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Celebrities › Re: Marion Cotillard's Affair With Brad Pitt Caused His Split With Angelina Jolie by Tedpgrass: 8:46pm On Sep 21, 2016
Amelian:
.......
Some men sha angry Pure waste of time, resources and emotions.
Haba!!

E neva reach dat side nao!!!

Enjoy the journey not just arriving at destination..
lipsrsealed lipsrsealed tongue

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Family › Re: Why Do Pregnant Ladies Act Funny? by Tedpgrass: 8:28pm On Sep 21, 2016
Proffdada:
It's due to the rise in human chorionic gonadotropin, also referred to as HCG which causes mood swings
More like progesterone, synergistic effects of hPL, dilutional effects of borderline anemia.

Add on encephalopathy secondary to HGravidarum, thats a ticking tb-omb
This can lead to permanent brain injury if there's significant underlying vit b12/ folate deficiency.

Varies from woman to woman, pregnancy to pregnancy.

Men .. cut her some slack!!
Romance › Re: Taiwo, Guy Accused Of Dumping Girlfriend & Marrying Secretly, Replies by Tedpgrass: 8:05pm On Sep 21, 2016
smart024:
I said it...



Its only when you find yourself in such a situation before you will really understand what happened...

That guy took a bold step to escape the clutches of an unknown which the babe was busy using money to rope him into if it was true that she paid his fees...

Such ladies will start tell you "don't be silly" while you are dating...
They will graduate to shouting you "short up and sit down" while you start sleeping with them...
And will be waiting to give you beatings of your life when you finally sign the certificate and put that handcuff call "wedding ring" on your finger...

ALL IN THE NAME OF "I PICKED HIM FROM THE TRASH AND MADE HIM WHO HE IS TODAY"...




#talking_from_experience...
Hmm.m
Interesting


Now to other matters
Where daddy Freeese dey??
Need input from esteemed ...

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Politics › Re: "Aisha Buhari Wearing N8m Chopard Diamond Wristwatch" - TheSignal Says by Tedpgrass: 5:05am On Sep 20, 2016
Reference:
Women are generally like that. Care free, short term tunnel visionaires and thinkers. Cannot grasp the weight of their actions. Always living for the moment. Your country is on its knees. You are going with a begging bowl to 'outshine' your benefactors knowing well the international informal media will slam you for this. Look at the human being called PEJ. Your husband is severely blamed for crashing the economy and is under a microscope for potential corruption and you effectively clear every doubt of your character and disposition by openly struggling with the state for money even a child knows cannot be yours. Women.... making life impossible for their men....
Its time Buhari acted on his change starts with me mantra.

Either severely warn his wife and daughters regarding ostentatious display of wealth or send then off to Daura in their hijabs.

Their Social media images are rather sickening and grossly insensitive given the intense poverty, lack of security prevalent in the country.

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Politics › Re: Osinbajo Presides Over Quarterly Business Forum (Photos) by Tedpgrass: 6:58pm On Sep 19, 2016
Which ministers followed Buhari to NYC??

The important ministries that should be looking to increase their leverage internationally, are in Abuja seated at Business Forum whilst some ministers whose parastatals/ portfolios not worth the paper they are written on, do follow follow and chop Estacode to NYC... moreso in this harsh economic period.

When judgment is poured out on certain individuals, we shall be watching in "3D"!!


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Health › Re: 10 Amazing Things The Body Does To Keep Us Alive by Tedpgrass: 6:44pm On Sep 19, 2016
charix:
Number two is extremely amazing. So amazing I still find it hard to believe.
My thoughts exactly


What evidence supports your number 2 claim, op??
Please state the references.!!

Thanks
Celebrities › Re: Skepta's “Konnichiwa” Wins Mercury Prize In UK by Tedpgrass: 7:32am On Sep 18, 2016
Well done S!!

More heights to accomplish
More money/ music to be made

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Politics › Re: FG To Raise $1 Billion In Eurobond Market by Tedpgrass: 9:36am On Sep 17, 2016
Not sure this is the way to go??
Eurobonds..

