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Politics / Who Are The Real Northerners by Menh: 11:32am On Jul 30, 2022
My Nothern friends should read this

WHO ARE THE REAL NORTHERNERS?

We have been innundated with the word North. Northern Elders, Arewa Consultative Forum, Northern Governors Forum etc. But really we are asking , "who are these Northerners?"

Let us borrow a bit from History. When Obasanjo as President gave Non-Fulanis sensitive positions in his regime, the sultan of Sokoto went with some Fulani irredentists like Ango Abdullahi , and confronted him, and made allegations that the North was being marginalized. Baffled , Obasanjo querried them, "Are Non Fulanis in the North , not Northerners?" The sultan said, "NO, they are not."

Obasanjo nodded his head to learn what he probably had not known before.

So we ask, " Who really are these Northerners?"

We have not finished excavation of the historical precedences on this pyhrric question.

Cast You mind back to December 1979, if you are wise enough then, to the very night of primary party elections of NPN. Clearly, Ambassador Maitama Sule, the erudite Hausa man emerged as NPN flag bearer. Some islamic - Fulani juggernauts led by sultan Attahiru of the Sokoto caliphate, said clearly that the Choice of Maitama Sule was not acceptable to the North. Parallel Meeting was held that night to substitute Maitama Sule with less known and hardly outspoken Alh. Shehu Shagari, a muslim Fulani, and the said North was after all, pacified. So we ask , "who really is a Northerner in Nigeria?"

In 2015 , the North rallied round and confronted President Goodluck Jonathan that power must shift to the North, to Buhari in particular, being a Fulani, inorder to maintain a Democracy supposed to be founded on Justice and fairplay. After seven years of the (mis)rule by the same Buhari, the same North said that zoning of Presidency to the South is undemocratic, condemning zoning entirely as being anti-democracy. And some of them like El Rufai are telling us that it not about religion but competence!

In 1953 when Aminu Kano , a typical Hausa man, upstaged the mysticism of the North to found Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU), Sir Ahmadu Bello, a Fulani , who had founded Northern Peoples Congress (NPC) clearly condemned Aminu Kano, calling him an Anti-North propagandist. Until Bello died in 1966, both were sworn enemies. So we ask, "who really are these Northerners?"

Maybe we should exploit the indelibility of history to proffer solution. On October 12 , 1960, just eleven days after independence, the National Parrot Newspaper, Ahmadu Bello gave the beeline answer to the poking question by quoting Ahmadu Bello who said, "This new nation called Nigeria is the inheritance of the Fulanis given to them by their great grand father , Uthmandan Fodio. We shall use the Northern minorities as Conquered people, and the South as willing tools, until we dip Koran into the Atlantic ocean."

The fact that you cannot re - write history, is a fact of life. Here in this similitude of a treatise, Ahmadu Bello, the Fulani maestro of the North, who prided himself as the great grand son of Uthman Dan Foddio, defined in no unclear terms who a Northerner really is. So, I am very sorry for unsettling your peace and peaceable mien to be asking the convoluted , but clearly answered question.

We are not making a detour , neither is it a decoy to say that North is Fulani , and Fulani is the North.

Recall that when one Governor of Kaduna State , a Fulani, was selected for the post of Vice President, whose Deputy was a Southern Kaduna man, it was a tug of war for the Fulanis to allow for a Non-Fulani to govern Kaduna State, and could have had their way if not the seeming immutability of the constitution.

Recall that in the same Kaduna State in 1979, Alh. Balarabe Musa, a staunch talakawa politician and an able follower of Aminu Kano, a Hausa muslim, was impeached on frivolous reasons to paveway for another muslim, this time a Fulani , to be the authentic Governor of Kaduna State, as if Balarabe was not authentically elected. This was done to please the North.

The vexatious cloud of contortion in the whole scenario is the cultural vulnerability of the so called Northern minority politicians to be used willy-nilly to dash the hope of their own people. Some Northern Non-Fulani Governors and politicians from the Northcan die for Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar respectively, but they cut the tails of their fellow Northern tribesmen to please their feudal masters - the Fulanis - in order to do so.

Now let us place the Biafran war on the slaughter slab vis a
viz the so called Northern minorities. It was these same Northern minorities that really fought the war for their overlords called Fulanis.

Yakubu Gowon, Martin Adamu, Theophilus Danjuma, Zamani Lekwot, David Mark, Joshua Dogonyaro, and host of others, were used to prosecute the war. When "real Northerners" were done with Gen Gowon , they removed him for their own in Murtala Ramat Mohammed. That coup was used as step-up to launch an ethnic cleansing of Non-Fulanis in the Nigerian military, which ideological obscenity has persisted till date in Nigerian military and paramilitary.

The sobriquet of One North, One Destiny, One People is a lie from the pit of hell.

Is the North monolithic? How porous is this dictum as a catch phrase. "Arewa" is Hausa word for North. Recall , it is not a Fulani word. Why ? Hausa is by far, the most populous in the entire North, but they are voiceless.

The Fulanis are very few , not more than 6 million, but they are in control politically and economically even though they are not aboriginous Nigerians. So, a Hausa word must be used, not a Fulani word, to galvanize support for the whole North, so as to consolidate on their power. This is the racket of cultural nudity in Northern Nigeria from Uthman Dan Fodio time which has served its purpose very well.

And they would call all Non-Muslims, including those from the North as pagans, "Kafiris". Well,

They have their north, and we have another North.


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Crime / Nigerian Gang B.l.a.c.k Axe Send Members to Ireland Banks IT Firms to Move €14m by Menh: 10:40pm On Jul 02, 2022
Nigerian Gang B.l.a.c.k A.x.e Sends Members to Ireland Banks, IT Firms to Move €14m Realised From Fraud’

The B.l.a.c.k A.x.e , a Nigerian confraternity, has been found to have infiltrated banks and IT firms in Ireland with its members so it could successfully launder over €14 million, being proceeds of various fraudulent schemes.

According to The Irish Sun, the organisation sent people to the Irish institutions to help in moving the funds, mostly in cash, realised from its global operations which include romance fraud and other fraudulent schemes.

Under Operation Skein, an investigation into worldwide invoice-redirect fraud in Ireland, over 400 suspects have been identified by The Garda, the country’s economic crime bureau. Close to 100 arrests have also been made through the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Interpol.

“The gang are massive and they sent hundreds of people to Ireland to facilitate their scams,” a source said.

“They send people here to open accounts, work in banks and in firms that can help them launder the proceeds of their criminality.”

Latest statistics from the Irish bureau revealed that 31 cases of fraud were recorded with a total loss of €812,715 by victims between January and May this year.

It was further revealed that 23 out of the victims were female while the other eight were male. Most of the victims were said to have met the fraudsters on dating sites and applications.

Giuseppe Diviccaro, a 45-year-old Italian popularly called The Banker, is believed to be working for the in the scheme and has been arrested by Irish authorities.

