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Autos / Re: Respray / repaint And Oven Bake your Vehicles to look brand new[with pictures] by MrPristine: 9:28am On Jan 24, 2023 |
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Politics / Parable Of The Talents And The Realities Facing Nigeria Today by MrPristine: 9:33am On Jan 23, 2023 |
 Parable of the talents and the realities facing Nigeria today. By Kunle Oshobi The "Parable of the Talents", in Matthew 25:14–30 tells of a master who was leaving his house to travel, and, before leaving, entrusted his property to his servants. According to each man's abilities, one servant received five talents, the second received two, and the third received only one. The property entrusted to the three servants was worth eight talents, where a talent was a significant amount of money. Upon returning home, after a long absence, the master asks his three servants for an account of the talents he entrusted to them. The first and the second servants explained that they each put their talents to work, and have doubled the value of the property with which they were entrusted; each servant was rewarded: “His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” — Matthew 25:23 The third servant, however, had merely hidden his talent, burying it in the ground, and was punished by his master: “Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him, that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” — Matthew 25:24–30 The scenarios painted above depicts two of the options facing Nigeria today, however there is a third scenario which was not captured in the parable and that is one in which the servant squanders the talent given to him and even goes on to incur more debts as is the situation in Nigeria today under the current APC administration. Given the fact that the APC presidential candidate has vowed to continue with the failed policies of the current administration in the unfortunate incidence that they are able to wangle themselves into power again, we cannot expect any better than what is painted in the third scenario in the traumatizing but unlikely event of APC retaining power in 2023. However, this article was not written to entertain the traumatizing thoughts of APC retaining power in 2023 but to draw a lesson from the parable by contrasting it with the antecedents of two of the other leading presidential candidates in Nigeria today. In one case, we have a candidate who has a reputation for being frugal and like the servant who hid the talents given to him was saving money (in banks owned by himself) while the economy of the state was in shambles, the poverty rate was climbing and the people he was meant to cater for were becoming more impoverished. In the other case, we have a candidate who was put in charge of the economy when he served as vice president of the country and like the servants who invested and doubled their talent, he set to work to grow the Nigerian economy and through his efforts along with other members of the team he led, they were able to grow the Nigerian economy at the highest rate in her history, increase GDP per capita by 600%, create millions of jobs and pulled millions of Nigerians out of poverty within the same period. The options facing Nigerians today are either to vote in a candidate that will continue to squander the little resources we have and plunge the country into further debt, a candidate who under the pretext of being frugal would stagnate the country’s economy while people continue to wallow in poverty and a candidate who has a proven track record of growing the economy, creating jobs and alleviating people from poverty. To me, the choice seems pretty cl ear but unfortunately, politicians will always obfuscate issues by resorting to propaganda and making all sorts of outlandish claims to confuse the people. This is why it is always good to resort to past records of performance in evaluating our prospective leaders and from what the parable above tells us, only those who multiply their talents are worthy of reward and not those who just save it, neither will those who squander it be worthy of any reward. May the good Lord continue to reward our leaders who put our resources to work for us for our collective benefit. Kunle Oshobi writes from Lagos |
Politics / Re: Nigeria Achieved Her Highest Economic Growth With Atiku In Charge Of The Economy by MrPristine: 2:27pm On Jan 16, 2023 |
christistruth01: Fake news |
Politics / Re: Nigeria Achieved Her Highest Economic Growth With Atiku In Charge Of The Economy by MrPristine: 2:27pm On Jan 16, 2023 |
Bonesbreaker: My PVC is for Atiku |
Politics / Re: Nigeria Achieved Her Highest Economic Growth With Atiku In Charge Of The Economy by MrPristine: 2:26pm On Jan 16, 2023 |
Antoeni: Atiku owns several well established businesses that can take care of his family, he is currently more concerned about taking care of the future of millions of Nigerians by fixing our economy. |
Politics / Nigeria Achieved Her Highest Economic Growth With Atiku In Charge Of The Economy by MrPristine: 1:33pm On Jan 16, 2023 |
Historical fact: Nigeria achieved the highest economic growth rate in her history between 1999 and 2007 with Atiku in charge of the economy.
