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God will continue to bless my father. The best time I make money in life was after my graduation from the university. I got a job with a bank and I was really a "big boy". My father gave me a close monitoring. He warned me against spending on girls (especially those in school), flamboyant lifestyle and cars. He ensures I save and acquire assets. He forbids me buying a car for 3 years even as a banker. He pushed me into professional exams and master's degree. I was occupied to be too social.

Today, I am not broke, those investments are delivering their returns week in week out. I don't struggle to pay bills. All I need is to check returns on some investments and cash out. Even if i don't work anymore, I can never be broke. These are saving made over 20 years ago.

To my amiable and visionary father, thank you very much sir. I have inculcated same in my children.

The polity would have been hotter by now if El-Rufai was not incarcerated. Opposition would have been more empowered. By now, there would been accusations and counter accusations between him and the government. He is a crafty propagandist.

Oju ti osiun Donald Trump

Trump was only seeking for the attention of President Bola Tinubu, possibly to cut some deal since the latter seems determined to snub him to the grave even in the midst of using withdrawal of financial aids and imposition of heavy custom charges.

If you think Trump shouting nigerian christians because of nigerian christians, it implies you don't understand who Trump. He is no way different from nigerian politicians. And, I think his DNA needs to be checked deeply. Nigeria might actually be his ancestral home because the blood is really flowing in hm.

In all, I see him as someone with inferiority complex using force to be seen and feared. The more his bully tendencies, the more he disgraced himself. Who take him serious again ?

Now, they are being taught power acquisition while leaving out governance, ethics and compliance which is the core pillars of what they will do when they get the power. This is actual stage where we are missing it in this country. You got into an office where you knew nothing about its structure, rules and the institutional governance. Definitely, you will do work anyhow.

I think it should be made mandatory for any political office seeker to have undergone some course in National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies as a prerequisite to vie for an office as it is being done with senior civil service positions.

Just thinking out loud why the Commander-in-Chief cannot order the military to occupy these forest and build multiple bases there. If there are 20 military base inside Kwara/Kogi forest for instance, will the bandits have any hideout again ? Should a team be deployed to a base in the forest and the location is being used by bandits, automatically the team in that jurisdiction has case to answer.

drtee247:
Pls someone bought 2000 shares of dangote flour mills in 2008. still still has the certificates. Can she get her money back or it’s a loss

Google said:

The company was officially delisted from the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) in late 2019. This followed its complete acquisition by Crown Flour Mills, a subsidiary of Olam International Limited. As a result of this buyout, the company reverted to a private limited liability entity.If you held shares before the delisting. Shareholders at the time of the acquisition were compensated by the buying entity. If you still have unclaimed proceeds or queries regarding your past equity, you would typically need to engage your stockbroker or contact the official company registrar to process your dematerialized shares and fund transfers.

Me: I have followed these steps but did not get response to any of my correspondences since 2021 neither was i compensated. Infact, I have written them twice this year. Email is not even working. Same with phone number. Only the letters i sent through courier were delivered and they didn't not reply or action my request.

I bought 18,000 units in the IPO. You will understand my plight.

We are in the era of AI and I think Nairaland needs to upgrade. Google and Meta has integrated AI into their systems. Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004. Nairaland was founded a little over a year later, on March 8, 2005. Facebook has upgraded beyond 2026 while Nairaland is still in 2005

RIP Aketi . Such news won't be in public domain. No arrest. No parade. No prosecution.

Simply, action !

That line belongs to America who has what it takes to eliminate terrorism- equipment and political will. Don't drop such line here while we die daily. If Yar'adua negotiated with the Niger delta militants and peace return to the region, nothing stop your government if you don't have the capacity to wipe them off to negotiate with them in the interest of innocent citizens whose lives are been threatened or cut short on daily basis.

Oga drop that quote and work. Commander-in-Chief is not just a nomenclature but responsibilities.

Governor-appointed King cannot invoke any deity. Face the reality that we don't have traditional rulers with mystrical power. What we have are political kings. Let's shift the attention to modern day war techniques rather than an imaginary power

Na now day break ? This happened 2/3 days ago

Since Kenneth has chosen to build his political career as a communications strategist whose primary job is to aggressively manage public perception by manipulating information, discrediting opponents, and steering media narratives through propaganda , he would have better off with PBAT team where he will get good money than struggling to get peanut under Atiku.

Anyway, I cannot rule out the possibility that he might be a mole. Politics has shown us that today's fierce defender can become tomorrow's opponent. The cases of Daniel Bwala, Reno Omokri, and Segun Showunmi are still fresh in our memory.

I wish him well in his hustle. Everyone is entitled to pursue opportunities where they believe their talents will be best rewarded and appreciated. Country is hard, bills must be paid.

Any serious government would have technology to track down the location. Tech + Airforce + land troop is enough to solve this problem. Coming online should be the greatest undoing of the bandit.

It is glaring that Ogbomosho is under siege. Yet, the governor, police, Kings, local government chairmen and other leaders won't be proactive to this. They will politicized it. I know some people will be saying the attack is because of the crisis between the king and muslim leadership in the town. Some will say it because Makinde is contesting for president. All these is bull..sh..it. Come together and free your people.

