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Politics / Re: IGR: 5 Reasons Why Northern States Perform Poorly by genuinechimere(m): 4:42pm On Oct 26, 2015
let them invest in agriculture.
Phones / How To Check Your BVN With Your Phone by genuinechimere(m): 4:18pm On Oct 26, 2015
To know your BVN, dial *565*0# on the GSM line
you used in registering at the bank for the BVN
registration and wait for few seconds, your BVN
will appear.
This is real and not a scam.

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Travel / Re: UK Plans To Deport 29,000 Nigerians by genuinechimere(m): 10:39pm On Oct 25, 2015
It won't work. I trust Nigerians. To catch those illegals go hard 4 UK govt

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Celebrities / Re: Waje's Daughter, Emerald Takes Beautiful Selfie With US Singer Jordin Sparks by genuinechimere(m): 8:43pm On Oct 25, 2015
Oh Jordin Spark! My crush
Travel / Between Lagos And Johannesburg by genuinechimere(m): 8:33pm On Oct 25, 2015
Last month I was following one thread on CNN's facebook page concerning Africa's economy. The thing got to a point where some South Africans and Nigerians took it personal. Nigerians took pride in Nigeria being the giant of Africa with the largest economy. The South Africans said their country has been the largest until Nigeria took it from them and they didn't make noise about it. One South African said, if Nigeria is the giant, why are there so many Nigerians in their country. He said in fact there are few South Africans in Nigeria unlike the number of Nigerians in South Africa. They now came to comparing Cities. One South African said how she wished CNN will post pictures of Lagos and Johannesburg, let them compare. She said Johannesburg has more world class infrastructure than Lagos. The Nigerian camp disagreed. I believe Lagos is beautiful with places like V.I. I know some people here have been to both cities. Let me hear from you. Please o. Nobody should derail this thread with tribalism. Strictly stick to the topic. Thanks
Politics / Re: Buhari Leaves For India Tuesday by genuinechimere(m): 8:11pm On Oct 25, 2015
India and Nigeria have one thing in common. High unemployment rate
Politics / Re: Buhari Leaves For India Tuesday by genuinechimere(m): 8:08pm On Oct 25, 2015
obum88:
Soon he go leave for heaven
lol
Sports / Messi Drops Out Of Forbes Top 10 Most Valuable Athletes List by genuinechimere(m): 8:55pm On Oct 23, 2015
Two of golf's greats remain the leading money men in global sport, as the Argentina international drops out of the athletes' list for 2015

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is no longer among the top 10 most valuable athletes in the world, according to American finance publication Forbes.

Messi previously occupied ninth position in 2014 with an estimated worth of $12 million - a drop of one million from the previous year - but does not feature at all in the athletes' top 10 for 2015.

Rory McIlroy and Floyd Mayweather Jr instead enter the top 10 with the undefeated boxing champion having signed several lucrative endorsements before his July fight with Manny Pacquiao.

Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, who was seventh a year ago, has also suffered a drop in the rankings and has now moved down to eighth despite releasing a new clothing range.

La Liga rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona had occupied second and third spot in 2014 but have slipped to fifth and seventh respectively, with Manchester United and Bayern Munich also making the top 10.
The New York Yankees lead the way in the team stakes once again, having boosted their brand worth by over $100m in a year alone from $521m to $661m.

Tiger Woods is once more the world's most valuable athlete with estimated worth of $30million, a $6m dip on his 2014 estimation, taking the place of NBA star LeBron James ($27m), who now moves to third.

Another golfing great, Phil Mickelson ($28m), rises to second while Roger Federer ($27m) and India cricket captain MS Dhoni ($21m) round out the individual top five, as they did 12 months ago.

Forbes' top 10 most valuable athletes:

1. Tiger Woods - Worth $30m
2. Phil Mickelson - $28m
3. LeBron James - $27m
- Roger Federer - $27m
5. MS Dhoni - $21m
6. Usain Bolt - $18m
- Kevin Durant - $18m
8. Cristiano Ronaldo - $16m
9. Rory McIlroy - $12m
10. Floyd Mayweather Jr - $11.5m

Forbes top 10 most valuable sports teams:

