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hassantaofeeq90:
Express the inequality 4x-2<12+x<2+6x in the form a<x<b where a and b are both integers

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Express the inequality 4x-2<12+x<2+6x in the form a<x<b where a and b are both integers

'Erdogan took everything from me' - Galatasaray legend Sukur driving Uber in Washington after persecution from Turkish president, the legendary striker became an enemy of the Turkish government after leaving the president's AKP party in 2013, having his assets seized

Galatasaray and Turkey legend Hakan Sukur has revealed he is driving for Uber and selling books in the United States, claiming Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan "took everything" from him.

The 48-year-old former striker, who also represented Inter and Blackburn among other clubs, says he has been denounced as an enemy of the Turkish state and had his assets seized.

Sukur scored more than 250 goals in a distinguished club career, and 51 in 112 games for his country. He joined Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2011, but quit in 2013 after a reported conflict of opinions.

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“Then the hostility started,” Sukur told Welt am Sonntag.

“Stones were thrown at my wife’s boutique, my children were harassed on the street. I received threats after every statement I made. When I had left, they locked up my father - and everything I owned was confiscated.

“I have nothing left anywhere in the world. Erdogan took everything from me. My right to freedom, the right to explain myself, to express myself, the right to work.”

Sukur's father is now under house arrest, released from prison after being diagnosed with cancer. His mother has also been diagnosed.

“It is a very difficult time for them," he said. "Everybody who has anything to do with me has financial difficulties.

Hakan Sukur

“I ran a cafe here [in California] for a while. But strange people came to it, and played Dombra music.”

Dombra music is what the AKP describes as the true music of the Turkish people.

Sukur also learned that, when a Turkish student in America took a selfie with him, he was imprisoned for 14 months.

“When I joined the AKP, Turkey was a country that conformed to EU standards and got a lot of investment from Europe,” he explained.

“But Erdogan’s politics led to bad times, and the country went in a completely different direction; an orientation towards the Middle East instead of Europe.

“Football in Turkey, like in many places, is not free and not autonomous. But we are attacked in the Turkish media [for speaking out]. They want to make sure that other athletes are too intimidated to open their mouths.

“I only did things that are legal in my country, in public. But because my name is Hakan Sukur, I was used to intimidate people.

“Can they show me a crime that I have committed? No. They just say ‘traitor’ and ‘terrorist’.

Hakan Sukur

“I am an enemy of the government; not an enemy of the state, the Turkish nation. I love our flag, our country.”

After three spells, 13 years and almost 200 goals for Galatasaray, he was banned from the club in 2017 – a decision he says was made directly by Erdogan.

“Not the sports minister, the president,” he says.

“A decision like that – made without any court ruling, just an order from the top.”

Sukur was also asked about the controversial photo showing Mesut Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan, Germany internationals of Turkish descent, posing with Erdogan in 2018.

“I don’t think the photo is great,” he replied.

“They should honour the country they are playing for. I would recommend Mesut and Ilkay join the AKP as well – then they will see what the party really is.”

SocialJustice:
Anytime you go home, you go with at least N50m. Oga senator stop telling lies.

N2m is more than enough for Christmas and New Year.

I wonder the amount they were expecting
Honestly this senators are the ones destroying this country

In fact, some senators have described the amount — which is only a fraction of a regular stream of benefits accrued to them — as “a mere drop” in the vast ocean of their Yuletide expenses. Others threatened to cause the Senate leadership “some headache” upon resumption from their Christmas-New Year recess later this month.

“It was not enough to meet our Christmas needs,” one senator said. “In fact, some of us are already coming together to formally complain to our president.”

The lawmakers received the N2 million on December 18 from the Senate overhead and operations account, according to bank transaction alerts of two senators seen by PREMIUM TIMES.

The purpose of the transaction was not attached to the payments, but lawmakers had been told a few days earlier to expect the funds as their Christmas allowances, according to three senators who briefed PREMIUM TIMES on it. The senators spoke under anonymity as of the time they interacted with PREMIUM TIMES to avoid a potential backlash from their colleagues, but one of them said they may eventually go public with their complaints if their anger boils over.

“They said we should use the money to take care of our families and constituents,” one senator said. “I was just standing there without knowing what to say for many minutes.”

The senator decried “the failure” of Senate President Ahmed Lawan to understand the scale of responsibility that usually confronts them whenever they visit their constituency.

Senate President Ahmed Lawan
“There are many local government areas under my district,” the senator said. “How do I tell them that I only came back home with N2 million?”

“Even when I am travelling for an event or just to visit my constituency, I usually hold at least N50 million,” the senator added.

Another senator said lawmakers usually received far larger amount in Christmas allowances, wondering why the current assembly that has maintained a cordial relationship with the executive now finds itself receiving much less.

“We have been struggling in poverty since we came on board months ago,” the senator said. “I asked my distinguished colleagues why we have to be the one suffering the excesses of past assemblies.”

“We have given this administration every support and people on social media are angry and calling us a rubber stamp Senate,” the senator said.