I agreed with you. I am not wealthy. What do you bring to the table of "unwealthy" man

This is a welcome development. They must tell us the outcome at the end of their investigation. This must not be swept under the carpet

So if I know someone is deliberately trying to intimidate or oppress me, and I clearly have the capacity to defend myself or stop them decisively, should I simply ignore it, allow the misconduct to continue, and then tell my children that all they can do is pray?

Davido is actually right. "our country don go."

He is trying to say that Arsenal will lose the Champion league title ? Both Arsenal and Atiku just got a victory and looking forward to another one. As it is, Atiku cannot win the presidential election, does it mean Arsenal cannot win Champion league ?

Dino please find something else for your comparison

Are you really okay ? we are talking about 42 children of 2-10 years old languishing in agony in the forest under this rainy season and all you have to contribute is tribal colouration ? You are worst than their abductors.

Whatever should be your anger, dissatisfaction or obsession, humanity comes first.

Precious201010:
dey play, if it had happened in the east you would have seen the news everywhere, but since Tinubu is the president and election is fast approaching, they are suppressing it...

You and your cohorts are the one being tribalistic here.

Be sensible please. Not all issues should be tribalized or politicized. You are better off keeping quiet rather than this insensitive post.

Precious201010:
as long as it didn't happen in the south east, we don't have any reason to publish it.. Tinubu is fixing the nation.

For reasons best known to the admin, none of the stories about this incident were pushed to the front page. Abducted 42 children in dehumanizing conditions in the forest should be a story hitting the frontpage back to back. But here we are, nairaland is doing everything possible to kill the story.

Why is this not making the front page ? Between this and the president son picture in the front page, which one is better ? At the rate nairaland is quiet and attempting to bury this Ogbomosho kidnap issue is alarming and worrisome. Is nairaland now part of the 30k gang ?

If you like ban me or delete my comment. Any of them will further confirm my suspicion.

Ase gun !

glolomoh:
May your children be abducted and no one available to speak for them. May the people who should rise for them be more concerned about international scene than the evil that befall your children locally.

And you personally, may your closest helper be faraway when you need it most.

Amen, amen and AMEN !

glolomoh:
You are worse than the terrorists. We are talking about children of 2,5,6,10 years old abducted from their schools and made to pass through hell in the forest and all you can do is to play politics. Anyone like you who doesn't value humanity has the same mindset as the terrorists. Lives especially the children have no meaning to both of you.

I hope you will spew this rubbish if your children or relatives were,involved. I pray today that such evil visit you soon so you can use it to play politics

He actually pushed his luck too far. You were picked from the opposition party as a minister, you performed woefully, resigned to contest for governor when you didn't get a clear directive from the top that you are the chosen one. As if that was not enough, you arrived Ibadan ad started disparaging the Olubadan who is highly respected in Ibadan and by the president.

He is nepo kid. Except he is clearly back up from the top, there is no way he can navigate through Ibadan murky water politics to become a governor. Those pushing him or giving him assurances of winning are only doing to collect money and favour from him. He is too small for ibadan politics. Besides, he lack leadership charisma.

He should be drinking water ontop he had been able to garner as a minister because I don't see him being reappointed.

Discussing Desmond Elliot from one topic to another makes him look like somebody. He actually nobody.

Professor Ishaq Oloyede is one of Nigeria’s finest public sector reformers. I have followed his performance since his days at the University of Ilorin where the culture of uninterrupted academic sessions became firmly established under his leadership despite the era of strikes and prolonged academic disruptions in many universities.

He also transformed Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board with discipline, transparency, and operational efficiency.

Nigeria needs more competent reformers like him in bigger and more challenging national assignments. I strongly believe that even in a difficult sector like power, he would still deliver measurable results.

I love the way those who left the party that gave them mandate to join APC were thrown under the bus.

It is a systemic reform against political prostituting. In the future, others will look very well before they leap. I pity them not, rather I rejoice.

Cross carpeting of Ned Nwoko led rearrangment of seat at the Green chamber which affected Natasha and eventually led to the inglorious face-off at the senate. Where is Ned today ? The Okada man from Kaduna that rose on the wind of Peter Obi/LP to the House of rep wanted to bam bam and roll with the big boys but was told he is not one of them. The few that survived have past relationship with Tinubu or related to someone who is/was Tinubu ally. If you are nobody or know somebody that know Tinubu and you left your party for APC, sorry is your case.

I am not suggesting that he is being dishonest. However, it is difficult to completely trust the political intentions of someone who after spending 8 years as a governor wanted to become a godfather if he had not been resisted by Willie Obiano. He even fought back by attempting to install Oseloka Obaze as governor in 2017 election, thereby deprived Willie Obiano a second term.

Such political antecedents naturally raise legitimate concerns about an enduring appetite for power and cannot be trusted that he would relinquish it easily when he is constitutionally entitled to it.

@obidients, I don't have your time.