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Leading Pan-African fintech , Yellow Card, has announced the winner of its "A Whole in your Wallet” global campaign. The lucky winner, Julian Oti, a young Nigerian, has been rewarded with one whole Bitcoin, currently valued at over $30,000. The campaign, which ran from February to April 2023, aimed to give Yellow Card users a soft landing following a rollercoaster in 2022 and a prolonged bear market in 2023. It also sought to empower Cryptocurrency enthusiasts and facilitate their journey to financial freedom through smart trading choices and money moves.

Commenting on his journey with cryptocurrency and emerging as the winner of the “A Whole in your Wallet Campaign”, Julian Oti said "I started trading cryptocurrency in 2016, but got on the Yellow Card App last year. I was attracted to the platform's trading rates and its user friendliness. Last month after getting a message from Yellow Card about the Whole in Your Wallet campaign, I decided to participate in the competition. I increased the frequency of my transactions on the platform and to my surprise I was announced the winner at the end of the campaign". On his plans for the 1 BTC, Julian explained that he will utilise part of the prize money to take care of personal needs, while he will re-invest the rest in trading digital assets.

The Yellow Card “A Whole in Your Wallet” Campaign was created to address the effect of the market landscape on everyday crypto users, especially in light of the global economic and crypto outlook for 2023. Experts have predicted "tougher times" and a prolonged bear market, and Yellow Card understands the need to give back to its users during these times.

The campaign encouraged users to carry out $10 worth of transactions daily on the exchange platform in order to stand a chance to win the grand prize of one whole Bitcoin at the end of the campaign, or $250 worth of cryptocurrency every week. The winner was selected via a transparent lucky draw format, witnessed and audited by an independent legal partner, Legalese, on April 4th, 2023.

Rachael Akalia, Yellow Card's Regional Marketing Manager for West Africa, described the campaign as "giving away a WHOLE bitcoin to fix the “HOLES” in the pocket of Crypto users after a turbulent 2022". She also noted that the campaign aimed to build a community of crypto enthusiasts and assist them in reaching their goal of gaining financial freedom. Yellow Card believes that by giving away one whole Bitcoin, they are not only inspiring hope but also fixing the "HOLES" in the pockets of their users.

Yellow Card is Africa's largest cryptocurrency exchange, offering traders a seamless and simple way to make smart money moves. The exchange enables users to trade Bitcoin and other coins at the best rates, promoting financial inclusion and education on the continent. After raising the largest Series A round for any African crypto company in 2021, the exchange secured $40M in Series B Funding Round in September 2022 - bringing the total raised to $57M. Yellow Card is co-founded and led by Chris Maurice (CEO) and Justin Poiroux (CTO).

With the audacious move to give away over $30,000 worth of crypto in a recovering market, Yellow Card has shown its commitment to its users. The global crypto market capitalization has crossed more than a $1 trillion market, supported by high and stable trading volumes. Bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency, has crossed $30,000 for the first time since June 2022. Despite the bearish predictions about the Crypto market, Yellow Card remains optimistic about the future and is committed to empowering its users with the tools and resources they need to succeed.

For more information about Yellow Card and its services, visit their website at www.yellowcard.io.
Or contact Rutendo Nyamuda, Public Relations Officer at rutendo@yellowcard.io

mywells:
How does it work,i want to send money to my brother in india

It's quite easy. You need to have a Flutterwave account first tho

GeneralPula:
I can see bank accounts?

You linked your bank account right?

Yes. You have to have a primary bank account linked.

