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Stephendeals:


It has been long i saw something like this oo...twas because of useless fight like this my mum pull us away from UCE...
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South South too like instrument, any small quarrel or gbege dem don burst bottle, carry aga... e get luck say dem don fall am

@Lalasticlala

2003 Angola 727 disappearance


On 25 May 2003, a Boeing 727-223, registered N844AA, was stolen at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda, Angola.[1] Its disappearance prompted a worldwide search by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). No trace of the aircraft has since been found.

Background
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 727-200 manufactured in 1975 and formerly operated by American Airlines who operated the aircraft for 25 years. Its last owner was reported to be Miami-based company Aerospace Sales & Leasing.[2] While on lease to TAAG Angola Airlines it had been grounded and sat idle at Luanda for 14 months, accruing more than $4 million in unpaid airport fees, and was one of two at Quatro de Fevereiro in the process of being converted for use by IRS Airlines.[3] The FBI described it as "...unpainted silver in color with a stripe of blue, white, and red. The [aircraft] was formerly in the air fleet of a major airline, but all of the passenger seats have been removed. It is outfitted to carry diesel fuel."[4]

Incident
It is believed that shortly before sunset (likely to be 5PM local time) on May 25, 2003, two men boarded the aircraft. One of them was an American pilot and flight engineer, Ben C. Padilla.[5] The other, John M. Mutantu, was a hired mechanic from the Republic of the Congo.[6] Neither man was certified to fly a Boeing 727, which normally requires three aircrew. Both men had been working with Angolan mechanics to get the aircraft flight-ready. Padilla is believed by U.S. authorities to have been at the controls.[7]

The aircraft began taxiing without communicating with the control tower. It maneuvered erratically and entered a runway without clearance. The tower officers tried to make contact, but there was no response. With no lights the aircraft took off, heading southwest over the Atlantic Ocean before disappearing.[8]

Before the incident the aircraft was filled with 53000 litres of fuel, giving it a range of about 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi).[9]

Neither the aircraft nor the two men have been found.[8]

Theories
Padilla's sister, Benita Padilla-Kirkland, told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper in 2004 that her family suspected that he was flying the aircraft and feared that he subsequently crashed somewhere in Africa or was being held against his will.[10]

In July 2003 a possible sighting of the missing aircraft was reported in Conakry, Guinea,[11][12] and subsequently conclusively dismissed by the United States Department of State.[13]

An airport employee reported only seeing one person on board the aircraft at the time;[14] Other airport officials stated that two men had boarded the aircraft before the incident.[15][9]

Reports leaked as part of the United States diplomatic cables leak indicate that the United States searched for the aircraft in multiple countries after the event. A Regional Security Officer searched for it in Sri Lanka without result.[16] A ground search was also conducted by diplomats stationed in Nigeria at multiple airports without finding it.[17] The telegram from Nigeria also states that the diplomats did not consider likely a landing of the 727 at a major airport, since the aircraft could have been easily identified.

An extensive article published in Air & Space Magazine in September 2010 was also unable to draw any conclusions on the whereabouts or fate of the aircraft, despite research and interviews with individuals knowledgeable of details surrounding the disappearance.
SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Angola_727_disappearance

Many customers of Access Bank Plc have taken to Twitter to vent their anger over the bank’s alleged “criminality”.

The Twitter storm followed a post by an aggrieved Access Bank customer, Ms Arike Martins, who called out the tier-1 lender for deducting N20 from her account after she dialed the bank’s USSD code.

Ms Martins’ January 6th post, which has since garnered over 500 retweets and 447 likes, eventually created enough buzz to aggravate the matter.

Many more customers have seen been complaining about the same issue, all while mentioning Access Bank’s Twitter handle.

So Access bank debits you 20# for dialing their ussd code irrespective of using it or not. This is unfortunate @accessbank_help

— Citrus Burst (@ArikeMartins_) January 6, 2019

Meanwhile, even though Access Bank has responded to the complaint and apologised for the “inconvenience”, many customers do not seem enthused by its explanation for the deduction.


