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PoliticsRe: Nigerian Credits N4M To LP Account. Donate Yours Today (PHOTOS) by macdongenius: 8:56pm On Jan 05, 2023
You well abi?

lhordspy:
For looting abi? All na 419 format .

LP are scammers. This is what scammers do. They create a fake alert screenshot to entice people to invest in whatever 419 thing they are trying to sell. With the sole aim to make people feels others are patronising the business with huge amount too.

Please dear Nigerians dont waste your money. Obi, Aisha yesufu, Tanko, Okupe and others are diverting the money as it is coming.
PoliticsRe: Tinubu To Edo State: If You Want Prosperity Vote For Me by macdongenius: 8:29pm On Jan 05, 2023
He’s a pained and paid urchin flooding all threads with his stupid comments. Copy and paste. Shm

UnfairLife7:
No doubt Tinubu will convincingly win the coming election and succeed Muhammad Buhari

I honestly feel for Obi seriously

The show of shame of his campaign and the bad name he gave Psquare the upcoming artists performing in an empty field in PH is so embarrassing

I honestly feel for him on a more serious note

I sincerely wish he will not giveup just like his boss Atiku in contesting again after the election

Joke apart, I honestly feel for him
PoliticsRe: Pictures From Peter Obi & LP Presidential Campaign Rally In Ekiti State by macdongenius: 8:11pm On Jan 05, 2023
You are a pained and paid urchin. Repeating this lines on all posts. I have consistently monitored you and can confirm that you are a failure with your Lagos and Dubai landlords. All threads are being desecrated with your hate comments.

UnfairLife7:
This is so embarrassing

PrinceofLagos, biko come see how una blooda dey embarrass himself for all him naming ceremony campaign

Sincerely speaking i honestly feel for Obi seriously

The show of shame of his campaign and the bad name he gave Psquare the upcoming artists performing in an empty field in PH is so embarrassing

I honestly feel for him on a more serious note

I sincerely wish he will not giveup in contesting again after the election

Joke apart, I honestly feel for him
PoliticsRe: Kwankwaso To OBJ, Clark: Stop Disgracing Yourselves. Endorsing Obi is a Mistake by macdongenius: 4:43pm On Jan 05, 2023
Kwanwaso nor pure that’s why he refused to align with Obi. Light and darkness can’t coexist.

MadamExcellency:
It was Kwankwaso that went to Lagos State and bailed out all Hausa/Fulani that burnt and kill people in offensive and reprisal attacks and justice was circumvented till today.
PoliticsRe: Kwankwaso To OBJ, Clark: Stop Disgracing Yourselves. Endorsing Obi is a Mistake by macdongenius: 4:41pm On Jan 05, 2023
Just like it erupted when Abacha died in 1998.

SocialJustice:
When Obi is declared winner sha. Omo! Nigeria will erupt in joy like 1994.
PoliticsRe: Kwankwaso To OBJ, Clark: Stop Disgracing Yourselves. Endorsing Obi is a Mistake by macdongenius: 4:40pm On Jan 05, 2023
You are not tired of suffering abi??

JAMO84:
All I know is:

Obi must contest this election

He must not step down for his Fulani master

Obi must waste 6 million votes meant for Atiku

Asiwaju will appoint Obi as Nigeria Ambassador to Bangladesh



I AM DONE TALKING
PoliticsRe: Kola Abiola On The Candidates Presidential Town Hall Series (Live Video) by macdongenius: 9:19pm On Nov 22, 2022
Very true and Apt.

