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spiritedtete:
No matter how your study.. when you do it with people you will end up regretting... My lesson so far... "Be in control"

gbam... I don't do business where I am not in control. All my business Na me dey create am...

spiritedtete:
Trusting and investing in people and their businesses

Lost 1 m USD
80m naira
30m
16m ... And the least goes on and on down to even 150k.

Never will I trust anyone with my money Never not even my Father (even when I know his is a good man)

This thread just brought the anger in me.

Awon oloriburuku!!!

Chai... People like this Na why I couldn't raise money to start a lucrative biz but I didn't give up and we have started.

Take heart bro. I won't blame u for not helping.

LoJ:
Wow.

I have never met a great entrepreneur that never made a bad investment. You must be very wise... Or very lucky.

lol, I am that kind. I only invest what I can afford to loss at first, then I increase the money gradually...

People talk about losing money to contract, I would never loss cos I don't intend to do business with government, at least not now and if I am gonna do business with them, they have to pay upfront...50-70% before we proceed such that the upfront fees will cover capital needed to execute...

obaataaokpaewu:
Who we go come marry nah. Women don finish already for the list

Churchill made a huge mistake going for someone like that girl...

I was like WTF was this guy thinking?

leighcon:
40 posts and no one bothered to double-check Reno's post. Truly, quite easy to sell and brainwash around here.

The logo on the document launched, apparently, is different from that of Rex Institute. Somebody Google this thing and get facts....

u are fuckkingg funny. How is it different apart from the colour, Abi ya eye nor dey see road ni?

ithink7:
We all have a responsibility to send this man back to his cows come 2019.

This is my first time ever to collect PVC and vote.

Nigerians, vote for competence.

I don talk my own.

my brother, we boku wey never vote but are willing to vote this time around.

handsomeyitayo:
There was this brother of mine who is my landlord then during my school days. He told me he needed to travel out of the country, though his junior sister stays in London, he wanted to use that influence to travel out.

The day came when he is about going, he got his visa, he showed me and he said to me if he gets there that he will not disappoint me that I should not worry ...

Though he is managing too, his sister sent him money for travelling and processing of the visa. He told me to dash him my suit and winter coat also one of my shoe of which I did. He is very local and not sociable.. It was the suit I gave him and my shoe he wore to UK.

When he got to UK, two Months later I heard that he sent money to his girlfriend and that one is just fuckinng around.

Fastfoward to this time i sent him messages on Facebook just to say hi and to know hope he is doing well. He did not reply but he saw my messages. Llater again I resend him message he told me that he will block me. He pretended as if he doesn't know me. This is the brother that do borrow Maggie and salt whenever he wants to cook or even beg me for soup.....

My intention is to greet him not demanding money from him. But now is it a crime to say hello because you stay in UK or Yankee? I don't know why people staying abroad always change their attitude whenever they travel out of the country.....

Please Share your experiences

The undertone of your message suggest to me you were expecting something bros... It is very evident. You may try to pretend it wasn't the case but matured minds can easily see through you.

U seem to be among the plethora of Nigerians who think money grows on trees abroad.

Move the fork on buddy. E no easy anywhere.

According to Reno omokri, APC Plagiarism can be seen in the pic below.

Lol... Campaign promises oooo.

Fucckingg fake city... Fake life

IamD18:
Good one from the security operatives.

The stage is for performing musicians, not a for okirika Gucci samples.

my brother lwkmd...

dotcomnamename:
Lol .. Frustrated wailers are trying everything to console themselves as they're seeing defeat and disaster for PDP and their hero Saraki come 2019 election.... No amount of propaganda can shake Oshio baba! If you like wail from now till eternity, 2019 na sure banka for APC Oshio, Buhari, PYO. Ugly situation ko, Uruguay situation ni. With that Audio your hero Saraki is a gooner!

Better leave that your Ireland where u hid yourself and come to Nigeria if you so much believe in Buhari.

All these people that can't stay in Nigeria will talking trash from their farm work in foreign country.

By Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, today’s epistle was inspired last minute by an encounter I had last night with a Buharideen. I had been contemplating what to write about this week when I ran into a staff of Indomie Noodles, the most popular noodle-processing company possibly in Africa, at a restaurant in Ikeja, Lagos. The gentleman had walked up to me for a quick chat, which was perfectly in order, as far as I was concerned. Indeed, this is a regular occurrence most places I go. It is always likely that I run into those who usually walk up to me to request selfies or general discussion.

