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Nairaland General › Re: #itsonlyinnigeria Trending On Twitter (screenshots) by ruggedtimi(m): 2:23pm On Jun 23, 2015
only in nigeria that a house of assembly member's duty is to buy Jamb form for his constituency
Jobs/Vacancies › Re: One Word That Denied Me My First Job Offer In An Interview by ruggedtimi(m): 11:59am On Jun 23, 2015
what makes u feel is because of d " yea " u didnt get d job
Celebrities › Re: Actress Empress Njamah Releases Photos From Her Vacation In London by ruggedtimi(m): 11:36am On Jun 23, 2015
runs thngs ..
Sports › Re: The Expensive Cars Asamoah Gyan And Adebayor Drove To Kumasi by ruggedtimi(op): 11:14am On Jun 23, 2015
Chivasex:
My people this is United Arab Emirate's plate number na,
Make una take am easy small with all these news I beg.
ya...bt oda pics frm gh
Foreign Affairs › Re: Uganda's Ugliest Man, Godfrey Baguma Welcomes 8th Child With His 2nd Wife (pic) by ruggedtimi(op): 10:56am On Jun 23, 2015
kendrick9:
na lie... this can't be real... how can someone be this ugly
follow the link and watch his music vidoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO1Ks1wGy54
Foreign Affairs › Re: Uganda's Ugliest Man, Godfrey Baguma Welcomes 8th Child With His 2nd Wife (pic) by ruggedtimi(op): 10:51am On Jun 23, 2015
kendrick9:
photoshop
nop .not photoshop...is for real
Foreign Affairs › Uganda's Ugliest Man, Godfrey Baguma Welcomes 8th Child With His 2nd Wife (pic) by ruggedtimi(op): 10:39am On Jun 23, 2015
A man who was officially named 'Uganda's Ugliest Man' Godfrey Baguma, 47, has welcomed his 8th child with his second wife, Kate Namanda,, who he married in 2013. This will be Godfrey and Kate's 6th child together, he has two children with his ex-wife who he divorced after he caught her cheating.

Kate,30, gave birth to a baby girl earlier this week for Godfrey, who has a rare, unknown medical condition. Her first child for him was in 2008. Speaking on how they met, began dating and had children, Godfrey told Uganda's KFM:

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  ‘I stayed with her four years before her people knew where she was. I didn’t want them to see me until we had a child because they'd definitely advise her to leave me. She left me when she was six months pregnant but I think she later accepted her fate because she came back two months later. I told her that I didn’t choose to look the way I do and that if she feels I am a burden, she is free to leave me’.The couple got married in 2013, and now have six children together after their first child was born in 2008.

Speaking of their romance, Kate said, Once you find a man you think is right for you, do not listen to what other people say. Follow your heart. Money and physical appearance should not be an issue. Godfrey, whose stage name is Ssebabi, now makes most of his money from public appearances, where he sings and performs stand-up comedy.

https://www.informationng.com/2015/06/photo-ugandas-ugliest-man-becomes-a-dad-for-the-8th-time.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO1Ks1wGy54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMDn4UhzD4g

Christianity Etc › Shocking Confessions From The 'king Of 419' by ruggedtimi(op): 9:13am On Jun 23, 2015
Report sent in by freelance Nigerian journalist, Ihechukwu Njoku about a fraudster who made some shocking confessions at the Synagogue church recently. Read below...
A Nigerian internet fraudster known as the ‘king of dating’ for his sophisticated tactics of online manipulation has given an eye-opening confession at a Lagos-based church. Samuel Johnson, an Edo State indigene, explained that his journey into advanced internet scamming began in The University of Port Harcourt after he joined the ‘’ cult.
“I followed them into a very thick forest during the night of initiation,” the young man narrated. He was just 19 years old at the time. “We reached a place where there was a candle and a coffin encircled by 50 young men. They tortured us with canes until we started bleeding. They then cut my tongue on a razor blade and gave me something to drink.”

