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Ballzproblem2:
🚨 Brighton's accounts show Chelsea paid £21.5million for Graham Potter. It's thought to be a world record compensation sum for a manager.

#CFC

(@NizaarKinsella)


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No wonder dem no want sack the guy. What a maga move

Emaprince:
This man need a lot of work to do in Aba. That city is an eye sore. Ever since orji uzor kalu took the helm, its been moving backwards. There is no developement whatsoever.

Those ediots are insatiable thieves.

OUK set the tone

OUK is such a ballsy thief, he pulled off a big heist when IBB was President. He forwarded some documents faking IBB authorisation to a bank to release some hefty sums to him. He chopped the money and ran from IBB

As crooks do, they later laughed over the matter and OUK became IBBs boy when IBB returned from exile in Egypt.

OUK was such a thief, he was stealing from small Abia what Niger Delta Governors were chopping from their states

https://www.nairaland.com/7623301/wike-demolish-ait-raypower-building

We talked about companies making long term investments in Lagos rather than states with volatile actors in the South yesterday. Above is another example

Companies take cognisance of these when making investment decisions

raumdeuter:
I had the same experience it was when setting up a domain as well and she was in Nigeria based in Nigeria. She did well though and I have her very good reviews

This is heartening stuff

For too long, American companies have focussed on outsourcing business to Asia as a result of wanting to establish alliances in the Pacific region after the 2nd World War and Korean war, ignoring uplifting their backyard in South and Central America, and Europe has been doing the same with India. Andela and co are changing the perception with Africa and there is no reason why we shouldn't get some of the IT support trade if we get our act right. Our only competition in this field should be India, Pakistan, Phillipines, Ghana, Gambia and East Africa given our language advantage

A001:
A good step in the right direction that will help culturally preserve the history of the Yoruba people in Nigeria and in other places abroad.

So Quilombola is "no man's land"

GloriousGbola:
well, now that netflix and amazon are boosting our movie industry, we may get them

though the source material is very sparse. but if the hobbit a 300 page book could be magically fleshed into three movies - with the last movie being material that simply did not exist - they can do it with malam ilia

maybe also the boy slave and the return of shetimma.

There is enough material in that book for a series, despite being a short novel, it's just to fill in dialogue

larride:
I think the new constitution amendment moving power from executive to concurrent list is going to help the country fix the issue of electricity if our leaders at the state level get their shit together.

I’m sure Lagos is already working out a plan already, hopeful other states play their part also.

Electricity still needs to be created from something so whether states can afford to burn fuel to create it is another matter

In.our area, we have many oil wells that just flare off the gas while collecting the crude oil. I don't know what the Engineers would say about the feasibility of stopping these wells and restarting them, as they were not designed with the intention of extracting gas. However there is potential to create production zones around these wells where the gas is turned to electricity on the spot to feed an industrial zone created nearby. Then attract all those Aba boys to.come and start producing in these zones with the free electricity. Even mining power for Bitcoin miners sef on the assumption they produce more electricity than an Industrial zone can consume.

In other words, we don't necessarily have to fix electricity throughout the country, but can build industrial zones around the oil wells that currently flare gas. There are few near my village that are just burning non stop. One burns directly from the ground, just like hellfire.

Ballzproblem2:
🚨 Chelsea are prepared to terminate the contract of out-of-favour forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after his return to Barcelona over the weekend.

🔗 Goal

goal and ESPN source I don't know which one worse pass but let's see Sha ,I will rather keep him and sell him for small thing

Another Tuchel classic.

DeadPresidents:
…And one day we’ll meet again with knives in our hands and fire in our eyes

Cyprian Ekwensi is a master. I can’t forget this.

We need a Passport of Mallam Ilia movie

Alexandre Dumas no do pass Cyrpian with Count of Monte Cristo, and we have a movie for that.

raumdeuter:
What will you say are the sectors that can realistically grow our wealth and quick too. Cos we no fit survive for long sharing these kobo kobo

Our options are limited given lack of security and electricity but there are one or two.

Our competitive advantage is large workforce, proximity to Europe and English speaking population.

