*NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR SUNDAY 31ST MAY 2020*
*THE NATION*
Drama as Bauchi gov accuses journalist of treachery
Six NAF officers jailed over murder of former CDS Badeh
Buhari mourns as ex-NNPC GMD Baru dies at 60
Buhari extols media chief, Adeniyi, at 75
Sanwo-Olu flags off construction of Regional Road
Tension mounts in Kogi as COVID-19 row deepens
How we staged Miss Teen Pageant on Facebook
BREAKING: COVID-19 hits 9855 in Nigeria
The burdens our children bear for us
Plateau PDP: Jeremiah Usenis supporters fight for survival
OPS hails reduction in interest rate, fears economy may shrink in Q2
COVID-19 cant truncate democracy, elections INEC
Bayelsa: APC divided ahead of senatorial bye-elections
Merger wont lead to job loss Ngige
Anxiety in Rivers over corpse of council Chairman
Oronsaye report: Massive job loss looms across MDAs
Covid-19: 553 new cases as doctors threaten strike
Ex-CDS murder: Six sentenced for absconding from Badehs convoy
Stylish ways to rock your polka dot dress
*VANGUARD*
RENEWED KILLINGS: How Katsina, bandits' peace deal collapsed
AfDB: Why US wants Adesina out ' Akinterinwa, ex- NIIA DG
I am battling gang-up by people I've worked with, says Bauchi governor
Northern governors mourn former NNPC boss
Resident Doctors issue 14-day strike notice to FG
Amnesty International seeks justice over 2016 Biafra Day protesters' killing
Obey COVID-19 lock down rules, Peter Oboh urges Nigerians
Onuesoke seeks complete overhaul of NNPC management
MultiChoice rolls out packages to reward subscribers' loyalty
SERIE A: Mancini refuses to rule Inter Milan out of title race
Arsenal, Man United consider move for Juventus winger
Resident doctors threaten strike over COVID-19 allowance, PPEs, others
No positives from latest Premier League virus tests
World No Tobacco Day: Industry targeting youths via social media ' ERA/FoEN
Pope calls for end to 'pandemic of poverty' after virus
We won't allow COVID-19 truncate our democracy, electoral process, says INEC
Lewandowski hits brace as Bayern Munich go 10 points clear
Buhari, Nigeria and the eighth May 29
Doctors, movie stars, others make case for mental health patients
Attacks/Killings: CAS pays assessment visit to Sokoto, assures decisive action against bandits
Benue LG polls: Ortom votes, urges voters to leave after voting
Microsoft lays off journalists to replace them with AI
Randomised Covid-19 lockdown ruminations (3)
COVID-19: 'I've never felt so ill in my entire life' ' Gabby Agbonlahor
Edo medical scientists submit Covid-19 herbal invention to NIPRD
Professor Innocent Ujah is NMA's new President
Edo 2020: Ize-Iyamu is unqualified to contest ' Deputy Gov
Zuckerberg takes swipe at Twitter for fact-checking Trump
*PUNCH*
How my only son, first and second husbands died Ebonyi woman who escaped being burnt alive
Im confident God will avenge dads death Kehinde, Oko Oloyuns son
Well fight killer-Fulani herdsmen with ancient gods Jonathan, Delta community leader
Video recordings by troops in North-East, a serious felony Adeogun, Reps intelligence committee vice-chair
No verse in the Quran justifies killings by Fulani herdsmen Ahmed, Delta State Miyetti Allah secretary
Why I report saints and sinners Dele Momodu
El-Rufai hasnt shown enough interest in stopping Kaduna killingsAsake, Southern Kaduna Peoples Union President
My brothers killers took away our familys joy Aina, brother of slain Ekiti council leader
How I sell my jewellery to fund charity for poor children Adejokun, philanthropist
I dont know why NJC is slow in appointing judges Agbakoba
I started singing at secondary school social nights Sky D
Its Africas time now Enamel
Regina Daniels shows off baby bump one year after marriage
Im blind, deaf to negativity Ajibola
Why Nigerian mums are killing their babies Expert
Men find it hard marrying actresses Chinenye Uyanna
When Im on set with Jide Kosoko, I treat him like colleague Daughter, Sola
BBNaija changed my life Frodd
Edo primary: APC govs to meet Tinubu over Obaseki
Some social habits may be gone forever
COVID-19: Govs fume as interstate travel ban collapses
Buhari, OPEC, others mourn ex-NNPC GMD, Baru
I like to eat like a king Victor Osuagwu
Equip armed forces for better performance, Sultan urges FG
268 Nigerians stranded in China arrive in Abuja
Tips on driving through floodwaters
COVID-19: Obasanjo Library sends workers on compulsory leave without pay
Resident doctors threaten strike, give FG 14 days ultimatum
*DAILY TRUST*
El-Rufa'i and Ganduje, stop this quarrel
Buhari yet to fulfil promises on national security ' Col. Nyiam
How first term governors fared, one year after (II)
Edo assembly crisis robs constituents of representation
Jostle for APC guber ticket intensifies in Ondo
Gbajabiamila says House to give legal backing to Social Investment Programme
Buhari 'devastated' by death of another nephew
KEDCO and PR: A Year on the Saddle
Chimaroke Nnamani @ 60: Champions the rights of women in the senate
UNIPORT begins mass production of face mask, hand sanitizers
One dead, two injured as truck rams into car in Lagos
111 new coronavirus deaths, 416 new cases in Italy
EU leaders urge Trump to rethink decision to withdraw from WHO
268 Nigerians arrive from China
Violence divides protesters, as 'chaos' grips Minneapolis
Officer charged with murder of black American as violent protests sweep US
Nigeria records 553 new cases of COVID-19
Katsina distributes 13,000 delivery kits for pregnant women
Covid-19: Kaduna four-month-old baby discharged
Lagos records 254 new cases of COVID-19, as Nigeria's confirmed cases near 10,000
Trump cuts ties with WHO as pandemic grips Latin America
As hunger threatens
COVID-19: Dealing with challenging times in Nigeria's banking sector
Renault to stay in F1 despite job losses
Life returns to Lagos Polo Club soon ' President
I have what it takes to lead Eagles attack ' Nyima
Liverpool could seal title at neutral venue
Federer tops world's highest-paid athletes' list
*THE SUN*
Don't incite our legislature, Gov Mohammed warns APC
Buhari, northern govs, others mourn as Baru, ex-NNPC GMD is buried in Abuja
COVID-19: INEC to test-run Edo, Ondo guber polls with bye-elections
Osimhen'll join Spurs if Kane leaves 'Agent
Badeh: Court jails 6 NAF personnel attached to former CDS
Alleged Abuja lodge sale: Fayemi replies PDP, says building undergoing reconstruction
Police kill one kidnapper, arrest another in Enugu as Delta Command recovers weapons, cars
Simon, Osimhen make 2020 Marc-Vivien Foe prize shortlist
COVID-19: Women must intentionally maintain structured healthy routine 'Tessy Biobaku
LG polls: Mass turnout in C/River, apathy in Benue
Chelsea renews chase for Chukwueze
Decomposing body of abducted ex-Edo commissioner recovered
NAHCO workers to embark on 2-day warning strike tomorrow
CoronaGates: How security operatives are sabotaging Wike, Obiano's efforts
Infected Infectious Diseases Control Bill
2023: Only APC can guarantee Igbo presidency ' Lawmaker
Lagos, LCCI task stakeholders on agribusiness opportunities
YSFON congratulates Dare at 54
2 Anambra communities count losses after 2-day bloody war
Female aspirants should be encouraged for Okigwe senatorial seat
Osagie Ize-Iyamu: Heir led by recalcitrant godfather to ascend coveted stool
Corpse of late council boss not exhumed-Rivers govt
Other side of raising kids abroad
Kano's major problem is not COVID-19, but poverty 'Dansudu,Arewa leader
Waiver on import duty for medical supplies
NDDC audit: Who is afraid of Akpabio
Real Madrid, Arsenal, Chelsea want Ndidi
Gunmen abduct 5 in midnight raid on Niger community
*GUARDIAN*
Can President Buhari fight corruption without support of judiciary
Towards restoring sanity in public service
Kogi guber election dispute: Still more rivers to cross
Guber elections: INEC to learn from Mali, South Korea ' Yakubu
US attorney general blames protest violence on 'far-left extremists
Israel police kill Palestinian they mistakenly thought was armed
Crown of glory - Part 2
Group requests reconstitution of PTF board over regional imbalance
New NNPC board: Still unclear who chairs corporation
Kaduna police denies fresh attack, killings in Southern Kaduna
Flight restrictions cost Lagos airport over N15b in revenue
Federer surpasses Ronaldo, Messi as top-earning athlete
Former governors spent N50m per trip to Abuja' Governor Mohammed
Home truth
Expatriates using Eagles' job to boost resumes ' Laloko
COVID-19: Rivers, Adamawa farmers recount losses
Almajiri children beg for justice
Justice for George': Schalke's US footballer in armband protest
COVID-19 in God's agenda - Part 4
Once upon a dime
Lewandowski hits brace as Bayern Munich go 10 points clear
Why Buhari must Rejig NNPC's lopsided management ' PANDEF
Abacha loot repatriation and matters arising
Mbappe unfit for Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool
*DAILY TIMES*
Gov. Mohammed sacks director over alleged financial scam
COVID-19 wont stop Nigerias electoral process INEC
New video shows three Minneapolis officers kneeling on George Floyd before he died
Federer is worlds highest-paid athlete, Forbes says
Where was Obaseki when I drafted APC constitution' Ize-Iyamu
Covid-19: Trump terminates relationship with WHO, withdraws all US funding
Regina Daniels has given birth today! (audio confirmation)
David Luiz confirms Benfica transfer talks
Nigeria Reports 553 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Hit 9855
Decomposed body of kidnapped Edo ex-commissioner found in forest
Governors dare Buhari, Says No financial autonomy for state legislature, judiciary
World oldest man Bob Weighton dies aged 112
Enugu govt. decontaminates Ogbete Main Market
La Liga clubs resume full training next week
Buhari, APC Have Set Nigeria 60 Years Backward PDP
Resident Doctors to embark on strike over non-payment of COVID-19 Allowance
Law enforcement training institute to train officers on use of body camera
Meet 13-year-old Jack Rico who graduated from college with four associate degrees
82-year-old hypertensive widow recovers from COVID-19 in Osun
Nigeria might be cloudy, thundery from May 31 June 2 Nimet
Zlatan Ibile shows off baby mama with a tattoo
About $1bn was stolen under Abacha Buhari
Nigerians to pay 50 naira stamp duty on electronic receipts
US school defies restrictions to hold in-person graduation ceremony
Madrids Diego Costa faces trial over tax fraud
Another virus that could kill half the worlds population, Scientist warns
Wife of Minneapolis Police officer charged for George Floyds death files for divorce
Davido builds Mansion with private lift in it.