Image of Giuseppe Diviccaro, 45 one of the gang’s main associates in Ireland was later caged for his role in online scams.


https://fij.ng/article/nigerian-gang--sends-members-to-ireland-banks-it-firms-to-move-e14m-realised-from-fraud/

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Health / Sebastine Oiwoh: Bleaching Creams Can Cause Cancer, Kidney Disease, Cataracts by Menh: 11:36pm On Jun 24, 2022
Bleaching creams can cause cancer, kidney disease, cataracts –Dermatologist
Some victims of bleaching creams
A Consultant Dermatologist and Venereologist at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Dr. Sebastine Oiwoh, has warned against the use of bleaching creams, saying they could lead to diabetes, cataracts, viral infections, chronic kidney disease and cancer.

The dermatologist cautioned that beyond having negative effects on the skin, bleaching creams could damage internal organs.

Dr. Oiwoh disclosed this during an exclusive interview with PUNCH HealthWise and reminded users and intending users to know that what they apply on the skin also finds its way into the bloodstream.

The skin expert said people should do away with the erroneous impression that what is applied to the skin doesn’t get to the bloodstream.

According to him, Nigerians should appreciate that being dark-complexioned is not a mark of inferiority.

Dr. Oiwoh pointed out that melanin (black pigment in the skin) is the shield that protects the skin from the damaging effects of ultraviolet rays of the sun.

Further giving insight into the damaging effects of bleaching creams, the dermatologist said, “The effects of the skin lightening products vary per entity or as a combination depending on the constituents of the products.

He said, “They wipe off the organisms that serve as soldiers to the skin, leaving it naked and unprotected from many skin infections among which we are scabies, fungal infections of the skin and viral infections (warts in the skin), among others.

“They can also cause stretch marks that are usually ugly looking, wider and deeper than those caused by other factors like obesity.

“The skin gets thinner over time, making it easy to be bruised, have poor wound healing, and prominent dilated veins on the body (telangiectasias).

“The skin can have varying colourations (dyschromia). This can be from the disposition of some chemical substances in the deeper layer of the skin (the dermis). This is called exogenous ochronosis. It may also be from the aftermath of the varying skin infections/inflammations (that is post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation).”

Dr.Oiwoh revealed that the use of bleaching creams could trigger the growth of thin hair on the skin and the eruption of pimples on the face.

The dermatologist also noted that the products could also cause skin cancer, stressing that the burns caused on the face by bleaching creams might be difficult to reverse.

“Skin cancer occurs as there is unprotected access to ultraviolet rays into the skin with subsequent burns, sun damage and sun-induced change of the skin cells to cancerous types.

“The damaging effects of skin lightening products in the body can cause damage to the kidneys (chronic kidney diseases), adrenals (Cushing syndrome), blood vessels (systemic hypertension), diabetes mellitus, cataracts and others,” he added.

According to the United Kingdom’s National Health Service, overusing skin-bleaching products can cause irreversible skin damage, and the skin might not return to its original condition even after the individual has stopped.

Experts say processes of skin-lightening have a lot of health risks attached to them, warning that almost all bleaching products are composed of either three active ingredients that include Mercury, Hydroquinone or various corticosteroids.

Dr. Oiwoh emphasised that the use of bleaching creams should be discouraged and urged Nigerians to appreciate their skin colour, which he described as their identity.

According to data from a recent study carried out by Cable News Network, women from Nigeria were the highest consumers of skin-whitening creams ahead of four other African countries.

CNN was investigating skin whitening practices worldwide as part of a series titled ‘White Lies’.

The study showed that 75 per cent of Nigerian women patronise whitening products, while Senegal had 60 per cent, Mali 50 per cent and Ghana had 30 per cent.

On ways to maintain a healthy skin colour, the dermatologist counselled, “We can maintain a very beautiful, lovely, attractive skin colour without bleaching our skin by eating a balanced diet, regular intake of fruits and vegetables, adequate rest and engaging in regular exercise.

“The youths should also be very careful of what they apply on their skin because it is not all that glitters that is gold, as it could just be the rust some consider as the golden colour.

“The use of sunscreen to protect our skin from sun damage is indispensable. Adequate and regular use is also important as many don’t use anything near what the body needs.

“It must also be reiterated that when getting sunscreens, it has to be sunscreen only and not skin lightening products mixed with sunscreen.”

The dermatologist also advised Nigerians to as a matter of best skin health practices, consult their dermatologist for any questions or complaints that bother on skincare, care of the hair and nails.

According to him, such a specialist will also be in the best position to offer the best care for medically indicated reasons for dark colourations on the skin.

In a 2014 Article titled, ‘Skin bleaching: A neglected form of injury and threat to global skin’, published in the African Safety Promotion Journal, the authors from the Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, USA, said numerous potentially life-threatening consequences of skin bleaching have been identified.

According to them, skin bleaching can lead to fragile skin, poor wound healing and scarring. Other more serious health risks include hypertension, diabetes, infertility, leukaemia (blood cancer), skin cancer, foetal toxicity (foetal poisoning), immunosuppression (suppression of a healthy immune response), renal and liver impairment or failure”, they added.




https://healthwise.punchng.com/bleaching-creams-can-cause-cancer-kidney-disease-cataracts-dermatologist/

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Jobs/Vacancies / National Electric Regulatory Commission Email Verification Issue, Please Help! by Menh: 10:01am On Jun 10, 2022
Please help, I'm assisting my 'kid bro' to register for the National Electric Regulatory Commission vacancy.

I clicked on the email verification link sent to his email but their webpage keep saying Back to login "Not Confirmed...
Go back to your email and click the link again".

I contacted their support services and I was told to change my browser or refresh my browser, I did getting the same information from their webpage “Not Confirmed... Go back to your email and click the link again".

Kindly advise us on what you think we can do.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Please Narialanders I Need Your Advice About My Career by Menh: 1:07pm On May 28, 2022
This is invaluable I really appreciate you.


bukatyne:


Go to any Oil & Gas company's website and study the requirements for the role you seek.

That would be a guide to what is required.

Also, you need to try your hands on something so you have a bit of experience.

You can also explore related organizations whose competition isn't as stiff as Oil & Gas (Oil &Gas Servicing Firms, Gencos & Discos, Gas Distribution Firms etc.). This would give you relevant experience that would aid your goal.

Good luck.

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Please Narialanders I Need Your Advice About My Career by Menh: 12:57pm On May 28, 2022
I have a job but it's not related to what I want

jagtinic:
You already have a lot of qualification, you have not mentioned what you do on a daily basis besides this qualifications. Also keep your mind very open because sometimes we want something and we may not get it.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Please Narialanders I Need Your Advice About My Career by Menh: 12:18pm On May 28, 2022
I choose the oil and gas industry because I'm interested in the business and relevant experience will come in handy when I'm soliciting for investors.