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Autos / Re: Respray / repaint And Oven Bake your Vehicles to look brand new[with pictures] by MrPristine: 12:58pm On Jan 16, 2023 |
Wishing us all a blessed and happy new year. |
Politics / Re: G5 Governors Will Soon Shut Door Of Reconciliation - Wike Warns PDP by MrPristine: 4:23pm On Jan 14, 2023 |
Wike should go to hell, he has lost relevance. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Technology Market / Re: Unveiling The Secrets Of Digital Marketing In Nigeria by MrPristine: 3:28pm On Jan 09, 2023 |
Chapter 4: Overview of the most popular digital marketing websites used in Nigeria. In this chapter, we do an indept analysis of the various websites available for use in digital marketing in Nigeria highlighting the strengths, weaknesses and advantages of each website. The analysis also distinguishes between Nigerian owned websites and foreign owned websites that were popular amongst Nigerians. The knowledge gained from this chapter will help you make more informed choices when choosing digital marketing platforms to use in promoting your business and enable you to get better results. To learn more about this, kindly visit https://www.amazon.com/-/zh_TW/Kunle-Oshobi-ebook/dp/B0BN4865Z3 to get a copy of the book.
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Politics / Our Welfare And The Politics Of 2023 by MrPristine: 8:15pm On Jan 05, 2023 |
 Our welfare and the politics of 2023 By Kunle Oshobi As we approach the 2023 presidential elections, as it has become the norm in the Nigerian political scene, issues of ethnicity, religion, and region of the presidential candidates continue to dominate the headlines and criteria for support while the issue of which candidate is best equipped to fix the economy and make life better for Nigerians has taken the back seat. The irony in all this is that the foremost responsibility of our political leaders is to ensure the welfare and security of the people. While the ability to effectively manage and grow the economy will take care of the welfare of the people, issues of ethnicity, religion, and region add zero value to the effectiveness of our leaders other than the fact that politicians use it as a tool to distract and divide us while they take away our attention from what matters most to us which is our economic welfare. The more pertinent issue is that the economy is now at it’s lowest ebb given the fact that all the economic gains achieved since the return to democracy in 1999 have been reversed in the last seven years by the current administration that appears clueless as far as managing the economy of the country is concerned. As a result of this per capita income of Nigerians has dropped by over 50% since 2015 while the Naira has lost over 70% of it’s value within the same period. This has resulted in the prohibitive cost of goods and services, high unemployment rate, declining productivity, excruciating national debts, increased crime rate, and Nigeria becoming the poverty capital of the world at a time when other third world countries are fast pulling their citizens out of poverty. Given the grim existential reality we find ourselves in, given the pathetic state of the country's economy, in our self-interest it only makes sense that we collectively support a candidate that is best equipped and has a proven track record to fix the economy and of all the presidential candidates soliciting for our votes next year, only one of them has a credible track record with growing the economy and has also demonstrated his preparedness to get our country’s economy back on track. As is the current situation today, at the return to democracy in 1999, the Nigerian economy was at its lowest ebb with the GDP growth rate having stagnated at 0.58%, huge external debt of $35 billion, and debt service obligations in excess of $3 billion per annum, foreign reserves at less than $3 billion, GDP per capita of less than $500 and oil prices at less than $17 per barrel. Without blaming the past military administrations for the nation’s woes, the Obasanjo administration set to work and assembled an economic team under the supervision of the then Vice President Atiku Abubakar who was put in charge of the economy while Obasanjo focused more on international diplomacy to restore Nigeria’s battered image in the international community. With the leadership of Atiku Abubakar, the economic team was able to turn around the economy, and from a dismal economic growth rate of 0.58% in 1999, they were able to achieve a growth rate of 16.2% by the third quarter of 2002 at a time of relatively low oil prices (This remains the highest ever economic growth rate achieved in the county’s history) and put the country on a trajectory which resulted in our GDP per capita growing by over 600% to $3,000 per capita by 2014. Having set the economy on the path of sustainable growth, they also ensured that the country’s resources were very well managed and were able to grow the country’s foreign reserves by the highest margins in the country’s history even after paying off our external debts through a negotiated settlement in an agreement in which they were able to save the country a whopping $18 billion. That asides they initiated several economic policies which helped to accelerate the growth of the country’s economy and create jobs such as the bank consolidation program which grew our banking industry by over 300% in just two years, the pension reforms which has now grown our pension funds to be in excess of 