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There are police officers here that beat and shot at those demanding for better governance then in the 90s.

I think most people fail to realize that Ronaldo is an athlete that has configured his body and game to adapt to aging.

Bolt is the greatest track athlete ever, but at his current age, he won’t even qualify for the olympics 100m finals. Same as Messi, he is past his prime.

No great player at either player age played elite football.

In football, as you age your performance declines. Ronaldo’s performance began to decline over a decade ago, but he was able to channel all he was to what matters most in the game, scoring goals; hence his continuous relevance at the peak of the game.

At Ronaldo’s current age- Zidane, Xavi, Maradona, Pele were all spent. Some had retired entirely. Zlatan came out of retiring in a sub optimal league to return to Europe.

And unless Messi can adapt his body and his age to the game, he would definitely struggle as he is now. He would still score goals, but not in the most important games, facing defenders at their prime. Mbappe is not willing to sacrifice the highlights of his career for Messi. Many great players have faded away without reaching the height they can attain- just because they played a subordinate to Messi or Ronaldo. Benzema is a case .

The last time Messi was in a champions league final is 2014-2015. He has been a great player all years, but getting their requires more.

It is likely, his contribution to PSG would be just like his contribution to the Argentina National Team. Great, but not as illustrious as he was in his prime.

I think most people here should watch Futsal, if you are so thrilled about dribbling. The best dribbler with the ball is not even a professional player. There is more to football than dribbling and In the game of football, what counts is the goal scored or the assist made. Xavi and Iniesta are football geniuses, but no one considers them in their top players of all time. Mbappe and Neymar don’t want to end up like that. The PSG team would not be built around Messi and that will be his greatest challenge.

Also people are quick to talk about Ronaldo's assist as inferior to Messi. Your assist only counts when it leads to a goal. Messi played with Neymar, Zlatan, Aquero, Suarez, Ronaldinho, Griezmann, Etoo and other players that have insane goal conversion figures and capability.

Ronaldo has the most assists in the champions league and is part of the top 3 players with most assists ever in the history of the game; so it is ridiculous to suggest that ronaldo is only a goal scorer, he assists too! If shots on target is a criteria, ronaldo would excel too. So, Messi at his peak is the greatest player, but Ronaldo has been at the top far most consistently and that’s why he is equally considered the greatest player ever.

There are people and industries that are gaining from high level of unemployment in the country and even internationally.

When there is unemployment, labor cost reduces. It’s because of unemployment that Dangote pays stipends to majority of its staff.

During the next executive management meeting at your favorite bank, part of what they will be discussing is how to cut low level employee cost, lay off middle level staff and take advantage of the unemployment situation in the country by bringing about casualization of the staffs.

A graduate who has been searching for job for years will jump at an opportunity though the employment conditions are dreadful or even degrading.

The northerners are so sophisticated when it comes to politics. Tinubu, Osinbajo, Saraki, Oshiomole, Rochas, Obasanjo, Adeboye, your ooni and alaafin and all the rest... are just pawns. Even when a southerner emerges as the president, it is only at the pleasure of the north, because they will it.

1/1/2011 -Police officer Ben shot a trader while trying to extort some street urchins. After firing indiscriminately, he fled the scene.

1/1/2011 -Dr Rita was upstairs in the hospital trying to draft her application for migration to Canada when the trader was brought in by some passerby. The tired nurses kept demanding for a police report. Dr Rita could wave the need for a report and do a first aid which could save the traders life, but she was more passionate about her application and instructed the nurses to insist on a police report before any admission was made. The passerby threatened to abandon the trader, but the hospital security officials screamed at him and almost assaulted him. The passerby regretted his involvement in all of it and promised never to do such assist again in his life. Soon, he drove to the hospital in the next neighbourhood, where the nurses insisted on a deposit, they did knowing the trader has lost a lot of blood and would not survive the hour.

1/2/2011- Several blogs picked up the story and reported the shooting, the story was on trend all through the morning and it seemed everyone on twitter were piqued by the event. The police PRO, CSP Kazeem promised an investigation. It will be the 1,989 pending investigation of civilian casualties in such extrajudicial killing.

1/2/2011- In the evening, the family of the trader had to pay to get her out of the morgue. There were witnesses to her murder but the police insisted on an autopsy but they also wanted the trader to be buried along with her story, so the police secretly facilitated the release of her body and burial… all was soon quiet. Salewa, an undergraduate in U.I couldn’t care less; Abraham in unilag was more interested in the champions league game; Kazeem, a civil servant was not even aware; unemployed Seun was more interested in what the trader sold and if he can explore such.