Focusmind:


None -

Must it be an oil and gas Why do most youths have this impression that you must work in oil and gas to be successful? The position opened for people with your qualifications in oil and gas is limited and fiercely competitive, usually filled through recommendation and networking. Please broaden your horizon towards other sectors like Consulting, NGOs, FINTECH and other multinationals.

Or better still, as someone rightly pointed out, re-purpose and retool yourself and career towards exit from this country.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Please Narialanders I Need Your Advice About My Career by Menh: 12:01pm On May 28, 2022
How can do it and do it perfectly well if given the opportunity

Lymetsaucer:
Do not gather cert and can't do the job.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Please Narialanders I Need Your Advice About My Career by Menh: 11:55am On May 28, 2022
Thanks for this information


laiza:
My advice for you is to browse jobs in Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi or UAE. With all these your qualifications especially Health Safety, my brother you're one step closer to becoming a multimillionaire. If you now get the job try learn Arabic and French/Spanish then forget about getting broke in your old age. Godspeed man!!!
Jobs/Vacancies / Please Narialanders I Need Your Advice About My Career by Menh: 12:07am On May 28, 2022
I wish to secure Sales and Business Development jobs in the Oil and Gas industry.

I'm currently running my MBA Marketing, and I posses BSc. International Studies.

I'm a Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management Chartered and planning to take my Certification from the National Institute of Marketing Nigeria next year.

Also, I posses Health Safety & Environmental Management certifications from the British International Safety Organisation.

Diploma in French Language from the Ministry of Education - France.

What other qualifications do I require to enable me secure a job Marketing job in the Oil and Gas industry?



Thanks

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Career / Re: Torn Between A Msc And A MBA by Menh: 10:21pm On May 27, 2022
Hi Ola, Please I need your advise.

My dream is to get marketing jobs in the Oil and Gas industry.

I'm currently running my MBA Marketing, and I posses BSc. International Studies.

I'm a Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management Chartered and planning to take my Certification from the National Institute of Marketing Nigeria next year.

Also, I posses Health Safety & Environmental Management certifications from the British International Safety Organisation.

Diploma in French Language from the Ministry of Education - France.

What other qualifications do I require to enable me secure a job Marketing job in the Oil and Gas industry?

Thanks
Politics / The Beheading Of Gideon Akaluka In Kano - The Involvement Of A Northern Elite by Menh: 12:57am On May 15, 2022
THE Nigerian Bar Association’s dis-inviting of Nasir El-Rufai from debasing its platform at its last conference due to the pressure of open bar initiative that a man who has outright disregard for the rule of law is not a good teacher for lawyers on the subject is a good example of constructing amoral finishing post for a society. A major reason for the festering of impunity in our non-country is the collapse of all moral columns that make people commit all crimes and go on to become Very Important Personalities (VIPS).


One of such VIPs, who has an unresolved murder allegation hanging on his neck, is Sanusi Lamido Sanusi who was removed as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and dethroned as the Emir of Kano.


Since he escaped paying for the crime of alleged murder in 1995, he has occupied many important posts in the country and he mounts every platform to talk down on the country and abuse all those he can pick on at his garrulous best. He was at it again on the 60th Independence anniversary of Nigeria when he mounted the platform of the Convenant Christian Centre.


This time round, he lambasted identity groups in the country who he accused of representing only themselves and their families. His prescription for the country was that every citizen has to be worthy representative of their beliefs, religions and groups. But if this were a country that makes all citizens account for their actions, no matter their status, beliefs and regions, where will Sanusi have been today?


In 1995, a group of nine Wahabists were alleged to have committed murder in Kano. A report in 2012 by Pointblanknews alleged that Gideon Akaluka, a young Igbo trader, allegedly desecrated the Koran. He was arrested after his wife allegedly used pages of the Koran as toilet paper for her baby. “After he was locked up by the police, a group of Muslim fundamentalists broke into the jail, beheaded Akaluka, and paraded his bodiless head around the streets of Kano.”


The medium went on to make some earth-shaking revelations. “Pointblanknews.com investigation revealed the alleged role Sanusi, an alleged Boko Haram sympathiser, and proponent of the controversial Islamic Bank, played in the murder of Akaluka, and why the Abacha regime decided to lock him up for two years for the murder of Akaluka. “Sources hinted that shortly after returning from Khartoum, Sudan where he earned a degree in Sharia and Islamic studies, at the International University of Africa, Sanusi became a recluse and immersed himself in the Koran and became a teacher of the Hadith as espoused by the Wahabbists.”


“Wahhabism is an ultra-conservative branch of Sunni Islam. It is a religious movement among fundamentalist (with an aspiration to return to the primordial fundamental Islamic sources: Qu’ran, Hadeeth and Scholarly consensus (Ijma)) of Islamic believers. Wahhabism was a popular revivalist movement instigated by an 18th century theologian, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792). A source said, “when Sanusi returned from Sudan where he associated with very extreme personalities, he was not a happy man. He was treated like an outcast in royal circles because his grandfather was eposed as Emir of Kano. So his anger grew. “During that period, the incident of desecration of the Koran by the Akalukas surfaced.


“ According to our source, during that period the Abacha government was not comfortable with the activities of the extremists in Kano, who they view with suspicion. The regime, it was gathered, silently assassinated a lot of them,” said our source. “When Akaluka was locked up, Sanusi and eight others allegedly mobilised some extremist mob who stormed the prison and killed Akaluka. The regime identified the masterminds and so mandated its hit squad to eliminate the nine, including Sanusi.


Pointblanknews.com gathered that eight of the masterminds were assassinated by Abacha, but for the intervention of former First Bank chairman, and father of Christmas Day bomber, Alhaji Umar Mutallab and others. It was Muttallab and the rest who were heavy sponsors of Islamic activities who prevailed on Abacha to spare Sanusi. They are argued that since he has gone through a lot, treated like a pariah in the royal circles because his grandfather was deposed, he should be spared. So, they decided to remove him from Kano to Sokoto where he was locked up for two years,” said the source.


It was further learnt that after his release from prison, Sanusi was handed over to Mutallab who pushed him into banking because he (Sanusi) had a degree in Economics from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU). From there, he moved to the United Bank for Africa, and the First Bank, from where he rose quietly until the late President Umaru Yar’Adua recruited him to head CBN and spearhead the introduction of the Islamic Bank.”



A report by Karl Maier for the Independent of London on August 16, 1995 with the title “Beheading Stirs Nigerian tension” had this worrying perspective from religious leaders: “Anger over Nigeria’s economic collapse, the result of instability, rampant corruption and mismanagement by 12 years of military rule, runs deep in Kano. “Whenever you find people not properly employed, there is no other way to express yourself, because you have the police, and the emirs and their agents looking for troublemakers,” said Professor Mahadi. “So the most important thing is to express this in Islam.”