And so, this young man announced himself as my fan. He did not stop there, he said he follows me on Twitter and enjoys my tweets but added matter-of-factly, so to say, that he does not always agree with me. I responded that I was grateful for his appreciation of me and his following, but I added that two people can never agree on everything, all the time.

Out of curiosity, I asked what his points of disagreements were. Before, he could answer, I already smelt a rat and so volunteered a guess. “Is it anything to do with Buhari?” I asked calmly. He replied in the affirmative, “yes it is…” Here we go again, I soliloquised. These days, I hate going into unnecessary and unproductive conversations with those who have been given the nomenclature “Buharideens” on social media. A Buharist is a mild and reasonable supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari. I belonged in that category between 2014-15. Not anymore. I like the President as a person, but his politics and economics leave much to be desired. I can write a PhD thesis on this subject.

Back to definitions. On the other hand, a Buharideen is a blind and rabid supporter of Buhari. He does not, and will never see, anything wrong in Buhari, even if you supply all the evidence in the world. It is always a waste of time to engage such political fundamentalists in argument or dialogue. In the course of this election process, I expect that Atiku will probably also sprout such rabid followership. Such is the fervent, unfortunate passion that elections can engender in this country.


‘Why do you disagree with my position on Buhari?” I probed. “Buhari is still the best Nigeria can offer in the present circumstance…” Hmmm, I sighed. “What are your reasons for saying so?” I had pricked him at that moment and he wasted no time in launching a diatribe of sorts. “Only thieves and looters won’t appreciate this government. Things have improved even if not perfect under Buhari.” I laughed raucously. I was used to those lines whenever I encounter the Buharideens. Everyone is a thief and looter, or friends of corrupt people, except members of their group. Not to worry.

I decided to take him on, even if I didn’t have the luxury of time at hand. “Do you know your party APC and your Presidential candidate would find it hard to campaign with his strongest weapon, anti-corruption, when tomorrow comes, because APC is heavily populated by the same so-called looters who migrated from PDP. I have not read it anywhere that they were screened out or rejected by your party, rather they have been promptly and amply protected by your party…” He nodded in agreement, but still argued that APC was a much better party despite the obvious hiccups and conflicts of interests.


It won’t be hyperbolic to describe APC as being seriously hypocritical, I told my new friend. I reeled out names of the certified and certificated kingpins of corruption in Nigeria who have ensconced and embedded within the APC without as much as a whimper from the leadership of the party. My friend kept mute, as if thinking hard on how to tackle me. But I kept punching him with facts and my wide knowledge of Nigerian politics.

He tried to wriggle out by going totally banal. “We should just let Buhari complete his second term so that power can return to the South West after that.” Almost spontaneously, I exploded: “who told you power would shift to the South West in 2023?” My friend said “it will, if we support Buhari now…” but I disagreed most vehemently and tried to educate him a bit.

“If you are talking of zoning, then you are wrong to assume that it is a binding agreement. When Buhari contested in 2003, who was in power? Obasanjo, a Yoruba man. When Buhari contested in 2007, who was in power? Yar’Adua, his kinsman from Katsina State. When Buhari contested in 2011, who was in power? Jonathan, from the oil rich Bayelsa State in the South South, and he was merely completing the term given to him divinely after his boss died in power. When Buhari contested in 2015, who was in power? Jonathan, who was serving his own first term as President and was seeking a second term, the first time a President from the region that lays the golden eggs was in that position. Did anyone, including Buhari, give any consideration to those facts? Did Buhari not contest against Obasanjo? Why did he not say that it was the turn of the South West and so he would abstain and wait for the time when it was the North’s turn. This is the charade and chicanery on display by the promoters of zoning, which does not even exist in our Constitution.” I concluded.

My friend said no one can stop power coming back to the South. I asked if the South West was the only zone in the South and why he feels the South East or South South cannot have it. “Are the Igbos not Nigerians or why do you think they can’t contest and win the Presidency?” I wondered. My friend said the Igbos have not aligned with a realistic power base which is currently controlled by Buhari. So, I noticed and noted that the strategy of APC in the South West is to brainwash the people of the region into deluding themselves that power is coming back to them very soon as compensation for supporting Buhari. This is so naïve and simplistic. I warned my friend that as we speak, those who are already warming up for the 2023 Presidential election are not limited, or restricted, to any particular zone.

