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Education / Re: Eight Highest-Paying Courses In Nigeria by othermen: 7:06pm On May 08
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Business / Re: Binance Founder Sent To Jail As Nigeria Awaits Extradition Of Africa Manager by othermen: 8:25am On May 04
Don’t be miseducated by this platform.

Professionals or employees can be liable. Agents of the shareholders can be held liable. Even in Enron, a former president of McKinsey was imprisoned.
If you are a party to illegality, you are liable.

It’s ridiculous to compare this with intimidating or arresting associates of a criminal. If you work in an organization that engages in criminal activities, and you say ‘I am only a professional accountant in charge of their finance’ your professional body will withdraw your license and you will go to jail. If you are a marketer of a pharmaceutical drug that you know is dangerous and fake, you will also be culpable. You can’t just ‘I am only an employee.”

Even primary school students know this, but in a bid to diminish the effort of our regulatory agencies, people’s brains go out of service.
Education / Re: Outcome Of 2024 Utme Results, Who Is To Be Blamed? Parents, Teacher Or Students? by othermen: 10:22am On Apr 30
Of coz one has to understand the issues before solutions can be suggested.

But to assume that there is a singular cause of the problem is indicative of no appreciation of the situation.

The schools, the students, the parents, the exam body, the ministry of education, the electricity distribution company, the values we have as a country where a random skit maker who does ‘kiss or grab’ is richer than ten professors combined, the government, the media, the groups that give #10,000 to best performing students, and more than hundred million to some reality star, or millions to some instagram twerking Queen or some portable to serve as influencers. Those who have suggested that this generation of young people is some gen z nonsense and that their aspiration should be Ilebaye, the churches and mosques, the financial insecurity, the insecurity of lives, the dissatisfied lots of teachers whose earning only motivate them to show up in school and not make further efforts. And even much more.

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Politics / Re: Akpata: UNIBEN Suspends Students’ Union Indefinitely After Clash On Campus by othermen: 10:03am On Apr 30
Members of Staff can have meetings with any politician of their choice, and they do not have to inform or invite any student body.

Suggesting that they have to get permission from the student union is perhaps indicative of a defective brain.

So because the students were not informed, the student union leadership disrupted the event and assaulted members of staff.

Suggesting that the union leadership conduct in this matter is representative of the students body in the university is also indicative of a defective brain.

In other universities, where violence and cultism is not norm, in universities with vibrants students representative council, the union president would have been suspended by his fellow students (SRC) as soon as that event occurred.

It’s not just suspension of the union, the students involved should also be expelled from the institution.

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Crime / Re: Segun Olatunji: I Was Contracted To Write A False Story Against Gbajabiamila by othermen: 7:49am On Apr 30
So, the condemnation by the media unions was not specifically about Mr. Olatunji receiving money to publish a story. Instead, it was focused on the maltreatment of Mr. Olatunji and the inappropriate intervention of the military in what is perceived as a civil matter. The people that did this story are trying to create the impression that the media unions condemned Mr. Olatunji, which is misleading.

The characterization of Mr. Olatunji's press conference as an "outburst" and his subsequent interview with FIJ as resistance to honesty… like how does that not suggests a bias against him?? Again, this person who is probably also sponsored to portray the Chief of Staff as the victim and Mr. Olatunji as the antagonist that has peddled falsehoods and received money to tarnish the Chief of Staff's reputation- didn’t do a great job to hide their bias and intent.

So, there is mention of a written statement and confession by Mr. Olatunji, but no attribution to their sources. Is it the confessions obtained under duress while Mr. Olatunji was in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency or if there is another confession after his press conference- why not clarify Again, it is the former, the lack of clarity is a continuation in the biased presentation of the matter.

What for, including Mr. Rotimi Williams' contact information what context The only context or justification is that it is about them potentially subjecting him to harassment. The people who wrote this article had no valid reason for including his phone number in the article. Just some cyber harassment and cyber bullying of the individual.

That said, the possibility exist that Mr. Rotimi gave money to Mr. Olatunji as a concerned citizen interested in upholding accountability, and creating an agenda, to bring about this, but no, they want us to assume nefarious intent. Investigate journalism are oft paid for. It is the intent that is the matter. The article could suggest Mr Rotimi’s interest in the matter- is he in the service of someone who would such allegations to find another chief of staff for the presidency If this is the matter, then more reason to look at what is alleged against him.