The Chinese don't think Ngr is suitable
Then now Eurobond

With background Europe turmoil
Wonder whether the rates will be competitive
We siddon dey look!
Agriculture › Re: Hardworking Female Farmer Processing Garri (Photos) by Tedpgrass: 9:27am On Sep 17, 2016
WalkerMichael:
Mods and Lalasticlala. Please do the needful, let's celebrate her
Definitely agree!!

Kudos to the young woman....
Working with her God-given abilities unlike the other partly dressed one twerking in front of airport staff looking for market!!



Mods pls put inspiring educative material on FP pls... more so at this time!

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Politics › Re: Buhari Accused Of Plagiarising Obama’s Speech by Tedpgrass: 8:20pm On Sep 16, 2016
mars123:
Copy and Paste or plagiarism in this context is not a crime, is it? People do copy part of each other's work. artistes, writers, film directors, students, are all guilty of this, it's not a new thing...next!
Erhmmm.

Hope the above comment is a joke..

Where was the acknowledgment??
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Science/Technology › Re: 4 Scientists Whose Works Were Not Appreciated Until Their Death by Tedpgrass: 8:05pm On Sep 16, 2016
Good work Hez...

Thank you Lala for putting this on FP

Much more educative than those other non-salubrious topics!!


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Politics › Re: There Will Be A Turnaround, Nigeria Will Prosper by Tedpgrass: 11:13pm On Sep 06, 2016
presidency:
THERE WILL BE A TURNAROUND, NIGERIA WILL PROSPER

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, VICE PRESIDENT, PROFESSOR YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, SPECIAL GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE DELTA STATE ECONOMIC SUMMIT/25TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT OF THE STATE IN ASABA, AUGUST 26, 2016


PROTOCOLS

Let me begin by saying how honoured l am today as a guest of the Government and the people of Delta State on this occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the state. I bring a very warm greetings and congratulations from the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari.

I must thank my very dear friend and brother, His Excellency, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for the very kind personally delivered invitation to me to attend this event and to have chosen to anchor this anniversary of the state on the auspicious economic and investment summit. It’s a clear demonstration of your understanding of the gravity of the times we are in and the need for rigorous thinking and action to solve the problem. I also commend your steady and even-handed leadership in the state in the past few months, very well done.

As l reflected over what I have seen this morning, I considered that the summit such as this given the very high quality of resource persons will invariably deal with the substantive economic ideas and investment possibilities. We have just heard the intriguing innovative ideas of the Chairman, Jim Ovia and the great deeds and innovation that has just been laid out by his Excellency, the Governor.

What I like to discuss is the Governance Infrastructure, the fundamental, attitudinal and character imperatives that must undergird development. We are confronted today possibly with the most challenging economic times in the history of our country, and what we need to do in this time is the sort of leadership and the character of the leadership…Obviously we must take our time to reflect over the type and character of leadership, the types of values and exactly what this time calls for.

Let me say categorically that governments in Nigeria have never been short of ideas, good intentions or even good plans.

But one of the key difficulties that we always seem to have is that ability to stick to the plan through day-by-day and just that ability to get things done. We have innovative ideas but somehow we start, we are not able to finish and sometimes we don’t even get started at all. I think that the times we are in call for building that capacity to perform, insisting that plans must have some performance indicators and that public officers must be held to account for their performance.

But state capacity itself, the capacity of the state to do things, requires government to hire well qualified people and constant relevant training. Time and resources are saved when the best quality people are hired, when people are well trained for what they do, (the benefits are endless). Just take an example of the National Communication Commission. The Commission was established in 2001 (via an Act repealing Decree 75 of 1992) to regulate the telecoms industry, and of course it’s completely peopled by Nigerians, staffed by Nigerians, if you look at the excellent work done by the people, its an excellent regulator, its done so well in regulating the telecoms industry over the years.

There will be hiccups sometimes but because of the quality of the individuals who have served in that commission, we have seen that it is possible to be an excellent regulator. We ’ve seen the same kind of performance at various times also in the Central Bank of Nigeria and I think that its very important that we bear in mind that the quality of state capacity or the ability of the state’s agencies and institutions to deliver services fully depends on the quality of those that were hired and its always critical to economic development.