This is good one. I just checked on my Flutterwave dashboard and enabled it. ���

[center]http://www.streethub.com.ng/2018/10/25/ways-nigerians-are-reacting-to-wizkids-fever-video/
Stew everywhere! That is the latest slang in town. Few days back Wizkid dropped the video to Fever, one of his new singles, the video featured Tiwa Savage. The video immediately went viral on social media and in 24 hours the video has already hit over 1 million views on YouTube. The video went viral not because it was so interesting and everybody loved it, or because Tiwa Savage was on it, but because of the X rated display between Wizkid and Tiwa Savage. It got Nigerians talking, so we decided to observe and categorize Nigerians depending on their reactions to the video.[left][/left]
The “It’s a Publicity Stunt” gang
These are the people forming PR Professionals, they believe the video was strictly a professional business relationship, it is normal and there is nothing wrong in it, it is pure art and a successful publicity stunt.
The “It’s a publicity stunt, but…” gang
Here comes the PR guys that are skeptical. They believe it is obviously a PR stunt but there is more to it than just a publicity stunt. They think Tiwa Savage and Wizkid may have intentions to date or may already be having an affair in the background, that is why they feel comfortable shooting such video.
The “I talk am!” gang
These are the guys that believe they cannot be fooled at all. This is not the first time Wizkid is getting involved with Tiwa. After all the noise that was made the first time, Wizkid and Tiwa Savage dismissed any rumour of them having an affair. But this set of people never believed there was nothing between them and they think this Video confirms their suspicion. In fact they believe that this video is the way Wizkid and Tiwa has decided to make their relationship public and official.
The “This is not right” gang
Now comes the morality checkers. This set believes it is wrong for a young man with 3 children from 3 different baby mamas and a married but separated mother of 1 to engage in such kind of explicit display. This category of people are not smiling and believes that video should be banned.
The “Teebillz right now” gang
Here are the guys that believe Teebillz (her separated husband and former manager) will be hurt over the video. Despite Teebillz proclaiming that Wizkid respects him too much to mess around with Tiwa, Wizzy still went ahead to be touching his separated wife anyhow to the pleasure of the whole world, and this category of people believes it will hurt Teebillz bad. There have been times we thought Teebillz and Tiwa will come back together, but that was before Wizkid entered the equation. Tiwa seems to have moved on.
The “which Video is it that?” Gang
Here comes the people that are trapped under some kind of rock. They do not really know what the noise is about, they haven’t seen the video so they do not know where to come in. This is the category of people you will see asking questions like; “please what is this Stew everywhere people are talking about?” or “What has Wizkid and Tiwa done again?”.
The “Who the Video help?” gang
These are the guys who have seen the video, but do not care to give an opinion, because it is of less importance to their life. This is the category where you find people who say things like “whatever Wizkid and Tiwa Savage want, let them do, it is none of my business and e no change price of Garri for market”
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Note that the above categories are not mutually exclusive, one person can actually fit into different categories.
http://www.streethub.com.ng/2018/10/25/ways-nigerians-are-reacting-to-wizkids-fever-video/
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The National Association of Lokoja Local Government Students, has reacted to the attack on senator Dino's constituency project, below is the statement released and signed by Denja Hussein the General secretary for the NALLGS.

Attack on senator Dino's constituency projects Condemnable, irrational, barbaric and politics taken too far, NALLGS.

As condemnation continue to trail the vandalization of some school projects undertaken by Senator Dino Melaye for his constituents by unknown arsonists, National Association of lokoja local government students has described the act as most unfortunate, irrational and politics taken too far, we therefore called on security agents to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous and irresponsible act.

The NALLGS president, Comrade Bala Yusuf the entire executives and indeed the entire student's of lokoja local government sympathize with the management, Staff and students of Government Girls Secondary School , Sarki- Noma and that of lokongoma secondary School both in Lokoja, the State capital, whose School has suffered this despicable, callous, barbaric and unacceptable act. The Student's body condemn this act in it entirety.

The students body, therefore give the police and other relevant security agencies one week ultimatum to fish out and bring down those involved in this devilish act to book.

Failure to this notice, the students will have no choice other than to embark on peaceful protest, until the culprits are brought to book.

This is because the said vandalized projects were not personal project of the senator, but projects done with the resources of government to ease and be of high value to the students and the community in general as part of the constituency benefits.

Lastly, the National association of lokoja students wishes to appeal to the affected school students to remain calm and be focus, while we await to see that those involved are caught and prosecuted.

Comrade, Denja Hussein
NALLGS General Secretary.

The National Association of Lokoja Local Government Students, has reacted to the attack on senator Dino's constituency project, below is the statement released and signed by Denja Hussein the General secretary for the NALLGS.

Attack on senator Dino's constituency projects Condemnable, irrational, barbaric and politics taken too far, NALLGS.

As condemnation continue to trail the vandalization of some school projects undertaken by Senator Dino Melaye for his constituents by unknown arsonists, National Association of lokoja local government students has described the act as most unfortunate, irrational and politics taken too far, we therefore called on security agents to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous and irresponsible act.

The NALLGS president, Comrade Bala Yusuf the entire executives and indeed the entire student's of lokoja local government sympathize with the management, Staff and students of Government Girls Secondary School , Sarki- Noma and that of lokongoma secondary School both in Lokoja, the State capital, whose School has suffered this despicable, callous, barbaric and unacceptable act. The Student's body condemn this act in it entirety.

The students body, therefore give the police and other relevant security agencies one week ultimatum to fish out and bring down those involved in this devilish act to book.