Ms Martins, especially, is yet to understand the reason behind the N20 debit.

I dialed *901# only and the next thing I got was a debit alert of 20#. You debited me for what exactly? What have I used your ussd to do?

— Citrus Burst (@ArikeMartins_) January 6, 2019

Here’s what the other angry customers are saying

Virtually everyone that commented on Ms Martins’ thread agreed that Access Bank is overcharging customers who dial the USSD code. Some even claimed that there is nothing else that is appealing about Access Bank, as all the good services he liked have been bastardised.

They’ve spoilt all the good things I like about AccessBank…I’m done with you guys tho✌�. pic.twitter.com/sYX7C5ICSi

— VIC3KING (@VIC3KIING) January 7, 2019

Others claimed that Access Bank is trying to recover the money it expended in the acquisition/merger with Diamond Bank Plc.

How do you want them to recover the money they use to buy diamond bank��‍♂️

— Unknown User (@mjaey_) January 7, 2019

Other people simply chose to be petty about the whole thing, talking about how they would clear all the money in their account before dialing the USSD code just so that the bank wouldn’t be able to debit them for the service.

If I had an account with them, I’ll clear it out. Then with my zero account balance I’ll dial the USSF code at least 50 times. Yeah I can be petty �

— bola badejo (@funtoarawomo) January 7, 2019

Meanwhile, others decided to drag other banks into the matter by accusing the likes of First City Monument Bank and Unity Bank Plc of being guilty of the same offence.

I used to think @UnityBankPlc was one the of best banks with fair pricing until they started charging to check balance with ussd code, Who knows very soon they'll follow in the footsteps of access bank. Worst is I wasn’t even informed of the changes.

— Rose Gold (@sesantuedoye) January 7, 2019

As expected, each of those banks quickly responded in efforts to clear their names.

Hello, we are concerned about your tweet, please. Shall we DM? #MyBankandI

— FCMB (@MyFCMB) January 7, 2019

The many comments that are pouring in on that thread simply attest to the fact that many bank customers are unhappy with the services they receive.

Note that the absence of customer satisfaction is one of the most serious problems plaguing the Nigerian banking industry.

Access Bank Plc is a tier-1 lender which recorded a gross earning of N375.2 billion billion in as at Q3 2018, with a profit after tax of N62.9 billion.

The bank’s stock is currently trading at N5.75 on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

https://nairametrics.com/access-bank-customers-lament-over-ussd-charges/

The never-ending twists and turns involving beleaguered GSM operator 9Mobile have taken another turn as Teleology Holdings Limited (run by Adrian Wood) has pulled out from Teleology Nigeria (the consortium of investors that bought the telco).

While none of the parties involved have issued an official statement, some reports have attributed Woods exit to the refusal of Teleology Nigeria Limited to sign a management service contract.

Omar Farouk Mohammed-Edewor, however, laid clear the distinction between both firms.

The saga so far

9Mobile’s (then known as Etisalat Nigeria) woes began when it defaulted on a $1.2 billion loan provided by a consortium of Nigerian Banks. Parent company Etisalat of the UAE exited the firm, and the banks threatened to take over.

They were however restrained by the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), with the duo constituting an interim board. The NCC, in particular, had to step in, to prevent the banks from going against regulation by attempting to run the firm. Some of the affected banks then made provisions on the loan.


Barclays Africa then midwifed a bidding process for Etisalat of the UAE’s stake. Five firms – Globacom, Smile, Airtel, Helios and Teleology Holdings, made it to the final bidding stage, however, Airtel, allegedly withdrew from the bid process due to what it termed irregularities. Parties familiar with the bid process, however, denied this.

Teleology Holdings has since paid $50 million as a deposit, and 9Mobile has begun repayment of loans to the banks.
https://nairametrics.com/adrian-woods-exits-winning-9mobile-consortium/

Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, last year collected some N5.320 trillion worth of tax revenue, according to a disclosure made by the agency’s Chairman, Mr Babatunde Fowler.