Some have said that what we need is strong institutions and I agreed completely that we need very strong institutions because with all the great plans that we have, without strong institutions, institutions that know what to do and that are able to deliver, we are always going to have difficulties and l will just take one example of how weak institutions can affect economic development.

I served in Lagos as the Attorney General for eight years, one of the key things discovered in our first term in Office was that all of a sudden, the stock of houses, the middle level type houses, was just dropping and we discovered that actually fewer and fewer poor people were building middle level houses for rent. People were investing in other things but they were’nt investing in housing. In the past people build houses to be able to rely on those houses in their retirement but that was changing.

But we discovered that a major reason why that was happening was because, it was possible for you to rent a house and after one or two years of renting, thereafter you don’t pay anymore, you wait for the landlord to take you to the Magistrate court and while in the Magistrate court you don't pay anything and you can hold the landlord up in the Magistrate court for years and when the court manages and forces you out of the place, you still don’t pay anything.

I discovered that an average person got discouraged in building houses but resorted to buying shares and stocks. So because of the slow pace of delivery of justice in the Magistrate court, it affected the stock of houses, so people were simply not building houses especially for rent because of slow pace in that particular institution. And so we had to go through a whole reform, not just of the Magistrate sector, but also in the Justice sector.

The truth of the matter is that without very strong institutions, the economic delivery would just not get done. And that’s the same for law and order, there is a huge dividend when you are able to maintain law and order in the society.

In the area of safety, (if) people can rely on the police, the law enforcement agencies, there’s a huge dividend for the economy. But where that is not the case, then you are going to pay that dividend, things simply don’t run, people who want to invest don’t want to invest or they spend so much money on security that will push up the cost of whatever it is that they are producing.

So we need to strengthen our institutions, (but) the times we are in also call for character in the leadership that we have.

Prof. Soludo said yesterday at the Governor’s forum in Kaduna State that there is a huge deficit of trust between leaders and the led especially after years of betrayal of trust. And the truth of the matter is that, we cannot truly lead people especially in difficult economic times where we are projecting an economic future purely based on trust.



If the people cannot trust the leadership, trust deficit creates a problem and we have seen that the trust deficit has increased because by and large, the politicians in government have enabled people to believe that whenever a politician speaks, or someone in government, they must be telling a lie.

If you look at some of the things that happened in the past few years, you will understand exactly what we are saying, people simply don’t believe that those in authority and power have their interest at heart.

At the moment, looking at what went on at the military procurement for Boko Haram insurgency in the North-east, when we came into office we found that funds voted for the upkeep of soldiers were embezzled by their higher superiors and senior members of the government of the day (then). Many men of the armed forces died due to fake Armoured Personnel Carriers, & fake bullet-proof vests.

When you create those kind of troops that cannot rely on the integrity of their leadership, there is something wrong with that and there is no excuse whatsoever for that kind of conduct.

No one should be able to give any form of excuse for the kind of things that were done in those military procurement at the time. It led to an insurgency that could have ended sooner. More lives were lost. When you create those kind of trust deficits, its extremely difficult to galvanize people behind the ideas of the vision of governments and I think that it is truly important that our leadership at the federal, and at the state levels should understand that we must build the trust of the people. And we can only build the trust by ensuring that we are trustworthy ourselves.

Francis Fukuyama, the well respected social scientist, explored the idea that even the economic prosperity of states and sub-national communities and even business success depends a lot on trust. Business moves faster when parties can trust each other. Credit is priced and given to countries and businesses even on trust.

I was speaking to a large entrepreneur in our country, who’s between a number of very massive projects in various parts of the country, and the projects were over 2 billion dollars and one of the questions I asked was ‘how he was able to source the finances? He was able to get loan from some of the financial institutions on four percent interest!

Even the Federal Government cannot get a 4 percent loan. He was able to get that loan obviously because bankers believed that he was trustworthy enough and that he will deliver on the projects that he said that he will deliver on. So, trust plays critical role but the trust is built over time. Where there is trust, government policies, even tough ones will be accepted by the people, because they trust their leaders.