Failure to this notice, the students will have no choice other than to embark on peaceful protest, until the culprits are brought to book.

This is because the said vandalized projects were not personal project of the senator, but projects done with the resources of government to ease and be of high value to the students and the community in general as part of the constituency benefits.

Lastly, the National association of lokoja students wishes to appeal to the affected school students to remain calm and be focus, while we await to see that those involved are caught and prosecuted.

Comrade, Denja Hussein
NALLGS General Secretary.

Codeine the new crack: why the ban on codeine syrups will create more problems - Nnamdi Nonso

The BBC produced an undercover documentary of the sinister codeine based syrup trade and its negative effect on young people in Northern Nigeria. This prompted the Nigerian government to place a ban on codeine based syrup in the country. The move by the government, seem like a good one, But then, just simply banning codeine based syrup in the country, is like curing the symptom, but not the problem it self. In fact banning the drug makes the situation worse and this is why; The demand for the drug is very high, it is reported that just in Northern Nigeria alone 3 million bottles of codeine based syrup are consumed daily. That is a market dealers cannot let go just like that - we are in capitalist economy, making money is the primary goal - therefore despite the drug being illegal, it will definitely still be secretly produced and smuggled around, just like weed, crack, cocaine and every other illegal substances. That will also make the drug scarce, and leave addicts more desperate to get it, which will automatically hike the price and make the drug unbelievably expensive. It is important to understand that a drug addict can not just stop taking drugs because it is not readily available or expensive, a void has been created by the drug and it has to be filled, therefore an addict will do anything to get supplied, including engaging in petty and major crimes like stealing, pickpocketing, bag snatching etcetera or even use funds meant for important things to get these drugs. So at the end, we have a new problem, "desperate drug addicts on rampage".
The only solution to the problem of drug abuse in our society, is understanding the root causes of these addictions and abuses and tackling them head on. The possible causes of drug abuse includes, peer influence, excessive medication and depression/frustration caused by personal experiences or by a bad social system like the one we face in Nigeria, so we need to device means to face this epidemic from the root causes rather than curing just the symptoms.
#BanningIsNotEnough #FixTheSystem

i wrote this morning too. it is not that hard, just statements and conclusions, so you will chose the conclusion that best explains the statement. there were also a few "simple" numerical tests. no much brain cracking.

Happening now 13th December 2017: just as promised, NYSC Corps members and ex Corps members in Kaduna state, came out to protest the non payment of their allowances which has been delayed for over 2 months, with the hope that the NYSC authority and Federal Government will come to their aid.

It is over 2 months since some serving corps members in Kaduna state last received their monthly allowance from the federal government, while some ex corps members have not been completely paid their allowances. This unfortunate situation has put these corps members in a tight situation, with most of them having no other source of income to survive on. Several complaints have been made to the NYSC authorities, and other means has been sought to solve the problem, but till today, there have been no positive response. As such serving corps members and ex corps members in Kaduna state have decided to go on a street protest tomorrow the 13th of December 2017, with a hope that this issue will be brought to the notice of the public and relevant authorities will swing into action to salvage the already precarious situation.
Below is the letter of complaint sent to the NYSC authorities and evidences showing the consent of the Police, National Human Rights commission, NSCDC and FRSC to the proposed protest.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

This is serious

watered:
When other schools are busy uploading names of PCMs Unijos is busy pasting Senate Approved List with error on Upload

Today?

gozzlin:


Chai, this guy na complete Olodo. Itiboribo! Happy birthday song is the only song you know? Like seriously!
Which cave did you emerge from?

The cave that enables you to play good football at Arsenal, and earn 50 thousand pounds a week at the age of 20.

Pls, mods. Help take this to the front page

Daniyemi:
So why does my friend own keep saying no record found?

Sorry, I graduated 2016. 2011 is my matriculation year. I among the. Guys that just graduated about 4 months ago. And maybe the slashing affected your friend

Please a bag belonging to Oduka Casmir Ojochenemi, designed tiger skinned, containing all his credentials, including his NYSC discharge certificate, a Camera Canon 70D and few of his clothes in it, fell off from a Marcopolo bus heading 2 Abuja from Aba, please anyone with useful information shld please contact this numbers 08039730953, 08036183476, 07038733313, 08137899993. pls share tnx...

Please a bag belonging to Oduka Casmir Ojochenemi, designed tiger skinned, containing all his credentials, including his NYSC discharge certificate, a Camera Canon 70D and few of his clothes in it, fell off from a Marcopolo bus heading 2 Abuja from Aba, please anyone with useful information shld please contact any of these numbers 08039730953, 08036183476, 07038733313, 08137899993. please share thanks.

