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Jh0wsef:Thunder fire your generation |
The American dream is a myth, just like the London investment banker’s fantasy. Those who make money are often not very talented at all. They were just lucky at the right points in their lives. They might have worked hard and often are driven and greedy, but thousands of others will have worked as hard as them, been just as greedy as them, and not consistently struck it lucky. Most often, those who make money had money given to them in the first place, through inheritance that increased their chances; but it is always down to luck. Don’t believe the myth of the nice, kind, gifted, self-made entrepreneur. We live in a world in which those who have got to the top have got there not out of great merit, but because they often had a few unfair advantages to start with, such as being born male, white and rich, because they had many lucky breaks on the way up, and often because they were willing to stamp on others’ chances as they rose. The human world does not consist of just a few superior beings able enough to do the key things that need doing, and a lumpen mass of inferior beings who could never do these things and so should be penalised appropriately. Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford and author of The Equality Effect: improving life for everyone. This article originally appeared on The Conversation, and is republished under a Creative Commons licence. |
Customs officials in Kuwait have apprehended a pigeon carrying drugs in a miniature backpack, Kuwaiti newspaper al-Rai reports. A total of 178 pills were found in the fabric pocket attached to its back, the newspaper says. The bird was caught near the customs building in Abdali, close to the border with Iraq. An al-Rai journalist said the drugs were a form of ketamine, an anaesthetic also used as an illegal party drug. Abdullah Fahmi told the BBC that customs officials already knew pigeons were being used to smuggle drugs, but this was the first time they had caught a bird in the act. Law enforcement officials elsewhere have, however, identified previous cases where pigeons have been used to carry lightweight high-value narcotics. In 2015, prison guards in Costa Rica caught a pigeon carrying cocaine and cannabis in a zipped pouch. And in 2011, Colombian police discovered a pigeon that was unable to fly over a high prison wall because of the weight of a package of cocaine and marijuana strapped to it. Pigeons have been used to carry messages since Roman times, using their powerful "homing" ability. Racing pigeons can return to their lofts from distances of hundreds of kilometres.
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A tutoring app developed by a 27-year-old Nigerian has won an engineering award given by the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering. Godwin Benson designed Tuteria, a platform that links qualified tutors to students in their area and within their budget. He developed the platform based on the experiences he had as a tutor. The engineering innovation award was launched in 2014 and rewards innovators in sub-Saharan Africa. Mr Benson beat 16 participants to clinch the £25,000 ($32,000) prize money. Other entries in the competition included a system that reduces the amount of energy used to heat water, an app that controls water consumption and a smart jacket to identity pneumonia. The group received coaching on preparing business plans and communication ahead of their final presentation on Tuesday in front of a live audience in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. The head judge of the competition Malcolm Brinded said that Tuteria could change the lives of people eager to learn: "We're proud to have him as our third Africa Prize winner, and we trust Tuteria will go on to change the lives of millions of people who are eager to learn and develop new skills." Mr Benson told the BBC Focus on Africa radio programme that he always knew he had a great project "It is something that solves the problem of access to quality, personalised learning and helps people earn income from sharing their knowledge," he said. The app has a ratings system, and allows students to book lessons using an upfront online payment system. Tutors are then paid once the lessons have been confirmed, and Tuteria takes 15 to 30% commission for each paid lesson. Tutors cover a range of academic subjects. Mr Benson plans to use the prize money to widen Tuteria's offering "even beyond Nigeria." And to include online classes and video courses as well.
