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PoliticsRe: Appeal Court To Decide Ikpeazu's Fate, Thursday August, 18th by giftedben: 9:16am On Aug 18, 2016
I don't see Oga winning this case cos Abia State is ruled by tyrants who would do anything to remain relevant in power. Ikpeazu was Cleverly selected by T. Orji because he was from a particular Clan called Ngwa who were next in turn to Govern the state. With how corrupt T. Orji Government was, the people decided to support Oga all the way but T.Orji like a tyrant check mated the primaries and Ikpeazu was fraudulently selected as the winner. the only hope left for the people of Abia state was to turn to Dr. Alex Otti the APGA party Candidate. which they supported all the way during the election. This was also check mated by T.Orji and PDP whom threatens to kill anybody who voted against PDP. Therefore Nobody came out to vote APGA in Places dominated by the NGWA Clan. let This be known Nobody voted for Ikpeazu except his Ngwa clan who have failed to see reasoning why the people of Abia State don't want Ikpeazu in power because they are afraid He will act the same way as his Godfather T. Orji and which is already taken place by not paying workers salaries and no infrastructural development. Abia State needs Gods intervention. it was formally known as Gods own state, but these tyrants have turned it to Devils own state. i rest my case.
PoliticsRe: Abuja Town Hall Meeting: Lai Mohammed, Fashola, Adeosun Attend (Pics) by giftedben: 1:32am On Aug 10, 2016
After today and everything they said will be forgotten. Nigerian leaders talk to much. undecided
RomanceRe: Man Invites All His Girlfriends To His Birthday In A Club And Made Them Do This by giftedben: 1:26am On Aug 10, 2016
Girls can do anything for money grin
PhonesRe: Pls Help, A Bricked Phone Now Just Showing Erasing by giftedben: 2:38pm On Aug 05, 2016
bodee:
No Sir, whenever I power on in any form, it always bring out the erasing process
When the device is on try and hold the power button for long till it powers off.
Now boot it back on and wait a little. if that does not work.
Try and fully charge ur device battery. power ur device on and wait for like 8 hours. if possible plug it on a wall socket this evening and leave it on for 8hours or more. sometimes android is slow with erasing.
PhonesRe: Pls Help, A Bricked Phone Now Just Showing Erasing by giftedben: 11:45am On Aug 05, 2016
Can you boot into recovery mode again?
PhonesRe: Ios Or Android {battery} by giftedben: 4:30pm On Aug 02, 2016
iphones major problems are battery life and its inability to adapt to change. what i actually mean by inability to adapt is anytime a new iphone is released the old one you have instantly begins to slow down in performance. You can compare the battery life to blackberry 7 OS devices. That means if you are a heavy user there is always a need to carry your charger around. i am speaking out of experience.
PhonesRe: Thank You Slot Ng Ltd by giftedben: 4:08pm On Aug 02, 2016
The last time i went to their branch in aba. i was told that i can't ensure the screen because i didn't buy the phone that day. Meaning i must buy a new phone to be entitled to screen insurance.....painful
CrimeRe: Indonesia Execution: Titus Igweh Begged To See His Wife And Kids (photos) by giftedben:
i still find this amusing. How can you force someone to confess to a crime if indeed the person was caught red handed with drugs. Indonesia as a country is becoming suspicious.
SportsJose Mourinho..not So Special? by giftedben(op): 11:55am On Jul 28, 2016
The following article was sent to me by Guy Bennett, it provides a few sobering thoughts for Manchester United supporters with the author asking whether they have the right man for the job.

Is there any evidence - beyond his own self-assessment - that Jose Mourinho is special?

Clearly, Manchester United Vice-chairman Ed Woodward thinks so. On May 27, 2016 he hired Mourinho, declaring:
'His track record of success is ideal to take the club forward.'

That track record includes 21 trophies over a 15 year period. An impressive haul. But you don`t need to be a master chef to make a delicious salad from expensive ingredients.

If the job of football manager is to get the maximum number of wins from the available players, then you can judge his effectiveness by comparing the quality of his squad against the table position on his last day of coaching.

