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I honestly believe the quality of football aka soccer has declined in the last 10 years or so, and with reasons:

1. Take a look at what we have as world-class strikers in the current era: Lukaku, Rashford, Martial, Benzema, Lewandoski, Jamie Vardy, Luis Suarez, Bale, Higuain, Raul Jimenez, Firmino, Erling Haaland, Harry Kane, Mbappe, Jesus, Aubameyang, Cavani, Mohamed Salah, Antoine Griezmann, Aguero; you can add yours. Compare with the top strikers of the 2OOOs: Thierry Henry, Ruud van Nisterlooy, Ronaldo (Brazil), Michael Owen, Didier Drogba, Pippo Inzaghi, Andriy Shevchenko, Raul, David Villa, Adriano, Samuel Etoo, Wayne Rooney, Piero, Trezeguet, Forlan.
If you truly watched football in that period the current crop pales somewhat. Then, there were even better defenders self.

Now if you can't attack you are not considered a good defender, never mind if you are average at defending to start with (Alexander-Trent is a good example) The rules have been changed to allow for easy penalties, so we see more goals and more player protection. Just compare van Dijk, Pepe, Company, Ramos, Maguire, Walker, Godin, Chiellini, Varane, Hummels, Boateng, Marquinhos, Bonucci, Lahm to Maldini, Cafu, Carlos, Thuram, Campbell, Tony Adams, Vidic, Ferdinand, Terry, Taribo West, Puyol, Andrea Barzagli, Maicon, Marco Materazzi, Ivan Cordoba, Gianluca Zambrotta, Javier Zanetti, Ashley Cole, Ricardo Carvalho, Nesta, Jamie Carragher, Gary Neville, Fabio Cannavaro, Ivanovic, Ledley King. What do you see? A sharp decline for me.

How about midfielders: Zidane, Iniesta, Xabi Alonso, Francesco Totti, Kaka, Paul Scholes, Lampard, Gerard, Beckham, Giggs, Ballack, Deco, Cesc Wesley, Makalele, Gattuso, Sneijder, Carrick, Fabregas, Robert Pires, Nedved, Schweinsteiger, Pirlo, Viera, Roy Keane, Okocha, Figo, Francesco Totti, Gerrard, Beckham, Giggs. vs de Bruyne, Pogba, Ivan Rakitic, Kroos, Marchisio, David Silva, Casemiro, Kante, Modric, Busquet; add more o.

Imagine Rashford benching Nistelrooy, Maguire when Vidic dey. Casemiro when Figo/Deco dey.


Do the analysis for keepers and coaches yourself.

Please Ronaldo and Messi are generational talents, hence excluded.

Some players straddle 2 eras (e.g. Ibra) are not included

The list in each group is not exhaustive but representative enough

LastProphet:
He's one of the scammer's top management, any economist will laugh at all the gullibility displayed here. There's nothing like a $700b charity fund anywhere in the world not to mention poor hopeless Africa. But you see the scammer knows how dumb the continent is so he will cash out till he's finally busted

haha

The latest is DAT NGOs have been credited directly, bypassing TELPECON because of the laughable and idiotic excuse that the money is too big for TELPECON account to handle.

Hence some NGOs have received amounts running into several billions of naira, more than what they need for disbursement, just so the grant money leaves CBN.

Once everything is sorted out disbursement will commence.

There is a new ruse grant called OSSEA. It has a ribcracking fable behind it ;

Y'all want d download?

Oboma1:
When is next payment date please, since 22nd and 23rd December were kidnapped by Fulani herdsmen?

Hahaha, bad guy.

The disbursement race restarts 1 Jan 2021. Their faith in this ruse is very strong.

jacyhelen:
May Thunder fire that Eleomama.
2021 is a big year, start to think of what to do with your life and stop hoping on nonsense.

jacyhelen:
May Thunder fire that Eleomama.
2021 is a big year, start to think of what to do with your life and stop hoping on nonsense.

They won't listen, I know them. They sheepishly believe the unthinkable.

This egregious TELEPECON/SEM scam has shown me how ignorant Nigerians are sha.

Yes, confident but ignorant people.

lokzie:
There are a few layers to your question(s), but I’ll attempt to share my knowledge

Due to the movement and position of the sun over the year, different parts of the earth experience different lengths of daylight following the seasons.
The countries closer to the North or South Pole experience these differences more than those close to the Center of the earth (the equator).

