tensazangetsu20:


I got a vasectomy to prevent mistakes. I will reverse it when I japa eventually but if I can't yeah that's my fail safe thorough failsafe.

Where did you get it done? and how much was it?

Leave the house ASAP! You can't change a grown up baby. Stay with someone if you have to.

Tochilynx:


Yahoo?
I don't buy into that idea,
I use Facebook dating i make friends i don't know why your negatively reacting to this sir.

who owns the facebook accounts you are selling ? to make friends indeed!

So you yahoo boys are bold enough to push your 'wares' in public now? you know it can be tracked easily right? smh

Move to a more inspiring neighborhood. Your environment sure has a way of affecting your thought. Buying a car in an environment where people can hardly afford lunch will bread unnecessary hatred and envy. You don't have to finish the Apartment all at once, get the necessities and buy a smaller car if you absolutely need a car. Trust me you don't want to live in an area where it seems you are the only one 'prospering'.

Nigerians and prayers!! for Goodness sake, you can't pay away insecurity. Netherland, a country where 85% of the population has never been to a church talk more of night vigil or fasting is one of the safest and most stable countries in the world.

Queen of the south

I wish the same tenacity for the Presidential election can be replicated Across the board especially, Local Government, Senatorial, and House of Representatives elections. It is impossible for one man to change Nigeria! this is democrazy.

Toktee:
Not me but my neighbor, if I find myself in the situation I will get am outside na.

To what end? If you are unhappy in your marriage, simply divorce after exhausting all other "reasonable" option. Cheating isn't reasonable!

Are you just realizing this now or this has always been the case? Or did she just suddenly have a low libido? If the case were the later,it might be due to work stress or you have become unattractive(pot belly and lack of grooming) . If she has always been like that and you thought she was going to change, sorry to disappoint you, it's not going happen. I suggest you invest in intimacy gadgets. Sexual compatibility to very important, alot of people overlook this.

Typical Twitter clout laced tortoise and monkey story

Hate wike all you like, but it already you can't take away his fearlessness. This type of brash, fearless leadership might be the only way to rescue this sinking ship

The only thing this toothless Chihuahua knows how to do is condemn and felicitate. This spineless man shouldn't even be a councillor

johnsonpal:
Hi guys, It has been 6months here already, Pheew. Time truly flies, I tell you. My last post was 2 months ago; you can check that out if you missed it.

Disclaimer: The content of this post is solely my opinion and experiences, which of course, will defer from others.

This is kind of a long post; Apologies in advance, and to avoid decimating the write-up with links, they will be posted at the end under reference and further reading.


Let's get to it

Accommodation scarcity has always been an issue, but recently, it has gone bunkers, like finding accommodation now requires some miracle or sheer luck, especially for Families. I still don't understand why Landlords and letting agents avoid blatantly refuse to rent to families. The story is the same almost everywhere now. I can't even imagine the financial implication and the emotional stress of spending months in a hotel/Airbnb with no end. Single people are not finding it easy either.
It will be better to come alone first to settle and resolve accommodation issues; the family can join later. You don't want to be roaming around with your children in a new environment. The landlords/landladies are also taking advantage of people's desperation by suddenly hiking rent and not supplying necessities. I was able to secure accommodation a month before I came in; I don't even think that is possible anymore.

Accommodation Search Tips :
Get a Uk number ASAP( I downloaded vyke while in Nigeria because I wasn't getting any response via email). Start calling and texting instead of emailing alone.
Register on Zoopla, Rightmove, Gumtree, Facebook Marketplace, start 'sleeping' on the websites. (Beware of Scam, especially on Facebook, if someone asks you to send an email to the sister, Not available to show house, payment via Airbnb it's 99% scam!!)
Google Agents in your city, go to their office if you are already on ground.
'Collabo' with another family to get a 5/6 bedroom ( demand for them are relatively low )
Some of the jobs on the UK shortage list might be removed soon due to 'oversupply.' So I did some digging and came up with a list of jobs vocations that I think have good prospects; some are still emerging.

Sustainability/Renewable: The Uk and Europe are moving towards renewable and energy sustainable development FAST. The Ukraine Russian war is going to make this move even faster. A degree in anything Related is going to be so worth it.