The quiet, intelligent student changed drastically from that day onward. “It was like I had two people living inside me,” he recalled. “I became very aggressive. I had this strength to want to steal and started stealing from people. I also started smoking and drinking excessively. Anytime I drank, it’s like I became stronger.”

A cult friend into online fraud, popularly known as 419, soon egged him into joining. However, for Samuel, there was a strange, spiritual element to his deceptive tricks. “There was a spirit inside me that kept teaching me. I was not just any fraudster; I learned it from meditating on it. It was inbuilt. Even if I walked into a room and money was kept there, I would know where to find it.”

Starting by procuring foreign sim-cards from UK and USA so as to deceive potential victims, Samuel specifically targeted wealthy foreign ladies in North America. “I had pictures and pre-recorded videos of a white man. There is software which will replay these videos on Skype. So, if I am Skyping with you, you will not see my present self – you would see this video on a webcam. I had about 20 different videos with the same white man and I had created stories behind each clip. When I showed my victims, they all believed it was real.”

Johnson explained Facebook was the easiest way to attract prospective ‘customers’ and he had fixed a fake profile using the same pictures in the doctored videos he owned. “I would tell them I was an engineer who worked and lived in London, that I am rich and wealthy. I wouldn’t tell them I’m not rich; it was the money I used to drag them towards me.”

Johnson explained how he used his boast of huge wealth to lull victims into a false sense of security. “Sometimes I would ask them to help me look for a property agent to buy a house. I would tell them I am ready to pay for the house as soon as I come. I would send them a fake e-ticket and tell them I would be arriving in two weeks. I even had a pre-recorded video of a 12 year old girl who I pretended was my daughter. I had this assistant who would help me in speaking like a small girl. There is no way you would see that video on Skype and not believe it is real. They buy into it immediately. That was how I was able to draw them to get money from them.”

To gain added confidence, Samuel would ensure an emotional attachment was fostered. “You make it look real. I would send them gifts – rings, champagne, credit cards to shop. We would have ‘phone intimacy’ to draw their attention even more – that is how they believed. Sometimes, I could be talking to 10 different women simultaneously and I never forgot their names.”

Once such naïve trust was established, extorting money was relatively easy, the former fraudster explained. “I would tell them to contact my bank. Once they give me their details, I would make a fake wire transfer. They would see the money moving into their account. When it stops, I would tell them that they have to contact the bank and pay the ‘cost of transfer’.”

The expert duper would even go to the extent of getting personal bank details of his foreign victims, and then call their bank pretending to be an owner of the account, change information and request for a huge loan.

Money flowed freely. “I could make $30,000, $80,000 - even $250,000 on a single victim. I was living in very luxurious and expensive hotels. I moved to Omole Phase One, Ikeja and lived in an apartment for which I paid N1.5m every year. I bought all my properties in one day. I was lavishing it. I would buy Hennessy every day. I had to drink. The thing is – I needed to alcohol in order for me to perform,” he recounted.

Johnson explained that his preferred victims were those who were high-ranking, intelligent professionals. “We preferred people who were educated – people that would say, ‘It is not possible for me to be scammed’. I attacked lawyers through Yellow Pages in USA. I would tell the lawyer that someone owes me money from Michigan and the person is living in Alaska. The person the lawyer would contact in Alaska would be me also. Once he talked to this ‘person’, I would say, ‘I really owe him money and I want to pay back $300,000’. I would send the lawyer a cheque and once I sent it, they would not find out from the bank if the cheque was real; they would just deposit it.”

Johnson gained such a reputation for his scamming tricks that he began teaching others, even foreigners. “I had many boys that I was training. They called me the ‘king of dating’ because I always got what I wanted. Sometimes I would be invited to Benin or Lagos to teach fraud. I even trained grown men who were 40 to 45 years old. Some were not even black or Nigerian; some where white. They called themselves diplomats but carried fake money.”