*DAILY INDEPENDENT*
[BREAKING] COVID-19: Nigeria Sees 553 Record High New Cases As Total Closes In On 10,000
Buratai Inspects Local Construction Of Combat Vehicles In Maiduguri
Kenyan Farmers Grapple With Oscillating Temperatures As Climate Varies
Banditry: Sultan Seeks Recruitment, Funding Of Security Agencies
Delta Has Witnessed Unprecedented Development Under Okowa ' Lawmakers
Plateau NANNM Calls Off 'Sit-At-Home' Protest For Members In JUTH Isolation Center
Covid-19: 4-Month-Old Child Discharged In Kaduna
Schalke 04's U.S.-Born Player Wears 'Justice For George'' Armband
Navy Reaches Out To Households In Ogun Community
BREAKING: Kano Tailors Get N7M Contract To Produce 140,000 Face Mask
Governor Mohammed Mourns Maikanti, Describes His Death As Great Loss
Berbatov Ignores Man Utd, Names His Champions League Favourites
Premier League Clubs 'Push For Extension Of Summer Transfer Window
La Liga Clubs Free To Start Full Training From Monday
Dembele 'Agrees' To Join Chelsea
Nigeria's Power Unions Of Commotion
Uzodimma Taunts Ihedioha's Kinsmen, Relocates University To Own Zone
Europe Urges Trump To Reconsider Decision To Withdraw From WHO
Russian COVID-19 Cases Exceed 390,000
*TRIBUNE*
Veterinary doctors donate items to Ondo govt to fight COVID-19
Lagos govt unfolds strategies to deal with shocks of rapid urbanisation
COVID-19: Enugu govt decontaminates Ogbete Main Market
BREAKING: NCDC confirms 553 new COVID-19 cases, total now 9,855
George Floyd's relatives to hire former NYC medical examiner for private autopsy they can 'trust
COVID-19: How FIN Magazine use technology to fight pandemic
Osun receives five truckloads of rice, noodles, spaghetti, others from CACOVID
Bayelsa IGR rises to N1.2bn in March
Buhari reconstitutes NNPC Board
We don't have democracy yet 'Nwolise
What we think of Nigeria's 21 years of democractic experience
We are in a jungle of administration in Nigeria 'Kwande
Why Trump may throw AfDB Adesina inside the Bandama River
Will Africa come of age with Adesina
Ondo State's car-driving ghosts
A poet for PDP in Ekiti
Boss Mustapha: Restoring sanity in public service
Nigeria Top Model Search set to hold first modeling competition
As Ondo governorship election hots up'4
Russian COVID-19 cases exceed 390,000
Moscow-bound plane called back after pilot tests positive for COVID-19
Wife of police officer charged with murder of George Floyd files for divorce
Coronavirus: South Korea closes schools again after biggest spike in weeks
*BLUE PRINT*
Breaking: Lewandowski equals record as Bayern hit Dusseldorf, now 10 points clear
Breaking: UK lifts ban on sporting activities amid Covid-19
Kaduna pegs bag of fertiliser at N5000, warns against racketeering
Covid-19: Four-month-old child discharged, 76 active cases remain in Kaduna
Purported Covid-19 cases in Kogi: The whole truth, by Health Commissioner
WHO decision: Germany hits Trump
IGR: Bayelsa rakes N1.2bn in March
Kidnapped Edo APC leader dead, Police recover decomposing body
Covid-19: Nigerians jittery as economy staggers towards recession
The politics of school feeding
Ogun generates N81. 420bn as IGR in 2019
Coronavirus: Anxiety as Nigeria records highest daily tally, total cases near 10000, Lagos numbers shoot up again
Kaduna community appeals to El-Rufai on roads, drainages
COVID-19: Obasanjo lays off staff at Presidential library
Appraising Mary Uduk's two-year stewardship at SEC
Breaking: From China, 268 stranded Nigerians return home, now in Abuja
Rotary commissions water project, distributes palliative in Nasarawa community
Badeh: Court jails 6 NAF personnel
Brazil Coronavirus cases hit 27,000 in one day
Ekweremadu faults Executive Order 10, infectious disease bill
NAF trains 20 flight nurses, other air crew
*SPORTS*
10 positive coronavirus tests in English Championship - PM News
AFC Leopards and Sofapaka among first KPL clubs to receive stimulus stipend - Goal
AIFF seeks clarification on East Bengal - Quess situation - Goal
Alaba suggests movement on Bayern Munich extension 'in the coming weeks - Goal
Alaba suggests movement on Bayern Munich extension 'in the coming weeks - Yahoo
Arsenal signs Norwegian teenager George Lewis - Daily Times
Arsenal, Man United consider move for Juventus winger - Vanguard
Atletico Madrid defender Trippier slams Tottenham for forcing him to delay surgery - Goal
Atletico Madrid defender Trippier slams Tottenham for forcing him to delay surgery - Yahoo
Bayern Munich close in on league title - PM News
Bayern Munich's Rampant Showing Proves the Pieces of the Puzzle Have Fallen into Place - FTBpro
Berbatov Ignores Man Utd, Names His Champions League Favourites - Daily Independent
Bundesliga: Lewandowski double as Bayern Munich crush Fortuna 5-0 - Punch
Chelsea renews chase for Chukwueze - The Sun
Chess: ACC may postpone African tourney, says Ncube - Punch
Coppa Italia set to resume before Serie A restart - Daily Times
Coronavirus: David Price gives $1,000 to Dodgers minor leaguers - Yahoo
Coronavirus: Jayden Stockley among 10 positive tests in Championship; seven in League Two - BBC
Coronavirus: Ten positive tests confirmed in Championship - Yahoo
COVID-19: 'I've never felt so ill in my entire life' ' Gabby Agbonlahor - Vanguard
Covington on Masvidal feud: It needs to be settled in the cage - Yahoo
Daredevil biker swaps mountains for washing machine stunts - CNN
David Luiz confirms Benfica transfer talks - Daily Times
Davies embraces Road Runner nickname after latest Bayern win - Goal
Dembele 'Agrees' To Join Chelsea - Daily Independent
Donald Trump marvels at 'dangerous roar' of SpaceX rocket as violent protests rock US - Yahoo
Dont cancel NPFL season, Pillars striker urges LMC - Punch
Dosu tasks NFF, YSFON on talents discovery - Punch
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Ephesians 4:26 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/eph.4.26.KJV
Good morning and happy Sunday House fellowship
God bless our households
Please stay safe
gbengaolowoyo3@gmail.com
Sunday 31 May 2020
Friday 29 May 2020
Fight For Your Right Nigerians!
EXTREME DOCILITY IS UNACCEPTABLE, DO SOMETHING!!!
In February this year, a colleague ordered for an iPhone as a valentine gift to his wife. On arrival, it was seized by customs and he was asked to pay import duty on the item. He had to pay to clear the item so as to present it as planned.
Unknown to many Nigerians, import duty is not supposed to be paid on items meant for personal use. Import duty is usually paid only on goods that are meant to be resold or in large quantity. For example, you can't order for 20 phones or shoes and convince anyone that they are for personal use.
Yesterday, a federal judge in Abuja ruled that it was unlawful for customs to have collected the sum of N156,955.20k as import duty on a Louis Vuitton laptop bag found in the personal baggage of a customer. Quoting copiously from the customs and excise duty act, the Judge awarded the sum of N5m against customs, and asked them to refund the import duty paid by the customer.
The joy for me here is that someone decided to go to court to challenge what apparently was a clear case of abuse of power, likely fuelled by crass ignorance by customs. I am very sure that many Nigerians would have had similar experiences, paid the money or forfeited the item and just moved on to avoid "trouble". That is the sort of defeatist mentality we mostly exhibit each time our fundamental rights are grossly violated.
One is forced to ask, is it that customs weren't aware of their own laws? On what basis did they decide to extort Nigerians whose only crime was that they decided to shop for items abroad? How many other Nigerians have had similar experiences and didn't talk?
In a similar case, earlier in the year, a lady went to a Chinese restaurant in Lagos and was told that she couldn't sit down to eat except she does a take away. She sort to know why, and was told by a fellow Nigerian working in the restaurant that it was the company policy. A policy to exclude Nigerians from eating in a restaurant in their own country?
Not satisfied, the lady requested to see the manager and she was bluntly told by the Chinese man that eat-in was only for Chinese and white nationals, while Nigerians were only allowed to order for take away. Infuriated by this grand policy of segregation in Lagos of all places, the lady recorded a video of the incident and it went viral.
The Lagos state government acted swiftly and sealed off the restaurant for further investigations. Do you know how many Nigerians might have also suffered similar humiliation and decided to just order and go to avoid "trouble"? It took one responsible citizen to act properly to change what was apparently wrong. Curiously, the restaurant has been operating for years.
We can't sit down, fold our hands and expect this country to change without doing anything. As a citizen, if you haven't played your role, you have no right to demand performance from government. A lot of us are extremely docile to the point that if we are asked by a government agency to pay tax for breathing in air, we will pay just to avoid "trouble".
The office of the citizen is the most important office in a democracy. If citizens refuse to play their own roles, then they should stop complaining about government. We must resist what we don't like so as to force a change. If Rosa Parks hadn't refused to give up her seat years ago, probably the segregation laws in the US would have lasted much longer.
I have narrated these two incidents today to show that unless and until we demand for the country of our dreams and each of us is ready to do something about it, we will continue to live in these degrading conditions. If you can talk, talk. If you can write, write. If you can sue, sue. If you can protest, protest. Whatever you can, just do it! What is unacceptable is extreme docility.
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In February this year, a colleague ordered for an iPhone as a valentine gift to his wife. On arrival, it was seized by customs and he was asked to pay import duty on the item. He had to pay to clear the item so as to present it as planned.
Unknown to many Nigerians, import duty is not supposed to be paid on items meant for personal use. Import duty is usually paid only on goods that are meant to be resold or in large quantity. For example, you can't order for 20 phones or shoes and convince anyone that they are for personal use.
Yesterday, a federal judge in Abuja ruled that it was unlawful for customs to have collected the sum of N156,955.20k as import duty on a Louis Vuitton laptop bag found in the personal baggage of a customer. Quoting copiously from the customs and excise duty act, the Judge awarded the sum of N5m against customs, and asked them to refund the import duty paid by the customer.
The joy for me here is that someone decided to go to court to challenge what apparently was a clear case of abuse of power, likely fuelled by crass ignorance by customs. I am very sure that many Nigerians would have had similar experiences, paid the money or forfeited the item and just moved on to avoid "trouble". That is the sort of defeatist mentality we mostly exhibit each time our fundamental rights are grossly violated.
One is forced to ask, is it that customs weren't aware of their own laws? On what basis did they decide to extort Nigerians whose only crime was that they decided to shop for items abroad? How many other Nigerians have had similar experiences and didn't talk?