“We have started gathering ourselves and we will make our position known to the leadership,” the senator said. “Otherwise, we may not have a choice left but to publicly call out the leadership and give them some headache when we resume plenary.”

Two former senators who served in seventh and eight assemblies told PREMIUM TIMES they received Christmas allowances well over N2 million, but could not recall the specifics.

“We received allowances for Christmas and Sallah holidays during our time in the Seventh Assembly,” a former senator from Ogun State said. “I am struggling to remember how much we received then, but I am very sure each one was far more than N2 million.”

The second former senator confirmed that he received more than N2 million in Christmas bonus, but warned that members of the current assembly should concentrate on their activities rather than complaining over payment.

“The N2 million may look small,” the senator said. “But I will advise them to remember the millions of Nigerians who cannot even earn a fraction of that amount throughout the year.”

The former senators insisted on speaking off the background to avoid offending their serving senators, many of whom they identified as friends and political associates.

Trust issues
While the senators were unable to categorically say how much they should have gotten as Christmas bonus, they expressed deep suspicion that the share of each member of the 109 body was more than N2 million.

“I have been struggling to reconcile the amount we received as National Assembly budget with the small-small stipends we have been getting from the leadership,” one senator said. “Unlike the Senate President, we are not entitled to many official benefits like private jets and free fuel for our vehicles.”

The National Assembly received N125 billion in 2019. Although down considerably from the N140 billion it received the previous year, many Nigerians were still highly critical of government’s priority in allocating such a vast amount to 469 people in a population hovering around 200 million. About 90 million Nigerians still languish in abject poverty, per official estimates.

Their appropriated budget aside, lawmakers are also seen as the primary beneficiaries of the so-called constituency intervention projects whose allocation usually suppasses N100 billion per year. Although the projects are implemented by federal agencies, lawmakers are often accorded sufficient deference in choosing contractors.

The opaque atmosphere under which contractors are nominated for constituency projectects allows lawmakers to push their own fronts who would then channel a large chunk of released project funds back to them — all done under the radar with little or difficult-to-prove paper trail.

But the lawmakers who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES about the N2 million Christmas bonus said the Nigerian parliament had seen better days.

“Senators in the past left office as billionaires,” one senator said. “But things are no longer the way they used to be.”

Another senator said the growing awareness of their expenses by everyday Nigerians and civic groups has made it difficult to spend without any sense of accountability.

“It is becoming more and more difficult by every passing assembly,” the senator said. “I predict fewer people would be interested in this office in the next few years.”

As of 2018, senators were drawing N13.5 million per month in controversial running cost, amongst a slew of other consistent allowances known and unknown to the public.

‘Shameful sense of entitlement’
Ola Awoniyi, a spokesperson for the Senate President, told PREMIUM TIMES he was not aware of the complaints and could not immediately speak on whether or not his principal was aware either. Godiya Akwashiki, the chief spokesperson for the Senate, did not return calls and messages seeking comments about the grumbling senators.

While requesting for additional pay may not be inherently objectionable under labour principles, the manner with which the senators are going about their complaints could cast them as shamefully entitled, a political analyst said.

“It strikes me as a shameful sense of entitlement for senators to be complaining of receiving N2 million at a time of economic woes for the country,” Tola Adekoya, a former university lecturer, told PREMIUM TIMES.

Mr Adekoya said it was provocative that senators would be complaining about N2 million when a vast majority of the population could barely feed.

“This is something that you hear and your brain would respond like it was hit with a hammer,” he said. “Do they have any idea how many Nigerians cannot even feed themselves for once per day?”

“They are out of touch,” he said. “Let us hope they desist from disrupting the activities of the Senate because of their selfish interest.”

Yet, Mr Adekoya said the Senate leadership should look into the complaints of the lawmakers in order to avoid undue drama that could slow down the progress of critical national assignments.

“They were elected to work for our collective interest,” the analyst said. “Efforts should be made to minimise complaints that they could use to sabotage the larger interest of Nigerians.”

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Diego Simeone said Fede Valverde's last-man challenge on Alvaro Morata won Real Madrid Sunday's Spanish Supercopa as Atletico Madrid were beaten by their local rivals on penalties in Saudi Arabia.

Valverde took out Morata in the final stages of extra time when the Atletico striker was racing clean through on goal. The Uruguayan midfielder was sent off and Kieran Trippier sent the resulting free kick into the wall as the game ended goalless after 120 minutes.

Saul Niguez and Thomas Partey missed their penalties to set up Sergio Ramos to score the winning spot kick as Madrid won the Supercopa for the 11th time in history.
"It was the most important moment of the game," Simeone said in his postmatch news conference. "I told him [when he was sent off] that anyone would have done the same in his place."

Valverde, 21, had an otherwise exceptional night as Zinedine Zidane made it 10 trophies as Madrid boss, including nine wins in nine cup finals. His performance earned him the Man of the Match award.

"I think it makes sense to give him the award because he won the game with that challenge," Simeone added.

Despite the support from the Atletico boss, though, Valverde said he felt bad about the nature of his challenge, even if it helped Madrid win the game.