Observers from both sides of the ethnic and religious divide blame Nigeria’s military authorities for worsening the crisis. “The military have always played this card very well,” said Fr Bagobiri. “Because the whole thing started during the [Ibrahim] Babangida regime. That was when the religious divide became very strong.”


The government’s disastrous handling of the Akaluka affair is a case in point. Mr (Maitama) Sule, normally a defender of General Sani Abacha’s military regime, describing it as “experienced and responsible”, was outraged by the incident. “I can’t understand how in a society where we have a government, the police and judiciary, that a group of people take the law into their own hands, go to the prison, break into the prison, and get somebody out of his cell, cut off his head, and take the head around the next day with impunity.”


Observers like Father Kukah see the sinister hand of the military and the Northern elite behind the trouble. “Let’s be clear: there are Nigerians who have invested heavily in violence, in ignorance, in poverty, in turbulence. Because it is when you now have this anarchic situation, that they present themselves as the praetorian guard.”


Sanusi has not been able to explain away his alleged role in the Akaluka affair. He threatened to sue one man who was haunting him-with the issue over 10 years ago, but the suit has yet to come. Neither has there been any explanation for the two years that his whereabouts cannot be explained in his CV. The Akaluka case is dead and no justice done outside the Wahabists Abacha allegedly executed extra-judicially.


Nigeria has the blood of many Akalukas on its hands with their killers walking free. Its woes will continue until it dispenses justice. Shame on ignoramuses who are looking for a president in Sanusi without asking for how Akaluka lost his


https://tribuneonlineng.com/who-beheaded-akaluka/
Family / We Patronise Beer Parlour To Avoid Nagging Wives, Domestic Issues: Nigerian Men by Menh: 11:45am On Jan 21, 2022
We patronise beer parlour to avoid nagging wives, domestic issues: Nigerian Men
“Whenever I get home on time, my family issues will give me stress. So, I prefer to stay out late in a beer parlour,’’ admitted Mr Ola.

Pub, popularly called beer parlour, is a thriving business in Nigeria that attracts patronage from many clients daily.

A trip to some beer parlours in Lagos on Thursday revealed that men are the major customers compared to women.

Research has also shown that most men who do white-collar jobs dominate 50 per cent of the beer parlours. However, some of their opinions are far away from the thinking of what most men go there to do.

Most women probably think it is where their husbands take girlfriends for relaxation and fun. Others who usually visit joints after work stated they go there to relax and relieve tension.

Saulam Ola, who usually visits a beer parlour in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, said he visits there to cool off from work stress before going home to face another family stress.

“I prefer to stop over at beer parlour so that my wife and children would have slept before I get home. Whenever I get home on time, my family issues will give me stress. So, I prefer to stay out late in a beer parlour,’’ admitted Mr Ola.

Another businessman, Thomas Ojo, disclosed that he visits beer parlour to probably mingle with the right people to discuss the happenings both at home and abroad.

“I usually go there to mix up with people of different calibre and status in order to know the happenings around me,” said Mr Ojo. “We discuss politics to catch up with the happenings in the country so that we get the update of issues.”

He added, “If I decide to go home straight, there may be no light, or probably my generator might be faulty, and I won’t be able to listen to the news.”

Also, John Taofeek said that drinking beer makes him forget his problems because it provides him happiness.

“I would rather go to beer parlour to drink before going home so that I can forget my problems; beer gives me happiness, especially the ones with alcohol,” added Mr Taofeek. “Ordinarily, if I go home straight, I will be thinking of bad things.”

According to Emma Noel, a businessman, going to beer parlour is because of his love for beer and nothing else.

“I don’t have issues at home, but the truth is that I must branch at a beer parlour to drink and have fun,’’ Mr Noel explained.

Aliu Jimoh, an artisan, said he prefers to stop over at beer parlour before going home because he does not have a peaceful home.

“I stop at beer parlours to avoid troubles at home. My wife is the nagging type who picks a quarrel with me at any given time,” Mr Jimoh pointed out. “I do not always want to go home early so that there won’t be issues; I always drink beer to stupor in order not to listen to her nagging.”

Moses Matthew said he stops at beer parlours to drink before going home to avoid paying more bills at home.

“When I get home early, my children will bring unnecessary bills on my table. Even my wife will be telling me of the ‘aso ebi she wants to buy,” Mr Matthew revealed. “I go to beer parlour to drink in order to get home late, and by the time they wake (up) in the morning, I would have gone out.”



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Family / We Patronise Beer Parlour To Avoid Nagging Wives, Domestic Issues: Nigerian Men by Menh: 11:29am On Jan 21, 2022
We patronise beer parlour to avoid nagging wives, domestic issues: Nigerian Men
“Whenever I get home on time, my family issues will give me stress. So, I prefer to stay out late in a beer parlour,’’ admitted Mr Ola.

Pub, popularly called beer parlour, is a thriving business in Nigeria that attracts patronage from many clients daily.

A trip to some beer parlours in Lagos on Thursday revealed that men are the major customers compared to women.

Research has also shown that most men who do white-collar jobs dominate 50 per cent of the beer parlours. However, some of their opinions are far away from the thinking of what most men go there to do.

Most women probably think it is where their husbands take girlfriends for relaxation and fun. Others who usually visit joints after work stated they go there to relax and relieve tension.

Saulam Ola, who usually visits a beer parlour in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, said he visits there to cool off from work stress before going home to face another family stress.

“I prefer to stop over at beer parlour so that my wife and children would have slept before I get home. Whenever I get home on time, my family issues will give me stress. So, I prefer to stay out late in a beer parlour,’’ admitted Mr Ola.

Another businessman, Thomas Ojo, disclosed that he visits beer parlour to probably mingle with the right people to discuss the happenings both at home and abroad.

“I usually go there to mix up with people of different calibre and status in order to know the happenings around me,” said Mr Ojo. “We discuss politics to catch up with the happenings in the country so that we get the update of issues.”

He added, “If I decide to go home straight, there may be no light, or probably my generator might be faulty, and I won’t be able to listen to the news.”

Also, John Taofeek said that drinking beer makes him forget his problems because it provides him happiness.

“I would rather go to beer parlour to drink before going home so that I can forget my problems; beer gives me happiness, especially the ones with alcohol,” added Mr Taofeek. “Ordinarily, if I go home straight, I will be thinking of bad things.”

According to Emma Noel, a businessman, going to beer parlour is because of his love for beer and nothing else.

“I don’t have issues at home, but the truth is that I must branch at a beer parlour to drink and have fun,’’ Mr Noel explained.

Aliu Jimoh, an artisan, said he prefers to stop over at beer parlour before going home because he does not have a peaceful home.

“I stop at beer parlours to avoid troubles at home. My wife is the nagging type who picks a quarrel with me at any given time,” Mr Jimoh pointed out. “I do not always want to go home early so that there won’t be issues; I always drink beer to stupor in order not to listen to her nagging.”

Moses Matthew said he stops at beer parlours to drink before going home to avoid paying more bills at home.

