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'The Book' is breaking sales records!


Los Angeles Times
@latimes
This afternoon
Mary Trump’s book sells 950,000 on first day, sets publisher’s record
The memoir about life in the Trump family and its effects on the psyche of the current commander in chief sold 950,000 copies through Tuesday, the book’s first day of sales.

heendrix:
But is an Ex President still entitled to a presidential jets fleet?

ppl underestimate the important history dem forged between themselves and for the nation. true statesmen like maturity for democracy.

ODJ124:
Enemies of progress..... everywhere...
Why would one want the downfall of a company here or she works in.. it's absurd..

Many are calling President Trump's supporters a cult. I joke you not!
Twitter has recently reeled in some of his tweets.

I feel you PMB. :

Sammy07:
Pls, what is this?
Lassa Fever in 2020
foreign travels to where
stakeholders engagement

Maybe if a Fulani man head NDDC, our brain go reset.

What's the usefulness of those Niger Delta militants, can't they just go to NDDC headquarters and bomb them?

I dey vex self

you know the drill. it is what it is.

Chika Ike Unveils New Office And Studio In Lekki (video) - Celebrities - Nairaland

https://www.nairaland.com/5993435/chika-ike-unveils-new-office

I'm amazed mr man doesn't have Baba Fashola's private number to inform him.

Federal Ministry of Works & Housing

#FGAtWORK… Next Level Agenda - Daily Progress Report (Sunday 12th July, 2020) : Ongoing Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Expansion Works on Lagos – Ibadan Expressway Section 1 (Lagos – Shagamu) : Casting of Pile Cap at KM 16+540 (MFM Axis). pic.twitter.com/CvDTdAglco

— Federal Ministry of Works (@FMWNIG) July 13, 2020

I was shocked when I read dis thread recently

The House Malami Built For Abdulaziz, His Son In Pictures - Sahara Reporters - Politics - Nairaland

https://www.nairaland.com/5988689/house-malami-built-abdulaziz-son

brand new house and new Mercedes Benz.

SweetCunt97:
You crybabies should go listen to Bill Withers song "Lean On Me" and be wise. Generation on mature responsible men is fast eroding unfortunately.

true talk Bae but lot of these young bbnaija generation (no class nor home training) babes be in that fast money materialistic, olosho mindset.

dem wanna get paid fast then leave to go visit the next simp/sucker.

THEN LEAVE (Official Video) - Beatking feat. Queendome Come (Directed by og_visions)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqlw8iQeTHs

Originality007:
God bless Israel

A few years ago they were blessing themselves with mountains of cocaine.

Israel Becomes Major Hub in the International Cocaine Trade, Abuse Rising
Number of cocaine users in Israel has doubled in recent years and the Israel Police reports that Israeli criminals have joined hands with the cartels.

By Yaniv Kubovich Published on 19.10.2013

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-turns-into-cocaine-trade-hub-1.5276110

Bristol
The day Bristol woke up to a new statue
City responds to guerrilla installation of sculpture inspired by the day the Colston statue fell

Marc Quinn’s BLM statue divides art world

Archie Bland

Wed 15 Jul 2020 14.57 EDT Last modified on Wed 15 Jul 2020 16.20 EDT


When Bristol went to bed on Tuesday night, the question was theoretical: what should replace the toppled statue of the slave trader Edward Colston?

When it woke up, the answer was concrete – or, at least, resin and steel. Just before 5am, a team directed by the artist Marc Quinn had swiftly and almost silently installed a sculpture of a Black Lives Matter activist, Jen Reid, and driven away.

Shortly after the vehicles left, a gaggle of photographers surrounded Reid, who stood with her fist in the air, echoing the picture from the day Colston fell that had inspired the piece.

“It’s just incredible,” she said of the artwork that felt like an ambush. “That’s pretty fucking ballsy, that it is.”

But in offering an answer to one problem, Quinn and Reid presented Bristol’s mayor, Marvin Rees, with another one. The installation of the new statue, unsanctioned by the council, was not how the Colston conundrum was supposed to be resolved, Rees told the local community radio station BCfm a couple of hours later.