For the purposes of this discussion, we will use the collective wisdom of the market (team wages) to value the quality of the squad. No, this metric isn`t perfect. But 49 times out of 50, having Chelsea`s Eden Hazard (£185,000 per week) on the pitch gives you a better chance of winning a football game than fielding West Bromwich Albion`s Gareth McAuley (£8,462 per week).

A manager`s skill must be judged in the context of player quality. No-one could reasonably expect Bournemouth`s manager Eddie How (team wages £25 million) to get the same number of wins as Manchester City`s manager, Manuel Pellegrini (team wages £203 million).

My Manager`s Effectiveness Rating (MER) is the statistical gap between the team wages ranking, and the final table position. If you manage a team with the 10th highest wages, and you finish 8th, that gives you and MER of +2. If you finish 20th with the same team, you get a -10.

Ten times out of the last 13 years, (with Porto, Chelsea, Interazionale, Real Madrid and Chelsea again) - Mourinho`s team had the highest wages in the league. In these years, he can reasonably be expected to win the league - which he did 79% of the time (giving him an MER of zero for those trophy seasons). The other 21% of the time, his teams under-performed and finished with an MER of -1, -1 and -15.

In 2011 with Real Madrid he had the 2nd highest team wages, and finished 2nd. In 2014 with Chelsea he had the 3rd highest team wages and finished 3rd. Just once in 13 years, Mourinho had positive MER: in 2015 Chelsea won the league with the 3rd highest wages (an MER of + 2). Over the last 13 years, his cumulative MER is -15.

History suggests that club owners must spend heavily to get results under Mourinho. Clearly he is no Claudio Ranieri (2016 MER +17). Mourinho lacks the skill-set to lead a group of infantrymen into battle against a better equipped army. To get good results, the preening Portuguese boss requires big, expensive weapons.

In 2016-2017, Manchester United is projected to have the 2nd highest wage bill in the English Premier League (EPL). So the team will probably avoid relegation. But fans anticipating aesthetically pleasing football or a league trophy are likely to be disappointed.

By all accounts, Mourinho is a manipulator - not an innovator. 'His methods are exhausting," stated former Chelsea striker Demba Ba. "He convinces you that if you do what he tells you to do, it will bring results," stated former Porto player Deco. 'He squeezes out what he doesn't like," recalled Xabi Alonso.

"We build very well from the back," confirms Mourinho, "We have a very good ball possession we don`t play counter-attack." This low-risk mechanical style requires followers, not leaders. That`s why Mourinho sells imaginative players like Kevin de Bruyne, Juan Mata and Arjen Robben, and hangs onto diligent proletarians like Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and John Terry.

Manchester United fans should now be asking themselves two questions:
1 . To what extent is Mourinho`s effectiveness based on his 'winning mystique`?
2 . Is this mystique still intact?

To remember the power of Mourinho`s mystique, let`s go back to 2004 when the new Chelsea manager confronted Chelsea mid-fielder Frank Lampard after a training session.
"I was standing in the shower cleaning my balls," recalled Lampard, "he tells me, 'you`re the best player in the world, but you need to win titles. ` He has that air of arrogance, that confidence, and it rubs off. Not that I thought I was the best player in the world."

Eleven years ago, Mourinho inspired Lampard to be a better player by telling him a lie so transparent that Lampard himself knew he was being gamed.

Fast forward 11 years to August 2015: while the other 19 EPL teams were training, Mourinho gave his players a month's holiday. Chelsea subsequently lost all of their pre-season games, including a 4-2 defeat to the New York Red Bulls - a social-athletic club for retired international footballers.

Last year, Chelsea began its title defense with a home game against Swansea City. With Chelsea reduced to 10 men, Eden Hazard was fouled by the Swansea captain. Hazard fell to the ground and stayed there. The team doctor, Eva Carneiro, ran onto the pitch to treat him. Fifa rules state that Hazard then had to leave the field, temporarily reducing Chelsea to nine men.

After the match Mourinho had nothing critical to say about his own game tactics. Instead he told the assembled media, "My medical staff were impulsive and naïve. I was sure Eden did not have a serious problem. He had a knock. He was tired.'

A few eyebrows were raised. Was that smart to publically accuse the club`s most expensive player of malingering? Hazard never scored another goal under Mourinho. Dr. Carneiro was demoted. She resigned and launched a sexual discrimination suit against Chelsea, claiming that Mourinho called her the 'daughter of a LovePeddler'.

