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MrSensor:
Who acted like a real man during the slap between these two men?

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Obviously Chris Rock did. I doubt I’d have been able to resist pouncing on Will Smith that day. There’s a limit to which I can take certain bs.

Will Smith Resigns From Oscars Academy Over Chris Rock Slap

Actor Will Smith has resigned from the body that awards the Oscars on Friday, five days after he assaulted comedian Chris Rock during a live global broadcast.

The actor said his actions, which overshadowed Hollywood's glitziest night of the year, were "shocking, painful and inexcusable."

"The list of those I have hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my dear friends and loved ones, all those in attendance, and global audiences at home," Smith said.

"I betrayed the trust of the Academy. I deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work. I am heartbroken."

There have been conflicting reports in recent days over whether Smith was asked to leave the ceremony, with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences saying he refused to go.

The group said this week it was starting disciplinary action against Smith -- only the fifth Black man to win the movie world's highest individual award for a man -- and warned he could face a rare expulsion.

But on Friday, Smith pre-empted that punishment.

"I am resigning from membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and will accept any further consequences the Board deems appropriate.

"I want to put the focus back on those who deserve attention for their achievements and allow the Academy to get back to the incredible work it does to support creativity and artistry in film."

Credit: AFP

AnonPoet:
Timeline: February 5, 2021


https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1357736213369810947?t=e3o8BBN21VTYTqwkvNiARQ&s=19


Note that this bridge leads to Cameroon and would increase trade between Nigeria and the neighboring country.

I remember the noise made over the Railway leading to Niger and how some people ignorantly said it was due to tribe. I guess the people here are also Fulani.

Where did you get your information from. This bridge is located along Ikom-Calabar highway, nowhere close to the Mfum border town. There are several kilometers from this less than one kilometer bridge to the border between Nigeria and Cameroon.

The government has done well but your comparison of the rail project leading into Niger and this bridge completely situated in Nigeria is wrong.

theenchanter:
don't get it wrong. Nigerians are not making noise because the rail-line leads to Niger republic but because Nigeria will build/finance the rail-line to Niger republic territory, Maradi.

I believe this bridge u posted ends at the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, unlike the rail-line that extends about 40km into Niger.

The OP is high on something. The bridge is nowhere close to the border and the bridge is not even located on the road that leads to the border.

Kingpin1000:
You can't force someone to take a vaccine he doesn't want to take. I knew one day it will come to this, people have resisted taking the vaccine because of the suspicious way they use to sell it.
How can you take a vaccine and yet you are still vulnerable to same ailment?
No be scam be that?

Now I believe the conspiracy theories, maybe a big Pharma company exposed the virus to cashout big time. Resident Evil stuff in low scale.

I also believe the conspiracy theory too.

A state want to make it illegal to ask for vaccine status in the United States of America and has proposed a $14,000 fine and a jail term up to one year.

Source: Foxnews.com

It is like if you don’t mention or know a moderator, your thread is not moved to front page. You guys should continue.

A call entered my phone and I had to pull over to receive it. While at it, I saw a truck that conveys scrap metals slowly heading towards me.

Before the truck arrived, I noticed a young man with hose (pipe) and two yellow gallons hidden inside the gutter patiently waiting.

The driver of the truck parked in such a way that the tank of the truck faced the gutter. Immediately he(driver) came down from the truck, he and the man waiting man fixed the hose to the tank of the truck and extracted diesel into the yellow gallons just within few minutes.

The waiting man handed some cash to the driver and off he went while the driver looked 360 degrees before driving off.

This is exactly what is happening in most organizations today. Employers and employees short changing each other. What would have been the fate of the driver if he was caught today?

See pictures.

Rudolf Okonkwo: Why Bola Tinubu lost 2023 presidential election

When it is all said and done, history will record that Bola Tinubu used the first part of his life to destroy the last.

RUDOLF OKONKWO • JANUARY 16, 2022

Bola Ahmed Tinubu

In his article, “Osinbajo’s Road to Abuja: The Untold Story,” Olawale Olaleye told how Osinbajo ‘defeated’ Bola Tinubu to become Muhammadu Buhari’s vice-presidential candidate.
According to the story, early in 2015, as soon as Buhari became the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu set up a committee to come up with a way to justify to the nation his inevitable choice as Buhari’s running mate. That was because the Buhari-Tinubu ticket would have imposed Muslim-Muslim candidates on Nigeria. One of the committee members was Yemi Osinbajo, the current Vice President of Nigeria. As the story went, Osinbajo expressed to the committee members that it would be difficult for him to go back to his constituency and explain the potential Muslim-Muslim ticket. Osinbajo’s discontent got to Bola Tinubu, and he held it as a grudge against his former Attorney-General when he was the governor of Lagos State.