Business Intelligence/ Data Analyst: I analyzed popular jobs sites(LinkedIn, Totaljobs, indeed, reeds) posts for the 2 years, and these popped up.

AI/ Data Science: Data is the new currency man; applying Machine learning, deep learning, AI algorithms to data will be hot. This is different from Data Analysis; if you don't want to be mediocre, a strong Math/statistics background is essential, or time to learn those matrices and PCA. Ladies, please consider this career path. You are black and female, Double Minority! If you now know your onions again, omo! not every time nursing/public health.

Adult Care/Mental health: According to ons.gov.uk, "In 1999, around one in six people were 65 years and over (15.8%), this increased to one in every five people in 2019 (18.5%) and is projected to reach around one in every four people (23.9%) by 2039" Uk has an aging population, so anything Adult care will remain hot for a long time. You might also want to consider moving to coastal towns/cities according to ons, they elderly your clients prefer to retire to these areas.
Scrum Master: They popped up on my job data analysis

Vocations: I think people are ignoring this. if you can somehow combine school and learning a vocation, Consider these

Exterior Wall Cladding Installation: Due to the Grenfell Fire incident in 2017, the Government mandated exterior wall cladding who are prone to fire removed and changed; in fact, they are giving loans to leaseholder now.
Mechanics, anything electric mobility
Plumbing
HGV instructor: I think the Ukrainian refugee might close that gap though
I will post more in my next write-up, and you can always pivot your career if you are already studying something a little related.

The need for Job experience and good references cannot be overemphasized, I understand some of us are currently working temp jobs to pay the bill, but these Temps jobs can still be purposeful; you can build relationships that could provide future references. That is why it's important to be professional, friendly, and have a good work ethic.
When I first started working, I came from 8:07 to an 8:00 shift, and the Manager said, 'oh, it's nice of you to join us' 7 mins o finally, my mouth was wide agape. The other time I received a query for taking 40mins instead of a 30mins break; there was absolutely nothing to do at work that day. I had to adjust. Being prompt is very important, so try to factor uncertainties like bus delays into your work commute/appointments. Also, don't just do the barest minimum; I sometimes stay back after my shift to help out colleagues. My phone is put off while at work while others fidget theirs. These little things get noticed, trust me.

Incorporate listening to local news (BBC, telegraph, sky, Economist) into your routine during your commute to school or work. This can help integrate a little faster; you want to keep abreast of news and policy in your new 'home,' let the instablognaija and Naija twitter rest for a minute. The news also serves as a good conversation point between school mate/colleagues.

I wouldn't lie to y'all, combing work and school is not for the faint-hearted, it gets really busy with no time to do any other thing, but please try to find time to develop a hobby, Go to the gym, go for a ride, party sometimes, in fact, if football is your thing, attend some game, if you can afford the ticket. I know Nigerians are not big on mental health, but please take time to balance out the stress. It is easy to get lost in a routine of just work-school. The good news is, all the hard work will be well worth it in no distant time. Don't be dismay.

Unfortunately, guys, the 'yahoo boys,' or is it men, have started trooping in en masse. I don't understand how grown-ass men, 36years + with families, are still doing fraud. For goodness sake, Nigerians already have a battered and soiled reputation; this set of people will make it worse. In as much as I am praying and hoping for y'all to get caught, the ripple effect of headlines like " Nigerian man arrested for ..... " on people like me who are constantly busting their ass every day and giving this our all cannot be quantified. Please, biko Abeg , in the day of whoever you serve, STOP!! Don't ruin this opportunity for others. Apart from fraud, these guys don't even pretend to be interested in the schooling that got them here.

