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Mehn, these dogs are earning N90,000 per month whilst Governors are complaining about N18,000 minimum wage.

Where my dawgs at!

Of course a pastor of a billionaire is a billionaire.

It only takes ten people to earn a billion for the pastor himself to earn a billion.

Is the pastor trying to teach us simple arithmetic or what?


0.1 x 10 x (1 x 10⁹) = 1 x  10⁹  = 1,000,000,000


where 0.1 = tithal contribution

and 10 = number of people in Pastor Adefarasin's church who earned a billion whilst worshipping at his church.


QED


Therefore, it is mathematically proven that a pastor of billionaires is a billionaire, not all this nonsense he is talking about "goat following baboon".

Dis guy was backroom staff  (Mourinho's boy-boy ) at Chelsea before. Na so we take pay money like this for our own former employee? Kai!

Dis one wey RA want pay £13m for the guy, come spend another £4.4m per season on wages, plus hire backroom staff, I hope no be the one wey dem go sack the guy by season end, by which time they would have spent £30m on his head. In other words, they better let this guy stay for the long term in order to justify the expenditure.

Abegi, Chelsea have spent the transfer window bidding for managers whilst our rivals are copping players. Its time to start making actual player purchases.

Pique is just one of many good defenders in the world. He's been overhyped as the best defender when I may struggle to put him in the top 5 or 10.

Busquets however is the real deal, and a DM in a class of his own! Thunder fire the mouth of whoever said Busquets is mediocre.

As for Pedro, say what you want, but I love players with end product. He's worth any accolades he gets (of which I think he is still underrated)

^^^ Thats not my opinion o, Im just going by Chelsea fan comments (including my own) on this thread over the last few seasons.

coogar:
chelsea have better players than tottenham but in the just concluded season, it can be argued chelsea players didn't play to their maximum potential.

the slaughtering must have happened last season when chelsea were firing blanks. . . .

But even in their worst season, Chelsea midfield outperforms Tottenham's on a yearly basis!

Chelsea fans hate their own players cos their EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGHER

Could Chelsea fans have stomached some of the results Spurs posted last season?

Now Opta stats are telling us that Essien out-passed Modric, but according to Chelsea fans (myself included), Essien had a bad season whilst Modric was excellent.

mystikal:
Events like this better not repeat itself next season.

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Chei!!!

See wetin Wenger dey cause!

coogar:
fabregas - arsenal
lampard - chelsea.

2 london clubs that are bigger than tottenham. 2 london clubs that have always outscored tottenham since the inception of the premier league.
ibime, abeg compare like for like.

But Chelsea fans seem to think the grass is greener on the other side. If you compare Chelsea's midfield to Tottenham's, you would start to question everything you believe in.


For example, a Chelsea fan may easily tell you that:

Gareth Bale is better than Malouda
Lennon is equal to (or better than) Anelka
Sandro is better than Mikel
Modric is better than Essien
Van Der Vaart is better than Lampard

I have heard Chelsea fans slaughter these players whilst the Tottenham players listed are largely praised.


Yet this is Tottenham's first-choice midfield and this is Chelseas first-choice midfield


Why shouldn't I compare Modric's passing stats to his Chelsea peers when his supporting cast can be argued to be better?

coogar:
only essien, danny murphy and barry ferguson made more successful passes than luka modric in the whole of last season. . . . .he's also ranked 4th in the charts of total passes.

Then I think we should sign Essien instead. . . oh I forgot! 

Modric is not high enough on the pass-list to justify his total lack of productivity. He's never made the top passers before as I remember that Scholes, Alonso, Lampard, Fabregas and even Denilson and Mikel (if they play enough games) usually top that list.

In 3 years in England,

He is not on assists-list
He is not on goals-list
He is not on chances-created list
He is not on key-passes list
He is not on tackles list

For the first time in his career, he managed to sneak in to passes list with Danny Murphy, Barry Ferguson and Essien ahead of him.

