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TemporaryHansel:
Lost my dad two days ago. Didn't know losing a loved one can be this painful.

Sorry about this.

May God grant you and his loved ones the fortitude to bear the loss.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEO83LjsN5t/?igsh=MW44ODYwM2t4MzJtNQ==

VeryDarkMan has come clean.

It was a prank and social experiment, and no money is missing.

He also called all of you that fell for the prank dumb.

iamoyindamola:
Zenith should warn vdm about his stupid cruise because he's indirectly spoiling their image
When did banks openly give out their source code to a customer to use third party API to integrate into their database
If hackers really took the money then zenith database is not safe and their customers funds ti lor

I never believed it from day 1. The story no just make sense

DammyKrane don talk say na cruise


https://www.nairaland.com/8303731/missing-n180m-prank-verydarkman-renovating

Anyway, make we still dey watch

Ppogbae:
He is technically still their player

I know.

I only made my post in light of the below comment and revelations from Amaju Pinnick the former NFF president during his transfer saga.

Napoli did not treat Osimhen fairly, given his achievements at the club.

“Osimhen did what nobody did in 30 years. Osimhen won that league for Napoli after 30 years.

Guess what? Osimhen won the African Footballer of the Year; his club did not post it on that day. It was two days after the club posted it. What does that tell you?

“Did they give him a guard of honour for winning the African Player of the Year? There are so many things that I cannot say, but Napoli was not fair to Osimhen

So Napoli wished Victor Osimhen a happy birthday

BascoVanVeli:
I doubt that

Its true.

NFF sold the streaming rights to a UK based company

The UK company got wind that a local company was streaming the match, called the NFF president and the NFF president ordered the streaming to be stopped.

That's how MikeThePundit put it.

Game has ended.

Nigeria 3
Ghana. 1

Full time

Ghana has pulled 1 back.

Scores now 3 - 1

AndSunGorilla:
Dem never start 2nd half?

Second half should have started, dont know what's happening but that's where I watched the last 20 minutes of the first half.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3qP7MMb3d4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3qP7MMb3d4

GloriousGbola:
if you are living under your your parents roof, 100k can seem like a lot of money - as you have minimum living expenses

how far will 100k go if you are paying rent, buying food daily, paying for electricity, water, etc?

bricklayers and keke riders do not even count money in per month - they literally live day to day

and a day they dont hustle is a day they dont eat.



the irony about what you wrote is that most of the people making the argument earn very good money and by extension are surrounded by people who earn good money. they are the ones who should be in a bubble.

I think he is being sarcastic cos I can't believe he actually meant what he posted.

This thread just dey go one way because TGJ no dey around and everybody is agreeable

Una see why its important to have contrarians? When everybody dey go right, they go left thereby bringing spice and talking points to threads.

@ TGJ and Bannedlarger, you guys are probably the biggest contrarians on this thread with your contributions and you are valued.

I only wish Bannedlarger would emulate TGJ and keep his posts civil, respectful and devoid of insults so I wouldn't be banning him

meobizy:
Let her remain there small. Thirty-five innocent lives deserve justice.

Meobizy on the beat.

I don't know why I find your comment hilarious but I'm laughing so hard.

I share similar sentiment and posted the below in another thread on this issue.

The organisers are not Martians, they're Nigerians.

They should have factored in our unruliness, disorderliness, anyhowness, the prevailing hunger and hardship in the country into their planning and anticipated the upsurge in attendance.

I mean, how do you organize a christmas funfair, publicize it massively on radio, declare free entry, promise gifts and scholarship to a lucky few, and anticipate only 5000 attendees?

Ko possible! The entire Ibadan will besiege the venue of the event, and that's exactly what happened.

The only way the organizers could have limited and controlled the number of attendees was to have monetized the gate entry.

Tickets should have been sold (at a subsidized rate) weeks/days to the event and that way only kids with tickets are allowed into the venue with one accompanying parent/guardian which should be stated on the ticket.

From the number of tickets sold, the organizers can estimate the number of attendees for planning purposes, and those without tickets would have stayed away from the venue.