While this was going on, Muhammadu Buhari’s committee set up to shortlist his possible Vice Presidential candidates arrived at three names. One of the names was Yemi Osinbajo. When Buhari took the three names to Bola Tinubu to give him the honor of picking one in recognition of his contribution to Buhari’s campaign, Tinubu flared up when he did not see his name on the list. In the intriguing negotiations and permutations that followed, despite Bola Tinubu’s initial rejection, Osinbajo ended up as the Vice Presidential candidate of Buhari instead of Tinubu.
That was how Tinubu lost out in his quest to be Buhari’s running mate in 2015. Of course, if Bola Tinubu had been Vice President for the last six years, a different conversation would be going on in Nigeria today.

Now, here is how Tinubu will lose out in his quest to become the President of Nigeria in 2023.

Undoubtedly, amongst those who have declared their interest in running for president in the 2023 election, Bola Tinubu is the most formidable. It was not a secret that he had nursed the ambition of being president since he left the governorship of Lagos State in 2007. He has invested a lot of political capital in building a humongous political structure across Nigeria. As the political season opens up, he hopes to deploy all his resources to attain his ultimate political goal.

The troubles with Bola Tinubu’s candidacy are enormous. Some are within his control, while others are not. No candidate for the presidency of Nigeria has ever come into the campaign with much political baggage as Tinubu, not even Muhammadu Buhari.

We can find in three folds everything wrong with Muhammadu Buhari in Bola Tinubu. In 2015, there was the myth that Buhari’s abbreviated performance in 1984 as the military Head of State was what Nigeria needed. We cannot say the same about Tinubu. Nobody can say that Tinubu’s abysmal performance as governor in Lagos State from 1999 – 2007 displayed any spark of brilliance that can make a dent in Nigeria’s precarious situation today. In 2015, some thought Buhari was disciplined. In 2022, everyone knows that Tinubu is not disciplined. In 2015, some saw Buhari as incorruptible. In 2022, everyone knows Tinubu as the epitome of bullion-van-level corruption in Nigeria. In 2015, some looked at Buhari as healthy and agile. In 2022, everyone knows Tinubu is ill and sluggish. In 2015, some perceived Buhari as someone that commanded respect within military circles. In 2022, everyone knows that the only military wings that respect Tinubu are the touts, alayes and the area boys.

Unlike Buhari, who had several opportunities to try, Tinubu has just one chance – 2023. It is a do-or-die situation for him. He has no second chance. If he doesn’t win, he goes home without fulfilling his dream. That puts tremendous pressure on the man.
So, we expect a vigorous campaign from Bola Tinubu. And as the first week of his one-shot campaign shows, it won’t be an easy ride for the self-described “kingmaker” who wants to be a king.

The self-inflicted personal baggage of Tinubu is well known to all. His inability to present a straight biography is one of them. Nothing about him is straightforward – his age, his name, his certificates, his schools (primary, secondary, university), his parents, his source of wealth, the state of his health, his ever-changing ideology, etc. Even his classmates are unknown. At least, Buhari has been taking pictures with his secondary school classmates as proof that he went to secondary school.

Though possession of a crooked biography has never stopped anyone from being the president of Nigeria, the case of Tinubu is so egregious. They are coming at a point when Nigerians are less tolerant of such character flaws. It does not help that more and more Nigerians are beginning to see the correlation between such flaws and the performance of the bearer, as Muhammadu Buhari exemplified. It does not help Tinubu that Nigerians are coming into a new awareness of how personal things affect professional things and how individual faults impact the collective interest of we, the people.

Of course, in Nigeria’s crooked democracy, the people have little say on who will ultimately become their president. The power brokers are the most significant determinants of who will emerge as president.
Here is what is working for Bola Tinubu.

If APC fields Tinubu as its presidential candidate, APC is finished. If APC does not field Tinubu as its presidential candidate, APC is finished. As a result of that reality, APC is trying, but it has not found a way to extricate itself from that quagmire.

In 2015, when Nigeria was still at its innocent stage, Buhari was forced to pick a pastor as his running mate to deflect the perception of him as an Islamist. In almost seven years in office, Buhari’s obscene mismanagement of Nigeria’s diversity raises the stake so high for Bola Tinubu. The heightened ethno-religious tension in Nigeria complicates Tinubu’s life on so many levels.