“The subject matter is powerful, a local voice, a remarkable woman being represented,” he said. “All that is fantastic. But Bristol is a very delicately balanced city. A fractured city. So the process is really important, and this hasn’t really worked with the process.”

Despite Rees’s reservations, the statue of Reid – titled “A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020” – now had the same advantage that the Colston one had held for more than a century: it was there.

“It almost feels like it’s been there forever,” said Quinn. “It gets under the skin before you understand what it is.”

And, as the Colston case proved, the criteria for taking down a public sculpture turn out to be very different to those for putting it up.

Reid, a Bristolian, said it had been difficult to keep the secret from friends and family. “When friends say ‘I’ll see you later’, I think … yeah, you will!”

Her daughter Leila, Gazing up at her mother’s avatar a little later, shook her head and laughed. “It is incredible seeing it,” she said. “It’s surreal. From the kneecap to the shape of her hands - it’s just her.”

She said the statue was the right answer to the Colston problem, at least for now. “She’s proud to represent a movement, and if there’s a better way to do that, I can’t think of it.”

The police quickly concluded that no crime had been committed and the statue’s future was a matter for the council. The only official figure in sight was the driver of a road sweeper, who stopped to take a picture before continuing with his shift. Meanwhile, double-taking passersby and those who had heard the news stopped and stared throughout the day.

“It’s beautiful, and it’s really powerful,” said Shani Ackford, a speech therapist, who had come to see it with her young son. “It’s the right thing to represent how it came down.”

Sanna Bertilsson stopped on her bike to get a picture “before they take it down”.

Others were much less convinced, voicing concerns that a work by an established white artist had occupied a space created by black activism. Rees noted that Quinn was a “London-based artist”.

Quinn said it was Reid who had “created the sculpture when she stood on the plinth and raised her arm in the air”, and that his role had simply been to “crystallise it”.

Thomas J Price, who has been commissioned to create a sculpture dedicated to the Windrush generation, said he understood the “initial positive reactions” but called it a “votive statue to appropriation”.

Reid, for her part, took the opposite view, though she also expressed her sympathy for Rees. “It’s a demonstrable commitment to the cause of Black Lives Matter in that it shows active allyship,” she said. “Isn’t this what we need? Allies?”

Whatever the answer to that question, the council had a more immediate concern about safety. It sent a structural engineer to assess the installation, and was waiting for their report on Wednesday evening.

Quinn and his team said they had gone through exactly the same safety assessment that they would have done on a commissioned piece. The artist said it was “not a permanent artwork”, but it had been placed in such a way that it would be “extremely difficult to move”.

All the same, by the afternoon Rees had declared that the statue “will have to be removed”.

In the long term, the decision on Colston’s successor will reflect the conclusions of a specially appointed history commission – and, Rees was at pains to say, aim to accommodate even the “people do not get what they want”, so that they know “they live in a city that is their one and respects them.”


Allyship or stunt? Marc Quinn’s BLM statue divides art world
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But Quinn argued that there was scope for a more urgent statement, too. “There are different speeds for different kinds of response,” he said. “If I’m in a position to put something like this up quickly, while the conversation is happening, there’s a duty to do it.”

By the end of the day, it seemed that the statue was going nowhere just yet.

As to what kind of question Bristol will wake up to on Thursday, no one could say. “Once you make an artwork, you have no control over it any more,” Quinn said. “I would encourage all artists to take the public realm into their hands, and do things to activate it. We put it there, and now it has its own life.”

Americans have had enough ...
... and are marching for justice in unprecedented numbers. They are responding to generations of police brutality and systemic racism, a desperation fueled by a pandemic and an economic crisis that have hit black Americans disproportionately. A mass movement has come together to say: we've had enough.

It's not just Americans. All over the world, citizens are protesting the marginalization of communities of color. Still, virtually nothing has been done to address racial and economic inequality in decades. Words, yes; action, not so much. Those who have the power to effect meaningful change have failed to do so.

