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AutosRe: Honda Accord 2013 Black EX-L V6 Full Option: N4.5M by mindthing(op): 12:57pm On Apr 13, 2022
Jakeattah:
3.5M
Call and lets discuss.
AutosRe: Honda Accord 2013 Black EX-L V6 Full Option: N4.5M by mindthing(op): 12:54pm On Apr 13, 2022
greggng:
Attach a phone number to your advert if you want us to take you seriously. No serious buyer will be writing you email when he can simply call you .
Thanks for the feedback. Done.
AutosHonda Accord 2013 Black EX-L V6 Full Option: N4.5M by mindthing(op):
Well maintained, only-Nigerian User Honda Accord. Good body, perfect engine, no faults.

- Navigation
- Daytime Running Lights
- Climate Control A/C
- LEDs
- Rear Camera
- Side Mirror Camera
- Keyless Entry
- Sunroof
- Fog Lights
- Memory Seat Setting
- Fuel Economy Setting
RomanceRe: I Don't Know What My Problem Is With Men And Dating by mindthing: 12:59pm On Dec 03, 2019
@Harlequeen I am not surprised at your take, because we sadly now live in an era where the things most men look for in a woman are typically empty, shallow attributes lacking in any substantive cerebral value. You obviously are not an airhead so you might come across as a handful to a majority of males.

You, however, also need to understand that the few real men left around will have their own specifications too, calling into question what the woman has to offer as well... and I am not talking looks or sex (those are pretty much default). It is more about what things matter to her, what non-physical attributes she's got and what her value system looks like. Things like:
Can she hold a good, engaging conversation?
Does she have money of your own?
Does she make quality input to discussions requiring us to employ some strategy in approaching certain matters?
Can she keep a secret and hold confidences in trust?
Can she watch my six?

Just by your submission and the tone of your essay though, it seems that you are widely read and you write well. You come across as cerebral even though you sound like you could get pretty touchy sometimes. I think I'd enjoy getting to know you... not necessarily in a romantic sense (even though I definitely am not averse to this).

Send me an email at mindthing@gmail.com if you think I sound like I'm worth checking out. We can either nurture things from there or kill it without mercy if the product is not viable.
FamilyRe: What's Your Biggest Fear About Marriage? by mindthing: 2:22pm On Nov 19, 2019
Marriage, at the crux of it, is a gamble in itself. So my biggest fear is losing that wager and having a bad rest-of-my-life as a result.

This is because the exact moment one says 'I do', one is getting married in a very specific and particular set of circumstances e.g.

-Youre both good-looking and easy on each others' eyes
-Money may not be a burning issue
-You very possibly could really love each other
-You may not yet know the things about each other that you find in-tolerable
-Minimal or zero health problems may exist
-In-laws may not yet have become the sometimes-demons they can be
-Children are probably not yet on-scene etc


But if ANY of these parameters undergo the tiniest shift in metrics in the course of the union e.g.

-You no longer look aesthetically pleasing to each other
-You guys somehow start getting cash-strapped for one reason or the other
-You guys fall out of love
-You suddenly find things he/she does you simply cannot imagine spending the rest of your life tolerating
-Health problems maybe show up that task your financial and/or physical comfort
-In-laws get into the fray and muddy the waters of your hitherto amazing con-existence
-Children arrive and introduce the typical complexities of their existence into how you interact etc


Things start to go down the drain and life becomes an exercise in survival instead of it being lived to the fullest.

People, especially Africans, seem to value their mere existence instead of considering the quality of the life they live. Most people in Nigeria, I am sure, will prefer a long, hard life to a short, comfortable one.

But hey, each man/woman to his/her own. I am not in favor of or against marriage as an institution, being totally agnostic about getting hitched. I, however, am pretty particular about having people understand the following:

1. Marriage is NOT a status symbol
2. Marriage is NOT an obligation (to parents, your woman/man or indeed society at large)
3. Marriage is NOT what makes the boy a man
4. Marriage is NOT what finally proves how responsible anyone is

Marriage, however, IS a gamble. You win or lose depending on the fate of your circumstances. The fear should thus not be of marriage itself, but of the ebb and flow of life's circumstances that could obliterate the harmony of that matrimonial environment.

Selah.
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RomanceRe: Rants Of A Single Lady Part 3 by mindthing: 4:30pm On Sep 26, 2019
@Duggedised12, you are incisive, have an engaging sense of humor (which is more common in intelligent people than not), really well-spoken and can stand up for yourself. I am not totally surprised that you are single in this clime, where the things most men look for in a woman are typically empty, shallow attributes lacking in any substantive cerebral value.