Given the power differential between the two parties, it was an unsightly squabble - as though Richard Branson had scheduled a press conference to castigate a drowsy parking attendant.

FA chairman Greg Dyke said Chelsea's manager had 'made a mistake' and should apologise. Mourinho disagreed.

From this low point, the 2015-2016 season continued downhill.

After getting crushed 3-0 by Manchester City, Mourinho claimed the result was 'fake' . After losing 3-1 at Everton in September, he stated that 'the game was completely under control' even though they were losing 2-0 within 25 minutes.

In early October, Mourinho was given a £50,000 FA fine for saying that referees were afraid to award Chelsea penalties. A few weeks later he was given a one-match stadium ban and a £40,000 fine for swearing at a referee.

Normally reliable players like Diego Costa, Branislav Ivanovic, Nemanja Matic and John Terry, all had sub-par seasons. By December 5, 2015 Chelsea had won only 26% of its games.

After a 2-1 defeat by Leicester City, Mourinho said that he felt 'betrayed' by his players. Again, he could locate no flaw in his own game tactics. "Sometimes I find myself thinking last season I did an amazing job," mused Mourinho,
"brought players to a level not their level."

On December 17, 2016, with Chelsea one point above relegation, Mourinho was fired.

Sports heroes with mystique are vulnerable to catastrophic and irreversible implosions.

Mike Tyson, 'the baddest man on the planet` was 37-0 when he lost to Buster Douglas in 1990. After that loss, he won only 68% of his remaining fights.

Tiger Woods was the world`s best golfer in 2009 when he was revealed to be a sexual deviant. Since then, he has not won a single major tournament.

Over the last half decade Mourinho`s MER is better than Mark Hughes (-18), but worse than Alan Pardew (-12), Sam Allardyce (+1), Arsene Wenger (+6) and Tony Pulis (+9).

Has Mourinho learned anything from last season`s epic failure? Can he recover? Will the players be inspired if this insecure, self-aggrandising little man flatters them shamelessly while they are washing their testicles?

Manchester United fans are about to find out.

Writer - director Guy Bennett authored the best-selling book, Guy`s Guide to the Flipside and has twice been named British Columbia`s best weekly newspaper columnist for his work in The Westender.

CrimeRe: Lagos Landlord Kills Tenant Of Four Months by giftedben: 1:42pm On Jul 26, 2016
The landlord’s friend, Femi, fled....Cowards.
PoliticsRe: OPC Gives Militants 14-Day Ultimatum To Stop Attacks by giftedben: 3:32pm On Jul 21, 2016
grin
Aigbofa:
What is more dangerous than hoodlums invading communities while they are sleeping, killing and maiming innocent folks.
I know if OPC should retaliate, all the morons shouting "Yorubas are cowards " will quickly change to Yorubas are wicked.
They will petition the UN, call on the Pope and the Amnesty international, they will wail and cry, they will conveniently forget they started the whole madness.
OPC and retaliation...laughing in Chinese grin When have South-West ever taken responsibilities for themselves. I can remember ketu mile 12/2 mascara. as long as we are concerned that is the only region that runs on mouth action. in Dino Melaye's voice "Look do you think Niger delta militants is Nigerian Police force, They will shoot you,….. bomb you and nothing will happen.”
BusinessRe: Godwin Ezeemo: The Anambra Billionaire In A Hurry To Develop His Village & State by giftedben: 8:23am On Jul 04, 2016
ChimaAdeoye:
[size=16pt]Type of threads that make people mock the SE.

Just look at the gravel road and it's tiny width with no gutters. Only God knows its length.

Anyhow, tell this guy to invest in agriculture, poultry and build small agro-based factories to employ youths in his community. That will help develop his place much faster than the 100 short gravel roads
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mock the south east? that's hypocrisy. Lagos with all it's gutters still suffer from flood in some area's of the state.
PoliticsRe: Abia:one State, 2 Govs- The Vanguard by giftedben: 9:06am On Jul 01, 2016
basadenet:
The way and manner Inec hastily hand over certificate of return to Ogbua despite order restraining them from doing so, shows Inec is acting a script. Most of the election issues in Nigeria is caused by Inec officials.
Sahara reporters : Supreme Court Orders Abia Governor Ikpeazu To Be Retried For Tax Fraud At The Federal High Court.