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god punish that police man who raised his hand u. may that hand hang like that disgracing nigeria because of #500?!!! ![]() |
[quote author=criticalphone post=56858121][/quote]my brother, thanks for the effort, but the explation isnt very clear. example is your no. 3 the first two points is the same with the original and the fake |
pls help me oo. i use hot4 too asnd i cherish my blokos so much. how do i differentiate? |
Segadem:Clear ur eye well well o. Where has, where as? |
MaestroZeus:My brother I have lost similar amount, just be strong and pick up yourself. You are a victim of your greed. Refrain from playing totally or be placing bets with amount that wount harm you. Don't trust any bet, however reasonable and logical it seems. |
angels09:I don't know why I keep responding to you. But first, how old are you. Because with if you are more than 25years of age and you are still portraying this kind of attitude and mindset, u should watch yourself. Because you may really suffer for example in your relationship. |
angels09:BBC is the source |
angels09:you nearly tempt me to swear at you. something that was clearly mentioned in the article? |
angels09:READ MAN! READ!!! |
Convicted fraudster and former Nigerian state governor James Ibori has been awarded £1 ($1.30) for being unlawfully detained for 42 hours in the UK. Ibori was jailed in the UK for fraud totalling nearly £50m in 2012. He was due to be released on 20 December but instead was held in immigration detention. After he was released he launched his claim against the Home Secretary Amber Rudd for damages for false imprisonment and breach of his rights. On Monday Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said the home secretary had been "wrong throughout her dealings with Mr Ibori over the weeks leading to his release" and that he had been unlawfully detained. However, she rejected Ibori's claim for £4,000 in damages. Instead she awarded "nominal damages" of £1. The judge also said that the decision to keep him in immigration detention was probably because of millions of pounds the authorities have still not recovered from him. A Home Office email, published in the court judgement, recommended to keep him in immigration detention to buy time to work out how to recover at least £57m. "The best course of action at present is to place him in immigration detention and review the position in February or when we know more about the confiscation process", it said. On 21 December a High Court judge ordered his immediate release from prison. Ibori eventually left the UK in February. Who is James Ibori? James Ibori went from petty thief to Nigerian state governor to convicted money launderer. He came to the UK in the 1980s and worked as a cashier at a DIY store in London. He was convicted in 1991 of stealing from the store but then returned to Nigeria and got involved in politics. When he ran for Delta State governor he lied about his date of birth to hide his UK conviction - which would have prevented him standing for office. He became governor in 1999 and soon began taking money from state coffers. The British police began to take an interest in Ibori again in 2005 after they came across a purchase order for a private jet, made through his solicitor in London. He evaded capture in Nigeria after a mob of supporters attacked police, but was arrested in Dubai in 2010 and was extradited to the UK.
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abeg oo...may that cow talks say him get slip of tongue. because i wan mey premiership bombard th champions league with the BIG FIVE, especially now that the school boy isnt part of the bandwagon again |
Actor Sir Roger Moore, best known for playing James Bond, has died aged 89, his family has announced. He played the famous spy in seven Bond films including Live and Let Die and the Spy Who Loved Me. Sir Roger's family confirmed the news on Twitter, saying he had died after "a short but brave battle with cancer". The statement, from his children, read: "Thank you Pops for being you, and being so very special to so many people." "With the heaviest of hearts, we must share the awful news that our father, Sir Roger Moore, passed away today. We are all devastated," they said in a Twitter post. Sir Roger, who died in Switzerland, will have a private funeral in Monaco in accordance with his wishes, they added. "The love with which he was surrounded in his final days was so great it cannot be quantified in words alone," read the statement from Deborah, Geoffrey and Christian. "Our thoughts must now turn to supporting Kristina [his wife] at this difficult time." It added: "We know our own love and admiration will be magnified many times over, across the world, by people who knew him for his films, his television shows and his passionate work for UNICEF which he considered to be his greatest achievement. Along with his famous Bond role, Moore was also known for 1960s TV series The Persuaders and The Saint. Sir Roger was also well known for his humanitarian work - he was introduced to Unicef by the late Audrey Hepburn and was appointed as a goodwill ambassador in 1991. Moore's Bond movies Live and Let Die (1973) The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Moonraker (1979) For Your Eyes Only (1981) Octopussy (1983) A View to a Kill (1985)