In a similar case, earlier in the year, a lady went to a Chinese restaurant in Lagos and was told that she couldn't sit down to eat except she does a take away. She sort to know why, and was told by a fellow Nigerian working in the restaurant that it was the company policy. A policy to exclude Nigerians from eating in a restaurant in their own country?
Not satisfied, the lady requested to see the manager and she was bluntly told by the Chinese man that eat-in was only for Chinese and white nationals, while Nigerians were only allowed to order for take away. Infuriated by this grand policy of segregation in Lagos of all places, the lady recorded a video of the incident and it went viral.
The Lagos state government acted swiftly and sealed off the restaurant for further investigations. Do you know how many Nigerians might have also suffered similar humiliation and decided to just order and go to avoid "trouble"? It took one responsible citizen to act properly to change what was apparently wrong. Curiously, the restaurant has been operating for years.
We can't sit down, fold our hands and expect this country to change without doing anything. As a citizen, if you haven't played your role, you have no right to demand performance from government. A lot of us are extremely docile to the point that if we are asked by a government agency to pay tax for breathing in air, we will pay just to avoid "trouble".
The office of the citizen is the most important office in a democracy. If citizens refuse to play their own roles, then they should stop complaining about government. We must resist what we don't like so as to force a change. If Rosa Parks hadn't refused to give up her seat years ago, probably the segregation laws in the US would have lasted much longer.
I have narrated these two incidents today to show that unless and until we demand for the country of our dreams and each of us is ready to do something about it, we will continue to live in these degrading conditions. If you can talk, talk. If you can write, write. If you can sue, sue. If you can protest, protest. Whatever you can, just do it! What is unacceptable is extreme docility.
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Thursday 28 May 2020
Types Of Husbands And Types Of Wives.
D. K. OLUKOYA
Different Kinds Of Wife
PLS STUDY IT VERY WELL
1. DICTIONARY WIFE
A dictionary wife is a wife that does not welcome other people's opinion or ideas. She is always right in her own eyes.
2. BOXING PARTNER WIFE
She has no submission. There is contest for leadership. She is very difficult and full of troubles and arguments.
3. HEAD MASTER'S WIFE
She is very arrogant, stubborn and disobedient. She is richer and powerful in one area or the other than the husband and she combine these powers to cause trouble at home.
4. Party Wife
She is highly social. She hardly stay at home because of parties and pleasure.
5. Pampered Wife
She is not use to anything hard and she is expected to be treated like a leprosy patient. She is very fragile and sophisticated.
6. Dustbin Wife
She is extremely dirty and disorganized. The sitting room is like a toilet and the kitchen become an empire of rats. Clothes are unwashed and so many things are left to be very dirty.
7. ADC Wife
She has zero tolerance for other women close to her husband. She is hostile to any woman close to her husband and sometimes police the husband like detective.
8. Acidic Wife
She is always ready to fight being moody and keeping malice for days. She has an acidic mouth that when she talks, it can be very terrible.
9. Office Wife
She just pursued her job and her career. Every other thing is secondary and all functions in the house are handled to housemaid. The children are not use to her, She is a career wife. (But Thank God for Shutdown, for such kind of wife they will have no choice than to stay with their children )
10. Pepper Wife
She is very hot and aggressive. She does not like to relate with people and always finding faults with people. She is a thorn in her husband's flesh. Her husband's heart beat for fear anytime he wants to talk with her. She is too aggressive and difficult to live with. She is violence in nature.
11. Spinster Wife
She likes doing everything on her own and her dressing does not show that she is married. She is not serious with her marriage and chooses many single ladies as friends. She enjoys laughing out a lot without her husband. She is married yet like to live a lonely and a single lady's life.
12. Occasional Wife
She loves maids and nannies so much and lack good qualities of a good wife. She goes out a lot and comes back whenever she feel like. She has no time for her children and toy with her husband's emotion.
13. Kingdom Wife (Godly Wife)
She is a blessing to her husband. She gives her husband rest on every side, she is a builder and not a destroyer. She is very friendly and accommodative, her husband is proud of her. She is a virtuous woman Prov. 31:10-31
TYPES OF HUSBAND
1. The Hard Husband
This is the husband so arrogant, stubborn, unyielding, unbending. He cannot be counsel or corrected. He has no fear or honour for anybody including His wife family and He and he is very difficult to live with
2. The Fake Husband
They perform very well on bed and dinning table but they are irresponsible husband. They are lazy and could not provide for their family.
3. Bachelor Husband
He is a man that separate his room from his wife, He is a single married man. He is selfish and self centred.
4. Acidic Husband
He is an hot tempered person, a boxer and a wrestler. He does not take nonsense, he does not laugh, play, joke. His house is like MILITARY CAMP and he is a lion in the house.
5. Slave Master Husband
He believes that a woman should be seen and not heard. He turn the woman to a cook, dry cleaner, a sex machine, Baby making Factory and an house maid. He celebrate his family more than his wife and the woman will see hell if she does not give birth to a boy
6. General Husband
He has chains of girl friends, concubines, and strange women. He spend lavishly on them. He runs after anything in skirt including the house maid and his wife younger sister.
7. The Dry Husband
He has no closeness with his wife, No Love, No Kissing and No ROMANCE. The wife must knock before entering the bedroom. He is very difficult to talk to and He has no respect for his wife even in the presence of visitors.
8. Selfish Husband
He is a man exploiting his wife to solve his own problem. He does not have a true love but only looking for something to quench his headache. He is interested in using the woman to get what he wanted..
9. Parasite Husband
He does not work, He is very lazy and irresponsible. He cannot assist his wife to make life easy for the woman. He is a big headache to the woman. He is a Frustrator and make the wife to cry daily
10. Baby Husband
He is a man yet an infant both Spiritually, Mentally, and Character wise. A baby husband is the one that BEATS his wife, He reject food because he is angry. He is a nagging husband who cannot listen to corrections or being influence by his wife. He keep MALICE with his wife and refuse to pray together with his wife at home. He threatens to push out his wife at smallest provocation. He compare his wife with former girl friends and other women. He does not know what is called romance all he wanted is sex. He does not do anything to improve his marriage. He report his wife to third party and call his wife horrible names. He love his mother more than his wife and even decide to go market himself for lack of trust that his wife will cheat him, he also demand for every change even though is #10
11. Visiting Husband
Not always at home comes as a visitor. Provides family all material things, but has no time for them.
12. Godly Husband
He is a responsible man
He is a man that fears the Lord. He is a father, mentor, teacher and a friend to his wife and children. He is also a lovely husband.
I pray any power assign to scatter your home and family shall die suddenly in Jesus name. Amen
Different Kinds Of Wife
PLS STUDY IT VERY WELL
1. DICTIONARY WIFE
A dictionary wife is a wife that does not welcome other people's opinion or ideas. She is always right in her own eyes.
2. BOXING PARTNER WIFE
She has no submission. There is contest for leadership. She is very difficult and full of troubles and arguments.
3. HEAD MASTER'S WIFE
She is very arrogant, stubborn and disobedient. She is richer and powerful in one area or the other than the husband and she combine these powers to cause trouble at home.
4. Party Wife
She is highly social. She hardly stay at home because of parties and pleasure.
5. Pampered Wife
She is not use to anything hard and she is expected to be treated like a leprosy patient. She is very fragile and sophisticated.
6. Dustbin Wife
She is extremely dirty and disorganized. The sitting room is like a toilet and the kitchen become an empire of rats. Clothes are unwashed and so many things are left to be very dirty.
7. ADC Wife
She has zero tolerance for other women close to her husband. She is hostile to any woman close to her husband and sometimes police the husband like detective.
8. Acidic Wife
She is always ready to fight being moody and keeping malice for days. She has an acidic mouth that when she talks, it can be very terrible.
9. Office Wife
She just pursued her job and her career. Every other thing is secondary and all functions in the house are handled to housemaid. The children are not use to her, She is a career wife. (But Thank God for Shutdown, for such kind of wife they will have no choice than to stay with their children )
10. Pepper Wife
She is very hot and aggressive. She does not like to relate with people and always finding faults with people. She is a thorn in her husband's flesh. Her husband's heart beat for fear anytime he wants to talk with her. She is too aggressive and difficult to live with. She is violence in nature.
11. Spinster Wife
She likes doing everything on her own and her dressing does not show that she is married. She is not serious with her marriage and chooses many single ladies as friends. She enjoys laughing out a lot without her husband. She is married yet like to live a lonely and a single lady's life.
12. Occasional Wife
She loves maids and nannies so much and lack good qualities of a good wife. She goes out a lot and comes back whenever she feel like. She has no time for her children and toy with her husband's emotion.
13. Kingdom Wife (Godly Wife)
She is a blessing to her husband. She gives her husband rest on every side, she is a builder and not a destroyer. She is very friendly and accommodative, her husband is proud of her. She is a virtuous woman Prov. 31:10-31
TYPES OF HUSBAND
1. The Hard Husband
This is the husband so arrogant, stubborn, unyielding, unbending. He cannot be counsel or corrected. He has no fear or honour for anybody including His wife family and He and he is very difficult to live with
2. The Fake Husband
They perform very well on bed and dinning table but they are irresponsible husband. They are lazy and could not provide for their family.
3. Bachelor Husband
He is a man that separate his room from his wife, He is a single married man. He is selfish and self centred.
4. Acidic Husband
He is an hot tempered person, a boxer and a wrestler. He does not take nonsense, he does not laugh, play, joke. His house is like MILITARY CAMP and he is a lion in the house.
5. Slave Master Husband
He believes that a woman should be seen and not heard. He turn the woman to a cook, dry cleaner, a sex machine, Baby making Factory and an house maid. He celebrate his family more than his wife and the woman will see hell if she does not give birth to a boy
6. General Husband
He has chains of girl friends, concubines, and strange women. He spend lavishly on them. He runs after anything in skirt including the house maid and his wife younger sister.
7. The Dry Husband
He has no closeness with his wife, No Love, No Kissing and No ROMANCE. The wife must knock before entering the bedroom. He is very difficult to talk to and He has no respect for his wife even in the presence of visitors.
8. Selfish Husband
He is a man exploiting his wife to solve his own problem. He does not have a true love but only looking for something to quench his headache. He is interested in using the woman to get what he wanted..
9. Parasite Husband
He does not work, He is very lazy and irresponsible. He cannot assist his wife to make life easy for the woman. He is a big headache to the woman. He is a Frustrator and make the wife to cry daily
10. Baby Husband
He is a man yet an infant both Spiritually, Mentally, and Character wise. A baby husband is the one that BEATS his wife, He reject food because he is angry. He is a nagging husband who cannot listen to corrections or being influence by his wife. He keep MALICE with his wife and refuse to pray together with his wife at home. He threatens to push out his wife at smallest provocation. He compare his wife with former girl friends and other women. He does not know what is called romance all he wanted is sex. He does not do anything to improve his marriage. He report his wife to third party and call his wife horrible names. He love his mother more than his wife and even decide to go market himself for lack of trust that his wife will cheat him, he also demand for every change even though is #10
11. Visiting Husband
Not always at home comes as a visitor. Provides family all material things, but has no time for them.