In other words;

The Movement sweeping through Nigeria is explainable.
1. The oppressed have found a Leader with a record of care and performance and who thankfully has character, competence and capacity to begin the process of building a new Nigeria.
2. The people are fed up. The suffering is too much.
3. The people are no longer for sale. Even if they take your money as bribe for votes, they believe its their money anyway and look forward to voting for whom they please. Nothing anybody can do about it.
4. The men so desperate to rule Nigeria are no longer saleable. Their Expiry Date has long passed. Even if you give them away for free no one will accept them. Taking bad medicine will only make the problem worse.
5. Those still praising them are just wanting a last pay day before jumping ship. Many belong to the two expired Parties by day but are strong Labour Party supporters by night.
6. The Hausas in the North and Middle belt who have been mentally enslaved for centuries are waking up and understanding they are actually free men and women. Those who provide them with communal meals once a week are not their freinds nor brothers. Slavery comes in many forms, the ones by way of food and bondage of the mind is even worse than the ones with chain where there is even no need to purchase locks and chains.
7. Nigerians deserve better. The masses have decided to take their chances with a new Party rather than carry on suffering with those already tried and tested that continue to fail.
8. The level of insecurity, poverty, pain, insecurity, insecurity, pain, suffering, pain, suffering, poverty, poverty, poverty, blood, sweat and tears is toooooo much to bear any more.
9. Out of control inflation. The ‘elite’ and oligarchs still use private jets like its an Uber cab. But tell us it is only us that must make sacrifices for things to get better, whilst they continue with their life style, unchanged.
10. The oligarch must be identified for flushing away.
11. The people are fed up with both sides of the same coin, fed up with the conjoined twins who share the same internal organs, digestive system and one anus. We are grateful for the third force……..LABOUR PARTY.
12. Should our choice fail, God forbid, we will not complain, it was out choice.
13. So the campaign of the Labour Party has metamorphosed into a Movement. By a process akin to osmosis, members of other parties that crave a better Nigeria have moved into the Labour Party. This Movement has not only gone viral but international.
14. Those who have been ruling Nigeria never appreciated the importance of Nigeria to the wider world. They have also failed to understand how Peter Obi is altering the medula and DNA of Nigerians.
We know that 2015 Protocol has been activated again. The Kuje Prison Outbreak was the final action plan. We remain undeterred.
In my humble opinion, whatever the outcome of the 2023 elections, Nigeria will not be the same again after it. I am hopeful however that the change will be for good.
Amen.

Mensonges:
Obi has destroyed Atiku and the other one who likes to play ballu
PoliticsRe: Kola Abiola On The Candidates Presidential Town Hall Series (Live Video) by macdongenius: 9:18pm On Nov 22, 2022
Rituals activated. Run for your life. Evil party at its best.

BABANGBALI:
STRANGE
A man slumped and died at APC rally in Jos. A day later, a woman slumped died at APC women rally in Kwara State.
They have started o.
PoliticsRe: Kola Abiola On The Candidates Presidential Town Hall Series (Live Video) by macdongenius: 9:16pm On Nov 22, 2022
The Movement sweeping through Nigeria is explainable.
1. The oppressed have found a Leader with a record of care and performance and who thankfully has character, competence and capacity to begin the process of building a new Nigeria.
2. The people are fed up. The suffering is too much.
3. The people are no longer for sale. Even if they take your money as bribe for votes, they believe its their money anyway and look forward to voting for whom they please. Nothing anybody can do about it.
4. The men so desperate to rule Nigeria are no longer saleable. Their Expiry Date has long passed. Even if you give them away for free no one will accept them. Taking bad medicine will only make the problem worse.
5. Those still praising them are just wanting a last pay day before jumping ship. Many belong to the two expired Parties by day but are strong Labour Party supporters by night.
6. The Hausas in the North and Middle belt who have been mentally enslaved for centuries are waking up and understanding they are actually free men and women. Those who provide them with communal meals once a week are not their freinds nor brothers. Slavery comes in many forms, the ones by way of food and bondage of the mind is even worse than the ones with chain where there is even no need to purchase locks and chains.
7. Nigerians deserve better. The masses have decided to take their chances with a new Party rather than carry on suffering with those already tried and tested that continue to fail.
8. The level of insecurity, poverty, pain, insecurity, insecurity, pain, suffering, pain, suffering, poverty, poverty, poverty, blood, sweat and tears is toooooo much to bear any more.
9. Out of control inflation. The ‘elite’ and oligarchs still use private jets like its an Uber cab. But tell us it is only us that must make sacrifices for things to get better, whilst they continue with their life style, unchanged.
10. The oligarch must be identified for flushing away.
11. The people are fed up with both sides of the same coin, fed up with the conjoined twins who share the same internal organs, digestive system and one anus. We are grateful for the third force……..LABOUR PARTY.
12. Should our choice fail, God forbid, we will not complain, it was out choice.
13. So the campaign of the Labour Party has metamorphosed into a Movement. By a process akin to osmosis, members of other parties that crave a better Nigeria have moved into the Labour Party. This Movement has not only gone viral but international.
14. Those who have been ruling Nigeria never appreciated the importance of Nigeria to the wider world. They have also failed to understand how Peter Obi is altering the medula and DNA of Nigerians.
We know that 2015 Protocol has been activated again. The Kuje Prison Outbreak was the final action plan. We remain undeterred.
In my humble opinion, whatever the outcome of the 2023 elections, Nigeria will not be the same again after it. I am hopeful however that the change will be for good.
Amen.

