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Business / Re: Uber Matchmaking Forum For Certified Driver And Partners by prof2007: 2:45pm On Apr 16, 2021
Send an email to:

UBER99sam@gmail.com

Change4dbeta:
Good day everyone, i need a car for rental to use on Uber/Bolt platform in Lagos(mainland axis. If you have a car for rental pls drop your digits here or call 07087408288
Driver's integrity and remittance without story is guaranteed
Business / Re: Uber Matchmaking Forum For Certified Driver And Partners by prof2007: 2:44pm On Apr 16, 2021
Send an email to:

UBER99sam@gmail.com

Iskeelm:
I need a car for rental and if there is higher purchase I am also interested.....I have 3years + experience residential address is Ojodu/ magboro axis my number is 09131564310 am also on WhatsApp remittances with no excuse guaranteed.... pls help a brother pls ... If you know someone who knows someone... do not hesitate to refer me pls... no dissapoitment
Business / Re: Uber Matchmaking Forum For Certified Driver And Partners by prof2007: 2:44pm On Apr 16, 2021
Send an email to:

UBER99sam@gmail.com

Hustine989:
Am an uber/bolt driver.with 3 years experience.i reside in Aboru.iyana ipaja.i am looking for a durable car to work on a weekly remittance of 25k.i can be contacted on the this number. 09063871751. Or whatsapp me on:- 07066648523
Business / Re: Uber Matchmaking Forum For Certified Driver And Partners by prof2007: 2:43pm On Apr 16, 2021
Have you got one yet?

AdesuyiVictor:
Good day everyone....
My name is Adesuyi Victor. I need a trustworthy fellow to partner with....
I am a Uber/bolt driver..... I would remit a reasonable sum of N30K above depending on our agreement....
I am very keen on car maintenance and safety...My location is Baruwa, Ipaja Lagos
If you're interested, please call/WhatsApp : 08183497413
Thank you.
Business / Re: Uber / Bolt Business by prof2007: 2:40pm On Apr 16, 2021
Send an email to:

UBER99sam@gmail.com

Sanmion:
I'm one of uber driver. Please i need a car for hire purchase or rental. I reside in gbagada. 08098300067
Crime / Re: Hoodlums Take Over LASU Axis, Attack & Rob Students At Will by prof2007: 7:09am On Apr 16, 2021
Send an email to:

UBER99sam@gmail.com

seyicodes:
Good day Nairalanders,
Please is there anyone who is willing to do uber/bolt business ,
* I am willing to collect car on hire purchase.
* I can pay up to 30 - 35k weekly.
* I have experience in the transport business. ( Over 5 Years Experience )
* I stay around Ebute Metta ( East ) Lagos.
* I was a mini Bus Driver before i stopped it due to the intimidation of Lagos State Task Force.
* I am responsible and i Keep to my word.
* I am very hard working and i can work for more than 15 hours daily.
* Please give me a chance.
* I Dont mind if the vehicle hire purchase price is 4 Million Naira. ( I am hard Working , I will pay up insha Allah )
Crime / Robbers Stab Oluwakemi Odugbesan To Death In Lagos (Photo) by prof2007: 4:27am On Apr 15, 2021
Robbers Stab Canada-bound Woman To Death In Lagos

A 41-year-old woman, Oluwakemi Odugbesan, has been murdered by suspected armed robbers around Oduntan in Ketu, Lagos. The deceased was said to have been stabbed multiple times by her attackers around 6 am on April 10, which happened to be her husband’s birthday.

It was gathered the woman was returning from a night vigil when her attackers, in an attempt to collect her phone and handbag, stabbed her multiple times on the chest and rib regions. Sources said the deceased, her husband and 3 children were billed to relocate to Canada in a few weeks' time before her unfortunate death.

It was gathered her attackers were the ones who called her parents with her phone to inform them she was fatally injured. Following the information, relatives were said to have raced to the scene and rushed the woman to a hospital on Oduntan Street, where she was pronounced dead. Her murder was said to have thrown the entire community into panic with residents demanding an end to attacks by armed hoodlums who usually laid siege on commuters early in the mornings or at nightfall.

Spokesman for Lagos Police Command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the case has been transferred to the homicide section, State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for discreet investigation.

SOURCE: https://thenationonlineng.net/robbers-stab-canada-bound-woman-to-death-in-lagos/

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Health / Re: Girl Dies After Mother Absconded With N3m Donated For Her Brain Surgery by prof2007: 4:11am On Apr 15, 2021
If the law catches up with her, there will be further questions as well...

decatalyst:
To the mother, the money is important than the child. Well, her conscience and her God will ask her questions.
It is well.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Should I Leave My Bank Job For A Chinese Owned Multinational Telecoms Company? by prof2007: 3:55am On Apr 15, 2021
Dear pokosimani,

based on the widely divergent views expressed regarding a company like Huawei, I suggest you mention the name of your new employer. This is a faceless forum and there is no risk to your prospects.

