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GeneralDae:
Forget everybody there. Na Genievive be my favourite for that place even though BUA they there.

I agree Genevieve dem are legends. National treasures in fact. It's just that because they are past their prime, other new cats in there fit dey looķ dem somehow.

But the old wealth, CEOs etc will give them due respect.

The way Genevieve was dancing hesitantly seems like she's scared of Mrs Elumelu

At this party, even Macaroni stand leaning on the wall like all those mogbomoyas at average wedding parties. Since everyone there is a celebrity, only the superstars/big wigs there like Wizkid, Davido, Burna, Governor, Billionaire/Multi-million dollar CEOs etc are the real celebrities of the occasion.

This kind of party, even if dem give you free invite and you know say u no get levels, better shift jejely before you bring depression from oppression upon yourself.

pansophist:
It's the same time, but as we grow older, the speed of time gets different.

One-year period will be a long time to a five year old child because one year is about 20% of his life. Everyday will seem like an adventure since he still has so much to learn, and so much to do. He is basically on discovery mode.

You probably don't notice the goats fighting but to him, it's new. From flying kite, doing fireworks, running with friends and video games, a day is longer for a child than an adult.

To an adult (eg a 35 years old man) , a one-year period is about 3% of his life. It will only seems long if a lot that haven't happened before happened. If the present year has more new activities than the previous, it will be long.

So maybe he got married and bought a house in a new city he moved to, got a new job and had a baby, then a one-year period will seem long.

So to actually enjoy life is to engage in lots of activities that will make the day feel alive. You should maintain that child like curiousity of the world, and don't make it fade off. That's how life becomes fun and not like the year is short.

Too much sense in one post. Bro take your flowers!

Shellsploit:
Shorite ikeja following next!!!
Imagine paying 1 billion yearly
Hiw much come be there profit after tax?



Haba

Shoprite Ikeja is the most patronized Supermarket/Mall in Nigeria. I think it was also the first Shoprite outlet/mega-mall in the country.

If it closes down, then it means no Shoprite left in Nigeria.

Modified: The Palms, Lekki was the first and also used to have the highest patronage.

jpmoriarti:
The Premier league does not need the Super league. A relegation club in England makes £200m despite relegation while Milan makes €30m despite winning the Seria A league title. This will tell you all you need to know.

I know what happened in golf will eventually happen to football, where all the clubs eventually joined the breakaway league.

Fair point cos of course the EPL is a money-spinner on its own. But I'm sure behind their no-frills facade, there'd still be a tinge of regret with the 1billion pounds loyalty bonuses Madrid and Barca are getting, which is a big amount even for the Man Citys and Chelseas of this world.

Meanwhile, English Government is now trying to pass a bill stopping EPL clubs from breaking away. It will be interesting to see the upcoming legal debates on which regulation supersedes between the EU and England's.

jpmoriarti:
Yes you're so right. The community here is incredible and well underrated. Twitter is not the same. Here feels more like home.

People are free here to voice their opinions and get local attentions. It's amazing 👏

💯

Btw, great news from the Super League verdict. It's a huge blow to UEFA and FIFA.

Perez and Laporta already saw the end from the beginning and remained steadfast.

The EPL big six were just politically correct cowards.

Based on this ruling, nothing stops countries from forming a World cup super league. FIFA will be shitting their pants

Most would not. Some Freelancers or remote workers only pay tax because their foreign clients require them to provide proof of tax compliance before continuing the relationship.

We are yet to get to an effective level of voluntary income declarations. In societies where it works like the US, there are institutional controls that seriously discourage tax evasion and keep people in check.

Government also has to do a lot better in putting tax funds to visible helpful use for the public. This improves public confidence and cooperation.

Left to free will, tax otilor - regardless of location.

Jokerman:
We are bringing an end to tribalism on this site bro.... We are going to pester Seun and his Mods until they end tribalism

Joker my bro, the tribalism is indeed cringey and ruins several educative and informative threads.

But I hope you realize that the quote you responded to is also tribalistic and should be curtailed. All forms of tribalism should end and not cherry-picking.

Moniya4Real:
The whole triumphant squad really needs to show gratitude to Emiliano/ the goalkeeper. That last minute save actually won them the trophy

That is the greatest save in WC history. Without that save Argentina cannot be champions.

It's good for Nairaland to be back though. Was on twitter throughout the blackout, I noticed many Twitterians have serious beef for Nairaland and hoped that the site crashed permanently.

Lesson for Seun to clamp down on abuse incidences and also diversify his hosting sources.

Phew! it's like Nairaland has become a subconscious part of my existence.

I wanted to vent here yesterday when we were struggling against a team that has not won a single match all season long, but as the site wasnt back up yet, it felt like my thoughts were being strangled inside.

I was on Twitter throughout the three-day blackout but just didn't feel the genuineness of the interactions there.

I then realized how much value I was getting from the community here. You guys rock!