1. New York Yankees - $661m
2. Los Angeles Lakers - $521m
3. Dallas Cowboys - $497m
4. New England Patriots - $465m
5. Real Madrid - $464m
6. Manchester United - $446m
7. Barcelona - $437m
8. Bayern Munich - $375m
9. Los Angeles Dodgers - $373m
10. New York Knicks - $361m

source: http://www.goal.com/en/news/755/europe/2015/10/23/16605412/messi-drops-out-of-forbes-top-10-most-valuable-athletes-list?ICID=HP_TS_5
Science/Technology / Re: Scientists Have Created A New Breed Of Stronger, Faster Dogs Using DNA Changes by genuinechimere(m): 8:46pm On Oct 23, 2015
Dekatron:
lipsrsealed shocked





WTF!!
Cc: Lalasticlala, johnydon22, hahn, menesheh



@Op :- Put source (sauce) so lalasticlala can move it to frontpage
i have added source now. thanks a lot for reminding me
Science/Technology / Re: Scientists Have Created A New Breed Of Stronger, Faster Dogs Using DNA Changes by genuinechimere(m): 8:44pm On Oct 23, 2015
Dekatron:




grin grin grin grin Lol. . . . You na boss na. . . Na to tear race oo. This one, na only go him sabi, no be come or pls o. . . Sheybi u play basket ball, you suppose fit tear better race nah undecided
you are very funny. lol
Science/Technology / Re: Scientists Have Created A New Breed Of Stronger, Faster Dogs Using DNA Changes by genuinechimere(m): 8:42pm On Oct 23, 2015
i wonder how they do all these things. i once heard scientist have mated dogs with fox
Jokes Etc / The Highest-paid Comedians Of 2015 by genuinechimere(m): 8:29pm On Oct 23, 2015
Nearly two decades after his sitcom went off the air, Jerry Seinfeld is still laughing all the way to the bank.
Seinfeld, who currently stars in the digital Crackle series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, tops Forbes’ list of Highest-Paid Comedians, which was published Wednesday.
According to Forbes, Seinfeld hauled in $36 million from June 1, 2014, and June 1, 2015. It attributed the haul to Seinfeld, which Hulu purchased the rights to for $160 million, as well as his touring and Coffee revenue.

Coming in second place was Kevin Hart, who amassed $28.5 million in the same period. Chalk the huge payday up to his substantial draw for live shows and films such as Think Like a Man Too and The Wedding Ringer.
Funnyman Terry Fator came in third with $21.5 million, thanks mostly to his residency at Las Vegas’s Mirage Hotel, which fattens his wallet to the tune of $20 million a year.
Puppet-friendly comic Jeff Dunham and Last Comic Standing judge Russell Peters tied for fourth on the list, each hauling in $19 million.

Parks and Recreation alum Aziz Ansari took sixth place with $9.5 million. Much of that was the seven-figure advance he received for his book Modern Romance.
With $9 million, Louis C.K. was seventh, for which he can thank his FX series Louie as well as coffer-stuffing deals with Netflix.
Gabriel Iglesias is living large at Number 8 on the list with $8.5 million, thanks to a heavy-duty tour schedule and film appearances.

Ninth-place yukmeister John Bishop took in $8 million.
Dave Chappelle who recently returned to touring and appears in the Spike Lee movie Chi-Raq, rounded out the list with $7.5 million.

source: http://www.clearhype.com/2015/10/the-highest-paid-comedians-of-2015.html

Science/Technology / Scientists Have Created A New Breed Of Stronger, Faster Dogs Using DNA Changes by genuinechimere(m): 3:57pm On Oct 22, 2015
If you’ve ever read recent dystopian sci-fi books such as Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake or Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl, you’d know that one of their common predictions is that in the future genetically mutated super animals will run amok and make day-to-day life very dangerous for the world’s remaining humans. Now Technology Review brings us word that scientists in China claim to have used DNA manipulation to create a stronger, faster breed of dogs that will ominously be used for various police and military operations.

Gulp.

It seems that there’s a mutation that naturally occurs in whippets’ myostatin genes that causes them to gain significant muscle bulk. Researchers in China have figured out how to simulate this gene mutation in other breeds of dogs and have used it to create beagles that have twice the normal muscle mass.

“[The dogs have] more muscles and are expected to have stronger running ability, which is good for hunting, police (military) applications,” Liangxue Lai, a researcher with the Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, explained in an email to Technology Review.

Although Lai and his fellow researchers don’t plan to breed these super beagles for commercial use, their research does open the door for other groups to create and sell genetically modified pets.