At a time like this, an independent news organisation that fights for truth and holds power to account is not just optional. It is essential. Because we believe every one of us deserves equal access to fact-based news and analysis, we’ve decided to keep Guardian journalism free for all readers, regardless of where they live or what they can afford to pay. This is made possible thanks to the support we receive from readers across America in all 50 states.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/15/the-day-bristol-woke-up-to-a-new-statue

Jen Reid poses for a photograph in front of the sculpture of herself on the plinth where the Edward Colston statue used to stand. Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images

EFCC does all the ground work and the judiciary dismisses the case. How market Malami?

1.5 weeks and team Malami and the secret cabal are still probing Mr. Magu. Dem should have had all their concrete evidence before starting this brewing civil war. And how does the son of the AG afford a brand new house and Mercedes Benz?

i can't hate o. tastefully decorated and i like the name -flip script.

now to mr senator, you know could have fed food, supplied seeds, and fertilizer and powered 10-50 villages with light with the cost of dis very sweet babe's outfits and office decor.

sorry, already posted

NDDC Interim Management Fails To Explain N143bn Budget Shortfall (2) (3) *
by RuudVanNisteroy. 76 posts & 4288 views. 10:03am (jacoik)

https://www.nairaland.com/5992142/nddc-interim-management-fails-explain

Courtesy of Premium Times https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/402975-nddc-alleged-missing-n143bn-stalls-budget-defence.html

NDDC: Alleged missing N143bn stalls budget defence

July 15, 2020 Queen Esther Iroanusi

The budget defence session of the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC) was cut short on Tuesday following discrepancies in the commission’s budget report.

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC, led by the Managing Director, Daniel Pondei, had appeared before the National Assembly joint committee on Niger Delta Affairs to defend the agency’s 2019 budget performance and the proposals for 2020.

The Senate had in March, approved N346.3 billion as the 2019 budget for the commission, against the N409 billion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The 2019 budget expired in May.

The panel led by Peter Nwaoboshi ( PDP Delta North), queried the IMC over an alleged N143 billion ‘missing’ from the 2019 budget of the commission.

Mr Pondei had in his presentation before the committee, stated that the commission received N305.5 billion as revenue in 2019 and spent N122 billion. He said the commission is now left with a balance of N183.2 billion.

“In compliance with the provision of the 2019 Appropriation Act, we implemented the 2019 capital budget till May 31.

“On the expenditure side, 2019 budget implementation was hindered by the delay in its approval and release coupled with the COVID- 19 global pandemic. Only recurrent expenditure which runs from January 1st – December 31st 2019 was implemented substantially. ”

The chairman of the house committee on NDDC, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, however, faulted the 2019 budget report of the commission. He disclosed that the report submitted to the joint committee only revealed a balance of N40 billion.

He also queried the MD on discrepancies observed in the 2019 budget report presentation.

“What you have here (expenditure) is N122 billion. From what you said, you received N305,570,683,529.87. If you received N305 billion and you spent N122 billion, what you are telling us now is that the available fund, available to the commission as we speak now will be N183,315,748,214.58.

“Would that be available to be brought forward? What I’m saying is just a simple basic accounting question. You said you generated N305 billion. It is just a yes or no question.”

This time, the NDDC boss said “the expenditure is actually N264 billion.”

Back and forth
After a few verbal exchanges between the panel and Mr Pondei in a futile attempt to reconcile the figures, Mr Pondei requested for the withdrawal of 2019 budget details in order to address the issue of discrepancies of N143 billion raised by the lawmaker with his team.

The request angered other members of the committee who were later pacified by the committee chairman.

Mr Nwaboshi, in yielding to the request of NDDC boss, adjourned the budget presentation till next week Tuesday.

The ‘missing’ N143 billion is one of the many discrepancies found in the agency’s records.

The parliament is currently investigating the alleged misappropriation of N40 billion and other financial recklessness in the commission. A lot of controversies have emerged in several meetings held between the two groups.