First thing would be to focus on tropical cash crops where harvesting is not properly mechanised, thereby giving us the advantage of cheap labour ie crops you pick rather than harvest with machines. These would be things like Cashews and Palm Oil which require a lot of human labour and fit our soils. Our elders were not wrong in turning us into the world's foremost Palm Oil producer

Other advantages are tropical conditions and the possibility of flooding our fields in Niger Delta for water intensive crops like rice or almonds. There are lands in our area where water comes and goes and proper irrigation could turn these into paddies or fish farms. Most of our Mussels in Europe come from Chile, something that grows naturally in Niger Delta and we have perfect conditions for Mussel farms, and again is labour intensive

Apart from that, all those banana etc should not be going from far away South America to Europe and Middle East when we can beat them on distance economy. Again, this is labour intensive work, and we have cheaper labour than the South Americans plus better fuel economy to get it to European markets

Then longer term when we get our electricity right, you have IT and telephone helpline support economy as an English speaking nation, something India have mastered, selling only their ability to speak English and the soft skills of some portion of their population

GloriousGbola:
do you think if it had been incubated long enough, it could have worked?

or was it case of sunk cost fallacy - a black hole that would have continued sucking money?

Like most of these things, it's a black hole. If you model Nigerians competitive advantage on Porters diamond, tourism is one of the last industries you would pick to grow the Nations wealth

OasisX:


..... at least rest are fact.

For the writer to be so ill informed to casually lie like that throws the rest of his piece in doubt

I won't believe subsequent Governors abandoned Obudu ranch to hate on Donald Duke until I see the financial accounts of the ranch. More likely they stopped funding what was a cash drain on their Government.

OasisX:
Donald Duke Initiated the Obudu ranch International Mountain Race, created a special reserve fund for Cross-River, created “Calabar Carnival” dubbed Africa’s biggest street party, Initiated Tinapa Resort Project etc. Everything down the drain because he couldn’t be the godfather!

The last mountain race was in 2011 with an Ethiopian winner. Tinapa Resort is now dead because of years of neglect.

Calabar used to be the beautiful bride of Nigeria that recorded the most number of tourists in Africa. to a state barely mentioned. Godfathers are VERY important!

- @PastorMarvy

The bold is a complete lie. The pathway to major tourism footfall is being listed on the websites of the major tour operators (Sandals, Thomson, TUI, Thomas Cook). Not even Ghanas gold coast is found there, talkless of Calabar. The only black African destinations found there are Cape Verde, Gambia, Zanzibar, Kenya and Southie, attracting millions of visitors per year

The pathway to becoming an international tourist destination takes many years to develop and encompasses many supporting industries, but most importantly involves the big tour operators taking a stake in the industry. Just as an example, you must have an industry that can provide tens of thousands of sausages and fresh milk every morning as that is what International tourists demand for breakfast.

I don't think Obudu ranch ever reached profitability, like most Nigerian tourist resorts which rely on Nigerian spending power, and subsequent Governors will have made decisions based on cash burn and financial feasibility.

DonJ feud with Dayo is starting to reach levels of Mallam Ilia feud with Usuman in the Cyprian Ekwensi classic: "The passport of Mallam Ilia"

Ballzproblem2:
🚨 David Raya and Robert Sanchez are potential candidates to join Stamford Bridge this summer. (TomRoddy TimesSport)

They should stay away from Sanchez, that guy is useless

Raya is also too short

There's a reason I say Lagos is the best run State Govt in Nigeria by miles. I don't make that statement lightly, and I'm not talking of one Governor but a succession of Governors working toward a long term grand plan that is very business friendly in comparison to other states

BlueRayDick:
Can we be tagging the supermods to any post that appears to be tribalistic going forward? At least to restore some sanity to the thread

Since we know the report button doesn't really hide such posts

Hopefully after a week, all this tribal chest beating will calm down

DontBullshitMe:
Is Lagos the most secured state in Nigeria?

Most secure state with the infrastructure and logistics to carry the industry, yes

And just as importantly, a state with the most guaranteed future security, that you can plan capital investments of 20 years around without worrying about write downs. Not like some states where security depends on election cycle and things can flare up every 4 or 8 years depending on the Governorship candidates.

On a Fixed Asset register, you have items with 4 year life, 7 years, 10 years, 20, years, 40 years and 50 years. Anytime you abandon the asset, you have to forego normal depreciation and write off the whole carrying value as a loss. Land and Buildings is 10 years to 50 years. Nobody is going to put down assets of 50 years where write-off losses depends on whether Wike, Amaechi, Ateke or their future equivalents can keep their calm over the next 50 years. Just like Adidas wrote off their investment in Kanye West declaring a loss for the first time in decades; or just like companies wrote off their investment in Russia, nobody is going to willingly expose themselves to write-off risk that depends on volatile actors.