12. Godly Husband
He is a responsible man
He is a man that fears the Lord. He is a father, mentor, teacher and a friend to his wife and children. He is also a lovely husband.
I pray any power assign to scatter your home and family shall die suddenly in Jesus name. Amen
Drug Abuse
THURSDAY 28TH MAY, 2020.
CIVIC EDUCATION
DRUGS THAT ARE COMMONLY ABUSED
Drugs are chemicals that affect the body and brain. Different drugs can have different effects. Some effects of drugs include health consequences that are long lasting and permanent. They can even continue after a person has stopped taking the substance.
The commonly abuse drugs includes the following:
* MARIJUANA:- It is an illegal drug but it is considered a "SODT DRUGS ", as opposed to harddrugs like heroin or cocaine, which are killers. People call marijuana "POT" and "WEED" and a hundred other slang terms.
* ALCOHOL :- Although, its illegal to use, obtain and possess, alcohol is another commonly abused drugs with potential for serious consequences.
* COCAINE:- Is an illicit or illegal commonly abused drugs that can lead to addiction, severe health problems and death.
* VALIUM :- Is a commonly abused drug that requires a doctor's prescription to legally obtain and use. If continued over a long period of time, will lead to tolerance of the drug, and larger doses of Valium will be needed in order to produce the same effects.
* HEROIN:- Is an illegal commonly abused drug which is extremely harmful to the user and to society. This is the hardest drug addiction to beat or overcome.
* PERCOCET ABUSE:- Percocet is a commonly abused drug that requires a doctor's prescription to legally obtain and use. If percocet abuse takes place, there is the potential for physical dependence and addiction.
* PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ABUSE:- This can also be refer to as INTENTIONAL MISUSE of drug without written prescription from a doctor. Because certain prescription drugs induce a state of euphoria in addition to relieving pain, they are popular street drugs for intentional prescription drug abuse.
Assignment
1. Which one of the drugs is not harmful to the body of a human? Give reason for your answer?
CIVIC EDUCATION
DRUGS THAT ARE COMMONLY ABUSED
Drugs are chemicals that affect the body and brain. Different drugs can have different effects. Some effects of drugs include health consequences that are long lasting and permanent. They can even continue after a person has stopped taking the substance.
The commonly abuse drugs includes the following:
* MARIJUANA:- It is an illegal drug but it is considered a "SODT DRUGS ", as opposed to harddrugs like heroin or cocaine, which are killers. People call marijuana "POT" and "WEED" and a hundred other slang terms.
* ALCOHOL :- Although, its illegal to use, obtain and possess, alcohol is another commonly abused drugs with potential for serious consequences.
* COCAINE:- Is an illicit or illegal commonly abused drugs that can lead to addiction, severe health problems and death.
* VALIUM :- Is a commonly abused drug that requires a doctor's prescription to legally obtain and use. If continued over a long period of time, will lead to tolerance of the drug, and larger doses of Valium will be needed in order to produce the same effects.
* HEROIN:- Is an illegal commonly abused drug which is extremely harmful to the user and to society. This is the hardest drug addiction to beat or overcome.
* PERCOCET ABUSE:- Percocet is a commonly abused drug that requires a doctor's prescription to legally obtain and use. If percocet abuse takes place, there is the potential for physical dependence and addiction.
* PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ABUSE:- This can also be refer to as INTENTIONAL MISUSE of drug without written prescription from a doctor. Because certain prescription drugs induce a state of euphoria in addition to relieving pain, they are popular street drugs for intentional prescription drug abuse.
Assignment
1. Which one of the drugs is not harmful to the body of a human? Give reason for your answer?
Questions To Answer Before Schools Are Opened.
THE CONCERNED
Questions for teachers
I. How safe am I if schools are opened?
2. Are students books safe to mark?
3. Do I get free medication if I get covid at work
4. Is my family compensated if I die after getting covid at school?
5. Will I get risk allowances when schools opening ?
6. Is it worth to die for 40$ US which is not enough to feed , cloth and shelter my family?
7. Will I be able to teach 6 x 35 minutes periods in a day with a musk
7. I have other health conditions that might affect me in this covid pandemic and am supposed to teach my o level class. How do I go about it?
QUESTIONS FOR SCHOOLS
1. If a student in class shows covid symptoms after lunch during learning . Do we also quarantine the teachers , the whole class or the whole school ( writing classes)?
2. How frequent do we test temperature of teachers and students?
3. If given 1 machine to test temperature . Is it possible to test 20x 4 classes before lessons?
4. Who Will test temperature of the students ? Teachers are not paid for that.
5. Is the teaching and learning going to continue if we run out of sanitizer?
6. If the teacher is in self quarantine, who will take his/her load?
QUESTIONS FOR RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY
1. Are all schools having enough desk to maintain social distance?
2. Are you able to employ more teachers since the teacher to pupil ratio decreases? How many teachers are need per school in each department per subject?
QUESTIONS FOR PARENTS
1. Is my child not going to bring covid home?
2. How safe is my child if schools open?
3. Is education the first priority than life of your child?
Let's not forget that covid is spread out by air and contact therefore its a contagious disease.
Let's hope for the best and keep praying
Questions for teachers
I. How safe am I if schools are opened?
2. Are students books safe to mark?
3. Do I get free medication if I get covid at work
4. Is my family compensated if I die after getting covid at school?
5. Will I get risk allowances when schools opening ?
6. Is it worth to die for 40$ US which is not enough to feed , cloth and shelter my family?
7. Will I be able to teach 6 x 35 minutes periods in a day with a musk
7. I have other health conditions that might affect me in this covid pandemic and am supposed to teach my o level class. How do I go about it?
QUESTIONS FOR SCHOOLS
1. If a student in class shows covid symptoms after lunch during learning . Do we also quarantine the teachers , the whole class or the whole school ( writing classes)?
2. How frequent do we test temperature of teachers and students?
3. If given 1 machine to test temperature . Is it possible to test 20x 4 classes before lessons?
4. Who Will test temperature of the students ? Teachers are not paid for that.
5. Is the teaching and learning going to continue if we run out of sanitizer?
6. If the teacher is in self quarantine, who will take his/her load?
QUESTIONS FOR RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY
1. Are all schools having enough desk to maintain social distance?
2. Are you able to employ more teachers since the teacher to pupil ratio decreases? How many teachers are need per school in each department per subject?
QUESTIONS FOR PARENTS
1. Is my child not going to bring covid home?
2. How safe is my child if schools open?
3. Is education the first priority than life of your child?
Let's not forget that covid is spread out by air and contact therefore its a contagious disease.
Let's hope for the best and keep praying
Wednesday 27 May 2020
SS 1 Lagos State Scheme Of Work For English Language
*SS 2 3RD TERM SCHEME OF WORK*
*ENGLISH LANGUAGE*
*1.*
(i) Revision of 2nd term’ works
(ii) Grammar-revise tenses
*2.*
(i)Sentences-Conditional clause) likely conditions, unlikely condition & impossible condition) and complex sentences.
(ii) Essay writing Speech writing for special purpose
(iii) Vocabulary Development: Words associated with publishing and printing
*3.*
(i) Article Writing Article for publication in a local magazine
(ii) Prefix as word extension.
(iii) Vocabulary Development: Words associated with publishing and printing.
*4.*
(i) Essay Writing Argumentative Debate
(ii) Comprehension Listening to recorded speeches
(iii) Speech work: using the dictionary spelling of words
(iv) Grammar: Rules of concord.
*5.*
(i) Essay Writing speech writing
(ii) Register: vocabulary development associated with banking
(iii) Grammar Inflectional prefixes e.g cast recast, elect re-elect.
*6.*
(i) Summary writing Summarising by taking notes
(ii) Structure Afflixation suffixes
(iii) Vocabulary Development: Words associated with Engineering.
*7.*
(i) Essay Writing: Expository: How to improve family functioning through love, co-operation, communication and son on.
(ii) Structure: Adverbs
(iii) Vowel sound comparison of /i/ and /i/
(iv) Comprehension Reading for specific structural patterns (identification of types of sentences in a given passage).
*8.*
(i) Structure:- Prepositional phrases.
(ii) Vocabulary Development on Hotel and Catering Industry
(iii) Summary Writing summarizing to get implied meanings.
*9.*
(i) Comprehension/vocabulary Reading for critical evaluation ( Look for faulty reasoning, misleading statements, inconsistency
(ii) structure: Idioms
(iii) Vocabulary: Word associated with politics/ Government ) use newspaper extracts or magazine extracts.
*10.*
(i) Speech work: Nasal consonants
(ii) Structure: Adjective clause
(iii) Comprehension Register: vocabulary associated with transportation
Use related passage on transportation.
*11.*
Revision.
*12*
Examination
*ENGLISH LANGUAGE*
*1.*
(i) Revision of 2nd term’ works
(ii) Grammar-revise tenses
*2.*
(i)Sentences-Conditional clause) likely conditions, unlikely condition & impossible condition) and complex sentences.
(ii) Essay writing Speech writing for special purpose
(iii) Vocabulary Development: Words associated with publishing and printing
*3.*
(i) Article Writing Article for publication in a local magazine
(ii) Prefix as word extension.
(iii) Vocabulary Development: Words associated with publishing and printing.
*4.*
(i) Essay Writing Argumentative Debate
(ii) Comprehension Listening to recorded speeches
(iii) Speech work: using the dictionary spelling of words
(iv) Grammar: Rules of concord.
*5.*
(i) Essay Writing speech writing
(ii) Register: vocabulary development associated with banking
(iii) Grammar Inflectional prefixes e.g cast recast, elect re-elect.
*6.*
(i) Summary writing Summarising by taking notes
(ii) Structure Afflixation suffixes
(iii) Vocabulary Development: Words associated with Engineering.
*7.*
(i) Essay Writing: Expository: How to improve family functioning through love, co-operation, communication and son on.
(ii) Structure: Adverbs
(iii) Vowel sound comparison of /i/ and /i/
(iv) Comprehension Reading for specific structural patterns (identification of types of sentences in a given passage).
*8.*
(i) Structure:- Prepositional phrases.
(ii) Vocabulary Development on Hotel and Catering Industry
(iii) Summary Writing summarizing to get implied meanings.
*9.*
(i) Comprehension/vocabulary Reading for critical evaluation ( Look for faulty reasoning, misleading statements, inconsistency
(ii) structure: Idioms
(iii) Vocabulary: Word associated with politics/ Government ) use newspaper extracts or magazine extracts.
*10.*
(i) Speech work: Nasal consonants
(ii) Structure: Adjective clause
(iii) Comprehension Register: vocabulary associated with transportation
Use related passage on transportation.
*11.*
Revision.
*12*
Examination
Tuesday 26 May 2020
TRUMP LETTER TO WHO ON COVID-19 PANDEMIC
DONALD TRUMP's LETTER TO WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO).