If Tinubu were to become the presidential candidate of the APC, his first challenge is finding a Vice Presidential candidate that will be satisfactory to Northern leaders. As we have seen in the past, a Northern Christian is not satisfactory to the North as a vice presidential candidate when the presidential candidate is a Southern. It doesn’t matter if the Southern is a Muslim because, in the North, a Southern Muslim is not seen as authentic as a Northern Muslim. The North would rather have a Southern Christian president with a Muslim vice president than a Southern Muslim president with a Northern Christian vice president.

While a Muslim-Muslim ticket could win the presidency in 1993, it was unacceptable in 2015. And that was why Bola Tinubu was not named the Vice President to Buhari then. Buhari’s performance makes it ten times more difficult to sell a Muslim-Muslim ticket to Nigerians in 2023. Of course, Bola Tinubu thinks he can sell it, another indication that he lives in a world of those who have taken mkpurummiri. Tinubu thinks his Southwest base, known to care less about whether their leader is Muslim or Christian, will abide by him. This is so 1993.

But the truth is that the power brokers in the North are not going to take that chance. They instead back another candidate that will not bring about so many complications to their interest. And that is why they are leaving the room for a Northern candidate to be the presidential candidate of the PDP, just in case they need to default to supporting the party in 2023.

Another thing not working for Bola Tinubu is that in northern power circles, nobody trusts him. He is not an Obasanjo. In the past, he had expressed his distaste for one-Nigeria.

Coming out of NADECO, he once flirted with the campaign for a radical restructuring of Nigeria in ways the North detests. The bottom line is that Tinubu does not fit into the character that either the North or the South will want for president. No wonder the Southwest-based cultural group, Afenifere quickly disassociated themselves from his campaign for president.

When it is all said and done, history will record that Bola Tinubu used the first part of his life to destroy the last. He was not the first to do so. And he will not be the last. That realisation should console him. And irrespective of who becomes the president of Nigeria in 2023, Nigeria would be better off than the country would have been if it were to be Bola Tinubu.

Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo teaches Post-Colonial African History at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He is also the host of Dr. Damages Show. His books include “This American Life Sef”, “Children of a Retired God” among others.

Ademola47:
Every Nigerian is expected to have 4 National means of Identification, namely:



Now, how many of it do you have?

Me I have just 2.

PS: Pictures were gotten randomly from Google to put things into perspective.

All

NwaAmaikpe:

Spill it bro!

Bola146:
Congratulations, may God uphold your home

Amen. Thank you very much.

toscolee:
Happy married life brother.

Thank you brother.

Geestarry:
Congratulations. May God continually bless your home.

Thank you.

Sonnobax15:

Congrats man.....10 years for marriage these days for NIGERIA no be beans.....Even three years marriage now self, people dey throw party dey put like say na golden jubilee . Talk more of a whole 10 years..........you suppose kill ram put self

Lol. Thank you a lot.

ststyreal:
Congrats happy married life!! Many more happy married life ahead amennnn

Thank you.

Offpointng:
Marriage is a conjugal life time in bliss and blues as the holy book said it not good for a man to be alone and then two ribs became equal halves that is, one for you, one for her until you both finally become addition flesh.

The Sun that keeps an Elephant from falling and the stars that protect the rat from eating amiss keep you both strong n mighty, happy married life.

Thank you very much.

This day 10 years ago, I and my dear wife got married. We have lived happily ever since and she has been such a lovely wife who supports the family with everything she has.
I couldn’t have asked for a better wife.
May God Almighty continue to bless, guide, guard and elevate us until the end of time.
We are blessed with two kids (a boy and girl).

Cc: Lalasticlala
Mynd44

Hello nairalander, I jus got married march this year, honestly am bored already .

The truth is am an only son so the whole pressure of getting married from my family made me got married although I love my wife she is beautiful, sexy and intellectual but I just miss the bachelor life.

I feel I entered marriage too early am just 29 although am well to do, with my own business and from a well to do home also... but am always feeling marriage is slowing me down business wise and exploring.

Sometimes I just feel like I want to leave the house and do what my fellow friends that are not married are doing.

I am scared I might divorce soon....cause honestly am bored the whole marriage thing just tire me although I go out with my wife and all that...

Please what should I do..??

Is it normal for a guy that is young and just married to feel like that

please advice

You are 29 and you called that “just”? I was 29 when I got married and I will be 10 years in marriage come 22nd of this October with two kids. How can you say you married too early at 29? When would you have preferred to get married? 40 I supposed.

You are the one boring up the marriage. What are your friends doing that you can’t do with your wife? except maybe hitting on different girls. If it is clubbing, hanging out (flexing), all these can be done with your wife in the picture especially now that you guys don’t have kids yet.