Mr Fowler made this disclosure yesterday in Lagos during a FIRS stakeholders’ retreat. According to him, the agency had actually generated the total sum of N5 trillion by the middle of December last year, with the hopes of rounding off the accounts for the year 2018 at N5.3 trillion. If this happens, which is most likely, it would be the highest amount ever generated by the tax agency during a single year period since it was created. The closest amount to this would be the 2012 record of N5.07 trillion.

Mr Fowler also attributed various reforms and new efficient models in the tax collection process as the reason for the recorded results.

Meanwhile, comparing last year’s performance with 2017, Mr Fowler noted that it was a difference of N1.292 trillion.

“In actual figures, in 2016, we collected N3.3 trillion, 2017 was N4.027 trillion and in 2018, we realised N5.320 trillion. We are also quite aware that our focus has to be on non-oil revenue. And in the past three years, when you look at the percentages in terms of contribution of oil tax revenue, in 2015 non-oil contribution to tax revenue accounted for 65 per cent, in 2017 it was 62.5 per cent and in 2018 it was 53.62 per cent.

“So, certainly, our non-oil tax revenue is growing in absolute figures, from 2016 to 2018. In 2016 it was N2.149 trillion, in 2017 it was N2.5 trillion and in 2018 N2.85 trillion. That does not mean we have left behind the oil tax revenue; it has improved from N1.5 trillion in 2016 to N1.52 trillion to N2. 467 trillion in 2018.”

In the meantime, the Federal Government has set a target of N8 trillion for the New Year, Mr Fowler disclosed. Part of the money generated by the agency in 2019 would be used to fund the budget.

Recall that the Federal Government had introduced the Voluntary Assets Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) with the aim of encouraging Nigerians to voluntarily declare their income/assets as well as pay taxes accordingly. Interestingly, the scheme achieved the set objective.
More: https://nairametrics.com/how-nigeria-made-an-all-time-high-tax-revenue-in-2018/

Lol, I didn't expect an insulting word from you though but I was referring to prophecy and confirmation in general not to a particular eclipse or whatever. I didn't even bother to read all the prophecies. I was only telling you that news should be for confirmation of prayers and prophecy.

tempest01:
Can you tell me how an eclipse ( which is a natural occurrence) is a prophecy?

Okay me, I saw rainfall on 2019, since you are gullible.

Work for Buhari as as how?

SternProphet:
Ya but Tompolo will work for Buhari 're election in Delta. Abi they did not tell you that one.

If you're really a christian you'll see this CNN update as a confirmation of prophecy not a reason to dispute it. After Prophet Elijah prayed for the rain to return he still sent his servant to go and read the news in quote and the servant returned saying he saw something like the shape of a man's hand in the sky. Sulieman may have seen his prophecies long ago but only waited till crosover service to project it.

tempest01:
In as much as i am a christian, and i believe in prophecies, I want to state categorically that one statement here made me conclude that these are predictions, and not prophecies. Prophecies are directly from God, and they are absolute.

(2) I saw an eclipse

Now this made me remember a post i read yesterday or day before yesterday, where a foreign news media reported that there will be lots of eclipse in 2019. Now, why is this featured here? secondly it is a natural occurrence. I believe some of these pastors have a jotter somewhere where they just jot events and predicted events and make their own predictions and present it like prophesies.


God help Us.

orion7:
tompolo hid from them 3yrs now and heavens did not fall.

#Shalom

Mind you, tompolo isn't hiding from them. Tompolo was last year re-awarded the maritime contract for protection of the water ways as one of the conditions for AVENGERS ceasefire. How can you place someone on watchlist and still place him on your payroll? Tompolo was never wanted. Buhari was only doing initial gragra. When NDA showed him pepper he returned Tompolo's contract to him and ended his pursuit.

PICS

Dangote Flour relaunches semolina, wheatmeal products
By Umar Hassan Mohammed | Published Date Jan 2, 2019 3:42 AM



Dangote Flour Mills in its desire to put tasty meals on the tables of Nigerians has rolled into the market two products, Dangote semolina and whole wheatmeal.

