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Madrid's policy of buying galaticos may not be sustainable. Truth more players are getting expensive and the good ones are getting fewer by the day.

Why not invest in your academy, this is just reasonable for more profit and sustainability.

There is so much more to bringing jn academy players, I play football manager alot, I enjoy using my reserves and academy alot. Potentials they dey well. Just invest big time in your academy, they will leaern together quickly too.

Madrid's policy of buying galaticos may not be sustainable. Truth more players are getting expensive and the good ones are getting fewer by the day.

Why not invest in your academy, this is just reasonable for more profit and sustainability.

jospepper:
Promise and fail is a sin

NOTE: This post is a general advice to all of us on the power of a promise. It's not directed against the First Lady.


On a bitterly cold night, a billionaire was walking through the streets when he encountered an old, poor man shivering in the cold. The billionaire, dressed in his warm, luxurious coat, couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for the man. He approached him and asked, "Don't you feel cold being outside without a coat?"

The old man looked up, his eyes reflecting years of hardship and resilience. "I don't have a coat," he replied, "but I've gotten used to the cold."

The billionaire, moved by the man's plight, said, "Wait here. I'll go inside my house and bring you a coat." The old man's face lit up with hope and gratitude. "Thank you," he said, "I'll wait for you."

The billionaire hurried into his grand mansion, intending to fetch a coat for the old man. However, once inside, he got distracted by the warmth and comfort of his home. He became engrossed in his evening routine, enjoying a hot meal and the company of his family. The promise he made to the old man slipped from his mind.

The night grew colder, and the old man waited patiently outside, his hope keeping him warm. Hours passed, and the cold began to seep into his bones. He clung to the promise of the coat, believing that help was on its way. But as the night wore on, his strength waned, and he succumbed to the freezing temperatures.

In the morning, the billionaire remembered the old man and rushed outside, only to find him lifeless on the ground. A note was clutched in the old man's hand. It read, "When I didn't have any warm clothes, I had the power to fight the cold because I was used to it. But when you promised me help, I got attached to your promise, and that took away my power to resist."

The billionaire was struck with a profound sense of guilt and sorrow. He realized that his well-intentioned promise had inadvertently caused the old man's demise. The promise, which had meant little to him, had meant everything to the old man.

While a promise might seem insignificant to you, it could mean the world to someone else.

https://www./bitterly-cold-night-billionaire-walking-through-streets-rk-glylc/

I read this story on quora two days ago. Well done chap!

360degreess:
Where are the saner clowns?Many Africans especially Nigerians think that when they travel out to all these developed countries they won't die again.They feel they will definitely grow to old age,but every time we keep hearing how some of them are been killed in the same "insecurity free" countries.So the good roads, good health care systems, stable electricity,..etc cannot stop them from dying?..

If I talk one mod fit ban me but abeg try write what you just type with pen and read aloud in your room. I wan check something

Obi for me doesn't necessarily mean change, he won't be the change but I see him as a factor X, a common variable that will indirectly influence and pave the way for the right ones. Before Jesus came, there had to be a John Baptist. Obi might just be our John Baptist.

If I talk one mod go ban me, so let me hold my peace

All I read is that the US government have been given a bargaining chip what it would be used for is what I wonder about

bukatyne:
@bold:



Imagine Davido inviting Chef Ramsey or another worldclass chef to invent a meal for her.

Or if she has a Nigerian / Instagram chef she loves, invite them over to make/invent a meal for her.

To have money to spend is one thing; to have emotions to spend is another.

Happy Birthday Chioma.

I am telling you, For me Big D can gift anyone that car. I think gifts worth isn't just in the expenses but like we have agreed, emotions have to be in it.

You gave a good mention. Thank you @bukatyne

No one should attack me here


Clearly this gift is worth it. But I always get this idea that gifting a car, house or something to someone like a spouse is just an uninteresting show of affection.

Honestly, I think for a woman who knows she could simply ask and still get that car on every other day. You as a spouse have to be on your toes when it comes to gifts.

I take a cue from very successful and wealthy people in the western world, birthdays, weddings, celebrations are intimacy focused. They are not a show of how much money one can throw around at a go but rather how much can I do to show her or him I really love them, how important they are and always think of them.

