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Let's not deceive ourselves in this world.Money & power buys the best/glamorous outward looking things. I'm not sure about the inward though.

I didn't know she bagged the son of Aguiyi Ironsi killing connected Oil Billionaire.

No Diaspora Nigerian has ever made it into Forbes billionaire list.

Adebayo Ogunlesi.Google him. He founded an assest management company worth over $100 billion dollars. Of course its investment money but PE and IM company's receives 2% of total invested money and 20% of interest on capital.
I am sure that the man is a billionaire but dnust don't crave the exposure.

I'd rather be a diasporic Ogunlesi than a thieving Atiku.

All of these people benefitted from Trump's psychopath ways and they witnessed his divisiveness daily since 2016 and they are now jumping off a sinking ship 2 weeks to the end of his administration .

This is your average white girl that likes to shop and go out with her young friends. The lady here is not a stunning woman.

Judolisco:
kadarshian na footballer arbi wetin u dey talk oga

I'm trying to tell you there's nothing like blackman mentality when it comes to havi g party during lockdown.

Mentioned khardashian because she's white and also flouts CoVID rule.

You don't flout COVID rules because you are black.

bluefilm:
Na black man mentality be that na

What is black man mentality now.

Many white people flout the rules too.

Kim Khardashian took friends and family of 60 to go and celebrate birthday.

Nothing new, dirty surroundings, crumbling infrastructure and He would be lunatic to send his kids there.
Just like most things in Nigeria, they were better decades ago than they are now.

Johnrake69:
Madness... Assets built with about 4 Trillion will be sold at about 10% of the value. It's sad. We keep selling off national assets for crumps and leaving huge debt profile.

We can't leave the economy of this country in the hands of the private sector.

My friend, the argument has always been "The government is not an enterprise and will always incur losses in trying to be one".

Neoliberal and free-market capitalism argues for the privatisation of national assets in order for it to be run efficiently whilst also reducing the state liability. This theory proves true and further reinforced with the crumbling of the old USSR who had a very augmented state control of assets. This obviously was part of their demise.

China came and proved it wrong that the state can indeed be a profitable entity and use the gain from enterprise ownership for nation-building.

I think Nigeria and other poor countries are not ripe for total neoliberal economic policies as manifested in Canada, UK, USA. After all, these aforementioned countries had their time of state owning everything. The UK government use to own British steel, BA, Leyland trucks etc.

My notion is that poor countries need concerted and strategic policies to procure statewide infrastructure and subsequently privatise if need be.

That's what China have done, they are now finally opening their country to foreign financial institutions to come and have 100% ownership of assets which before use to be a joint venture at best.

There are two types of Nigerians. These young bright minds including most young folks on this platform and people like Lai Muhammed, Oshiomole, you cad add more names.
They should get out of the way for us.

The man that almost industrialized Nigeria.

The people that write most of these algorithms grew up with zero awareness of black people or African culture.
The tech industry must be well and try diversified unless discrimination that's beyond human comprehension will come from digital systems towards non white.
We've already seen the A.I facial recognition systems having biased against black people in Texas.

Oh yes, we know this is not Tokyo or Dubai. Tokyo ke. More like Tunisia or some low grade city in Brazil.

When I lived in Nigeria and never been abroad, the pic(V.I) was heaven but oh boy it looks to me now as something out of 1960s Thailand at best. We have some development to achieve and ground to cover.

Legend and great player, but way past his prime. It won't hurt brand Messi to earn £1,000,000/week oil money.

WTF!!
If this is real. All I can say is our justice system is doomed. How can mass murderers not serve any jail time and be re-integrated into the society. What

Its the low celing R.C architecture that makes the inside of expensive new buildings still look like 1960's. We need a modern architectural touch.

But murderers get bail lool

I just don't get it. Major road connecting the capitals of two states.

What I can't get over is the flashing of money and expensive items on the internet knowing fully well that the source s fraudulent. Don't they know that they are being watched and they'll eventually come for them?

