Travel › Re: Sweden To Offer Immigrants $34,000 For Voluntary Return Home by lesson44: 1:03pm On Sep 13, 2024 |
immortalcrown: Na business for guys be dis.
Many possibilities: 1. Leave as John and return as James.
2. Leave Sweden and enter another country to remain a foreigner. you demonstrate how average Nigerian think say other people na fools . Una brain mess up sha. This same thing the people in government Dey do una. |
Politics › Re: Sanwo-Olu Advocates Preservation Of Lagos History - LASRAB Community Symposium by lesson44: 12:43pm On Sep 13, 2024 |
These people neva mean business. The Bini’s are part of owner of Lagos . Lagos royal throne is of Bini’s linage, are they going to leave that out? If they are serious about setting records straight about the history of Lagos, they should accept facts and lay everything down. How can they claim the original owner reclaim Lagos when the royals are Bini’s? |
Politics › Re: MKO Abiola's Children Pettition IG Over Diversion Of Their Inheritance by lesson44: 1:59am On Sep 13, 2024 |
casualobserver: We overhype people. Abiola could never have been worth $1b. 1) most of his businesses failed, 2) he was a govt contractor, that was his main source of income, he channeled his money into other businesses almost all of which failed. 3) he was jailed in 1992, at that time the GDP of Nigeria was $52b. He was Vice President for Africa for ITT and that was the springboard for his wealth. Even the ITT global group itself of which ITT Nigeria would have been a minor part of their global operations was only worth $2b in 1992. Thouh he left ITTin 1988, his oga at the top in America was only paid $11m a year in 1990 so how much could he have possibly made from ITT in terms of salary and stocks? Note from the article that as at the time MKO left in 1988, his oga earned less than $5.5m a year.
Abiola was a multi millionaire no doubt but he was never a billionaire. Not even close!
Most of those businesses you mention were unprofitable and were simply established with his gains from his govt contracts. What was the source of his major contracts? Telecoms….how much did we spend on telecoms in the history of Net/Nitel from 1970-1992? The entire annual budget of the whole country in that period averaged around $5-6 billion! The entire ITT contract that made Abiola his money was $150m later increased to $250m and it lasted decades so it was 1 contract. Of that, even if it was inflated by 100% after sharing with his Army and NPN buddies, what share was left for him considering he owned 40% of ITT Nigeria? Dont forget also a lot of that money he used to finance the election of Shagari just like PDP used Dasuki to finance elections. Abiola has not shown in any of his buinesses the ability to grow a business devoid of govt contracts, so i doubt even if he made $100m from the deal he was able to grow it to $1b.
I don’t think people understand what it meant to be a billionaire in the 80s which was Abiola’s peak. There were only a few in the whole world! In 1980 there were only 13. In 1990 only 66.
His jet 5N-AMY and pictured below, for instance was a small jet and it was 13 yrs old when he bought it and probably did not cost him more than $1m and I am being generous. Do you see a billionaire today buying a used small jet? Note a billion today is nothing compared to a billion in Abiola’s time.
Today people who have small money you call them billionaires when they aren't, ask anyone who was alive in those days nobody, even with hype, mentioned Abiola and billionaire in the same sentence. Billionaires in those days were the likes of Aristotle Onasis, Sultan of brunei, Kinf Fahd of Saudi and Howard Hughes.....Abiola was not in their league. He was wealthy, he was flamboyant, but billionaire no! He was a contractor, a deal maker not a business man in the true sense of the word, hence despite using proceeds from his role as a govt contractor to establis many businesses, you cannot point to a single Abiola business that endured. His only path to probable billionaire status was his oil block but he didn’t live to see it produce as it was blocked for close to 2 decades due to politics. Abiola was a flamboyant and very generous man he spent as generously and flamboyantly as he earned giving the impression he was richer than he really was. Your analysis makes a whole lot of sense. |
Politics › Re: Fuel Hike: I Wonder Where This Guy Keeps His Fuel Now; Funny 2022 Post Trends by lesson44: 1:23pm On Sep 10, 2024 |
[sup][/sup] passenger front seat 🤣🤣🤣 |
Phones › Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 16 Pro And iPhone 16 Pro Max by lesson44: 12:32pm On Sep 10, 2024*. Modified: 1:00pm On Sep 10, 2024 |
The prices are affordable even to people on minimum wages in America . They can buy it outright with one month pay. But people in places like Nigeria will do everything including selling their dignity just to get this phone. This phone is not made with Nigeria in mind, that is why Apple has not at anytime officially launched an Iphone for Nigeria market. Stick to your local phones. I never see people wey get longer throat like our people before. |