Sometimes the simplest things in a relationship hold the biggest and most impactful meanings to women and men.

I remember how my lady got me a slippers, I never knew she had noticed for some time i was struggling with mine due to the new environment. She got me those slippers and till date, I still remember how nice it felt. She has forgotten about it. But i know i would never forget it.

Gifts have to carry more meaning than expense in relationships. For me, my woman, my kids. For me, each celebration has to be more than just a show of money.

Is chioma pleased with it?
Did she need a new car after of course she has more around to go in?


Some women would prefer a good dinner or single day with their lovers alone than all the gifts they can be given.

I have been on date with my woman on my low pay when all we have is a bottle of coke and a meat pie and we talk so much about everything and laugh over it that we want to do it again.


An idea

Chioma enjoys cooking, i know this for sure. How about bringing in some kids or friends and all. Surprise her with something that interest her personally. What would get her emotionally invested. How about invite some world class chefs and they get to team up and cook a special for everyone of her friends you secret invite from all over the world. Imagine that! Your gifts have to make an emotional statement not just a financial statement


Me as a billionaire in the making, i look forward to celebrations of my wife and kids and those close to me. Its not an advert to get the media restless and hung on. Its about the person I am celebrating and letting them know how much they mean to me. Thank you

Wordson:
u are right. Do u believe I didn't even SEE what u saw in my statement till now. Guy, u Sabi see gold inside trash can oo.. .
Impressive!!

Lol, I thought so too. That was a good pun you made there literally unintended lol well done chief

Wordson:
Na true na my brother.. na counter attack they won use finish Barca. Defend and counter was the logic.

They came to prove a point and they took a point home!

Courter attack was good but dimarco didn't impress me at all today. He was not in the game

There were a number of inconsistent players on the inter team today
They were
Dimarco
Martinez
Chanoglu

These three players are very important for inter Milan's forward assault. They didn't give us the intensity. Especially dimarco who could just not decide what to do with lamal to be honest I would as a coach moved him out in the first half. He was just nowhere at all.

Wordson:
This game is very exhilarating and intriguing..
What a match?!
Inter Came here to prove a point and Barca was catching up all thru the match though they almost nicked it at dying mins..

Nice game! Barca should brace up ooo
Second leg might just be their demise

However, Great game!!

Inter Came here to prove a POINT

I see what you did there, lol nice one

bigpicture001:
My problem with all of them is that non of them seem to be focusing on the tools tinubu has set in place help him rig/win

If the entire country does not pressure NASS into electoral reform where it will b stated that IREV result is final ND authentic results ... The. The INEC will continue to read out fictional and fabricated results on national t. V show ... Results which does not coroborate with any other result from the source...

That is where the primary problem is

Very true. This would be a game changer truly. Well spoken.

I don't know about this but let me use myself as an example.

So it happens I like women alot. I appreciate their beauty in and out and I want to have girls when I have kids.. Four girls. Lol anyways my girl knows this. I told her. I feel this is important so she understands this part of me. And has learnt to trust me that even though I am all flesh and bone and a man I have limits and know my limits to appreciating a woman's beauty

We have been together for 3 years, we are not intimate. So yeah it is 3 years without the other story. We are saving up.

What I have learnt in this 3 years is companionship and trust and real love.

Sex is one of many love languages before I met this my woman, it was the only language i could depend on to express my self. But now I realize it's one of the least but overhyped languages.

I think people cheat generally when they have been unable to find other ways to express themselves other than sex. The act is intense, passion and all but it doesn't last long. Its like a drug fix. A cheap escape or relief. AND if there is one thing i know about drugs is that, they come in different shapes and sizes and effect which is why men and women sought out for others
That's my opinion

InDiscov500:
Things My Eyes Saw In Dubai (Part One)

If any of your sister tell you she is going to Dubai ensure to vet her thoroughly, also; if a lady or any friend of her who lives there and is flashing luxury is the one taking her to Dubai just know your sister is going to suffer there and i will explain;

Most of these vvomen that are already in Dubai get paid by rich arab men to traffik girls to Dubai for them, most times through their personal assistants and the vvoman or girl will fly down to Nigeria to look for who to deceive claiming she wants to help her leave Nigeria and the jakpa syndrome is killing many especially our youths and anyone that gets the opportunity of being taken out of Nigeria doesn't think twice about the offer and jumps on it without thinking or asking questions, believe indiscov;

When she succeeds in taking her to Dubai next is to link her up with the Arab man's personal assistant who will now expose her to luxury and then state their demands and if she refuses they will threaten her to pay back all they spent, Dubai is not like Nigeria and if she gets put in closed doors it's the end of road for her; she will be made a segx slave; before i dive into the full details, pay attention.