The nonsensical impression that this jejune assumption creates is that some people hold the levers of power as personal property which can be dashed out to anyone, or a group of people, at will, but this is a total fallacy. From the issue of zoning, my friend introduced another reason Buhari must continue as President. He claimed that this is because there is no viable alternative to him. I queried what the man was saying. How can anyone say there is no alternative in a country of nearly 200 million people? I told him that was virtually untrue. It would be pathetic of us as a nation if we believe such foolishness. Exceptional talents abound, in their multitude, that can take us to the promised land. He asked if I can support an Atiku as President of Nigeria and I answered, “why not?’. I felt his next line even before he regurgitated it. “But Atiku is a very corrupt man…”

He started the usual vituperations against a man no one has ever tried in a court of Law since leaving office in 2007. No one has even invited Atiku to explain his source of wealth. I told my friend to perish the idea of thinking I, or indeed, any rational man, would ever join his ilk in maligning a soul just for the fun of it. When did allegation become conviction? I informed him clearly that if that is the only way APC hopes to tackle Atiku, it won’t hold much water.

He also exhibited a dangerous mind-set which is presently the fall-back position when Buharideens are cornered. “Where did Atiku get his wealth from?”. He felt he had delivered to me what he must have thought was a sucker punch, but I responded in kind. “Why is it that your members rejoice and gloat about poverty instead of celebrating achievement. If most of our leaders did what Atiku has done in retirement, our country won’t be in this mess. At least Atiku has invested heavily in Nigeria and profited in the process. He should be commended instead of being criminalised without proof. Not everyone possesses this type of business acumen” I added.

He could see he wouldn’t be able to browbeat me about the usual jargons of portraying APC as a party of angels, so he announced he had to go. He appeared sober and subdued. Before he left, I fired another shot. “How about your primaries? I’m reading all sorts? Would you say elections were held in many places? Where they held, would you say they were democratic? And what about the sordid allegations of bribery and corruption levelled by aggrieved members, including our adorable First Lady?”

These were more of rhetorical questions and I did not expect him to have immediate answers. It was obvious he was not proud of the lack of internal democracy and lurid accusations of corruption that has blighted the conduct of the party primaries and almost set his party ablaze. He quickly thanked me and disappeared into the night.

At least he could not abuse me frontally like most Buharideens do whenever you confront them with hard facts. For me democracy is always a game of continuous experiment. Every four years, a President must undergo a serious examination about his performance so far, as well as subject his physical and mental state to public scrutiny. Nothing suggests that he must be promoted automatically to a second term in office if majority of the people do not think he has performed creditably. I’m of the firm opinion that whoever I support this time would be dropped if he still does not meet expectations. Being a Buharist does not mean I will become a Buharideen.


There is no doubt that APC is seriously struggling to convince Nigerians that it deserves a second chance. While I won’t join those who claim APC has failed totally, I will support those who feel it has not lived up to its grandstanding pre-2015 election. I say this because we had great expectations. Notwithstanding the rot that had set into our political, social and economic psyche Nigerians believed that true change was desirable and possible. We voted for APC and Buhari on this basis. That change has only happened in very few cases and objective members of APC agree they have fumbled disappointingly. Most of the areas that we wanted positive change in have turned out to be an embarrassing anti-climax for this government. I will applaud the President for some of the achievements of this government, but that is only because he is the titular head of government. Others, particularly the Vice-President and his economic team are to be commended for the fitful and irregular economic progress we are witnessing.

The President himself has not personally shone brightly and is apparently surviving on a reputation that is at best jaded. The attitude of government to the rash of violence in the country is less than salutary. We were applauded for attacking President Jonathan over the shortcomings of his government but the Buharideens want Buhari to be treated like fresh eggs, or not to be touched at all.

Things must really change urgently and drastically in practically all facets for this government to have any realistic chance of winning the elections. It may not be too late. But the current trend and discourse is not going to help it. I believe people are tired of the same worn platitudes. There are many like me who feel our democratic rights to choose our preferred candidates are sacrosanct and must be respected. I will never abuse or stop anyone from campaigning or voting for Buhari and I don’t expect anyone to abuse me for my personal choice, like the Buharideens love to do.
I expect the battle of wits to start from next week.