Mentioning the specific company will enable you to get experiential feedback from those who have worked or are currently working with them. You need such feedback to make a properly informed decision using Cost/Benefit analysis. Best of luck!

pokosimani:
Dear NLanders,
I have been working for a tier 1 Bank in Nigeria for some time and so far it has been quite good. I work with great people and the pay is reasonable. Recently, I got an offer to work in a multinational telecoms company. While this seems like a good offer, I am worried about working for Chinese/Indian companies because of the negative report about them generally. Your considered opinions and/or experiences would be appreciated.

Many thanks...
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Should I Leave My Bank Job For A Chinese Owned Multinational Telecoms Company? by prof2007: 3:39am On Apr 15, 2021
Thanks for this your post...I laughed till tears came out of my eyes!

You are truly a gifted writer. Have you ever thought about becoming an author? Your books would be bestsellers.

usb2016:

Oga You better stay put on your bank job angry angry! . Kindly read below a brother story narrated to me yesterday and advise yourself about the decision you about to make...

Today is exactly 10years I resigned from my lucrative job that was paying me as much as N200k monthly as of then and ran to Lagos because of an advert I saw on Guardian Newspaper...
..

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Crime / Hoodlums Take Over LASU Axis, Attack & Rob Students At Will by prof2007: 3:15am On Apr 15, 2021
Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, axis particularly areas along Lagos-Badagry Expressway (close to Iyana-Iba market) Okokomaiko (PPL) area, and the university gate on LASU-Igando road, are now a hotbed of violent crimes.

Clutching dangerous weapons such as guns and knives, hoodlums prey on unwitting passers-by in these areas—many of whom are students of the university, robbing them of money, belongings, and in some cases, inflicting bodily harm. An entrepreneur and 300-level student of Biology Education, Rukayat Balogun, suffered brutality at the hands of the criminal elements.

On June 24, 2019, Rukayat left her hostel at Idirogbo for CMS at about 5:30am to beat the rush hour. She planned to buy some goods for her customers being a retailer of male and female underwear. She was with her smartphone and N70,000. As she trotted phone-in-hand along Lagos-Badagry Expressway, opposite the university road, she felt a sharp pang on her left hand which she later found suffered a deep cut. Her attacker held an “iron object” to scare her.

Rukayat said her assailant tried to drag the smartphone from her wounded hand but wasn’t successful, adding that at that point she screamed for attention, forcing the robber to flee. A motorcyclist offered to take Rukayat to a hospital, but she didn’t get help from the first 3 hospitals they visited. She was eventually treated at a medical centre at 15 Olowo Tabutabu Street, Agric, Ojo. Rukayat said a few days later she was accompanied by members of the school’s student union to make a statement at Ojo Police Station. She appealed to the government to curb criminality in the areas.

Another 200-level student from Faculty of Arts, Joyce (not real name), had a different encounter which left her worried for the few seconds she was stopped by a stranger. On a certain Sunday last year before the lockdown, she and two of her friends were walking down to Iyana-Iba market to buy some groceries when a strange man accosted them.

Joyce said the man accused her of flaunting the colour of his confraternity, saying “You think say we wan toast you, I just wan tell you say na our colour you dey fly.” Joyce told Sunday PUNCH that her shirt was in fact multi-coloured. “I wore light blue mixed with grey and white that day,” she said. Joyce added that as two other young men approached them they ran away shouting. Luckily, they escaped unmolested. Joyce said she has avoided visiting Iyana-Iba market during evenings since the incident.

Besides, a 200-level student of Dept of Physics Identified only as Ayomide was not so lucky as he left school last week to spend the Easter with his parents at Agbowa. On Good Friday, Ayomide said he left his hostel by 6am so he could beat traffic. As he trekked past the university’s walls along Lagos-Badagry Expressway, 4 cutlass-wielding men emerged from the overgrown bush by the roadside.

The assailants inflicted machete cuts on Ayomide, leaving him with a wounded head and bodily harm. Ayomide managed to escape, scrambling towards the school gate wearing a cloak of his own blood. He explained his encounter with the deadly louts to the Marshalls (LASU’s security outfit) he found at the school’s gate. But despite pleas by the bystanders, the Marshalls refused to accost the robbers whom Ayomide believed still loitered at the crime scene.

According to Ayomide, his attackers robbed him of his two phones—an iPhone XR bought in March, 2021, for N175, 000, and Huawei Y6 (2019). Ayomide added that the hoodlums took away his new clothes worth N50, 000. Ayomide received treatment later that morning at the university’s clinic. He stated that he had been depressed and experienced nightmares about the incident since Friday.