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after yesterday boming at manchester. its seems another time bomb is ticking away. A psychic cow in Holland - who has an 85% success rate - has predicted that Ajax will beat Manchester United in the Europa League final on Wednesday. |
Nineteen people have been killed and about 50 injured in a suspected terror attack at Manchester Arena. Police were called to reports of an explosion at the venue at about 22:35 BST following a pop concert by the US singer Ariana Grande. The cause of the blast is unknown but the counter terrorism experts are treating it as a possible terrorist incident. Greater Manchester Police is working to set up a contact number for relatives. Officers have told the BBC there is a second suspect device near where the first explosion occurred. Reporters were moved away from the scene and were told a controlled explosion was imminent. BBC Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford said senior counter-terrorism officers are assembling in London and are liaising with the Home Office. British Transport Police say explosion was in the foyer area of Manchester Arena. Manchester Victoria station, which is close to the concert venue, has been closed and all trains cancelled. The BBC's Tim Ashburn, who is at the scene, spoke to some volunteer paramedics who treated the injured for "shrapnel-like injuries". A number of eyewitnesses have described the confusion in the aftermath. Andy Holey, who had gone to the arena to pick up his wife and daughter who had been at the concert, said: "As I was waiting, an explosion went off and it threw me about 30 feet from one set of doors to the other set of doors. "When I got up I saw bodies lying on the ground. My first thought was to go into the Arena to try to find my family. "When I couldn't find them, I went outside with the police and fire and looked through some of the bodies to try and find my wife and daughter. "I managed to find them eventually and they're OK. "It was definitely an explosion and it was some force. It happened near the box office at the entrance to the Arena." The police activity around the arena has been huge. There are blue flashing lights and cordons seemingly on almost every street corner. A wide area around the venue itself has been completely taped off, and the crime scene appears to be widening, with police pushing people further and further back. I've spoken to people who are shaken, scared and often tearful. One thing that's apparent is there are many, many young people, some of them with parents or guardians. One mother told me her priority was simply to get her daughters home. Other people have been more candid and have described seeing people covered in blood, or being treated by paramedics. There's still a huge sense of confusion and people are constantly searching for information while letting their families know they're safe. Robert Tempkin, 22, from Middlesbrough, said: "Everyone was screaming and running, there were coats and people's phones on the floor. People just dropped everything. "Some people were screaming they'd seen blood but other people were saying it was balloons busting or a speaker had been popped. "There were lots of ambulances. I saw somebody being treated. I couldn't tell what had happened to him." Josh Elliott, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, said he was shocked by news of the fatalities. "A bang went off and everyone stopped and screamed... we basically hit the deck," he said "It was bedlam… it was horrific. "We got up when we thought it was safe and got out as quickly as possible. "People were just crying and in tears... police cars were everywhere. "We just wanted to get out as quickly as possible because we didn't know what was going on." The background - Ian Youngs, BBC News entertainment reporter Manchester Arena, formerly known as the MEN Arena, is the biggest indoor venue in the city with a capacity of around 18,000 for concerts. The arena foyer connects with Victoria train and tram station, a major hub on the northern edge of the city centre. The arena regularly hosts concerts by major stars like Ariana Grande - a 23-year-old American TV teen actress-turned-pop star. She's a big draw for young fans, with hits including Problem, featuring Iggy Azalea, which hit number one in the UK in 2014; and Side To Side, featuring Nicki Minaj, which reached number four last year. She's currently on a European tour - she's already played Birmingham and Dublin and is due to be at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday and Thursday. Michelle Sullivan, from Huddersfield, was attending the concert with her daughters, aged 12 and 15. "It was really scary," she said. "Just as the lights have gone down we heard a really loud explosion... Everybody screamed. "When we got out they just said 'keep on running, keep on running'." Pat Carney, Manchester City Council's spokesman for the city centre, said the city's thoughts were with the families