With the words, ‘Money; power; respect’ tattooed on Samuels’ arm, it served as a constant reminder of his mission. “That was the law I lived under,” he explained. “Sometimes, if I had emotions towards the people I was defrauding, this tattoo would remind me of why I entered this business in the first place. I would say there was no mercy.”

Samuel said he had lost count of the people he had deceptively stolen money from online. “I derived pleasure in doing it. It made me feel strong – that I could make people do what I wanted them to do. I did not do this alone. I had bankers as friends who helped me out. In fact, the money I tipped them with would be more than their salary for the whole year.”

However, despite the flamboyance and lavish lifestyle, Samuel said his life was bereft of joy and the money was merely fleeting. “Whenever I got this money, it was like chaff before the wind – it would blow away. I never enjoyed it for one day. I would always fight and beat any girl I was dating. There was such anger, like there was someone living inside me. My life was upside down. I would always fear that I would be involved in an accident. If I was crossing the road, even if there was no car coming, I would run. I was living in isolation. I never came out during the day. Everything was troubling me. I never had peace. My heart was beating fast. I behaved like someone was chasing me whereas no one was chasing me.”

When a close friend and fellow fraudster was shot dead point-blank at the tender age of 23, Samuel was rudely jolted back to reality. His life was a mess. His dreams were dominated by violent attacks and sexual encounters. He needed help. When an evangelist came knocking at his door, Samuel knew it was the voice of God speaking – he needed Divine intervention to start afresh.

That night, Samuel had an unusual dream. A pastor he had only seen on a few occasions on television came with a message. “I saw TB Joshua in my dream. He told me to fast for three days,” he stated. Complying with the instruction in the Heavenly visitation, Samuel began nursing the desire to visit Joshua’s church in Lagos, The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN).

It was on the ‘prayer line’ at The SCOAN that Samuel experienced what he termed ‘deliverance’. “When the man of God touched me, I immediately saw myself facing a judge. I felt something in between my chest starting to pop out. I then felt like something left me and before I knew it, I saw myself on the floor.”

After the prayer, Samuel testified that he has stopped smoking, drinking and has comipletely stopped his fraudulent activities. His advice is short but concise. “The only way you can achieve greatness is when you have Christ in your heart. Always watch and pray. Don’t just click on any link. Don’t just share your information with anyone. If they send you an email, saying they need your information to change something – don’t listen to them. Depend only on God.”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgqs_X6L8zg

Sports › Re: The Expensive Cars Asamoah Gyan And Adebayor Drove To Kumasi by ruggedtimi(op): 10:33pm On Jun 22, 2015
zainab hummer

Sports › Re: The Expensive Cars Asamoah Gyan And Adebayor Drove To Kumasi by ruggedtimi(op): 10:32pm On Jun 22, 2015
Adebayor’s Porsche

Sports › The Expensive Cars Asamoah Gyan And Adebayor Drove To Kumasi by ruggedtimi(op):
It was all fun in Kumasi over the weekend when Ghanaian stars hit the Garden City for a friendly football match.
OMGGhana.com has given you pictures from the event but these are the flashy cars some of the players drove to the Ashanti Region.

According to Pulse.com.gh Ghanaian celebrities and professional football stars who were in Kumasi over the weekend for Asamoah Gyan’s “Stars Soccer Fiesta” charity fun-game to thrill thousands of fans also gave them something different to watch and talk about.

Asamoah Gyan, Emmanuel Adebayor and others paraded their expensive cars for public view during the match.