Members of the House of Representatives at a Special plenary on Tuesday 28/4/2020 (Photo: Speaker’s Office)

Mintum:
If Trump is responsible for 120,000 COVID deaths, who’s responsible for 240,000+ flu deaths when Obama was President? while we’re at it... Obama had 8 years to develop a flu vaccine that actually worked reliably, yet he didn’t.

abeg, where did you pull that 240k+ flu deaths from?



2009 H1N1 Pandemic (H1N1pdm09 virus)

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/2009-h1n1-pandemic.html

In the spring of 2009, a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus emerged. It was detected first in the United States and spread quickly across the United States and the world. This new H1N1 virus contained a unique combination of influenza genes not previously identified in animals or people. This virus was designated as influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 virus. Ten years later work continues to better understand influenza, prevent disease, and prepare for the next pandemic.

Summary of Progress since 2009
Ten Years of Gains: A Look Back at Progress Since the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic
The 2009 H1N1 Pandemic: A New Flu Virus Emerges

The (H1N1)pdm09 virus was very different from H1N1 viruses that were circulating at the time of the pandemic. Few young people had any existing immunity (as detected by antibody response) to the (H1N1)pdm09 virus, but nearly one-third of people over 60 years old had antibodies against this virus, likely from exposure to an older H1N1 virus earlier in their lives. Since the (H1N1)pdm09 virus was very different from circulating H1N1 viruses, vaccination with seasonal flu vaccines offered little cross-protection against (H1N1)pdm09 virus infection. While a monovalent (H1N1)pdm09 vaccine was produced, it was not available in large quantities until late November—after the peak of illness during the second wave had come and gone in the United States. From April 12, 2009 to April 10, 2010, CDC estimated there were 60.8 million cases (range: 43.3-89.3 million), 274,304 hospitalizations (range: 195,086-402,719), and 12,469 deaths (range: 8868-18,306) in the United States due to the (H1N1)pdm09 virus.

Additionally, CDC estimated that 151,700-575,400 people worldwide died from (H1N1)pdm09 virus infection during the first year the virus circulated.** Globally, 80 percent of (H1N1)pdm09 virus-related deaths were estimated to have occurred in people younger than 65 years of age. This differs greatly from typical seasonal influenza epidemics, during which about 70 percent to 90 percent of deaths are estimated to occur in people 65 years and older.

Though the 2009 flu pandemic primarily affected children and young and middle-aged adults, the impact of the (H1N1)pdm09 virus on the global population during the first year was less severe than that of previous pandemics. Estimates of pandemic influenza mortality ranged from 0.03 percent of the world’s population during the 1968 H3N2 pandemic to 1 percent to 3 percent of the world’s population during the 1918 H1N1 pandemic. It is estimated that 0.001 percent to 0.007 percent of the world’s population died of respiratory complications associated with (H1N1)pdm09 virus infection during the first 12 months the virus circulated.

The United States mounted a complex, multi-faceted and long-term response to the pandemic, summarized in The 2009 H1N1 Pandemic: Summary Highlights, April 2009-April 2010. On August 10, 2010, WHO declared an end to the global 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. However, (H1N1)pdm09 virus continues to circulate as a seasonal flu virus, and cause illness, hospitalization, and deaths worldwide every year.

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Israel’s leader is starting to pay a ‘political price’ as virus cases surge, protests erupt

PUBLISHED WED, JUL 15 20202:30 AM EDT

Abigail Ng @ABIGAILNGWY
Emma Graham @THEMMAGRAHAM

The Israeli government made “very serious mistakes” after initially containing the coronavirus outbreak, and “tremendous damage” is being done to the economy, political analyst Joel Rosenberg said as cases in the country continue to climb rapidly.
Daily cases fell as low as single digits after Israel took action in March, but cases started surging again after activity was allowed to restart in May. Confirmed cases reached new daily highs in July.

Israel has reported 40,632 confirmed cases and 365 deaths, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University.