of those killed and injured. "It's a very easy target - a concert hall where young people are enjoying music," he said. "The public are really co-operating by staying away from what is basically now a crime site. "The world we live in, police and the council have emergency procedures that we practise all the time. "Obviously everyone in the city is shocked, having seen how young some of these people are "The police are treating it as a live site, we don't know if this is the end or there are other incidents in that area... we don't know at the moment." Within an hour of reports of the incident emerging, people began offering spare rooms and beds to people stranded in the city using the hashtag #RoomForManchester. Hundreds of tweets offering places to stay are being shared and re-tweeted thousands of times. |
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The Blues topped the table while, at the other end, Sunderland could not escape the drop after 110 straight days at the bottom. Records tumbled through to the last day of the campaign, when we saw 33 goalscorers, more than ever before in a single day of a 38-game season. Goals scored from outside the penalty area fell to a Premier League low of 11.6% so, if you like a goalmouth scramble, this was your year. From the moment Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap General Election on 18 April, the title was as good as Chelsea's. The London club have won the title the past four times - 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2017 - the country has been asked to elect a government. They did so in style, with their 30 wins beating the Premier League record of 29, which the Blues also set in 2004-05 and 2005-06. As the graphic above shows, Antonio Conte would do well to hold on to Diego Costa as his goals won more points than anyone else in the league. The striker has been linked with a move to China, but why would he want to leave London? The city is home to the best and second-best sides in the league for just the third time in English top-flight history. Spurs stellar but always chasing For all their free-flowing attacking play, for all Dele Alli's quality and Christian Eriksen's guile, Tottenham didn't spend a single day on top of the table in 2016-17. That's less than relegated Hull City who spent 24 hours at the summit on the opening weekend. Incredibly, Spurs had four players who were involved in 20 or more league goals this season. No other side had two players who could boast of such a contribution. So many troops chipping in helped Mauricio Pochettino's side to a goal difference of +60, a record for any side who did not win the title. What would they have mustered had Harry Kane not missed eight games in the league? His mark of five hat-tricks in the season puts him among stellar company, as only Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo can match the mark in any of Europe's top five leagues. Fallen giants Manchester United's season saw manager Jose Mourinho criticise Luke Shaw, take an age to utilise Henrikh Mkhitaryan and lament the workings of the fixture computer. It led to him making more changes to his starting line-up - 120 - than any other manager and he finished outside the top three for the first time in his managerial career. The Red Devils never finished a Premier League season lower than third under Sir Alex Ferguson but have now done so in each of the four seasons since he left. And those famous Manchester United v Arsenal battles for titles in recent memory now look further away than ever, with the pair outside the top four as a duo for the first time since 1979. The Gunners - fifth - can feel a little hard done by as their mark of 75 points is a record for any side finishing outside the top four in the Premier League era. What was life like in 1999? United still have the Europa League final to contest, of course, and would qualify for the Champions League with victory over Ajax on Wednesday. Mourinho could point to his use of youth as a positive for the campaign, as the side deployed for their final league game against Crystal Palace was their youngest Premier League XI - with an average age of 22 years and 284 days. Forward Angel Gomes became the first player born in the year 2000 to feature in the Premier League in the process, making a generation of football fans feel old. The 16-year-old is younger than David Beckham's oldest son Brooklyn and young enough to have never seen Glenn Hoddle manage the England side. Sophie Ellis-Bextor topped the charts with her hit 'Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)' on the day Gomes was born in August 2000. Spurs can boast the youngest average starting XI in the league at 25 years and 298 days, ahead of manager Mauricio Pochettino's former club Southampton (26 years and 169 days). Bournemouth, though, may well be England boss Gareth Southgate's favourite side as 11 different English players made 20 or more appearances for the Cherries. No club has hit this mark since Aston Villa in 2000-01. Not doom and gloom at City Pep Guardiola's failure to muster a title challenge in his debut Premier League season was surprising but there are signs things