Cassidy hostel Okokomaiko, accomodating a 300-level student from Faculty of Arts, Abdulazeez Oladele, was burgled when he was a freshman, losing his phone and laptop. In 200 level last year, as he returned to hostel from lectures on a Thursday evening, he and his roommates were attacked around a new generation bank branch at Cassidy, which is near the university. His roommates managed to escape but he wasn’t lucky. The hoodlums took away his phone and bag.

Abdulazeez didn’t report the incident. He insisted that “the school isn’t doing enough,” adding that, “students are even being robbed at PPL which is close to school, and even at Aiyepe Gate.” He urged the university authorities to work with the state government to ensure enough hostels on campus and to increase police presence around student-populated areas.

MORE CHILLING TALES
It was a frightening moment for a 300-level student from Faculty of Education, Habeebah Ogboye, and her friend, AY, also a LASU student, when thugs confronted them upon their return to Lagos from an excursion in Osun State on March 14, 2021.

They arrived Lagos some minutes after 10pm and were headed for Village, a bus-stop away from the university’s gate along LASU-Igando road. A portion of land lying between Village bus-stop and LASU’s gate at Igando road is often deserted. The driver of a yellow bus, commonly called Danfo, inadvertently drove both Habeebah and her friend past their bus-stop, and refused to reverse the vehicle. Both ladies had to walk to the Village bus-stop. Midway into the risky commute, two men sprang out of the surrounding greenery, and Habeebah said one of them held a dagger.

According to Habeebah, her Techno phone was collected by the attacker, and it was at this point that she feigned consciousness. This made the assailant abandon her for her friend, during which Habeebah fled the scene. The lout gave her a hot chase but soon stopped as Habeebah neared the bus-stop.

Habeebah told our correspondent that while running she accidentally dropped her second phone which she uses for bank transactions. AY who joined her at the bus-stop some minutes later told her the louts fled after the occupant of a vehicle parked nearby noticed the scuffle and turned on his car’s headlights and blared the horn. AY sustained mild injuries as one of the attackers wound a rope tightly around her neck.

By 7am next day, Habeebah claimed N70, 000 had been withdrawn from her bank account. She said it was unclear if her assailants found her lost phone or if it was picked by a passer-by. As she sat in a public bus on Tuesday March 17, returning from the bank where she went to request her bank account to be blocked, she noticed a dead body on same spot she was robbed the previous day. She opined the deceased was likely a victim of robbery, appealing to government to install street lights in the areas from the university gate at Igando road to First Gate bus-stop.

It was a bitter experience on 3 January 2021 for a 100-level student of Music identified only as Idowu, who was robbed around 7pm along the university gate while returning to school from home in company with some friends. According to Idowu, the robbers flashed a gun and several knives to cow them into submission. He said some girls observed the robbery and ran to inform the Marshalls at the varsity’s gate. Idowu stated that the Marshall didn’t respond, explaining they weren’t mandated to interfere with off-campus matters.

Sunday PUNCH learnt Idowu and his friends were robbed of their phones, bags, and clothes. He, however, stated that streetlights would help deter criminals, as areas around the university’s walls at Iyana-Iba become dark after sunset.

For Sulton Abdullahi, a 100-level student from Faculty of Social Sciences, he was robbed and stabbed in the hand with a dagger on 15 November 2020 along LASU Badagry Expressway, about 6:45 am. That day, he was returning to his hostel from a night-reading session when the robbery happened. Sulton said the conductor of an approaching commercial bus noticed the scene and raised the alarm, scaring the robbers away. He said an X-ray revealed a bone fracture while he spent over N40, 000 to treat the wounds, and nurses severe pain till date. He said, “My parents reported to the school authorities and police but nothing was done by school authorities.’’

A similar fate was suffered by a student who gave his name only as AbdulRasaq on Monday 5 April 2021, when the 200-level student of the Faculty of Education was walking by the school walls at Lagos-Badagry Expressway. An eyewitness said his attackers took away his bags and phone “and left cuts all over his fingers and close to his jaw.” It was learnt AbdulRazaq was returning to his hostel from Easter break when the attack occurred.

Accounts by two students who spoke on condition of anonymity said attackers used intimidation to subdue their victims. Both students were robbed close to the university gate on the expressway. They disclosed that 2 hoodlums who fleeced them of their phones first accused them of wearing shirts with the colour of their confraternity while claiming their other members were nearby.

The hoodlums insisted on checking their phones to be sure they weren’t cultists; upon satisfying themselves, they asked them to buy drinks before they would release their phones. “We both went to buy the specific drink each of them requested and when we returned to tell them we couldn’t get the drinks, they had fled with our phones,’’ one of them said.