14 trillion Naira and remains the largest single pool of funds in the Nigerian financial services industry till date, the Local content policy in the oil industry which retains on average $8 billion worth of oil service contracts to local entrepreneurs while ensuring technology transfer, the cement industry policy which boosted local cement production, saves the country $3 billion annually from money spent on imports and created hundreds of thousands of jobs down the value chain, liberalization of the telecoms industry which attracted tens of billions of dollars into the economy and grew the telecoms industry by over 30,000% within fifteen years amongst several other policies that added up to make Nigeria the fastest growing economy in Africa and resulted in Nigeria becoming the biggest economy in Africa by the time the economy was rebased in 2013. It was this same rapid economic growth that Lagos being the commercial capital of the country benefited from and allowed it to significantly grow it’s IGR from the companies thriving based on the economic policies. Ironically, it is someone that added zero value to these companies apart from taxing them that has been busy claiming credit for the IGR growth over the years. In addition to the vibrant growth-inducing economic policies, as part of the efforts to manage the country's resources judiciously, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) were established to institutionalize the fight against corruption while the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) was strengthened to make the fight against fake drugs more effective in the country. The Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligence Unit (BMPIU) popularly known as Due Process office was also established to cut the high cost of procurements and contracts, thus saving the federal government hundreds of billions of Naira yearly in the process. Growing the economy didn’t happen by chance, it took a lot of hard work, strategic planning, commitment, and tenacity which the Atiku-led economic team of the Obasanjo administration exhibited to make Nigeria become the fastest-growing economy in Africa. Given the economic predicament in which we find ourselves today, it is inevitable that we must elect a president that is not just committed to revamping the economy but has a proven track record and experience in this regard. Of all the presidential candidates that have presented themselves to serve as the country’s next president, only Atiku Abubakar has the requisite experience to turn around the country’s economy while it is also a fact that he is the candidate that has shown the most commitment to fixing the country’s economy based on his level of preparedness. Apart from having the most robust and realistic plan for the country, Atiku Abubakar plans to address the biggest challenge entrepreneurs have in the country with a $10 billion economic stimulus plan to finance Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs) in the country to stimulate economic growth. On the contrary, his main opposition’s plan to grow the economy is to recruit 50 million youths into the army and feed them with agbado (corn) and cassava to stimulate demand and supply thus betraying his cluelessness in managing the economy for growth. Another frontline candidate is fond of banding slogans such as 'moving the economy from consumption to production" without any clearcut economic plan of how he intends to achieve this feat but if we are to go by his antecedents in which the poverty rate in his state went up from 41.4% to 53.7% under his leadership as governor, we can safely conclude that all his noise about moving the country from 'consumption to production' is mere propaganda as he has demonstrated a very poor ability to manage and grow the economy in his most recent public assignment. As we approach the 2023 elections, we as Nigerians have to stop allowing sentiments, emotions, and propaganda to influence our decision-making process. We have to identify the candidate that is best equipped to ensure that our best interest as Nigerians is taken care of and which is revamping our economy and growing it for our collective benefit. In ending this article, I must submit that it is actually in our enlightened self-interest as Nigerians, to vote for Atiku Abubakar as the next president of the federal republic of Nigeria as he is the candidate that is best equipped to fix our ailing economy, grow it and ensure that we all as Nigerians enjoy a better standard of living and higher quality of life. Our welfare is what matters most and it only makes sense that we support the man who has a solid track record of phenomenal performance in managing and growing our economy. Kunle Oshobi writes from Lagos. https://thebossnewspapers.com/2023/01/03/our-welfare-and-the-politics-of-2023/ |
Technology Market / Re: Unveiling The Secrets Of Digital Marketing In Nigeria by MrPristine: 2:21pm On Jan 05, 2023 |
Chapter two: My digital marketing experience. In this chapter I delved into my sojourn in the world of sales and marketing culminating in how I discovered the exciting world of digital marketing and how I was able to exceed my previous year's sales within just one month of executing a digital marketing campaign that was introduced to me. This turned out to be a major turning point for my business and this simple strategy can easily be replicated in any business. To learn more, kindly visit https://www.amazon.com/-/zh_TW/Kunle-Oshobi-ebook/dp/B0BN4865Z3 to get your copy of the book.