are coming together. In securing a seventh straight top-four finish - the longest streak in the league now - City managed 12 away wins. That is their joint-most since 2001-02, and they can also draw comfort from the fact Sergio Aguero is somehow getting better. Never before has he scored 33 goals in a season for the club, and the Argentina international only started 25 league games. He also now appears to have an able deputy in Gabriel Jesus who scored seven goals and made four in just eight league games. Kevin de Bruyne also served up a league-high 18 assists, further evidence there is much to like at City, despite the lack of title. My team definitely needs a... There are those players you just know your club must keep. Relegated Sunderland will do well to do that with Jermain Defoe - who scored over half of their goals this season - while Everton may feel the heat of interest in Romelu Lukaku, scorer of 40% of their goals. But when a season ends you also instantly mull over what your team needs in order to be better when August comes. If it's a midfielder to keep play moving you're looking for, Middlesbrough's Adam Forshaw could offer up a bargain. Of all the midfielders to play at least 25 games, his pass-completion rate of 88.3% is only bettered by some big names. If your team needs a tackle master, tempting Idrissa Gueye away from Everton may be money well spent as he won 100 tackles in 33 league outings, comfortably clear of Southampton's Oriel Romeu on 87 in second. And when it comes to taking chances, Fernando Llorente's name is up in lights. For all those players to play 25 league games, no-one made more of their shots. His haul of 15 goals from 52 shots gives him a 28.9% goals-to-shots ratio And finally - good riddance Many of you may well be sad to see the end of the season arrive. Sunderland fans, though, could be forgiven for throwing a street party to wave 2016-17 goodbye. Chelsea's joy was perfectly contrasted by months at the bottom for the Black Cats. Their yearly Houdini escapes have become part of Premier League folklore. Alas, finally, they fell short. |
sonofluc1fer:My brother with this your explanation, I suspect you are causing more harm than good. You have unwittingly I like to think misinterpret the Bible. Remember the bible warns against zeal without accurate knowledge. Admitted, those people where better intellectually, physically and health wise. This is because they were nearer to the time of the paradise. Since the paradise, everything on earth including human has been going through steady decline. Those instances of great deeds that you mentioned happened mostly as a result of supernatural intervention. They where miracles. Now, God destroyed the Tower because of this reasons: 1. They intend to live in and around the tower. This was a clear disregard of one of the first command God gave to mankind-become fruitful and fill the earth. 2. The Bible described their leader Nimrod, as a hunter in opposition to God. This suggest he wasn't a Man agreeable to God. His program and project definitely wasn't inline with Gods loving agenda. 3. This events happened shortly after the rebellious angels came down and interbred with some human and after the flood that came to correct this abnormally.Hence There are hints base on the knowledge of the bible and history that this people built this tower with the hope of surviving another deluge and possibly communicating with the angels they believe are somewhere above the earth. This their intension as many other was a disregard God provisions and ways. |
ujoatu:This Man is not healthy at all. He has fats in the wrong place. |
Skmoda360:Hmm hmm |
But that him teeth for the second pix though...him dey eat gworo? |
She fit make money through this o. If she write the company for damage |
Sebastine1994:I just stated fact. #THICKHEAD# |
Its an unfair comparison. Any governor in Lagos that does not develop infrastructure is evil. Their is more money in Lagos than the whole of Benin republic. |
Beauty sleep is a real thing, according to researchers who have shown that people who miss out on sleep do appear less attractive to others. A couple of bad nights is enough to make a person look "significantly" more ugly, their sleep experiments suggest . Dark-circled "panda" eyes and puffy lids can even put others off socialising with you, they say. People were rated by strangers as less healthy and approachable when they had tired faces. The experiment The researchers asked 25 university students, some male and some female, to be the guinea pigs in their sleep experiment. The volunteers - who were given payment for their help - were sent home with a kit that would measure their night-time movements to check that they had not cheated and slept when they should not have. They were asked to get a good night's sleep for two consecutive nights. A week later, they were asked to restrict themselves to only four hours sleep per night for two nights in a row. The researchers took make-up free photos of the volunteers after both the good and the bad sleep sessions. Next, they asked 122 strangers - women and men living in Sweden's capital city, Stockholm - to have a look at