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PoliticsRe: Atiku Dazzles In New Photos As He Celebrates 74th Birthday by ZooOga: 8:09pm On Nov 25, 2020
i must admit, oga is clean and healthy looking for his age. money gud oo. grin
i go see two NL FP page threads on the former VP today and didn't spot not one of his 4 or 5 wives or side chick concubines celebrating with him. At least Uncle Ned gives his wives some shine.

p.s.
i heard Dubai is the olosho capital of the world. very fine ones at that. wink
SportsRe: The Miami Heat Now Have Seven African Heritage Players On Their NBA Team by ZooOga(op): 1:10am On Nov 25, 2020
Paul Eboua from Cameroon just signed a 10 day try out/exhibition contract.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Eboua

After going undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft, Eboua signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Miami Heat.[20]

Heat prospect Paul Eboua is a TANK

https://twitter.com/HeatNationCom/status/1331380634598715394

SportsRe: The Miami Heat Now Have Seven African Heritage Players On Their NBA Team by ZooOga(op): 1:01am On Nov 25, 2020
Props and and a s/o to the pioneer/trailblazer from Lagos. wink

wink

SportsThe Miami Heat Now Have Seven African Heritage Players On Their NBA Team by ZooOga(op):
This info deserves its own thread! I think this sets a record at the top professional level in either North American basketball or European football.
Pls correct me if incorrect.

The Miami Heat now have six African heritage players on their team, with Giannis Antetokounmpo looking to join soon or next year.

https://www.espn.com/nba/team/roster/_/name/mia/miami-heat

Precious Achiuwa - Nationality: Nigerian

Chris Silva - Gabonese

Kezie Okpala - Nigerian-American

Andre Iguodala - Nigerian American

Edrice Femi "Bam" Adebayo - Nigerian American

Gabriel Nnamdi Vincent - Nigerian American

Victor Oladipo - Nigerian American

SportsRe: The NBA Begins by ZooOga: 12:35am On Nov 25, 2020
The Miami Heat now have six African heritage players on their team, with Giannis Antetokounmpo looking to join soon or next year.

https://www.espn.com/nba/team/roster/_/name/mia/miami-heat

Precious Achiuwa - Nigerian

Chris Silva - Nationality: Gabonese

Kezie Okpala - Nigerian-American

Andre Iguodala - Nigerian American

Edrice Femi "Bam" Adebayo - Nigerian American

Gabriel Nnamdi Vincent - Nigerian American

SportsRe: The NBA Begins by ZooOga: 12:22am On Nov 25, 2020
ZooOga:
BREAKING: Miami Heat expected to give Bam Adebayo close to $200 million contract extension

$200,000,000

The Miami Heat reportedly are extending star Bam Adebayo’s contract. Adebayo, 23, made his first All-Star team this past season. He quickly burst on the scene this past season as Miami’s second-best...
heatnation.com
Giannis Antetokounmpo is reportedly impressed that the Heat paid up front to extend Bam Adebayo now
Giannis Antetokounmpo's feelings about Bam Adebayo extension with Heat
Bam Adebayo, who shares the same agent as Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo, was paid handsomely by the Heat in a max contract extension today.
clutchpoints.com

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by ZooOga: 8:35pm On Nov 24, 2020
grin

SportsRe: The NBA Begins by ZooOga: 7:47pm On Nov 24, 2020
BREAKING: Miami Heat expected to give Bam Adebayo close to $200 million contract extension

$200,000,000

The Miami Heat reportedly are extending star Bam Adebayo’s contract. Adebayo, 23, made his first All-Star team this past season. He quickly burst on the scene this past season as Miami’s second-best...
heatnation.com

PoliticsRe: Salami Panel Report: Fear Grips Magu’s Boys by ZooOga: 6:10pm On Nov 24, 2020
"Although details of the report are yet to be made public by the Presidency, Daily Sun, however, gathered "

abeg, gathered from where? 9ja journalism sef. cheesy
CrimeICYMI: Six Foreigners, Nigerian Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Oil Theft by ZooOga(op): 9:55am On Nov 24, 2020
ICYMI: Six Foreigners, Nigerian Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Oil Theft

https://www.channelstv.com/2020/11/23/six-foreigners-nigerian-sentenced-to-seven-years-in-prison-for-oil-theft/

Akinola Ajibola
Updated November 23, 2020

The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced six foreigners and a Nigerian to seven years imprisonment for oil theft.

Justice Kolawole Omotosho gave the sentence on Monday after three years of prosecution of the convicts by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

They include Mohammed Ejaz and Nasser Khan – Pakistanis; Oleksandr Nazarenko and Oleksandr Kashernvi – Ukrainians; Romeo Annang – Ghanaian, Fredrik Omenu – Indonesian; and David Otuohi – Nigerian.