No parent wey no buy tickets go get the mind and morale to dress up kids, and take them to a party to avoid embarrassment.

Lastly, an open venue/field should have been used for the funfair event since entrance was free and it was "gbogbo ero".

The planning was shoddy and 35 people are dead as a result.

Parents/families have been thrown into grief and mourning.

Naomi and Hamzat Oriyomi's ordeal is only temporary. They'll be released eventually and will be alright at the end of the day.

But l cannot absolve the Organizer(s) of blame in this issue.

chrisooblog:
He makes a valid point about some of the irresponsible actions of a few parents.

I was watching a pastor on TV yesterday tell a story of how his church's foundation organized a program to gift needy kids one year like that in a venue and discovered parents forcefully shoving their children through the locked gate's railings.

After that experience he said they switched sharply to using open fields for future initiatives of that nature.

People in Nigeria too lack that culture of queuing up calmly for things be it buying fuel (I'm guilty of this), receiving souvenirs at parties or collecting palliatives

You are inadvertently making my point.

The organisers are not Martians, they're Nigerians.

They should have factored in our unruliness, disorderliness, anyhowness, the prevailing hunger and hardship in the country into their planning and anticipated the upsurge in attendance.

I mean, how do you organize a christmas funfair, publicize it massively on radio, declare free entry, promise gifts and scholarship to a lucky few, and anticipate only 5000 attendees?

Ko possible! The entire Ibadan will besiege the venue of the event, and that's exactly what happened.

The only way the organizers could have limited and controlled the number of attendees was to have monetized the gate entry.

Tickets should have been sold (at a subsidized rate) weeks/days to the event and that way only kids with tickets are allowed into the venue with one accompanying parent/guardian which should be stated on the ticket.

(I digress, but this is what my church which is reputed to organize the best, and most anticipated children christmas party in my city does every year, and there has never been a stampede or rowdiness. Tickets were sold at 2k per child, and I purchased for my 3 kids.

The turnout this year was unprecedented but the protocol people set up the ticket check-in points some distance from the church entrance, and only people with tickets were passed through).

Back to the Naomi-Ibadan stampede Issue - From the number of sold tickets, the organizers can estimate the number of attendees for planning purposes, and those without tickets would have stayed away from the venue . No parent wey no buy tickets go get the mind and morale to dress up kids, and take them to a party to avoid embarrassment.

Lastly. like you opined an open venue/field should have been used for the funfair event since entrance was free and it was "gbogbo ero".

The planning was shoddy and 35 people are dead as a result.

Parents/families have been thrown into grief and mourning.

Like I stated earlier, Naomi and Hamzat OriyomI ordeal is only temporary. They'll be released eventually and will be alright at the end of the day.

But l cannot absolve the Organizer(s) of blame in this issue.

Cc; BlueRayDick

MorataFC:
You think this is a prank? If so, does he really think over 200 millions Nigeria people are his mates that he can play on thier intelligent?
Whether it's a prank, real or a hoax, he has made a grave mistake. After this incident, will anyone trust him with their money again? His actions have raised serious questions about his credibility and integrity.
VeryDaftMan

I believe so.

How does hacking an NGO website which is not a transactional website lead to money being moved from a bank account?

Why did the hackers (fraudsters) wipe N160m and leave N20m?

Why didn't he accuse Zenith Bank of laxity and complicity in the whole drama?

Why hasn't Zenith bank released a statement about the missing funds?

Too many questions and holes in the story.

VDM dey dabble in irrelevancies and dey gba sometimes but hin no be mumu.

I am leaning towards it being a hoax.

Make we dey watch.

iamoyindamola:
Don j unfollow the werey if he's whining it's expensive

Don J unfollowing him is part of the plan to sell the lamba to the public.

Some days back, VDM posted a video of himself cruising an AMG GT, and he went on and on about how he doesn't brag and does his things in silence and how Nigerians will be accusing him of wiping the NGO funds to buy the car but he doesn't care.

At the very end of the video, he revealed the car wasn't his and will be returned to the owner, and burst out laughing.

This stolen 160m NGO funds story is continuation of his fooling around.