Kilishihunter:
So frustrating my brother, Our iron lock defence of last season has already turned to what them older pique, lenglet and co used to dish to us

Kounde is the weakest link and this puts pressure on Araujo. Why is Christensen not playing instead?

Even Balde is just giving away possession anyhow.

Don't know why Barca regularly gets caught out unprepared from set pieces. That was almost a goal for Valencia.

The trauma from Trent Alexander Origi never comot. Make dem no add another biko.

Kounde is just so useless.

Every game, its blunder upon calamity, hian!

I find this difficult to believe from Amunike. It looks like damage limitation.

Yes he didnt vote, but vocally choosing Salah already gives the impression that he's against Osihmen.

In the video, the three options including Osihmen were placed on screen when Amunike responded "Salah". Also, other people in the same bus as Amunike actually responded "Osihmen" when the question was put to them so it's difficult to believe that the interviewer excluded Osihmen from the options when engaging Amunike and included him when engaging the others.

So it's either the fault of CAF's video editor or Amunike is lying.

Anyway, his choice, his life.

Evboesi:
It might be that your mum’s family have base in Lagos up to the third generation, or other parts of yorubaland.

And also the extreme western parts of Bini also share borders with Ondo state. Ask your mum if she is from Usen or any other extreme western Bini villages, these are the only parts that have these Yoruba ability. 90% of Binis don’t know speak Yoruba and don’t have any need for it.

My mum's extended family are from Benin City itself. They do not have any family base in Lagos or Yorubaland though one or two of her cousin sisters married from Yoruba, but the core of the family tree is purely Benin.

Let's even leave the speaking part. Why do so many people from Edo/Benin bear Yoruba names or surnames? I have seen this quite a lot and most of them have to voice out openly to clear misinterpretations that they are not Yoruba but from Edo State. I think this is an even stronger proof of preexisting ties.

Your thoughts?

Evboesi:
Dont come and write something erroneous and say you don’t need to argue with me, this is my state, i will not allow it.

It's not about whether it's your state and what you allow or shouting aggressively. What is important is what is observable and factual.

And what is obvious is that there is some sort of close relationship between some parts of Edo State like Benin, Akoko-Edo etc and the Yoruba. I have come across so many Edo persons bearing Yoruba names and these are not only from the fringes with Ondo State. Surely this didn't just happen by coincidence and clearly lends some credence to the close relationship between Edo State and the Yoruba.

My mum is from Edo State by the way. Benin to be precise. All my mum's family side living in Benin are able to speak Yoruba fluently.

So explain.

madjune:
It must be Abike.
Everyone wondered how she got such job in the first place.

Common! Abike Dabiri was a fine eloquent broadcaster back then. Dont let your political leanings distort the truth about her past.

Love800:
The bisi olatilo, how did he branch into entertainment? Is the entertainment part of broadcasting?

So charles anazodo that is now a sport analyst, worked in NTA before?

Charles Anazodo used to anchor the sports segment of AM express in NTA then. He was an NTA person through and through.

Love800:
The funmi iyanda show, was it inside NTA?

Yes, it was an NTA show, usually around 10am after AM express on Tuesdays and one other day (I'm not so sure).

happney65:
Aisha Bello. Herself,Ruth benamisai Opia and Cyril stober ,late Yinka Craig,Saddiq dabbar, though those two were not newscasters and others held the Airways spell bound then

GenZ children cannot know her

May she rest in peace

Great memories. You missed out the late Tokunbo Ajayi and Eugenia Abu.

There was also Hammed Adio, Frank Olize, Bisi Olatilo.

Then in early 2000s, AM Express came in with Maryam Anazodo, Yinka Craig and Frank Edoho's ex-wife (forgotten her name). Around this time, Funmi Iyanda's show was also quite popular.

BlaqFaze:
I wish they can win Laliga

They can't, but they'll make top four.

Kilishihunter:
We were just shocking today chief
I doubt Aston villa and to an extent Girona will keep up the pace

Aston Villa may yet gas out cos of stiff competition but Girona has way too large points cushion from 5th place club to throw away just like that.

Meanwhile Barca seriously need some consistency in our play and not these yo-yo performances of winning today losing next game. We currently lack ruthlessness just like 2002/2003 Barca.

Kounde is just a terrible defender, these days he's always got a calamitous error in him almost every darn game.

Our attacking play is too inefficient. We had over 30 shots and scored just 2 goals. That embarrassing free header missed by Lewa for the equalizer was so shocking. He's lost the mojo and should just leave.

Next year UCL getting ready for Girona and Aston Villa. Sometimes these things are just written in the stars. The stars just align and decide to pick one low profile club that suddenly goes on a logic defying winning run. It's always a great plot.

P&G is a very big and strong brand. It's one of the global brands that you'd be proud to have any form of association with. So their exit is painful and a really big loss to 9ja.

Prior to now, I knew they had been struggling with low sales of their high-quality but expensive products which led to the shut down of their Agbara plant and retrenchment of hundreds of staff back in 2018.