The White House
Washington
May 18, 2020
His Excellency Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General of the World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland
Dear Dr Tedros:
On April 14, 2020, I suspended United States contributions to the World Health Organization pending an investigation by my Administration of the organization's failed response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This review has confirmed many of the serious concerns I raised last month and identified others that the World Health Organization should have addressed, especially the World Health Organization's alarming lack of independence from the People's Republic of China. Based on this review, we now know the following:
The World Health Organization consistently ignored credible reports of the virus spreading in Wuhan in early December 2019 or even earlier, including reports from the Lancet medical journal. The World Health Organization failed to independently investigate credible reports that conflicted directly with the Chinese government's official accounts, even those that came from sources within Wuhan itself.
By no later than December 30, 2019, the World Health Organization office in Beijing knew that there was a "major public health" concern in Wuhan. Between December 26 and December 30, China's media highlighted evidence of a new virus emerging from Wuhan, based on patient data sent to multiple Chinese genomics companies. Additionally, during this period, Dr. Zhang Jixian, a doctor from Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, told China's health authorities that a new coronavirus was causing a novel disease that was, at the time, afflicting approximately 180 patients.
By the next day, Taiwanese authorities had communicated information to the World Health Organization indicating human-to-human transmission of a new virus. Yet the World Health Organization chose not to share any of this critical information with the rest of the world, probably for political reasons.
The International Health Regulations require countries to report the risk of a health emergency within 24 hours. But China did not inform the World Health Organization of Wuhan's several cases of pneumonia, of unknown origin, until December 31, 2019, even though it likely had knowledge of these cases days or weeks earlier.
According to Dr. Zhang Yongzhen of the Shanghai Public Health Clinic Center, he told Chinese authorities on January 5, 2020, that he had sequenced the genome of the virus. There was no publication of this information until six days later, on January 11, 2020, when Dr. Zhang self-posted it online. The next day, Chinese authorities closed his lab for "rectification." As even the World Health Organization acknowledged, Dr. Zhang's posting was a great act of "transparency." But the World Health Organization has been conspicuously silent both with respect to the closure of Dr. Zhang's lab and his assertion that he had notified Chinese authorities of his breakthrough six days earlier.
The World Health Organization has repeatedly made claims about the coronavirus that were either grossly inaccurate or misleading.
On January 14, 2020, the World Health Organization gratuitously reaffirmed China's now-debunked claim that the coronavirus could not be transmitted between humans, stating: "Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) identified in Wuhan, China." This assertion was in direct conflict with censored reports from Wuhan.
On January 21, 2020, President Xi Jinping of China reportedly pressured you not to declare the coronavirus outbreak an emergency. You gave in to this pressure the next day and told the world that the coronavirus did not pose a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Just over one week later, on January 30, 2020, overwhelming evidence to the contrary forced you to reverse course.
On January 28, 2020, after meeting with President Xi in Beijing, you praised the Chinese government for its "transparency" with respect to the coronavirus, announcing that China had set a "new standard for outbreak control" and "bought the world time."
You did not mention that China had, by then, silenced or punished several doctors for speaking out about the virus and restricted Chinese institutions from publishing information about it.
Even after you belatedly declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020, you failed to press China for the timely admittance of a World Health Organization team of international medical experts.
As a result, this critical team did not arrive in China until two weeks later, on February 16, 2020. And even then, the team was not allowed to visit Wuhan until the final days of their visit. Remarkably, the World Health Organization was silent when China denied the two American members of the team access to Wuhan entirely.
You also strongly praised China's strict domestic travel restrictions, but were inexplicably against my closing of the United States border, or the ban, with respect to people coming from China. I put the ban in place regardless of your wishes. Your political gamesmanship on this issue was deadly, as other governments, relying on your comments, delayed imposing life-saving restrictions on travel to and from China.
Incredibly, on February 3, 2020, you reinforced your position, opining that because China was doing such a great job protecting the world from the virus, travel restrictions were "causing more harm than good." Yet by then the world knew that, before locking down Wuhan, Chinese authorities had allowed more than five million people to leave the city and that many of these people were bound for international destinations all over the world.
As of February 3, 2020, China was strongly pressuring countries to lift or forestall travel restrictions. This pressure campaign was bolstered by your incorrect statements on that day telling the world that the spread of the virus outside of China was "minimal and slow" and that "the chances of getting this going to anywhere outside China [were] very low."
On March 3, 2020, the World Health Organization cited official Chinese data to downplay the very serious risk of asymptomatic spread, telling the world that "COVID-19 does not transmit as efficiently as influenza" and that unlike influenza this disease was not primarily driven by "people who are infected but not yet sick." China's evidence, the World Health Organization told the world, "showed that only one percent of reported cases do not have symptoms, and most of those cases develop symptoms within two days."
Many experts, however, citing data from Japan, South Korea, and elsewhere, vigorously questioned these assertions. It is now clear that China's assertions, repeated to the world by the World Health Organization, were wildly inaccurate.
By the time you finally declared the virus a pandemic on March 11, 2020, it had killed more than 4,000 people and infected more than 100,000 people in at least 114 countries around the world.
On April 11, 2020, several African Ambassadors wrote to the Chinese Foreign Ministry about the discriminatory treatment of Africans related to the pandemic in Guangzhou and other cities in China. You were aware that Chinese authorities were carrying out a campaign of forced quarantines, evictions, and refusal of services against the nationals of these countries. You have not commented on China's racially discriminatory actions.
You have, however, baselessly labeled as racist Taiwan's well-founded complaints about your mishandling of this pandemic.
Throughout this crisis, the World Health Organization has been curiously insistent on praising China for its alleged "transparency." You have consistently joined in these tributes, notwithstanding that China has been anything but transparent. In early January, for example, China ordered samples of the virus to be destroyed, depriving the world of critical information.
Even now, China continues to undermine the International Health Regulations by refusing to share accurate and timely data, viral samples and isolates, and by withholding vital information about the virus and its origins. And, to this day, China continues to deny international access to their scientists and relevant facilities, all while casting blame widely and recklessly and censoring its own experts.
The World Health Organization has failed to publicly call on China to allow for an independent investigation into the origins of the virus, despite the recent endorsement for doing so by its own Emergency Committee. The World Health Organization's failure to do so has prompted World Health Organization member states to adopt the "COVID-19 Response" Resolution at this year's World Health Assembly, which echoes the call by the United States and so many others for an impartial, independent, and comprehensive review of how the World Health Organization handled the crisis. The resolution also calls for an investigation into the origins of the virus, which is necessary for the world to understand how best to counter the disease. Perhaps worse than all these failings is that we know that the World Health Organization could have done so much better.
Just a few years ago, under the direction of a different Director-General, the World Health Organization showed the world how much it has to offer. In 2003, in response to the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in China, Director-General Harlem Brundtland boldly declared the World Health Organization's first emergency travel advisory in 55 years, recommending against travel to and from the disease epicenter in southern China.
She also did not hesitate to criticize China for endangering global health by attempting to cover up the outbreak through its usual playbook of arresting whistleblowers and censoring media. Many lives could have been saved had you followed Dr. Brundtland's example.
It is clear the repeated missteps by you and your organization in responding to the pandemic have been extremely costly for the world. The only way forward for the World Health Organization is if it can actually demonstrate independence from China.
My Administration has already started discussions with you on how to reform the organization. But action is needed quickly. We do not have time to waste.
That is why it is my duty, as President of the United States, to inform you that, if the World Health Organization does not commit to major substantive improvements within the next 30 days, I will make my temporary freeze of United States funding to the World Health Organization permanent and reconsider our membership in the organization.
I cannot allow American taxpayer dollars to continue to finance an organization that, in its present state, is so clearly not serving America's interests.
Sincerely, Donald Trump
The White House
Washington
May 18, 2020
His Excellency Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General of the World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland
Dear Dr Tedros:
On April 14, 2020, I suspended United States contributions to the World Health Organization pending an investigation by my Administration of the organization's failed response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This review has confirmed many of the serious concerns I raised last month and identified others that the World Health Organization should have addressed, especially the World Health Organization's alarming lack of independence from the People's Republic of China. Based on this review, we now know the following:
The World Health Organization consistently ignored credible reports of the virus spreading in Wuhan in early December 2019 or even earlier, including reports from the Lancet medical journal. The World Health Organization failed to independently investigate credible reports that conflicted directly with the Chinese government's official accounts, even those that came from sources within Wuhan itself.
By no later than December 30, 2019, the World Health Organization office in Beijing knew that there was a "major public health" concern in Wuhan. Between December 26 and December 30, China's media highlighted evidence of a new virus emerging from Wuhan, based on patient data sent to multiple Chinese genomics companies. Additionally, during this period, Dr. Zhang Jixian, a doctor from Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, told China's health authorities that a new coronavirus was causing a novel disease that was, at the time, afflicting approximately 180 patients.
By the next day, Taiwanese authorities had communicated information to the World Health Organization indicating human-to-human transmission of a new virus. Yet the World Health Organization chose not to share any of this critical information with the rest of the world, probably for political reasons.
The International Health Regulations require countries to report the risk of a health emergency within 24 hours. But China did not inform the World Health Organization of Wuhan's several cases of pneumonia, of unknown origin, until December 31, 2019, even though it likely had knowledge of these cases days or weeks earlier.
According to Dr. Zhang Yongzhen of the Shanghai Public Health Clinic Center, he told Chinese authorities on January 5, 2020, that he had sequenced the genome of the virus. There was no publication of this information until six days later, on January 11, 2020, when Dr. Zhang self-posted it online. The next day, Chinese authorities closed his lab for "rectification." As even the World Health Organization acknowledged, Dr. Zhang's posting was a great act of "transparency." But the World Health Organization has been conspicuously silent both with respect to the closure of Dr. Zhang's lab and his assertion that he had notified Chinese authorities of his breakthrough six days earlier.
The World Health Organization has repeatedly made claims about the coronavirus that were either grossly inaccurate or misleading.
On January 14, 2020, the World Health Organization gratuitously reaffirmed China's now-debunked claim that the coronavirus could not be transmitted between humans, stating: "Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) identified in Wuhan, China." This assertion was in direct conflict with censored reports from Wuhan.
On January 21, 2020, President Xi Jinping of China reportedly pressured you not to declare the coronavirus outbreak an emergency. You gave in to this pressure the next day and told the world that the coronavirus did not pose a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Just over one week later, on January 30, 2020, overwhelming evidence to the contrary forced you to reverse course.
On January 28, 2020, after meeting with President Xi in Beijing, you praised the Chinese government for its "transparency" with respect to the coronavirus, announcing that China had set a "new standard for outbreak control" and "bought the world time."
You did not mention that China had, by then, silenced or punished several doctors for speaking out about the virus and restricted Chinese institutions from publishing information about it.
Even after you belatedly declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020, you failed to press China for the timely admittance of a World Health Organization team of international medical experts.