Being 29 and marrying at 29 and you considering it as “too early” sounds stupid to me. If you had said you are 20-22, I’d see reasons with you but 29? However, learn to use I’m or I am, this “am” usage is so wrong.

Good evening.

helinues:
Poverty thinking question

How rich are you?

Davash222:
32 * 10,000,000 = N320,000,000



Who teeth help

Lol. I am sure you will do a dental implant after selling your 32 natural teeth

chatinent:
It would be saturated so I'll end up punching 30m outta you.

Me ke. You won’t even see me let alone punching teeth outta my mouth.

Davash222:
My wife will be helping me to chop meat, after I go collect am through coitus.

This one cracked me up.

If one of your teeth cost N10M, how many will you sell?

Fescoblack:
Fatal accident is the type of accident whose the victim pick up injuries, brusies etc. But ghastly, is howevery the accident that involves death for the victim. Let us be guarded

WRONG! It is the other way round.

soloehis:
It is saddened when I read how Nigerian security agents extort and harass motorist on the highway over car registration issues that could be avoided. Do the following you will never be harrassed again.

1. Make sure your car documents are up to date. Eg.
Drivers licence and your car particulars.

2. Be Polite when ever you are been stopped...greet them with smiles on your face when an officer tries to intimidate you try to keep ur cool and stand by your right...don't show any sign of fear. Try as much as possible to be calm.

3. Check the validation of your plate number on FRSC data base. https://nvis.frsc.gov.ng/VehicleManagement/VerifyPlateNo . Enter your plate number..it will display the make of your car, color of your car as it is on your paper. If your plate number is valid and yet to be assigned it means your documents was not uploaded...go to any licencing office with your car particulars they will upload it with a token not more than 1k. Depends on your approach.

4. Be sure your particulars are authentic. To be sure Check your vehicle licence here just enter ur plate number it will display the expiry date of ur paper..abuja registration has not been updated on the site..I don't know why is like that..https://verify.autoreg.ng/.

5. After you have confirmed all and an officer still tries to Harrass you..be calm,don't be afraid to follow them to their station. When you get to their station quietly call Inspector General monitoring Unit 08036242591 and lodge your complaint..they will quickly let you off their hook.

Knowledge is power when used wisely..
I Remain
Your humble brother & friend
Solomon Ehiwario
Lalasticlala

Op is from Agbor.

Jay Jay is the greatest and ranks among MY best in the world especially in creativity with the ball.

Onyi22:
Congratulations to them, God please remember me too

He will.

TotoGame:
Who told you nigerian army was established in 1960 Go dust your history textbook or better still google is your friend


The chief of army staff can question the naval chief or airforce cheif as what ?
Aren't you awear the army chief is the youngest service cheif being from 37RC in NDA while navy cheif is 36RC... while air chief is 35RC

Even as army chief....lt.Gen yahaya still salutes others service chiefs first cus the seniority is still there ...the listing stuff and arrival of service chiefs is nothing but mere protocol

See my friend....you know almost nothing about the military....

I was to create another thread on the current Army Chief who is a course 37RC and this is owing to his appointment after the death of Lt. Gen. Attahiru while the Naval and Air Chiefs are 36RC.

My article isn’t based on this current formation where the Army Chief is the youngest and courtesy demands that he salutes his seniors (Naval and Air Chiefs). Having said this, don’t be surprised if the Naval and Air Chiefs are relieved of their appointment before December because of this anomaly.

Please see Google search below on the establishments of the various military services.

I’m very sure you are referring to 1863 when Lt. Glover of the Royal Navy selected 18 indigenes from the Northern part of the country and organized them into a local force named “Hausa Constabulary”, performing the duties of both the Police and military for Lagos colonial government.

Omoluabi1stborn:
Oh, alright

Peace

Omoluabi1stborn:
Hummm,
So let's assume Airforce and Navy wan fight war.
Are you saying Navy will win Airforce?

Just an assumption

Nothing can ever lead to that. The military is one big family though the Army still belittles the Navy and the Airforce.

In wars, there are couple things you consider and these includes: military equipment and armament. The Navy have more man power compared to the Air Force. The Nigerian Navy has more Naval base compared to the Airforce. It will interest you to know that the Army and Navy also have planes/jets and have their own pilots.
Even in the Army, we have the amphibious unit and they are special forces that fight in water.

compton11:
cos anything securityagencies or ministries Nigeria created,the way tbey used to run it don't make sense.

My take on the security situation in Nigeria is that there’s serious compromise here and there.

Ikpeyi:
I no even remember aircraft carrier and submarines... Navy be the real strength of raw power.

Swears