The convicts were arraigned on Tuesday for oil theft alongside four other persons – Victor Mikpayi (Beninois), Francis Ahorlu and Kwesi Attah (Ghanaians), and Victor Azebiri (Nigerian).

READ ALSO: Court Orders Senator Ndume To Be Remanded In Prison After Failing To Produce Maina

But the four others were discharged and acquitted by the court.

They were all docked alongside a company – Asztral Shipping Corporation SA, and a Vessel, MT. TECNE (also known as MT STAR), on four counts of conspiracy, dealing in petroleum products without a licence and tampering with oil pipelines.

When the charges were read to them, all the defendants pleaded not guilty to them.

Their pleas prepared grounds for their trial that lasted three years during which the EFCC presented evidence and witnesses who testified against the defendants in court.

In his judgment on Monday, Justice Omotosho found the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eleventh defendants guilty of all the four charges and sentenced them to seven years imprisonment, with an option of fine of N2 million each.

According to the court, the sentences run concurrently from their date of arraignment.

On the other hand, the first, eighth, ninth, and tenth defendants were discharged and acquitted on the ground that “they were not linked to the commission of the crime”.

The company involved in the crime – Asztral Shipping Corporation SA – was wound up by the court while the vessel carrying the offensive crude oil was forfeited to the Federal Government.

The suspected oil thieves ran into troubled waters when their ship was intercepted by the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) DELTA on April 25, 2017, at Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Afremo ‘A’ Terminal, South East of Escravos in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State.

The ship was seized for illegal loading of petroleum products suspected to be crude oil.

Members of the crew, according to the EFCC, connived with Victor Azeberi, one Peter Ala, and David Ogoma (who is at large), to siphon about 1905.836 cubic litres of crude oil.

The ship had no clearance from relevant Nigerian maritime agencies to navigate in Nigerian waters and all the foreign crew on board the ship had no valid documents to enter the country.

Count one of the charges read, “That you Victor Azebiri, David Otuhohi, Mohammed Ejaz, Naseer Khan, Oleksandr Nazarenko, Oleksandr Kashernvi, Romeo Annang, Francis Ahorlu, Kwesi Attah, Victor Mikpayi, Frederik Fatin Omenu, Astral Shipping Corporation SA, MT TECNE a.k.a MT STAR (Vessel), Peter Ala (at large), David Ogoma, a.k.a Ambassador (at large) and others now at large, on or about the 20th and/or 25th day of April 2017 at Escravos within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit: distribute, deal in, or with petroleum product without appropriate licence and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 3(6) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act CAP M17 of the Revised Edition (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 2007 and Punishable under Section 1(17) of the same Act”.

Another count read, “That you Victor Azebiri, David Otuhohi, Mohammed Ejaz, Naseer Khan, Oleksandr Nazarenko, Oleksandr Kashernvi, Romeo Annang, Francis Ahorlu, Kwesi Attah, Victor Mikpayi, Frederik Fatin Omenu, Astral Shipping Corporation SA, MT TECNE a.k.a MT STAR (Vessel), Peter Ala (At large), David Ogoma, a.k.a Ambassador (at large) and others now at large, on or about the 25th day of April 2017 at Escravos within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did without appropriate authority or licence distribute, deal in, or with petroleum product to wit:1905.836 cubic litres of crude oil conveyed in a vessel christened “MT TECNE” (VESSEL) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(17) (a) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act CAP M17 of the Revised Edition (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 2007 and Punishable under Section 1(17) of the same Act”.

Foreign AffairsRe: President Trump Scores Two Big Wins – One In Michigan In Pennsylvania by ZooOga: 9:31am On Nov 24, 2020
moving truck spotted at the white house. grin

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by ZooOga: 9:21am On Nov 24, 2020
Progress wink

CrimeRe: CCB To Prosecute Ibrahin Magu Over Dormant Account, Port Harcourt Property by ZooOga: 9:19am On Nov 24, 2020
"According to sources in the know"

hmmm, the unnamed source tingz again?

maybe it's this guy or one of his lackeys.

PoliticsRe: UK E-petitions Debate Relating To Nigeria And The Sanctions Regime by ZooOga(op): 8:52pm On Nov 23, 2020
@GodHatesBigots ... the update. you're welcome in advance.

Politics / Re: #endsars: UK Parliament Debates Sanctions Against Nigerian Govt Officials Nov 23 by ZooOga: 9:27pm On Nov 19
GodHatesBigots:


Parliament meet virtually. The PM does not have to be in attendance. The lock down is not a total lock down like we had earlier in the year.