Most Nigerian girls and other African vvomen living in Dubai are doing slavery, majority of them are trafficked to that country, 95% of Nigerian girls in Dubai are doing prvstittvtion and worse is the horrible things they do to earn crumbs.

Most arab rich men are perverts, most them have dirty fantasies and i will explain,

The personal assistant to the rich Arab will spend lavishly on her by taking her out, she will shop anything she likes and at the end of the day she'll return and prepare herself for the arab man,

Most times she will be meeting one arab man whole sometimes she will meet up to 5 arab men and they will all take turns on her, some of the arabs will insert different objects into her kpekus, flog her, tie her up, gag her, all of them will ejaaaculate into her mouth, some will pipe her without rubbers, they mostly pooop 💩 into her mouth and force her to eat it and ofcourse what do you expect after they have spent 5,000 to 20,000 dollars on you to afford you all those expensive clothes and luxuries.

Some of the arab men will bring out their dog or lion and ask her to have segx with it, some of them will just film her and sell the video to dark webs where other rich men having fun will buy the video and watch it, the girl will be piped by the dog,

She will sus-ck the dog's preeq and do anything they asked with the dog and whenever they're done having fun they will leave and ask their assistants to see her then clean the mess, don't doubt indiscov this is fact, i have witnessed one myself through one of my friend who is from Dubai the last time i visited Dubai for my holiday, i was shocked.

Part 2 of things my eyes saw in Dubai will drop tomorrow so stay tuned, Kindly follow Indiscov for more and don't forget to share this post to create awareness for those our Nigerian sisters planning to relocate to Dubai, they're going there for prvstittvtion, there's no good paying job there.

The only jobs you can do there is menial jobs, odd jobs that comes with obscene stress and you will earn less, they share bed space there unlike in Europe that you rent apartment and live only you, in Dubai up to 10 people stays in the same apartment and they share bed space, it's more like prison; this is why some of my clients that came to me for visa if any of them mentions Dubai i just tell them we don't do Visa to Dubai not because we don't but i can't send anyone's child to that country.

Don't allow any of your sister, daughter or niece to go to that country, anything Arab country isn't advisable because she is going there to suffer and believe me at the end of the day she may go into aashawo work fully, on the next part of this expository i am going to throw more light to things i saw and what is happening there.

Watch out for part2
Sermons over!

This is old story bro, find something new. I haven't heard you tell us what exactly you saw

Judolisco:
my thinking is colonial yet u see no problem with govs manipulating elections.... Because I disagree with obi now makes me obsessed? U think I'm like you that swallows everything a politician said hook, line and sinker?

I said what did obi do differently in education-u said its a federal responsibility, I said fine.
Local government elections is a state responsibility :what did obi do differently that Malaysia could copy from, you said 99% of governors rig elections.....
So u see that you guys will go to any lengths to defend politicians even if they're saying absolutely rubbish

this discussion ended yesterday when you failed to give me a corresponding amswer in time..remember what I said about wisdom?it is knowing when and to whom to speak with at all time..Guy go rest your case. You have nothing to say. Don't bother quoting me.

Antwan9:
This guy will have a deeper insight into death than most of us.

Surviving what killed a fellow in your same space and time isn't any small experience.

I had one some time ago, I was very sick and was on oxygen life support for a week and half. The guy i shared the ward with was much better ,when i started getting better he was already up and going .we cracked jokes whenever his sister was around. He was scheduled to be discharged before. The morning he died before my eyes I still remember it. No sign, nothing. Man just started wheezing and like play doctors started rushing and next thing i know..mans gone.

