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Foreign Affairs / Re: Wikileaks: Boko Haram Is A CIA Covert Operation by kettlejnr: 2:19pm On Mar 01, 2013
Angyee:

Thank you so much for all your comments.
Celebrities / Re: Lest We Immortalize Nuisance …the “goldie” Situation. by kettlejnr: 9:17pm On Feb 25, 2013
Whenever anything goes public it automatically becomes a matter for others to criticise. Therefore everyone is entitled to their views.

In my view Goldie was an entertainer and that was the life she had chosen and whatever she'd showcased was her 'persona' which might not necessarily be her complete life style as it was later revealed by the media that she had some undisclosed private lifestyle..

She was at big brother to perform a role that was given to her to encourage people to watch the show.

She kept her married life secret because that was her personal life and she was entitled to do so.

After her sudden death millions of people all over the world are researching about who she was, where she came from, what had lead to her accidental death on Valentine's day of all days.

That was why she had been recognised by her State Governor for all the accolades she had received during her short lived entertainment career. .

She had lived her life as she wanted to. It was so unfortunate that she died too soon before she could reach her full potential.

She might not be your kind of hero or saint. However, whether you like her or not she will always be remembered and talked about. As you have done today. She had made it into the History book in Nigeria and in the World as a whole.

The more she is talked about, the more people will research about her and have their own views. And you can not stop that !!

So the question is what have you done in the public eye to be remembered for !!!
Celebrities / Re: Lest We Immortalize Nuisance …the “goldie” Situation. by kettlejnr: 3:53pm On Feb 21, 2013
Drafts

14:51

Whenever anything goes public it automatically becomes a matter for others to judge. Therefore everyone is entitle to their views.

In my view Goldie was an entertainer and that was the life she chose and whatever she'd showcased was her persona which might not necessarily be her complete life style.

She was at big brother to perform a role that was given to her to encourage people to watch the show.

She kept her married life secret because that was her personal life and she was entitled to do so.

After her sudden death millions of people all over the world are researching about who she was, where she came from, what had lead to her accidental death on Valentine's day of all days.

That was why she had been recognised by her State Governor.

She had lived her life as she wanted to. It was unfortunate she died too soon before she could reach her full potential.

She might not be your kind of hero or saint. However, whether you like her or not she will always be remembered and talked about. As you have done today. She had made it into the History book in Nigeria and in the World as a whole.

The more she is talked about, the more people will research about her and have their own views. And you can not stop that !!

So what have you done in the public eye to be remembered for !!!

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Politics / Re: US Freezes Nigerian Embassy’s Accounts Over Money Laundering by kettlejnr: 12:50am On Jun 19, 2012
This news is false and old.

In his reaction to the issues, Amb. Adefuye, the Nigerian Ambassador to the US told African Examiner that “It is simply false. How can an account that does not exist be frozen? I know that the New York consulate which is part of my mission has no account with these banks.”

http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/nigeria/201205/86539.php;


It is amazing how some unpatriotic Nigerian's suffers from major inferiority complex. (if you hate your country so much, please pack and leave forever)

USA had hoodwinked you all, there are corruption in the west too.some of you need to seriously decolonize your brain.

Some of you are a disgrace to our nation.

We are in a constant economic battle with the west. The imperialist do not want to see us succeed at all cost. They are busy printing money, while they also owned so much than their GDP, worst than Nigeria. What a double standard world, we live in.

Can't you see that Nigeria economic growth is a national threat to USA, just like China, India, Russia,and Iran just to mention a few.

The WEST have stolen too much from us, including our identity.

A word is enough for the WISE !

WAKE UP NIGERIA !

We do not need to insult ourselves over unverified lies. USA has its own problem too,apart of being the head of corrupt Nations (from the history of America till date) there is also no press freedom, no demonstration freedom. USA is a big bully of the world.

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF STUPID, IGNORANT PEOPLE AT LARGE.
Politics / Re: US Dept Of Justice Wants Boko Haram Labeled As Foreign Terrorist Organization-re by kettlejnr: 6:06pm On May 19, 2012
Some of you need to decolonize your brain.

USA has no good intention but to distablise Nigeria further than it is.