Monday Judgment : From the federal high court Justice Abang, who ordered that Uche Ogah who came second in the PDP primary should be immediately sworn in as governor agreed in his judgment that information in the tax clearance certificate presented by Ikpeazu to the party during the governorship primaries in the state was false.

NOW TELL US WERE INEC WAS WRONG WHEN THE JUDGEMENT SAID IMMEDIATELY.
PoliticsRe: Uche Ogah: Jubilation In Abakaliki, Abia As Court Sacks Ikpeazu by giftedben: 12:19pm On Jun 28, 2016
ISpiksDaTroof:
Ahhhh... isn't this all Buhari's fault? Oh, y'all suddenly remember that youve had Governors these past 16 years?
Yes we had Governors for 16years and we gave them money from our personal pockets to build our state...like we just gave Gov. Ikpeazu Billions of naira to work fox road. You see my people don't depend on 9ja federal Government to survive unlike you.
PhonesRe: I Need An Urgent Help by giftedben: 2:34pm On Jun 25, 2016
sorextee:
At all o. It didn't display. It made the sound of when a device is connected. I went to disk manager, I saw that my hard disk is connected. But it ain't showing on my computer.
Since it is showing on device manager. goto control Panel, then Devices and Printers. Now go to the properties and > driver and uninstalled the driver. Then goto Device Manager and select scan for HardWare Changes, and thats it, ur windows will automatically installed the External HDD Drivers. your hard disk will start showing up again.
PhonesRe: I Need An Urgent Help by giftedben: 10:30am On Jun 25, 2016
when you click my computers did ur hard disk display
EducationRe: Father Beats His Daughter's Boyfriend In UNIZIK For Being Abusive - See Photos by giftedben: 9:41am On Jun 25, 2016
The guy should thank god that the girls father spared his life. You can beat a man's son but you there not try that with a man's daughter.
PhonesRe: phone gurus please Help Me, My Phone Is Very Slow And Games Crack When Running. by giftedben: 7:16am On Jun 24, 2016
kissval1388:
pls help me, how will I format it. its gionee m3 mini
goto settings.
click backup and reset
select factory data reset
PhonesRe: phone gurus please Help Me, My Phone Is Very Slow And Games Crack When Running. by giftedben: 2:12pm On Jun 23, 2016
Format ur phone
FamilyRe: Agonies Of A Child Born Of A Wicked Mother by giftedben: 1:07pm On Jun 21, 2016
You have to confront ur mom/her sister because right now you are living for ur wife and starting up ur own family. When you do that make sure you pour out everything in ur heart. Warn them seriously and threaten to expose their evil deeds in every national dailies.
EducationRe: Five Good Reasons Why Post Utme Should Not Be Scrapped by giftedben: 8:08am On Jun 20, 2016
Then scrap jamb. Half baked students are the products of half baked teachers. Even in higher institutions some lecturers are half baked. I had to subscribe to YouTube channels to really understand what ever they copied and pasted in their text books. A student cannot be writing two exams in order to gain admission into a university. That can mentally disorganize any family in a financial way. We now have computer based exam centers. Getting an education isn't just about books and grades - we're also learning how to participate fully in the life of this nation.
Christianity EtcRe: Catholic Bishops Donate N10million To Nimbo Victims Of Fulani Herdsmen Attacks by giftedben: 3:50am On Jun 20, 2016
Now this is what men of God should be doing.
PoliticsRe: Benue Villagers Fleeing Their Homes For Fear Of Herdsmen Attacks In Benue by giftedben: 11:19am On Jun 18, 2016
This happens because Nigerians don't tell the truth. When NDA was blowing oil facilities we condemned it. Why? cos it was affecting every bodies wallet. I remembered when one senator from that state said "Go and drink your oil, we will eat our yams"! Where is that Senator? I said Where is he?! He is inside his air conditioned house drinking his campari as usual. Protesters were shot dead in south east.. Nigerians were shouting sai baba, one Nigeria. Please look at those pictures and tell me what is one about this country. Today it is benue state, tomorrow it might be your state.
PhonesRe: Please I Need Your Help People.... by giftedben: 5:33am On Jun 17, 2016
Reboot your phone and try again
CrimeRe: Yabatech Student Assaulted In Oshodi Bus By 8 Men by giftedben: 10:50pm On Jun 15, 2016
Sorry o.. Please try to rest your mind. And be rest assured they will be caught one day.
CelebritiesRe: Azaria, Korede Bello's Girlfriend Unveiled And She Is Beautiful (photos) by giftedben: 9:31pm On Jun 15, 2016
Chai this one go pain Nigerian babes. Everything now na foreign oO. Me self go soon unveil my Own Foreign baby mama. grin laughing in Chinese.
Technology MarketRe: 'three Black Teenagers': Anger As Google Image Search Shows Police Mugshots by giftedben(op): 7:18pm On Jun 12, 2016
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Technology Market'three Black Teenagers': Anger As Google Image Search Shows Police Mugshots by giftedben(op): 7:03pm On Jun 12, 2016
A simple Google image search highlighted on Twitter has been said to highlight the pervasiveness of racial bias and media profiling.