I remember going home after I recovered and I was crying my eyes out. No one knew why but I saw something that made me really cherish life...death!

Judolisco:
asking potential university students to be present at exam centres is torture? yet you line up at the American embassy with d same children by 5am...
U said cbt is not progress and cctv camera isn't progress.... Haaa... We were trekking before and it took a while before cars came into Nigeria, people like you refused to see the introduction of automobiles as progress and a necessary means of transportation because the whites were already flying.....


So returning the schs to missionaries is a global best practice? U said anambra was first in Waec during obi's tenure, and Abia State under Theodore orji was second.... So orji was also a very good governor.....

If I ask you how obi conducted local government elections now in anambra, you will say I'm deflecting, the type of election obi conducted in anambra is what India and Indonesia are currently using, infact obi gave them the template

You're embarrassing yourself badly, and I’ll explain with facts:

1. First, comparing students writing exams to families at an embassy chasing visas shows you completely miss the point.


Embassies operate on limited slots for international travel.

National exam bodies, like JAMB, control their own structure — they set the rules, allocate centers, schedule times.
CBT exams are organized by us, for us.
If Nigerian children suffer there, it’s pure wickedness and incompetence, not inevitability.


Nobody is forced to line up for hours in functional countries for an internal university exam.
Stop defending the indefensible.


2. Second, you still don't understand what progress is:

CBT and CCTV by themselves are tools.

Progress is not about importing technology; it's about human-centered system design.

India runs CBT for over 20 million students yearly (JEE Mains, NEET), but students are assigned staggered times, verified BEFORE exam day, and NO ONE stands outside for hours.


Your thinking is colonial:
"As long as it looks modern, it must be progress."
Rubbish.

If you install an ATM in a desert where people queue under the sun for days to withdraw cash — is that progress? No. That’s stupidity with computers.


3. Third, returning schools to missionaries IS recognized globally as best practice.



UNICEF, World Bank, and UNESCO reports advocate for public-private partnerships in education — including returning mismanaged schools to original owners who can run them efficiently, with government support.

Peter Obi’s model was even studied at policy summits in Nigeria.
(Source: UNICEF Nigeria Education Sector Analysis 2015.)


You think you’re mocking? You’re exposing your ignorance.


4. Fourth, dragging Theodore Orji into this is laughable.
Yes, Abia ranked well — because even accidental good outcomes can happen when states follow minimum standards.
But governance is more than exam results:

Obi left behind $500 million (cash and investment) for Anambra.

Theodore Orji left behind piles of unpaid salaries, debt, and decay.


Don’t compare a Ferrari to a danfo bus just because both move.


5. Fifth, you brought up local government elections to deflect because you lost the education argument.


Reality check:

99.99999% of Nigerian governors (across all parties) manipulate local elections.

JAMB problems, CBT mismanagement, and children fainting at centers are happening TODAY under the Federal Government — the people constitutionally in charge of education policy at that level.


Your obsession with Obi cannot wash off the criminal wickedness Nigerian children are facing RIGHT NOW.

Meanwhile on the front page : jamb candidate escapes ghastly accident.

https://www.nairaland.com/8410167/jamb-candidate-survives-ghastly-keke

fredie107:
This is baseless. This same kids you are defending roam the streets in the night and even come home late. So why is 6:30am a problem?

If the system failed to protect them at night, does that justify exposing them to even more danger early in the morning? Two wrongs don't make a right. Responsible governance fixes problems — it doesn't create new ones to cover old failures. Know what you say and if you don't off your internet for a while.

Judolisco:
I asked what are the better ways sir... I'm waiting

The problem is not that children have to wake early. It’s that poor system design forces children into inhumane, unnecessary hardship — just for basic education.

Peter Obi’s point is global best practice: Good governance means removing avoidable suffering in education, not normalizing it like Abuja and other badly-run places.

FACTS from other countries:

1. Brazil (population 215 million):

Introduced decentralized neighborhood schooling — children attend public schools within walking distance of their homes.

Biometrics for exams were done at registration weeks, not on exam day, to avoid congestion.