JosephXavier:
Anybody that wants to be Nigerian president should come out and tell Nigerians his plan for the country so that when he wins and fails to deliver, we can find him responsible and remind him of his campaign promises

Speaking through proxies and spokesperson has seen us elect the worst leaders with no good intention

We want a president and not the presidency
PoliticsRe: Atiku: Northerners Don't Need An Igbo Or Yoruba Candidate (video) by macdongenius: 3:43am On Oct 16, 2022
Who told Atiku that Nigerians need another Northerner after the obvious failure of an incumbent Northern Fulani who is about spending 8yrs? If not bcoz of PDP stupidity in jettisoning their zoning system.

Power must go to the south.
Atiku should be retired to Dubai.
He's selfish, self-centered and lacks the political will to turn Adamawa state around, not to talk of Nigeria at large.

Vote Obi-Datti in 2023.
PoliticsRe: I Only Have N2.8m In My Bank Accounts - Abba Kyari by macdongenius: 7:37pm On Sep 05, 2022
The money � is for Tinubu since na only Tinubu get Bullion van
PoliticsRe: Prof. Moghalu To Speak At Nigeria Youth Decide Conference October 1 by macdongenius: 8:46pm On Sep 04, 2022
Hypocrisy and lies. Looking so pained and tied to suffering. You and your generation, I wish you Buhari and may Agbada n cassava happen to you.

lhordspy:
It will be Gathering of birds of same feathers.



Group of people who shares the same horses can fly, tortoise is wise mentally. Bunch of clowns thats say they want to take back Nigeria. More like thieves nursing a wish of been the CEO of a bank.



Youth gathering indeed. We the south west and the entire North YOUTHS are not interested biko.


I trust Tinubu, he will never be found in this kind of hypocrtical gathering.


They can make do with Peter obi, the desperate man who crawls around, talking like the president of umudike spare part seller association. No composture, Non-presidential.. And full of unimaginable fables and lies
PoliticsRe: SWAGA Mocks Peter Obi, Labels Him Presidential Candidate Of Social Media Party by macdongenius: 9:14pm On Sep 03, 2022
Speaking my mind

ElijahOnyeka:
Lol... We go clear una doubt next year. Mind you, I'm a first time voter and I decided to get my PVC and vote for Obi. I also personally made arrangements for my 4 friends to get their PVC too and they're all first time voters too. We go really clear una doubt. "Social Media Party" members would be voting next year and I'm a proud member of the "Social Media Party". No worry
PoliticsRe: Dele Alake: Peter Obi Deceiving Everybody, I Won’t Retract My Statement On Him by macdongenius: 1:12pm On Sep 01, 2022
Very on point

franchasofficia:
This is how 2023 Presidential election result will be:

Peter Obi
Southeast - 85%
Southsouth - 67%
Southwest - 38%
Northeast - 18%
Northcentral - 32%
Northwest - 18%


Atiku Abubakar
Southeast - 8%
Southsouth - 25%
Southwest - 15%
Northeast - 38%
Northcentral - 23%
Northwest - 30%



Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Southeast - 3%
Southsouth - 6%
Southwest - 46%
Northeast - 24%
Northcentral - 34%
Northwest - 22%


Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso
Southeast - 1%
Southsouth - 1.5%
Southwest - 3%
Northeast - 19%
Northcentral - 6%
Northwest - 29%
Politics2023 General Election: The Options Available Vs The Choice To Make by macdongenius(op): 7:54pm On Jun 19, 2022
In most scenarios of life, we are always faced with two options to choose between the devil ( a great danger that will harm with time) and the deep blue sea (an equally dangerous hazard that will harm instantaneously). Come 2023 General Election, Nigerians have been presented with three cogent scenarios. The choice the electorate makes with their PVC can either make or mar the already comatose quagmire the nation is currently faced with.

For the record, we have:

- BATified
- Atikulated &
- OBIdient

Choose wisely

PoliticsRe: Anambra Governorship Election: Soludo Wins 16 Of 18 LGAs Announced By INEC by macdongenius: 8:04pm On Nov 07, 2021
Realdeals:
With the look of things, hardly will the total turnout for this election be close to 10% of total registered voters of over 2.5 millions. Eighteen LG results is not up to 200K.

ISN'T THAT A BOYCOTT?
To imagine that over 300k delegate voted for Andy Uba during APC primary election. Too much lies being peddled everywhere
CrimeRe: Police Station Set On Fire In Orile, Lagos (Videos) by macdongenius: 11:34am On Oct 20, 2020
#Endpoliticians
RomanceNigerian Girls Are Easy To Deceive – Frenchman Who Slept With 1400 Women Says by macdongenius(op): 12:25pm On Feb 22, 2018
A Frenchman identified as Jean Michel, has made a shocking revelation about Nigerian girls. According to him, they are the easiest to deceive across Africa.
The man, while speaking to an online news site, Africa24, admitted that he impregnated more than 600 women in six African countries including Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Togo, Ghana and Guinea, within two years.
His confession has been translated from French to English by Simon Ateba in Washington, District of Columbia and it reads:
“Good morning Africa 24, I have a confession to make about the havoc I have wreaked in six African countries, including Cameroon, Togo, Cote D’Ivoire, Nigeria, Ghana and Guinea. I am not proud of what I have done. These were unfortunate experiences.
“In France where I hail from, I did not have money. I was very poor until one day I played and won lottery. I won 550 thousand euros. It was the largest sum of money I had received in life.

“I did not know what to do, and a friend suggested we travel to Africa. We obtained all the documents, entry visa, and the rest, and our first stop was Ivory Coast.

“In Abidjan (the capital of Ivory Coast), we rented a furnished apartment. We had money to spend and met Ivorian people and we became friends. They introduced young Ivorian girls to us, and that’s when it all started.

“I began having sex with girls every day. Sometimes, I would sleep with three girls at the same time. It was a marvelous experience.

“I worried less about my health. All I wanted was to have fun. My friends and I were in a night club in the town every day looking for girls.

“One time, I met a girl and gave her money, and she told me to be engaged to her. She was ready to get pregnant for me. I don’t know whether it was the money they liked or the fact that I was from France that attracted them.

“I spent three months in Ivory Coast, spent 60, 000 euros and slept with more than 80 girls. After leaving Ivory Coast, I went to Togo where I slept with over 100 girls and spent 40, 000 euros.

“I spent three months in Togo and went to Nigeria. Nigeria was where I got more girls. I did not speak English, and it seems Nigerian girls love foreigners.

“I rented a furnished apartment in Nigeria and I was in Lagos for six months. I spent 100,000 euros and slept with 230 girls. Nigeria was the place I appreciated the most. Girls were always available and easy to deceive.

“From Nigeria, I went to Ghana, and then Cameroon and ended what I describe as my sex tour in Guinea. I was in those three countries for more than a year and spent over 200, 000 euros. If I told you I slept with more than 700 girls in those three countries, you won’t believe me, but it was unbelievable!

