tommy589: i appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge on the matter.Thank you 👏
@tommy589
My pleasure. It's absolutely important that from time to time, those of us who are older get to with clear evidence, accurately correct historical distortions being spread by the younger ones and paid propagandists about the historical events that occured globally in the past decades, because history repeats itself and offers clear patterns we can use to avoid impending errors and even make money through cyclical investments in the global financial markets based off of what we witnessed in the past.
Skydivine: Keep deceiving yourself. Even Father Christmas does not forfeit $ 400k just like that. The information you are trying so hard to rewrite is all over the internet. I don’t know what you would do about that.
I will add more CLARITY for the sake of you and everyone reading this.
Listen, paying attention is key here, so don't muddled things up. In your ORIGINAL post that I quoted, I had to correct YOU when you WRONGLY typed that the $460,000 forfeiture was for "drug crimes." NO! It was NEVER for drug crimes BUT a case civil case of "unpaid tax" deductions because he ('Bola Tinubu) was away working in Nigeria. It's a U.S. Federal offence if you don't pay your taxes here. So, the $460,000 out of the $2.8 million in the then Senator 'Bola Ahmed Tinubu's 8 United States Bank accounts had the $460,000 deducted from the total, then the rest was RETURNED to his bank accounts.
Again, the $460,000 forfeiture WASN'T for drug crimes as FALSELY claimed by a lot of these random bloggers and propagandists online and offline.
INFACT, the United States Government would have seized all the entire $2.8 million in Tinubu's U.S. bank accounts if he was into hard drugs BECAUSE they have zero-tolerance for "drug b***ns."
I wanted to ATTACH the U.S. Embassy's former Legal Attache Michael Bonner's official 2003 document CLEARING the now President 'Bola Tinubu of ANY records in the FBI National Crime Information Center NCIC central database of crimes in the entire history of the United States, BUT it's NOT attaching to this NL post. You can however see the document by clicking the link right BELOW.
This is why I gave you those 2 same links to read. You will see and read Michael Bonner's 2003 official document CLEARING Tinubu ATTACHED on the Page 1 of the thread.
Infoguy666: Veteran Nollywood actor Olusegun Akinremi, popularly known as Chief Kanran, has passed away at the age of 70, News360 Nigeria reports.
The news was confirmed by movie executive and producer Seun Oloketuyi on Instagram on Friday, stating, “Popular actor Segun Remi, popularly known as Chief Kanran, died Friday morning. Details soon.”
Chief Kanran was a household name in the Yoruba film industry, celebrated for his distinctive style, refined elegance, love for luxury, sharp humour, and commanding performances that captivated audiences on stage and screen for decades.
In a 2020 interview with Journalists, he spoke about his decision to step away from the movie industry.
He said, “I stepped aside from filmmaking because of some reasons. There is politics everywhere and different cliques as well, even in our profession."
"Some people in the industry see people like me as a threat because I will not do anything that is not professional, and that has made some people upset with me.”
He began his career on stage before transitioning to television and film, starring in numerous Yoruba stage productions and gaining recognition through a popular NTA drama series.
His fame expanded further with his roles in Yoruba movies.
Over the years, Chief Kanran appeared in notable films such as Ewe Orun, Aiye, Efunsetan Aniwura, Agbarin, and Bata Wahala.
He was widely admired for portraying authoritative characters, often playing kings, chiefs, or village elders.
As of now, the cause of his death has not been disclosed.
News360 Nigeria reports that his family has yet to release formal details. regarding funeral arrangements.
His fame expanded further with his roles in Yoruba movies.
Over the years, Chief Kanran appeared in notable films such as Ewe Orun, Aiye, Efunsetan Aniwura, Agbarin, and Bata Wahala.
The legendary "Chief Kanran."
"He indeed had a commanding presence."
Those are the succinct adjectives I can use to describe him.
Jakumo: A couple of years ago, an American missionary working as a volunteer with his wife in Niger, West Africa, was kidnapped, and taken across the border into northern Nigeria. This brilliantly reenacted video clip chronicles the preparation and execution of a highly choreographed hostage rescue mission that kicked off when special forces operatives breathing from oxygen tanks jumped out of an aircraft cruising 25 thousand feet up in the night sky, and silently steered their parachutes to within striking range of the encampment where the American citizen was being held by armed terrorists.
With American military assistance, Nigeria's terrorist problem would be consigned to the history books in a matter of months as drones operating with AI target acquisition capability would be launched to neutralize kidnap/herder/bandit gangs with surgical precision from the air, until there are no further targets left to annihilate.
peekspot: “Today, we went to see all the roads linking Enugu to other parts of the Southeast, Southsouth and the North; we went to see the 350 meters flyover bridge at Eke Obinagu and all the projects which the Bola Tinubu led federal government is doing in Enugu and in deed Southeast.