This part maybe a little confusing, but is necessary: Conventionally, the earth is viewed a circle (sphere) with 360 degrees. This is the introduction of the idea of longitudes and latitudes (do a little more research if you want a deeper understanding), but it is assumed that every 15 degrees represents 60 mins, therefore if you cross the international dateline from west to east, you gain a whole day. Each of the 24 areas (consisting of 15 degrees) is seen as a time zone.
You know when it comes to time, or the movement of the sun, we think east-west not North-south. Now picture a circle, let’s start from the middle (the part where you can draw the longest horizontal line (diameter) across the circle). If you have the right picture in mind here, you’d notice that dividing that diameter into 24, will give you the biggest single part compared to if you move the line northward or southward and still have to divide it by 24. In Nigeria, I recall comparing sunset times in both Lagos and the east (around the same time), and I think the longest difference I noticed was 30ish minutes. I was probably 9-13yrs old when I may these observations.
So Nigeria falls within a 15degree zone and so we don’t experience drastic differences in daylight durations.

Again the variations are more pronounced away from the equator, northbound or southbound. Canada is the second largest country, after Russia and is in the northern hemisphere. These two reasons makes the variations of daylight or sunlight more pronounced with the seasons, therefore countries such as Canada, US, EU countries, some Asian countries adjust their clocks to maximize the use of the sunlight. In the Spring (March), they ‘Spring forward’ an hour, and in the Fall (last sunday in October in Uk, first Sunday in November- US and Canada), they ‘Fall back’ an hour.

Summary: Different time zones as you move east to west between any two longitude lines- this accounts for the position of the sun as the earth spins round its orbit.

You really know it, man. I am impressed.

Let me add this:

Time zones are human creation.

They are based on longitudes alone o. I have read latitude here.

One variable economist use to categorise countries into developed and developing is


The proportion of income spent on feeding


It's higher in the developing world


Check how much it would require of you to buy chicken, milk, cereals, sea food etc on a regular basis monthly

Even when u don't buy them regularly, feeding still takes a large share

Sailorsoldier1:
Scammer Number 1

Probably not a scammer, just one of those ignorant ones lusting after unrealistic money

Oboma1:
Today is Christmas. Guys are still waiting for disbursement.

MS Server is d way to go. Though not as SQL compliant as Postgresql

Verbatim.

Beneficiaries, aka donors , any alert yet?

Don't worry another SCAM organisation is warming up (doing press up self) to take over from TELPECON next year, in case you guys abandon TELPECON.


Shey una keep money for person hand? For foreign donor hand?

Watch how this line of thought will rent the air soonest: " Even if TELPECON doesn't pay, we will survive; after all we have been surviving well before it. I had to try because there is no harm in trying."

The scammer-in-chief himself, Elomama, is said to have released a voice note. In it he said that TELPECON account hadn't been credited by CBN yet but once it happens disbursement would commence in no time.

Now, watch how they (the scammers) will continue to repeat this line "CBN has not credited us" from now on.

Nevertheless, the ever-gullible donors aka beneficiaries continue to believe that the fake disbursement is still possible this December.

Only CBN can hasten d disintegration of this scam. Even with their intervention, d death could still be slow because of the credulous crowd.

Difrent:
Words on marble

I actually stumbled on this thread while looking for info on telpeco. Like someone observed above, it's trusted people pushing this thing that has made many people fall for it, infact the person that introduced it to me is someone I trusted so I couoeven tell him it's a scam because he has been involved for years and very hopeful of a disbursement,he told me as his guy whom he didn't want to miss the opportunity,but I CAN SMELL THE SCAM FROM MILES AWAY.....go to their whatsapp group and see funny funny comments ,......the only thing the directors are using to keep deceiving them is Religion....you are encouraged to have faith and by the grace of God the grant will be disbursed .....and to make that stick they have been brainwashed that the delay is as a result of spiritual warfare being fought by enemies and enjoined everyone to be prayerful.,,....this was when I knew it is a scam

You are right about that "spiritual warfare" talk.

Thank God you have seen d light, now enlighten others.

I have actually sent a mail to the CBN regarding this seemingly bodacious but hollow grant.

Hallo,

Here's a Dashboard about Nigeria's current debt situation. It offers the following:

1) You can check your state's debt profile
2) Our total public debt
3) You can check how much we spent on debt servicing in Q2, 2020
4) Top/bottom 5 debtor states
5) List of our creditors and what we owe them
6) And much more!

Here's the link to the file:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/757715qmjdh4ytzjk1diz/Nigeria-s-Public-Debt-Stock-as-at-Q2-2020.xlsx?dl=0&rlkey=4lysvn9vaf2ei7ge7jo0uhmdm

Just click the ellipsis button on the right (the . . . button), on the page displayed by the link.

Endeavour to share!

Nice one!

Invest in funds and shares

The World bank just approved our loan request for 1.5 billion dollars, yet some Nigerians still think CBN will transfer billions or trillions to TELPECON to share to Nigerians.

Naija and false hope backed by faith and built on the strong foundation of poverty and ignorance.

berbs:
They have shifted till next year because of the lockdown that is fast approaching.

Really?

Eaglesence:
Gbam!! Nothing remain

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. A bit of scarcity is what makes money money (ECN 101).