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Technology Market / Re: Unveiling The Secrets Of Digital Marketing In Nigeria by MrPristine: 7:47am On Jan 05, 2023 |
It also reveals how some of the richest men in the world (Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin and Larry Page) made their money through digital marketing. |
Politics / Atiku Begins Plans To Run Government by MrPristine: 8:39am On Jan 04, 2023 |
While Emilokan is still busy planning how to rig the elections and Obi is just catching cruise, Atiku has gone ahead to start preparing for governance. One thing is certain, he will hit the ground running immediately after he is sworn in on the 29th of May. Atiku begins plans to run government https://businessday.ng/politics/article/atiku-begins-plans-to-run-government/ |
Politics / Re: Bola Tinubu Pictured With Ribadu And Gov Badru In Mecca (Photos) by MrPristine: 9:27am On Jan 01, 2023 |
OLAADEX: The rodent went to pray for his selfish ambition and not for Nigeria. God forbid BAT thing in 2023. |
Politics / Re: "I Did My Best For Nigeria" - Buhari by MrPristine: 9:25am On Jan 01, 2023 |
Racoon: Unfortunately his best was an unmitigated disaster for the country, may his likes never smell the corridors of power in Nigeria again. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: How Atiku's $10 Billion Stimulus Plan Will Affect You by MrPristine: 8:28am On Dec 28, 2022 |
emorse: On the contrary, the Atiku plan was conceptualized by Atiku himself. Don't forget that he is very experienced in governance and he was in charge of the economy when Nigeria achieved the highest economic growth rate in her history under the Obasanjo administration. |
Politics / How Atiku's $10 Billion Stimulus Plan Will Affect You by MrPristine: 8:06am On Dec 28, 2022 |
 How Atiku’s $10 billion economic stimulus plan will affect you. By Kunle Oshobi According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), 59 million Nigerians representing 84.02% of Nigeria’s total labour force work in the Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSMEs) sub-sector of the economy. This effectively makes the sector the biggest employer of labour in the Nigerian economy and where we need to focus on if we are serious about growing the economy. However, despite the huge number of Nigerians employed in this sector, many more Nigerians remain unemployed with our unemployment rate currently hovering around 33% and many more of those that are employed being actually under employed and unable to maximize their potentials. Analysis by Statista further reveals that while we have an estimated 41,469,947 micro enterprises in the country, there are also 71,288 small enterprises and 1,793 medium scale enterprises operating in the country with a vast majority of the micro enterprises being one-man businesses. Various studies however reveal that the biggest challenge being faced by most MSMEs in the country is access to capital to finance their operations and the prohibitive cost of the capital in the rare occasion that it becomes available. It is also a fact that if we are to grow our economy, create jobs for our people and pull Nigerians out of poverty, we must stimulate economic activity and increase productivity within the economy. This essentially is what the Atiku stimulus plan intends to achieve as it will directly be addressing the single biggest problem that is inhibiting productivity within the Nigerian economy by providing concessionary loans to large numbers of existing and potential entrepreneurs to help finance their business growth. To fund the stimulus plan if elected into office, Atiku intends to use the proceeds from the sales of the refineries which have now become a drainpipe costing the government over N100 billion annually to maintain even though they are not producing any fuel. By so doing, Atiku will be converting a liability which is costing us billions of Naira to maintain every year into a resource that can be used to finance economic growth and positively impact the lives of Nigerians. In addition to that, part of the money saved from the removal of fuel subsidy which is estimated to cost the federal government $15 billion this year alone will also be redirected to fund the stimulus plan. Effectively speaking the plan aims to redirect funds from consumption activities (subsidy) to productive activities (MSMEs financing) thereby killing two birds with one stone unlike those who bandy slogans of moving Nigeria from consumption to production without any effective plan to achieve such objectives. In implementing the stimulus plan, unlike the “Trader money” charade which turned to be a vote buying racket, the funds will be disbursed through competent financial institutions where the funds can be professionally managed and processes put in place to ensure that the funds are not abused. With this move, the Atiku stimulus plan would also have ignited a credit culture within the Nigerian economy and help deepen the financial services industry in the country as the risk appetite of our financial institutions will increase based on the implementation of the plan. Various studies have also revealed that Nigeria can double her GDP within six to seven years if we can develop a thriving credit system in the country in which credit facilities will be available to most entrepreneurs and consumers as this will unlock a lot of potentials within the economy, stimulate an increase in demand and supply within the economy and translate to more jobs and income for Nigerians. With the $10 billion stimulus plan, as many as five million Nigerian entrepreneurs could benefit from the loans in the first instance and if an average of just two jobs are created per beneficiary, that means that ten million Nigerians can be taken off the labour market in the short term. Other benefits of the stimulus plan will include human capacity development programs to train beneficiaries on how to manage their businesses better and ensure that the funds