What’s particularly freaky about this research is the way that they got these dogs to bulk up: They essentially injected a chemical agent into dog embryos that is designed to destroy the dogs’ myostatin genes that naturally inhibit their muscle growth. Apparently, the effects of removing this gene have been well studied and there aren’t any known averse impacts of removing it but… it’s nonetheless a wee bit disconcerting.

source: http://www.panorama.am/en/world/2015/10/22/dogs/

Sports / FIFA Announces Ballon D'or Shortlist by genuinechimere(m): 12:48pm On Oct 20, 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 Ballon d'Or has been announced, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi set to battle it out again.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are among the 23-man shortlist for the 2015 Ballon d'Or.

The award, which is ultimately decided by the captains and head coaches of national teams as well as media representatives, will be presented to the player considered to be the best performer in the calendar year.

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, winner the past two years, and four-time winner Lionel Messi of Barcelona are once again set to compete for the top prize, with the duo sharing the top two spots since 2011.

All 23 candidates play in Europe, with 11 players playing in La Liga, five in the Premier League, five in the Bundesliga and just the one nomination from both Ligue 1 and Serie A.

German champion Bayern Munich has five candidates for the top prize, while Madrid is the next closest with four.

World Cup 2014 finalists Argentina and Germany are the best represented nations in the list with Messi, Javier Mascherano, Sergio Aguero, Toni Kroos, Thomas Muller and Manuel Neuer all featuring.

The ceremony will take place on January 11, 2016, in Zurich.

23-man shortlist in full:

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City/Argentina)

Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/Wales)

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/France)

Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City/Belgium)

Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Belgium)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain/Sweden)

Andres Iniesta (Barcelona/Spain)

Toni Kroos (Real Madrid/Germany)

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich/Poland)

Javier Mascherano (Barcelona/Argentina)

Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)

Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich/Germany)

Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich/Germany)

Neymar (Barcelona/Brazil)

Paul Pogba (Juventus/France)

Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona/Croatia)

Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich/Netherlands)

James Rodriguez (Real Madrid/Colombia)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal)

Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal/Chile)

Luis Suarez (Barcelona/Uruguay)

Yaya Toure (Manchester City/Ivory Coast)

Arturo Vidal (Bayern Munich/Chile)

source: http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/3869/fifa-ballon-dor/2015/10/20/16488862/fifa-announces-ballon-dor-shortlist?ICID=HP_BN_10
Celebrities / Mayweather Replaces Burnt Jeep With Sinister-looking Custom Wrangler by genuinechimere(m): 12:42pm On Oct 20, 2015
Floyd Mayweather is a man that likes to live in luxury. He spends his millions on cars, clothes, houses, and other fine things. Although now retired, don’t think that the boxer who made $400 million during his career is going to give up that luxury any time soon or his baller status.

Even when a small fire turned into a big fire and engulfed his Bentley, two Rolls-Royces, and his $100,000 custom Jeep Wrangler all Mayweather did was order a new custom Jeep Wrangler. The mark of a true baller.
Pictures of the fire’s aftermath surfaced last week, and as shown, all four cars were burnt to the ground. There’s still no word on what caused the fire, but as mentioned above, Mayweather is already onto his next ride, another custom Jeep Wrangler.

The Auto Firm and its owner Alex Vega, who built Mayweather’s previous custom Jeep, also built his new truck. The new Wrangler looks very similar to the previous one, at least on the outside. The former boxer adorned the exterior of the custom Jeep with massive black wheels, a winch, steel bumpers, fender flares, and hundreds of rivets. However, the real show is on the inside.
The interior is almost completely decked out with alligator skin. However, it’s not just any alligator skin, but red, yellow, and black alligator skin to mirror the color scheme as Mayweather’s TMT company. It’s definitely an interesting interior, and one that’s not likely to be repeated by any other custom Jeep.

We’re not too sure about it, but then again, we don’t always share the same tastes as Mayweather. The Wrangler is just one more car in Mayweather’s very eccentric collection, which also includes nameplates such as Bugatti, McLaren, Ferrari, and Lamborghini.

source:https://www.yahoo.com/autos/s/mayweather-replaces-burnt-jeep-sinister-looking-custom-wrangler-200045427.html

Family / Re: The Sudden Uprise Of Baby Mamas In Nigeria by genuinechimere(m): 3:57pm On Oct 14, 2015
400billionman:
People do not actually know what they want when choosing a life partner so they allow love, infatuation or their private parts make the choice.

Yea, because some of these artists or ambitious people, after getting married actually find out months later that they made a mistake in their choice.