the photos and rate them on attractiveness, health, sleepiness and trustworthiness, as well as asking them: "How much would you like to socialise with this person in the picture?" The strangers were good at judging if the person they were looking at was tired, and, if they were sleepy, their attractiveness score suffered. The strangers also said they would be less willing to socialise with the tired students, who they also perceived to be less healthy, Royal Society Open Science journal reports. The Karolinska Institute researchers says this makes sense in evolutionary terms. "An unhealthy-looking face, whether due to sleep deprivation or otherwise, might activate disease-avoiding mechanisms in others." In other words, people don't want to hang around with people who might be ill, whereas someone who looks energetic and fit will hold lots of appeal. Lead researcher Dr Tina Sundelin added: "I don't want to worry people or make them lose sleep over these findings though. "Most people can cope just fine if they miss out on a bit of sleep now and again." Dr Gayle Brewer, a psychology expert at the University of Liverpool and member of the British Psychological Society, said: "Judgement of attractiveness is often unconscious, but we all do it, and we are able to pick up on even small cues like whether someone looks tired or unhealthy. "We want our partners to be attractive and energetic. "This study is a good reminder of how important sleep is to us." www.blaksun3000..com |
The combined wealth of Nigeria’s five richest men - $29.9bn (£22.9bn) - could end extreme poverty in the country, the charity Oxfam has said. Nigeria's Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, hit back at the charity, saying she was concerned about the "language, tone and style" of Oxfam's report, Inequality in Nigeria. Oxfam's Good Governance Programme Coordinator for Nigeria, Celestine Okwudili Odo, said: It is obscene that the richest Nigerian has amassed more money than he can ever hope to spend in a country where five million people will struggle to feed themselves this year. Extreme inequality is exacerbating poverty, undermining the economy, and fermenting social unrest. Nigerian leaders must be more determined in tackling this terrible problem.” Oxfam said its research found that: Nigeria’s richest man earns 8,000 times more in one day than a poor Nigerian will spend on basic needs in a year. More than 112 million people are living in poverty in Nigeria, yet the country’s richest man would have to spend $1m a day for 42 years to exhaust his fortune. Despite a rapidly growing economy, Nigeria is one of the few countries where the number of people living in poverty increased, from 69 million in 2004 to 112 million in 2010 - a rise of 69%. The number of millionaires increased by 44% during the same period. In her response, Ms Ahmed said: The methodology used in the report also raises some questions: is it for empirical or theoretical purposes? Oxfam needs to tell us in the report what it intends to achieve, what data was gathered, where it was gathered, the sample size and the uses of the data. When I looked at the report, I was worried about certain concepts, such as ‘Who are the elites?’" Oxfam cited Forbes magazine, which listed the five richest Nigerians as: Aliko Dangote (net worth $14.4bn) Mike Adenuga (net worth $9.9 billion) Femi Otedola (net worth US$1.85 billion) Folorunsho Alakija (net worth $1.55 billion) and Abdul Samad Rabiu (net worth $1.1 billion). The five have not yet commented, but the MD of Nigeria's FSL Asset Management Limited was quoted by the Vanguard newspaper as saying: The report is not too far from the truth. There is no doubt that there is so much poverty in the country, but I don’t think it is fair to the people mentioned in the report because they are private businessmen, who have built their wealth through hard work. The level of poverty is something that should be addressed to the government.” www.blaksun3000..com |
Selfish people... The whole lot of them. They can't give ground and make sacrifice for the common good. Egoistic rotten baboons. |
My strong take on this is that, military coup will be a grave miscalculation. Everywhere will burn. There are enough disgruntled elements, militants, cultist, criminals and individuals with enough sophisticated weapons. A coup will trigger chaos. Nigeria will never come out of the consequence whole. Second, a coup is worse when its orchestrated by somebody with passion but little expertise. He will eventually resort to torture and oppression to keep himself in power and their will be nobody to check him. Buhari to me as passion but little expertise. But at least he is in a democracy he can be checked. |
Tell her she is trying to kill your kid. If she is bent on carrying out the abortion, arrest her for attempted murder. Be vigilant too, some ladies will agree they eount abort but later claim they have a miscarriage. Run from a lady that can't love her baby enough to keep it. She is selfish and is incapable of truely loving any other person including you. Love is sacrifice. |
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How did he become a fraudster?
