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TV/Movies / Re: 2018 Oscars Winners by Extom(m): 8:19am On Mar 05, 2018 |
The Shape of Water though... Awesome movie! |
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Have U Ever Paid A Consulting Firm For Job They Posted? by Extom(m): 7:43am On Mar 04, 2017 |
Extom: |
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Have U Ever Paid A Consulting Firm For Job They Posted? by Extom(m): 7:42am On Mar 04, 2017 |
If they ask you to pay AFTER you get the job, then you can just consider a 'consultation fee'. However, if the ask you to pay before you're given the job, then I think the smell of rotten fish is coming from this cupboard. 4 Likes |
Phones / Re: Did Ntel Lie About Their Offer? by Extom(m): 7:00am On Apr 27, 2016 |
They didn't lie. They just wrote a lofty Terms and Conditions so that you as a Nigerian will get tired whilst reading(as usual), and just skip it. I'm very sure you only came back to read it after your UNLIMITED Internet connection suddenly stopped. 13 Likes |
Music/Radio / Re: Name That Song You Love To Play Non-stop Everyday by Extom(m): 1:07am On Feb 04, 2016 |
TED talks. |
Phones / Re: YOUR Job Wont Exist In 20 Yrs: Robots & AI To 'ELIMINATE' All Human Work By 2040 by Extom(m): 1:00am On Feb 04, 2016 |
Exactly what I was telling a colleague of mine a fortnight ago... We are creating a system that will render a vast majority of the workforce jobless, and turn the ones left into lazy entities. This era of Technological Revolution is the direct opposite of the Industrial Revolutionary era. Oh humans. How thine arth driven thy only habitable planet under. |
Celebrities / Re: Munachi Abii Posts A Breathtaking Selfie by Extom(m): 12:43am On Feb 04, 2016 |
Indeed, she's beautiful. Very beautiful. But I still have my breath. 1 Like |
Education / Re: See Why The Naira May Fall To The Dollar At N1000 Per Dollar (must Read) by Extom(m): 4:44pm On Feb 01, 2016 |
Lalasticlala |
Education / See Why The Naira May Fall To The Dollar At N1000 Per Dollar (must Read) by Extom(m): 10:11am On Feb 01, 2016 |
It is either I do not understand economics and how exchange rates work or a vast majority of us Nigerians still don’t get how we have wrecked our country with our own curious choices. Just this morning I was listening to the radio and the lady on air went on and on about how she thought CBN governor Godwin Emefiele was incompetent and should be sacked because the naira was now exchanging at 309 or so to the USD. That view pretty much echoes the sentiments expressed by many people I know and it amazes me that there are Nigerians who actually think there is some magic POLICY that can make the Naira strong in the near term. If my economics and my understanding of the way the world works are right, then that is as far from the truth as Jesus Christ is black. The simple fact of the matter is that apart from oil that accounts for over 90% of our revenues, we really don’t have much of an economy. We hardly produce anything, we import even toothpicks, so exactly what policy is going to be implemented that will turn Nigeria into a top exporting economy in the near term? Where are our Apples, IBMs, Disneys, GMs, General Electrics, Coca Colas, Empire State buildings, Statues of Liberties, Lockheeds, Citibanks, JP Morgans, ExxonMobils, NBAs, Super Bowls etc? Let me bring that closer home. There was a time long ago when Nigeria had a truly strong economy and the naira was one to the dollar – even exchanged for higher than the USD, but that Nigeria is not this Nigeria. Sadly that Nigeria was laid by the British, and this Nigeria (if you don’t believe in the nonsensical imperialist conspiracies like me) – fueled by the DAMAGING Indigenisation Decree, has been the creation of us Nigerians.Back then we had a booming economy. We were either the top, or among the top exporters, of timbre, cocoa, groundnuts, rubber, palm oil, etc, in the world. Nigerians not only holidayed at home in their villages, at Yankari Games Reserve, at Obudu Cattle Ranch, at Oguta Lake, at Ikogosi springs, at Gurara Falls, at Mambilla Platueau, etc, we attracted international tourists who brought in loads of foreign exchange. Even Nigerian schools were foreign exchange earners because they attracted foreign students. We had different car assembly plants – Peugeot, Volkswagen, Anamco etc. Nigerian government officials only bought vehicles assembled in Nigeria for official cars. We had a thriving sports industry. We were not Man United or Chelsea fans, we were Rangers or IICC fans. We had the Nduka Odizors, people made money from sports. We also had companies like Lennards and Bata producing school shoes in their thousands, we had the thriving Nigerian Airways and the Aviation School in the north that produced some of the best pilots in the world. In those days if you were brilliant you were respected much more than the crass money-miss-road contractors of today. Most of the Aje Butters I knew had fathers who were university dons. Back then it meant something to ‘know