An ex-student of Dept of Microbiology, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he was attacked during his freshman days as he tried entering the campus via PPL gate at about 8 pm. He said the Ojo area, where LASU is sited, is generally unsafe. He claimed criminal elements in the area come from “Alaba Rago” at Alaba International Market.

A final year student of Dept of Political Science, Ganiu Oloruntade, said the school should organise better orientations for freshers to intimate them on areas to avoid. Ganiu noted he was also a victim of robbery around the school area on the expressway while he was in 100 Level in 2017.

SCHOOL AND POLICE REACT
Speaking with Sunday PUNCH, Spokesperson for the varsity, Mr Ademola Adekoya, noted the security challenges faced by students of the university. He said the university had taken measures to curtail the menace, such as advising that students avoid entering campus earlier than 6 am and leaving later than 6 pm. Adekoya added that the Marshalls weren’t mandated to dabble in security issues outside the university.

On lack of streetlights along the school walls on the expressway, he said the ongoing road construction made it impossible to install streetlights since it would likely be removed as construction progressed. He further said the state environment ministry disallowed such installation in the area due to the ongoing construction. He said the Chief Security Officer of the University was holding talks with the DPO of Ojo Police Station to tackle insecurity in the identified areas.

When contacted, spokesperson for the police in the state, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, said the command had been arresting hoodlums terrorising people on the highways across the state and would sustain the raids. He said, “We arrest those bad boys on a daily basis. The command wishes to urge students and their unions to work with the police formations around them to beef up security in the areas. Many of the bad boys are in our net and we will pick more.”

https://punchng.com/hoodlums-take-over-lasu-axis-attack-rob-students-at-will/

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Politics / Nairaland Survey Results: Performance Rating Of Nigerian Governors by prof2007: 9:55pm On Apr 14, 2021
See previous thread here: https://www.nairaland.com/6501191/performance-survey-rate-governor

Dear Nairalanders,

see below the results of the survey which started @ 7:36 am on 11 April 2021:

OVERALL APPROVAL RATING OF NIGERIAN GOVERNORS
AS AT PAGE 12 (after the post by nameo at 12:21pm On Apr 13)

STATE / RATING OF GOVERNOR
Niger 0%
Taraba 0%
Abia 3%
Benue 3%
Plateau 6%
Ogun 7%

Enugu 10%
Cross River 13%
Imo 13%
Kogi 16%

Osun 23%
Ekiti 29%
Kwara 30%
Lagos 30%
Edo 31%
Oyo 33%
Anambra 34%
Akwa Ibom 38%
Ondo 38%
Delta 39%
Bayelsa 43%
Rivers 49%

FCT Abuja 50%
Adamawa 50%
Jigawa 50%
Kano 56%
Kaduna 59%
Nasarawa 63%
Kebbi 70%
Borno 73%
Bauchi 75%
Ebonyi 76%

Gombe NO VOTES
Katsina NO VOTES
Sokoto NO VOTES
Yobe NO VOTES
Zamfara NO VOTES

SOME OBSERVATIONS FROM DATA ANALYSIS
1. Several respondents gave their governors negative scores. These were all documented as 0%
2. There were some very detailed responses, with scores given for specific parameters such as infrastructure, security etc. The average score was calculated and documented for such Respondents.
3. All the 5 states that had no votes are from the North (perhaps there are virtually no Nairalanders from those states?).
4. Only 10 state governors had a passing score =/>50%. All these are from the North, except Ebonyi State.
5. The best score overall (76%) was obtained by the Ebonyi State governor.
6. Respondents from 2 states (Niger/Taraba) gave their governors zero or negative scores.
7. The highest response rate was from Lagos, with 21 Respondents, followed by Delta / Edo, with 13 / 12 Respondents respectively.

Thank you all for taking the time to participate in the survey. It shows a high level of political awareness among Nigerian netizens. We can convert this into actual political power via the ballot box.

Please ensure you get a voter's card, participate in political fora, air your opinions, carefully scrutinize all intending political aspirants, and be sure to vote when elections come up.