It is that value that drives national development, it takes such strong values to drive commerce and business. Government must stand for something, some high values, there must be a moral platform. Western liberal democracy upheld the ideas of merit, hard-work and sometimes that would be described as a puritanical work ethic and it’s my view that our own elite, political elite, religious elite and business elite must have some consensus on the important of values in our society.

Let's just take an example of those values, let’s just take merit as an example, whether it’s in commerce, community or national development or even sports or entertainment, the choice of who runs the show is usually based on merit, or it should be.

If our choice is based on merit, it ensures it can guarantee the best performance. However, it appears that in matters concerning government and governance and the matters of even allocation of public resources, we prioritize ethnicity or even religion and political affiliation over merit. The order of priority (our society seems to follow) is which local government, which zone. Merit always comes last in our considerations, this is why we under perform, and why we cannot perform well in matters of government and in the allocation of public resources.

The reason why we do better in football, for instance than in running of public resources and institutions, is because in football, you don’t tell the coach that this geo-political zone is represented. You can’t say unless you have someone from the South-South, South-West, North-West or from the North-East must constitute a football team. But when it comes to government, and government is what determines how well our lives are run, we insist that unless every zone is represented, you can’t run it properly. But the truth is that you and l know that, that has nothing to do with merit.

The right thing to do is that even in personal matters, l won’t ask you if you attend the Redeemed Christian Church, whether he is a Muslim or even an atheist and even if l was looking for the best doctor and I can afford it, the best doctor is the one l will go for. I will not insist on where he comes from because I want the best and that’s how it should be.

So if we want to run our country right, our first priority must be merit and afterwards as in other countries of the world that have multi-ethnic, multi- religious societies we then introduce quotas, so the quota comes after merit. But not for quotas to take priority…chose merit first and then you deal with the quotas and the few political things, religion if you like and other matters but you must start with merit.

Relevant education is probably the most important catalyst for growth, not natural resources. But knowledge is the key to prosperity. Simeon Kolawole wrote a beautiful article on the difference between the farmer and those who process what the farmer has produced and how much they make. So it’s not the farmer who makes the most money from the produce, but (the one who can tap) the technology processes and add value to it, is the one who makes more money. The man who sells the finished product online even makes more money.

The competitions for development among the people and individuals of the world today will depend on education. Especially digital literacy and innovation, every aspects of our lives, business, vocational, every discipline will be profoundly affected by technology. There is no aspect of our lives that will not be affected by technology. So the kind of education in our public education system today must reflect that reality. Digital education is absolutely important, we must not spare any expense to ensure that our public education system takes into account the pervasive importance of digital education and digital literacy.

Briefly on private enterprise, the Governor spoke about PPPs and different collaborations with the private sector. There is actually no way that we can create prosperity without the private sector, as a matter of fact, the private sector is the engine of growth, it cannot be the public sector since the public sector does not have the resources.

If you look at all of the investments, the major investments that have been made in this country, most of those major investments especially in commerce have come especially in the past decade, have come from the private sector. Look at the investments in banking sector, in infrastructure, investment in cement, in Petro-chemicals, all of those investments are huge private sector investments.

We simply have to create the environment for the private sector to thrive. But l think that the private sector too must recognise the huge responsibility to the people because as the engine of growth, it’s simply your historic role to ensure that you recognise that national development must also be a key priority for you as an entrepreneur, it must be your priority. Great leaders of the world are the entrepreneurs of the world because they were also patriotic. The private sector must also be a responsible partner with services of every kind for charity and all of those kinds of things and contributing to education, civic education and all manner of civic causes to make society truly great.

Today all of us recognise that we are in the worst economic crisis in the history of our nation. We are aware of the facts and figures of the fall in oil prices, oil production which stood at about 2.2 million barrels per day dropped to under 1.2 million barrels per day. A drop of almost a million barrels for every single day means that the country is earning 60 percent less than it was earning even less than one year ago.

Vandalisation of pipelines and gas in Forcados in Warri has led to a 60 percent even more drop in gas production-(used to power plants).

AS of February 2016 for the first time in the history of Nigeria, we were producing 5000 Mega Watts. About a month ago we were even about half of that, 2,500 for an economy this size, one hundred and seventy million people. 2000 MW of power don’t even begin to make any sense.