Needless to say, if Scholes, Fabegas, Lampard, Denilson and Mikel had played full seasons, he would not be on total passes or completed passes list.

Im struggling to justify £30m for him given market conditions which tell me that Valero, Tadic, Benega and Gago would cost three times less, and produce just as much - which is basically spraying passes in the midfield with no output ie possession continuity players.


Dont get me wrong, I like Modric and he maybe worth £30m if Henderson is worth £20m. . . . but he is not worth £30m if Valero, Banega and Gago are worth £10m

coogar:
modric is the real deal considering he plays in a more advanced role than the others above him on these charts. it's easier for players in the defensive zone of the pitch to complete more passes where there's little or no pressing than the offensive zone where modric basically operates from.

Thats rubbish cos Fabregas and Lampard are always in the top-5 of that list year on year and they play advanced positions.

coogar:
you can say the same for iniesta as well. iniesta has only scored 25 league goals for barcelona in 9 seasons. . . .that's less than 3 goals per season.

Iniesta (when he plays full season) would always make the top 5 of successful passes and successful dribbles

coogar:
modric is better than valero and tadic.

Valencia is better than Ashley Young . . doesnt mean I pay three times more for Valencia than Ashley? They both produce what I need so I may pay £5m more for one or the other, after which it doesnt serve my utility.

And what makes Modric a GREAT by the way?

Do you know this ninja has never showed up at the top of Opta stats for any of the key indicators? 

ritchboy:
Wild guess: He's better than them?

Better than them in what sphere?

Goals scored?
Assists made?
No of chances created?
No of passes made?
No of key passes?
No of passes completed?
No of tackles won?


Or just looking aesthetically pleasing for the fans?


Modric is not a hunter. At best he can make arrows for the hunters to hunt. That makes him a Xabi Alonso type character, for which I say there is no difference between copping Modric and copping Borja Valero!

Lampards time is up whilst Modric feed you 3 goals and 3 assists per season? I laugh in Boko Haram.

No be the same Modric aided and abetted by pass masters like VDV and Huddlestone who copped only 38% possession in our match at White Hart Lane and were also dominated at Stamford Bridge?

What's the obsession with chasing Modric past £30m when Borja Valero and Dusan Tadic do the same job for less than £10m?

Rumours that Roman wants to offer a "Transfer Director" role to Claude Makelele. I hope he wont be busy watching p0rn in his office instead of scouting players. 

Its a normal thing in PH. . .

slimshay:
Abeg where Khanye to tell us how Kolarov can or can't mark Lennon or Didoflex to tell us how Assou Apo Sokoto is the bench mark of LeftBaacks. My papa farm syndrome dey worry una.

The same Ashley Cole that Walcott tore a new one at the Ems? GTFOH!

Only AssholeCole can mark Lennon, bwahahaha , that one that defenders all over were hiding behind their shinguard? The only game I saw the midget have any joy was against Konchelsky, but by then the skinhead was already tagteaming with his mum against the kops!

Oh by the way, I think I remember Gibbs cruising the national express all over the midget's train tracks. Cole my ARSEnal!!

Why are you worried about Ashley Cole business? We are here discussing Walcott vis-a-vis Evra's buttboy and you are mentioning Ashley Cole.

How many times in his career did Walcott do anything against Ashley? Lest you forget, na 2003 wey Arsenal beat Chelsea last before last year.

Walcott never whipped Ashley. Chelsea midifled and back four were porous on counterattacks thanks to Ancelotti's ridiculous formations, and Walcott didnt do anything the likes of Nedum Onuoha werent doing to Chelsea on a regular during that period.

Walcott looks like a gay. QED.

slimshay:
Sharon when has Fergie ever had enough balls to leave Evra alone with Theo?

And what would Theo do? Abegi! Evra is his father. . . The most he can do is his nonsense of kicking the ball far away and chasing after it, by which time Evra would catch him.

