M a fresher at UNIZIK. I knw am attractive which I don't deny, I don't boast nor make anyone feel inferior. I have 3 roommates. I respect them cos m d youngest amongst them. Buh they don't seem 2 get along with me. Av tried everything I Can. Each time we go out, m usually d center of attraction which is nt new 2 me nothing special. They just hate me. I don't boast. I try 2 look as simple as possible. Buh guys do come for me and they get jealous. Av tried talking 2 them buh they said they're buh deep down I Knw they don't like. The other day they intentionally frustrated me, they hid assignments and burnt a new gown a guy at church got me. M tired of all these attitude everyday. I feel lyk taking my life d hate is much. I didn't make myself. Help me
Ignore them and maintain your lane... You'll not be room mates forever. It is only for a short while
Is it true that bringing a Laptop to Camp is prohibited?
I graduated last year July, completed my clearance and waiting my institution to drop senate list so I can register for my service year, I'm super excited about going for NYSC but something has been bugging for a while and I need urgent answers
I want to go with my Laptop so I can work remotely. I want to keep my remote job while serving.
Are pcms allowed to come to NYSC camp with their gadgets?
I recently landed a decent job as a customer support staff for a North American based game tech company and it's fully remote, my shift is usually from 6pm till midnight and maybe 3am once or twice weekly cause of the time difference. My hopes are high that I’d be able to put in a few hours while at camp and keep my job during the course of my service year since it's fully remote, the experience is a huge plus on my cv, and the hours are quite flexible
Can't ask for 3 weeks off cause I've only been working with the firm for less that 2 months though I'm not new to remote work as I've been working remotely for over two years on both contract and freelance projects since 2020 (lockdown/ASUU strike) forced everyone to explore opportunities in the digital space.
I love my job and I want to keep it, but I'm hearing that Laptops are prohibited in most Camps how true is this and what are my chances?
My brother in the Lord, your laptop may not come back home with you after camp. Be rest assured that, it will most likely be stolen. But if you cant take the risk, It is surely not forbidden in camp.
Publicizing: The question above, has just a simple answer. Money ritual is is a hoax. It is a scam. It is fake. Ritual cannot make you any money. A woman's boobs or a man's head cannot be transformed into money. Any part of the human's body cannot turn to Naira notes.
Why do you think those babalawo/herbalists are so wretched when they claim they can give you money or make you rich by using people's body parts? Many of us do ask this question, but we get similar answers like the one below...
That is a big lie. Well, I use to believe that too when I was little. But it's a lie. Do u know why? Let me explain.
As an herbalist or babaláwo, Whether you do the money ritual for yourself or someone else, you have both been involved in a homicide, you have both killed a human being. The both of you are guilty of murder. The both of you have the blood of an innocent person on your head. So, you customer would never face the consequences or repercussions alone. Anything that comes with it will affect the both of you because you were both involved in the killing of the innocent victim/s.
So all those herbalists that claim to do money rituals for people are poor and wretched, not because they're avoiding the consequences and repercussions themselves, but because money ritual is a big scam. Because It does not work. Money cannot be made from any body part.
Have you ever heard or read about people that were caught with body parts? If you have, then you know they always look wretched. Even those that says they've been doing the rituals for a while.
Somebody somewhere will allegedly make billions from money ritual just within few days... Really? Then tell me how the money is regulated. Every naira note in Nigeria is being regulated, these notes are printed serially. They all have serial numbers that can be traced back to CBN. So tell me, all those billions and trillions of money, how do they get regulated? How do they get their own serial numbers? Or do the serial numbers automatically continue from where the central bank's stops? Or maybe the spirit in charge of the ritual steal the billions from CBN and transfers it to the ritualists. If that is the case, there must have been cases where the CBN complains of either excess money in circulation or regular mysterious disappearance of billions and trillions of naira since people allegedly do money rituals everyday, everytime.
I'm sorry to say that Nigerians are dull. And the reason for this is Nollywood. We believe anything and everything we watch in the movies. Unbelievably stup!!!d and unreal things happens in the movie. Even when it's obviously impossible, my Nigerian people will believe it.