But we must accept that a lot of problems we are experiencing that has led to difficulty in Foreign Exchange. We need enough Foreign Exchange to be able to service that (forex) market. Inflation has also affected manufacturing, our GDP has affected practically everything. But I want to say that the good part of the problem lies in our hands to solve.

I know that with the continuous engagement with the militants am sure we will be able to move along. But everything else that we are confronted with are problems that we can solve.

I believe very strongly that with the kind of focus we have and the kind of dedication that we have, there will be a turnaround and that this country will prosper.

I believe very strongly that one of the critical things for us is that we must have faith in our abilities to make this country truly great and I can tell you there is a dedication and honesty in the leadership of this nation today.

It is possible for us to do things that can make this country truly a great nation, if the leadership are not concerned about making money for themselves but their concern is to turn this country around and to do well. I believe that we have the best opportunity to ensure that this country is a great one.

Thank you very much!
Hmmmm.

Interesting but I find a cryptic msg in the last paragraph...

Is the topdog n his family in Aso Rock more interested in lining their pockets than building the nation??

Time will tell.


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Sports › Re: Dalung Poses With KatsuyaTakasu After Helping U23 Team by Tedpgrass: 11:36am On Aug 21, 2016
kenbee:
Useless minister of the Clueless Visionless president of a greatly resourceful Country!
Most of our Current Ministers think they are called to entertain us.
They take the cue from the President....
Beautiful pictures of 1st woman n diff gal pickins.... as if that will sort the economy out.

Things are depreciating. The middle class being disseminated. Law and order is applied lopsidely. The divides in our unity are expanding daily. The hegemony rearing its ugly head again!!

Townhall meetings...for information dissemination or collectionhuh More like photo opportunities

How many years later, na so so talk talk we dey hear... no action but beauriful pishures.

Who the pishure epp??

Wake up Nigerians!!!.
Sports › Re: NFF ‘Hijacks’ Takasu's $390,000 Dream Team Gift by Tedpgrass: 11:13am On Aug 21, 2016
There's due process for corporate gifts:-- registering et al.

But given the ineptitude shown so far by the NFF and sports minister, any attempt to channel the funds will be deemed dodgy.... more so given the past plagued with corruption.

Please let the boys have their money... they fought against all odds to get a medal..

Kudos to them
More grease to their elbows
#Yestolocalteam managers

Not overhyped foreign managers who grudgingly go about their duties. Would have abandonned the team once the finances dried up.

Well done Siasia
Politics › Re: Aisha Buhari In The U.S With A Hermes Bag Worth N40 Million - The Signal by Tedpgrass: 10:33pm On Aug 07, 2016
912:
Her shoe is N150million, her glasses is N3billion, even her underwear is N1.7trillion.
You people will not leave the woman alone. She is not the one that caused your poverty. Work hard and buy what you want for yourself and stop acting like monitoring spirits. Pathetic idiots
As the wife of a present Head of state who alleged a rather austere and ascetic living prior to being elected, currently sitting on a severely damaged economy under his watch where the once emerging "honest" middle class has been decimated and almost eradicated alongside vapours of hope of recovery whilst witch-hunting looters of a different party persuasion, she is fair game..

If other more outstanding 1st ladies or Heads of States can be scrutinised, there's absolutely NOTHING special about Aisha Buhari to prevent any present or future criticism.



IMHO....Neither She nor her daughter(s) give Buhari any plus points. People can see beyond the smokescreen... vaseline crew inclusive!!

Days of "beautiful pictures".... don't cut it anymore... You ask me... she needs to lose weight.

Donating 1 meal or the cost of it to the less fortunate will help some slums, going by the alleged cost of this bag !!!

The beautiful pictures we want to see include that of a revitalised economy, jobs available to all, infrastructure being built or maintained, good healthcare and education, today's youth having a chance of a better tomorrow.

Not that of a family that's fast turning tyrannical, feeding fat whilst the electorate watch in stupendous wonder at some of their silly antics, all on the premise of an actively working PR team to sanitise their image.
Family › Re: For Women: Career Before Marriage Or Marriage Before Career? by Tedpgrass: 11:16pm On Jul 29, 2016
I find the initial post an attempt to be prescriptive.