Wouldn’t it be a more balanced perspective if statements from the Obazee investigation team exonerating the Chief of Staff from the allegations were included

If there is, and know that the chief of staff and DIA could easily obtain these, then it would be included in these poor attempt to launder images.

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Romance / Re: Does Death Works For God Or Satan? by othermen: 9:39pm On Apr 25
In Milton’s Paradise Lost, Death is the son of Satan, but the son wasn’t friendly to the father.

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Education / Re: Share Your Experience With Bullying In School by othermen: 4:16pm On Apr 23
For my school, na so so injustice dey happen, as soon as those foreign students waka enter our class.

Naso our teachers go dey malingering for deir side, dey vamus us, dey give dem all the better better things wey we local students dey only dream of. the wakis dey arrange for dem, Like say our teachers don drink their Toto water.

From the fine fine beds for hostel to no need to do common common chores wey we dey do, dem dey treat dem like kings and queens.

As the hostel master talk say dem na "special" and dem no need to clean toilet, e clear say na just because of their skin color or where dem come from. E be like say dem send dem come here to behave well, but the teachers dey form like say dem dey fall yakata for dem, dey rush to hear tori about obodo oyinbo wey dem come from, as per dey sef wan japa and Dey bi butta for dier bread.

E no easy to see say me and my friends dey considered unworthy just because we be born for this side. But e geh why. the school dey show us say na so life be. You go bank, bank people go find chair give Chinese person, but we wey be black people, dem go just leave us dey stand. Na wetin dem dey teach us be that.

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Politics / Re: Rivers: Legislators Remove Governor Fubara's Authority To Appoint LG Caretakers by othermen: 9:00am On Apr 23
Almost, a quarter of his term and Wike is so engrossed in distracting him from administrating the state forward.

In all of these, it’s the people that bear the brunts.

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Health / Re: Three Die Searching For Cellphone In Pit Toilet In Kano by othermen: 8:36am On Apr 23
The Kano fire service rescues them, while they were unconscious and drives by many hospitals- but decides to go and abandon them with the police.

The police then had to raise a draft to buy fuel in order to convey them to some hospital .

Mortuary business people give their cards to road safety officials as well as police… when they bring in dead people, the officials get a commission. Of coz, some hospitals are just morgues.

So, the police didn’t likely even think to get them to an hospital where they will get proper treatment and be resuscitated.

After hours, the police officer that could drive the police van arrived and then they took them to some mushrooms hospitals that will give them commission.

The hospital has only an auxiliary nurse on duty. There is no fuel and power. She was clueless . She used her phone torchlight in one hand, and when she saw the victims, they were stinking as they fell in a pit toilet.

It’s only hospital in name, the owner works in some inefficient government hospital somewhere. She called the Dr, but he didn’t pick.

In the room where they abandoned the three, they had put them all on the floor, because the nurse was just at heart, she didn’t think it was fair to put just one of them on the gurney.

Of coz, flies are attracted to shit. So, the flies also entered their nostrils for the shit in there.

The ones weren’t searching for phones, they were rescuers, they put their lives on the line to save another, they are heroes. But the people said they died “ontop phone” or the way the headline is put here.

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Education / Re: Lead British School Student Bullied, Slapped By Other Students Over Boyfriend by othermen: 8:09am On Apr 23
Might pretend what happened with Namtira is extreme & improbable.

It isn’t.

“Seniors” in most secondary schools being entitled to be served by ‘juniors’ or utilizing corporal punishments against them is a delinquent subculture of education at the level.

“Secondary schools” engaging in street brawls because of a girl or some football game too.

The issue now is it involves the daughter of some influential Nigerians. wheelchair too.

Even Namtira might have been on the other side of the coin, maybe as the boy, being uninvolved or as the perpetrator.

It’s enough punishment that their face now represents bullying in Nigerian schools, when they have only engaged in what is norm in most schools.

on your way, are injustices you observed
but never intervened. In the hospitals, in the churches, with our law enforcement, the poor bullies the feeble, the rich oppresses, Burnaboy and Seun Kuti brandishes guns and sometimes shoot strangers or assault even officers of the law.

Yet, it is these young ones we must lynch. Young ones that have been failed by their schools, families and society. The school that won’t institute deterrent actions that could adequately protect students, because a child of a senator is involved. A society that thinks the boy who is merely a witness and uninvolved deserves to be castrated.

The boy is not a bully, maybe he is a coward. Or maybe he is a bully. But it’s bullying to use this incident to condemn him as a bully.