I am male, not moslem (at least not yet. lol), comfortable in most ramifications of the word by reason of a good career in IT nurtured in firms that pay well above average salaries and spanning 10 years of my not-so-short life... plus, hell yes, I am more single than a solitary matchstick in a box smiley, probably for pretty much the same reasons that you are.

You seem to be someone i'd enjoy having in my corner... not necessarily in a romantic sense (even though I definitely am not averse to this). Why not let's hook up and see if we click enough to fly? Send me an email at mindthing@gmail.com if I have tugged any one of your heartstrings free smiley
EducationRe: An Open Letter To All Existing And Prospective Nigerian Undergraduates by mindthing: 4:42pm On Jul 31, 2018
Hey OP, that'll be 'SystemSpecs', which is the company. Remita is the product.
PoliticsRe: How Dino Melaye Misled The Senate On TSA, Remita by mindthing(op): 10:26am On Nov 15, 2015
Chigold101:
I worked hard as I read this to see where Dino misslead Nigerians but I didn't see it in your long sermon.
So please highlight the point where Meleye mislead Nigerians in your post.
65billion is in a single company's account while Nigeria is broke and your are here talking of Dino misleading Nigerians.

Anyway toi tried sha in defending your pay masters.
Hi sir, Dino misled the country on 3 counts, as follows:

1. THE LIE: Remita is a company.
THE TRUTH: Remita is a product - an e-payment/collection platform. SystemSpecs is the company that owns the product.


2. THE LIE: Remita makes NGN25billion daily from collecting FGN revenue.
THE TRUTH: NGN8.6bn, not 25bn, has been made IN TOTAL(not daily, sir) since the TSA initiave started so far. And even that was being shared, per contractual agreement, between SystemSpecs, the CBN and participating collecting banks. (Note that this has been refunded temporaily per the President's request pending possible renegotiation of the contract)


3. THE LIE: Remita has somehow contravened some laws of the country and is possibly involved in fraudulent deduction of FGN's revenue
THE TRUTH: Remita is a collecting platform, not an FGN revenue collector. Infact, CBN's Remita profile is branded 'CentralPay'. CBN does the collection, it has simply chosen to use Remita for that function. Then, no fraud has been committed here... there was a bidding process that selected Remita as the choice of platform, and OAGF & the World bank were involved in certifying the platform. 1% derivative to be shared by the afore-named parties was also part of the resulting contract.

I hope with these few points of mine... (you should know how it goes...)
PoliticsRe: How Dino Melaye Misled The Senate On TSA, Remita by mindthing(op): 6:38pm On Nov 13, 2015
edogirl2:
The funny thing is, the company simply dips its hands in our collective commonwealyth and pays itself what it likes, then passes the rest to the CBN. Then when they are cuaght, they rush to return some of the money.


Never seen a country like this before.


Shouldn't Remita pass ALL REVENUES to the owner of the money, and then the owner (Ministry of Finance or CBN) pays for their service? How can it be that Remita pays itself from the money it collects huh
Remember the 1% income derived is being shared with SystemSpecs by CBN and the banks. It is cheaper and more efficient for all parties to get their share of the income at source. It makes for less transactional charges and fewer accounting entries to split immediately. This was also part of the contractual agreement that had World bank oversight. Besides, there are detailed reports provided by the platform showing exactly how the money is moving. It is why the initial 25bn allegation was quashed very quickly and CBN knew what to expect back, countering Dino Melaye's wild and un-founded assertions.

SystemSpecs wasnt 'caught' and didnt 'rush' to return money. When President Buhari was told about the contractual terms (way before Dino Melaye came out ranting), he ordered the earnings from everyone (not just SystemSpecs) returned and charges suspended for now till re-negotiations are concluded... So FGN has been using Remita to channel revenue to the TSA for weeks now at no charge.

If this is not integrity, i dont know what it is.
PoliticsRe: How Dino Melaye Misled The Senate On TSA, Remita by mindthing(op): 6:19pm On Nov 13, 2015
edogirl2:
People can say what they like about the existence of a contract bla bla. But that does not change the fact that a new government is entitled to look at what is quite clearly a scam contract. My Response>>>>> It is not a 'scam' contract, ma'am. CBN, OAGF and the World Bank were involved in SystemSpecs' certification of capabilities and the subsequent negotiated charges. If this is not legal, then nothing else is.