USA is after Nigeria national wealth to pump in their printed money.
Religion / Re: Christianity Vs. The Old Gods Of Nigeria by kettlejnr: 11:33pm On Feb 16, 2012
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg34QzNQL48&feature=player_embedded
Business / Re: Ban On Use Of CBN's Dollars By Oil Companies by kettlejnr: 10:28pm On Oct 07, 2011
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-07/nigeria-central-bank-bans-oil-groups-from-buying-dollars.html


Nigeria’s naira gained the most in two years against the dollar in interbank trading after the central bank stopped foreign-currency purchases by oil-exporting companies at its twice-weekly auctions.

The currency of Africa’s biggest oil producer strengthened by 2.44 percent to 160.15 per dollar at 4 p.m. in Lagos, the biggest intraday appreciation since Oct. 2, 2009, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The central bank yesterday banned companies that export crude oil from the auctions, directing them to use their export proceeds to meet their dollar needs.

“Traders speculate that dollar demand will fall next week due to the new rule,” Babatunde Obaniyi, an analyst at Greenwich Trust Ltd., a Lagos-based investment company, said today by phone.

The central bank has been using foreign-currency reserves to keep the naira within a 3 percentage-point band above or below 150 per dollar at its twice-weekly auctions. It broke that band the second time on Oct. 5, after it failed to meet mounting dollar demand for the 24th straight auction.
Before the new rule was announced yesterday, the naira depreciated by 1.7 percent to 164.15 per dollar, the weakest since at least 1994, when Bloomberg started compiling the data.
Politics / Re: Nigeria To Pay New York $1m Parking Fees by kettlejnr: 7:53am On Sep 28, 2011
US ambassador snubs £3.5m congestion fines - Home News, UK - The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/us-ambassador-snubs-16335m-congestion-fines-1773102.html

For some time the US embassy has been refusing to pay the congestion charge in London. As a motorist I am expected to pay this charge if I enter the zone in London. As a driver on an American toll road I would expect to have to pay the tolls on designated roads.

What is the difference in paying a toll on a freeway into Washington (or some other appropriate US city) and paying the congestion charge on entering the zone in London? No difference at all in my opinion.

My view is the the US embassy is effectively acting illegally and diplomatic immunity and diplomatic protocols do not exempt them from paying this charge!

This non compliance sets a terrible example worldwide and does create a lot resentment and irritation. A diplomatic own goal as far as I am concerned!
Politics / Re: GlaxoSmithkline Gets First Nigerian Md by kettlejnr: 8:42pm On May 22, 2011
I became GSK MD at a time it was taboo to appoint Nigerians to the post
By NKARENYI UKONU
Sunday, 21 Feb 2010


Lekan Asuni

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Lekan Asuni
He was appointed to run the affairs of the Nigerian arm of a multinational pharmaceutical company – GlaxoSmithKline – at a relatively young age. Lekan Asuni tells NKARENYI UKONU about his experience as the GSK managing director and what propelled him to the top


AT the age of 40, Lekan Asuni was appointed the managing director of GlaxoSmithKline


Pharmaceuticals, Anglophone West Africa. Interestingly, he rose through the ranks, starting out from the shop floor as a medical representative.


As he grew with GSK, Asuni rose to become the product manager, group product manager, marketing manager and marketing director, before finally attaining his current position, which he has held for two years.


”I came into GSK immediately after my youth service and I have remained here for 19 years,” says Asuni. ”I rose through the ranks, handled various portfolios and different projects in other departments. That gave me a lot of exposure, which made me better prepared to manage the company.


”For almost eight years, a Nigerian hadn‘t occupied the position and it was almost becoming a taboo that Nigerians would occupy the position. When I became MD, I had calls from a lot of people saying to me, ‘This is a paradigm shift; this seat is not only for you, it is a battered generation, you must demonstrate that we have capable people who can run a big organisation of this size.‘


”My international boss also me that he believed we had a lot of talent here and that it was up to us to make a success out of it.


”I had massive support from my colleagues and I run a management made up of only Nigerians. We‘ve been able to demonstrate that we have people of integrity and focus, who can run the show and if there are any negative perceptions about Nigerians, we have started to correct it.”


Born into the family of Alhaji Olasupo Asuni, who was a politician and businessman with interests in real estate, and Mrs. Elizabeth Asuni, the younger Asuni recollects that he had fun while growing up as the only male child of the family.


”My parents were very supportive,” he recalls. ”They cared for me and gave me all that I needed within their means. They set me on the right path in terms of what I should value in life. It was a balance between being disciplined and allowing me catch my fun.”