There was a Hummer Jeep and Porsche Cayenne owned by Tottenham Hotspur’s forward, Adebayor and Asamoah Gyan’s Mercedes-Benz M-Class (luxury SUV) and a Hummer H1 Alpha

Also, an unregistered Infiniti JX model was spotted during the game but we are not sure who owns that expensive car. Browse through the gallery below to see more cars.
http://omgghana.com/expensive-cars-asamoah-gyan-adebayor-drove-kumasi-soccer-fiesta-match-photos/

Politics › Re: Murray-bruce Wants NYSC Members To Be Given N500k Each Upon Passing Out by ruggedtimi(m): 12:51pm On Jun 21, 2015
ben bruce...focus on brass local govrrnmnt area and the akassa people that voted you into the senate.
Politics › Re: Nigerian Military Step Up Their Game,See A Photo Of Airforce Mi-24 & Its Pilot by ruggedtimi(m): 10:22am On Jun 21, 2015
is an old photo...abut two years old
Politics › Re: Akpabio, Udom, Mbang Meet With Obasanjo by ruggedtimi(m): 10:21am On Jun 21, 2015
phapi:
keep dreaming Apc sleeping machine
Akwa ibom and Rivers can not and never be ruled by APC even if JESUS decamps into thier party
charlie....mind d misuse of d name Jesus
Politics › Re: Akpabio, Udom, Mbang Meet With Obasanjo by ruggedtimi(m): 10:20am On Jun 21, 2015
to make it in politics u need obasanjo's number....hmm almost all d big names now wrkd under him including buhari.
Jokes Etc › Re: Which Rat Will You Kill First, Why? by ruggedtimi(m): 8:19pm On Jun 20, 2015
mrsefan:
I won't kill anyone cox it pay me nothing to kill forgiveness is qood
hmm...forgiveness for rat
Celebrities › Re: Charlie Boy @ 64, Says I Don’t Smoke, Drink Nor Abuse My Body by ruggedtimi(m): 12:17am On Jun 20, 2015
so dis man senior my father by far....yet dey behave like tata
Nairaland General › How Tall Be Ur Wardrope? by ruggedtimi(op): 9:51am On Jun 19, 2015
lol..

Celebrities › Emmanuel Adebayor Celebrates Wife On Her Birthday (photo) by ruggedtimi(op): 12:49am On Jun 19, 2015
Meet Togolese footballer and Tottenham Hotspur forward Emmanuel Adebayor's wife and mum to his 5 year old only child, Kendra. Emmanuel took to Instagram to celebrate her as she marked her birthday today. Read what he wrote after the cut.