The only fullback I know that locks Lennon down regularly is Ashley Cole. Ashley snaps at his heels before he receives the ball, leaving him no time to turn and face him.

Princek12:
1) Asking a guy to buy them a drink before talking to him.

2) Dancing on the dance floor with their girlfriends but declining offers from guys to dance.

3) Holding their girlfriend's hand while walking around the club.

9) Taking a drink from a guy and walking away instantly or after a few minutes.

Lamentations!

These issues are so 7 years ago.

Girls can spot hungry predators from a mile away, hence they give you such reactions.

Just go to the club, have fun, dance by yourself (dont show nobody face), and soon enough all their hostility would fade away. . . . or get yourself a VIP seat and they would come looking for you!

Half a tin of cornbeef, 2 packs of indomie. . . . . . dinner is served!

slimshay:
Ibime abeg back dat Flappianski statement. Seeing that his save ratio was even better than Tech 9's.

No be save dem dey chop.

Wilfred Agbonavbare made more saves than any keeper in Naija history but he still dashed a goal to each and every opponent in USA 94 qualification.

Good keepers dont make many saves. They actually catch crosses, preventing the need for a save.

^^^Douglas Costa is more like a wing-forward.

Scott Parker. . . what sense does that make at 30 years old? Not when players like Borja Valero are going for £7m. I trust that Frimpong guy as an able deputy to Song so no need for another DM. Finito.

I believe Sorensen's contract was about to expire, likewise Fraser Forster who's even better or Kieren Westwood who is almost as good.

Any of the three will provide decent competition for Schezny, but please get rid of Flappiansky. Any attempt to go into the new season with him as no 2, you better pray Schezny doesnt get injured!

debosky:
This must be the greatest understatement in football's history.

One would think shooting to score goals is an insignificant skill for a football player.

Ask Nateevs! Even when Lamps scores 27 goals with 20 assists, its still WORTHLESS!!! 


Anyway, Lennon is a much better footballer. Walcott only started playing footie at age 11, hence his undeveloped footie skills. If he wasn't quick, he'd struggle to make the bench at Hackney Marshes!

In my opinion, in Lennons best season, he looks world class (he usually has a wonderful season followed by an average one) whilst Walcott's best seasons are slightly better than decent.

The only thing Walcott can do better than Lennon is shoot.

Lennon is better than Walcott and anyone who's played footie before knows that.

Lennon can actually dribble, while Walcott can only knock the ball past you and chase after it.

Lennon runs at full speed with the ball within 5 inches of his feet, whilst Walcott runs with the ball 1 metre in front of him. This alone IS THE MAIN REASON WHY ANY FOOTBALL PLAYER KNOWS LENNON IS BETTER!!!

The army chief Ihedirika (or whatever his name is) opened his loose gob the other day to claim that he has found the way to wipe out Boko Haram. I laughed. Maybe he would tell us a different story this time.

Bakare should STFU!

Is a bastard not a human being?

I was never a fan of JJ. He's more like a ball juggler.



In order of EFFECTIVENESS, the players I miss most in SE are:

(1.) Sunday Oliseh - Midfield Maestro with a better passing game than JJ

(2.) Finidi George - All his crosses are on point

(3.) Emmanuel Ameneke - One shot, one goal

(4.) Rashid Yekini - Mr Tear the net

(5.) Mutiu Adepoju - Headmaster or Mr utility player - can play centre-mid, left wing, right wing, right back and second striker.

Nonsense and ingredients.

George Shirley can only sell this nonsense to illiterates.

I don't have time to go through structured ripostes on Nairaland these days but Akainzos comments are enough to debunk the bollocks put forward by George Shirley.

Meanwhile, boys dey chop o! Can someone get ma CV over to GEJ team cos I think I can do a much better job than Shirley Bassey and Renal Omokiri. I won't charge any fee sef, just $50,000 weekly transport allowance plus $100,000 pcm for discretionary budget.

Lets return to the EFCC report on Mr Ikhide-Arumemi and Odili.