I received some pm last time, guys. I'm also a JJC like you. I really don't think I can be of much help. Ask your questions on this thread and the other Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant thread. You can also use the search option. These threads are info-rich. I used to follow them bumper to bumper, but these days I barely have time to visit, So I follow these OG's; it is easier to just catch up on their posts.
Lexusgs430 - I read his post as far back as 3years ago, thank you, sir
Mamatukwas: - All about parenting in a new environment. I think she offers Cargo to and fro also
Ticha : Finance, mortgage, Credit building, you want to follow her.
Aphro : Her moniker has skipped my mind now, but Ladies trying to get into the tech space should read her posts like a bible
LagosismyHome : She ever ready to give sound advice
Chukwuka16 : This Bros writing is like a dissertation. I love the details in them . one of his threads literally changed my life.
And some other OGs, Thank you guys for the invaluable contributions .

Quick one, if you are 'single single,' try to be a little strategic with relationships, enough said .


Finally,
In retrospect: What would I have done differently
Pay at least 75% of my tuition so I could focus more on school and use my 20hrs judiciously on an internship instead of working temp jobs.
Learn barbing before I came

Till next time, Na still me una brother Reporting Live !!!


Further Reading / Reference :

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/articles/overviewoftheukpopulation/january2021

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-sets-out-new-plan-to-protect-leaseholders-and-make-industry-pay-for-the-cladding-crisis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_cladding_crisis

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2021-09-08/grenfells-external-cladding-should-have-been-checked-by-risk-assessors

wow... Good read man

in simple English : You are on your own!!

Black men are practically endangered, everywhere even in Africa that is supposed to be "home".

From profiling, to been very careful, heck * a man got killed for just jogging in the US, a man got killed for snapping just a selfie with a female in Greece*

For the black race to be treated equally, maybe fairly atleast. Africa needs power/wealth , the fact that no black nation is among the top 50 GDP is so saddening.

Trust me. There is a handsome/beautiful person privilege. For instance, taking the trending 'Tinder Swindler,' why do you think he was relatively successful with his victims? You guess right, apart from his fake lifestyle, he is handsome !! Ladies, humans in general, have a soft spot for handsome men, beautiful women alike.

So if you are not that beautiful, Endeavour to marry someone relatively beautiful might necessarily not be facial ; it might be height, dimple, excellent dentition, beautiful eyes. You want to give your children a fair head start in life; You don't want people interest in them be born solely for material gains . Be wise! help your kids

Why Exactly is this news worthy? No one makes a big deal of a black woman that is speaking french and eating pizza. smh

Is Nigeria not hell enough? I don't think its will be fair to share the same "hell" with people from say Denmark or Norway

You are a reacting to a soap or cream. Stop ASAP and get a cleanser (cerave soothing cleanser) combine with the ordinary alpha alburtin. You should see great improvement in 2 weeks

Someone should get that dude an Oscar! This is pure OG move.

emmaodet:


You are right bro.
With Africa’s situation, people shouldn’t even try 2 kids not to talk of many.
As a matter of fact, the world needs lesser and lesser humans to run it day by day yet humans are producing more and more humans out for the world.
40/50 years ago, it takes like 10 humans per acre to produce the foods we eat but today, it takes one human to drive a tractor that will do minimum of 10 acres per day (equivalent of about 150 humans for 10 acres) to produce the food we eat while there is a good forecast that it will take 1automated robot to do that same 10 acres in one day to produce food for us in the next 20/30 years.
So you see, humans are in trouble.
Another good example is ATM - do you know how many people this machine sacked in the banking sector? Thousands.
One ATM machine will dispense cash and quietly do the work of at least 10 workers. It is not corrupt like humans who try to steal the bank’s money, it doesn’t regularly request for salary increment nor go on strike due to that, it works 24 hours unlike humans that put in like 8/10 hours yet half of it is unproductive due to hiding or laziness, it doesn’t engage in favoritism where a teller man attends to his friend who just came while others are on queue etc.
In the coming future, more robots, softwares, automation machines would be rolled out thereby sacking more people yet humans are still polluting everywhere with babies/kids.
You will even see some people claiming they are here on earth to spread their seeds or genes arrogantly. Stupid people

I'm always very happy to see a Nigerian with this kind of mindset, it very rare in a society like ours

Lenny22:
Hello Nairaland peeps, my friend is 23 but looks 28. This is really affecting his self esteem, he has lost quite a number of modelling gigs because most people think he reduced his age.
He developed facial hair at age 16 and started shaving at age 17. Due to the lack of proper shaving technique back then has resulted into hyper pigmentation. Is there any remedy?