As a result, this critical team did not arrive in China until two weeks later, on February 16, 2020. And even then, the team was not allowed to visit Wuhan until the final days of their visit. Remarkably, the World Health Organization was silent when China denied the two American members of the team access to Wuhan entirely.
You also strongly praised China's strict domestic travel restrictions, but were inexplicably against my closing of the United States border, or the ban, with respect to people coming from China. I put the ban in place regardless of your wishes. Your political gamesmanship on this issue was deadly, as other governments, relying on your comments, delayed imposing life-saving restrictions on travel to and from China.
Incredibly, on February 3, 2020, you reinforced your position, opining that because China was doing such a great job protecting the world from the virus, travel restrictions were "causing more harm than good." Yet by then the world knew that, before locking down Wuhan, Chinese authorities had allowed more than five million people to leave the city and that many of these people were bound for international destinations all over the world.
As of February 3, 2020, China was strongly pressuring countries to lift or forestall travel restrictions. This pressure campaign was bolstered by your incorrect statements on that day telling the world that the spread of the virus outside of China was "minimal and slow" and that "the chances of getting this going to anywhere outside China [were] very low."
On March 3, 2020, the World Health Organization cited official Chinese data to downplay the very serious risk of asymptomatic spread, telling the world that "COVID-19 does not transmit as efficiently as influenza" and that unlike influenza this disease was not primarily driven by "people who are infected but not yet sick." China's evidence, the World Health Organization told the world, "showed that only one percent of reported cases do not have symptoms, and most of those cases develop symptoms within two days."
Many experts, however, citing data from Japan, South Korea, and elsewhere, vigorously questioned these assertions. It is now clear that China's assertions, repeated to the world by the World Health Organization, were wildly inaccurate.
By the time you finally declared the virus a pandemic on March 11, 2020, it had killed more than 4,000 people and infected more than 100,000 people in at least 114 countries around the world.
On April 11, 2020, several African Ambassadors wrote to the Chinese Foreign Ministry about the discriminatory treatment of Africans related to the pandemic in Guangzhou and other cities in China. You were aware that Chinese authorities were carrying out a campaign of forced quarantines, evictions, and refusal of services against the nationals of these countries. You have not commented on China's racially discriminatory actions.
You have, however, baselessly labeled as racist Taiwan's well-founded complaints about your mishandling of this pandemic.
Throughout this crisis, the World Health Organization has been curiously insistent on praising China for its alleged "transparency." You have consistently joined in these tributes, notwithstanding that China has been anything but transparent. In early January, for example, China ordered samples of the virus to be destroyed, depriving the world of critical information.
Even now, China continues to undermine the International Health Regulations by refusing to share accurate and timely data, viral samples and isolates, and by withholding vital information about the virus and its origins. And, to this day, China continues to deny international access to their scientists and relevant facilities, all while casting blame widely and recklessly and censoring its own experts.
The World Health Organization has failed to publicly call on China to allow for an independent investigation into the origins of the virus, despite the recent endorsement for doing so by its own Emergency Committee. The World Health Organization's failure to do so has prompted World Health Organization member states to adopt the "COVID-19 Response" Resolution at this year's World Health Assembly, which echoes the call by the United States and so many others for an impartial, independent, and comprehensive review of how the World Health Organization handled the crisis. The resolution also calls for an investigation into the origins of the virus, which is necessary for the world to understand how best to counter the disease. Perhaps worse than all these failings is that we know that the World Health Organization could have done so much better.
Just a few years ago, under the direction of a different Director-General, the World Health Organization showed the world how much it has to offer. In 2003, in response to the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in China, Director-General Harlem Brundtland boldly declared the World Health Organization's first emergency travel advisory in 55 years, recommending against travel to and from the disease epicenter in southern China.
She also did not hesitate to criticize China for endangering global health by attempting to cover up the outbreak through its usual playbook of arresting whistleblowers and censoring media. Many lives could have been saved had you followed Dr. Brundtland's example.
It is clear the repeated missteps by you and your organization in responding to the pandemic have been extremely costly for the world. The only way forward for the World Health Organization is if it can actually demonstrate independence from China.
My Administration has already started discussions with you on how to reform the organization. But action is needed quickly. We do not have time to waste.
That is why it is my duty, as President of the United States, to inform you that, if the World Health Organization does not commit to major substantive improvements within the next 30 days, I will make my temporary freeze of United States funding to the World Health Organization permanent and reconsider our membership in the organization.
I cannot allow American taxpayer dollars to continue to finance an organization that, in its present state, is so clearly not serving America's interests.
Sincerely, Donald Trump
Anger Kills
*_TOO LATE TO APOLOGISE_*.
"Where are you coming from by this time of the night?"
He thundered.
"Honey you won't believe what happened today. Oh God I'm so tired right now."
She replied as she yawned.
"I asked where you are coming from and you are vomiting rubbish. Does that answer my question? Are you trying to pretend you don't know there's no food in this house?"
He said fuming.
"Honey I'm sorry but you should hear me out first. I...."
Before she could complete that sentence, a thunderous slap kissed her left cheek and she passed out on the sofa.
"Get my dinner ready, after that you will tell me why you switched off your phone."
He said as he walked towards the bedroom.
When he noticed there was no response from his wife, he was infuriated.
He rushed towards her to unleash the rest of the demon in him but on getting close to her, he discovered she has passed out.
He was shocked.
Cold sweat appeared on his forehead and raced down his temple.
Fear gripped him.
He began to panic.
He dashed into the bedroom, picked his car key and darted out of the house to open his car.
He rushed back into the house almost immediately, lifted his wife and headed to his car.
As he made to start the ignition, the car key fell off his hand.
He was visibly shaking.
Picking up the car key proved to be a difficult task to him as he couldn't get hold of it.
He succeeded but had to use both hands to start the car ignition. His shaky hands turned against him.
His heart was racing.
He couldn't hold the steering firmly but he managed to drive his way to the hospital.
Getting to the hospital, he alerted the nurses. His wife was rushed into the emergency ward.
He became restless.
After about five minutes, his doctor appeared to him.
"Good evening Mr Collins."
"Good evening doctor, how's my wife?"
He said with great panic.
"Your wife was here few hours ago. She brought your mum to the hospital before going home and if she had been ten minutes late, your mum would have died.
She wanted to alert you but her phone battery went flat. I would have called you but she said she will notify you when she get home. What really happened?"
The doctor asked.
"Doctor, is my wife okay?"
He asked with teary eyes.
"Your mum is in the other ward Mr Collins."
The doctor replied.
He couldn't hide his impatience as he gripped the doctor's shirt.
"What about my wife doctor? Is she okay?"
The doctor managed to pull his hands off his shirt before letting the cat out of the bag.
"I'm sorry Mr Collins, your wife couldn't make it. She's dead.
He was shocked.
Cold shivers ran down his spine.
He began to shake.
Hot tears welled up his eyes and as he made an attempt to speak, they raced down his cheeks.
Liquid fluids leaked out of his nostrils and wetted his lips. His shirt became drenched with sweat.
He wanted to man up but he couldn't.
He groaned in pain and let out a mad shout.
"Noooooo!!!"
But then, it was too late to correct his mistake.
He should have heard her first as requested by her.
He should have controlled his anger.
He shouldn't have laid his hand on her.
He should have been patient with her.
He shouldn't have....
He should have....
All these rhetoric questions....
But he didn't.
It was too late to apologize.
Don't make such a mistake.
SAY NO TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!!!
Good morning. Keep Staying Safe.
COPIED
"Where are you coming from by this time of the night?"
He thundered.
"Honey you won't believe what happened today. Oh God I'm so tired right now."
She replied as she yawned.
"I asked where you are coming from and you are vomiting rubbish. Does that answer my question? Are you trying to pretend you don't know there's no food in this house?"
He said fuming.
"Honey I'm sorry but you should hear me out first. I...."
Before she could complete that sentence, a thunderous slap kissed her left cheek and she passed out on the sofa.
"Get my dinner ready, after that you will tell me why you switched off your phone."
He said as he walked towards the bedroom.
When he noticed there was no response from his wife, he was infuriated.
He rushed towards her to unleash the rest of the demon in him but on getting close to her, he discovered she has passed out.
He was shocked.
Cold sweat appeared on his forehead and raced down his temple.
Fear gripped him.
He began to panic.
He dashed into the bedroom, picked his car key and darted out of the house to open his car.
He rushed back into the house almost immediately, lifted his wife and headed to his car.
As he made to start the ignition, the car key fell off his hand.
He was visibly shaking.
Picking up the car key proved to be a difficult task to him as he couldn't get hold of it.
He succeeded but had to use both hands to start the car ignition. His shaky hands turned against him.
His heart was racing.
He couldn't hold the steering firmly but he managed to drive his way to the hospital.
Getting to the hospital, he alerted the nurses. His wife was rushed into the emergency ward.
He became restless.
After about five minutes, his doctor appeared to him.
"Good evening Mr Collins."
"Good evening doctor, how's my wife?"
He said with great panic.
"Your wife was here few hours ago. She brought your mum to the hospital before going home and if she had been ten minutes late, your mum would have died.
She wanted to alert you but her phone battery went flat. I would have called you but she said she will notify you when she get home. What really happened?"
The doctor asked.
"Doctor, is my wife okay?"
He asked with teary eyes.
"Your mum is in the other ward Mr Collins."
The doctor replied.
He couldn't hide his impatience as he gripped the doctor's shirt.
"What about my wife doctor? Is she okay?"
The doctor managed to pull his hands off his shirt before letting the cat out of the bag.
"I'm sorry Mr Collins, your wife couldn't make it. She's dead.
He was shocked.
Cold shivers ran down his spine.
He began to shake.
Hot tears welled up his eyes and as he made an attempt to speak, they raced down his cheeks.
Liquid fluids leaked out of his nostrils and wetted his lips. His shirt became drenched with sweat.
He wanted to man up but he couldn't.
He groaned in pain and let out a mad shout.
"Noooooo!!!"
But then, it was too late to correct his mistake.
He should have heard her first as requested by her.
He should have controlled his anger.
He shouldn't have laid his hand on her.
He should have been patient with her.
He shouldn't have....
He should have....
All these rhetoric questions....
But he didn't.
It was too late to apologize.
Don't make such a mistake.
SAY NO TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!!!
Good morning. Keep Staying Safe.
COPIED
Friday 22 May 2020
ONE DAY
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF ONE DAY? (OJO KAN, RANA DAYA, OTU UBOCHI)*
One day, you will lock your door, but you will not be the one to open it.
One day, you will wash that best clothe of yours and you will not be able to wear it.
One day, your favourite food will be prepared and you will not be there to eat it anymore.
One day, you will eat and drink what you will never excrete.
One day, your curriculum vitae and all your years of experience will not matter to anyone anymore.
One day, the person that seems to love you most will never dare to move closer to you.
One day, you will think of what you can never accomplish.