The idiots will even be sending the scam emails from their house and the Dubai intelligence will just be gathering everything as evidence against them. Its a big shame. This is 2020 and not 2005 Olu Maintain Yahoo. You'll get caught if you are a fraudster.

SpaceX:
So his wife can't cook. Men have suffer with all these chew gum girls. Your wife can suspect someone but she can't cook. These wife na liability, you have to go downstairs to make your wife a "hot chocolate".

Haa they don't cook anymore o. You'll be hearing, "your wife is not a cook". "We both have careers and do 9 to 5"
Ok, your husband is not bank too.

While Drogba is your ultimate big game player.I think Etoo was more prominent in Europe and had a stellar Barcelona career and also went to Inter to dominate and also win the champions league.

Since you didn't add Cantona, I take it as your knowledge of EPL doesn't surpass Abrahamovic/2003 era.

robosky02:
Picking a Dream Team of John Obi Mikel's teammate

NIGERIA
Who are the best players the former Chelsea man has played with over the course of his career?

Petr Cech (Goalkeeper)
It was a tough call leaving out Nigeria's legendary goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, but Cech was never going to miss out here!

Mikel and the former Czech Republic shot-stopper played together between 2006 and 2015, winning multiple Premier League titles, FA Cups, League Cups and the Champions League in 2012.

In addition, the pair also won the Europa League in 2013 which completed their sweep of Europe's primary and secondary club competitions.

Branislav Ivanovic (Right-back)
The powerful Serb was one of the Premier League's top defenders during Mikel's time in West London and was named in the PFA Team of the Year in 2010 and 2015.

'Bane', a Chelsea player from 2007 till January 2017, won several important titles in that time with the Nigeria midfielder.

It was Ivanovic's header that decided the 2013 Europa League final against Benfica, a win that saw the Blues become one of a select few to win the Champions League, Europa League/Uefa Cup and the defunct Cup Winners Cup.

Success also meant they'd won the continent's premier club competition and its secondary version in successive seasons, the second club to do so, and they became the first side to hold both titles too (until Bayern Munich won the CL days later on May 25 2013).

Ashley Cole (Left-back)
England and Chelsea's primary left-back for years, Cole was one of the best in the business for a decade or thereabouts.

The marauding full-back, like Mikel, joined the club after a protracted saga but wasn't deterred by the criticism and continued his success.

The pair won the league in 09/10, both European titles in 2012 and 2013, as well as four FA Cup titles, which outright made Cole the most decorated player in football's oldest cup competition with seven wins.

John Terry (Centre-back)
We were certainly not going to leave out Chelsea's dedicated captain and leader during Mikel's time in West London.

Terry bled blue and gave his all for the club for nearly two decades, winning a plethora of titles along the way to become the club's most decorated captain.

During the Nigerian's time at the club, the Englishman was named in the PFA Team of the Year in 14/15, Fifa FifPro World XI thrice, Uefa XI on three occasions, and was voted the best defender on the continent twice.

Joseph Yobo (Centre-back)
One of the members of Nigeria's 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winning side, Yobo was arguably the Super Eagles' most dependable performer in the 2000s and early 2010s.

The defender captained the West African nation to success in South Africa, ending their 19-year wait for the continent's most glamorous title.

While Yobo's gametime was limited, his all-round influence proved useful to Stephen Keshi's troops.

Claude Makelele (Defensive midfield)
While the attempt to create another Makelele compromised the Nigerian's career, the Frenchman features in this XI owing to his influence in Chelsea's dominance in the mid-2000s.

Having the anchorman role named after him highlighted his unrivalled understanding of the position. Mikel played with the 2002 Champions League-winner for two seasons which produced two domestic cup victories.

The Super Eagle's performance in the 1-0 FA Cup success was noteworthy as it signalled a changing of the guard at the base of the Blues' midfield.