Niacinamide

fabulous2019:
Good pm house
Just got to swansea, wales on Sunday, still on quarantine, please am in an hotel apartment around Neath Road, copper house, actually when I went to drop my day 2 at wellness near kingsway, it was very difficult for me to locate, their town is really different from Nigeria, nobody to explain better for you,
I don't understand how they enter their buses or train, infact I lost my way several times,
I would need advice from experience nigeria around there, how and what area can I rent house that will be easy for my movement, how do I pay for their train and buses, open account, get jobs, I saw amazon jobs which am very much interested, where can I get houses around amazon
Abeg help a brother ohh

are you in the swansea 21 student telegram group?

The Curious Story of Nigeria's Passport Shortage
State-sanctioned racketeering, ethnic nepotism, a complete failure of due diligence, and how an indicted cocaine trafficker has come to control the supply of passports to Nigerian citizens.

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“We acknowledge and apologize for the challenges faced in the past few weeks regarding passport booklets availability. I am glad to inform you that booklets are now available and are being distributed to all our passport issuing centres.”

With these words on March 31, former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Muhammad Babandede verbally signed a cheque that the NIS would subsequently fail to cash. Through the course of his tenure as CG, Nigerians had become used to chronic passport booklet shortage and the associated black market arbitrage, but the shortage had become acute by 2021. He needed to make a statement to reaffirm his competence.

Speaking at the commissioning of the Maitama Passport Express Centre - itself a masterclass in formalised black market arbitrage - Babandede made that statement, and then some. A special team would be dispatched to “facilitate enrollment and production” of passports across Nigeria and its foreign missions. New passport offices to service air passengers would be sited at the airports in Lagos, Kano and Abuja. The new “premium passport processing centre” in Abuja would cut the length of passport issuance and renewal from several weeks to just 72 hours.

Ultimately, Babandede’s statement turned out to be just that - a statement. From when he made these pronouncements until his retirement earlier this month, passport booklets continued to be a scarce and expensive commodity in Nigeria. Several factors were blamed for the baffling inability of Africa’s most populous country to provide passports for its citizens. Chronic corruption at the NIS; disputes between the NIS and a private contractor responsible for printing booklets; scarcity of forex to pay for security printing materials; even an alleged unofficial government policy to stem brain drain by making passports hard to access - all these have variously been blamed for this state of affairs.


As is so often the case in Nigeria, no theory or explanation should be dismissed out of hand, which is why when I set out to find out what is really behind the perennial shortage of these little green booklets, I was prepared for anything. Or at least I thought I was. What would emerge as I sank my teeth into this however, was not a story about supply chain disruptions or government inefficiencies. It was nothing like I had ever seen before, which is saying something.

Think Transformers meets Black Mirror meets Karishika, with protagonists who are part Elon Musk, part Lawrence Anini and part Bakin Zuwo. There is a murder in New York; a million dollar cocaine deal in Bogotá. Court cases in New Jersey; a legitimate high tech manufacturing operation in Kuala Lumpur; art exhibitions in Lagos; high society marriages; prominent placement in lifestyle and celebrity magazines, and the most comically brazen lawbreaking hidden in plain sight. If this story were a movie, it would be the conceptual offspring of Michael Bay and Ugezu J. Ugezu, which is to say, low on plot and purpose, but high on sheer crash-bang value.

Babandede The Placeholder
There are 3 main characters in this story. Their existence and relevance was determined after speaking to 5 different sources within the NIS ecosystem. These 3, more than any other people, have had the most influence on passport issuance and the wider state of the Immigration Service. Unsurprisingly, the first name on the list is immediate past CG Muhammad Babandede.


None of my sources have any especially nice words to say about him, but neither do they have any bitter personal complaints either. The impression that comes through about Babandede is that of a fundamentally limited man who is neither virtuous nor especially malevolent. As one of the sources puts it frankly:

“He tried to make some moves such as the passport express centres, but it didn’t work out because he was just there to make money before he retired. He didn’t really care about fixing any systemic issues like staff motivation or the ISTL contract. [More on this later] All that one was not his business.”