“The flyover bridge at Eke Obinagu is significant because it connects Enugu to Ebonyi state, to Akwa Ibom, Cross River and even to the Cameroon. The bridge is almost being completed by President Bola Tinubu and we know it is what he promised and very soon the people of this state and their neighbours will benefit from the project upon completion,” he said.
He also commended Governor Peter Mbah for his administration’s collaboration with the Federal Government to deliver infrastructure and other development projects in Enugu State.
Idris noted that Enugu and Imo were among 11 states granted regulatory autonomy to oversee their electricity markets under the new Electricity Act, urging other South-East states to follow suit.
According to him, economic indicators such as food prices and foreign exchange rates are stabilizing, with global rating agencies optimistic about Nigeria’s growth towards a $1 trillion economy by 2030.
The minister assured that while challenges remain, President Tinubu’s reforms would yield clearer benefits by the end of his first term, with the Southeast positioned as a key player in the nation’s economic transformation.
Earlier when the minister led his high-powered federal government media delegation to pay a courtesy visit on Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State at the state government house, he assured that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains committed to the development of Enugu State and the entire Southeast region.
According to him, the President’s reforms, particularly the removal of fuel subsidy, have freed up resources for both the federal and state governments to invest in critical infrastructure and social services.
“Governors across the country, including here in Enugu, are taking advantage of these additional resources to deliver impactful projects. We have seen the work Governor Peter Mbah is doing in education, infrastructure, security, and culture, and this is exactly what President Tinubu envisioned,” Idris said.
The minister commended Governor Mbah for sustaining and expanding development programmes, noting that the synergy between the federal and state governments is key to achieving lasting prosperity.
He disclosed that the delegation – comprising top officials from the National Orientation Agency, NTA, FRCN, NBC, and the Voice of Nigeria – would inspect projects in the state before holding an interactive session with residents to receive feedback on federal government policies.
Responding, Governor Mbah attributed the financing of numerous infrastructure projects embarked by the state government to the oil subsidy removal policy of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration.
He said: “For us in Enugu, we are able to accomplish all we promised our people during the campaign, thanks to the bold decision taken by President Bola Tinubu, which has freed up resources needed to execute humongous capital projects,” said Governor, while listing ongoing projects in the state, which include the construction of 7,000 classrooms, 3,300 hospital beds and 2,000-hectare of 260 farm estates across the 260 wards of the state.
Governor Mbah also pledged more support for the policies of the federal government, saying they are in the best interest of the people of the state.
At the town hall meeting were traditional rulers, religious leaders, community leaders, market leaders, youth leaders and leaders from the various political parties in the state. https://thenationonlineng.net/take-advantage-of-fgs-%e2%82%a6200bn-funds-minister-urges-southeast-entrepreneurs/
GardenOfGod: Twins Born From Embryos Frozen 30 Years Ago
Twin babies have been born in the US state of Tennessee from embryos frozen more than 30 years ago.
It is believed to be a new record for the longest-frozen embryos ever to result in a successful live birth.
They were stored at around -128C (-200F) in liquid nitrogen on 22 April 1992.
Rachel Ridgeway, a mother of four from Oregon, gave birth to the twins on 31 October. The father, Philip Ridgeway, said it was "mind-boggling".
Lydia Ann and Timothy Ronald Ridgeway likely set a new record, according to the National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC), a private faith-based organisation that says it has helped birth more than 1,200 infants from donated embryos.
NEDC's previous record-holder, Molly Gibson, was born in 2020 from an embryo that had been frozen for nearly 27 years.
"The decision... to adopt these embryos should reassure patients who wonder if anyone would be willing to adopt the embryos that they created 5, 10, 20 years ago," said Dr John David Gordon, who performed the embryo transfer.
"That answer is a resounding yes!"
The twin embryos had been created for an anonymous married couple using IVF. The man was in his 50s and reportedly relied on a 34-year-old egg donor.
They were kept in storage at a fertility lab on the US west coast until 2007 when the couple donated them to the NEDC in Knoxville, Tennessee for another couple to use them instead.
Embryologists at the NEDC's partner clinic Southeastern Fertility then performed the thaw and transfer to the uterus earlier this year.
In a statement, the NEDC said it hoped the news would "encourage others to experience the blessings of embryo adoption for themselves".
It is the first child the Ridgeways - who have four other children between the ages of one and eight - have had via IVF or donors.