“In all, I slept with more than 1,400 girls in six different African countries. I have all their pictures in my photo album, including the dates we met, their names and phone numbers. I opened a Facebook account only for them.

“Since I returned to France, I have had more than 600 of them who told me they got pregnant for me. Some committed abortion, and I do not know exactly how many finally gave birth.

“Africa is a marvelous continent. Girls are beautiful and very sexy. All they want is a man who has money, and the worst is when he’s white.

“I realised that they love having mixed race babies. I do not know why, but many would do anything to get pregnant for you. 100 euros is plenty of money in Africa.

“To summarise, I went on a s-ex tour in Africa, I slept with 1,400 girls in two years and more than 600 got pregnant.

“I know many of you would judge me, but I do not care about your insults. I know that what I did is not good, but I enjoyed my stay in Africa, and I am planning another trip to Senegal, Mali, Gabon, Benin, Niger and Democratic Republic of Congo.

“The day after I returned to France, I went to the hospital for medical exams, and luckily, I was HIV negative, and I did not have any other infectious disease.

“My friend was also negative and we are planning another trip. I did not go to secondary school, so disregard my grammatical errors. Thank you for reading my story”.

http://nigeriana.news/nigerian-girls-easy-deceive-frenchman-slept-1400-women-says.html
EducationRe: Official Nairaland Thread For Geoscience Students by macdongenius: 8:40pm On Nov 26, 2017
Uniquejames:
This is the official thread for geoscience students that is geology, exploration geophysics, mining and other earth science courses both aspirants, undergraduate, graduates and professionals.

Let us share our experiences!

I am James studying geology in Ebonyi state university.

#WhoAreYou
https://www.nairaland.com/4199096/university-lagos-mountain-top-university
EducationUNILAG And MTU Set The Record In The Field Of Geoscience by macdongenius(op): 2:59pm On Nov 26, 2017
Nigeria top Universities jointly hosted the European Association of geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) first ever webinar lecture in Nigeria at the Mountain Top University. The lecture was delivered through a live connection interaction from a hyper-tech internet device which provided seamless communication between lecturer and audience. The world class facility put in place by the Management of Mountain Top University was lorded by all present at the occasion.
The webinar lecturer was hosted in Mountain Top University on Friday 24th November, 2017 and the guest lecturer was José M. Carcione who is Presently, the Director of Research at the “Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS)” (former “Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale”) in Trieste.
The whole event was initiated and followed up by Prof. Elijah Ayolabi, Vice Chancellor Mountain Top University and Mr. Ambrose M Ogbuike, EAGE Program Officer from the University of Lagos. The event was highly attended by over 500 delegates from across Nigeria Universities, oil and gas companies and information technology sectors. In his speech, the Vice chancellor of mountain Top University, Prof. Elijah Ayolabi eulogies EAGE for the lecture tour, commended the delegates and challenge all to take geoscience in Nigeria to the next level.
The lecture briefly outlines the physics and simulation of wave propagation in anisotropic, anelastic and porous media, including the analogy between acoustic waves (in the general sense) and electromagnetic waves. The emphasis is on geophysical applications for seismic exploration, but researchers in the fields of earthquake seismology, rock physics, and material science – including many branches of acoustics of fluids and solids (acoustics of materials, non-destructive testing, etc.) – may also find the presentation useful. I illustrate the use of seismic, ultrasonic and electromagnetic modeling, with a brief account of the numerical algorithms for computing the wavefields, including applications in the field of geophysical prospecting, seismology, environmental sciences and rock physics.