Thanks.

please update the board when that so-called virtual meeting from their private homes is scheduled to begin. i'd like to listen in on the mentality of the modern day colonialists.

thanks.

https://www.nairaland.com/6265790/endsars-uk-parliament-debates-sanctions/4#96228147
PoliticsUK E-petitions Debate Relating To Nigeria And The Sanctions Regime by ZooOga(op): 8:43pm On Nov 23, 2020
I don't have highlights, just posting for those interested and have data.

E-petitions relating to Nigeria and the sanctions regime - 23rd November 2020


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTKMUEpHWoE
CelebritiesRe: Celebrities Storm Williams Uchemba's Wedding (Photos, Video) by ZooOga: 6:26pm On Nov 22, 2020
Frankcallys:
Athletic, elegant, energetic, beautiful and African

Mhm Mhm mhmmm... My kind of woman! Who is this please? Somebody tell me before I...
i'm guessing a well fed Eva Alordiah. only guessing! many ppl packed on the weight during this lockdown and pandemic.
PoliticsRe: Atiku Abubakar: We Must Exit This Recession With Precision by ZooOga: 5:58pm On Nov 22, 2020
It looks like Dubai is once again his campaign headquarters for 2023. The former VP is getting an early start. wink


Confirmed: Ruto's Trip to Dubai in Photos

https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/59358-confirmed-rutos-trip-dubai-photos

By DENIS MWANGI on 20 November 2020 - 7:49 pm

Kenyans.co.ke can now reveal Deputy President William Ruto’s whereabouts after much speculation on social media.

The online platforms were rife with rumours that DP Ruto had traveled out of the country after a meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday, November 18.

A close source to the county’s second in command disclosed that Ruto met with former Nigeria Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Dubai, UAE, on Friday, November 20.

Among those who accompanied the deputy president was former Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar.

The photo raised confusion as to whether the DP was in Nigeria while online political pundits claimed he was in Dubai.

Kenyans.co.ke can authoritatively report that the meeting took place in Dubai where the Nigerian politician has been living for many years.
Ruto is very active in public engagements and his whereabouts are likely to concern his followers and critics alike.

Kenyans were particularly interested in how the Deputy President would celebrate his wife Rachel's birthday which falls on November 20.

Mama Rachel was also not seen in the photos that emerged of Ruto in Dubai.

By the time of publishing, the DP had not posted a message to his spouse as he was fond of doing in previous years.

“Happy Birthday my lovely wife, best friend, confidant and companion, Mama Rachel. You are the greatest gift of my life, my peerless supporter and a distinguished mother to our lovely children. I am proud of you,” Ruto posted in 2019.

Coincidentally, the deputy president’s birthday falls exactly 31 days after his wife’s on December 21.

PoliticsRe: Tax Super Rich To Save The Poor — Atiku Tells President Buhari by ZooOga: 5:53pm On Nov 22, 2020
The former VP seems to be contesting for 2023 from Dubai. wink

Confirmed: Ruto's Trip to Dubai in Photos

https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/59358-confirmed-rutos-trip-dubai-photos

By DENIS MWANGI on 20 November 2020 - 7:49 pm

Kenyans.co.ke can now reveal Deputy President William Ruto’s whereabouts after much speculation on social media.

The online platforms were rife with rumours that DP Ruto had traveled out of the country after a meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday, November 18.

A close source to the county’s second in command disclosed that Ruto met with former Nigeria Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Dubai, UAE, on Friday, November 20.

Among those who accompanied the deputy president was former Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar.

The photo raised confusion as to whether the DP was in Nigeria while online political pundits claimed he was in Dubai.

Kenyans.co.ke can authoritatively report that the meeting took place in Dubai where the Nigerian politician has been living for many years.
Ruto is very active in public engagements and his whereabouts are likely to concern his followers and critics alike.

Kenyans were particularly interested in how the Deputy President would celebrate his wife Rachel's birthday which falls on November 20.

Mama Rachel was also not seen in the photos that emerged of Ruto in Dubai.

By the time of publishing, the DP had not posted a message to his spouse as he was fond of doing in previous years.

“Happy Birthday my lovely wife, best friend, confidant and companion, Mama Rachel. You are the greatest gift of my life, my peerless supporter and a distinguished mother to our lovely children. I am proud of you,” Ruto posted in 2019.

Coincidentally, the deputy president’s birthday falls exactly 31 days after his wife’s on December 21.

PoliticsRe: Atiku Abubakar: We Must Exit This Recession With Precision by ZooOga: 1:43pm On Nov 22, 2020
guess what ...