“When I get home early, my children will bring unnecessary bills on my table. Even my wife will be telling me of the ‘aso ebi she wants to buy,” Mr Matthew revealed. “I go to beer parlour to drink in order to get home late, and by the time they wake (up) in the morning, I would have gone out.”



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Nairaland / General / New COVID-19 Variant: Deltacron Discovered In Cyprus by Menh: 8:54pm On Jan 09, 2022
COVID-19: Deltacron Variant Discovered in Cyprus, a combination of Delta and Omicron.

25 cases confirmed so far.

Just a mere two months after detection of the highly contagious Omicron Covid-19 variant last November, and the threat of another big lockdown from taking over the world, there is now new evidence that another new variant has now appeared in Cyprus.

This new variant has been named 'Deltacron', for being a combination of the Delta and Omicron variants. According to the professor of Biology at the University of Cyprus, Leondios Kostrikis, there are some people infected with Omicron and Delta, but in the case of this variant known in the Cypriot country, it is "a combination of both". Kostrikis declared that the new variant has "the genetic signature of Omicron and the genomes of Delta."

Confirmed cases in Cyprus
In regards to the new variant, and according to the information provided by the Cypriot Executive, 25 new infections have been reported so far. On the other hand, the director of the Biotechnology and Molecular Virology Laboratory explained that the new variant has been mostly detected in hospitalized patients and very few cases in vaccinated people.

This report comes days after in France, a group of scientists from Marseille reported a variant with more mutations than Omicron, called IHU, and whose first case was detected in the Republic of Congo. According to a study published MedRxiv, this patient returned to France from a trip to Cameroon. At the moment, the potential damage of this variant, as well as its evolution, is still unknown.

At the moment, Omicron registered on Thursday, January 6, the highest number of daily infections in the world, which was 2.3 million, and has forced many countries in the world to adopt new restrictions in order to put a stop to this upward trend of cases.

What does the World Health Organization say?
Regarding the Omicron variant, Tedros Adhanom, general director of the World Health Organization (WHO) released a statement saying that "although Omicron appears to be less severe compared to Delta, especially in those vaccinated, it does not mean that it should be classified as mild."

The most prominent symptoms of Omicron are cough, fatigue, fever, sneezing, muscle pain, runny nose, and headache. Symptoms that differ from those of Delta, since they are less aggressive on the body, although Omicron spreads more quickly.

The Omicron variant has hit hard in different parts of the world. The United States, for example, is the country with the most accumulated cases of COVID-19 as there are on average more than 900,000 new infections and 2,000 deaths a day.


https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2022/01/09/61db025b22601d9d158b4574.html
Romance / What Could Make A Lion Behave Like This (pictures) by Menh: 12:31pm On Nov 05, 2021
What could make a Lion behave in this manner?

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Business / PSG And Juventus The First Clubs Trading In Cryptocurrency by Menh: 7:41pm On Dec 22, 2020
PSG and Juventus have become the first football clubs to have digital assets listed on the three major cryptocurrency exchanges and their impact has been huge and immediate.


In the first 24 hours of trading, the Juventus 'token' ($JUV) shifted more than 120 million euros and rose 113 percent to 28 euros, 14 times its launch price.

The PSG 'token', meanwhile, moved close to 100 million euros and its price grew 198 percent in 24 hours, reaching 32.75 euros, more than 16 times its starting price.

According to the company Chiliz, the market value of sports 'fan tokens' is around 150 million euros and in the coming months clubs such as Barcelona, Roma, Atletico Madrid and Independiente in Argentina will also be trading on the crypto exchanges.

https://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2020/12/22/5fe211e922601d0e638b45d3.html

Jobs/Vacancies / Vacancy: Business Development Manager ( Female) by Menh: 9:44pm On Dec 17, 2020
Business Development Manager( Female)

Lagos
Similar Jobs

Business Development Manager( Female)

Job Summary

1.Manage OneCard corporate product portfolio

2.Drive sustainable financial growth through effective sales strategies and forging strong relationships with clients

Minimum Qualification: MBA / MSc

Experience Level: Senior level

Experience Length: 6 years

Job Description/Requirements

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
Prospect, negotiate and close agreements with large customers

Increasing the value of current customers while attracting ones

Contacting and existing clients and establishing rapport

Developing proposals and quotes for clients
Conducting market research and gathering

important business intelligence

Identifying and driving opportunities

Attending meetings, conferences and industry events

Relationship management with business partners and service providers

Ideal Candidate (Qualification, experience, skills and attributes)

Master’s degree

6 years of work experience in a similar role
Must be confident, fun, friendly and business savvy

A demonstrated achievement in sales generation (B2B and consumer)

Track record of being able to successfully complete a full sales cycle of customer identification, acquisition and retention

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Excellent attention to detail

Excellent presentation ability

Analytic, good with numbers and able to develop sales strategy and plan

Strong personal brand and charisma

Great networking skill

Excellent business etiquette and professionalism

Ability to multi-task and work with minimal supervision

Willingness to travel out of the station


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Jobs/Vacancies / Urgent Vacancy For Investment Banker by Menh: 9:21pm On Dec 17, 2020
Job Summary

The Investment Banker will be responsible for evaluating the company and its businesses in building capital, managing mergers, implementing financial models, preparing legal and financial records as well as analyzing and closing finance deals.

Minimum Qualification: Degree
Experience Level: Mid level
Experience Length: 3 years
Job Description/Requirements

Duties and Responsibilities:
Research, analyse, and interpret financial information and market trends.

Develops financial models to analyse deals and offers to determine viability and profitability.

create marketable products that will attract investors either through direct investment, crowd funding or applicable strategy allowed with statutory frameworks.

Prepare legal and financial records to complete investments, acquisitions, and purchases.

Maintain comprehensive knowledge of regulatory and legal issues in the financial industry.

Analyze risk and offer financial advice.

Develops and maintains a corporate, individual, and government client base

Issue debt and trade equity to increase capital.

Conduct strategic research and due diligence investigations

Assist with corporate restructuring, oversee mergers and acquisitions.

Develop strategies to discover and close potential investors.potential investors

Supervise IPOs and private equity settlements/placements.

Conduct research and due diligence investigations to understand the market

Identify innovative business opportunities to help the organisation expand and grow.

Guide the organisation through expansion of corporate enterprise to maximize profits.

Work with management to determine amounts of capital needed to meet business goals, and identifies markets or products from which to raise capital.

Buy and sell investments, stocks, and trusts on behalf of the company.

Prepares legal and financial documents to complete purchases, investments, and acquisitions.

Consults with lawyers and other financial experts as necessary to ensure legality and the best possible outcome for deals

Assist clients with restructuring large debt obligations by negotiating agreements with financial institutions and investors.

Maintain the highest professional and ethical standards.

Qualifications and Requirements

BSc/BA in Finance, Business Administration, Economics or similar field.