The first offensive is likely to be launched by former President Goodluck Jonathan when the book on his political life and stewardship is launched at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, on November 20, 2018. It promises to be a blockbuster event. The Buhari government has blamed the Jonathan government endlessly for its inability to perform as expected. Former President Jonathan and his supporters would have the first major opportunity to launch a blistering attack on a government that rode to power on the crest of possessing the magic wand to cure the alleged cesspit of corruption and inefficiency they left behind. It is probably a time for Jonathan to compare and contrast. We may yet learn that it is not yet Uhuru, and the past three and a half years have been no more than running on the spot, if even that!

The only ace that the populace have is their democratic right to keep changing governments until we get it right. If we fail to make the right choice several times, that only improves our learning curve. Eventually, one day, our democratic education and experimentation will be complete, and we will throw up competent and capable candidates from whom we can make proper and informed choices. For now, the alternatives are stark. We can only make do with what we have and won’t keep a failed government just because we are afraid of the next. Who knows, where our salvation lies? God works, mysteriously.
There are interesting days and times ahead…



Source: http://thebossnewspapers.com/2018/11/17/pendulum-between-an-old-buharist-and-the-new-buharideens/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Anybody who believe that nonsense about Jubril/Buhar, no matter how educated, even up to PhD or fluent with good diction, your education is a waste the moment you buy into that crap story.

It shows you lack what it takes to do critical reasoning on your own except someone from somewhere so the thinking for you.it shows you are no different from those who are brainwashed by terrorists groups...

No offense

lielbree:
This is not igbo culture pls!

it doesnt matter. She chose to greet someone.

Fadedvoiced:
A tradition that only women kneel down??

How many times have you seen husbands of female politicians doing this?

Misogynists everywhere

it is her choice. Get that drilled into your numb skull and how does what she choose to do affect your health, your finances?

ZKOSOSO:
''Finish them all 2019''

....or

''Consolidation of Poverty 2019''

...or

''Let's do More havoc 2019''


''Armagegdon 2019''

lwkmd.

StillX10:
They have exhausted all in 2015

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s candidacy by somr South-east leaders is an insult to the Igbo people.

Its spokesperson, Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a message Tuesday night said the APC considers Mr Abubakar and the PDP “as people who have lost any sense of shame”.
ThisDay and other newspapers Wednesday reported that Igbo leaders including elders, traditional and religious leaders as well as women groups endorsed the joint presidential ticket of Mr Abubakar and Peter Obi for the 2019 general election after a one day meeting in Enugu.

The reports also said Ben Nwabueze, an elderly law professor and Igbo leader, showed his support for the presidential project, urging Igbos to support the project.
The report said this was revealed in a five-point communique issued at the end of the summit with the theme “Ndigbo 2019 and Beyond” and that the leaders commended the restructuring agenda put on the table by Atiku/Obi, which four zones of the country had agreed on as the reason for their decision.
However, the APC claims the Igbo people were “frontline victims of the PDP’s misrule in 16 years and can’t wait to know the promises they are making them now”.

“The APC considers Atiku and his PDP co-travellers as people who have lost any sense of shame.
“The purported endorsement of Atiku and PDP by some leaders of the South-east for the 2019 general elections is an affront on the the Igbo people who were frontline victims of the 16 years of the PDP misrule.

“It will be interesting to know what the PDP will be telling the Igbo people during the campaign.”
He said the South-east in the last three years of the APC led government has seen visible progress in terms of infrastructure “and the programmes they benefit from so we are confident they can’t be fooled by any promises.”


“The South-east people have three and half years of visible progress in terms of massive infrastructure and the thousands of common people who are benefiting from the social programme investments under APC to compare to the PDP’s 16 years of retrogression.
“We in APC are confident that the Igbo won’t be fooled by any group, by whatever name, to sell a thoroughly discredited party like the PDP to the very discerning Igbo people.”

Source:Premium Times

NIGHTMARE0O7:
That's not culture pls dats degrading to womanhood...read my post again before u quote me,
I'm not against any respect or what so ever but no in this form.
Salutation is not respect...

What happens to bowing down to greet.
Look at that pics again if u feel comfortable with it then something is wrong.
I can't allow my woman to do that to any man or even me, and that doesn't stop her from respecting me.

I don't care what u think bro. This is Africa and not everything should be thrown out of the window just because u want to appear westernized... u can as well choose homosexuality since that is what westernization is about... or insulting elders...