The unveiling of the two products took place in Kano and Ibadan.

Speaking at the unveiling of both products, Executive Director, Dangote Flour Mills, Halima Aliko Dangote declared that the new products come with ‘a taste to treasure’ as granules are better and fortified with micro granules for superior taste.

She stated that the two products have been fortified with micronutrients such as Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Niacin, Zinc, Iron, Folic acid and many more, which makes it beneficial to nutritional health. Giving more insight into the features of the new products, she said, ‘Our Dangote Wheatmeal contains 100 per cent wheat for 100 per cent nourishment which gives it the additional benefit of being rich in fibre for easy digestion.”

Adding that delighting consumers remain the focus of the flour miller, she said, “Everything we do starts with an understanding of the consumers and their desires. Here, we engage regularly with the consumers, users and potential adopters of our brands to understand and appreciate their points of view on product needs and aspirations. This openness has helped in getting good and invaluable feedback on product performance and improvements.”

Dangote Flour Mills, a subsidiary of Dangote Industries Limited, recently invested in a dedicated semolina machine in its Apapa plant to produce 10 times the previous volumes. The products now have a longer shelf life and are available in a more complete range of pack sizes: 1kg, 5kg and 10kg. Dangote Semolina and Wheatmeal range come in very attractive new pack design.

More at: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/dangote-flour-relaunches-semolina-wheatmeal-products.html

Imagine this kind of nonsense on FP. You'd waste your time researching important tech stories and share them on Nairaland but thet won't make FP. But nonsense like this will.

Shebi they said she's from Nigeria?

ceejayMAX:
Gbosa to the greatest female tennis player of all time.

My joy is that he'll play in Afcon 2019.

Omudia11:
One pakistani ex-Muslim said that while he was growing up, he was taught in his local mosque by imams that the Israelis killed 10,000 Palestinian kids everyday and that they must hate the Israelis. He then asked why then have Palestine not run out of children since such huge numbers were being slaughtered everyday.

He never got a proper response from the Imam.

Just imagine what they teach their children. You'd be wondering where all the hatred is coming from, you wouldn't suspect it's coming from a religious center.

My dear I know a girl with a similar case that was finally delivered at the SCOAN. She slept a yahoo boy once and since then became a dog. She'd have random sex with unknown people and the following day she won't even recognize them. What she didn't know was that, the more she had sex like a dog, the more money her Yahoo boy ritualistic bf makes. When she finally got delivered, the bf ran mad. I see her everyday and I thank God for her life. They were just using her and some of us were just cursing and abusing her without realizing that there was a force making her to bend towards her own destruction. Whatever got your sister into this situation is POWERS, what will get her out of it is a HIGHER POWER.

IamPlato:
My Sister Is Cursed And My Father Is An Extremist

My Younger Sister Has Been A Thorn To The Family, she Is Just 16 but Is Completely Lost In The World. She Moves With Different Boys and Has Gotten Involved In Sexual Activities Mostly Yahoo Boy. I No Longer See A Sister But A Slut


Personally, I Dont Care If She Lives Or Dies but I Feel For My Mother Who Recieves All The Blames from My Father. My Father Had Sent Her Out Of The House On Various Ocassions but She Is Highly Disobedient, my Mother Will Beg And She Will Be Pardoned but Will Repeat it Countless times.


I Had Come Across Her Chat With Guys Concerning Sex they Would Have. I Feel Ashamed to Look At Her As A Sister

Just Of Recent My Father Chased Her Out Of The House After She Left the House since Morning Without telling Him and Returned At Evening... He Told Her To Come Pack Her Things And Leave, but She Had Already Left, he Pack all Her Clothes And Burnt them at About 10pm Yesterday, and Saying He Never Wants To See Her Again in His House.

Is This The Solution?

Serena Williams named 2018 AP Female Athlete of the Year
Tolu Adedayo 0 December 28, 2018 9:03 am


Serena Williams has been named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for 2018, winning the honor for the fifth time in her career.