Op's attempt to conflate personal credit card charges in the US with the TSA charges is nonsense. If the government put out a bid for 0.1% of total collection as charges, many companies, including from abraod will happily bid for the contract, because even at 0.1% fee, it is still a very good contract for doing little. My Response>>>>>>>>> Industry standards for collections are 1.5-2.5% but the company accepted a 1% derivative which again is still shared with CBN itself and all commercial banks. CBN got an amazing collection platform very, very cheap. That the company's earnings were driven up by FGN enforcement of the TSA is not the company's fault.





You supply a one - off software that requires nothing more than a handful of people to keep it going and you want to take 1% of the country's entire domestic earnings. The remaining 170 million people will have to contend with 'just' 99%. The contract is just another example of the wickedness of the PDP/Jonathan administration. My Response>>>>>>>>> Ma'am, the platform does more than just funnel funds to the TSA. It provides detailed reports for remmittances per MDA, It offers various collection channels so that it is ridiculously easy for MDAs to remit... we are talking Mastercard, VISA, VERVE, POS, Internet banking, Quickteller and Bank Branches. The only platform you cannot pay via on the platform is the ATM for now. It also provides a realtime, multi-bank account balance enquiry module that is online. In short, if Buhari wants to know how much has been remitted at any point in time, he does not need to call the Finance Minister. All he has got to do is pick up his tab/mobile phone/laptop, login and hit a couple of buttons. These, i assure you, require more than 'a handful of people' to maintain and support.


Op can say whatever he likes, but this contract is going down. APC will will review the contract and deal with it accordingly.
My Response>>>>>>>> Again, not so. There is no other platform offers the combination of features i have listed above ALL ON ONE PLATFORM. Whether people like you like it or not, this country WILL move forward in integrity and technology. You might want to do some research on Remita and SystemSpecs before placing your money on a bet for this prediction you have made.
PoliticsHow Dino Melaye Misled The Senate On TSA, Remita by mindthing(op): 2:49pm On Nov 13, 2015
There are indications that Dino Melaye, a senator representing Kogi West may have misled Nigerians with accusations that Remita, a payment platform owned by Systemspecs is milking the country by charging 1% as fee on all transactions.

According to a letter issued on December 17, 2013 and circulated to all Deposit Money Banks, the Central Bank of Nigeria [CBN] have debunked Melaye’s statement.
Titled “Commencement of Federal Government independent revenue collection under the Treasury Single Account [TSA] initiative” the CBN stated in the communication that “a fee of 1% of funds collected is payable, and this would be shared by solution provider and participating banks”.

Further investigations showed that the CBN, before it selected Remita as its gateway, examined existing local and foreign infrastructures before its endorsement and choice of the platform. The CBN approached NIBSS; a company owned by all Nigeria banks; including the CBN, the apex bank also reviewed the suitability of RTGS provided by CMA a foreign software house, and was convinced about its unsuitability before SystemSpecs’ Remita was considered.

According to facts available online and via the company website, Remita is a payment platform and not a company as many including the Kogi Senator would want the upper chambers to believe.

Media reports also claimed that SystemSpecs; owner of Remita-the CBN licensed payment gateway has been in existence for about 23years while Remita has been holding sway in the electronic payments space for about 10 years- long before the advent of TSA.

Investigations revealed that during evaluation, the CBN’s requirement-which was an integrated platform that connect to the banks and CBN’s platform, appeared beyond the reach of locally available solution.

Nevertheless, to make the selection process transparent, the CBN invited other companies to participate in the bidding as was the required procedure. CBN sources said Remita was offered the TSA project because of its unique capabilities to deliver on the requirement.

Investigations further revealed that the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation [OAGF] and the World Bank supported the project and its evaluation. “After due diligence, the contract was given to Systemspecs to deploy Remita as the CBN TSA Payment Gateway”, the CBN source said.

Recall that Melaye told the senate that Remita is a collection agent. The CBN source debunked this by saying “TSA is not just about collections, but payment and collection. The payment component started since January 2012 with little or no resistance. However, Collections which will have greatest impact on the economy by curbing corruption and blocking leakages was frustrated and repeatedly delayed until the new administration came in and insisted it must take off”.

http://expressng.com/2015/11/dino-melaye-misled-the-senate-on-tsa-remita-source/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+expressng%2FLmGT+%28Entertainment+Express%29
AutosRe: Accura ZDX 2010 *cotonou Clean Cars* by mindthing: 2:57pm On May 26, 2015
Your numbers are not going through. Can you contact me for price via mindthing@gmail.com?
AutosRe: Buy Your Car In Cotonou Through Chucky Autos, We Guaranty Your Peace Of Mind by mindthing: 2:50pm On May 26, 2015
Please could you let me know how much an Acura ZDX 2010 goes for?
PoliticsShocking Open Letter By Nigerian Army To Jonathan: Intent To Rig Elections by mindthing(op): 8:52am On Mar 15, 2015
Newspunch.org has exclusively obtained an open letter allegedly written by some concerned members of Nigerian Army to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, accusing the president of politicizing the force and engaging some of its senior officers in illegal activities aimed at rigging the forthcoming general elections.