God bless you!
Politics / Re: Performance Survey: Rate Your Governor by prof2007: 9:26pm On Apr 14, 2021
Dear Nairalanders,

see below the results of the survey:

OVERALL APPROVAL RATING OF NIGERIAN GOVERNORS
AS AT PAGE 12 (after the post by nameo at 12:21pm On Apr 13)

STATE RATING
Gombe NO VOTES
Katsina NO VOTES
Sokoto NO VOTES
Yobe NO VOTES
Zamfara NO VOTES
Niger 0%
Taraba 0%
Abia 3%
Benue 3%
Plateau 6%
Ogun 7%
Enugu 10%
Cross River 13%
Imo 13%
Kogi 16%
Osun 23%
Ekiti 29%
Kwara 30%
Lagos 30%
Edo 31%
Oyo 33%
Anambra 34%
Akwa Ibom 38%
Ondo 38%
Delta 39%
Bayelsa 43%
Rivers 49%
FCT Abuja 50%
Adamawa 50%
Jigawa 50%
Kano 56%
Kaduna 59%
Nasarawa 63%
Kebbi 70%
Borno 73%
Bauchi 75%
Ebonyi 76%
Politics / Gas Explosion In Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos by prof2007: 2:45am On Apr 14, 2021
A gas explosion has rocked the Amuwo-Odofin LGA of Lagos state. This was said to have happened around 7pm on Tuesday 13 April 2021 at Iyasoko street, Agboju, Amuwo-Odofin.

Confirming the development, Nosa Okunbor, spokesperson of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said officials of the agency are on their way to the scene.

As of the time of the report, it was not clear what caused the explosion. However, residents are said to have sustained injuries as a result of the explosion, while some persons are attempting to put out the fire. Also, no casualty has been confirmed.

The incident comes 6 months after a previous explosion rocked the Baruwa area of Ipaja in Lagos state, and 8 persons were reportedly killed during that incident.


SOURCE: https://www.thecable.ng/just-in-gas-explosion-rocks-lagos-community

PS: Below photos are NOT from the current incident.

Family / Suspicious Wife Jailed For Going Through Husband's Phone Without Permission by prof2007: 2:17am On Apr 14, 2021
The incident occured in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which has very strict privacy laws forbidding anyone from secretly looking at other people’s phone or computer data. The unnamed woman – an Arab expatriate in the UAE- is reported to have checked her husband’s mobile phone after becoming suspicious he was having an affair.

This did not go down well with her husband who filed charges against her, causing her to be prosecuted under the UAE’s cybercrime laws. The woman, who was in her 30s, appeared before Ras Al Khaimah Court where she admitted to the charges. In her defence, however, she blamed her husband for having an ‘illicit affair’ with a woman he used to text and talk to frequently.

‌The woman’s lawyer, Eman Sabt, told the court his client tried very hard over 9 years to have a blissful marital life, but the husband cheated on her. He further argued that his client did not mean to harm him or anyone else, adding that the husband had willingly given her his mobile phone and asked her to check it – which she didn’t out of trust.

She wanted to avoid any misunderstanding. However, the wife’s suspicions grew when her husband started receiving regular phone calls and texts, which forced her into checking his cell phone without him knowing. She was said to have then transferred pictures and chats to her phone, using WhatsApp, to show her siblings.

She claimed her husband had given her his password and allowed her to look at his phone since she had caught him chatting with other women before. The defence lawyer concluded by saying that his client did not have any criminal intent and refused to divulge any of her marital disputes – even during the five counselling sessions held in court to amicably settle the litigation. ‌

The court found the wife guilty of breaching the privacy of her husband under criminal penal code No. 212 and the cybercrime law, Federal Decree-Law No. 5 of 2012, article No 21, which stipulates that a person

“…shall be punished by imprisonment of a period of at least 6 months and a fine not less than Dh150,000 (N16m) and not in excess of Dh500,000 (N52m) or either of these two penalties whoever uses a computer network and/or electronic information system or any information technology means for the invasion of privacy of another person in other than the cases allowed by the law…”

The court sentenced the woman to 3 months in jail but gave her the option of paying a fine of 150,000 dirhams (£28,000; US$41,000, N16m). The court also ordered that the suspicious wife should be deported from the UAE.

Under the UAE’s strict cyber laws, it is considered a violation of an adult’s personal online privacy if any of their information is looked at in secret by a partner, friend, relative, parent or work colleague.

Even with married couples, it is still an offence for either husband or wife to search the other’s phone, even if they suspect their spouse of cheating.

SOURCE: https://iharare.com/suspicious-wife-jailed-for-going-through-husbands-phone-secretly/

Sports / Edo Deputy Governor Makes History, Wins Edo 2020 Gold Medal by prof2007: 7:38am On Apr 13, 2021
Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu on Monday entered the history books as the country’s first major political office holder to win a football gold medal at the National Sports Festival, after leading Team Edo to a 3-2 win over Team Lagos in the final of the men’s football event of the 20th edition in Benin City.

Shaibu, who is also the Chairman, Local Organising Committee of the festival, came on with 5 minutes left to play, with Edo leading, and helped protect the scoreline, following a late onslaught by their opponents. Team Edo came from 2 goals down to beat Lagos, with Solomon Osagie grabbing the winner from the penalty spot in the 76th minute in the final encounter played at the sports complex of the University of Benin.