Melvyn11:
Insecurity due to their dubious activities. Every IOC headquarters should be located at the regions where they operate. You can't be operating in peoples community where your activities affect their environments badly while, you run to another region to site your headquarters. Let them stay there and feel what the people of the region feel, engage the youths and provide some basic amenities for them. Some of these IOCs dubious activities have in the time past lead to youth restiveness in those regions.

They will be paying great hazard pay to attract workers then

Nothing consine your average expatriate worker with your beef with local community, if you can't guarantee his security, he will find employment elsewhere

If you notice, most of the multinationals are selling their onshore operations to local operators. You might as well take helicopter from Lagos to offshore rig than from PH, if PH is not conducive security wise.

Amigoss:
There are insecurity in the capitals of Niger Delta states?

Yes

Melvyn11:
Some have moved for it. It needs to come from the federal government with Force. Osibanjo made a statement about them relocating but didn't follow through with it. Imagine in a village with Shell facility on ground drilling oil and yet dey don't have any physical office or structure in place.

Companies go where there is security. All this talk is lamba

Insecurity drove them out, and only security can bring them back

47c3ee:
So seun can sell the Igbos for 16 thousand naira....


What a bigot

Hahaha

When put in those terms

The price shock me sha

That was a front page advert as well. This site should be better monetized na

benalvino3:
Allegedly, the US to oppose any cease fire brokered by China in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. If this is the case, ibime, what will you say about your angelic America?

A ceasefire to whose advantage?

Small boy, go and sleep. Politics of war is not for you

Ceasefire or peacetalk while you are occupying someone's land is in the favour of the occupier

OasisX:


.... hope still dey small.

This will come down to Dayos advice to APC contestants - just make it controversial and let the courts do the rest

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Na naira oh[/color]

Hahaha. It's the thought that counts

Ibukzy:
So we would act like Sean and Don J never called Lagos "a no man land"


Make una continue

Are Sean and DonJ the standard bearers for measured dialogue?

Agadinaagwuofe:
He sold all the land in IMO state to his family members and cronies and used IMo state money to fund it, many white elephant projects and substandard projects. That man is a complete "Fraud". Installing his son- in- law was what broke the camel's back. Thank God they have sent him to political wilderness.

Rochas dug such a financial black hole that any incoming Governor will just give up

izzou:
[color=royalblue]32k dolls?[/color]

Okpansukkaisbae should help us clarify

Spy360:
Rochas did well in his first tenure. Very well. But the people didn't want him for second tenure because of most people then were of the opinion that he was not a technocrat, he didn't follow due process, and they didn't trust his source of wealth. They saw him as a political 419 and his defection to APC from APGA, he did so by sacking his deputy who was the reason he got the APGA ticket. But he did quite well to be honest. His second tenure he won through rigging I can say and the inability of PDP to keep their house together, he punished the state with the most terrible government ever experienced.

Imo people then rejected him and his anointed successor who happened to be his son in law. They also resisted him but there were no preferred candidate which gave the APC room to manipulate things. And then the Supreme Court happened.

So it was not like Hope was chosen, he was more like imposed. He didn't even campaign. Most people didn't even know he was contesting until the case started going to court. Truly Hope would not stand a chance if he competed with any person.

I summary apart from Udenwa and Rochas first tenure, Imo state has never elected their governor since 1999.

Rochas didn't do well anything

He built some substandard roads and tanked the finances within 2 years, leading to State Govt wage delinquency when it comes to payment of civil servants

Rochas is second only to Aregbe when it comes to financial mismanagement

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
So mr Seun is apologising to the Igbo people of nigeria for allowing a toxic political banner on nairaland which says "Lagos will not be ruled from Anambra".. He's donating 32k to the victims of political violence in Lagos.

He did well to retract the banner but that 32k small sha.

liveLongNprospa:
LP is cooking this food in enugu 🤭

Who is winning the Governorship, that's important

Cos with a majority of just 1 in the house, at least one of those niggas will accept N50m from the Governor to cross carpet

OasisX:
.... this thread is becoming an extension of FP posts gradually. I think it is almost time I sign out honorably. .

Afrodoc2 warned them not to bring religion and politics to his section, dem no want hear word