EFCC INTERIM REPORT ON THE INVESTIGATION OF A CASE OF ALLEGED CONSPIRACY, ABUSE OF OFFICE, FRAUDULENT CONVERSION OF PUBLIC FUNDS, FOREIGN EXCHANGE MALPRACTICE, STEALING AND MONEY LAUNDERING

Over the past several weeks, the Commission received numerous petitions against the Executive Governor of River State, Dr. Peter Odili and some officials of the State.

The following report is prepared below to update you on the context, content, and full ramifications of the investigation against Dr. Peter Odili, Executive Governor of River State, and Mr. Arumemi-Ikhide, a business associate of Dr. Odili.

In line with its statutory mandate, the Commission received and responded to numerous petitions against the Executive Governor of River State, Dr. Peter Odili and some officials of the State in the past several weeks. After careful investigations, major findings were made with severe implications of fraud, conspiracy, conversion of public funds, foreign exchange malpractice, money laundering, stealing and abuse of oath of office.

2.0 Facts of these of Petitions:
The petitioners stated that they carried out a private investigation into government looting of the treasury of Rivers State by Governor Peter Odili and alleged amongst the following:

i. That the sum of =N=24.6billion was used by the government of Rivers State at various times to build gas turbines as part of its Independent Power Programmme yet the people of the State could not enjoy uninterrupted power failure.

ii. That this elaborate electricity project was executed without appropriate legislation by the State House of Assembly in flagrant abuse Constitutional requirements.

iii. Th at the contractor behind the scam is Mr. Johnson Arumemi-Ikhide, the proprietor of a number of companies prominent among which are: Rockson Engineering Company Limited, Arik Air, etc.

iv. That the Government of Dr. Peter Odili had several financial dealings amounting to about N3.5 billion Naira with Rockson Engineering Company Limited long before the company was incorporated on 16 th May, 2000.

v. That Rockson Engineering Company Limited was involved in a number of fraudulent procurement of Iveco buses and Ferryboats for the State at the instance of the State Governor, Dr. Peter Odili.

vi. That the same Rockson Engineering Company Limited, with its star quality business leverage, curiously has only two directors which are Mr. Johnson Arumemi-Ikhide, and his wife, Mrs. Mary Ehiomome Arumemi-Ikhide.

ix That various illegal diversions of funds from the various State Government accounts were done by the Governor and officials of the State, sometimes through Rockson Engineering Company Limited.


Mr. Johnson Arumemi-Ikhide, the Chairman of Arik Air Nigeria Limited among several other companies like Rockson Engineering Ltd, Ojemai Holdings Limited, etc were also invited and volunteered statements. Searches were conducted in the offices of Arik Air Nigeria Ltd. and Rockson Engineering Company Ltd. in Lagos and Port Harcourt respectively. Some documents relating to contracts and foreign exchange transfers were found and retrieved for analyses. Letters have been dispatched to banks to avail the Commission documents and statements of the State and Local Government accounts of Rivers State, of some companies and of individuals. Some banks have forwarded statements and documents, which have been analysed/examined.


Findings
Based on the investigation carried out so far, the following facts were revealed.

i. Mr. Johnson Arumemi-Ikhide, the Chairman of several companies, is a major contractor to the Government of Rivers State. He was awarded several contracts by the State Government including the Independent Power Programme (IPP), Supply of buses and cars, etc.

ii. Prior to becoming a major contractor to the State Government in 2000, Mr. Johnson Arumemi-Ikhide was a shareholder of, and an Executive Director in, Negris Engineering Nigeria Limited. He worked for the company for over eighteen (18) years before leaving the company, as a result of misunderstanding with the other management staff, to form Rockson Engineering Nigeria Limited in 2000.

iii. While he was still with Negris, he provided an interface between Negris and Rivers State Government during which two major contracts were secured for the company. The contracts were the supply and installation of generating sets and transformers worth =N=401,016,101.00. The other contract was the supply, construction and installation of turbine power station worth =N=4,256,076,000.00 in 2000.