The Israeli government made “very serious mistakes” after initially containing the coronavirus outbreak, and “tremendous damage” is being done to the economy, a political analyst told CNBC as cases in the country continue to climb rapidly.

Just weeks after restrictions were mostly lifted in late May, new infections have led authorities to reimpose measures including closing gyms, clubs and event halls. Certain parts of the country were also designated as “restricted areas,” where business activity will be limited.

“It is hard not to conclude that (Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) ... let himself get distracted,” said Joel Rosenberg, an Israeli-American political analyst and author.

″Rather than staying laser-focused on managing the public health situation and the reopening of the economy, Netanyahu was ... planning for the annexation of large portions of the West Bank,” he told CNBC over the weekend.

“As a result, the pandemic is surging again and this is causing tremendous damage to the economy, and to the millions of Israelis who are out of work and struggling to make ends meet,” Rosenberg said.

Daily cases fell as low as single digits after Israel took action in March, closing borders and tightening measures that restricted movement and gatherings. Following some success in controlling the health crisis, activity was allowed to restart, but cases started surging again, reaching new daily highs this month.

Israel has reported 42,360 confirmed cases and 371 deaths, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University.

Local media reports said thousands of demonstrators have come out to protest against the government’s economic response to the coronavirus crisis. Unemployment in the country jumped to 21% and economic aid has been slow, Reuters reported.

Benny Gantz, the country’s alternate prime minister, on Sunday issued a statement acknowledging the anger of protesters.

“The citizens taking to the streets this evening to express their real and justified distress have every right to do so — and we, as their government, have the responsibility to listen and to work toward finding implementable solutions,” he said.

Gantz added that he informed Netanyahu that “beyond supporting the immediate assistance program,” his party would also “insist upon a much broader policy aimed at promoting growth going forward.”

“A solution for a mere three months will not suffice,” he said.

Gantz, who is from Israel’s Blue and White party, formed a unity government with Netanyahu in March, putting an end to the political deadlock that triggered three elections in less than a year. The agreement will see Gantz taking over as premier after 18 months.

‘Quick change’ in policy
Experts said Israel’s haste to reopen the economy may have led to the spike in cases.

“Israel was unusual in its quick change in policy, without proper evaluation of the impact of loosening the restrictions. A clear example is allowing social events such as mass weddings,” said Professor Hagai Levine, an epidemiologist at the Hebrew University-Hadassah.

Siegal Sadetzki, the country’s public health director, resigned last week, saying Israel had “lost its bearings” in handling the pandemic, according to a Reuters translation of her Facebook statement made in Hebrew. “The achievements in dealing with the first wave (of infections) were canceled out by the broad and swift opening of the economy” that outpaced many other countries, she wrote.

Netanyahu is beginning to pay a political price for getting his eye off the ball.
Joel Rosenberg
POLITICAL ANALYST
Levine told CNBC that public health services were not strengthened, and the ability to conduct “timely epidemiological investigation” and take proper measures was “harmed.”

However, he also acknowledged that Israel increased its lab testing capacity and changed its definition to include testing of asymptomatic contacts. That means the situation is “bad, but not as bad as it seems” based on the daily diagnosed cases, he said.

Moving forward, Levine said it seems that trust in the government has gone down, and the leaders need to regain that through transparent, open discussion with the public and “by acting professional and giving more weight to public health experts and epidemiologists” instead of “military generals or physicists.”

Political analyst Rosenberg said he has “no doubt” that the government can contain the pandemic and “successfully reboot the economy,” including the tourism sector. However, the leadership has to stay “completely focused.”

“There is simply no time to contemplate annexation at least until this health and economic crisis is completely behind us,” he said.

“Netanyahu is beginning to pay a political price for getting his eye off the ball,” he added. “His polls numbers have dropped significantly in recent weeks for one simple reason – Israelis are angry at his mishandling of the corona crisis. He can absolutely turn things around, but let’s face it, this is the most serious drop in Netanyahu’s approval ratings that we’ve seen in quite some time.”