"I was five years old when God gave life to Lydia and Timothy, and he's been preserving that life ever since," Philip Ridgeway told CNN from the family's home.
"In a sense, they're our oldest children, even though they're our smallest children."
"There is something mind-boggling about it," he added.
Olaide1295: First, I am glad the argument is about building things, not about stealing money. Tinubu is favoring all of Nigeria. He is doing bridges all over.
List of bridges that were approved and locations: - The 3rd mainland bridge (Lagos), - Mokwa bridge (Niger state), - Kano-Katsina road - Jalingo bridge (Taraba) - Keffi flyover bridge - Jebba bridge (Kwara) - Murtala Muhammad bridge (Kogi) - Gashua bridge (Yobe) - Atisan bridge (Enugu) - Appua bridge (Ebonyi) - Opobo bridge (Rivers) is also being done
It's impressive to know all these bridges around Nigeria are being done concurrently.
fergie001: Following the Works Minister, Dave Umahi's announcement that ₦3.6 trillion will be earmarked for the rehabilitation of the underwater structures of the Third Mainland Bridge, a former aide to former Kano State Governor, Salihu Yakasai (@dawisu) has taken a swipe at President Bola Tinubu's alleged one-sided interests.
Yakasai is a constant critic of the President's alleged focus on development in only Lagos at the expense of Northern Nigeria and even other states of the South West.
@dawisu
O'Tega (Tinubu's SSA):
@o'tegaogra
@dawisu
Some of these guys specifically of the minority Fula origin just like to create loads of bogus distractions for their own hegemonistic agenda. It's all self-serving to retain political power. Those of us who have advanced knowledge of global geopolitical dynamics can easily suss them out when they make these sectional comments.
So, this Salisu Yakasai dude wants the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State to collapse right into the waters of the Lagos Lagoon and kill hundreds of people from nearly all parts of Nigeria and foreign residents going to the Island from the Mainland in the morning and vice versa. If it's NOT properly maintained or repaired NOW before any major bridge collapse occurs, Salisu Yakasai would be among those criticizing the Federal Government in Nigeria for ineptitude.
Right in the United States, some bridges have collapsed in the past due to structural defects and claimed lives. @Dawisu should go and kick rocks. Period
WizardOfNG: Lol. I should try leaving Nigeria since everyone online, in your opinion, na Japa wannabe obsessed with obodo wonder?
Talk shows a man's level, credentials, mindset and limitations to other men further ahead in life than he is.
This is why, even as you think you have made sense, others above your level can discern you are still at a low level rung of the ladder for thinking it is only those who have never left Nigeria, to experience "Oyinbo wonder", who still support Nigeria and some of her leaders.
Make what you will of the snippet of info I share below about the African American "lunatic", in your opinion, who was born and raised in the USA yet chose to relocate to be making big moves in Ghana he probably cannot achieve in the US.
Of course he is a mad man for finding any African nation attractive after living in 'Paradise' USA. I can show you many like him who have made similar moves to Nigeria.
Suffice to say only a self-restictive and ignorant fool believes his POV, based on his own life, is the one most relevant or superior.
SLIDEwaxie: Unfortunately for PDP, the conclusion was based on PDP's Obasanjo era and the said asylum seeker was an ex PDP politician, hence, the conclusion. So, na APC dem force join with you, no be the other way around
Haba always blowing everything out of proportions. That man Pastor Biodun, those who can HONOUR and RESPECT more than him in Nigeria are not up to 10. Everyone knows this but trust the bandwagon carriers. They had to go and drag this Mama out to attack him.
Where did he insult Pa Joseph Ayo Babalola or his children?
He said Babalola did more powerful miracles than Smith Wigglesworth. That had it been the Prophet had access to more financial resources, the world would have known more about his exploits and today turn that place to pilgrimage.
Check all these gospel singers and even secular singers who are rulling the world now. They had great access to money. Check those talented people who are not known, they lack access to money. Everyone knows this but it's been long they attacked Pastor Biodun. Hence the obsession to attack him
You've added more CLARITY to this situation.
A lot of supposed content creators like to create mountains out of a mole hill just to trend online and offline. Fatoyinbo's letter was nicely worded and in order. I assume he'll definitely work on his communication style NEXT to time because some verbal and nonverbal cues can be misinterpreted by some people who notoriously have short attention spans.
RevenuesBoost: Permanent Tattoo. Yes, You could also see "Messiah" "Marlians".
He is writing down his vision.