Moreover, the story no just make sense. Dem hack website wey no be transactional one, and dem move money from bank account, how?

VDM will come clean in a few days and refer to Nigerians as being gullible and eagerly awaiting his downfall.

VDM just dey whine. The money dey intact

BlueRayDick:
This Hamzat Oriyomi and ex-queen Náómì matter get as e be o.

So it just means somebody is one good deed and one mistake away from prison in this country. The loss of lives is definitely regrettable, but the parents of the minors that died are also culpable.

It looks unfair to dock Hamzat and Naomi who intended to hand out palliatives to the vulnerable while the parents of the kids who allegedly threw their kids over the fence are allowed to walk freely or better still act as prosecuting witnesses.

It just gives a feeling that people like Hamzat and Naomi will hands off any act of good gesture in the future if they ever get freed at the end of this case. As much as I sympathize with the family of the deceased kids, I also sympathize with Hamzat whose business will definitely suffer in his [center]absence[/center].

Good planning and execution trumps good intentions.

You organize a christmas carnival for children.

You promoted this event massively on radio saying you expect an attendance of 5000 children.

You declared free entry, gifts and even promised scholarship for a lucky few.

Yet the venue for the event was a school compound?

Did the organizers expect the kids to show up by themselves without their parents?

For 5000 kids, they should have expected at least 2500 parents/guardians. .

So could the school venue have accommodated 7500 people adequately?

These are the questions.

In my opinion, even if the crowd had not besieged the venue before the scheduled time, the organizers would still have had issues considering the turnout and the venue of the event.

A stampede may or may not have occured, who knows 🤔

It's sad how everything turned out but people died and were injured.

Parents have lost their children, an irreparable loss that can never be atoned for.

Princess Naomi and Hamzat Oriyomi's current ordeal is temporary.

They'll eventually be released and they'll be fine. Their connects and status in society ensures that.

I only feel for the parents of the deceased.

iamoyindamola:
Griselda
The female Pablo Escobar

Done with Griselda

Interesting but not as gripping as Narcos and Narcos Mexico.

Next on que to watch is 7 Doors.

TheSuperNerd:
Update on TheGoodJoe

NB: Please kindly put banters aside and take this seriously. Resist also the insensitive temptation to link this to Man City's current run of form. This is no joking matter, I plead


Now, I know a couple of monikers have been asking for weeks now about the whereabouts of TheGoodJoe. Truth is, I didn't want to share anything even though I knew all along what was happening with him and that is because I had not gotten his consent yet to share it (I have that now). He was going through a whole lot healthwise and I kept touch with him from the onset.
I just didn't wanna bring something so sensitive and private without his consent to the thread.


About 2 weeks ago or so, TheGoodJoe suffered a diabetic mini-stroke that really knocked him down. It led to him entering a semi-coma which kept him bed ridden for days but now he is up and fine again and has even been discharged as recently as yesterday.

He is fine but still undergoing serious followup checks with his doctors and more.

Please, kindly channel some of your prayers 🙏🏽🙏🏽to TheGoodJoe's health. Pray that this diabetic episode won't see the last of him. It is well. Amen.

In all, TheGoodJoe is sound currently. He can walk again and move around. He couldn't as at several days and weeks back. He is okay but still needs checks to ensure no relapse occurs. We thank God for his Life.

He also wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Year ahead.

Aah. thank God. May your healing be perfected in Jesus name.

TGJ is a lover of Nigerian football and a valued contributor to football discussions in this forum.

Glad to know he's over the hill and recuperating

larride no:
Try and watch Femi Adebayo "King of Thieves". I believe thats his best work so far.

Agensikole kan, omo e pupo 😂

King of Thieves, Jagun Jagun, Ijogbon and House of Ga'a.

These movies were hyped so much online that I downloaded them

I've tried to watch them at different times but I couldn't go beyond 30 minutes mark.

I no dey do long-suffering abi na forbearance for films abeg.

GloriousGbola:
But everything you wrote also applies in Hollywood.

We all prefer to work with people we have worked with

Makes for great collabo - scorcese /decaprio as an example

And product placement is standard in movies and TV shows even if it gets ridiculous - like the clean pristine Hyundai in the walking dead.