So because you watched it in the movie that a ritualists kidnapped someone and kept it in his cupboard while he(the victim) starts vomiting money for him every day. And you believed it. You will open your mouth and be shouting ; "na wa o, people are wicked o" SHUT UP!!!! It is a movie. Human beings cannot vomit money. If u want to see something vomit money, then go to the ATM.
Until Nigerians and Africans stop believing in this rubbish and lies about money ritual, then these "ritualists" will continue killing people for money that will not come.
Enough of the ignorance, Nollywood is not real life. Stop believing everything you watch in the movie.
The repercussion is what the stupid youths that engage in it don't seem to care about. I pirry this generation
BigCabal: Love Life is a Zikoko weekly series about love, relationships, situationships, entanglements and everything in between.
Naomi, 27, and Chiby, 28, have been dating for two years. Today on Love Life, they talk about meeting in secondary school, remaining friends and finding love in each other at South.
What’s your earliest memory of each other?
Chiby: We attended the same secondary school in 2009. I joined the school in SS 3, and she was in SS 1.
Naomi: He used to come to my class to chill with the guys. We said hi to each other whenever we saw each other, but didn’t have any conversation until one day after school. We were alone in the class talking when he tried to kiss me.
Chiby: She always tells this story, but I don’t remember the kiss.
Naomi: You sha tried to kiss me and I pushed you away. It didn’t happen again and we continued to say hi to each other until he went to university in 2010.
Did you stay in touch?
Chiby: Yeah. We followed each other on Twitter.
Naomi: He used to come for me on the timeline. He’d call me a midget or laugh at something I am saying.
I loved the attention and began looking forward to it. If a week went by without him entering my mentions, I’d be worried.
Chiby: LOL. I liked teasing her. It was my way of staying in touch. We exchanged DMs a couple of times, but that didn’t stick until 2018 when we lost a mutual friend in an accident. She texted me about the accident and we exchanged numbers while planning for the burial. From there, we started talking more.
Hmm. Just talk?
Chiby: Yea. In January 2019, I invited her to Sabor for an event my friend was having.
Naomi: I was supposed to have a date that day but the guy and I were undecided about where to go. After Chiby invited me, I decided to have the date at Sabor because I wanted to see Chiby. We had been texting since we lost our friend, and it felt nice, but we hadn’t seen each other since then.
After exchanging pleasantries with Chiby at Sabor, he left to be with his friends so I could have my date, but I couldn’t stop looking out for him in the room. The guy I was with even noticed that I wasn’t paying attention to him, and whatever we had died that day.
Chiby: After that day, I invited her to South Social, a weekly Friday night party I started with my friend. She came for the first one. It was nice to see her again. She looked and smelled nice. By this time, I knew I was attracted to her but I wasn’t sure if I liked her. We hung out throughout the party. At some point that night, we sat on the swing outside and shared a cigarette. We talked about who we were both seeing at the time. I was single and so was she. I think that’s when I started thinking of her romantically, but I didn’t act on it.
In March, we ran into each other at a Socialiga event. We — me, her and her friends — hung out throughout the event. Nothing serious as well.
A few weeks after that event, I saw a missed call from her. When I called her back, she said, “Do you know who this is?” and I was like, “Duh. I have your number saved.” From that day, we started talking and texting every day.
I invited her to South Social again. She came looking as hot and amazing as always. I tried dancing with her but she didn’t seem into it. I wasn’t sure if it was because she didn’t like me or because she was shy so I asked her if she liked me.
What did she say?
Naomi: I said I didn’t know. I always wanted to talk to him, but wasn’t sure if that meant I wanted a relationship. I told him this, and he said he had no problem with it so we continued dancing.
By 2 a.m., after dancing all night, we were chilling at a cosy corner in the restaurant when he kissed me. He’s a good kisser and his lips are very soft so I didn’t want it to stop. We made out for about an hour. The whole night felt magical.
After that night, I couldn’t stop thinking about him. I wanted to talk to him all the time. Over the phone, we’d tell each other how our days went. We’d talk late into the night until one of us fell asleep. I knew I was falling in love with him.