Scarcity helps but shouldn't be taken too far.

"CBN to transfer money to TELPECON."

Nothing some meatheads won't believe.

Overself:
Guy submit ur account ooo,nu say I nu tell u. Most of them wei dey bad mouth the whole thing,fit don submit account self.
Dem say make u pay money?....den submit ur ACCOUNT!

Although there is no harm in trying and I quite agree with u; but remember it usually starts that way before money demand enters.

Thought this might help beneficiaries (aka donors)



AN EYE-OPENER.
The objective of this post is to enlighten group
members on some of the strategies used by
fraudsters to sway their victims. I believe
scammers will read this post too; so believe me,
they'll tweak a few things and try to get smarter.
However, if you're smart enough "by their fruits, you
shall know them". Watch out for the following
clues:
1. FAKE ADMINISTRATIVE LOOP
These guys will usually tell you about President,
Vice President, Coordinators, Secretary, Directors,
Volunteer workers Beneficiaries, etc.
These offices are fake. They over-labour most of
these guys, misinform them and leave them with no
other option than to tell every lie possible -just to
give people false hope that the money will be
handy very soon.
2. FLEXIBLE DEADLINES
They'll tell you the closing date for registration is
tomorrow, later you'll be told that you've still got a
chance to be part of the offer by next week. They
may give you stories like: "about 1000 members
are required per cooperative society; we've not had
enough, hence we can't submit our forms to get the
money", bla bla bla.
3. INCONSISTENT CONTACT INFORMATION
If they have web presence, compare the contact on
the form you're given to the contact addresses on
their website. They may not correspond!
Most of them don't have an OFFICIAL
communication channel.
Be informed that only info from their OFFICIAL
address can be used against them in any court of
law, not the ones you get on social media.
What you get on social media are things like "I
heard that... ", "My Coordinator told me that...", "I'm
very sure that... ", Etc.
If there's an OFFICIAL communication link, go their
and verify. If there's none, it goes to show that such
group of people or organization is fake.
4. FAKE SEMINARS
They'll tell u to attend some kind of compulsory
seminar 4 certification -with which u will be given
the "grant". The seminars are usually not free, but at
least N1000 for registration.
5. UNENDING 'STORIES'
Your grant will always be near your reach, but never
visible. Dates will keep changing, so will their
stories be.
These guys keep refining their plans to make their
fraudulent activities very hard to detect.
Share this post with as many persons as u can, to
get them enlightened on d tricks of these
fraudsters.
LET'S WISE UP!



--culled from Facebook

Hammyaladin:
why will he have problem with it!?

The country is just too hard, and breeding kids you can comfortably take care of cannot be over emphasized..

Good point but is one issue the answer?

CalliDora1:
Will find him soonest and he must agree.

Good luck with DAT.

CalliDora1:
He cant have a problem with it cos I'm the one that is going to be carrying the pregnancy, not him.

The stress of taking care and bringing up a child is so much, talk more of four. It will be so overwhelming. I just can't.

You don't think it should be a joint decision? Have u found a guy who's OK with one yet?

CalliDora1:
Nope.

From my childhood days I've always said I'll have only one child. Even my mum used to rebuke me then. My mind is made up on that. One is ok for me.

You dont think your husband will have a problem with this idea. I mean, how many men in this world, and I am talking about the whole world, would be ok with just one issue?

Why one? Any real reason?

CalliDora1:
Waaaat? Three is already a crowd. I'm not doing more than one.

For real? Are u Chinese?

fajanano:
@tplayer what do you mean by, beneficiaries aka donors?

You know na


Those expecting CBN to transfer money to some yobos and bozos.

bibiking7:




I know someone that is into this crap. After trying to convince her to stop looking for free money which she refused. I tried to get proof. This thread is about telpecon (imagine o, the name even ends with con). There is another grant scam, sorry I mean scheme being advertised called Golden bridge. If you check the board of trustees, they are the same people running telpecon. I think when the name don cast, they just rebrand and start all over.
People think they have only spent little. They believe 10k is not too much to risk (atleast na beer I go take am drink las las) but 10k paid by 4 or 5000 people is 50m. People should try and engage themselves with better activities than chasing free money. It's even better to use your money to play sports bet than this crap.

Well said. But beneficiaries, aka donors, won't listen.

Now, the number of AMENS from beneficiaries (aka donors) on Facebook ontop this lie lie grant is more than the number of Nigeria's problems.

You and I know that's no easy feat.

jumpampass:
Please do you have any idea when it's gonna happen? Thanks

Baba, no free money to be shared by those TELPECON bozos.

One of the clowns promoting this scam is telling them to fast 7th and 8th of Dec (6am - 6pm), so that disbursement is not hindered.

Beneficiaries, aka donors, are expecting alert this week.

We shall see.