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Education / Re: Parents, Doctors' Negligence contributed to Sylvester Oromoni's Death - Coroner by othermen: 9:39pm On Apr 15
The coroner’s additional comment or advice to parents - indicted Oromoni’s parents. They not only suffer the loss of a child, they are further inflicted with notions that they are responsible for the loss by being irresponsible parents.

Again. Not possible with Wole Olanipekun.

Falana wins public opinion and even now, he sways it by pointing out injustice in the verdict. He will do media round and increase his social capital. Oromoni parents would not only regret their inability to get some closure or get an iota of justice, they would have to continue their existence as prime examples of neglectful or careless parenting.

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Politics / Re: Wike Orders Immediate Closure Of International Conference Centre For Renovation by othermen: 6:00pm On Apr 08
The manager of the place should also be fired. And EFCC should audit their books.

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Crime / Re: Emefiele To Be Arraigned In Lagos Court Monday by othermen: 7:27am On Apr 06
He wanted to be president so he could cover all these up.

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Celebrities / Re: Imam Forces Naira Marley & Sam Larry To Say AMEN To A Prayer For Mohbad's Killer by othermen: 8:43am On Mar 25
How di Imam take get access to dem both?

So Nairamarley invite di Imam go dia house and den di Imam, wey wan do some social media thingy, come decide to do stunt. Na so e dey increase im own popularity.

Dis one na like say e dey dance on top of Mohbad’s grave and e dey try use di dead man make e become famous Imam too.

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Family / Re: Nigeria Has 2nd Highest rate of Paternity Fraud In The World by othermen: 7:21am On Mar 25
Nairaland dey behave as irresponsible as dem fit. The quality of post wey dey for di forum na just disappointing.

So, I fit just buy projector, set am up for my room, type some data for PowerPoint, project am - snap am, come talk say na fact. Dat one na rubbish. Dem no dey care about my methodology or how I take get di information wey dey for di screen.

Di individual admin for di forum dey interested for clicks, and e no concern dem whether di claim dey verifiable or not.

Di information wey dey for di screen fit no be exactly finding, e fit be inference from literature review. Di presentation na di opportunity for the person to discuss am. So, make we first assume say na from literature, somebody fit don do research on paternal discrepancy for one Nigerian tertiary hospital and di result fit be say anytime wey there be dispute, 3 out of 10 come out to be validated by paternity tests like DNA.

Now, e no fit be impossible to take dis study and put am for one slide come talk say Nigeria get 30% paternity fraud. Dis no mean say 30% of Nigerian fathers no be di rightful fathers of their children. No bi evryone wey dey university, wey dey use computer be ogbonge for research.

But make we even assume say di claim na say 30% of Nigerian fathers no be di rightful fathers of their children. So, wetin fit be di methodology and di issue wey fi dey with di methodology?

Shey You really need to get data on every DNA test wey dem do for di country to get credible result Or you fit just do sampling for some DNA test centers? For research, the two dey acceptable.

Di methodology fit be observational study for family courts across di country or review of court records to understand di outcome of paternity fraud.

And so di result fit be di outcome of paternity fraud for each of di court cases. But, how many court cases dey there? Dis methodology logic still apply to analysis of DNA testing records. You go check di number of DNA tests wey dem don conclude and di percentage wey confirm or refute paternity.

But e get to dey global, to make claim say one country get di highest for di world, because di claim dey relative to other nations.

Now, to generalize about di prevalence of paternity fraud for Nigeria based on data from court cases or DNA testing, I fit guess, go likely inaccurately represent di population. How many Nigerians get access to legal recourse or DNA testing? All dis dey skew di data. Even if many people get access to legal recourse or DNA testing, still fit get sampling bias - wey fit lead to overestimation or underestimation of paternity fraud rate.

I don tire, so make I comot. Nairaland no dey try at all, dem just dey make the users of di platform dey more dull. Dey dey actual research wey dem fit project and bring attention to - instead, dem wan paint di country as morally slack and dey full of adultery. Na why one admin go bring dis lazy post to di forum without any context.

Shior!!!



So di claim say Nigeria get 30% paternity fraud na from dis news article. https://punchng.com/paternity-fraud-shocking-revelations-as-more-couples-embrace-dna-testing/?amp

For dat article, Smart DNA, one DNA testing and diagnostic center for Lagos, report say 25% of di people wey visit dia clinic turn out no be di biological father of their children.Similarly, di article tok say Nigerian Institute of Medical Research also do one study and dem indicate say 27% of paternity tests wey dem conduct for Lagos show cases of paternity fraud. (I don find the research sotey, I don tire, fit be sat na Aba made research) the article mention another DNA center wey dey do paternity test for Test, 60% of those wey come for di tests show paternity fraud.