2. India (population 1.4 billion, worse traffic than Abuja):

Major cities like Bangalore and Mumbai operate staggered school hours and zoned schooling to cut down early-morning madness.

Biometric data is captured during admission and verified digitally before exams — NO need for long queues before writing papers.


3. Indonesia (population 276 million):

Jakarta schools use a unified student number; NO daily biometric drama before exams.

Schools operate split sessions (morning/afternoon shifts) to prevent overcrowding and stress.



Meanwhile, in Abuja (and sadly most of Nigeria), a failed model is normalized:

Long commutes.

Biometrics done under exam pressure.

Children treated like laborers, not learners.

Peter Obi isn’t "blabbing."
He’s raising a basic governance failure that smarter countries with bigger populations have already solved.

Calling legitimate complaints about children's welfare

"petty" is exactly why Nigeria underperforms globally.


Leadership is not about boasting population numbers — it’s about managing human beings with dignity, especially the young.

Judolisco:
I knw but a country like Nigeria with 200million people... What are the better ways? Obi is jst being petty... Sch resumes by 7:30 in Abuja... And the school bus is at your house around 7am...so d child must have been ready for sch around 6:30....so I don't know what obi is blabbing about

This is nonsense, pure nonsense. You didn't have to waste that 2kb to type this nonsense. What a waste!

psalmsjob:
Which quality of education can the existing schools he met provide to the number of schooling age children produced each year of his 8 years as governor?

How much was he able to save for future generations after just 10 years?

An investment which the current governor Soludo says is next to nothing after 8 years that he left office is not an investment to deny children from have access to going to school.?

Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State who was governor at the same time with Peter Obi under the original Labour Party when Peter Obi was governor built mega schools in almost every community which are still performing till today.

Like I have told you people several times already,; talk like this one you gave is very cheap but action speaks louder than talk.

Your last paragraph shows your hypocrisy because Tinubu is repairing the broken foundation of Nigeria as he met it now but you people said he is not doing anything yet use that same argument to defend a man who couldn't build any school and hospital for 8 years that he was governor is shameful and indefensible. I rather respect you if you admit he failed in that but would make amend rather than make this cheap sensational argument to defend him. I don't hate the man Peter Obi but I hate that he did nothing while he was governor to deserve my support as long as he keeps saying he did well because he obviously didn't cut any tape apart from a beer factory that has also almost collapsed if not collapsed already

Let’s end the nonsense of yours with verified facts, I don't argue without doing my due diligence:

1. WAEC Records:

Before Peter Obi (2006), Anambra was ranked 26th in WAEC national results. After reforms under Obi, Anambra became No. 1 in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
Source: WAEC Annual Reports, available 2011–2014; confirmed by WAEC Registrar interview, 2015.
He focused on quality, not show — unlike politicians obsessed with empty mega structures.

Obi's reforms produced the best educational performance in Nigeria — verified by WAEC and UNICEF, not beer parlour gossip.

If building empty mega schools is your idea of leadership, then you are defending monuments, not governance.



2. UNICEF Reports:

UNICEF 2013 report ( "Basic Education Sector Analysis in Nigeria" )
highlighted Anambra State under Obi as a model of effective school management and community engagement.
Instead of wasting funds on white elephant projects, Obi returned schools to missions, provided grants, and retrained teachers.
Source: UNICEF Nigeria, Education Report 2013, pp. 47–49.

3. Savings for Future Generations:

Obi left ₦75 billion cash:
$156 million (foreign bonds: Eurobond investments).
₦11 billion in Nigerian banks.
ZERO debt left for his successor.
Sources: Official Handover Note 2014; corroborated by Access Bank, Fidelity Bank, Diamond Bank.

4. Infrastructure:

700 km of quality roads linking schools, hospitals, and rural markets.
Built/renovated 1,000+ classroom blocks.
Source: Anambra State Ministry of Works, 2014 Completion Reports.)

I can go on but drink water on that, if you are valid, state yours and lets talk.


If the argument is based on buildings, then a billionaire who builds one empty "mega school" has done more than a man who trains 1,000 teachers?
Substance beats show every time.