The sources inform me that under Babandede’s tenure, complete opacity was institutionalised, with Immigration officers now not even knowing how much to expect on their payslip at the end of the month. Apparently during his tenure, NIS staff were migrated to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system (IPPIS), and with that went any sort of transparency regarding staff payscales, deductions and entitlements. As a source colourfully puts it during one of our long conversations:

“It has now got to the point that you don’t know what will come in at the end of the month, and whatever it is that comes in - you just have to take it like that. The deductions vary every month so we don’t know how much we will take home. So tell me as a man with people depending on you, how else will you survive if not through egunje?”

While the sources mention different things that Babandede could have done to protect NIS staff welfare and morale, they all have one consistent criticism of him - his alleged ethnocentric posting policy. During his tenure they say, desirable NIS postings such as NIS offices in Lagos, were given exclusively to northerners, while the southerners working there were all posted out. The Ikoyi immigration office I am told, is now staffed almost exclusively by northerners - a state of affairs that would be impossible if the roles were reversed.

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Under Babandede and even in these early days of his successor Idris Jere, the sources say, many northerners in the NIS, encouraged by the prebendalist disposition of their superiors, are keen to let everyone know that it is “their turn” and they are in power. Following Idris Jere’s appointment a source claims, the next most senior Deputy Comptroller - a southerner from Lagos - who might have been next in line to succeed Jere, was promptly transferred to Sokoto. At press time, I have been unable to independently verify this.

Liman The Prebendalist
The other name that every source mentions is a certain “Liman” at the Ikoyi Passport Office. None of the sources bothers to hide how they feel about this fellow. This man and his extreme racketeering they say, is one of the major reasons behind Nigeria’s passport shortage. A bit of research brings up his name as Abdullahi I. Liman, a Deputy Comptroller in charge of the Ikoyi Passport Command of the NIS.


Every single source has a terrible story to tell about Abdullahi Liman. Liman they say, is responsible for the northernisation of the Ikoyi Passport Command. Even worse one source tells me, under Liman’s tenure, the atmosphere at the Command has taken on explicitly polarised ethnic and religious overtones. Take this anecdote from one of the sources for example:

“You can imagine that you are in the middle of doing a capture, then all of a sudden your colleague who is also capturing will just stand up and leave his station with a crowd of people there - because he says he is going to pray. You now end up doing his work for him, can you imagine that? This did not happen before Liman came in.”

Liman they say, is in the habit of pointedly using Hausa to converse with his subordinates at work, which automatically puts every southerner working under his command at a real career disadvantage. Speaking English - or in fact any other language but Hausa - at work is now a career demerit at the Ikoyi Passport Command under Liman’s watch.

A few days after I speak to this source, this story by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism was published, detailing persecution of a southern NIS officer at the Ikoyi Command in the exact ways described by my sources. Notice the reporter’s description of his interaction with Liman.


The Most Powerful Company We’ve Never Heard Of
Up to this point, I have relied on testimony from sources I consider trustworthy, but even their knowledge of affairs at the NIS has its limits. While people like Abdullahi Liman are running rackets within the NIS to restrict access to passport booklets in large population centres like Lagos so as to create a lucrative black market, the sources are also clear that they believe that the NIS simply does not have enough passport booklets. To truly understand why the NIS appears to have not just a distribution problem, but also a supply problem with passport booklets, I had to figure out whose interests were served by the status quo.

First, a brief primer on how Nigeria’s passport system works.

Starting in 2003, Nigeria adopted the e-passport standard to defeat counterfeiting, resulting in a contract awarded to IRIS Smart Technologies Limited (ISTL) which commenced in 2007 The scope of the contract was to implement the Nigeria Harmonised ECOWAS Electronic (SMART) Passport Autogate Systems as well as to supply e-passport booklets, wafers, laminates and maintenance services from 2006 and 2015. ISTL is affiliated with Malaysia’s Iris Corp, which carries out the actual security printing services including supply of e-passport booklets.