He sees himself as one of the Messiahs that will arise other Messiahs to save Nigerians from the Five Integral Forms of Poverty Crippling Nigeria through the awareness of Safe Usage and Utilization of Cryptocurrencies in Nigeria via #SmallSisterNaija Reality TV Show
These Five Integral Forms of Poverty in Nigeria includes:
Poverty of Poor Education
Poverty of Hunger and Starvation
Poverty of Epileptic Power Supply
Poverty of Poor Healthcare
Poverty of Insecurity
That's quite impressive.
Having a vision is key to unlocking unlimited opportunities in life. Getting it tatted on his body shows he means business as a young man.
I get it now about the Agriculture and Crypto tats on his arms. I couldn't see the rest but you did well by adding extra layers of info in your feedback.
By the way... Is his reality TV show on yet? If it is, what station? Is it gonna be posted or livestreamed on YouTube or other Internet platforms such as IG?
So, Toke is now pregnant? She's well over 40 and it could lead to a higher birth risk... But I wish her a safe delivery though and with the advent of advanced medicine, she can indeed surmount those traditional birth challenges for the over 40s.
Skydivine: At what time did Chicago boy forfeit a large sum of money in plea bargain to the authorities in the US for a drug related case?
DESIST from further typing that B.S historical disinformation you are spreading there. Some of you guys just keep recycling these FAKE news and old wives tales because it makes you feel good. Read the link right BELOW to see and read the official 2003 document from the United States Embassy in Lagos State through the then Legal Attache Michael Bonner clearing Tinubu of any accusations of crimes in the United States. The United States doesn't do plea bargaining with drug b**"ns.
There was NO forfeiture for any criminal drug case by the current Nigerian President. The United States Government as of 1993 and the United States Embassy in 2003 through the then Legal Attache Michael Bonner CLEARLY stated in official documentation that The former Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu NEVER had any hard drugs-related case, never been and his name has NEVER been in the FBI National Crime Information Center (NCIC) central database of ALL arrested or convicted people in the United State. Period. Is this too difficult for you people to understand?
Thunderfayamods: You don't appear to me like someone who is old enough that I can continue to engage and I won't argue forever. To tell you how un informed you are a country might be wealthy while the people are poor and that has been the problem with Nigeria.
And you are also here making sweeping generalization about Nigeria the same thing you are accusing me of doing. Honestly you are confused. You don't even know my place you are just talking gibberish.
You are also going completely out of point. My last response to you rich Nigerian.
@Thunderfaya...
You both are LARGELY. saying the same thing (in your interesting back-and-forth convos on this thread page as truth BUT based on different perspectives, different incomes on the socio economic ladders,and locations. So, You are indeed correct in a lot of your points because your experience differs from his and their were communities that were NOT fully covered by the oil boom era right into the 1980s such as Ajegunle in Apapa which received a lot of lower income folks from different parts of Nigeria.
There were also many foreign expats from Ghana, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Jamaica, the United States and the United Kingdom, etc, who migrated to live and worked all over Nigeria as academics (in primary, secondary and Unis), medical doctors, industry executives, etc. So, @tommy589 was right about Ghanaians NOT being the ONLY immigrant into Nigeria BUT Ghanaians constituted the largest immigrants because there where as many as 2.5million of them in Nigeria when the illegal immigrants or undocumented Ghanaians were ordered to leave in 1983 by the former President Shehu Shagari Government. You too are right based on the FACT that you DIDN'T notice these other foreigners aside from Ghanaians in the town you lived and schooled in. These other foreigners from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sudan, Jamaica, the United States, the United Kingdom, were largely spread in the cosmopolitan cities of Lagos, Ibadan, Kano, Port Harcourt.
tommy589: The post is about 1981 and it is the basis for our comments. I am no longer surprised with your post,your location influenced your opinion of other places. What your mother was collecting was not federal government palliatives there was no reason for it.she could be a member of a political party,they were known to do this for registered members.
It was late 80s I visited your town and it made it the second town in my life that I saw people buying water from water tankers. The first was Sango otta. True or not,I heard how Late Onabanjo was frustrated by the water cartels. If you don't have pipe borne water or constant electricity does that indicate others don't have?The first water reading meter i saw was at Zaria.Speak only of your location.Stop using your experience to make a sweeping generalisation of how other places in Nigeria were.
Either you are lying schooling in that era or did not attend secodary school within that town. Their is no way you won't have school mates locking up sadines,biscuits and other consumables in their lockers. And they don't have to come from rich homes.
So it was only the Ghanians you saw. What of the Asians from India, Pakistan and south korea that worked,had education here and used Nigerian passports to migrate to western countries. Or you did not have them as teachers or encounter them in hospitals as doctors and nurses
There is a video online of Indians professionals in USA celebrating and appreciating Nigeria for giving them free education and passports to be who they are today.