But Tuface popularized Baby mamaism. Yes, i agree with the fact that these ladies time their ovulation. One girl did it with one of my guys.
Lol. Baby Mamaism
Phones / Re: Dont Miss Konga's Mega Monday Sales Upto %80 Off All Product Category by genuinechimere(m): 11:21am On Oct 12, 2015
Irelokeh:
Good day online shoppers,the year is almost coming to an end and many Online shops are throwing Amazing deals at us and come this Monday 12 October 2015, Konga will be giving realy Amazing deals too.

If you can't wait for the Black Friday sales come this November 28th,then you'll surely find this information relieving and promising,Konga will be giving four hours of amazing discounts of upto %80 off across every product category on Monday (Oct 12,2015) from exactly 10:00 am to 2:00 pm giving a great chance for you to order that Computer,Smartphone,Shoe or Even Clothes of your dream for a really really cheap price.

Tagged as Mega Monday Madness and Biggest sale of the month the deals will be available to the fastest fingers within the four hours,Konga will also be giving free vouchers to active members of their official Facebook fanpage,so log in to Facebook,like their page and stand a chance to win a Voucher.

Remember to share this so someone else would be informed

Source: http://www.inform8t.ml/2015/10/konga-mega-monday-madness-salesget-up.html?m=1

this is just a scam
Romance / Re: How To Politely Ask For Sex without sounding rude or funny by genuinechimere(m): 4:25pm On Oct 11, 2015
olasmith10:
*spreads mat....
lol
Celebrities / Re: Throwback Photo Of Phyno As A Boy As He Celebrates His 29th Birthday by genuinechimere(m): 11:17pm On Oct 09, 2015
boboLIL:
Eze nnunu.... More nnunu to ur crib....onye nnunu
lol. now that is funny
Autos / The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies Of 2015 In Automotive by genuinechimere(m): 11:59am On Oct 07, 2015
FROM CARS THAT DRIVE THEMSELVES TO HACKATHONS THAT IMPROVE SALE-A-THONS, THE LEADERS DRIVING CHANGE IN THE CAR BUSINESS.

1. TESLA
For making long-range electric cars a quickly expanding reality. Founder and CEO Elon Musk’s reputation for disruption is well earned. First he showed that battery-powered cars are not only possible but desirable, with sales of the Model S—the company’s first mass-market luxury sedan than can travel 300 miles, at a steady 55mph, on a single charge—growing exponentially in the U.S., China, and across Europe. Now Tesla is building a family, with plans to roll out the Model X, a seven-passenger, all-electric luxury SUV early next year and to develop its more affordable (think: under $35,000) Model III to bring battery power to the common man. To prepare, Tesla is partnering with Panasonic to build a "gigafactory" that will allow Tesla enough battery capacity to build up to half a million vehicles a year. Tesla inspires rabid fandom, but it’s got the numbers to justify it: Its market valuation exceeds $30 billion, which is more than half the market cap of G.M., the largest U.S. automaker.


2. TOYOTA
For leading the way in developing hydrogen-powered cars for the everyman. Toyota plans to do for fuel cells what its Prius did for hybrids: make them ubiquitous and top-of-mind for green-thinking consumers. The automaker is gearing up to introduce its hydrogen-powered sedans in California, Japan, and Germany early next year, banking that an attractive exterior and sporty design will create a market for these cars that emit only water vapor. While other automakers are experimenting with fuel cells as niche vehicles, Toyota is the only one to engineer a global release, making all of its fuel-cell components in house. It has also invested millions of dollars in helping to develop an infrastructure of hydrogen-refueling stations in California.


3. GOOGLE
For putting driverless cars on the road. Though cars that drive themselves and will take you anywhere on command are still a couple decades away, Google has been making inroads by refining its software for an autonomous vehicle. Its cars can now recognize—and avoid—objects and people around it, while predicting where, say, 10 pedestrians at a street corner may be headed. Sensors mounted throughout the car can even detect a cyclist’s hand signals and "read" signs like the red octagon held by a crossing guard in a school zone. After testing early versions on its test track, Google plans to put 100 of these cars, sans steering wheel or pedals to accelerate or brake, on the road in California, where it is legal to test driverless cars. The prototype achieves top speeds of just 25 m.p.h, but you’ll still have to buckle up.