A minimum of 3 years’ experience as an investment banker.

Professional certification is an asset.

Strong work ethic and professionalism.

Excellent analytical and quantitative skills, research, statistics, mathematics, investing, critical thinking, decision making.

Ability to work with tight deadlines.

Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

Experience with valuation, modeling and financial forecasting

Knowledge of regulations covering securities and M&As

Solid grasp of current market developments

In-depth knowledge of deal structuring, regulations, and closing principals.

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos.

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Jobs/Vacancies / Investment Associate Recruitment by Menh: 8:48pm On Dec 17, 2020
Investment Associate

oxfordgold Providence Royalty Limited, Lagos

Job details
Salary
₦150,000 - ₦250,000 a month

Job Type
Full-time
Permanent

Number of hires for this role
10+

Full Job Description
OUR COMPANY

Oxfordgold Providence Royalty is a Real Estate and investment company committed to reducing housing deficit in Nigeria. We also help investors' funds grow in Real Estate world.

Our vision is to transform the investment market where real estate is prominent through commitment to positive change and innovation that redefines the quality and consistency of our investment products that clients can expect from any real estate investment company.

WORKFORCE

As a company we believe our strength is quality and effective personnel who are capable of projecting the image of the company using quality information and effective customer service.

Our on-going recruitment is centred upon individuals from different works of life. Smart, business oriented and skilful executives are the major core values for effective delivery in Oxford Gold.

OUR PACKAGE/INCENTIVES

i. Attractive Remuneration N200,000 (monthly)

ii. Car Incentive on target

iii. Travel Incentive

iv. Other monetary Incentives

WORK EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 3 years working experience in any organization (Experience in Financial and, Banking Organization is an advantage)

Kindly, come with your invite for the interview

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₦150,000.00 - ₦250,000.00 per month

COVID-19 considerations:
Keep Social Distance, Wearing of facemask within the premises, hand washing and using of sanitizer

Work Remotely:

No


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Jobs/Vacancies / Vacancy: Executive Driver - Ogba, Agege, Abule Egba, V.I by Menh: 8:35pm On Dec 17, 2020
Executive Driver- Ogba, Agege, Abule Egba,Victoria Island.

O'la Kleen Holdings Limited - Lagos

Job details

Salary
₦60,000 a month

Job Type
Full-time - Contract

Number of hires for this role
2 to 4

Qualifications / Experience:
Executive driving, 4 years (Preferred)

Licence:
Driver's license (Preferred)

Full Job Description
Requirements

Maximum of 4 years experience with at least an SSCE qualification.

The driver must reside in Ogba, Agege, Abule-egba & Lagos Island.

Must have a Valid Drivers License.

Must have LASDRI

Between 30 - 35 years old

Must be male.

Must be conversant with roads in Lagos and Ogun states.

Must be able to drive both manual and automatic gears automobiles.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Salary: Up to ₦60,000.00 per month

Experience:

Executive driving: 4 years (Preferred)
Licence:

Driver's license (Preferred)

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Jobs/Vacancies / Urgent Recruitment for Data Entry Specialist by Menh: 8:07pm On Dec 17, 2020
Data Entry Specialist

Channelthon.com

Ikeja•Remote

Job details

Salary ₦300,000 - ₦400,000 a month
Job Type

Temporary - Remote

Number of hires for this role 5 to 10
Qualifications / Experience:

Data entry, 1 year (Preferred)

excel, 1 year (Preferred)

Html, css, WordPress, 1 year (Preferred)

MS Office Excel, Access, Word, 1 year (Preferred)

Full Job Description
Channelthon is looking for a Data Entry Specialist for its growing database Below are requirements

Curate and source for content to update channelthon.com's youtube database
Check for accuracy before posting new information.

Update existing content at user's content request
Receive information submitted by users and update on our online database
Schedule content.

Requirements
Minimum of a Diploma in IT
Html, Css and web development using WordPress Cms

Computer literate on MS Office applications
Attributes

Ability to meet deadlines

Highly organized

Great communications skills both oral and written
How To Apply:

Send in your application here: https://www.channelthon.com/careers/

*Channelthon.com is an equal opportunity employer*

Contract length: 12 months

Application Deadline: 2021/01/15

Job Type: Temporary

Salary: ₦300,000.00 - ₦400,000.00 per month

Experience:

Data entry: 1 year (Preferred)

excel: 1 year (Preferred)

Html, css, WordPress: 1 year (Preferred)
MS Office Excel, Access, Word: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Remotely:

Yes

COVID-19 Precaution(s):

Remote interview process
Virtual meetings


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Career / Oil And Gas Industry Salary: According To Positions by Menh: 1:02pm On Dec 16, 2020
Introduction

Without doubt, the oil and gas industry is perhaps the most lucrative industry in Nigeria to pursue a career in. Given the natural endowment of crude oil in Nigeria, specifically in the south-south region of the country, the reason for this lucrativeness is not farfetched. In addition, in an analysis carried out by MySalaryScale in 2017, the oil and gas industry was confirmed to be the most lucrative industry to work in by employees based on the salary payment.

Also, it’s important to also mention that that most of the oil and gas companies in Nigeria are multinational and are not even listed in the Nigerian Stock Exchange all-share index. To this effect, most of them tend to pay their employees in foreign currencies. Most of these firms also have a salary structure that is designed on annual basis.

However, for better interpretation and comparison sake, we have decided to present these salaries in Nigerian Naira and also monthly.

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC)
Shell is an integrated energy company that aims to meet the world’s growing demand for energy in ways that are economically, environmentally and socially responsible. It’s one of the world’s leading energy companies. Shell has a history of over 50 years in Nigeria and the largest footprint of all the international oil and gas companies operating in the country.

The salaries of some job positions in Shell Nigeria are as follows below;

Business Development Manager earns around #2,200,000 monthly

Senior Metocean Engineer earns around #2,100,000 monthly

Senior Production Engineer earns around #1,500,000 monthly

Team Lead earns around #1,400,000 monthly

Commercial Advisor earns around #1,400,000 monthly

Information Analyst earns around #1,300,000 monthly

Mechanical Supervisor earns around #1,200,000 monthly

Safety supervisor earns around #950,000 monthly

Flow Assurance earns around #800,000 monthly

Engineer earns around #748,000 monthly

Petroleum Engineer earns around #700,000 monthly

Maintenance Planner earns around #618,000 monthly

Web Developer earns around #475,000 monthly

Mechanical Engineer earns around #428,000 monthly

Contractor Coordinator earns around #400,000 monthly

DD Analyst – Monthly Contractor earns around #360,000 monthly

Occupational Health Nurse earns around #285,000 monthly

Operations Manager earns around #238,000 monthly

Contractor Planner earns around #260,000 monthly

Computer Engineer earns around #143,000 monthly

Intern earns around #95,000 monthly

Total Nigeria
Total Nigeria is a Marketing and Services subsidiary of Total; a multinational energy company operating in more than 130 countries and committed to providing sustainable products and services for its customers. For over 50 years, Total Nigeria Plc has remained the leader in the downstream sector of the Nigerian oil and gas industry with an extensive distribution network of over 500 service stations nationwide and a wide range of top quality energy products and services.