She chose to kneel down and I see nothing wrong in that... if she chose to bend down, so be it as well. it is her choice and how she was raised.

Zansu007:
Sir, how do you intend to achieve this sir. There should be a roadmap and timeline and not just talking.

What did you achieve during your tenure as a speaker of HOR.

if u see the hotel this idiot built at my junction, wasting away cos an hotel is not suitable for that location and rarely gets patronage

NIGHTMARE0O7:
I agree with u, bending is enough pls.
I hate our African society for this.

not everything should be thrown away on the ground of trying to be westernized... go check out china and japan.. they don't joke with their tradition, no matter how developed they are.

my people my people...

Please, what is APC campaign slogan? We still haven't heard of their slogan up till now...

DogmaNation:
The innocent blood of iPods, middlebelts and the Shiite moslems Buhari sent his stupid military to kill are d ones fighting back. Buhari will never go unpunished.

everything u stated here was mentioned... The major take away is the injustice and killings.

GavelSlam:
You are a bloody liar.

Maybe those people being interviewed in the video are APC members or as you might say ; "Afonja".

u are drunk. That is a road leading to my village. The road, as long as it stretches, is in a very bad shape...

docadams:
@OP, EN-ONITSA EXPRESSWAY is 105km. You posted a bad section of less than 1km as representing the whole road. If that isn't fo*olishness by all standard then you must be a j*erk.

Oga shut ur mouth. That is the road to my village... It is as bad as the image shows.

mathew247:
This picture was taken today

The same road that Buhari supporters claim that he has done on Social Media.

I can see Peace Mass transit bus in front of the person that took the picture.

Guys believe me, Infrastructure in Nigeria is dead.

You need to be on the road to understand this.

This is bad and hope our government will do better.

that road leads to my village, Akwuzu. I don't doubt you bro. Leave Buhari and his cohorts to deceive themselves.

Every week, we read about one unsettling trouble or the other in the camp of APC and we wonder why it is never ending as it is getting worse.

Here is the truth, there is a lot of prayers going on in this country against the current government. They are up against super natural forces but they don't know it yet.

I wouldn't want to mention names but I attended the church of a prominent pastor late last month where 90% of the prayer points raised was against the evils going in the country, from the killing in the middle belt, to propaganda and other evil vices. It was clear in summary that everybody involve in the current problems in the country will be met with confusion in their midst.

While it was still going on, I told my friend Buhari is gonna and that Sunday service will repeat same. He attended Sunday service , which I didn't and he told me that what we saw on Saturday was just piece of iceberg cos Sunday was even highly spirited in prayers...


The same church will be holding it's yearly program soon and I am sure it will take a new dimension with this crusade!

I am sure that other churches around the country are performing same ritual in their fervent prayers.

APC can continue in their self delusion... They are up against God!

Every Nigerian knows that WAEC in Nigeria is susceptible to compromise and manipulation. A university classmate of mine, who died in a car crash two years ago, once confided in me that he bribed WAEC officials in Lagos to issue him a certificate for an exam he did not sit for. WAEC’s well-known credibility problems and the over-zealousness its officials displayed in going to the Presidential Villa to present the president with an “attestation” of his certificate out of “respect” for him call the integrity of the attestation into question.

I have been informed by someone who should know that the statement of result issued by Buhari’s secondary school in 2015, which WAEC has now reproduced and validated, was the result of his mock exam, which was the basis for his principal’s recommendation to the Nigerian Army that reads as follows: “I recommend Mohamed Buhari for consideration as a potential officer. I consider that Mohamed Buhari will pass West African School Certificate, with credits in English, Maths and three other subjects.” This recommendation and Buhari’s handwritten application, apparently, are the only documents in Buhari’s personal file with the military.

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Notice that the principal spelled Buhari’s first name as “Mohamed” rather than “Muhammadu,” Buhari’s preferred spelling of his first name. The statement of result Buhari’s school issued in 2015 was probably merely being faithful to the records in his mock exam. WAEC’s “attestation” of Buhari’s certificate is also faithful to this record—and spelling.

However, in his October 18, 1961 “Application to sit for RNA Qualifying Examination,” Buhari spelled his first name as “Muhammadu.” “I have the honour to apply for regular service in the Royal Nigeria Army. My name is Muhammadu Buhari and I am a Fulani. I am eighteen years old and I am in Form Six at the Provincial Secondary School Katsina,” he wrote.

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