He asked me out on a picnic date a week after the kiss, and it felt like the universe was answering me. I had always wanted to go on a picnic date. I thought he was the perfect man. I even told someone at my office that I’d found my husband.
Chiby: The truth is I had seen her Instagram post about wanting to go on a picnic date months before that. I told my best friend that I liked Naomi and wanted to do something special for her so she helped me plan the date. I cooked, got wine and found us a nice spot. We went on the date a week after the kiss at South.
Naomi: He showed up with a rose that day. I was so excited and shy that I couldn’t even eat anything. We talked and drank wine under a shade. It felt like something out of a movie.
Chiby: That day made me sure that I wanted to be with her. You know when you meet someone, and you’re like, “This is right. This is who you’re meant to be with.” That has never happened to me before. She came over to my house the next day. I live with my aunt and I had never told her about any of the girls I dated but I told her about Naomi. She liked her when they met and that made me happy. Naomi and I ate then played FIFA together in my room. It was a nice day for me. We saw each other almost every day that week. On Saturday, I asked if she wanted to hang out with me and my friends at the beach.
Did she go?
Naomi: Yup, even though it was raining. I wore a raincoat to protect myself.
Chiby: LOL. It was cute. On our way to the beach, my friends were smoking on the boat because it was cold. I pulled out a cigarette to join them but this babe was like, “No, you can’t smoke.” Would you believe that that’s how I stopped smoking?
Just like that?
Naomi: Yup. We celebrate his abstinence on the same day as our anniversary because that’s also when he asked me out.
Interesting. Tell me how that happened.
Chiby: At the beach, after drinking and playing with everyone else, we were both tipsy. I wanted to spend some alone time with her so I took her to the back of the beach house. We were making out and I stopped to look at her. Her face, her smile, everything looked so beautiful in that moment. I was in awe of how much pleasure I felt just looking at her. That’s when it occurred to me that I could ask her to be my girlfriend. I asked, “What are we doing?” and she was like, “I don’t know.” Then I said, “Will you be my girlfriend?” See, when she said yes, I jumped.
Naomi: He was so happy he ran to tell his cousin, who was also at the beach. I loved watching him scream, “She said yes! I have a girlfriend.” It was so cute.
Too cute. How has the relationship been so far?
Chiby: It’s been really beautiful. This relationship has redefined what love is to me. She’s my best friend and it doesn’t mean we don’t have our low points. We do but we understand each other and are able to talk through whatever we go through. I’ve always been a lover boy who writes his partners poems and plans romantic gestures, but with her, I’m more intentional. Every day, I learn how to love her better. We always ask each other how we can improve the relationship and honestly, it’s been an amazing experience for me.
Naomi: Before Chiby, I always felt like relationships were not my thing. I thought I was going to die single but when I started talking to Chiby, I knew he was exactly the kind of man I wanted to be with. He’s my other half. He feels like an extension of me. I never used to be a romantic person but he brought that side out of me. I’m 100% myself when I am with him. Yes, we have our downtime but even then, I think everything is still perfect.
Talk about a romantic movie. I’m curious, do you two fight?
Chiby: Yeah. She has a problem with my drinking, and we fight about it often. Naomi helped me realise that I have a drinking problem. I can drink three long Islands in 30 minutes. This was fine when I was single and could misbehave without worrying about embarrassing anyone. Now, when I drink, I have to think of how my behaviour reflects on Naomi.
Naomi: My problem with him is that he doesn’t know his limit. I don’t mind him drinking but he has to know when to stop.
Chiby: I’m working on it and trying to do better.
Great, so what’s the best part of the relationship?
Chiby: Honestly? It’s everything. We spend a lot of time together and do not get tired of each other. I always want her in my space even though I know she’s going to drive me crazy. She has an artistic eye and likes to arrange things to her taste. Whenever she’s in my house, she’s always trying to arrange something. It drives me crazy but I know she means well and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Naomi: LOL. It’s the same for me. Quality time is my love language and we get to spend a lot of time together.
Aww, sweet. What’s your favourite part of each other?