book’. Our textile industry was alive and well. Just recently I watched a news report on the textile industry in Nigeria on CCTV News. Though the main focus was on the comatose status of the industry, I was stunned by the gigantic Kaduna Textile Mill built in 1957. I could go on and on. Today however, no thanks to our parents (and we must call them out the way Wole Soyinka did his generation) and many of us (and we should be remembered for failing our children if we continue like this), we have destroyed everything. Today for instance Nigerian football (which comes easy to me obviously) doesn’t appeal to us, we have to fly across thousands of miles to watch ‘our’ clubs play. Every year we collectively burn billions of Naira being fans of clubs that give us nothing back, but some ‘entertainment value’ – simple pleasures for which we are ready to destroy the future of our children. Well people, payback time is here. Even with our ta-she-re money we all want to wear designer clothes and carry designer bags, Armani, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton etc. We all want to drive jeeps with American specs, our children must now school overseas and acquire the necessary accents to come back home and bamboozle their ‘bush and crass’ contemporaries that they left behind. Who holidays in Nigeria anymore, is there Disneyland here? No one buys made-in-Nigeria school bags for their children, after all no Superman or Incredible Hulk or Cinderella on them. We are no longer top exporters of anything and the demise of oil means we have zilch… zero. A country of 170m fashion-conscious people has no textile industry. We take delight in showing how our made-in-Switzerland Aso Ebi is different class to everyone else’s. When we help our musicians grow and pay them millions, they repay us by immediately shipping the monies overseas to produce their “i-don-dey-different-level”music videos. It makes no difference that distinctly Zulu dancers are dancing to a Nigerian highlife song. As stars concerned they also wed and holiday overseas to impress us all. All the musicians who acknowledge their Ajegunle roots now speak in a cocktail of strange accents to symbolise how much they have blown their monies overseas. Were we a more serious people, the highly popular Kingsway Stores of the past would probably have a thousand outlets pan Nigeria today supporting a massive agriculture industry among others, but today we have the likes of SPAR, Shoprite, dominating the retail industry while Kingsway is dead. And we Nigerians make it a special point to shop from the Oyinbos who have ‘cleaner shops’, ‘better this and better that’. For our personal pleasure we don’t mind them dominating us in our own backyard and shipping proceeds overseas. I could go on and on, but I don tire. Even as you are reading this, stop for a moment and look around you. What you see will probably explain why we are lucky it is not N1000 to the USD yet. And don’t think for a moment that it cannot get there. Just continue to wear your Armani gear and Swiss-made lace, continue to spend your money on Man United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Barca and encourage your children to do same. (My article tomorrow in my Saturday column in This Day is on the Nigerian champions Enyimba FC – Nigeria’s most successful club – not having a sponsor, yet Nigerian brands pay over N600m to Man United and Arsenal for sponsorship to impress us.) Ehhh, no problem, continue to tell me the NPFL is rubbish or the clubs should clean up their act if they want sponsorship, mo gbo . Don’t curtail your interest in choice wines ( we were the number one champagne consumers in the world in 2015), continue to love your American specs, cheer the education ministry for letting schools sink to pitiable levels, don’t fight them to improve our schools, don’t chide them for letting schools drop Nigerian history and embrace British, America and whatever else curricula. Carry on with your love of French wines and Chinese silk, don’t bother about Jamiu Alli when there is Roger Federer. Stock up on your Italian, American, British products which you cannot live without, including the ‘baby soft’ toilet rolls produced only in that small unique village in England – the days are long gone since you were a broke student who used wet newspapers to wipe your butt. Don’t even consider holidaying in Nigeria, it’s too dangerous – you have to fulfill your dream of being Nigeria’s Henry Ford. Don’t listen to people like me who have a wardrobe full of only cheap adire that is actually cheaper than just one of your Tom Ford blazers. Please keep dressing in fine silk made in some exotic place so you can be addressed accordingly. Finally keep letting corrupt leaders who have looted your commonwealth and shipped all the monies overseas get away because to attack them does not fit your political narrative. Let us continue with the fine life, let us all continue to work for Oyinbo. But don’t forget that there is payback time and Emefiele is not your problem. Time for us all to look in the mirror and take responsibility. Source: http://fabgist.com/see-why-the-naira-may-fall-to-the-dollar-at-n1000-per-dollar-must-read/ |