Judging a leader by the number of tapes cut is intellectual laziness. Get off the internet for a while and go seek knowledge.

newnigerdelta1:
Don't Dem have guardians or parents to take them their abi na only the children enrolled them selves. You love finding faults o.or is it jamb that made you lose election

Saying this in a country like this and at a time like this , shows how much you have lost touch with reality in the country. A country where even the parents and guardians are not safe enough to go on the roads.

Do you realize how much grace and mercy goes for anyone to ply the nigeria roads unharmed?

psalmsjob:
But he didn't have the conscience or vision to build a single school nursery, primary or secondary or tertiary schools as governor of Anambra state for 8 years that he was governor. Such a person can only be presidential candidate of shallow minded people

It is important to approach leadership evaluation with depth and fairness rather than surface-level conclusions. The claim that Peter Obi "did not build a single school" during his 8 years as governor of Anambra State oversimplifies and misrepresents his legacy.

Good governance is not measured solely by the number of new buildings constructed but by the overall improvement in systems, standards, and outcomes. Under Peter Obi’s administration, Anambra State moved from near-bottom to top positions in national education rankings. His government prioritized rehabilitating and equipping existing schools, returning mission schools to their original owners (churches), and partnering with them for better management. This policy led to dramatic improvements in student performance, discipline, and moral standards — a more sustainable approach than merely constructing new structures without systemic change.

Moreover, Peter Obi's strategy was rooted in efficiency, accountability, and value-driven investment, ensuring that every kobo spent had visible results. Instead of erecting abandoned or substandard projects to score political points, he focused on strengthening existing institutions, paying off huge state debts, and saving billions for future generations — an incredibly rare achievement among Nigerian politicians.

Thus, dismissing his vision and conscience based solely on the physical absence of new school buildings shows a shallow understanding of effective governance. Leadership should not be judged by the number of ribbon-cutting ceremonies held but by the quality, sustainability, and real impact of policies enacted.

A truly wise electorate seeks leaders who fix broken foundations, not those who decorate collapsing houses.

So Jamb just openly admitted Obi was right. Lol whoever was handling that handle should have kept shut on this matter. They have shot them selves metaphorically on the leg on this case. Wisdom is not the abundance of what to say and how to say it, it is when and to whom to say it to.

Set a task force, go into details accounts of the witnesses, where were they picked up. Where were they dropped. Ensure victims give you idea of there kind of outfits to create a criminal profile.
Get into details, he has a face right? The cab, color and all,little minute details are very important. Create a criminal profile. I am guessing he is serial rapist. Then he would have a pattern, probably previous cases.. Find out other people who have had cases like robbery and rape especially sex workers not necessarily in cab but in those areas, find a routine, pattern.

If you can discover this. You are half way there. The answer lies with the witnesses. This criminal can be apprehended. Once again, be conscious, take a Pic of the cab license sometimes i do it unconsciously. Sometimes i make bluff calls in the car or areas. This helps too keep them on their feet.

Naturally when things like this happen, women want to simply forget and lock out the incident it becomes hard to remember details. Later on. Things become hard to remember. Kindly ensure to report as it happens. I remember a story of girl who was kidnapped and raped. When she was released. She went to the police exactly like that. With his biological material still in her. And finger prints and all. She remembered every thing from car, house to behavior. They caught the guy quickly.

Like play like play, half loaf don better pass none wow

Konquest:
Well said.

Indeed, besides, folks in the two countries of India and Pakistan share some of the same people by ethnicity. There are Bengali people who are largely in Bangladesh and in Northern India as well. It's simply religion that LARGELY separated India, Pakistan and Bangladesh into distinct countries overtime from the original British India in 1947.

Very correct, me I always see them as a husband and wife. They won't be anything. Trust me. Lets focus our attention somewhere else

Konquest:
There will be NO outright nuclear war between both countries.

These guys from the Indian Subcontinent have been intermittently on one another's jugulars for decades now despite being both nuclears powers BUT NO nukes have been fired till date. The nukes are simply meant to serve as a source of deterrence. Period.

My point exactly, even far worse crisis have come and gone, some swept under the carpet for peace to reign. India and Pakistan can start a war but they can't sustain it hence why they won't start it in the first place.

They are like an husband and wife who quarrel at the market place for all to see but go home to settle it.