1/3/2011- Only two news channel reported on the trader briefly while Bobrisky calling himself a sugar mummy trended.

1/4/2021- Dr Rita flew back to Nigeria with her son after several years abroad. The son wanted to see how Lagos looked like. He linked up with some old pals. They were stopped on the highway by the police, who demanded to check through his phone but he insisted and refused. The police assaulted him and as he defended himself, the police soon shot him. Dr Rita’s son was rushed to an hospital on the mainland, and he was rejected due to want of a police report. He soon died.

1/5/2021- CSP Kazeem retired only 7 months ago. His son had pictures of his father’s pistol on his phone and that was enough evidence to get him killed by the police.

And in the end, all of those that were indifferent to the trader’s death suffered similar fate as did, the trader.

John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
in verse 14: “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us”

Romans 9:5 Apostle Paul describes Jesus as “the Christ, who is God overall, blessed forever.”

In John 10:30 Jesus claims that “I and the Father are one,”

In John 14:9 Jesus says that “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.”

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I expect you to reflect on the issues she raised and consider how you can improve on the presentation of your proposal or idea, then approach other banks; but instead you are taking it all personal. Asking here, about how others were able to access such facility would have been better appropriate.

The banks business is not actually to invest in your idea, they try to give viable loans. The onus is on you to convince them. You should look at that banks bad debt. They meet thousands of folks like you now and then seeking to finance their ideas or business. And so they know that passion doesn’t take the place of a good, viable and feasible endeavor.

For a small or medium size enterprise, you should even be looking at how you can raise finance at a reasonable cost of capital that doesn’t weigh down your expected rate of return. Evaluate alternatives such as business angels and venture capital, crowdfunding or even government assistance and Islamic financing.

But if it must be a bank or even another source , then the next bank you approach, ask for the procedures on getting a loan. Prepare a convincing investment appraisal report, highlight your other sources of finance ( equity for instance) , show your versatility, by highlighting the likely challenges you may face and how you are sure to overcome it, remember again, to have knowledge of your application procedures, the secretary or security officer won’t appraise your proposal, they are only there to help with direction… while you do the above and even more, look out for shark loan givers, they may not structuredly interrogate your proposal, because all they want is you getting in their trap.

The whole point is see this as a learning experience; improve, take your file and step out tomorrow, much more confidently. Set aside your grudges, the lady was nice giving you some great feedback, others may take you for a long futile ride and make you waste your transport and energy and resources.

Sales skills are relevant everywhere.

Importantly.

If you become the governor too or become a dangote or Otedola; they would honor you.

There have been pastors that have given their whole existence to his church; have they received such honor, have their families?

The honor they receive is definitely beyond such earthly facades by much measure.

But there were more reasonable people who saw through the VP’s deceitful campaign. The truth is the Buhari administration fooled and failed us and enough of VP Osinbajo toying with our collective intelligence.

Enough of appealing to our emotions and pretending to work on behalf of the people. Election is here, they buy and eat corn on the road, just to make us feel they are one of us. We believe they are humble and never engage in real issues.

Showing us the soles of your shoes is not the result Nigerians demand! Showing us the soles of your shoes is no evidence you have been working for the people. Show us tangible results at least! The soles of his shoes is likely so, because he has been the chief messenger of the Buhari administration on condolence and other such ceremonies affairs. That has been his portfolio!

Osinbajo can still change the charge of the Buhari administration or protest it and stop with the ruthless persuasions. He is capable, I pray but what a disappointment he has been.

So Sowore is right on this one that we should beware.

I sure don’t understand really.

I know that the universal basic education which supervises education at primary and secondary levels only got #77.6 billion in the 2021 budget proposal.

So, if you are spending #12.26 billion, which is 15.8% of the total budget just on feeding in Niger state which is not part of the top 10 states with the highest population in the country; then I sure honestly don't understand. How much is spent on personnel cost? How much is spent on capital expenditures?

The amount is not too much for us as a country to spend on our young ones; but we must prioritise; feeding the students shouldn't take bulk of the money than teaching the students! A situation where the young ones just go to school to eat on grass fields or in dilapidated classes is no achievement to be proud of.

Nonetheless I hope that such utility is also brought to southern Nigeria and hope too that even just a quarter of that money goes to rural farmers in Niger state, supplying the raw materials for the food.