Politics › Re: Wike Recovers Vehicle 'Illegally' Acquired By Amaechi Spokesman (Photos) by ruggedtimi(m): 7:23pm On Jun 18, 2015
veri funny...bt wt is a landcruiser to a former commissioner who served for 8 years in rivers state.
Politics › Re: Femi Fani-Kayode And His Girlfriend In Court Today (Photos) by ruggedtimi(m): 7:16pm On Jun 18, 2015
goodluck's campaign money
Crime › Re: Photo: Woman Stabs Two-year-old Son To Death In Ogun State by ruggedtimi(m): 11:03am On Jun 18, 2015
ogun na dat place wey d world of God never reach....
Nairaland General › Facts About Africa ( Must Read ) by ruggedtimi(op): 8:35am On Jun 18, 2015
1. The Gambia has only one university.
2. Equatorial Guinea is Africa’s only spanish speaking country.
3. South Africa is the most visited African country.
4. Nigeria has the richest Black people in Africa.
5. Samuel Eto’o is the highest paid Footballer of all time, he received about £350,000 weekly in Russia in 2011.
6. A person from Botswana is called a Motswana, the plural is Batswana.
7. A person from Lesotho is called a Mosotho.
8. A person from Niger is called a Nigerien.
8. A person from Burkina Faso is called a Burkinabe.
9. Nigeria has won more football cups than England.
10. Zimbabwe’s President, Robert Gabriel Mugabe is the world’s most educated President with 7 degrees, two of them are Masters.
11. Al-Ahly of Egypt is the richest club in Africa.
12. Didier Drogba is Chelsea’s highest goalscorer in European competition.
13. Johannesburg, South Africa is the most visited city in Africa.
14. Zinedine Zidane wanted to play for Àlgeria, but the selector rejected him, saying they are already many players like him in the team.
15. President Jacob Zuma was given a special award by Fifa for refereeing on Robben Island during his years as a political prisoner.
16. President Robert Mugabe was jailed for 11 years for fighting for freedom.
17. President Robert Mugabe is Africa’s oldest Head of State and the world’s second oldest Head of State. He was born in 1924.
18. The Seychelles are the most educated Africans. Seychelles’ literacy rates (Adult: 92%, Youth: 99%) Zimbabwe is 2nd (Adult:
91.2%,Youth: 99%).
19. Rwanda is a better country for gender equality than England and USA.
20. Somalia got its first ATM on October 7, 2014.
21. South Africa has the most Grammy award winners in Africa.
22. Ethiopia has the most airports in Africa.
23. Ethiopia’s economy is growing faster than China’s.
24. Eritrea’s President, Isaias Afwerki is the least richest President in Africa.
25. Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent country, it has existed for over 3,000 years without being colonised.
26. Haile Selassie 1 was the 225th and last Emperor of Ethiopia.
27. Nigeria has the most monarchs in the world.
28. Angola has more Portuguese speakers than Portugal.
29. President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos has ruled Angola since 1979.
30. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is Africa’s longest serving Head of State. He has ruled Equatorial Guinea since August 3, 1979 when he overthrew his uncle, Francisco Nguema. His son, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue is his Vice President and will succeed him if he resigns.
31. George Weah of Liberia is the first man to win World, European and African footballer of the year in the same year.
32. Swaziland is the only remaining absolute mornach in the world.
33. The Gambia is the smallest country in Africa followed by Swaziland.
34. King Sobhuza ll of Swaziland took the longest time in reigning Swaziland, 62 years as he was crowned in 1921 and died in August 1982 at the age of 83 years.
34.1. King Sobhuza II of swaziland, married 70 wives, who gave him 210 children between 1920 and 1970.
35. Zimbabwe is the only country in the world were almost everyone was a billionaire at one point

Fashion › Re: Will Trend soon by ruggedtimi(op): 4:34pm On Jun 15, 2015
lol
Fashion › Will Trend soon by ruggedtimi(op): 4:25pm On Jun 15, 2015
girls with there wahala

Nairaland General › Re: Lions, Crocodiles and Hippopotamus Roam The Streets As Deadly Flood hits zoo by ruggedtimi(op): 4:11pm On Jun 15, 2015
The Vere river burst its banks in central Tbilisi after hours of torrential rain, turning streets and squares into raging streams, sweeping away cars and flooding houses. Dozens of families were left without shelter and thousands without water and electricity supply in the city of 1.2 million, the mayor’s office said.

Animals including tigers, lions, jaguars, bears, and wolves escaped from cages in the flooded Tbilisi zoo. Some of them were captured by police while others were shot dead, according to the mayor’s office

Nairaland General › Lions, Crocodiles and Hippopotamus Roam The Streets As Deadly Flood hits zoo by ruggedtimi(op): 4:08pm On Jun 15, 2015
Lions, tigers, bears and other animals escaped from their zoo enclosures and roamed Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, on Sunday after flooding that killed at least eight people, officials said.

“At least eight people died” in the flood, Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri told Georgia’s Rustavi 2 television. An unnamed official quoted by the channel said the toll later rose to nine.

Celebrities › Re: Peter And Paul Okoye Tell Why They Have Not Been To Church Since 2007 by ruggedtimi(m): 2:09pm On Jun 12, 2015
if buhari dey go mosque and goodluck dey go church...who dem behuh?
Politics › Dele Momodu Says 'i'm Tinubu's Boy' by ruggedtimi(op): 9:21am On Jun 12, 2015
Dele Momodu defends saraki's senate presidency on twitter..
Politics › Buhari Rejects Proposal For Chad, Niger, Others To Head Central Force Against Bo by ruggedtimi(op): 8:57am On Jun 12, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected a proposal for an alternate leadership between Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroun and Benin, of a joint military force against Boko Haram.
At a meeting with leaders of the Lake Chad nations Thursday in Abuja, Mr. Buhari insisted Nigeria must be the sole leader of the joint military operation.
He said a proposal that such leadership alternate amongst the participating nations after every six months, may ultimately undermine the joint operations.