There were loud cheers as Shaibu warmed up before he was brought on in the 85th minute. Speaking after the game, the Deputy Governor said, “I’m excited that Team Edo won, but for me, it is Lagos and Team Edo that won because it is a unity game. Both teams were very tactical and good. From two goals down, my boys equalised and went on to win with the God of football on our side.”

SOURCE: https://punchng.com/shaibu-makes-history-wins-edo-2020-gold/

Health / 11 Health Benefits Of Beans by prof2007: 1:43pm On Apr 12, 2021
Though they've been around for centuries, beans are a modern-day superfood. Why? Let's count the ways:

1. HEART-HEALTHY
Beans are "heart healthy" because they contain abundance of soluble fiber which can lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels. If you prefer canned beans, you can ditch up to 40% of the sodium by rinsing them in water.

2. LOW FAT
Most beans are about 2 to 3% fat and contain no cholesterol, unless processed or prepared with other ingredients, such as lard. (Check labels to see what else may be in the package or can.)

3. PROTEIN
About 1/2 cup of beans provides 7 grams protein, same amount as 1 ounce of chicken, meat or fish. Vegetarians, vegans and individuals who seldom eat meat, poultry, or fish can count on beans as an alternative choice.

4. BLOOD SUGAR BALANCE
With a low glycemic index, beans contain a beautiful blend of complex carbohydrates and protein. Because of this, beans are digested slowly, which helps keep blood glucose stable and may curtail fatigue and irritability.

5. CUT CANCER RISK
Scientists recommend that adults consume 3 cups of beans per week to promote health and reduce risk of chronic diseases like cancer. That owes to their abundance of fiber and antioxidants.

6. BOWEL MOVEMENT
Filled with fiber, beans can promote regularity by preventing constipation. To maximize your meal, be sure to accompany high-fiber foods with ample fluids like still or sparkling water. Weighing in at 5 to 8 grams of fiber per 100 grams (3 ounces), beans are ideal for those who are sensitive to gluten, a natural protein found in products containing wheat, rye, barley, and sometimes oats. If you do have food allergies, however, check the food label or contact the manufacturer to be sure the product is safe.

7. THEY SATISFY
Because beans are metabolized more slowly than other complex carbs, they may aid weight loss by keeping us feeling full without being excessively high in calories.

8. CCONVENIENT
Canned, frozen or dry, beans are a breeze to purchase, prepare, and store. They even come in flour form.

9. WALLET-FRIENDLY
Beans are the least expensive source of protein, especially when compared to fresh meat.

10. NUTRIENT-RICH
Aside protein, complex carbs and fiber, beans contain a powerhouse of nutrients including antioxidants, vitamins and minerals such as copper, folate, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorous, potassium and zinc. Beans can help you step up to a more complete plate.

11. VERSATILE
They can be incorporated into a main dish (chili), side dish (rice and beans), appetizer (soup) or snack (dip). It's easy to be creative when you have kidney beans, pinto beans, black beans, lima beans, black-eyed peas, garbanzo beans (chickpeas), split peas and lentils in your pantry. Take advantage of their various shapes, sizes and colors when planning meals.

SOURCE (abridged): https://www.huffpost.com/entry/beans-health-benefits_n_1792504

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Autos / This Tiny Car Beat Tesla’s Model 3 As Best-selling EV In The World For Jan/feb by prof2007: 12:53pm On Apr 12, 2021
The Hong Guang Mini EV edged out Tesla’s Model 3 as top-selling electric vehicle in the world in January and February 2021. Not a small feat for the relatively new hatchback. More than 36,000 of the tiny cars sold in January, compared to about 21,500 Model 3s, and the Hong Guang sold just over 20,000 units in February, compared to just under 13,700 Tesla 3s.

The diminutive vehicle is made under a joint partnership between China’s state-owned SAIC Motor, Wuling Motors, and US carmaker General Motors, and is locally referred to simply as Wuling. The Hong Guang Mini EV sells in China only for 28,800 yuan (about $4,500 or N1.8m). It claims to get 170 km (roughly 106 miles) per charge, and can reach a top speed of 100 km per hour or 62 miles per hour.

Its specs include a wheelbase of 76.4 inches, and it is just under 115 inches long, 59 inches wide, and stands about 64 inches tall. Its total weight is about 1,466 pounds. In other words, it’s tall but skinny. Still, the manufacturer claims it can seat 4 people, and the rear seats fold down if you need storage space. For something very small, presumably.

The 2021 base model of Tesla’s Model 3 EV on the other hand, gets more than 250 miles per charge, and its sticker price starts at just under $40,000. It has a wheelbase of 113 inches, is 185 inches long, 73 inches wide and about 57 inches tall. The base Model 3 weighs around 3,500 pounds.