That is another reason why Wike is my governor of the year. He is fighting for his state. You should get a governor and representative (house or senate) that can fight for yours too, and be courageous against the FG.

With all due respect Sir, Your inference is ridiculous and absurd.

The issue is little about the separation, but about the compulsion and its elements of extremism.

And there is no higher institution of learning especially as relating to education in the nations you have cited where boys and girls are required to study in different classes with emphasis on higher learning.

Tragic.

The real criminals are those that created and sustain a society where folks have little alternative to surviving than to trespass on the law.

And to this disaster, there are culprits; those that overcrowded the prison; it’s worthy that not one of the warden was hurt. The prisoners who are mostly victims of their society were abandoned to roast. The priority was not the lives of these people now dead.

The priority of the wardens or prison officials was that no one uses the fire outbreak as an opportunity to escape and they were willing to enforce the wickedness even at the cost of such a terrible injustice and painful death to the prisoners.

Make no mistake and don’t be carried away by what you may call the dignifying of the dead by placing them in a body bag, it is just to cover the eyesore that have occurred and just to stem the rage that may occur if you see the damage the fire did to those folks in the prison.

In Nigeria also, it’s no different from a prison; bandits are having the best time of their existence in history, if you survive the bandits, the police may kill you because you are young and a little successful, if you survive the police, you may die for the slightest of illness as the doctors are on strike, just about everything set out to hunt and kill you... and Buhari is the architect and warden of this prison and he cares not for the explosion that his actions and inactions and indifference would cause.

May God comfort be with the family and loved ones of the prisoners and May God be with the rest of us.

This platform is still in 2019.

The owner of the cows should be investigated and prosecuted and if there are evidences of negligence, such individual should be charged with murder and the cows confiscated be given to the next of kin of the murdered fellow.

The above will be in a sane society.

In Buhari's society, his fulani brethren are already thinking of how to punish the Uromi people for what they may call an embarrassment. They have weapons, and can unleash terror on people. The presidency would assist his brothers and send the worst of the army and police to also terrorise the community in the name of peace-making between the natives and the herdsmen. The vigilantes would be killed and termed bandits, kidnappers and Unrepentant Boko-Haram members. While the herders become unhinged.

But let the president know, that there will be accountability.

The Taliban didn’t start out as terrorists but as extremists however they engineered an environment where terrorism could thrive and be exported.

Make no mistake, there are government officials and executives in Nigeria that hope and are striving to make of Nigeria, an Afghanistan, to impose a government of Sharia.

First, they will call for sharia courts to be created in your state, they will say its authority is only over Muslims and it doesn’t affect you but soon you would have the Hisbah police, you would be told that your mannequin is haram, they will descend on those selling alcohol and female church goers would be instructed to wear hijab, so as to protect them from rape.

Then, they will demand your churches be treated as corporations and organizations; of coz, your churches are already big corporations, those that object to the government of Islam shall be told to resign from being priest or Bishop or such individual resources taken away. They will use the greed and the desire for wealth and influence of some of the bishops as traps to keep them mute. They will revisit the retirement of your bishops, they have successfully retired your G.O before, now they will retire him totally from the pulpit.

The victory of the Taliban is a source of hope for the extremists group here and again make no mistake, the sponsors of Boko Haram and ISIS or those that share the sentiments of Al-queda are in our government.

What can you do?

I guess, pray for the courage of Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho.

There is a lots going on, that should concern all of us, than the Idibia's private affair.

The next to hit the front-page on nairaland could be ''Annie Idibia has breakfast without Tuface'' or ''Annie Idibia coughs" . It's becoming excessive.

He is killing himself. His extended family are assisting in the suicide. His fans that defend his promiscuity are digging his grave.

Tu face goes about having unprotected sex and anyone who thinks that is something to cheer about is digging his grave; he is killing himself, maybe he's already got an incurable sexually transmitted disease. If he hasn't, that is a miracle. Should he then continue on that path of destruction?

Folks, our forefathers were not promiscuous. Polygamy is not promiscuity or infidelity. Marriage sanctifies the union.

In marriage, you have an obligation to be right with your spouse. If for whatever reason, you want out, then take the door, serve her the divorce paper...If Tuface does this, it's his business and his private business at that and he has a right to. After getting out of his contract with Annie, if he so wishes, he can marry Pero but it is not fair to demonise Annie, she has stood by Tuface through the thin and of coz when she married him, she knew she was settling for a man with a past, but she did with the promises of a future, that Tuface by his recent actions have break faith with.