Read actual scanned copy here: http://www.newspunch.org/shocking-open-letter-by-nigerian-army-to-jonathan-accused-fg-of-using-minimah-other-senior-officers-to-rig-coming-election-see-raw-copy/
AutosRe: 2009 Honda Accord @ 2.2m by mindthing(op): 8:44am On Oct 20, 2014
Available.
Autos2009 Honda Accord @ 2.2m by mindthing(op):
I use this car myself. Selling because i just upgraded to a SUV. It is in pristine condition and handles like a dream.

Black Color

47000 miles

SRS Airbags

Leather Interior

Fog Lights

6-Loader CD Audio System

Alloy Wheels

Cup Holders etc

CareerRe: Basic Medical Science In Nigeria - The Way Forward? by mindthing: 8:28am On Sep 20, 2013
I have a B.sc in Human Physiology from one of the federal universities in this country, and i can say outright that there is little professional niche for the basic medical sciences in Nigeria. I have personally never looked at my discipline as a meal ticket in itself, because right from when i was in school (i graduated in 2004), even doctors (MBBS holders) had started having their own challenges. I often looked at the kind of cars they drove and how they dressed and simply knew i wanted far more than that. So i started writing my IT certifications from 300L. Now i am almost 10 years in my field of IT, an esoteric field at that because it wasn't vastly popular at the time, and i see my colleagues who are now doctors now not even anywhere close to me in terms of earnings and standing... in actual fact, lots of them have gone either into research (overseas), into business or into administrative medicine because of the allure of the lucre... practice simply cuts it no more (ditto the strikes and protests etc in the health sector these days).

So what is my point?

1. Realize that little niche exists for para-medicine in this country

2. Go overseas if you can, para-meds have better working hours and really good pay there, especially in the US, UK and Asia

3. Get your Physiology/Anatomy certificate, and get an education with it, not just literacy. You will find that a little dexterity when applying the kind of mind that got you your degree in the first place to other disciplines will yield amazing results; and

4. Quit whining and start figuring out which of 2 & 3 you wanna do. Better to start late than never.



Good hunting.
Car TalkRe: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by mindthing: 5:10pm On Aug 15, 2013
Thanks sir, i appreciate. Any recommendations on contacts for the fix? I stay around Gbagada, Lagos. Thanks again.
ZIM DRILL: it might be your sender unit in the tank, normally it is attached to the fuel pump
Car TalkRe: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by mindthing: 4:23pm On Aug 15, 2013
Hi house. This thread is simply amazing, good work to all consultants. I just got an accord '09, but noticed that even when i fill my tank, the fuel gauge reads just over the halfway mark. What could be the problem, and i'd appreciate a nudge towards someone competent who can help me out very efficiently. Thanks lots in advance.
RomanceRe: Should A Lady Do House Chores For Her Boyfriend ? by mindthing: 5:28pm On Feb 21, 2013
Oh reallyhuh Alright then, i really dont mind if the girlfriend does no chores before we get married. So long as she also does not ask for nor expect a penny from me till we get hooked. This, my friends, is a two-way street smiley
AutosRe: 2004 Honda Accord (EOD) - Leather; For Sale: 1.3m by mindthing(op): 8:47pm On Feb 14, 2012
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AutosRe: 2004 Honda Accord (EOD) - Leather; For Sale: 1.3m by mindthing(op): 7:38pm On Jan 26, 2012
@broklyn: I will leave that diagnosis up to your mechanic; but again, nothing is wrong with this car. And it is good for the money.
AutosRe: 2004 Honda Accord (EOD) - Leather; For Sale: 1.3m by mindthing(op): 6:21pm On Jan 26, 2012
@MANGAM/amacom: Those are not bad prices, but unfortunately are not quite up to par for this car. It has been exquisitely well used. Thanks lots.
AutosRe: 2004 Honda Accord (EOD) - Leather; For Sale: 1.3m by mindthing(op): 8:22am On Jan 26, 2012
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AutosRe: I Need A Honda Accord 2005 (end Of Discussion) Tokunbo For A Moderate Price by mindthing: 5:25pm On Jan 25, 2012
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