Daniyemi:
What year did you graduate pls?

2011.

Daniyemi:
I am asking for a friend.

Are u serious about Unijos releasing the list?
I checked her name it is not in the list.

Yes, am a unijos Alumni, and I saw my name.

Unijos PCMs go and check for your name o, I saw mine. https://nysc.org.ng/nysc3/VerifySenateLists use this link.

1st October: National hypocrisy day. By Nnamdi Nonso (RogueScholar)

Every first of October we (Nigerians) celebrate independence day. But do we actually take a break to reflect on what we are celebrating? Is it the fact that one dollar is almost 500 naira, or the poor state of our infrastructure, or the religious terrorism in the North or the Militancy in the south, or the high level of poverty in a country potentially rich, or the high level of corruption in a highly religious country, or the fact that the country's economy is in a recession and the country is so broke to the extent we are contemplating selling our national assets. 56 years of "Independence" with nothing to show but a flag and National anthem. When issues like this come up, the first reaction of an average Nigerian, is to blame the leaders. In as much as the leaders have a great share of the blame, the followers also have a share in the blame. These so called leaders, thrive on the division and carelessness of the followers. Therefore, until we see ourselves as Nigerians first before being Christian or Muslim, Before being Igbo, Yoruba or Hausa, before being APC or PDP. We will continue to tell same story every year. If we are not going to truly unite, then let us stop wasting our time and disintegrate, if not, Its high time Nigerians stop being hypocrites and pretenders, and rather declare 1st October a National day of mourning and regret rather than celebrating independence, because there is really nothing of worth to celebrate, but there is a whole lot to cry about. #Rogue.

What is the nature of the NIIT scholarship exams? Are candidates going to be tested based on their area of interest or general questions?. Please anyone who have an idea should clarify.

Nonso Nnamdi better known as KY, is a Nigerian Rapper who emerged from the city of Jos, same city known for producing greats. KY is known for his word play and witty but deep lines, and has dropped several other blazing tracks. The song freedom is a cover of Beyonce’s freedom featuring Kendrick Lamar, from her just released Lamonade album. Produced by the very talented Producer X (X-ELLA) and with the help of Wole Soyinka and Dr. King, KY jumped on this track using it to a very powerful message to Nigerians and specifically the youths of today. Download, listen, share and enjoy!

https://www.hulkshare.com/9lecu7ycajy8

Fynestboi:
Wow congratulations bro...



We can have you as a judge for next edition then...

mehn, i would be greatly honoured and ever ready to serve in that capacity. thanks to and your team for your tireless effort in making sure that this debate is sustained.

mehn. interesting! congrats guys, as for me, there won't be a next edition, (would be a Unijos alumnus by then) so am urging all the josites in the house to make sure UniJos is repped in the next edition.

a big thank you to Abuklaw, Catalyst4real and ObiZeal for this exhaustive, very educative and interesting intellectual exercise. I would conclude by saying that Nigeria's politics is one that is growing and needs credible leaders, and if credible leaders must emerge, then the process for emergence of good leaders must be open to all, and to do that, godfatherism must be discouraged.

adeaks:
Noskyboy, in your essay you wrote that godfathers are supposed to mentor the young ones.

We live in a time where the Nigerian youths are constantly asking for more posts in government and demanding to rule. Now, If the youths have their way and get into power, don't you think the country would suffer from their youthful exuberances and inexperience without the wisdom of godfathers to guide them?

thank you sir, if godfatherism is eliminated, leaders would be elected based on track records and proven integrity. therefore such leaders would seek advice from senior citizens not because they are obligated to, but because they see the need to. so in this case, leaders would work with senior citizens, wealthy and influential or not, rather than working for them as the case is.

Abuklaw:
Thanks for this contribution. What I want you to understand here is that, their is nothing like distraction here, unless the law that gives power to implement and execute policy to the executive is retracted. Godsons can implement policies that will shut up godfathers for life. Ineffective leaders are however hesitant of confronting their godfathers as a result of their own character deficiency and inadequacy.

You should note, that godfatherism is practise through out the world, not only in Nigeria. Why should a rational human being clamour for the removal of what is healthy to a nation's development if practised according to convention? I hope you know that absence of godfathers does not guarantee effective leadership. I believe you are not oblivion of the fact that effective leadership is a complex of many requirements not absence of godfatherism.

I agree with you that godfatherism elimination, would not end all the problems. but it would open the door to credible candidates. therefore its elimination in Nigeria, is the first step to good leadership