Tu face brother demonises Annie so much in his response, there was a lot of anger in his response and none was at the issues Annie raised; rather his response just proves Annie is right about Tu face extended family but Annie is the wife and she has a right to demand peace and joy in her marriage. I believe she has done so privately and done so in her prayers to God, but sometimes we must take other actions along-side prayers.

The fellow said the Disney case happened pre-COVID, Annie has lived with the indiscretions of Tu face for years, I am sure she has exhausted many means to get him to stop, privately- engaging elders and others, But Tu face would not, hence her decision to exhale.

Everyone thinks it is all rosy for her, but it pinches the heels called Tuface and she is courageously fighting for her marriage against the exes and the Tu face siblings, who are happy as reported here, that Tu face no longer listen to her. Perhaps Tuface would listen to his fans; she has thought for a long time.

Tu face did not have to marry Annie or remain married to Annie... but if you marry Annie, you should respect her and be fair with her by avoiding infidelity and unfaithfulness with her. She has been the mother of all of your children. The truth is Tu face has not respected her, by having escapades with his exes and the extended family hasn’t either, rather they have encouraged their brother to fornication and extra-marital sex. Why would they do this? Because, if Annie is out of the picture, their right to Tuface wealth increases.

If you care about your brother, you shouldn’t disrespect and disparage his wife in this manner. You should reach out to your brother and give the truth. It is the embarrassment, this response of the brother.

Again, Annie has come out because she is exhausted and we the public that truly love Tuface artistry owe him the truth even if hurtful- he should zip up, reconcile with his wife and stay away from vultures.

Ok.

Why not let the girl(a victim here) dress up? The approach of these men equally damages the psyche. The girl can be interrogated while she has a pant on or a wrapper. It’s not the incest that is most abominable, it’s the sexual abuse of a minor, and while imprisonments or embarrassment of the father can’t restore the girl, I hope some NGOs help in a bid to try.

NURTW.

There is no practicing pharmacist or practicing medical doctor as rich as Mc Oluomo. I am expecting him to start his own university in Nigeria soon.

If he responds this way to real issues, the country will be better.

There was an agreement.

She just needed to meet her own end of the bargain.

What appealing are you talking about?

The money is not yours!

They didn’t force it on you.

You went to them.

This mentality or outlook with another person’s money is really just outrageous!

What exactly is the point of stripping the culprits or suspect, capturing them and pasting same all over the internet? Their faces is enough!

Even those that have erred have right to dignity of person. Their freedoms can be denied them, the law can determine their lives... but the law protects the dignity of an accused person and such dignity should never be denigrated as we often see with Nigeria law enforcers.

Looks like you.

Why should anyone take charge of another or Why should a man take charge of a woman? Women have brains too and being tough or ambitious shouldn’t be a basis to denigrate them or condemn them to frustration or devastation.

The sermon should be for those who seek to denigrate women, for those who seek to frustrate them, for those who believe that they are women, they cannot aspire to much. It’s those people that a sermon should be prepared for, and those people are many.

Disheartening.

Nigeria will exhale.

First, when people asked Jesus for miracles in the bible, they were praying to Jesus.

''Jesus! make me see'', ''Jesus! make me well'', ''Jesus! If I could touch your garment'', ''Jesus!, raise this dead."

John 14 ''Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.”

To God, there are three members, God the father, God the son and God the holy spirit... This is the trinity. Jesus is the begotten of God; the son, this is clear.

John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
in verse 14: “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us”

Romans 9:5 Apostle Paul describes Jesus as “the Christ, who is God overall, blessed forever.”

In John 10:30 Jesus claims that “I and the Father are one,”

In John 14:9 Jesus says that “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.”

In Mark 2 dealing with the man’s paralysis he first says, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” Only God can forgive, of coz Jesus is a member of God.

In order that your prayer is through to God the father, you should pray in the name of the son, for it is through the son, we are granted access; and the holy spirit shall be there to guide, to guide in your prayers and that you may ask that which is appropriate.

Even then, Jesus Christ is the answer to our prayers.

In 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17, Even Apostle Paul prayed to Jesus saying “May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father. . . encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.” In 1 Thessalonians 3:11–13, there was a similar prayer to Jesus.

John 5:23 ''Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.''.

You don’t need Omokri or Daddy Freeze to know God or know more about Christ. What you need is a personal encounter with Christ, and you only have to accept Christ. He is knocking at the door. The Holy Spirit shall then be the guide.

Who can we call Ibo elders though?