4. GENERAL MOTORS
For making embedded wireless connectivity the new in-vehicle standard. General Motors is the first automaker to implement 4G LTE wireless connectivity across its new models, effectively turning its vehicles into mobile phones on wheels. About 90 percent of G.M.’s 2015 model year vehicles across its four brands—Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC—are equipped with 4G LTE, with the rest of G.M.’s portfolio to have it next year.

5. MERCEDES-BENZ
For teaching cars to both drive in slow traffic and parallel park themselves. Automakers are scrambling to pack each of their cars with the latest in self-driving technology, but Mercedes-Benz has emerged as the clear leader, with 70 percent of its latest S-Class luxury sedan drawing upon autonomous features to let the driver sit back and relax. Its traffic jam assist lets the car take over in slow-moving traffic (up to 37 m.p.h.), steering, braking, and accelerating without the driver’s help. It can also parallel park on its own.

6. HONDA
For making crash tests more efficient. One of the challenges to designing a car rather than, say, an iPhone app or a pair of pants, is the notoriously long lead time required between conceiving the design and bringing the vehicle to showrooms. Honda’s new visualization technology calls into question the assumption that designing a new car needs to be slow. The software, based on the programs used by Hollywood animation studios, allows Honda to study its crash-test simulations with a new degree of precision and realism, removing the crash barrier in the virtual environment to study the impact from myriad points of view. The three-dimensional crash-simulation technology provides engineers with an unprecedented level of analysis by manipulating the rendering to view the crash from multiple angles or remove parts of the vehicle to home in on a specific component.

7. FORD
For making the best-selling vehicle in America, the F-150, 700 pounds lighter. Ford is disrupting three industries—steel, aluminum and automotive—for the makeover of its F-150 pickup truck, the bestselling vehicle in the U.S. for more than three decades. The automaker increased the use of high-strength steel and swapped heavy steel body panels for aluminum to shave up to 700 pounds from the truck and boost fuel efficiency by up to five miles per gallon. The automaker changed its historic Dearborn Truck Plant from steel to aluminum-bodied production and started selling the aluminum version late last year. If successful, other automakers will follow suit. But Ford knows what’s on the inside also counts, hosting the automotive industry’s first app-developer conference in September as part of the Connected Car Expo at Super Mobility Week. It included a hackathon to challenge developers to create driving apps based on data from Ford vehicles and from the City of Los Angeles.

8. APPLE
For CarPlay, which is turning the car into an iPhone on wheels. Google isn’t the only software company muscling its way into cars. Automakers including Audi and Volvo are partnering with Apple to install its CarPlay system, introduced last year. CarPlay allows users to integrate an iPhone with their car's infotainment screen to access apps, make calls, and listen to music on their iTunes library. Many Apple iPhone functions will be available, including iMessage for sending and receiving text messages, satellite navigation, and Siri Eyes Free integration, which lets drivers state commands to send text messages or check the weather while keeping their eyes on the road. More than a dozen automakers, including highbrow niche sports-car maker Ferrari and mass-market General Motors, have signed up so far, suggesting that the interface will soon be ubiquitous.


9. NAVDY
For keeping drivers’ eyes on the road with its Head-Up Display screen. With legislation cracking down on drivers’ cell phone use and automakers under pressure to keep dashboard distractions to a minimum, it’s difficult to balance safety with the growing pressure to stay connected. Enter Navdy, a head-up display device that mounts onto the dashboard of any car and projects onto a transparent screen in front of the windshield nearly everything a driver would want to do on the phone. Described as "Google Glass for your car," Navdy can navigate, tweet, play music, and share GPS coordinates with friends and family by voice command, without requiring a driver to lift his or her eyes from the road. The technology, similar to the devices commercial pilots use to land planes, plugs into the car’s data port and pairs with Bluetooth. Navdy reached $1 million in preorders in its first week.

10. EDMUNDS
For disrupting the traditional car buying process by making price and history more transparent. Industry researcher Edmunds.com is known for its objective car reviews and guidance in evaluating add-ons and features. But now it wants to break out of the standard sales channel and improve upon it. Operating out of a Google-like office in Santa Monica, California, Edmunds hosted a three-day hackathon called Hackomotive to spur entrepreneurs to come up with better ideas for selling cars, and it launched an accelerator to help the teams that caught the judges’ eyes. In addition to the apps it’s incubating, Edmunds is releasing a feature on its own mobile app that unlocks car prices in real time for buyers browsing on the lot (the pricing app portion of the app is currently available).

source: www.fastcompany.com

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