Life isn't black or white but different shades of grey.

If this dissertation attempts to strike at the very core of the feminist idealogy, I feel it's very much misplaced. It buys validity from poorly thought-through popular conjectures.
One could argue ....with possible underlying misogyny.

I applaud the woman who gets married early, remains happily married, has children and develops a sterling career. Well done to her. But how many of these women exist happily in the West, much less in Africa??



But let's wake up and smell the coffee.....

How many of such women peep over their fence and see the grass greener on the other side and wish they had chosen a different life pathhuh A considerable number! If not all...

Its a well known fact that Women largely feel defined by their relationships or lack of it... This can be a platform or shackle depending on circumstance and personal fortitude.

But what they should focus on.... is excelling at their present encampment... is what I advocate..

Then and only then will they feel truly fulfilled whatever their personal circumstance.

In my job, I have met several women who married early,had children and got divorced or 'widowed' alongst the line and look at their unmarried nulliparous friends with envy...

Be it the ability to retain great physique, maintain an excellent career/ mind, have a huge power/ influence base or simply amass great wealth...... the single industrious woman who isn't waiting for a prince charming or scheming to get one through different means( great cooking/ bedmatics/ family member soliciting etc) ..... will achieve all these attributes and more... and should feel accomplished. And rightly so too.

Hopefully she gets her spouse at some point who will cherish her achievements whilst inspiring her on in a mutually compatible manner!!!!

Kudos ... to all the single women out there who have to deal with unending abuse/ stereotype about their singlehood..... but still go on with their work/ career and excel in a dignified manner.

3 hearty cheers!!!

3 gbosa to you all!!

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Politics › Re: EDO2016: Obaseki Family Disowns Pedro, Urge Edo People To Vote Godwin by Tedpgrass: 7:17pm On Jul 26, 2016
maestroferddi:
Maybe the the seemingly loss of Edo to PDP can jolt Buhari and APC from their deep slumber.

It is only in Nigeria where tribalism, religion and other primordial sentiments determine political choices that a party like APC that appears to have sworn to pauperize Nigerians would have the temerity to be asking for the continuation of this unprecedented misery.

PDP made a lot of fundamental mistakes chiefly of which include corruption but exactly is APC doing to, at least, normalize things? The answer is a huge ZERO.
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My thoughts exactly!!!

The only thing APC has done so far is to turn the anti-corruption searchlight on disloyal party members or from opposing parties.

Understandably, the prevailing economic situation has not helped. But the gross ineptitude of the current administration (....growing cabal) is overwhelmingly obvious for all to see.

The waves of anticipation and hope created during the elections have crashed..... despite all attempts to hoodwink the electorate

Some of the attempts are rather alarming given potential future sequelae.

There is a growing band of e-warriors that have little deductive analytical skills and would support either party with an ardent die-hard attitude.

If this is a reflection of our growing youth, I worry for Nigeria...

If our leaders can't be held accountable by a growing group of extremely gullible, "armchair critic-minded" youth feeding off soft p..orn and denigration of the woman child, who will??


God help us Nigeria
God help us Nigeria
God see us through, amen!!!!!


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Celebrities › Re: Toke Makinwa's Fan Slam Anita Solomon After Sharing Cryptic Message[pics] by Tedpgrass: 10:21am On Jul 26, 2016
Until Ms Solomon becomes Mrs M Ayida, she still remains another side chick with the added liability of a child.....

To any potential suitor, she is a "complex after1".... thats the parlance, isn't it!??

Her words if directed at Toke may be a little too presumptious.,..

It may well be directed to another woman vying for Maje's heart!!

Let's see how the drama unfolds.

Toke's maintained a dignified silence so far:-- definitely the way to go!!

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Politics › Re: Iara Oshiomohle At Vintage Red Ball In London (Photos) by Tedpgrass: 8:10pm On May 09, 2016
Looking good..got a few ticks
Got the make-up, slight pout and pose
Gd earrings..... no neck jewellery

Cleavage is way too much... definite no-no!!!