The salaries of some job positions in Total Nigeria are as follows below;

Instrumentation and control engineer earns around #2,190,000 monthly

Project manager earns around #1,140,000 monthly

Cost Engineer earns around #800,000 monthly

Business Development Manager earns around #500,000 monthly

Financial Accountant earns around #500,000 monthly

Project Manager earns around #400,000 monthly

Senior HSE Supervisor – Contractor earns around #400,000 monthly

Administrator earns around #320,000 monthly

Logistics officer earns around #320,000 monthly

Graduate Trainee earns around #300,000 monthly

Geologist earns around #200,000 monthly

Quantity Surveyor earns around #190,000 monthly

Exxon Mobil Nigeria
ExxonMobil upstream affiliates operating in Nigeria are Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN) and Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd. (EEPNL). Their affiliates are involved in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas, and operate several joint venture concessions and deep-water production sharing contracts which currently focus on major secondary oil recovery projects; natural gas liquids and gas monetization and significant investment in national content development.

The salaries of some job positions in Exxon Mobil Nigeria are as follows below;

Commercial Manager earns around #1,500,000 to #5,800,000 monthly

Construction Manager earns around #2,000,000 to #5,100,000 monthly

Civil Engineers are paid earns around #1.000.000 to #2,800,000 monthly

Chemical Process Engineer earns around #1,500,000 to #2,400,000 monthly

Chemist earns around #1,000,000 to #2,100,000 monthly

Chemical Laboratory Technician earns around #1,200,000 to #2,000,000 monthly

Chemical Engineer earns around #5,600,000 monthly

Mechanical Engineers earns around #5,000,000 monthly

A Process Engineer earns around #3,500,000 monthly

Financial Analyst earns around #3,000,000 monthly

Corporate controller earns around #3,000,000 monthly

Business Analyst earns around #2,000,000 monthly

Administrative Assistant earns around #1,600,000 monthly

Convenience Store Manager earns around #1,300,000 monthly

Contract Administrative earns around #950,000 monthly

Lead Pipeline Engineer earns around #950,000 monthly

Drilling logistics officer earns around #937,000 monthly

Assistant Store Manager earns around #800,000 monthly

Environmental Engineer earns around #658,000 monthly

Cashier earns around #500,000 monthly

Geophysicist earns around #238,000 monthly

Schlumberger Nigeria
Schlumberger is the world’s leading provider of technology for reservoir characterization, drilling, production, and processing to the oil and gas industry. Working in more than 85 countries and employing approximately 100,000 people who represent over 140 nationalities, Schlumberger supplies the industry’s most comprehensive range of products and services, from exploration through production and integrated pore-to-pipeline solutions for hydrocarbon recovery that optimize reservoir performance.

The salaries of some job positions in Schlumberger Nigeria are as follows below;

Maintenance Technician earns around #760,000 monthly

General Field engineer earns around #520,000 monthly

Administrator earns around #285,000 monthly

Field Engineer earns around #210,000 monthly

Field Specialist Trainee earns around #133,000 monthly

Security Advisor earns around #103,000 monthly

Intern earns around #72,000 monthly

Chevron Nigeria
Through Chevron’s principal subsidiary in Nigeria, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), the company operates and holds a 40 percent interest in eight concessions in the onshore and near-onshore regions of the Niger Delta under a joint-venture arrangement with the NNPC. Chevron also does business through other subsidiaries in Nigeria.

The salaries of some job positions Chevron Nigeria are as follows below;

Financial Analyst earns around #1,700,000 monthly

Facility Engineer earns around #855,000 monthly

Process engineer earns around #200,000 monthly

Accountant earns around #190,000 monthly

Intern earns around #30,000 monthly

Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG)
NLNG was incorporated as a limited liability company to harness Nigeria’s vast natural gas resources and produce Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) for export. The company has two wholly-owned subsidiaries: Bonny Gas Transport (BGT) Limited, which provides shipping services for NLNG and Nigeria LNG Ship Manning Limited which provides personnel for all of NLNG’s Vessels. LG is delivered to an ever-expanding list of ports in cities around the world.

The salaries of some job positions in NLNG are as follows below;

Graduate Trainee earns around #400,000 monthly

Civil Engineer earns around #800,000 monthly

Tax Accountant earns around #500,000 monthly

Technicians earns around #250,000 monthly

Planner/Scheduler – Contractor earns around #200,000 monthly

Conclusion
Given the salary competitiveness of these oil and gas companies, any of them can serve as a good platform for most graduates to pursue a career path in. The salary structures of these companies are perhaps the only salary structures in Nigeria that could compete with the salary structures of other firms in developed nations of the world.


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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Monthly Net Salary Of Federal Government Ministries,departaments, Agencies And P by Menh: 1:24pm On Dec 15, 2020
TammyAnybody:


Very possible...

Your chances of getting the job is higher than those who wrote the test if you have the right connection. cheesy grin

The P.A to a Senator told me I can't get it if I did not apply.

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Monthly Net Salary Of Federal Government Ministries,departaments, Agencies And P by Menh: 12:36am On Dec 15, 2020
Please house, is it possible for me to get job in NCDMB without applying or sitting for the last aptitude test?

If not, when will the next recruitment in NCDMB
commence?

Thanks as I await your response(s).
Politics / Re: BREAKING: Buhari Cancels Scheduled Appearance Before House Of Reps by Menh: 11:52pm On Dec 08, 2020
I'm beginning to believe the man in the villa is an impostor

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Business / How Buhari Associate Fraudulently Acquired Keystone Bank And 9mobile by Menh: 12:09pm On May 17, 2020
Introduction
Recently, a shocking story came out to public knowledge about how Keystone Bank and 9Mobile were acquired in controversial circumstances by the business interests of one Alhaji Isa Funtua, a close friend of President Muhammadu Buhari, via the instrumentality of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). As the smoke raised by the scandalous story is still swirling in the air, with some public groups challenging the government to come out clean on what could be a serious dent on its anti-corruption stance, there is indeed no smoke without fire. For starters, it is a confirmed fact that the son-in-law of Isa Funtua, Ahmed Kuru, is the current CEO of AMCON. Before him, the previous CEO, Chike Obi, was a first-class gentleman and technocrat who was strangely removed from office before the expiration of his term and was replaced with Kuru, the son-in-law of Isa Funtua.


Now, let us get into the insider details of how Funtua bought Keystone Bank and 9Mobile in the most bizarre of dealings that circumvent the laws of the land. Keystone Bank was sold by the current CEO of AMCON to his father-in-law, Funtua, without any AMCON Board’s approval and with the active connivance of CBN and NDIC at a grossly undervalued price of 25 Billion Naira. To put things in context, let us recall that Enterprise Bank was sold for over 60 Billion Naira and Mainstreet Bank was sold for over 100 Billion Naira under the former CEO of AMCON.