“Three black teenagers” was a trending search on Google on Thursday after a US high school student pointed out the stark difference in results for “three black teenagers” and “three white teenagers”.

Kabir Alli of Virginia posted a clip to Twitter of himself carrying out a straightforward search of “three black teenagers”, which overwhelmingly turns up prisoners’ mugshots.

“Now let’s just change the colour ...”
He and others erupt in laughter when the result for “three white teenagers” show stock photos of smiling, wholesome-looking young people.

The tweet has been retweeted by more than 60,100 users and favourited nearly 55,500 times since it was posted on Tuesday – but Alli’s video was later reposted by World Star Hip Hop, an entertainment website with an enormous following on social media.

Alli told Guardian Australia that he had heard about the discrepancy in search results from friends. “When I saw the results for myself I was shocked.”

He said some users had responded to his tweet calling Google racist, which he said was “preposterous”.

“The results were formed through the algorithm they set up. They aren’t racist but I feel like they should have more control over something like that.”

The results reached by Alli differ to what Google Images displays for “three black teenagers” now, partly as a result of coverage of his experiment.

PhonesRe: I Want To Buy The Innjoo Fire 2 by giftedben: 10:41am On Jun 11, 2016
better run from injoo....not parts and battery can swell. that name injoo means injure.....just browse slot ng...you will see phones at affordable price
PoliticsRe: The Last Statement Of Ken Saro Wiwa At The Military Tribunal On May 21 1995. by giftedben: 3:30pm On Jun 10, 2016
Deadlytruth:
Igbos invented "One Nigeria" and worked to defend it at a time it was clear that Nigeria was not one and could never become one.
Ojukwu did not see anything. He was an enemy of the Niger Delta because it was he who crushed the very first attempt the Niger Delta made to pull out of "One-Nigeria". Ojukwu was still loving one Nigeria and was ready to crush anyone whose activities threatened the survival of "One-Nigeria". Ojukwu even so loved "One-Nigeria" that he twice sent back to the North his own fellow Igbos who managed to escape to Enugu from the 1966 pogroms in the North. Ojukwu himself confessed he did that because he was genuinely convinced initially that Gowon was on a reconciliatory mission. A person who was still hoping to reconcile with a system that had already killed thousands of his own people. And you call such a person a seer of the future? Why could Ojukwu and Ironsi not declare Biafra while they were still in power and calling the shots?
Isaac Boro and Niger Deltans had already woken up before Ojukwu and Biafrans later painfully realized it was daybreak.
At the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War, in June 1967, Boro was pardoned by the Head of State-Lt-Col. Yakubu Gowon. He later joined forces with the Federal troops. He was however betrayed and killed by a fake Commando from the West. Boro, fought for the cause he had once so bitterly opposed, that is the preservation of the Nigerian nation.

Ken Saro-Wiwa Hated His Friends (Igbo/Biafra/Ojukwu/Ijaw), Looked Up North, West For Friendship, Yet, They Killed Him

fear ndi Mba-mmiri they are betrayers.
CrimeRe: My Father Almost Killed Me With Sex, 10-year-old Cries by giftedben: 10:28am On Jun 10, 2016
I no talk am....that name "Ajayi Gbadegesin"

Name Checkers Association over to u

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