Maybe, but the downside to that may be placing nepotism and over familiarity over quality.

You know, "na my guy, so make I just accept him script and shoot the movie" kind of thing even when the story is subpar

The product placements in KA's movies aren't subtle at all, that's the issue.

Twoclans:
It is worth the watch .Has salient life lessons . Although I felt something's were over dragged.

That over dragging of scenes is one of the issues I have with Nigerian movies especially when some of the scenes and dialogue are just space fillers, and not so relevant to the overall plot.

Directors need to apply more subtlety.

I watch movies to be entertained and not to learn life lessons but since you and others have recommended it, I'll definitely give it a watch.

BlueRayDick:
Yeah, phone swap really made sense that year. Like u rightly said, Kunle Afolayan seem to be getting lazier with Netflix funds flying around him.

Though Kunle Afolayan raised the bar by shooting with 35mm high definition cameras and his movies have stunning visuals, I think he suffers from working with the same support staff for his movies.

For example, Tunde Babalola is the script/screenwriters for most of his movies.

Also. I do not like that he forcefully and indiscreetly shoves his commercial sponsors in our face in his movies.

Lastly, I think he should niche-down and stick to historical mystery/fantasy/thriller kind of movies and not do movies of all genres.

I consider that genre his forte. I really liked The Figurine, Anikulapo and October 1 a lot.

He also seem to be focusing on his other business interests. His Afefeyeye restaurant, bar, lounge and cinema business are not doing badly at all. I enjoyed myself the last time I was there

You no lie, he's been promoting the Afeyeye Restaurant and that his KAP Film Village and Resort in Oyo a lot on his socials.

BlueRayDick:
I watched it and didn't get the wow effect people have been hyping it to have. To me it's not really different from most Yoruba movies that have made it to Netflix or Amazon prime.

Maybe because I'm not really a fan of Nigerian movies/series Sha, like they didn't give me the same premium entertainment value like I do get from foreign movies/series.

Just look at the Jackal series that just finished airing few Weeks ago, the hype was there and then the show lived up to all the hype till the final episode. Even after the final episode people started debating on the role of different characters, started giving opinions on what and what made the show tick and all. No Nigerian series/movie gives u that kinda feeling, not this seven doors. Even the Koreans' K-drama gives u serious taking points to discuss during and after the series.

I think I will always stan Nigerian Music over foreign music any day anytime, but for Nigerian movies ; they have a whole long way to go to get me in their corner

I also have this bias and share your sentiments

As a rule, I only watch "critically acclaimed" Nigerian Cinema and streaming platform movies

Off the top of my head, I liked:

Brotherhood
Gangs of Lagos
Anikulapo
Breath of Life
Funmilayo Ransome Kuti
The Trade
The Figurine
Elevator Baby
4th Republic
Swallow
King of Boys
October 1
Citation
Phone Swap
Offshoot
Afamefuna, A Nwa Boy story
The Wedding Party
King of Boys: The Return of the King
Oloture
Isoken
etc

The above movies may not wow you in comparison to foreign ones but they are good movies, and I commend the effort of the directors and actors

As a rule, I avoid all Nollywood historical epic/war movies.

I also avoid all Funke Akindele, Toyin Abraham and AY Makun produced movies.

All the Alakada, Jennifer, Omo Ghetto, Merry Men movies are trash.

Nigerian movies have come a long way but generally they're still far behind American and even Indian movies.

iamoyindamola:
Yeah
Good storyline and crispy clean graphics
Femi adebayo really invested and tried, the cast were like follow come for their characters

Downloaded

But

Make I watch Griselda finish first.

How good is the Nigerian Netflix series, Seven Doors? Is it worth the hype and a watch?

GloriousGbola:
@ iamoyindamola see the bagger who was trash talking you

I can understand why Ibime made an exception for The Count of Monte Cristo.
That movie is an absolute classic.

Ranks right up there with Apocalypto, Hacksaw Ridge, Red Cliff et al in my all time favourite movies.

Just finished downloading it. Make I watch this french version.