She didn’t win the honor so much for her on-the-court performance as she did for the conditions in which she performed.



Williams made two Grand Slam finals after missing a year due to her pregnancy and healthcare scare after she gave birth. Williams lost the final at Wimbledon to Angelique Kerber and the US Open title to Naomi Osaka in 2018.



Williams had seven appearances this year, debuting at Indian Wells where she made it to the third round before losing to her sister Venus Williams.



Her first major appearance was the French Open, where she retired prior to a match against Maria Sharapova in the Round of 16.



At the US Open, she defeated the likes of Venus, Karolina Pliskova and Anastasija Sevastova before losing to Osaka.
https://www.brila.net/serena-williams-named-2018-ap-female-athlete-of-the-year/

Tolu Adedayo

Update – Onazi could return before the end of season following successful surgery

Super Eagles’ midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi has confirmed he could return to the pitch before the end of the season, dispelling doubts about his availability for next summer’s AFCON.



The 26-year-old successfully underwent surgery on his ruptured Achilles tendon on Monday.



As per AOIFootball, exclusively afterward that the doctors have told him he will still play before the end of the season.



“I will be back before the end of the season, but no timeframe yet,” Onazi revealed.



Having turned 26 on Christmas Day, the Trabzonspor midfielder admits he his grateful for the successful operation and thanks fans and well-wishers for their prayers as he hopes to return stronger for both club and country.



Onazi’s injury will definitely be a blow for Trabzonspor who are currently second on the log as the midfielder has played a vital role in the team’s amazing run this season.

https://www.brila.net/update-onazi-could-return-before-the-end-ofthe-season-following-successful-surgery/

This one is just talking, you must be living outside Lagos. The city and traffic determine when you get home in Lagos.

Hadone:
Simple. Just return home early shikenan!!

KingThreatzz:
[s]Treasury Single Account
International standard airports[/s]
Npower
Tradermoni
Etc

Buharideen talk, what does Buhari know about TSA?
He's not even aware of anything called TSA.
And which airport are you talking about?
You don't need a brain to support Buahri do u?

"What will I go and do in America?" Atiku replies Voahausa


The PDP presidential candidate who was reportedly blacklisted in USA, was asked by VOAHAUSA if he can go to United States of America, and he replied "What will I go and do in America?"

"What will I go and do in America?" @atiku to @voahausa pic.twitter.com/1Ku7CXJYYR
— Kayode Ogundamisi (@ogundamisi) December 25, 2018

What exactly is the needful please?

kunleweb:
As and adult,what have you learnt? It's up to you to do the needful if you learnt anything

By this you mean Muu sleems are radical, violent and intolerant and might make an attempt on his life if he dares expose this deceit?

Electricboy:
I asked him not to endanger himself

When you die and go to hell you can ask him/her then?

Electricboy:
this rere ayodele guy took this to twitter after I still asked him not to...all these uites no day here...if they come for his head now nko..??..he has both parents from different religions....

Oh, so you know him? You even told him not to expose wrong teachings? Were you actually helping the situation or not?

MORE

Imortal001:
Really bad teaching..

Twitter user, Rere Ayodele, has expressed his fears that some Muslim clerics could be brainwashing little children who come to their mosques.

In a series of tweets, Rere said he witnessed a cleric in a Mosque in Ibadan teaching his little sisters and other children, all under 10, that Christianity is not a good religion. He fears that this is how radicals are raised.

Another twitter user who saw his thread, narrated how her nephew came home on a particular day and said his Imam told him and other children that Christmas is Haram.

We now know who to vote for. Thank you Miyetti Allah for letting us know that your non-stop attacks will not be supported by Atiku. We now know who vote for to ensure peace in the middle belt and other places where Herdsmen are killing armless villagers and raping their women in their own farms.

Why does Saraki have his middle finger in the air? Who is he f***ing?

Since it's Edo my neighboring state I was expecting to see cha*rms but I was disappointed. lol