I know that you don't know that some people in a town in Nigeria were already speaking Russian because of the thousands of Ukrainians working there.What attracted those foreigners if not Nigerian wealth
I visited states in all the zones of the 19 states and I did not witnessed this "poor" Nigeria that you kept on talking about. Check my past posts you will see you are not talking to a baby
@tommy589
YOU spoke well. Your sequence of events trom the 1970s to the 1980s is absolutely spot on.
Where I disagree with "thunderfaya..." is in the aspect of him saying that ONLY Ghanaians were immigrants in Nigeria. In reality, there were several foreign expats living and working in Nigeria BUT Ghananians were the largest due to being just two countries away from Nigeria!
Just this week on a Ghana travel thread and in some of my older posts, I ALSO stated CLEARLY like you that as of the 1970s right into the 1980s, Ghananians, Sudan, Pakistanis, Indians, Bangladeshis, a few from Afghanistan, British, Americans, some Jamaicans, etc, migrated to Nigeria for work as academics in primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions. They ALSO got employed in Industries BUT when the United States increased interest rates suddenly in the early 1980s to strengthen their economy, it led to a default in international loan payments by many developing countries. Hence, the political class ran into economic headwinds and the military dictatorships took over in many countries due to the economic headwinds. Then IBB's military rule (or diarchy like they tried to call it), introduced the Structural Adjustment Program or SAP from the late 1980s which further death with the economy and the foreign expats started leaving Nigeria in larger numbers for greener pastures in North America and Europe.
I still have friends among the foreign expat families who were academics from Ghana, Bangladesh, etc, as of today living in the United States and Canada. We still communicate as buddies from the early 1980s.
tommy589: Where was the location Shagari and Buhari officials gave out essential commodities freely? Perhaps your location in 1981 makes you to conclude that's how the rest of the country was.
Nigeria was still experiencing the spill over of the 70s oil boom in 1981.If Nigeria was that poor or naira was not that strong, how come university students were able to afford the gate fee for Ben Murray Bruce shows.He did not run bankrupt by periodically bringing A-list American Artists to universities shows in Nigeria.Power Mike was also not left out with top American wrestlers having sold out shows too.
Tell me when last an individual promoter has arranged top rated artists for shows again in Nigeria.
Don't talk what you don't know.Nigeria had immigrants doing works Nigerians thought demeaning. What motivates immigrant to flood a country? How many homes in cities were using generators to power their homes or dug boreholes to have pipe borne water in "81.
Free education and free treatment with drugs in all Loobo states.Life was good to me and most Nigerians.
Though through the years her growth has become dissapointing,it is still the country that provided for some of us,so don't bad mouth her past
True that.
Are you a baby-boomer born before 1965 OR a Gen X? Your power of memory recall is spot on! Both of you are practically telling the TRUTH in your interesting convos exchanged BUT from two different perspectives based on the FACT that he was in high school and lived in Ijebu Ode as of 1981 while you were based in Lagos State, two totally different locations with different economic circumstances.
There was indeed a spill over of the 1970s oil boom in the early 1980s just like you said. The hugely popular Kingsway Stores, UTC, Leventis and Chellarams Department Stores located in Lagos, Kano, and around Nigeria were the go-to places for our groceries, confectionery and more back in the day just like the malls that exist in Nigeria of 2025.
tommy589: Government were not giving out essential commodities. It was the military in 1984 that started confiscating essential commodities namely sugar,rice and vegetable oil from "hoarders" and selling off to the public at cheap price.
Life was good. Minimum wage was 120 naira at a time disparity between 1 naira to a dollar was minimal. I know of SW and Bendel States where Teachers bought mint datsun cars from government loans.
Nigerians are going through a lot.What i know is that successive Nigerian leadership has no plan for anyone other than themselves.The Obj that left government having a storey building residence at quarry road is hugely different from the obj that left power the second time
I can indeed affirm that your historical account is accurate.
tommy589: You are wrong, butter and bread were not luxury. it was affordable that some secondary school students (public schools) still had their lockers regularly filled with sardines,butter, biscuits and other beverages. People eat well then than now,though standard of living had started declining.most middle income families had food rosters that enabled some homes not to eat same food twice in a week. No doubt their is wide gap between the rich and poor, but an average Nigerian of today prefers to waste money on fake life styles than have a good diet
Car Talk › Re: Big Boys Convoy In 1981 by Konquest: 8:22am On Aug 16, 2025