One day, you will be regarded as “a corpse"
One day, you will be isolated in a place called “grave”
One day, those things and people you love most will come your way but you will not be able to give any attention to it/them.
One day, you will hold your breath and never be able to release it.
One day, you will become a defendant before The Chief Judge.(God)
One day, housefly/ termites will come your way and you will be unable to chase them.
One day, you will receive a call that you can never decline.
One day, your name will be called, but no one will answer.
One day, the assets you cherished most will be taken by another person.
One day, your deed on earth will be presented to you like a CD.
One day, a title will be added to your name “Late”
One day, The Great Allocator will allocate you to an appropriate place.
One day that your beautiful skin will turn to its original nature-sand.
One day, your entire body will cease operation. The verb will change from he is a good man to he was a good man.
One day, you will be given an eternal apartment, either Paradise or hell.
One day, you will not be able to hold nor type anything on this Phone anymore.
In
One day, you will lock your door, but you will not be the one to open it.
One day, you will wash that best clothe of yours and you will not be able to wear it.
One day, your favourite food will be prepared and you will not be there to eat it anymore.
One day, you will eat and drink what you will never excrete.
One day, your curriculum vitae and all your years of experience will not matter to anyone anymore.
One day, the person that seems to love you most will never dare to move closer to you.
One day, you will think of what you can never accomplish.
One day, you will be regarded as “a corpse"
One day, you will be isolated in a place called “grave”
One day, those things and people you love most will come your way but you will not be able to give any attention to it/them.
One day, you will hold your breath and never be able to release it.
One day, you will become a defendant before The Chief Judge.(God)
One day, housefly/ termites will come your way and you will be unable to chase them.
One day, you will receive a call that you can never decline.
One day, your name will be called, but no one will answer.
One day, the assets you cherished most will be taken by another person.
One day, your deed on earth will be presented to you like a CD.
One day, a title will be added to your name “Late”
One day, The Great Allocator will allocate you to an appropriate place.
One day that your beautiful skin will turn to its original nature-sand.
One day, your entire body will cease operation. The verb will change from he is a good man to he was a good man.
One day, you will be given an eternal apartment, either Paradise or hell.
One day, you will not be able to hold nor type anything on this Phone anymore.
In
Thursday 21 May 2020
Marry A Wise Woman
*DEADLOCK* PLS, READ*
*By Kay Lord*
Renato Oil and Gas is a multinational oil company in Nigeria. It is also operating in over 10 other countries across Europe, the Middle East and the Americas with their global headquarters in Kohln, Germany.
This oil company has been operating in Nigeria for 25 years with German expatriates as MD/CEO for thesame number of years. Recently, the current MD, who's the third since Renato started operations in Nigeria sent in a notice of retirement letter to the Board at their global headquarters in Germany.
The Board, after deliberation decided that after 25 years of operation in Nigeria, they've been able to grow and train people capable and equiped enough to take charge of the Nigerian operations, hence it was decided that a Nigerian amongst the top Executive Directors of the company in Nigeria should henceforth be appointed to preside over the affairs of the Nigerian subsidiary as MD/CEO.
Immediately the news of this decision filtered into the company in Nigeria, every staff already narrowed it down to two EDs. These two, most senior of the four EDs, came in as members of the pioneer staff of the company. Over the years, apart from their top academic qualifications from Ivy League institutions, they've been fortunate to have undergone series of training abroad on several occasions, and have both at one time or the other worked at the global headquarters and other subsidiaries of Renato oil around the world.
The Board asked any of the EDs interested to apply. The four EDs applied and after series of interviews both in Nigeria and Germany, true to speculation of most staff, the two most senior and experienced EDs were finally shortlisted for the final interview.
Fredrick Wale Coker is Executive Director, Accounts & Human Resources. He's 46 years old, married to Jane Olanike Coker and they are blessed with 3 kids ages 16, 13 and 10. Fred is a first class graduate of Accounting at the age of 19 years from the University of Lagos. He later went back to the University of Port Harcourt to earn another degree in Petroleum Engineering (2:1) and an MBA (Oil & Gas) from University of Dundee, Scotland UK. He's also a chattered accountant and an alumni of Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University. His wife, Jane runs an expensive private nursery and Primary school in the highbrow old Ikoyi on Lagos Island.
Nosa Oladeji Osogbe is Executive Director, Operations & Engineering. He attended the premier University, University of Ibadan where he studied Mechanical Engineering and bagged a first class and the best graduating student of his faculty. He thereafter proceeded to MIT where he did his masters in Engineering specialising in oil and gas engineering. He also attended Harvard for his MBA degree. He's happily married to Erica Osogbe, an insurance broker with one of the top insurance brokerage firm in Nigeria and they are blessed with two kids, 18 and 16 years respectively. Nosa is 47 years old.
They were called to Germany to face the global Board of Renato Oil at the company headquarters for the last interview. There are 10 categories of areas in which they would be asked questions and each of the 10 member board are to score each candidate over 10. At the end of the interview, there was a tie. 5 board members score Fred higher while the other 5 members score Nosa higher. After much arguments, they could not reach a consensus. The Chairman decided to call off the meeting for another day. They asked Fred and Nosa to go back to Nigeria while the decision of the Board would be conveyed to them soonest.
It's been 3 months and nothing has been heard from Germany. Meanwhile, Mr Goldberg the current MD has a month before his final bow out. His farewell ceremony is already been planned with a cocktail and dinner to be held at the prestigious Eko Hotel in Victoria Island. The global Chairman of the board, global MD/CEO and 3 other members of the board would be coming from Germany for the farewell ceremony for Mr Goldberg who has put in 35 years in the service of Renato oil.
The question is, who takes over Renato Nigeria? The Chairman does not believe in appointing people in acting capacity, and does not at the same time to want to leave a vacuum once the current MD leaves. When the German team arrived Nigeria, at their meeting with Mr Goldberg, he made them to understand that having worked with both Fred and Nosa for 7 years, he would be okay if any amongst them is appointed as they are absolutely super qualified and capable. The only woman amongst the board suggested that since Fred and Nosa's wife would be coming for the cocktail/dinner party, they should one on one engage their wives to see the other side of this two gentlemen. Let's have an informal chat with each wife, I am sure that would break the deadlock. Not that who they are at home or with their wives has anything to do with their job performance which we already know, but in situation like this we can use it to break the deadlock. Funnily, all of them agreed to this proposal.
On the night of the party, both Fred and Nosa arrives with their wives. Mr. Goldberg had been instructed to fully engage Fred and Nosa in order for their wives to be free. Unknowingly as cocktail is served, the Chairman and his crew gets to work, engaging Jane and Erica separately and informally.
At home prior to the Farewell Dinner of her husband’s boss at Eko hotel, Jane Coker was at home having an argument with her husband about his workaholic nature and his not spending enough time with her and the kids…
It has always been a sour point in Fred and Jane’s marriage. Fred has always been a serious minded person right from school. He’s a provider and he loves his wife and kids to bits but when it comes to his responsibility in the office, he can’t help putting too much time and energy into it. He kept telling Jane that Renato has given him a great life and the least he can do is to work hard for the company that changed his life for good. As an Executive Director, apart from a fabulous pay package, thier kids are entitled to full scholarship up to University level, a home in highbrow Ikoyi which becomes theirs at retirement and an all expense paid summer holiday for the whole family once a year. All these is apart from generous allowances as at when due. Fred always feel obligated to give all back to the company and often times to the detriment of his family.
Jane understand Fred’s argument but just does not buy the idea of making your family pay dearly for this work obsession. This has been a dark spot in their marriage and Jane over the years took solace in her kids and her passion for running her Nursery/ Primary school. The only day Fred ever stays at home and not go to work is on Sunday, that’s if he’s not traveling abroad on official assignment. Jane wonders why she should remain in a marriage where for sometimes two months, her husband would refuse to perform his conjugal responsibility. For how long is she going to live a sexless life at age 42 or keep begging her husband for sex.
Meanwhile, at Nosa and Erica’s home prior to the farewell dinner for Mr Goldberg at Eko Hotel, it was a silence of the grave yard scenario.
Nosa and Erica have not been on talking terms for three days until that morning when Nosa had to break the ice because of the farewell dinner they both have to attend. As usual, it’s all about money issue. Erica believes Nosa is too tight fisted and only cares for his siblings and parents to the detriment of his immediate family. Erica shouted at him few days ago about how as usual she asked him for some money, he refused but later went ahead to send more than the amount she asked for to his youngest brother he’s training in a UK University.
“You can spend any amount on your parents and siblings but when it comes to your family, it’s always excuse everytime. Why did you even marry and have a family? Why not just stay single and slave for your family…” Erica shouted at him.
Nosa hates it when Erica starts her usual trouble. Left to him, as far as he’s concerned, he’s been able to give the best to his immediate family. They don’t lack anything and his position at work gave them virtually everything free including the education of their two kids who are both schooling abroad in very expensive institutions. What he would not do is indulge Erica and be wasteful with money like her. After all, she earns well so why can’t she use her own money for all her ridiculous expenses. How can you be asking me to change a car I bought for you two years ago just because a new model just came out? No way! You can as well buy it with your own money.
“No amount of blackmail or cold shoulder would make me change a two year old car…” Nosa vowed.
At Eko Hotel, the venue of the Farewell Dinner for the outgoing MD/CEO of Renato Oil and Gas, Mr Goldberg is in full swing. The Minister for Petroleum, CEO of other sister oil companies, multinational companies, Banks, captains of industries and political big wigs are all trooping in. The Sugar band is dishing out old Lionel Richie tunes while cocktail is served.
The Global Chairman of Renato and other board members present agreed the only woman amongst them, Mrs. Randberg should meet up and have conversations with both Mrs Jane Coker and Erica Osogbe so that they can have time to attend to other issues and meet important dignitaries.
Mrs Randberg was first introduced to Jane Coker by the MD, Mr Goldberg…
Mrs Coker, it’s a pleasure meeting you.
The pleasure is all mine. Thank you very much and I hope you are enjoying the African sunshine…
Ohh indeed, I am…. and how are the kids?
The kids are all back at school now. It’s school season here.
Ohh that’s great. So, it’s just you and Fred at home. That gives room for good bonding when kids are not home…
Yes, even when they are home, Fred is a great and considerate family man and affectionate too…
(cursing furiously under her breadth… I hate all this corporate dinners where I have to keep the image and lie through my teeth. Affectionate my foot! Fred has not even made love to me in two months...)
Ohhh… That’s so romantic… Mrs. Coker, how lucky you are…
Hmmmm… Yes, indeed (why did I even come here?)
I am sure I will still see you later Mrs Coker, it’s been nice talking to you.
Thank you Madam, do have a great evening.
The cocktail was almost over before Mrs Randberg was introduced to Erica Osogbe by Mr. Goldberg. He was busy going round to greet a lot of dignitaries coming in…
Mrs Osogbe, how are you. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too… I hope your stay in Nigeria has been eventful.