Di 30% claim dey alluded to for dis post dey for the article, but dem no mention di clinic. Di claim say Nigeria get di second highest rate of paternity fraud for di world na Synlab talk am, and dem make bold claim say 40% of Nigerian men no be di biological fathers of their children and say 60% of paternity tests for di country confirm paternity fraud.

All join, dey bin talk say your mama na agaracha. And make your papa bring akpalakpala con get paper to disown you. No money Dey den find.

So, beyond di news article, I search online so I fit see di methodology for some of di claims to assess how valid dem be, but e dey disappointing. If you go to Synlab website, you go see di claim, but dem no provide any support or reference to di claim.

Di laboratory dey involved for doing DNA tests and so dem get interest to make di public get need to come for di test and so dem fit dey exaggerate di figures. Also, dia claim fit dey based on those wey dey come for paternity test for dia laboratory but e dey reckless to use dat as basis for di whole country. Because, for one particular laboratory, out of di 10 people wey come for DNA test, we see paternity fraud for 3 cases, so e must be so all over Nigeria

If for one teaching hospital, dem collect sample of pikin papa and then dem do di DNA analysis, and find say there dey significance for paternity fraud, then dat umbrella go cover more. But those wey don dey go do DNA, already get kasala and doubt, so di outcome of dia disputes or suspicions go affect di result for one certain way wey go make di likelihood increase. But if you do am for every random person, you go realize say di level of paternity fraud go dey significantly lower.

Di presenter for di slide fit don dey hint dis news report wey be say na DNA centers dey find market for dia tests, also dia claims no be fact and e no fit be generalized.

Shior!!!

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Investment / Re: SEC Declines PZ Cussons’s Request To Buy Other Shareholders And Delist by othermen: 11:27am On Mar 20
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Politics / Re: Governor Otti Makes 26 New Appointments by othermen: 7:32am On Mar 19
What is strange in a governor making 26 appointments that it should be of relevance to Nigerians

Were they appointed into his bedroom?

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Politics / Re: Sowore Apologizes For Sharing Fake News About Nigeria Army Burning Villages by othermen: 7:28am On Mar 19
Sowore apologizing is not the story. It’s his irresponsible virtue signaling.

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Sports / Re: Falconets In The Final, Flying Eagles Out Of All African Games Football by othermen: 7:26am On Mar 19
The topics (constructions) on the forum just indicate there’s an abdication of responsibility and competence.

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Education / Re: World university rankings 2024 by othermen: 2:49pm On Feb 15
You should know folks will be interested in Africa and Nigeria’s position.

UI and Covenant University- 800-1000
FUTA and UNILAG - 1001-1200

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Politics / Re: Peter Obi Visits College Of Nursing Sciences In Ihiala, Donates ₦20 Million by othermen: 12:16pm On Feb 15
Obi has to reorient his supporters from not alienating him further from those who could become converts.

An individual asks why Obi donates only to the East. A reasonable supporter hoping to sell his candidate could use the moment to point out the many charitable endeavors of Obi in other parts of the country- instead, they ignorantly allude to ridiculous premises such as “charity begins at home” or “people in the north and southwest also focus on their regions” as justification. Others see such a question as an opportunity to use uncharitable insults in their worthless responses.

So when Obi aspires to the presidency, you are telling the northerner who already has some notion that he has to vote for a northerner who has his region interest, you are telling the northerner that he is right. that of coz, with an Obi administration, they will be less prioritized.

That’s not the Obi’s way, you ignorant lots and not thinking of building bridges is about the reason his chances are lower.

This facility he has provided support to, have produced nurses that have served people in the Northern part or other parts of the Nation. He didn’t say the support is only for indigenes, it’s for the facility- and as a northerner, apply to that facility- I can assure you, if you meet the basic requirements and you are not given admission because of where you are from, then certainly you could have a cross with Obi.