Wilfred Ndidi (Central midfield)
Leicester City's uncompromising midfielder couldn't displace Makelele at the base of the midfield, but features alongside the iconic Frenchman in midfield.

In recent years, the Nigerian has grown from ball winner to all-action midfield man, owing to his growth since moving to England.

Ndidi featured alongside Mikel in the Nigeria side that qualified fairly easily for the 2018 World Cup and Afcon 2019, a welcome development after years of last-minute panic and permutations for fans of the West African nation.

Michael Essien (Central midfield)
Essien's dynamism in Chelsea's midfield in the mid-to-late 2000s was a joy to behold.

The Ghana star was one of the best in his pomp and was arguably the best box-to-box midfielders in world football at the time.

He and Mikel were teammates between 2006 and 2014, a successful period for the London side which peaked with their 2012 Champions League triumph.

Frank Lampard (Attacking midfield)
Chelsea's top scorer revolutionised how goalscoring midfielders were perceived, and his timely runs into the box became his trademark.

Lampard was hugely helped by water carriers like Makelele, Mikel and Essien, who acted as the foil to let him flourish in the final third.

Mikel and the Blues legend played side-by-side in Chelsea's greatest night where they won the Champions League against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena.

Eden Hazard (Attacking midfield)
Leaving out Juan Mata was a tough call, but there had to be a place for the magnificent Belgian who has been Chelsea's most talented signing since Gianfranco Zola.

In West London, Hazard became one of the best players in Europe, constantly mesmerising the opposition with his skill and matched that with the required end product as well.

The ex-Lille man was named in the PFA Team of the Year in his first campaign and followed that up to be voted PFA Young Player of the Season the next season.

Unsurprisingly, the playmaker was outright best in the league in Chelsea's 14/15 title win, as the Blues won their first title since 2010.

Didier Drogba (Centre-forward)
Sorry Diego Costa, but we were never going to leave out the talismanic Drogba, Chelsea's ultimate big-game player.

In truth, many of the titles Mikel won in West London could be attributed to the Ivorian forward's goals.

Drogba had an uncanny knack for scoring hugely important goals to swing tight matches in his side's favour, with the 2007 FA Cup final strike against Manchester United and 2012 victory over Bayern particularly noteworthy.

https://www.goal.com/en-ng/lists/african-legends-picking-a-dream-team-of-mikels-teammates/c4dri1qggtle1e6l05me4eupe

Bro, Yobo over Carvalho, Haaa

How can someone regular for Perugia back in very early 2000s(2001) to be precise be 36yrs old now.

I don't expect them to say anything difference.

Organisations such as UNICEF, WHO, IMF and the likes are smokescreen institutions whoose major missions is to perpetuate the Neo-colonialism agenda of western countries.

Their global health policy is what we should adhere to.
Their IMF loan conditions is best for us
There commodities prices are tje rate we should sell our commodities.

They almost couldn't believe that we brought Ebola to a halt.

America even allowed its racial complexities to find its way into Christianity. Christian music produced/sang by whites are called Christian music, thus the charts are always full of white people. Once in a while they integrate others (Blacks, Latinos etc) into the Christian category.

They call black Christian music; Gospel, therefore charts are always called Gospel Charts. In the Grammy awards, they give out "best Christian"and "best Gospel" awards respectively.

DonFreshmoney:
Kanye west can never be a billionaire...

Someone that was owing debt to the tune of $53M, he had to beg Mark Zuckerberg for money few years ago

I hope you know that you can have liquid cash debt and have illiquid asset that is 100 times your debt?

This is when the vanity crew should come out.

tyup:
Kill and eat is that all?

They don't even know their conservation value

Bro, when there are lack and hunger in the land. Conservation is out of the window. It's like having a ram as a pet and dying of hunger.

It's strange how ordinary GF will think she has the right ro your hard earned money. Make your money woman.
In Beyonce voice "When he whop me good, I ma take his ass to Red lobster"