She could try smiling more and cheekily whispering to Osho more in public... that is if she really cares about him and not the present pecks of his station.

Show a more human front regardless of public scrutiny!

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Politics › Re: Iara Oshiomhole Plays Tennis With Refugee Children At An IDP Camp In Edo. Photo by Tedpgrass: 6:10pm On May 03, 2016
This, I like!!

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Romance › Re: If She Ask For Huge Amount, Put Her Through This Test by Tedpgrass: 1:48am On Apr 02, 2016
bloodyBLOGGER:
The mentality of naija girls now is that a guy must become their meal ticket. Once they finally say yes to his toastings, they start dumping responsibilities in tune of huge amounts on the guy's head even when they know he's not capable of sorting such.

When you find yourself in that kind of situation, put her through this test:

Let's say she wants you to buy a Samsung phone worth 50k for her. When she comes to your place uttering such demand, tell her you will give her the money right away but on one condition- she has to call her father on phone and place it on loud speaker in your presence.

Tell her to tell her father that she wants him to buy her a phone. Listen to the man's reaction. If the old man is not in tune with the latest gadgets going on in today's world, he might agree to get her one.

If the man agrees to buy her a phone thinking it's a Nokia 3310 she wants, tell her to tell him the price which is 50k. The man's reaction will most definitely startle you to laughter grin. He will definitely get angry at such demand and make his point clear that he can't afford to spend on such frivolity except he's dangote. He might even tell her to remember the humble background she's from. grin


What's the point of the test?

Why should she dump that kind of responsibility on a struggling guy like you, a responsibility that a mature and salary earner his afraid of bagging?

You will be stupid to foot such bill if you do not have huge savings in an account. Don't you even have a mother, a sister or a relative to lavish on? These are the people who will always remember you for such gesture, not some silly girl who thinks 50k grows on trees. That 50k might be bigger than the amount her father collects as pension from the government. Yet, she wants you to spend it on a phone that will run out of trend when the new model drops. With the rate of unemployment in the country, graduates are willing to kill to get a job that pays 30k. Yet, some undergraduate is spending way more than that just to impress a girl who is probably already eyeing another guy.

Try to apply wisdom in ever thing you do. Stop accepting responsibilities their fathers can't shoulder. The worst is that their demands are silly material things of no real value. Accepting such stupidity is one of the reasons why some guys never make it in life.


I know some female readers on this thread might be like... "lamentations of a broke dude".

Guess what? Your father is also a broke dude if you can't call him on phone to tell him to buy you a phone worth 50k.



Pick up the phone and call your father now grin




#Edited


some people on this thread who couldn't stomach the point have resorted to saying such a guy should go meet his mother for sex when he is Hot. I wonder why a sane person would suggest that.

When a guy needs sex, he can get it from his girlfriend. This doesn't give her the right to lay unnecessary heavy bills on him. Remember, he is also giving her sex. Well, except she is a prostitute, she doesn't have any right to use sex as a means to an end.
Sorry to quote all.

But hopefully this common sense attitude will help draw the line with excessive and sometimes unrealistic demands from spouses/ lovers/ dalliances be it male or female, ...... entitlement syndrome operatives (ESA) must be stopped!!!!!!


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Politics › Re: Lagos Launches Office Of Overseas Affairs And Investment (pics) by Tedpgrass: 1:34am On Apr 02, 2016
Not really sure how this will work??

Where is the necessary dependable infrastructure.. regular energy/ accessibility/safety both individual + corporate/ fiscal policies wt tax incentives??

I hope it won't become another white elephant?? Whilst creating unnecessary rivalries

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Investment › Re: Stock Market Shareholders Lose N1.15trn In Q1 by Tedpgrass: 1:23am On Apr 02, 2016
Hmmm

This with FDI moving away, drop in manufacturing, flailing exchange rate,....... when will things begin to improve ??


Time to look at other "African opportunities".
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Romance › Re: Woman Attempts Suicide Twice Because Her Lover Married Another Lady by Tedpgrass: 1:10am On Apr 02, 2016
This highlights the need for a robust mental health service!!

The family and neighbour background support, that previously provided succour, has been lost in a fastly paced world that worships capitalism!!