Virus has put ‘enormous strain’ on UK economy: minister

https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/22/11/2020/Virus-has-put-enormous-strain-on-UK-economy-minister
PoliticsRe: Atiku Abubakar: We Must Exit This Recession With Precision by ZooOga: 1:20pm On Nov 22, 2020
Oga gotta spread/share the loot, now! forget fancy English and audio policies.

Artikulating 2020-2023 cheesy

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by ZooOga: 12:29pm On Nov 22, 2020
Canadian guy loves his local coons. cheesy

Mobbed by Raccoons (25) Tuesday Night 03 Nov 2020


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofp26_oc4CA&feature=emb_title
PoliticsRe: 2023: Two Ministers Seek Buhari’s Seat by ZooOga: 11:21pm On Nov 21, 2020
Have posters so soon forgotten how well the VP performed when PMB was on extended health leave of absence?

RomanceRe: I'm Not Attracted To Prostitutes; Is It Just Me? by ZooOga: 10:28am On Nov 21, 2020
>>>So many times I had been in the midst of professional sex workers and today being bored I decided to visit one of the nearby hotel and chill out around the swimming pool.

I'm sited with my bottle of Heineken thinking about all the crazy stuff in the world and this particular lady got dancing the normal erotic dance towards my table.

just stop it op, you heard oloshos congregated at that hotel and wanted to get your rocks off but dat Heineken go empty your pocket. grin
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by ZooOga: 1:41am On Nov 21, 2020
PrideofLincoln1:
Donald Trump Jnr just tested positive of Trumpvirus. The cultists are all going down one by one. How dumb can these idiots be to expose themselves to this deadly virus. How many of them have to kick the bucket before they stop worshipping this morbidly obese Pig.
lolz, i'm slow with the scoop again. grin

Donald Trump Jr. Tests Positive for COVID-19, in Quarantine

DONALD TRUMP JR.GETS COVID-19 Currently In Quarantine

https://www.tmz.com/2020/11/20/donald-trump-jr-tests-positive-covid-19-quarantining/

PoliticsRe: UK National Debt Highest Since 1960s After Record October Borrowing by ZooOga(op): 11:05am On Nov 20, 2020
techmo:
UK has enough gold reserves to offset their debt
maybe yes, maybe no.

PoliticsUK National Debt Highest Since 1960s After Record October Borrowing by ZooOga(op): 9:42am On Nov 20, 2020
I keep seeing threads about the UK set to debate sanctions on Nigeria. I think their nation has more than enough to be concerned about right now. There's more charts and info in The Guardian newspaper link.

(#endsars: UK Parliament Debates Sanctions Against Nigerian Govt Officials Nov 23 - Politics - Nairaland
https://www.nairaland.com/6265790/endsars-uk-parliament-debates-sanctions)


UK national debt highest since 1960s after record October borrowing – business live

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2020/nov/20/uk-national-debt-october-borrowing-covid-19-retail-sales-ftse-business-live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Introduction: UK borrowed £22.3bn last month, an October record
National debt now 100.8% of GDP, not seen since the early 1960s

After seven months of this financial year, the UK has now borrowed more than in the year after the financial crisis.

The record-breaking £214.9bn borrowed in April-October already exceeds the £157.7bn borrowed in 2009-2010 after the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

'In the coming months, substantial additional sums will need to be borrowed. But what matters more than the height of borrowing this year is the extent to which it remains elevated in years to come,' says Research Economist Isabel Stockton.
2:45 AM · Nov 20, 2020

National debt now highest since 1960s
Britain’s national debt, as a share of the economy, is at its highest since the early 1960s.

October’s borrowing has pushed public sector net debt to around £2,076.8bn, the ONS reports, or around 100.8% of gross domestic product (GDP).
That debt-to-GDP ratio is now at levels last seen since the 1960-61 financial year, when Harold Macmillan was prime minister and Britain was paying down the debt incurred in the second world war.

The ONS explains:

The extra funding required to support government coronavirus support schemes combined with reduced cash receipts and a fall in gross domestic product (GDP) have all helped push public sector net debt as a ratio of GDP to levels last seen in the early 1960s.

Introduction: UK borrowing hits £22.3bn in October
Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business.

Britain has racked up another month of record-breaking borrowing, as the cost of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to mount.

The latest public finances, just released, show that the UK borrowed £22.3bn in October to balance the books, around £10.8bn more than a year ago.

That’s the highest October borrowing figure on record, and the sixth-highest borrowing in any month since monthly records began in 1993 (beaten only by April, May, June, August and September this year).