Chiby: I love that she’s an observant and calculated person. She’s always thinking ahead. We could go out and I’d do or say something wrong, but she won’t address it there to avoid unnecessary escalation. I respect her calmness during conflict.
Naomi: My favourite part of him is him. There’s never a dull moment with him. I never get bored of him. He loves me in the ways I want to be loved. He wasn’t one of those people I had to teach how to love me. He came ready.
Na wa for romance. Do you have future plans for each other?
Chiby: To be honest, I want to marry her. I want to spend the rest of my life with her. Even though I haven’t proposed yet but the plan for me has always been marriage and kids.
Naomi: I want cats. I feel like bringing children into this world takes away from the relationship. I want to be able to travel around the world and not have to worry about where our children will be. I enjoy being with him and I don’t want anyone to come between us.
I feel you. Rate your relationship on a scale of one to ten.
Chiby: Easily 11. I enjoy spending time with her so much. She can be walking around, playing music, making noise, but it doesn’t feel like anyone else is in my space. It feels like we’re one person, and I never want to lose her.
Naomi: I never want to lose you too. For me, it’s 10 because he’s everything to me and more.
Aadeniyi092: I bought fuel from a filling station yesterday and just as I was to leave the station my car start to jerk and the engine went off.
My Question: Please can someone tell me what would have happened supposing the bad fuel was for flight engine.
As a frequent air traveler, it bothers me.
NNPC confirmed that usual tests were carried out both in Port of loading and Nigeria port, but, accept that test to confirm the amount of methanol wasn't conducted.
I'm confused here, because, it seems as if we are operating an autopilot system in Nigeria.
What the elders ahead of us ran from and even ostracized those that got involved is what youth of our own generation is gladly putting upon their heads... I just feel bad for this generation
Chukslar: I am in deep shit, my Peugeot 307 Engine is acting up, jerking, misfiring, revving high and stopping. I usually buy my fuel at AA Rano filling station.
The issue has been on for like 2 weeks now. Initially I changed Fuel pump and still the problem persisted, I diagnosed the car ECU (Brianbox), changed all my plugs still same issue and finally we confirmed it is an issue of bad fuel. The Mechanic is saying my new fuel pump, Injector nozzles, injector mouth, infact everything along that fuel system needs to be changed
Sorry about your experience... This is the situation we yave found ourselves in an oil producing country like Nigeria. I hope you get a lasting solution to the problem.
True talk... But, i still believe Tinubu is not going to contest for the presidency... All these are political publicity stunts which at the end, he will step down for vice president to contest...
By so doing, he would be seen as a man who sacrificed his life ambition for the progress of the nation thereby redeeming his image and putting the vice president in a good stead.
Supreme145: After sending loads of applications for remote web dev positions throughout December without success I stopped applying and went into blockchain development. Last week I was replying a message on my LinkedIn account when I saw this jnr WordPress developer vacancy that popped up. I just applied since it takes less than a minute to do so on LinkedIn.
I was surprised when they sent me a mail two days later with a link to an assessment which I took and submitted. They got back to me some days later to fix an interview date, I choose Feb 9 among the listed options. The time options included 7pm, 7:15pm and 7:30pm and I chose the 1st option. The interview was supposed to last for just 15 minutes.
I left Chelsea's match that I was watching at half time to prepare for my interview. I asked one of my Nairaland friends for data and he sent me 3gb, I was all set up by 6:44 pm with a Bluetooth that I borrowed from a friend for the occasion. I didn't want any stories. If only I knew what was lying in wait for me....6:52 pm.....Boom!!! NEPA took light.
My laptop was fully charged but knowing fully well that my battery was not trustworthy, it would last 2 hours when it's in a good mood and 5 minutes on it's angry days. I grabbed my charger and extension and ran off to a nearby restaurant in my area. You think Usian Bolt can run baa? If you see my speed this evening you will like me. It was a combination of Bolt and Ben John. I ran like a criminal that was escaping an angry mob about to lynch him, with the way I was grabbing my PC under my armpit I could easily be mistaken for a thief by the way.