Politics › Re: Petrol Price: ‘we Are In Deep Pain’ – Nigerians Knock Tinubu Govt by lesson44: 5:31pm On Sep 09, 2024 |
Tinubu promised to continue where Buhari stopped. So far, a promise made is a promise kept. He was very upfront about his intentions. |
Politics › Re: Tinubu Is A Financial Wizard, Give Him Two More Years,-comedian Gbenga Adeyinka by lesson44: 10:53pm On Sep 08, 2024 |
Where people like this come comes from? No shame. How can anyone with their right mind defend this failure? Election is over but the idiot is still campaigning against Obi. |
Politics › Re: Many Nigerians Abandon Air Travel As Ticket Prices Soar Above ₦200,000 by lesson44: 10:43pm On Sep 08, 2024 |
I just looked up Lagos-Benin route. Air peace is giving me rates in usd . I don’t know if it is because I am checking from the USA. I use to get rates in Naira no matter where I log into the website from. Price wise, the rates are lower compared to what people are saying about other routes. |
Romance › Re: Help Me Beg Ms. Kelly To Release My Husband Back To Me - Wife Cries Out (video) by lesson44: 7:21pm On Sep 08, 2024 |
She just made her awkward situation worse. I don’t know why she thinks her husband was kidnapped. He probably fell out of love with the wife and fell in love with his girlfriend. |
Politics › Re: Tinubu Commits To Replicate China’s Infrastructure In Nigeria by lesson44: 2:39pm On Sep 07, 2024 |
This man is Joke. Abeg make him sing music wey Nigerians fit dance. |
Education › Re: Monday Okpebholo's Interview With BBC That Got Aisha Yesufu Laughing (Video) by lesson44: 7:33pm On Sep 06, 2024 |
Emir01: Fu*k speaking fluently. Speak any language and govern well. Nothing wrong with the Video. The same propaganda you did against Tinubu, saying Tinubu can't speak and million of imbeciles believe. Park well. Has Tinubu performed well so far? What was propaganda about her oppositions? |
Celebrities › Re: Abdul Hakim Awal Breaks Guinness World Record For Longest Time To Hug A Tree by lesson44: 12:51pm On Sep 05, 2024 |
This is becoming ridiculous, Africans looking for cheap way to enter Guinness book of record. |
Politics › Re: Toronto Police Official Statement On Arrest Of Amaka Sonnberger by lesson44: 12:49pm On Sep 02, 2024 |
Bliss4Lyfe: Where did they mention Amaka Sunnberger, are you people crazy?
Show us where they mention Amaka Sunnnbergerr Get real. She in jail as we speak. Go to Toronto Police ZX page you will see the press release there. |
Health › Re: Woman Smelling Foul For Weeks Realises She Forgot Tampon In Her Body For 1 Month by lesson44: 8:47pm On Aug 31, 2024 |
I need to go shower after reading this dirty girl story. |
Politics › Re: Ohanaeze Condemns Video Threatening Yoruba, Benin People With Poison by lesson44: 1:25pm On Aug 29, 2024 |
She look a miserable woman, but her life will be 10 times worse off going forward. You don’t put your miserable life on others. I believe by now she most likely been relieved of her job. |
Family › Re: Nigerian Woman Ends Her Marriage Over Husband's Poor Personal Hygiene by lesson44: 2:35pm On Aug 21, 2024 |
The guy probably was a dirty man during dating. But the sparks were still there for her to over come It. That euphoria you get from dating doesn’t last forever. You need other things to get the little sparks going when you get married and living together , Especially if you are not supper rich. Trying to make yourself look attractive to your partner is one of those things. |
Sports › Re: UK Lady Expresses Her Love For Osimhen After Chelsea Plan To Sign Him by lesson44: 4:19pm On Aug 18, 2024 |
SocialJustice: Na poor people dey f*ck onlyfans girls? Little boy go and read your books and stop acting like what you have no clue about. I bet you are poor. |
Sports › Re: Mikel Obi Reveals He Funded Nigeria's Olympic Football Team Flight To Brazil by lesson44: 10:32am On Aug 18, 2024 |
sleek214: So what? Didn't George Weah fund his own country football team in many tournaments? Mumu among us is 5 times more than the smart ones, that is why most Nigerians are poor in a rich country. In case you don’t know,George sponsors their soccer team because the country was broke and could not afford it. In Nigeria case, the money allocated for the project went to personal accounts. |
Sports › Re: UK Lady Expresses Her Love For Osimhen After Chelsea Plan To Sign Him by lesson44: 10:19am On Aug 18, 2024 |
SocialJustice: If na me be Osimhen I must chop after she sign consent form. poor man with fucking mentally. I understand sha. Sex is basically the only thing the poor have in common with rich people in terms of enjoyment. So them don’t play with it. In case you don’t know, there are 100s if not thousands of girls out there in Europe better than this girl that sent dm to him monthly . |
Travel › Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by lesson44: 6:28am On Aug 18, 2024 |