But, it’s well below the £35.2bn which City economists forecast, and lower than September’s £28.6bn [which has been revised down]. Even so, borrowing is heading towards record levels:

The Office for National Statistics report that tax receipts fell last month, while the pandemic continued to push up government spending:

Central government tax receipts are estimated to have been £39.7 billion in October 2020 (on a national accounts basis), £2.7 billion less than in October 2019, with falls in Value Added Tax (VAT), Business Rates and Pay As You Earn (PAYE) income tax.

Central government bodies are estimated to have spent £71.3 billion on day-to-day activities (current expenditure) in October 2020, £6.4 billion more than in October 2019; this growth includes £1.3 billion in Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and £0.3 billion in Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) payments.
Since April, public sector net borrowing has reached £214.9bn -- the highest public sector borrowing in any April to October period since records began in 1993.

The news comes as the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, prepared to announce a renewed squeeze on public sector pay in next week’s government spending review, as part of a Whitehall savings drive to tackle record levels of government borrowing incurred during the crisis.

As our story explains:

It is understood that NHS staff, including doctors and nurses, will be exempt from the renewed period of restraint to avoid triggering an angry public backlash as a result of the frontline role played by healthcare workers during the pandemic.

However, unions warned a renewed pay freeze elsewhere would still come as a kick in the teeth for staff after Boris Johnson had promised to bring austerity to an end before the 2019 election, and as millions of key workers continue to keep the country going through the health emergency.

SportsRe: The Miami Heat Draft Port Harcourt Native Precious Achiuwa Into The NBA by ZooOga(op): 10:38pm On Nov 19, 2020
Precious Achiuwa Reacts To Getting Drafted By Miami Heat

13,900 views•Nov 18, 2020


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAp3E_e8ZYY
PoliticsRe: #endsars: UK Parliament Debates Sanctions Against Nigerian Govt Officials Nov 23 by ZooOga: 9:27pm On Nov 19, 2020
GodHatesBigots:
Parliament meet virtually. The PM does not have to be in attendance. The lock down is not a total lock down like we had earlier in the year.

Thanks.
please update the board when that so-called virtual meeting from their private homes is scheduled to begin. i'd like to listen in on the mentality of the modern day colonialists.

thanks.
PoliticsRe: #endsars: UK Parliament Debates Sanctions Against Nigerian Govt Officials Nov 23 by ZooOga: 8:08pm On Nov 19, 2020
"In an email sent to one of the individuals (name withheld)"

carefully crafted fake news. i'm not go count the amount of bait sallowers in this thread. grin

UK is on lockdown and the PM is in isolation again.
RomanceRe: Ned Nwoko Teaches Regina Daniels How To Shoot A Gun (Video) by ZooOga: 7:45pm On Nov 19, 2020
i see uncle Ned has the guys on duty. wink

a must have for all licensed and fully trained compound security staff, and small villages to handle bold armed robbers, B.H. and crazy herdsmen.

BLACK ACES TACTICAL BULLPUP PUMP SHOTGUN BATBPPBLK

https://atlanticfirearms.com/products/black-aces-bullpup-pump-shotgun-BATBPPBLK-702706998048


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBmALBFM69Y

PoliticsBuhari Lauds Jonathan For Helping To Restore Peace In Mali by ZooOga(op): 9:34am On Nov 19, 2020
Buhari Lauds Jonathan For Helping To Restore Peace In Mali


Channels Television
Updated November 19, 2020

File: Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and President Muhammadu Buhari


President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday congratulated his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, on the occasion of the latter’s 63rd birthday.

The president’s felicitations were contained in a statement signed by his spokesman, Femi Adesina.

He thanked Jonathan for his service to the country and the African continent, including his work in helping to restore calm to the Republic of Mali after a military coup earlier this year.

“On behalf of the Federal Government and Nigerians in general, President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with former President Goodluck Jonathan on his 63rd birthday, November 20, 2020, congratulating him for a life of service that has brought honour and goodwill to the country,” the statemnt said.

“The President notes, with appreciation, the peculiar and remarkable climb of the former president on Nigeria’s political ladder, and dedication that has kept him working most recently as ECOWAS envoy to bring peace to the Republic of Mali.

“As the former Nigerian President turns 63, President Buhari prays that the Almighty God will grant Dr Jonathan longer life, good health and more wisdom to keep serving the nation and humanity.”
https://www.channelstv.com/2020/11/19/buhari-lauds-jonathan-for-helping-to-restore-peace-in-mali/

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by ZooOga: 9:30am On Nov 19, 2020
do y'll remember when he stayed up for 3 days in the beginning of this month? cheesy

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