disbursed are well managed and that they become more productive. With increased productivity, not only will the entrepreneurs earn more and put them in a better position to grow their businesses, government also stands to earn more in terms of taxes which will further enable them to enhance their service delivery to Nigerians. The good news is that this stimulus will spill over to all sectors of the Nigerian economy and affect everyone positively as the increased purchasing power that Nigerians will collectively have as a result of pulling millions out of the unemployment market will mean more patronage for existing business owners that didn’t benefit directly from the stimulus plan and more income for their workers. Less people will also resort to crime when more jobs are available thus making our country safer for all. With the implementation of the Atiku $10 billion stimulus plan along with other policies like the Atiku plan to incentivize the power sector as was done in the telecoms sector to attract more private sector investors into the industry along with his plans to ensure that the private sector becomes the engine of growth of the Nigerian economy, the average Nigerian will be the biggest beneficiary as this will translate into more jobs and higher income for all Nigerians. It is certainly in our enlightened best interest to support the Atiku plan to #RecoverNigeria by joining hands to vote him in as the next president of our beloved country. Kunle Oshobi is a spokes-person for the Atiku/Okowa campaign organization How Atiku’s $10bn Economic Stimulus Plan Will Affect You https://thebossnewspapers.com/2022/12/27/how-atikus-10bn-economic-stimulus-plan-will-affect-you/ 2 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: Lagos Agberos And The 2023 General Elections (A Must Read)! by MrPristine: 9:46am On Dec 23, 2022 |
Helplasgidi: Are you minding the bigoted rodent? I am sure he knows nothing about Gbadebo but just supporting him out of arrogance of the Obidient movement. |
Politics / Re: Lagos Agberos And The 2023 General Elections (A Must Read)! by MrPristine: 5:18pm On Dec 18, 2022 |
Freethinker87: Is Gbadebo even in the race? You better stop deluding yourself. |
Politics / Re: Lagos Agberos And The 2023 General Elections (A Must Read)! by MrPristine: 5:15pm On Dec 18, 2022 |
BATified2023: You must be extremely delusional to think that it's only Igbos that are against the criminal activities of Tinubu. The vile character is the most hated politician even amongst our fellow Yorubas. We all know that he is a notorious criminal. 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Lagos Agberos And The 2023 General Elections (A Must Read)! by MrPristine: 5:12pm On Dec 18, 2022 |
BATified2023: Is it the same Tinubu that poos in his Pampers and is demented that you are talking about? 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Lagos Agberos And The 2023 General Elections (A Must Read)! by MrPristine: 5:10pm On Dec 18, 2022 |
BATified2023: God forbid BAT thing, a vile criminal like Tinubu can never be president of Nigeria. |
Politics / Re: Lagos Agberos And The 2023 General Elections (A Must Read)! by MrPristine: 5:09pm On Dec 18, 2022 |
MrColdsweat: Even Gbadebo knows that he is just wasting his time and doesn't stand a chance in hell of winning. You align and support the winning team. #jafuneko2023 |
Politics / Re: Lagos Agberos And The 2023 General Elections (A Must Read)! by MrPristine: 12:49pm On Dec 18, 2022 |
Lalasticlala kindly move to front page so we can get more opinions on the issue. 3 Likes |
Politics / Re: Atiku, Not Tinubu Responsible For High IGR In Lagos by MrPristine: 12:47pm On Dec 18, 2022 |
SmartPolician: Obasanjo administration didn't steal a kobo of the so called $16 billion. It was all political lies and propaganda to discredit his administration. 1 Like 1 Share |
Politics / Re: Atiku, Not Tinubu Responsible For High IGR In Lagos by MrPristine: 12:46pm On Dec 18, 2022 |
sapele914: He was vice president of the country and put in charge of the Nigerian economy and not governor of Adamawa state 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Atiku, Not Tinubu Responsible For High IGR In Lagos by MrPristine: 11:53am On Dec 18, 2022 |
ProjectNaija: Very well said by the writer, there are too many lies about Tinubu's claims to have increased the IGR in Lagos. He did virtually nothing but if just claiming credit for the hard work of others. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Lagos Agberos And The 2023 General Elections (A Must Read)! by MrPristine: 11:48am On Dec 18, 2022 |
This is another reason why we must vote out the tyrannical Tinubu hegemony that has been holding Lagos down for the past twenty three years and vote in the dynamic duo of Jandor and Funke who will listen to the voice of the people. 3 Likes 1 Share
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Autos / Re: Respray / repaint And Oven Bake your Vehicles to look brand new[with pictures] by MrPristine: 1:41pm On Dec 17, 2022 |
EndiaSami: 0802-733-8500 |
Politics / Re: ADC To Tinubu: FG, Jakande, Johnson & Marwa Built Lagos, Not You by MrPristine: 8:06pm On Dec 15, 2022 |
Tinubuwins2023e: You are an accomplished slowpoke for this extremely daft and fraudulent statement. Even complete idiots know that Lagos was the most developed state in the country before Tinubu came to slow down the progress of the state in the past twenty three years through his unprecedented looting of the resources of the state. |
Autos / Re: Respray / repaint And Oven Bake your Vehicles to look brand new[with pictures] by MrPristine: 7:19pm On Dec 14, 2022 |
EndiaSami: Thanks so much for the inquiry, it will cost 100k to get it done. |
Politics / Re: How The Atiku Privatization Plan Benefits You by MrPristine: 12:38pm On Dec 14, 2022 |
Naira20: The article is not about promises but about Atiku's phenomenal track record and the huge success of the privatization program. |
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