Still recalling his childhood, the native of Ako-shasa in Ipokia Local Government of Ogun State says, ”I used to like football while I was in secondary school, but my parents‘ belief then was that I would get distracted.


”So I discontinued. I then decided to go into boxing for the fun of it. But someone got the message across to my mum and she targeted our sporting period, came to the school to warn our coach not to allow me get involved in boxing.”


His choice to study pharmacy at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, was premeditated. ”I love medical related professions. The choice was between medicine and pharmacy, but it was actually the ability to have a deeper understanding of the development and the impact of medicine that attracted me to it. I am also an alumnus of Ash-ridge Business School, United Kingdom.”


His love and passion for marketing soon overshadowed his first love, pharmacy, especially as he was able to distinguish himself in the marketing aspect of the multinational, garnering various awards to prove his mettle.


He says, ”I was moved from my sales role into marketing and marketing in pharmaceuticals means you must have the technical knowledge about the product and be able to marry it with marketing elements. For me, it has always been a dream to go into marketing, something that keeps you constantly challenged to know more about products, competition and integrating all to appeal to your consumers.


”I needed something that would challenge me to read and know more within the pharmaceutical industry. That was why I veered off into marketing and by the time I was completing my MBA, it was clear I had to do marketing.”


Having come this far at an age most people in this clime are yet to make an impression in their career, Asuni, whose mentors have been his bosses, is of the opinion that tenacity, focus, a passion for success, hunger to make a mark and a strong belief to always aim to do and achieve one‘s best, are some of the things that propel him.


He adds that patience and perseverance are two of the most significant things that have shaped him into who he is today.


Says Asuni, ”People ask me, ‘Why did you stay so long in GSK; did you know you were going to be made the MD?‘ I had no clue I will be made MD at 40; I didn‘t know it would be that close. I was just enjoying my job, doing my best, deriving satisfaction in what I do and getting results. I felt that one day the recognition would come, either here or outside. But whatever I have achieved, I owe it all to God.”


But it wasn‘t all rosy for him. He admits to facing challenges on the way, which he was able to surmount ”by the grace of God.”


”I was almost confused at a point in my career,” he recollects. ”I felt I was performing, but wasn‘t seeing any path to move up. I had very tempting offers for positions I never applied for and I thought of throwing in the towel and wondered if the grass would be greener on the other side. I think it was divine intervention that I didn‘t pick the jobs.”


Married to Franca, a native of Ishan in Edo State, it becomes imperative to know why he settled for a non-Ogun State native and a Christian, though he is a Muslim. The exercise buff recalls, ”We met while I was up North in the line of duty.


”When we got married, she couldn‘t practise her religion. I tried to put her through in the Muslim way, but she couldn‘t cope. There was no point not allowing her to develop herself spiritually. So I let her be. She still tries, but we all need to be tolerant in a way. She made an effort though and that is what is important.”


Having been married for 14 years, he says of his wife, ”She is pretty, we understand each other well enough, she is hard working, intelligent, lively, and fun to be with. She read agriculture and she runs her own firm. We decided from the outset that she will be independent. She runs an animal husbandry farm.”


Asuni, who likes to work hard and play hard by partying and dancing, tries ”to be considerate to humanity” in whatever he does.


To this end, he is involved with the Yewa Awori Youth Agenda Forum, a pressure group in his home town.


”Part of our objective is to help uplift the economic manpower and social well-being of the people in Yewa Awori Ogun West district,” he says. ”Besides counselling people in their careers, we build social integration by way of sporting competitions. I was once a member of the Rotary Club, but I couldn‘t keep up due to time constraints.”


Currently the vice-president of the Association of Representatives of Overseas Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of Nigeria, he says he has no plans to take after his dad in politics.


”With the experience and exposure that I am getting here, I can positively contribute my quota to my constituency without necessarily contesting or going into active politics,” says Asuni.


Does he really need politics and its problems?

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201002212173960
Celebrities / Re: Meet The Four Richest Nigerian Pastors. by kettlejnr: 5:25pm On Jul 17, 2010
Tell them " Tudor, " l support you and l agree with you 100%,  the truth is surely not sweet,  no wonder there is so much cursing words in the air,
Business / Re: Frequently Asked Questions: A-Z Of Company Registration In Nigeria by kettlejnr: 11:37pm On Oct 09, 2009
What are the statutory reporting requirements for a company with share capital of N1,000,000 ?.

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