The Hong Guang Mini EV launched last summer and was a surprise success, but is still only sold in China. Some reports suggest it may come to other markets eventually, but the US is likely low on the list.

It is cute, though.

SOURCE: https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/20/22342140/tiny-car-beat-tesla-model-3-china-ev-january-february

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Politics / Performance Survey: Rate Your Governor by prof2007: 7:36am On Apr 11, 2021
Let's rate our governors...

A. Name your state of origin.
B. Score your state governor between 0 - 10 marks (0 = Horrible; 5 = Average; 10 = Excellent).

You can give additional comments e.g. Good in security, poor in infrastructure etc.

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Crime / Why I Organised Kidnap Of 3 Bank Managers – Driver by prof2007: 9:27am On Apr 10, 2021
A former driver with one of the nation’s banks, Mr. Owes Okpaka, arrested for organising abductions of 3 managers of the bank, has revealed the reason for his action. Okpaka explained that the years he worked as a driver with the bank made him know that bank managers were rich and good candidates for abduction for ransom.

His theory was validated when he and his hastily recruited gang members abducted 3 bank managers and scooped a whopping N50m ransom. The ransom was paid in foreign currencies in 3 stashes on 3 different occasions. The bank managers are Daniel Imani, Mrs. Isioma and Mrs. Zowa. Okpaka, a graduate of Oghara Polytechnic, Delta State, said: “I used to work with Ogonu branch of the bank as a driver, but resigned in January 2021. IRT Operatives arrested me because I masterminded kidnap of 3 managers working in my former place of work. ‘‘My gang members are; Victor, Kevwe and others.

"I was the person that brought the 3 kidnap jobs involving the 3 bank managers. The first person we kidnapped was Daniel. I monitored his movements and gave his location to my gang members. Daniel was the bank manager of Urhobo College branch in Warri. We kidnapped him in October 2020. Mrs. Zowa was the manager of the Ogonu Warri branch, while the 3rd victim, Mrs. Isioma was manager of Effurun branch."

The gang was smashed by Operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team, (IRT), Delta State branch. Okpaka was arrested along with Lawrence Kevwe Egagah, Victor Dominic Ovo, Usobotie Sylvester and Alex Okoun. Following Imani’s complaint, IRT commenced investigation and discovered that Okpaka masterminded the kidnappings. Okpaka scooped N15 Million as his share in the 3 operations. Okpaka recalled that Daniel was in their custody for a week before ransom was paid for his release.

Another suspect, Ovo, said: “I was arrested in my house at Oghara. At first I didn’t know why I was arrested until I got to the police station. We were 5 in number that usually go on the kidnap operations. We have one pump action rifle loaded with live cartridges and an AK47 rifle loaded with one magazine containing 10 -15 live ammunition.

‘‘I used my share of the money to offset my debts. Aside kidnappings, I’ve also been involved in armed robberies within Ondo State and other South-West states. It was Kevwe and Monday, now late, that usually organised the robbery operations. Most of our targets are car owners and we usually go for operations with guns and cutlass. I have gone for several robberies and at the time I was arrested, some live ammunition was recovered in my house. The ammunition belongs to me and I use it for my job.”

Kevwe, on his part, said when police came to arrest him, he had tried to escape but was shot on his leg. He was arrested last month in his house at Agbaro area of Delta State. Sylvester denied taking part in the kidnappings, but confessed to have assisted the gang in procuring rifles. He also admitted to have collected N80,000 from a member of the gang. He said: “I was arrested after the police arrested Kevwe. Kevwe mentioned that I was the person that provided the guns for the gang.”

SOURCE (abridged): https://www.newtelegraphng.com/why-i-organised-abductions-of-three-bank-managers-driver/
Sports / National Sports Festival: Delta & Kano Set New Records by prof2007: 9:05am On Apr 10, 2021
Team Delta on Thursday won 3 gold medals in swimming at the National Sports Festival, to continue their dominance. It was a feisty battle between Team Delta and Bayelsa, who won 2 gold medals as Team Kano also claimed their first gold medal at the event.

In 800m freestyle men, Opute Clinton emerged winner in 9m:34s:53 to set a new national and festival record. Previous record was set by Samson Opuakpo in 2006. Dino Ebarakumo (Bayelsa) finished in 9m:52s:62 to claim silver, with Edo’s Seleakpobo Israel winning bronze, after finishing 3rd in 9m:56s:16.

In 100m backstroke women, Delta’s Timipamere Akiayefa won with 1m:14:93, defeating Edo and Bayelsa to win gold. Similarly, the quartet of Timipame-Ere Akiayef, Nmor Evelyn, Okolugbo Chinonye and Okpochini Deborah won gold for Team Delta with a time of 4m:20s:98.