I got there by 6:59 pm, plugged my stuffs and connected to the zoom call by 7: 02 pm, the beautiful oyinbo woman was already waiting. While she was in a well lit apartment, I was in a place with red and blue bulbs with my face barely visible even though I supported the light with my phone torch light flashing straight to my face.
She smiled immediately I came online, and murmured something, omo the Bluetooth was not connected o. Something I tested before connecting to the call, I was fumbling with my Bluetooth settings while she kept talking and gesticulating if I could hear her. The Bluetooth was connected to the system but was somehow not working, she saved me from my misery when she suggested we port to google meet for the interview.
I used the opportunity to check my Bluetooth settings well and connected to the call through a link she sent to my mail almost immediately. In the middle of the interview the restaurant gen went off throwing everywhere into darkness.... Omo!!!
I had to keep shining teeth and stretching my small eyes to its elastic limit because they were the only visible things from my end. She burst into laughter and I couldn't help but join her. It was as if she was in heaven calling someone in hell. I apologized and she told me not to worry that she understands amidst another bout of laughter that she was struggling to contain.
She shaa finished the interview with the normal I will get back to you after accessing the performance of other candidates, I still apologized for my interview settings hoping it won't affect my chances, she assured me that it won't have any bearing on her decision making as regards to selection of the successful candidate. She couldn't stop smiling throughout the interview that lasted for like 20 mins.
I packed my kaya and went home and narrated everything to my friend who rolled on the floor with laughter. This was actually my first interview and it will definitely live long in my memory.
Have you experienced something similar?? Please share for the fun
I pray you get selected... I hope aside from the hiccups during the interview, your performance was worthy.
Albopilosum: I want to get my husband a really practical and nice gift for Valentine's Day. Honestly, I do not know what to choose, I just do not have any ideas. Dear girls, what will you give your husbands?
Since the question is directed to ladies... Over to you ladies make I learn something.
obembet: Ronaldo is the cost of this nonsense happening to him, by coming back to Man U. He should have just gone to Man City where he would have scored a lot of goals and win trophies. Who knows if that would have inspired Messi to be in top form. Because I know they inspire each other. No player on earth right now can inspire them, because they are the ones that can inspire each other. I really miss the competition between them.
obembet: Cristiano Ronaldo completed his fairytale return to Manchester United last summer – but are they better off without him?
United finished second in the Premier League in 2020-21 and then bolstered their squad by signing Raphael Varane and Jadon Sancho alongside Ronaldo.
The 37-year-old scored a brace on his second debut against Newcastle and United were tipped to challenge Liverpool and Manchester City for the Premier League title.
But things have gone downhill since then and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked in November following some embarrassing defeats and a dreadful run of form. Ronaldo has also come in for criticism due to his perceived lack of running and pressing.
He has scored just two goals under new manager Ralf Rangnick and has failed to find the back of the net in his last five games, his longest goal drought since 2010.
We've taken a look at United's record with the striker in the starting XI and compared it to their record without him since the start of the 2021-22 season.
As the stats show, United actually have a higher win rate and average more points per game when Ronaldo is starting.
The Portugal international is also United's top goalscorer this season and it's not surprising that they average more goals per game when he's playing.
But the Red Devils do improve defensively when Ronaldo is left out of the starting XI and they also lose fewer games on average. With Cristiano Ronaldo starting
Games: 22
Wins: 12
Draws: 3
Defeats: 7
Points per game: 1.77
Win rate: 54.5%
Loss rate: 31.8%
Goals: 36
Goals per game: 1.63
Goals against: 32
Goals against per game: 1.45
Without Cristiano Ronaldo starting
Games: 10
Wins: 3
Draws: 6
Defeats: 1
Points per game: 1.5
Win rate: 30%
Loss rate: 10%
Goals: 14
Goals per game: 1.4
Goals against: 9
Goals against per game: 0.9
Lalasticlala Seun mynd44
The stats says it all... Even though he is not playing the best football of his career, ManU is still better with him on the field.
Science/Technology › Re: Black 555.55-carat Formed 2 Billion Years Ago Sells For $4.28 Million At Auction by dawnomike(m): 4:48pm On Feb 10, 2022