Celebrities / Re: Toyin Aimakhu’s New Lover Exposed! Has She Been Cheating Before Separation? by Extom(m): 12:48pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
silverdam:I can see that you're amongst the clan that showers mediocrity with impeccable adulation, and it's glaringly appalling. Even if girls follow money, is that enough yardstick for one to be dense? |
Celebrities / Re: Toyin Aimakhu’s New Lover Exposed! Has She Been Cheating Before Separation? by Extom(m): 12:34pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
JUSTbuchi:I'm not perturbed by her promiscuity, my problem is with the fact the guy doesn't know the difference between 'know' and 'no'. It's an insult to all male folks(where I belong). Whoever she's sleeping with, is her business. She's an adult. |
Crime / Re: Man Claiming To Be Mad Found With Gun, Indian Hemp In Abuja by Extom(m): 1:55am On Jan 26, 2016 |
Let us see his picture. |
Celebrities / Re: Toyin Aimakhu’s New Lover Exposed! Has She Been Cheating Before Separation? by Extom(m): 1:52am On Jan 26, 2016 |
If you must cheat, cheat with a guy who can spell properly!!! 4 Likes |
Romance / Re: 13 Rules For Dating A Co-worker by Extom(m): 1:48am On Jan 26, 2016 |
One simple rule for dating a coworker: Don't!!! |
Celebrities / Re: Dwarf Bodybuilder Anton Kraft Finds Love With 6'3'' Transgender ... by Extom(m): 1:44am On Jan 26, 2016 |
What business does a midget have, bodybuilding?? Well, what can I say? This is a case of two societal misfits. |
Celebrities / Re: Blackface Accuses 2face Of Stealing His Song by Extom(m): 2:37pm On Jan 25, 2016 |
drnairalov:Good God |
Celebrities / Re: Bikini Photos Of Adenike Adeleke, Davido's First Cousin by Extom(m): 3:19pm On Jan 19, 2016 |
This is the ugliest bikini photos I've seen all my life. 8 Likes |
Science/Technology / Re: Picture : Male And Female Civet Cat Killed At The Back Of My House by Extom(m): 11:41am On Jan 18, 2016 |
digitsolution:Ode 1 Like |
Education / Re: You Wanna Study And Sleep Is Distracting You? Do These And Thank Me Later by Extom(m): 2:08am On Jan 13, 2016 |
Op, what about those stubborn sleep? Those ones with avast antivirus that won't go away, no matter what you do? |
Jokes Etc / Names Of Guys That Will Impregnate Girls In 2016 by Extom(m): 8:14pm On Jan 11, 2016 |
If your name is here, happy father's day in advance!!! By the way, I saw Seun's name twice. Lord is this a sign? Are we about to have our first Nairaland baby? Source: Tomato and Pepper
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Jokes Etc / Names Of Guys That Will Impregnate Girls In 2016 by Extom(m): 8:08pm On Jan 11, 2016 |
I saw Sean's name twice. Lord is this a sign? Are about to have the first Nairaland baby?
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Business / Re: How To Diversify Our Streams Of Income by Extom(m): 7:16am On Dec 14, 2015 |
Wow. |
Celebrities / Re: King Sunny Ade Thrills At Fifty Movie Premiere by Extom(m): 7:10am On Dec 14, 2015 |
#AllHailTheKing |
Religion / Re: Tell Me What We Should Call This. by Extom(m): 7:07am On Dec 14, 2015 |
Irreligious |
Crime / Re: The Most Hostile People And Town In Nigeria by Extom(m): 7:05am On Dec 14, 2015 |
This thread might fuel bigotry. 1 Like |
Romance / Re: People Say Am Too Skinny, Should I do some bodybuilding in the gym? by Extom(m): 8:45am On Dec 13, 2015 |
Ever tried inflating a broomstick?
You have your answer there. 1 Like |
Romance / Re: Why Do Fineboys Have To Spend On Girls? by Extom(m): 8:41am On Dec 13, 2015 |
Someone gimme a belt!!! |
Romance / Re: What Does A Woman Truly Want From Her Man? by Extom(m): 8:33am On Dec 13, 2015 |
*walks slowly with the demeanor of an old man holding a walking stick, towards the op, places one arm on his shoulder, and with a trembling voice* "Listen to me my son, whatever they tell you they want, is just a scratch on the surface. All they really want cannot even be provided by God" 5 Likes |
Romance / Re: I Need An Advice Mates by Extom(m): 8:21am On Dec 13, 2015 |
If your girl is a drama queen, there's every possibility that she just wants to get a reaction from you. If I were you, what I would do is act as if I never saw it(this works perfectly for me, because I hardly ever update my BBM; stealth is very important), and just go about your normal business with her. It might be hard for you, but just assume she's using her pm to talk to someone else. If she really wants to discuss an issue with you, she should bring it to you directly. According to you, you're not fully committed, and that's a good thing buddy. The distraction should help you here. Life is too short to put all your eggs in one basket before marriage. #MyKobo |
Nairaland / General / Re: Naked Citizens In Christmas Hats Take Over Streets In Canada For Charity Event by Extom(m): 8:10am On Dec 13, 2015 |
I came here to see unclad pictures. |
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