In 400m freestyle women, Ifiezegbe Gagbe of Bayelsa finished in 5m:04s:30, a new festival record, as she won the gold medal ahead of Team Delta’s Okpochini Deborah and Cross River’s Dorcas Oka, who both finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Breaking the dominance of Delta and Bayelsa was Team Kano’s Collins Obi, who set a new festival record of 53s:92, which bettered the initial record of 54s:33 held by Ifeakachukwu Nmor of Delta State in 2018 in 100m freestyle men.

SOURCE: https://punchng.com/nsf-delta-kano-set-national-festival-records/?utm_source=auto-read-also&utm_medium=web
Family / Chimamanda Adichie Tells Women To Stop Using Feminism To Justify Wickedness by prof2007: 10:21pm On Apr 09, 2021
Globally celebrated Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has shared her thoughts about Nigerian women's brand of feminism. In a recent interview, Chimamanda was heard advising young Nigerian women to stop using feminism to justify their wickedness.

According to her, these days a lot of Nigerian women hide under the umbrella of feminism just to be mean and nasty. “I often say to young Nigerian feminists ‘Please do not use feminism to justify your wickedness’. Because some of these young women when I’m talking to them they sound really mean, and I say, ‘you know what? this is not feminism, you’re just really nasty’.”

SOURCE: https://www.gist mania.com/talk/topic,493475.0.html

Travel / Re: Some Amazing Facts About India by prof2007: 3:47am On Apr 07, 2021
FACT 17
India is the world's largest milk producer, with 22% of global production, followed by the USA, China, Pakistan and Brazil.

Travel / Re: Some Amazing Facts About India by prof2007: 3:39am On Apr 07, 2021
FACT 16
India has the tallest statue in the world.

Measuring 600feet (182m) in height, the Statue of Unity is currently the tallest in the world. It is a tribute to the independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and is located in the western state of Gujarat, where Patel was born.

The statue is almost twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty in the USA (305ft or 93m). It was made with more than 12,000 bronze panels and weighs about 67,000 tonnes.

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Travel / Re: Some Amazing Facts About India by prof2007: 3:34am On Apr 07, 2021
FACT 15
In India, frogs get married!

In Varanasi, India, when the rains are delayed, the people go back to their old traditional beliefs and rituals, among which is that frogs there are caught and married to each other to please the rain gods.

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Travel / Re: Some Amazing Facts About India by prof2007: 3:28am On Apr 07, 2021
FACT 14
India has the lowest divorce rate in the world.

In India only about 13 of 1000 marriages end in divorce i.e. approx.1%. Compare this with Luxembourg, which has an 87% divorce rate.

Travel / Re: Some Amazing Facts About India by prof2007: 3:18am On Apr 07, 2021
FACT 13
In some parts of India, Coke and Pepsi are used as pesticides!

Farmers in the Durg, Rajnandgaon and Dhamtari districts of Chattisgarh (one of the world’s largest rice-producing areas) began spraying fields with Coke and Pepsi because it was cheaper than using traditional pesticides. Surprisingly, it seemed to be equally effective. Perhaps that is because the sweet syrups attract ants to the fields, which then eat the eggs and larvae of insects pests.

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Travel / Re: Some Amazing Facts About India by prof2007: 3:10am On Apr 07, 2021
FACT 12
India has a lot of public holidays!

In 2019, India recorded 26 official holidays, including New Year, Independence Day, Deepavali, Easter, Holi (festival of colours), Patriots Day, Missionary Day, Christmas etc. The high number of holidays is because there are so many different cultural groups in India.

Travel / Re: Some Amazing Facts About India by prof2007: 2:59am On Apr 07, 2021
FACT 11
A village in India has no doors or locks on their houses.

The village of Shani Shingnapur is famous for not having a door or lock on any single house. Surprisingly, there has been no record of any criminal act in the village for almost 400 years!

Perhaps the shared vulnerability has created such neighbourly trust between residents, that it has forged a protection stronger than any bolt, door or gate could provide.

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Travel / Re: Some Amazing Facts About India by prof2007: 2:51am On Apr 07, 2021
FACT 10
There is a temple in India dedicated to the worship of rats.

The Karni Mata Rat Temple in the town of Deshnok, Rajasthan, is visited by many pilgrims every year. Thousands of rats live in the temple, making it one of India’s most unique attractions.

Travel / Re: Some Amazing Facts About India by prof2007: 2:43am On Apr 07, 2021
FACT 9
Cows are revered as sacred in India.

Killing a cow is a crime, as they are protected by their own set of rules in the Indian Constitution.

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