Before the sale of Keystone Bank to Isa Funtua, all bad debts in the books of the Bank were taken over by AMCON. So, it was a clean Bank with all the Assets and no Liabilities that was sold to the Buyers. The Executive Management of AMCON was coerced into approving the transaction and those who were willing to submit a much higher bid were disqualified under a most opaque, suspicious process that lacks all transparency. The process was just manipulated in favour of the father-in-law of the AMCON CEO.


The Corrupt Payment for Keystone Bank
The most disgusting part of the entire sale of Keystone Bank is how the 25 Billion Naira sales price was paid to AMCON. The Isa Funtua Team paid 5 Billion Naira to AMCON, and then the balance of 20 Billion Naira was later paid through the most criminal and corrupt approach ever perpetrated by AMCON in favour of the Buyer. What happened was that AMCON moved 20 Billion Naira of their own funds as a fixed deposit at GTBank to Heritage Bank. Heritage Bank then paid the 20 Billion Naira on behalf of the Funtua Group to AMCON. In other words, AMCON used their own funds as a collateral for a loan to the Funtua Group for 20 Billion Naira!


When the Funtua Group took over Keystone Bank, they went borrowing immediately at the Interbank Market for 20 Billion Naira to refund AMCON’s funds. This has left a hole in Keystone Bank’s Balance Sheet and makes the Bank one of the most undercapitalized Banks in the Country as at today.


The evidence of this highly compromised acquisition process can be obtained from the current and former staff of AMCON, from NDIC, CBN and from the current staff of Keystone Bank itself. The story has been all over the place and it is quite shocking that some political parties and public interest groups are just picking it up now.


The Unholy Sale of 9-Mobile
Another suspicious acquisition scandal surrounding the Funtua Group is about the untidy way 9-Mobile, formerly known as Etisalat, was bought. It is Mr. Adrian Wood of Teleology Holdings, a very sound telecoms professional, who collaborated with the Funtua Group for the acquisition of 9-Mobile. The problem with their bid was the lack of a qualified Operator to support the bid which was one of the minimum conditions of NCC. Adrian Wood alone was not a substitute for an Operator.


The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) gave several conditions that must be met by the Ultimate Buyer of 9-Mobile to ensure the protection of shareholders value, prevent loss of jobs, protect the telecoms industry from slipping into a crisis and ensure transparency and professionalism in the post-acquisition entity.


The conditions listed by NCC that must be met by the Buyer are Strong Telecoms Operating Experience, Strong Financial Capabilities, Strong Technical Knowledge and Strong Administrative Skills. The first thing that happened once Teleology was announced as the preferred winner was that the Funtua Group edged Adrian Woods out of Management and turned him to an Insignificant Shareholder. The second development was that the Funtua Group raided Keystone Bank again and forced the Bank to Pay 50 million Dollars as down payment for the acquisition of 9-Mobile. The third issue was that Teleology Nigeria replaced Teleology Holdings to remove any influence of Adrian Woods from 9-Mobile totally. The fourth step taken the Funtua Group was to borrow 260 Million Dollars from African Exim Bank. The fifth thing was to coerce NCC to approve the sale at all cost without meeting 90% of the conditions set up ab-initio by the NCC. The sixth strange action of the Funtua Group was to force the board of NCC to approve the sale through the influence and pressure from the Presidency. And the seventh Funtua infraction was to use the influence of CBN to force the Banks to the table and waive their own conditions of sale of 9-Mobile to the Teleology Nigeria group.


Conclusion
So far, the problem with the sales of the above mentioned assets is that all the processes and conditions were brazenly circumvented and Keystone Bank was forced into a deeper pit by the greed and recklessness of the Funtua group.
Today, AMCON as presently constituted is just a tool in the hands of the Funtua Group to acquire peoples’ businesses without paying for it or using AMCON’s money to pay for the Funtua Group. Even indigenous airlines like Arik and Aero Contractors, like many other companies under AMCON, are being considered for nepotistic acquisition in the near future. Of course, the Funtua Group has been penciled down as the preferred bidders. The devious plot is that if the Buhari government secures a second term and starts the tenure, all other companies under AMCON will be sold by hook or crook to the favoured Funtua Group. Meanwhile, the Management and Staff of AMCON along with the Board have all been intimidated into silence. In fact, the Board is dead and ineffective. And the other Supervisory Bodies over AMCON are just rubber stamps because the fear of Katsina power brokers is the beginning of wisdom.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/naija247news.com/2018/12/31/exclusive-how-isa-funtua-fraudulently-acquired-keystone-bank-and-9mobile-using-amcon-md/amp/

Health / Re: Baby Foods And Recipes (weaning And Solids For 6m+) by Menh: 11:47pm On May 01, 2020
I have really learn a lot from this thread

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Sports / List Of 30 Greatest Pro Wrestlers Of Alll-time by Menh: 1:49pm On Apr 26, 2020
There are so many legendary names linked with professional wrestling.

WWE stars like Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, Andre the Giant and The Rock instantly spring to mind.


Then, of course, there are some that have made a name for themselves outside of America - the likes of Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada - for example.

But who can stake a claim to be called the greatest pro wrestler of all-time? Some of those above would certainly be in the running.

While it's all somewhat subjective, Collider has attempted to rank the 30 greatest professional wrestlers of all-time.


Check out their list:

30) The Ultimate Warrior
29) Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat
28) 'The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase
27) Kenny Omega
26) Edge
25) Big Van Vader


24) Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
23) Rey Mysterio
22) Kurt Angle
21) Sting
20) CM Punk



19) AJ Styles
18) Daniel Bryan
17) 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
16) Andre the Giant
15) Eddie Guerrero


14) Triple H
13) Dusty Rhodes
12) Mick Foley
11) Brock Lesnar
10) Chris Jericho


9) The Undertaker
cool John Cena
7) Bret 'The Hitman' Hart
6) Shawn Michaels


5) 'Macho Man' Randy Savage
4) 'The Nature Boy' Ric Flair
3) The Rock
2) Hulk Hogan
1) Stone Cold Steve Austin


That's one hell of a list. Stone Cold takes his place at number one, edging out Hogan and The Rock.

Collider justified their decision by stating that WWF's 'Attitude Era' would not exist without the Texas Rattlesnake.

On top of that, Austin sold more tickets and merch than nearly any other wrestler in history and his 'compelling' matches throughout the 90s help him cement that top spot.


https://www.givemesport.com/1564783-wwe-news-the-30-greatest-pro-wrestlers-of-alltime-have-been-ranked?amp

Politics / Re: Makinde: Wearing Of Face Mask Now Compulsory In Oyo by Menh: 3:16am On Apr 19, 2020
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