I hope they smoke him out. He has been making 5 times more money than an average person on minimum wage. He should go rent a place. But then , I go pity the landlord of the building sha. He go use the place as camp . |
Travel › Re: Us-based Nigerian Man Shows Sleeping 'box' Costing $80/8hrs by lesson44: 2:53am On Aug 16, 2024 |
I lived NY before, I don’t know places like this exist. E be like say bro dey find the cheapest place to stretch him dollar. I doubt if the place is legal. |
Politics › Re: Soyinka Slams President Tinubu’s Address, Response To Protests by lesson44: 5:42am On Aug 05, 2024 |
Thewrath: When he comes out to protest like he did before,we will take him serious,he must finish what he started o. How old was he then, and how old is he now? |
Politics › Re: VP Kashim Shettima Speaks On Nationwide Protest by lesson44: 11:53pm On Aug 02, 2024 |
Where is Mr President in all of these? I think something is not right. |
Politics › Re: Police Arrest Man For Allegedly Advocating Violent Protest In Plateau State by lesson44: 2:58pm On Jul 29, 2024 |
This no be ordinary eyes. The guy was probably looking for free accommodation and free prison foods. How can anyone possibly make sense of what he was calling for? He even want to burn down private businesses. |
Romance › Re: Is There Karma When I Chop And Clean Mouth by lesson44: 1:07am On Jul 19, 2024 |
I know you are already decided on what you want to do with her, you just dey look for yeye support. If you ask me, I will say don’t do that to her. If her plans is to remain virgin until she get married, don’t be the one to ruin that plan for her. you might get away with it now, but down the road as you grow older, you will feel bad you did, with age comes empathy. I am talking from experience.
I am 52 year now, I crack so many nuts in my days. I met one of my ex . She is happily married and doing well . When she narrated how much she loves me then and how my I don’t care attitude breaks her heart. I just couldn’t stop apologizing. I have over 50 I treated worse that I might never get the opportunity to ever meet again. Girls take love more seriously than boys. Just continue to play with her, but don’t set yourself up for failure . she may likely grow out of whatever she is feeling with time. Good luck. |
Politics › Re: Bill Seeking Six-Year Single Term For President, Governors Scales First Reading by lesson44: 3:18pm On Jul 18, 2024 |
I hope the purpose is not to guarantee Six years of Tinubu regime. if passed into law, it should start after the end of Tinubu regime. Tinubu should fight for his reelection in 4 years time. Trying to gain extra two years without any new election is daylight robbery. You can’t change the rules in the middle of a game. |
Family › Re: 80% Of Divorced Women Are Now Side-Chicks To Married Men - Lady Says (Video) by lesson44: 9:07pm On Jul 16, 2024 |
Literally that is the only dating pool available for them. There are too many unmarried and younger girls in the dating world to compete with. I would say, less than 1% of a single men would consider divorcees as girlfriend. Other 3% might consider them as chop and clean mouth if the lady involved is beautiful and financially stable. |
Romance › Re: 'I Need A Husband': What Do You Think About This New Behavior Among Women? by lesson44: 11:51am On Jul 15, 2024 |
Earthstorms: This shows one of the negative side of modern living.
Our forefathers married many wives and also families arranged marriage for their children. This largely ensured that majority of the women had husbands.
Today, polygamy is frowned at and arranged marriage is seen as a taboo by many.
The young ladies are now expected to source for husbands by themselves and some fail to get husbands.
Also many young men can not afford to marry because they financial requirements exceeds their capabilities unlike in the old days where the financial requirements to raise a family is very low. You nailed the problems. |
Politics › Re: Reno Omokri Condemns Peter Obi For Not Congratulating Prof Wole Soyinka by lesson44: 3:43pm On Jul 14, 2024 |
Peter Obi live rent free in this guy head. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Pastor Paul Adefarasin Condoles With Trump Over Shooting Incident by lesson44: 3:27pm On Jul 14, 2024 |
Nigerians get problem sha. What has this incident got to do with Nigeria/ Nigerians.
Why not focus on issues that have direct consequences to Nigerians. |
Politics › Re: Viral Video Of Atiku Abubakar's Convoy (Video) by lesson44: 2:14pm On Jul 11, 2024 |
E get some kind money wey you go thief. The money no go fit finish. E go continue to replenish itself. |
Crime › Re: U.S. Govt Transfers Woodberry, Hushpuppi, Bidemi Rufai To Same Prison Facility by lesson44: 1:49pm On Jul 10, 2024 |
Faber: The Democrats (The US version of APC) led by Sleepy Joe (The US version of Sleepy and confused BAT) are assembling top scammers and hackers to hack the US elections in favour of Joe Biden...
As it stands now, that's their only option to defeat Trump... So let's watch and see how it pans out..  Your mumu high reach mountain. |