iv. The second contract was about 60% completed when Mr. Johnson Arumemi-Ikhide left Negris and suddenly became the consultant to Rivers State on the same contract using his then newly formed company, Rockson Engineering Company Limited. The remaining payment for the Negris contract were routed through his company where the sum of =N=734,764,749.00 is yet to be remitted to Negris.

v. The incorporation of Rockson Engineering in 2000 immediately he left Negris marked the beginning of siphoning huge government funds that run into several billions of naira through gas turbines contract scam.

vi. Rivers State Government diverted the sum of =N=30,031,446,589.70 at various times to account number CA6010914407 at zenith Bank Plc belonging to Rockson Engineering Company Limited just between January 07, 2004 to December 06, 2006.

vii. Investigation also revealed that Rockson Engin eering Company Limited has several bank accounts with Bank PHB Plc, Sterling Bank Plc, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Plc, Intercontinental Bank Plc and Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc. These banks were involved in the inflated contracts between Rivers State Government and Rockson. The statements of accounts from these banks are being awaited to ascertain the magnitude of the inflows of the State Government funds into these
accounts.

viii. Further investigation disclosed that Dr. Peter Odili curiously approved the remittance of $250,000 to a London-based Swiss Ver Finance, as an arrangement fee for the purchase of two gas turbines transmission towers and accessories.

viv. Mr.Johnson Arumemi-Ikhide has a long-standing relationship with the Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili dating back to middle eighties. He served as an interface between Negris and Rivers State Government. He used one of his companies, Ojemai Investment Ltd to acquire a property at No. 67 Trans Amadi Industrial Layout belonging to UTC Nigeria Plc.for the private hospital called Pamo Clinics and Hospitals Ltd, belonging to Dr. Peter Odili the Governor of Rivers State at a cost of =N=200million.

ix. Investigation revealed that funds were diverted from Rivers State Government Account to Rockson Engineering Limited, where it was transferred installmentally between March 2005 to November 2006 from Bank Account Number 6571020007472 with Union Bank Plc. to the following Companies:

a. Alpha System & Commodity Co. Ltd = N=3, 957,734,700.00
b. Sea Petroleum & Gas Co. Ltd. = N=6,623,940,500.00
c. Peg Magrect Shipping & Trading Ltd. =N=638, 320,000.00
d. Wopat Nig. Ltd. =N= 276,100,000.00
e. Dairy & Live-Stock Ltd. =N=281,000,000.00
f. Arula Investment =N=330, 000,000.00

Total =N= 12,107,105,000.00


It is important to know that investigation has established that all the money was used to purchase foreign exchange which was exported out of the country.


xii. It has also been discovered that a parallel account called account 2, a/c No. 0130215431600 was opened with UBA PLC in the name of Rockson Engineering. From 2001 when the account was opened to 2002, the sum of =N=12,064,988,787.61 was paid into the account from Rivers state Government. Interestingly, Mr. Arumemi-Ikhide denied knowledge of the existent of this account. So far, the sum of =N=12, 059,602,734.20 has been withdrawn from the said account. This is clear evidence of direct looting of the treasury of Rivers state.

xiii, That Government Funds were diverted to the purchase of various vehicles between January 2005 and June 2006 from various car dealers using Government House account number 6010916587 with Zenith Bank as follows:
a. Peugeot Automobile - #424,474,681.75
b. Cosharis Motors - #166,500,000.00
c. Stallion Motors - #230,500,000.00
d. Ningi Motors - # 75,125,000.00
e. Noble Motors - #39,970,062.25
f. Elizade Motors - #135,700,000.00
g. Inej Mic Automobile - #39,875,000.00
h. Kaara Motors Limited - #6,862,500.00
i. Globe Motors Limited - #18,250,000.00
j. Icon Motors Limited - #7,250,000.00
Total = #1,104,008,304.00