Solutions are needed quickly to stem the tide of decay in our youths in particular...

I've given up on the elders..., loot, loot and loot some more.... seems to be their M.O.
Celebrities › Re: Toke Makinwa Ushers In April With No Make Up Photo by Tedpgrass: 1:00am On Apr 02, 2016
Pretty
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Celebrities › Re: Governor's Daughter Abi Kola-daisi Gets Hateful Comment On Ig(photos) by Tedpgrass: 12:52am On Apr 02, 2016
Cynical this might be......

Do I sense someone marketing her accessibility to a seat of powerhuh

Mobilisation fee at least 30%

God help us!!

There has to be a positive turn-around in this country!!

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Politics › Re: Edo University Confers Oshiomhole With Honorary Doctorate Degree (PICS) by Tedpgrass: 11:26am On Mar 20, 2016
I don't think her outfit was appropriate for the occasion given her position as Governor's wife.

Personally, I feel decorum and comportment should be taught to people in public positions.
It's startling the way people in positions of authority behave in an unbecoming manner.


You're NOT a film or music star needing to grace the media pages ( print or Social media ) every other day.

Let your simplicity and the legacy of improving lives speak rather than media-hugging desperate actions.
With due respect to Comrade Oshiomole, all this media display has reduced the public opinion of his ability to display good governance.
Celebrities › Re: Chika Ike Builds New House In Lekki (Photo) by Tedpgrass: 6:46pm On Feb 22, 2016
Looks like same house ; pictures taken at different stages of constructionhuh
Celebrities › Re: 10 Nigerian Celebs Who Skipped Voting Day by Tedpgrass: 3:44pm On Mar 30, 2015
coded01:
Honestly who cares? tongue


APC IS WINNING... cheesy


THE CELEBRATION IS ABOUT TO KICK IN... cheesy


"PROGRESSIVE CHANGE IS NOW"... cheesy
Based on the figures quoted above......
The numbers reflected a low voter turn-out ( compare no of registered voters to actual votes)


Just wondering!!!

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Music/Radio › Re: All The Photos From Music Meets Runway 2014 Red Carpet by Tedpgrass: 1:47pm On Dec 25, 2014
some of the outfits were simply....laughable!!!

gurls!

1) if you have to flash your legs please, please cover those spots, nothing as disappointing as a well-sculpted made-up face and chickenpox/ kuroona infested legs... not on!!!

1b)preferably try not to flash both legs and boobs together... so not respectable... the allure is GONE!!

2) Spandex! spandex! spandex!..... keep those bulges in please... no michelin tire "sagas"

3) if your choice is a sarong, please make effective use of tapes and ties to conceal ......otherwise it does the dress no justice:- looks like a rag anyway! and you could be naked for all I care!!!

4) enough, enuf, enuf of all these yammy looking fat and intensely muscled legs... you dont have 'it' to flaunt 'it'...therefore keep them hidden and the dogs will stop howling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5) work your entire look....... so wear a look!..... not let a dress wear you; prance before the mirrors in several poses before stepping out: that means getting the dress/ outfit days before the party and trying out with several accessories: be comfortable in it..........and not on the way to the party.

Guys!!!

call me a dinosaur!

but why would I find attractive a man with his buttons undone halfway...... durh:- yukk!!
A gigolo, you aint!!

You tantalize with a hint of some chest hair, not showing me half of the National Park.

If you're bare-chested, you are still guilty..... that's so Rainbow..you can decode that even if colour blind!!!!


Hopefully these kind hints are taken.

Merry Christmas,
See you 2015 BGG!!

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Sports › Re: Blessing Okagbare Emerges World Best Sprinter by Tedpgrass: 12:57pm On Dec 25, 2014
God bless you ma!!!!

may the good Lord enable you to achieve further heights and inspire more to follow your lead.

Hard work pays!!!!


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Romance › Re: Dating Your Cousin: Is It Ethical? by Tedpgrass: 2:50am On Nov 14, 2014
Need to define the type of cousin....

1st....,2nd.....,3rd

Any genetic issues, religious or cultural implications...

Sticky.......
What happens when you break up . ...

Split the extended family uphuh?


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