— CNBC’s Natasha Turak contributed to this report.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/15/coronavirus-israels-cases-rise-leader-is-paying-a-political-price.html

A protester waves an Israeli flag as police use water cannons during clashes at a demonstration against the Israeli prime minister outside his official residence in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2020.
Menahem Kahana | AFP | Getty Images

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op and posters ,u are late ... looks like the same loose jezebel to me.

Daisyzoealott: Lady Who Hushpuppi Allegedly Impregnated Blasts Him - Celebrities - Nairaland

12:30am On Jun 27

https://www.nairaland.com/5953653/daisyzoealott-lady-hushpuppi-allegedly-impregnated

grand opening, and grand closing. ppl were saying huggy bear was having a psychotic episode.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCpEeVEhQFD/?utm_source=ig_embed

there's absolutely no excuse being stuck on one girl with all the fine, single intelligent babes in Naija.
Op are u ugly gang like me?

yeah NL fam, time is flying rapidly!

Higher Brothers x Famous Dex - Made In China (Prod. Richie Souf)

20,228,957 views•Mar 28, 2017


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rILKm-DC06A

great thread and debate. it jogged my memory banks. i can't believe this vid is ten years old!

Chinese Professor

2,792,053 views•Oct 20, 2010


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTSQozWP-rM

Audio ban ... phase out period stretched over a period lasting to 2027.

Imagine the technological advances by then. 5G will be totally obsolete.

UK Companies Embrace Remote Working From Home.
New Business Paradigm due to Covid-19

Safety chief warns workers won’t ‘blindly obey’ Boris Johnson’s calls for a return to the office as City’s biggest firms only plan to bring maximum of 50% of staff back so they don’t break social distancing rules
Despite Prime Minister's plea many businesses refusing to bring staff back in
Some firms say remote working from home has been successful and safer
City of London companies say they will bring less than 50 per cent of staff back
But their decision to seemingly ignore PM's advice has prompted condemnation
One MP said it risked bankruptcy for businesses that relied on office footfall
Health and safety expert said social-distance rules made full return impossible


By DAN SALES and JAMES TAPSFIELD, MAILONLINE POLITICAL EDITOR

PUBLISHED: 04:55 EDT, 13 July 2020 | UPDATED: 15:08 EDT, 13 July 2020

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8516723/Big-firms-no-rush-return-headquarters-biggest-employers-planning-40-back.html

"The security source who spoke with OBSERVERS TIMES on condition of anonymity"

i stopped right there. thanks for saving my precious reading time ....

Couple busted for racist assault on black hotel worker in Connecticut

By MICHAEL SHERIDAN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JUL 13, 2020 AT 12:10 PM

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-mystic-quality-inn-assault-clerk-20200713-oxosjublz5bblmeo3jwauxdsz4-story.html

Built2last:
Mallami is snake. more corrupt than anyone in Buhari's government.

do not be deceived his baby face and perceived attitude towards corruption

gbam, i thought as much with his handling/delaying of the Maina prosecution. the corrupt cabal's main man in government!

Former pension boss Maina arrives court on wheelchair

https://guardian.ng/news/former-pension-boss-maina-arrives-court-on-wheelchair/

“We will extend our investigation to doctors who gives fake medical reports to individuals who are facing different kinds of corruption cases. so we put them on the spot,” EFCC boss Ibrahim Magu said in November.

“Some would win Senate and present serial medical results that they cannot appear in court. Some would be brought to the courtroom on a stretcher,” he added.

”Many of these fake medical reports are actually the reasons why many of our cases in court are overstretched and go on for years endlessly,” Magu explained."

lolz, many nl ppl that constantly complain about economic conditions, no job, bad government dis & dat, hunger pains will have fully charged cell phones, and enough data to watch every minute and episode of this very popular show openly displaying hedonistic debauchery.

Don't forget, the evil cabal kidnapped her mother to make her fall in line.

hey debaters...hope u all had a pleasant weekend. let's get to work.