The president said his argument should be adopted since Nigeria remains at the centre of the Boko Haram crisis, and will provide the bulk of troops for the operation.
“While I agree that this is a joint operation with shared responsibilities, I am, however, of the opinion that military operations that are subjected to a rapid turnover of command and control structures, six months duration, as it is being proposed in the documents before us, do not augur well for effectiveness and efficiency,” Mr. Buhari said.

“Such a process will undermine, even if it is not intended, the military capacity to sustain the push against the insurgents, who also have the uncanny ability to adapt and rejig their operational strategies.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected a proposal for an alternate leadership between Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroun and Benin, of a joint military force against Boko Haram.
At a meeting with leaders of the Lake Chad nations Thursday in Abuja, Mr. Buhari insisted Nigeria must be the sole leader of the joint military operation.
He said a proposal that such leadership alternate amongst the participating nations after every six months, may ultimately undermine the joint operations.

The president said his argument should be adopted since Nigeria remains at the centre of the Boko Haram crisis, and will provide the bulk of troops for the operation.
“While I agree that this is a joint operation with shared responsibilities, I am, however, of the opinion that military operations that are subjected to a rapid turnover of command and control structures, six months duration, as it is being proposed in the documents before us, do not augur well for effectiveness and efficiency,” Mr. Buhari said.

“Such a process will undermine, even if it is not intended, the military capacity to sustain the push against the insurgents, who also have the uncanny ability to adapt and rejig their operational strategies.


He continued, “I am inclined, on account of the above, to suggest for Your Excellencies’ consideration that Nigeria retains the position of the Force Commander of the MNJTF for the period of the war effort. This command will be to the effectiveness of military strategy, since Nigeria will be providing the bulk of the troops and the main theatre of the war is on Nigerian soil.”
The president’s remarks were disclosed in a press statement released by his office.

It was not immediately clear whether the suggestions were adopted by the other leaders.
The Extra Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Benin, was attended by the president of Chad, Idris Deby; Niger, Issoufou Mahamadu; Benin, Boni Yayi; and the Defence Minister of Cameroun, Mebe Ngo’o Edgard Alain.

The coalition considered new measures against Boko Haram, responsible for thousands of deaths in Nigeria, and neighbouring countries.
Mr. Buhari thanked the foreign leaders for their help in the fight against the insurgents.
“Nothing has emphasized our common humanity and destinies more than the dastardly crimes against our people by the insurgents, who have maimed and molested our women and children and held our nations in a vicious strangle hold,” he said.

“Our campaign against insurgency must therefore, be directed on all fronts, starting from limiting their capacity to access funds and weapons. We must, therefore, strengthen our cross border patrols and increase our capacity to gather and share intelligence. In this regard, I urge that all necessary steps be immediately taken to reinvigorate the Regional Intelligence Fusion Unit (RIFU).”He thanked the Ministers of Defence of all the countries for coming up with a proposal for the joint military force.
He said Nigeria had promised $100 million for the take-off of the multinational force, and assured the funds will be provided.
He said notwithstanding the pledge, funding still remains a major issue of the campaign.

“I had raised this issue at my meeting with the G7 leaders. While I am encouraged by their support, I also urge you to garner the support of your international friends and partners to sustain this campaign,” he urged the leaders.

“Our campaign against Boko Haram must be seen within the wider context of the global war against terror. Terrorism has no frontiers and they must, because of the great implication for regional and global peace and security, be defeated.”

Nairaland General › Black Child As A Zoo Attraction In Belgium In 1958 (photo) by ruggedtimi(op): 3:13pm On Jun 11, 2015
A picture of a black child as a zoo attraction in Belgium in 1958

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