EducationUniversity Of Lagos And Mountain Top University Make Giant Strides In Geoscience by macdongenius(op): 2:46pm On Nov 26, 2017
The European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) proposed a lecture tour for the first time in Africa region and two of Nigeria premier Universities jointly hosted the event. Fifteen locations in Europe and further six in Africa were earmarked to host this year’s event.
The lectures are given by industry-based professionals and therefore an asset for the development of Nigerians geoscientists and engineers. The main objective of the lecture includes provision of industry focused knowledge on geosciences and engineering related topics.
The lecturer tour was hosted in Mountain Top University on Friday 24th November, 2017 and the guest lecturer was Prof. Dr. Hesham El-Kaliouby who is a is a professor of Geophysics in the National Research Center (NRC) of Egypt and has served as a Postdoctoral Researcher for the University of Arizona, USA from 2002-2004.
The whole event was initiated and followed up by Prof. Elijah Ayolabi, Vice Chancellor Mountain Top University and Mr. Ambrose M Ogbuike, EAGE Program Officer from the University of Lagos. The event was highly attended by over 500 delegates from across Nigeria Universities, oil and gas companies and information technology sectors. In his speech, the Vice chancellor of mountain Top University, Prof. Elijah Ayolabi eulogies EAGE for the lecture tour, commended the delegates and challenge all to take geoscience in Nigeria to the next level.
The lecture reviewed the principles of frequency and time-domain electromagnetic techniques and their applications through some case studies from applied research projects, which implemented the electromagnetic induction methods for near surface-related problems with a focus on the application of these techniques in environmental and engineering studies with objectives which encapsulates a review of the basics of electromagnetic methods; development of basic understanding of how measurements of electromagnetic techniques can be used to provide information about the electrical properties of the subsurface; development of critical thinking skills and an appreciation of the points of strength and limitations of the different electromagnetic methods when applied to environmental and engineering studies and provision of familiarity with the use of these electromagnetic methods in engineering, geotechnical, hydrological, mineral resources and other environmentally related near surface investigations.

Jokes EtcCaption This Hilarious Picture Of Iphone 7 That Gets People Talking by macdongenius(op): 8:15am On Oct 10, 2016
With the current recession in Nigeria and the advent of iPhone 7 worth over N500,000. Some Dude can actually go the extra mile to procure it for their side chicks.

Jobs/VacanciesIs Bahama Oil & Gas Ltd,badagary Job Interview A Scam Or For Real!!! by macdongenius(op): 2:44pm On Sep 27, 2016
Hello,i got a broadcast about a job vacancy at Bahama oil and gas ltd situated in Badagary,Lagos. I did sent a CV to the e-mail address attached underneath. Few hours later i got a reply from someone that claimed to be the HR Manager. The bottom-line is that he forwarded me an account number to pay in #6,500 as the training fee before the main interview. I'm really shocked and in a bid to get more details created this thread to have people's opinion before i decide what next to do.
Jobs/VacanciesUrgently Need A Help by macdongenius(op): 11:56am On Sep 22, 2016
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I can install Dstv dish,cctv cameras and inverters.
Can teach physics,mathematics and Further Maths
Kindly contact me for any job opening within Lekki,Ajah,VI,Ikoyi,Marina through 08170588854 ,ayoelijah1@yahoo.com
God bless you
Foreign AffairsLike Obama, But Never Like Buhari by macdongenius(op): 3:00am On Jul 30, 2016
***The whole world woke up on 28th july,2016 to the news of execution of three Nigerians and one Indonesian in a bide to stamp out drug trafficking in the low income Asian country of Indonesia . Though i'm not supporting drug pushers or barons;but the attitude of Nigerian President Muhammad Buhari to Nigerians lives is despicable. Before the execution,the inmates were given 72 hours notice. Along the line world leaders from the UN Secretary, US Secretary, EU and amnesty International kicked against the move,but not a word came from Buhari instead he was commissioning the rail project built by the past administration. The same lukewarm attitude was still noticeable when Fulani herds men ran riot maiming in the South. Bubu once again kept sealed lips. But he is quick to condemn Niger Delta Avengers. He was also quick to condemn the Paris terrorist attack,the Turkish coup attempt. But when it concerns Nigeria,Buhari switches off. Obama doesn't play with Americans lives. LIKE OBAMA, NEVER LIKE BUHARI***
PoliticsRe: NASS Padded 2016 Budget With N481bn - Vanguard by macdongenius: 10:19am On Jul 27, 2016
Really
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