The services that ISTL renders to the NIS include creating and maintaining the electronic database containing the passport details of Nigerian citizens, as well as maintaining the communication infrastructure that keeps a constant uplink between passport registration offices and the ISTL data centre. In case the reader has not seen the problem with this, allow me to spell it out clearly:

A private company working for a profit incentive has full and unrestricted access to the sensitive data of all Nigerian passport holders, but more importantly, it alone has access to this data. In other words, ISTL has more access to passport holders’ data than the NIS itself. ISTL does not actually produce passport booklets, but sub-contracts production to the Malaysian firm Iris Corp. Essentially, this company that most people have never heard of, controls a valuable sovereign database exclusively, and all it has to do is maintain a few dozen closed VSAT links from passport registration centres. Essentially, tech support.

This in fact caused a row between the NIS and the company in 2017 when the 10-year contract came up for renewal. Speaking to Daily Trust in 2017, some NIS insiders claimed the following:

That the initial contract was a threat to national security because it vests control of the Country Signing Certification Authority (CSCA) - an official government seal - in ISTL, instead of the Nigerian government, which on paper is a risk factor for fraud;

That its implementation did not follow due process;

That the database and other infrastructure was paid for by the Nigerian government, but ISTL holds on to government property and uses tactics such as refusing to train NIS officers in the management of the system as a way to strong-arm the government into renewing its contract;

That NIS officers cannot conduct basic maintenance and repairs on the ISTL systems, meaning that the Nigerian government cannot withdraw from the ISTL contract without incurring catastrophic costs, which violates public procurement regulations;

That the contract had questionable exclusion clauses that gave undue advantage to ISTL at the expense of the Nigerian taxpayer.

The Malaysian company subcontracted by ISTL to print the booklets meanwhile, has found itself facing corruption probes by Malaysian authorities over its activities in other African e-passport jurisdictions such as Guinea. So putting this picture together, we have a tech support company that has somehow wrangled its way into a $138 million 10-year government contract (which was eventually renewed in 2019). Its main activity is maintaining equipment and an electronic database, and it sub-contracts passport booklet printing to a company halfway around the world whose executives have been arrested on corruption charges.

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For the purpose of balance, it must be pointed out that the $138 million figure is not paid by the government, but rather comes from the company’s revenue generation activities within the scope of the e-passport project. It is also important to point out that the criticisms of the ISTL contract were possibly made in bad faith by individuals who merely wanted to replace ISTL with their own companies. Indeed, the senior NIS official quoted by the Daily Trust in 2017 remarked, “[The controversy] is between contractors who want the contract. The NIS’ concern is simply the supply of the booklets.”

It is also important to mention that the cost of sub-contracting Iris Corp to print the booklets is paid is USD, while ISTL’s revenue comes in naira, with the CBN refusing to provide forex for the company. This I am reliably informed, is the material reason behind the chronic booklet shortages since 2017 - the cost of printing passport booklets has more than doubled in dollar terms since 2015. Hence, ISTL simply cannot afford to print as many booklets as before.

With that having been said, we now know that there is an incredibly lucky or powerful entity behind ISTL. Who is this person? This is where the story really takes a few turns, so hold on to your hats.

High Society Gentleman or Ex Cocaine Trafficker?
On its website, ISTL describes itself as a “major subsidiary of the flagship company, Image Technologies Limited (Imagetech).” A quick CAC database check on Imagetech brings up the elusive character behind the curtain.


For a Lagos socialite, Olayinka Fisher is a man who somehow keeps a decidedly low profile. For one thing, while researching this story, establishing what exactly his name is turns out to be quite the task. In some places, he is “Yinka Fisher.” In some other places, he is “Olayinka Fisher.” In still other places, he is “Olayinka Fischer” or “Sonayon Fisher.” Only in a few places that he would rather the world did not know about, does his full and correctly spelled government name appear: “Olayinka Sonayon Fisher.” So who is this guy and what is there to him?


Quite a bit, as it turns out.

The story starts in Mr. Fisher’s previous iteration as a high flying Nigerian diplomat in in mid-to-late 1970s. At the time, when he was still known to the world as Olayinka Sonayon Fisher, he was the Second Secretary of the Nigerian Mission to the United Nations.