That facility needs support, hence the donation. I am sure any northern institution needing similar support can reach out, and Obi would do the little he can as a private citizen.
Crime / Re: Professor and Dean Law Faculty Rapes A Final Yr Student In Calabar by othermen: 8:09pm On Feb 13
Those who reinstated him should be prosecuted too.
Politics / Re: Benneth Chinedum Igweh Is The New FCT Commissioner Of Police by othermen: 8:24am On Feb 05
Wike is the minister of the FCT.
Chinedum is commissioner of Police of the FCT.
May this rising sun envelope the darkness and criminals ravaging the FCT.

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Politics / Re: The 37-Member Committee On Minimum Wage Setup By FG by othermen: 10:26am On Jan 29
See the parade of NLC, compare the quality with those they are to contend.

NLC and TUC is representing the lots of Nigeria. No reason, why ASUU, SSANU, NUBIFIE and other union representatives shouldn’t be in their parade.
Politics / Re: Police Arrest Oyeyode Over Killing Of US-Based Professor, Richard Adeoriokin by othermen: 7:57am On Jan 29
How to get away with Murder: Thwarting an Aspiring Leader, Nigeria edition.

Adeoriokin possessed both material and social capital, positioning him as a potential future leader in his state.

His humility and charisma endeared him to many, but some felt threatened by his ascent.

Here's a strategy to impede his rise: appeal to his likable qualities, invite him to a nighttime meeting, and instruct him to park his vehicle in a secluded area. Enlist local vigilantes and instruct them to give him a grand entrance with gunshot salutes. Have one of the vigilantes demonstrate by firing into the dark close.

Keep a controlled mob at a distance to ensure the vigilante can’t present a plausible story about being misled into shooting into the dark alley.

Utilize your influence to prevent any hospital in the vicinity from admitting him. If someone attempts to bring him to a hospital, get someone to remind them of a fictional police report and emphasize the victim's influence, suggesting that the hospital would be held liable if he were to die. The public hospitals don’t even have the capacity, “he should end up dead in one of those”.

As the plan unfolds, and he fortunately passes away, the police may invite you, but as a prince, you are likely to escape legal consequences. As it can lead to another Modakeke-Ife inter-community civil war. For the purposes of peace, proper investigations can be a cost.

With Adeoriokin out of the picture, those who less charismatic and socially incapable now have an opportunity without feeling threatened.

His immediate family abroad are afraid to come back to Nigeria to assess his estate for fear of their own safety. Those back home mourn their promising relative while ensuring they get ahold of his estate.

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Health / Re: Video Showing Nigerian Caregivers Abusing 89-Year-Old Granny Lands Them In Jail by othermen: 7:16am On Jan 19
For dis place, I dey see comments wey dey give me concern. Dis talk wey dem talk here, e no follow at all. E don happen before, dis pattern of abuse no be today own. No talk say because old person fit dey waka anyhow, e mean say you fit assault am. No dey accept am. As person wey dem dey pay for caregiving, no get excuse to carry leg waka enter abusive behavior.

If you dey see stubborn old person, make you report the matter, talk say e dey affect how you fit take care of the person wey need help. You fit find more training on how to handle difficult behavior, come find solution wey go make sense. People wey don handle similar situations without professional training sabi say patience and compassion dey important when you dey care for sick person.

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Politics / Re: FG Relocates FAAN Headquarters From Abuja To Lagos by othermen: 4:37pm On Jan 18
Aso Rock would soon go to Lagos.

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Politics / Re: Wole Olanipekun Secures Victory Again, Is He Nigeria's Lawyer Of The Decade? by othermen: 4:53pm On Jan 12
ASUU fit don consider am for hin matter that year, but dem waka go pick Falana, like say NIC judges dey select based on Twitter level. Falana dey handle MOHBAD case and other palava wey fit make noise for media. E blow during Oputa panel when e yan Obasanjo matter. But wetin we gain People wey dey find drama fit like Falana, while those wey want win, even if e go against our country, fit choose Olanipekun if dem fit pay hin bill.

Wole Olanipekun be ogbonge Senior Advocate of Nigeria, make we Dey pray make hin really reason Naija matter. If hin rep no stop to dey on defending people wey no get our country matter for heart, na serious palava we Dey o . E sabi talk well, e get sense for court matter, but, e eloquence fit no waka for Naija matter. E no dey find people to clap for am or admire am for crowd; wetin hin go fit do with that? Maybe end up like Gani Fawehinmi?

Until dem create better reason wey go make our smart people wan serve the nation and the country’s interest, Naija go dey under the control of people wey just dey look for how dem go chop am.