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This was unquestionably a ploy used to siphon public funds by the Governor, as no Government House can accommodate vehicles purchased with this a mount of money.

xiv. It was further established that Rockson Engineering Company Limited transferred over $120million through JM/JEM Air and one Thomas Eggar, a lawyer in the UK, to various bank accounts overseas. Over GBP2million and EURO 1million were also transferred overseas in the same manner. These transfers were done between January and November 2006. It is important to note that all the naira denomination of these transfers were direct lodgements originating from Rivers state Government accounts.

xv. It has also been established that Mr Arumemi-Ikhide the business partner of the Rivers State Governor, is the owner of ARIK AIR LIMITED. He used monies received from the Rivers state Government to acquire all the assets and aircrafts of the company estimated to be worth over =N= 25billion.

xvi.The Political and business relationship between Dr. Odili and Mr Arumemi-Ikhide has become more obvious since the former’s declaration to run for the Presidency. Investigation conducted at various hotels such as Transcorp Hilton, le Meridien, Sheraton etc in Abuja revealed that the Odili campaign organization made bookings worth =N=130 million through his campaign management team. The money came directly from the accounts of Arik Air Ltd. The origin of the money is linked directly to Mr. Arumemi-Ikhide for Dr. Odili’s campaign.


CONCLUSION.

From the investigation thus far, it is abundantly clear that the Rivers State Governor, Dr. Peter Odili, is using Mr. Arumemi-Ikhide and his Rockson Engineering Company Ltd as a front and a crony for the systematic looting of the treasury of the Rivers state Government.

The result of this relationship reveals that over =N= 100billion of Rivers State funds have been diverted by the Governor Dr. Odili using Mr. Arumemi- Ikhide and his related companies.

I know the Arumemi family very well. I schooled with their sons, and my father has also been grossly verbally abused carrying out a contract for Mr Arumemi. I also know a pilot in Arik Air who confirmed some of the things written in this article regarding their treatment of pilots. I would swallow this whole story hook, line and sinker without blinking.

I wanna know what Ron Gourlay is doing whilst players like Alexis Sanchez, Gervinho, Xherdan Shaqiri, Eden Hazard and such move closer to transfers.

Meanwhile, Inter-Milan and Real would like Essien for £18m but he says he dont wanna go because he enjoys eating yam, stew and turkey tail in Ekubanz restaurant on Tottenham High Road. . . . or is it because he knows his legs cant cut it in a new move so let him enjoy the last 4 years of his contract while being unproductive?

All will be revealed next season, although dude looks physically challenged to me. I am also of the view that his "flesh is weak".

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=689028.msg8511291#msg8511291 date=1307979255]I've listened to a few talks from companies that invest in agric in Africa, and their ROI is usually around 25-30%. Good, but not rockstar (by African standards, at least.)

Think about it a bit. . . if agric was so profitable (relative to other opportunities available), then Nigerians and Africans would be doing it in large #s.

If you are some pension fund in say the US, 25 or 30% ROI is amazing.

But if you are some Nigerian dude who for example must pay 20%+ interest to borrow from a Nigerian bank? Then that ROI is less sexy.[/quote]25 - 30% ROI is a brilliant return for anyone whether Nigerian or Martian.

Inflation will lift Nigerian dude's ROI also, and give him an ROI (less inflation) similar to the foreigners.

It would be a funny situation if one of these countries should experience famine in the future whilst these investors cart away tonnes of food produce from these farms.

Perhaps then hunger will encourage the citizens of these countries to "Mugabe" these farms.

Torres was personally responsible for torpedoeing Roy Hodgsons career at Liverpool, and part responsible for the poor season which got Benitez the sack.

He's already bringing his uselessness to Chelsea. Like the esteemed poster above me has said, he brings absolutely nothing to the table apart from goals. When he is not scoring, he is -1.

As far as am concerned the dude is finished. I always give ninjas two seasons. Once you flop for 2 seasons straight, I don't consider it a loss of form, but a permanent thingie.