Researching the many variants of his name online, references to his diplomatic career can be seen right up until about 1980 when he seems to vanish off the face of the historical earth. In 1989, he resurfaces on CAC documents in Nigeria as the majority shareholder in a new company called Imagetech. Presumably at this point, the high-achieving diplomat has decided to pivot into a career in tech entrepreneurship. Nigeria being what it is, nobody ever really bothers to ask why, and by 2003 he is signing the contract above for ISTL under President Olusegun Obasanjo.

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The good times are rolling. Following the end of his marriage to River State scion Doris Amachree, he weds Dr. Pius Okigbo’s daughter Anne. He becomes an avid art collector and patron of the arts. He hosts art exhibitions with the Spanish Embassy in Lagos, which are co-curated by both of his sons who share his love of the visual arts. To all intents and purposes, he is the SI unit of the classy and respectable old money Lagosian. There’s just one problem:



According to U.S. court records, Mr. Fisher allegedly used to be part of an intercontinental cocaine smuggling ring.

I obtain the following documents from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. They detail court proceedings from a 1983 case involving a violent drug dealer wanted for a murder in the Bronx, New York, a successful American businessman who dabbled into the illegal drug business with him, and a Nigerian diplomat who used his diplomatic immunity to traffic shipments of cocaine into the U.S. on their behalf.

The diplomat’s name? A certain Olayinka Sonayon Fisher.




According to Tracy Wong, the indicted American businessman, he paid Fisher the sum of $50,000 for a single shipment. The indictment further states that this arrangement lasted for at least 2 years with multiple Cocaine trafficking trips made worth several million dollars. Exactly how much Fisher made from this arrangement in total is a question only he can answer, but it certainly raises a few interesting questions.


Perhaps the most telling part of this story is that following the release of this NYT article and his subsequent exit from the diplomatic corps, Fisher appears to have intentionally dropped all mention of “Sonayon” from his name. In fact, it took the extraordinary step of making a few calls to my hometown Badagry, where the name “Sonayon” also originates from, to confirm his identity. The fact that this has somehow slipped under the radar for decades despite his custody of one of the most sensitive databases in Nigeria is a sign of a catastrophic failure of state intelligence and due diligence.



Making this point further, I speak to a lawyer, Solomon Igberaese to give his professional opinion of this issue. He points out that according to the Public Procurement Act 2007, someone with Fisher’s background should have been disqualified from the public procurement process. In his words:

“Falsification of fact can be interpreted to also include drug trafficking. Carrying out drug trafficking under any other guise will constitute falsification of fact. That he concealed packages inside diplomatic pouches certainly qualifies as falsification of fact. Again the section said falsification of facts relating to any matter.”


So there we have it - possibly the most mind-bending story in Nigeria’s rich history of dodgy public procurement and contracting. For added measure, the third person in the drug ring, a career drug dealer called Joseph Anthony Margarite was also wanted in connection with a murder at the time of his involvement with Wong and Fisher.


The full and unredacted set of court records relating to this case is available here.

Source : https://westafricaweekly.substack.com/p/the-curious-story-of-nigerias-passport

Idamond:


My face is always OILY and it also cause PIMPLES on my face because of that I stop applying cream on my face, and the resultant is causing pimples on my face..

even after taking my bath in less than an hour oil will pop out from my face even if I'm under an air-conditioned...
please how do I stop these.

First You need to stop whatever you are currently using, it makes your face red.

Second, Get a good cleanser, Cerave foaming cleanser should do, massage on your face for like 5 minutes. Then get The ordinary Alpha arbutin.it a serum, Use 2-3 drops morning and night after cleansing, then get sunscreen Missha All-around Safe Block Aqua Sun Gel SPF50 is a very good one. You can get it all on JUMIA, note these are not miracle sharp sharp products o, they work gently and gradually.

PS: I don't understand why most men don't take care of themselves, facially and otherwise, Self care shouldn't be women only

Myhusband:



what type of car bro and how much do you want to sell it?

09 matrix sport. Please check the thread on my profile

almsofgold:
can you post car details here with pics and price? You never can say

I have a thread opened thanks