What I didnt know before that this piece exposed was the impact of internal saboteurs. Though, all big manufacturing corporates always have cases of internal sabotage but apparently in P&G's case it was significant.

So P&G had, until this administration, been teetering on the brink of collapse but the forex hike back in July killed them off once and for all.

The outlook doesnt look good. The FG needs to get a hold of the fx fiasco cos it's killing many corporates.

Kilishihunter:
Another striker coming would make it three, And either him or Roque would suffer well in terms of game time
But you might be indeed right about Roque, though we have high hopes for him, the pressure on the kid's shoulder has gradually increased because of lewa's foolishness in front of goal, he was meant to be an understudy so he'll gain experience but when that agbaya is constantly fluffing his lines what do we expect the kid to pick? I just hope Roque shines almost everytime he plays so lewa'll use that competition to step up

Aren't we being too hard on Baba Lewy like this? Dont you think his struggles are simply down to his age at 35yrs? With a first touch as heavy as ten hippos, it will be hard for him to improve against increasingly agile La liga defenders.

Make Barca reap some handsome profits and send him to Saudi jejely to play retirement football where even if you spend 2 minutes to control ball, the defenders still never catch up with you.

It's ironic that Lewandowski's messianic complex towards Barca never materialized which he had thought would bring him the Ballon D'or. Harry Kane is now making us to understand the context of his Bayern exploits better.

Eriokanmi:
How much do you think is enough to erect just one manufacturing plant? If any of those calling themselves billionaires in Nigeria should have just one of the P&G plants, he'd go bankrupt in a matter of months. They're worth billions of dollars. P&G is one of the topmost multinationals with branches in several countries of the world. Go to Oluyole Estate in Ibadan and see things.

When the raw materials sourced locally aren't there and are more expensive where available, what would they do? Those farmers supplying them the lemon used in producing vicks lemon plus according to my cousin who's one of their ogas, farmers were complaining that the chemical used in keeping the lemon green and control pests were too expensive cos of high fx rates. This complaint was constantly coming from farmers cos P&G always rejected their poor yields and the lemon was still very expensive despite this complaint. Now I believe what he said with this news. If P&G is getting their lemon cheaper and fresher from South Africa, why won't they go there? If they should embark on this course, many wouid lose their jobs and many local farmers would pack up and also send many out of jobs on their farmland

You have a good point, but apart from the fx spike impact, P&G had been having market share problems for some years now and they downsized significantly back in 2017 as a result.

Due to the higher quality of their products and resulting higher pricing, many consumers drifted to their cheaper competitors e.g Ariel vs Waw, Zip, Viva; Huggies vs molfix and other cheaper pampas; Gillette vs other cheaper blades etc.

So P&G's problem is two-pronged; a longstanding dwindling sales issue and the fx devaluation impact was the death knell. So unfortunate for Nigeria to lose such a strong brand.

It seems the homecare business in Nigeria thrives with mid-range average quality products that are affordably priced. Unilever has a similar problem with P&G in this area.

Time Mag rewarded him for winning the world cup in style and capping off an exceptional GOATed career with the ultimate prize.

Pendulums cannot relate, so they'd rather belittle whatever their desert lord cannot attain.

Messi is bliss

It's a silicate mineral called Quartz which is one of the sheet silicate rocks. You will notice the lines in the picture that look like compacted layers of flat transparent crystals. That's vintage Quartz. Not so much value I'm afraid.

Nowadays they use it in chandeliers to enhance light refraction and in some house decor like fancy clocks.

I'm surprised Nigeria ain't there cos we have at least 50 buildings taller than 60metres.

If their definition of skyscraper is a building at least 100 metres tall, then we only have 14 that make the cut below. But personally, I think any building from 60 metres and higher is a skyscraper cos they look the part already.


14. CBN Tower, Marina Lagos - 100metres

13. Independence tower, Marina Lagos - 103metres

12. Famfa Oil towers, Ikoyi Lagos - 103metres

10. Cocoa house, Ibadan - 105metres

10. Intercontinental Hotel, V.I Lagos- 105metres

9. Dakkada Towers, Uyo - 109metres

7. 4 Bourdillon Tower, Ikoyi Lagos - 110metres

5. Eko towers beside Total, V.I Lagos - 118metres

4 & 7. World Trade center towers 1 & 2, Abuja - 120metres and 110metres

3. Union bank tower, Marina Lagos - 124metres

2 & 6. Eko Atlantic Champagne pearl and black pearl towers, Lagos - 134metres and 112metres

1. NECOM Tower, Marina Lagos - 156metres

oliverano:
Felix is very clear about this. Even his recent comments suggest that.

Cant blame him. Barca is the first club where he's felt at home and not like some puzzle to be solved in a long long while.

Looks like Joao Felix doesnt want to return to Atletico, with the way he celebrated.

Classy finish from him, reminiscent of Messi 2011 - 19.

Lewandowski kilode ma pa mi nau