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Politics / Re: Court Stops Emefiele’s Re-arrest, EFCC Rejects N100m Fine by othermen: 1:26pm On Jan 09
the court again allows itself to be used as an instrument of futility for the struggle so far.
Court failed ASUU. Court failed the electorates. The court fails the country again and again.

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Religion / Re: SCOAN: TB Joshua’s Church Counters BBC Investigation by othermen: 1:19pm On Jan 09
He slept with virgins everyday in SCOAN . In Nigeria. The one who recruited the virgins could have provided some of the girls for the documentary too.

reservations regarding the credibility of Agomoh Paul, documentary did not furnish evidence to substantiate his personal relationship with TB Joshua.archival documents referenced in the initial segment of the interview span decades, yet there appears to be a paucity of evidence establishing a confidential relationship between TB Joshua and the self-proclaimed disciples.

Bisola expressed a desire for spiritual guidance, yet she contends that TB Joshua exploited this vulnerability, manipulating her subconscious through enchantment and hypnosis. (I find this part rather abstract, than genuine)

would enhance the documentary's credibility had the producers established that the former disciples, now denouncing their experiences as exploitative, are not motivated by grievances against SCOAN's new leadership or their failure to ascend within the organization's hierarchy.

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Politics / Re: 27 States Attracted Zero Foreign Investments In 9 Months by othermen: 10:09am On Dec 30, 2023
The foreign investors are not gravitating on the basis of conducive tax or business environment. If you have exploitable resources in hell-fire, they would find their way.

The states that have failed to attract has to do better to demonstrate they have exploitable resources or some array of compelling investment opportunities.

The governments should also diversify their strategies beyond merely attracting foreign investors- in the end, the return from exploring export markets and seeking business partnerships will also open avenues for economic growth and resource utilization. Let us find countries or even states within Nigeria that have a demand for your local resources and you would get some beneficial trade relationship. Benue for instance can be the food basket of the nation and become economically buoyant from it- but the government does not have the initiative to do the business. The Northerners are exploiting the state- trucks and trucks of food produce from unprotected farmers, who are exploited. The government through its trade department can ensure farmers are well paid for their produce, while taxing the merchants getting the resources out.
Celebrities / Re: Ola Of Lagos Replies Steve Varsano, Says Client Gives Him Price by othermen: 12:12pm On Dec 29, 2023
As a brand influencer, this vendor approached you with a proposition to promote his jet. He priced it at 16 million dollars, significantly higher than its market value of 5 million dollars. How many of his followers uses a private jet?? Ola was going away from his Niche, next it would be a yacht that he will be selling to us. The vendors understands that Ola followers even if they don’t have the means for luxury, they have to power to make any object increase its value and desirability. The vendors know that a celebrity trying to demonstrate his success would exactly seek out that jet to create her sense of accomplishment and success. So, Ola didn’t do any due diligence and this exorbitant price wasn’t off by one million or two million, it was off by so much that it shocked those familiar with the aircraft's true market value.

While Ola did respond to the situation, he could have used a professional as the absence ofprofessional guidance in his response was evident. So, I think as a brand launderer, the essence of your prominence in that industry hinges on trust and credibility with customers. If I come to your Facebook page to access which brand of shoe I should buy, and then after saying a particular vendor sells the original of that shoe for a certain amount, only for me to find out, the amount charged was exorbitantly ridiculous- you have lost my trust. So when an influencer noticeably inflates a product's price and further exacerbates the situation by neglecting due diligence as evident in his response here, it erodes the trust of followers. When you lose trust, brands or vendors can’t make any need of you- because they don’t care about you, they care about the market you help them reach.

Private jets, luxury cars and houses are items in the purview of the wealthy. And although, the bunch of those that are luxury oriented in Nigeria come from wealthy homes- perhaps a father who had looted our treasury, yet for this wealthy individual with a penchant for luxury, Ola missteps could be an issue.

No doubt, those who have trusted him in the past are beginning to question Ola’s reliability in providing accurate information about luxury vehicles or recommending reputable vendors. Now they also may consider the fact that the jet in question is something you haven't personally experienced. Thus, your endorsement lacks the authenticity critical consumers seek. Again, those who have previously made luxury vehicle purchasing decisions based on your influence now perceive a lapse in your responsible use of that influence.

So Ola, use a professional and refrain from further actions that further tarnishes your credibility and reputation as an influencer. The specific critic may say he is open to collaborating with you, to redeem his damaging call-out, but this shouldn’t be your path forward- take responsibility- do your own bit of diligence.

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