"I've apologised to Morata," Valverde said in a news conference. "It's not good to do what I did, but I didn't have any other option. I'm happy to win the trophy, but I'm left feeling bad about that."

Madrid coach Zidane said: "At the end of the day, he did what he had to do. It's a bad foul, but he had to make it at that moment. He did well. What's important is that he's apologised to Morata because they know each other well."

This was the first trophy Madrid have won since Zidane returned to the club last March. Nine of them have come in cup competitions -- the other being a La Liga title -- and the French coach has never lost a final across his two spells in charge at the Santiago Bernabeu.

"I don't know, it's just this club," he said when asked for the secret to the success. "We always want to win, although this one wasn't easy. We had to have patience.

"At half-time, we were a little annoyed because we didn't know how we could score. We were up against a good team. You have to believe until the end and that's what we've done."

In previous years, neither Madrid nor Atletico would have been in the Supercopa, but a revamped format and an expansion to four teams meant they were both invited to the competition in Saudi Arabia, where it will also be played in 2021 and 2022 as part of a three-year deal worth €120 million.

Copa del Rey winners Valencia lost to Madrid in the first semifinal, with Atletico setting up an all-Madrid final by beating La Liga champions Barcelona in the other.

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Ndlea heard the cry of the affected candidates and picked a date in December for them to rewrite the test so the major cause of the delay is likely due to the second aptitude test that was organized.
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Michelle55:
What's creative about this pictures? does it mean that without pre-wedding nonsense, the marriage won't work out or what? People spend their entire resources(some borrowing), time and energy preparing for wedding while they forget that marriage is the real deal and not wedding.

Any man that suggest this rubbish to me is a goner, I've got no time for public stunt if you can't accept low key occasion,ogbeni park well joor

Am surprised this post is coming from a lady because they're the ones that seem to be obsessed with public stunt

Make sure you check yours if time was not specified earlier to avoid waiting for hours before your aptitude test

Make sure you check yours if time was not specified earlier to avoid waiting for hours before your aptitude test

I received an invitation mail from Ndlea Saturday morning to sit for the aptitude test on the 16th of December but the time was not specified so I was confused, but checking my Gmail this morning I realised a new mail was sent to me specifying the actual time. So please make sure you check your email before going to the venue.
Thank you all

I received an invitation mail from Ndlea Saturday morning to sit for the aptitude test on the 16th of December but the time was not specified so I was confused, but checking my Gmail this morning I realised a new mail was sent to me specifying the actual time. So please make sure you check your email before going to the venue.
Thank you all

Jiddyplus:
Please , I got the invite too. I chose Plateau state but my venue is Benue.

My venue is also Benue state

bdchange:
Be truthful, are you saying there is no single lady out there that share the same ideology of no sex before marriage and she will stay true to her words?

Many will agree no sex before marriage but only few will keep to their words

bdchange:
She said she is a virgin. I believed her because she had a solid background and decent. Atleast that is what she appears to me. She doesn't even like to kiss. She does all these attributes attached to a virgin.

Don't always assume, try and confirm if truly she's a virgin.

A girl came to my house on Tuesday, when I tried making moves for sex[that's sucking her breasts and kissing her] she seem not to be moved or interested so when I asked about her sex life she replied saying " she is a virgin" I trusted her and I didn't make any move again.

But to my greatest surprised this same girl came to my house the next day and when I insisted going down there I realized the hole was open already.

She was ashamed of herself through out her stay because she's not who she claimed to be

bdchange:
I don't actually understand what you are saying. Are you saying the approach I took from onset is wrong. Remember I don't want to fornicate before marriage. That is why I always go into it with honesty.

"You don't want to fornicate before marriage" then better get used to disappointment.

I was like you 3 years back chasing after girls which always disappoint but now girls are chasing after me
But y? Because I give them what they want now adays, I give them hard sex so they always come back for more and also don't wanna lose me.

But how on earth will a guy involve in a no sex relationship?

Girls love sex
They feel like being penetrated all the time,
They enjoy it more than the guys.

Probably the girl has someone else giving her steady dick then looking up to the day you'll marry her

Happyguy201:
Too late I called and someone picked said they rushed him to the hospital he took snipper

Are you serious about this?

EmptyCoconutHead:
words of wisdom.
Abasi odiong fi

Honestly, the desperation for marriage is too much.

You girls need to calm down if not you'll all be used daily like tissue just because of the concept of marriage.

NwaAmaikpe:




I'd only blame you for allowing yourself get caught.

So are you saying she did the right thing by having sex with her best friend?

Talking to the mother first will be more appropriate before proceeding to the pastor if the mum is unable to tackle the situation.

OBUKOMENA:
To whom should I report this issue to: her mother, her father, her sisters, her brother, my family or our pastor?

If her complain about painful sex was valid then she will definitely seek medical attention without you advising her to do so because she will know it will tear her marriage apart.
I think there's something more to what you shared or she's not interested in the marriage.

Somebody should help out please

I have signed in
I have activated my account
But still I can't find a a link to apply for Ndlea on emplug.
Please somebody should help me out