Absolutely! This is my third time in Nigeria in the last four years and I always enjoy the buzz of Lagos…
Ohhh that’s great. Indeed Lagos is really buzzy…
Your husband spoke so highly of you Mrs Osogbe. He said you are a brilliant insurance broker here in Lagos…
Erica: Really?…I am flattered…I thank him for telling you that but I wish I can speak so highly of him like that right now…not that he’s not good at what he does here at Renato but I wish he can be that good to us like that at home.
BM: Oh never mind, men would always be men sometimes, don’t take it to heart Mrs. Osogbe…
Mrs… Errmmmm
Ranberg… Just call me Hannah…
Okay Mrs. Ran… Ohhh… Hannah, you know not all men are mean. My husband is a good man, just that he’s mean when it comes to money. Not that he doesn’t have the money but he rather waste it on other people than me, his wife…can you imagine I ask him to buy me a new car and he refused saying my old car is still okay… (thinking… I am going to spoil his parade here with one of his colleagues…if he thinks he can make me unhappy at home, I will also make him look bad with one of his colleagues)…
Never mind, I am sure he would still get it for you…(whispers in Erica’s ear..) I will help you nudge him….its been nice meeting you.
Same here Mrs....Hannah..
Monday morning at the Board room of Renato Oil & Gas, Mrs Randberg is briefing the Chairman, other board members and the MD of her encounter and conversation with both Fred and Nosa’s wives. She confidently and without hesitation told them Fredrick Coker has a more stable and settled family life than Nosa, therefore it would be better to appoint him as the next MD of Renato Nigeria.
The Chairman wanted a more detailed explanation and why Mrs Randberg arrived at her position. She posited that if you want to know a man very well, talk to his wife. A wife is the best representation of her husband and a sure reflection of his home. The position of a chief executive needs a man with a clear mind and a non troubling family life…running Renato takes a lot and if your home is not conducive and peaceful enough, your output might be affected.
But can we use a one encounter with Nosa’s wife to pass a judgement on his family life? I have worked with him for 7 years and there has never been anytime his family life affected his work here at Renato…the MD responded.
Too bad, Mrs. Randberg quipped. First impression last longer. We all agreed we will use this encounter to make our final choice and break the deadlock. Not that we are passing a vote of no confidence on Nosa. He might have a great family life just like you said, I don’t doubt that but his wife talks too much and there are some matters between husband and wife not meant for outsiders you are meeting for the first time. For all I care, Fred might have a more volatile marital life but his wife kept it under wraps and put up a good representation for her husband.
Okay, the deal is done. Mr Goldberg, please call a meeting of management for 9 am tomorrow where I would announce the appointment of Fred Coker as the new MD/CEO of Renato Nigeria. Meanwhile, prepare his letter of appointment for me to sign while you inform him to see me at my hotel tonight at 7pm to inform him personally before the official announcement tomorrow morning.
*The End.*
*COPIED!!!*
*Sisters, let us be careful how we run our mouths with regard to our spouses in public...*
*By Kay Lord*
Renato Oil and Gas is a multinational oil company in Nigeria. It is also operating in over 10 other countries across Europe, the Middle East and the Americas with their global headquarters in Kohln, Germany.
This oil company has been operating in Nigeria for 25 years with German expatriates as MD/CEO for thesame number of years. Recently, the current MD, who's the third since Renato started operations in Nigeria sent in a notice of retirement letter to the Board at their global headquarters in Germany.
The Board, after deliberation decided that after 25 years of operation in Nigeria, they've been able to grow and train people capable and equiped enough to take charge of the Nigerian operations, hence it was decided that a Nigerian amongst the top Executive Directors of the company in Nigeria should henceforth be appointed to preside over the affairs of the Nigerian subsidiary as MD/CEO.
Immediately the news of this decision filtered into the company in Nigeria, every staff already narrowed it down to two EDs. These two, most senior of the four EDs, came in as members of the pioneer staff of the company. Over the years, apart from their top academic qualifications from Ivy League institutions, they've been fortunate to have undergone series of training abroad on several occasions, and have both at one time or the other worked at the global headquarters and other subsidiaries of Renato oil around the world.
The Board asked any of the EDs interested to apply. The four EDs applied and after series of interviews both in Nigeria and Germany, true to speculation of most staff, the two most senior and experienced EDs were finally shortlisted for the final interview.
Fredrick Wale Coker is Executive Director, Accounts & Human Resources. He's 46 years old, married to Jane Olanike Coker and they are blessed with 3 kids ages 16, 13 and 10. Fred is a first class graduate of Accounting at the age of 19 years from the University of Lagos. He later went back to the University of Port Harcourt to earn another degree in Petroleum Engineering (2:1) and an MBA (Oil & Gas) from University of Dundee, Scotland UK. He's also a chattered accountant and an alumni of Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University. His wife, Jane runs an expensive private nursery and Primary school in the highbrow old Ikoyi on Lagos Island.
Nosa Oladeji Osogbe is Executive Director, Operations & Engineering. He attended the premier University, University of Ibadan where he studied Mechanical Engineering and bagged a first class and the best graduating student of his faculty. He thereafter proceeded to MIT where he did his masters in Engineering specialising in oil and gas engineering. He also attended Harvard for his MBA degree. He's happily married to Erica Osogbe, an insurance broker with one of the top insurance brokerage firm in Nigeria and they are blessed with two kids, 18 and 16 years respectively. Nosa is 47 years old.
They were called to Germany to face the global Board of Renato Oil at the company headquarters for the last interview. There are 10 categories of areas in which they would be asked questions and each of the 10 member board are to score each candidate over 10. At the end of the interview, there was a tie. 5 board members score Fred higher while the other 5 members score Nosa higher. After much arguments, they could not reach a consensus. The Chairman decided to call off the meeting for another day. They asked Fred and Nosa to go back to Nigeria while the decision of the Board would be conveyed to them soonest.
It's been 3 months and nothing has been heard from Germany. Meanwhile, Mr Goldberg the current MD has a month before his final bow out. His farewell ceremony is already been planned with a cocktail and dinner to be held at the prestigious Eko Hotel in Victoria Island. The global Chairman of the board, global MD/CEO and 3 other members of the board would be coming from Germany for the farewell ceremony for Mr Goldberg who has put in 35 years in the service of Renato oil.
The question is, who takes over Renato Nigeria? The Chairman does not believe in appointing people in acting capacity, and does not at the same time to want to leave a vacuum once the current MD leaves. When the German team arrived Nigeria, at their meeting with Mr Goldberg, he made them to understand that having worked with both Fred and Nosa for 7 years, he would be okay if any amongst them is appointed as they are absolutely super qualified and capable. The only woman amongst the board suggested that since Fred and Nosa's wife would be coming for the cocktail/dinner party, they should one on one engage their wives to see the other side of this two gentlemen. Let's have an informal chat with each wife, I am sure that would break the deadlock. Not that who they are at home or with their wives has anything to do with their job performance which we already know, but in situation like this we can use it to break the deadlock. Funnily, all of them agreed to this proposal.
On the night of the party, both Fred and Nosa arrives with their wives. Mr. Goldberg had been instructed to fully engage Fred and Nosa in order for their wives to be free. Unknowingly as cocktail is served, the Chairman and his crew gets to work, engaging Jane and Erica separately and informally.
At home prior to the Farewell Dinner of her husband’s boss at Eko hotel, Jane Coker was at home having an argument with her husband about his workaholic nature and his not spending enough time with her and the kids…
It has always been a sour point in Fred and Jane’s marriage. Fred has always been a serious minded person right from school. He’s a provider and he loves his wife and kids to bits but when it comes to his responsibility in the office, he can’t help putting too much time and energy into it. He kept telling Jane that Renato has given him a great life and the least he can do is to work hard for the company that changed his life for good. As an Executive Director, apart from a fabulous pay package, thier kids are entitled to full scholarship up to University level, a home in highbrow Ikoyi which becomes theirs at retirement and an all expense paid summer holiday for the whole family once a year. All these is apart from generous allowances as at when due. Fred always feel obligated to give all back to the company and often times to the detriment of his family.
Jane understand Fred’s argument but just does not buy the idea of making your family pay dearly for this work obsession. This has been a dark spot in their marriage and Jane over the years took solace in her kids and her passion for running her Nursery/ Primary school. The only day Fred ever stays at home and not go to work is on Sunday, that’s if he’s not traveling abroad on official assignment. Jane wonders why she should remain in a marriage where for sometimes two months, her husband would refuse to perform his conjugal responsibility. For how long is she going to live a sexless life at age 42 or keep begging her husband for sex.
Meanwhile, at Nosa and Erica’s home prior to the farewell dinner for Mr Goldberg at Eko Hotel, it was a silence of the grave yard scenario.
Nosa and Erica have not been on talking terms for three days until that morning when Nosa had to break the ice because of the farewell dinner they both have to attend. As usual, it’s all about money issue. Erica believes Nosa is too tight fisted and only cares for his siblings and parents to the detriment of his immediate family. Erica shouted at him few days ago about how as usual she asked him for some money, he refused but later went ahead to send more than the amount she asked for to his youngest brother he’s training in a UK University.
“You can spend any amount on your parents and siblings but when it comes to your family, it’s always excuse everytime. Why did you even marry and have a family? Why not just stay single and slave for your family…” Erica shouted at him.
Nosa hates it when Erica starts her usual trouble. Left to him, as far as he’s concerned, he’s been able to give the best to his immediate family. They don’t lack anything and his position at work gave them virtually everything free including the education of their two kids who are both schooling abroad in very expensive institutions. What he would not do is indulge Erica and be wasteful with money like her. After all, she earns well so why can’t she use her own money for all her ridiculous expenses. How can you be asking me to change a car I bought for you two years ago just because a new model just came out? No way! You can as well buy it with your own money.
“No amount of blackmail or cold shoulder would make me change a two year old car…” Nosa vowed.
At Eko Hotel, the venue of the Farewell Dinner for the outgoing MD/CEO of Renato Oil and Gas, Mr Goldberg is in full swing. The Minister for Petroleum, CEO of other sister oil companies, multinational companies, Banks, captains of industries and political big wigs are all trooping in. The Sugar band is dishing out old Lionel Richie tunes while cocktail is served.
The Global Chairman of Renato and other board members present agreed the only woman amongst them, Mrs. Randberg should meet up and have conversations with both Mrs Jane Coker and Erica Osogbe so that they can have time to attend to other issues and meet important dignitaries.
Mrs Randberg was first introduced to Jane Coker by the MD, Mr Goldberg…
Mrs Coker, it’s a pleasure meeting you.
The pleasure is all mine. Thank you very much and I hope you are enjoying the African sunshine…
Ohh indeed, I am…. and how are the kids?
The kids are all back at school now. It’s school season here.
Ohh that’s great. So, it’s just you and Fred at home. That gives room for good bonding when kids are not home…
Yes, even when they are home, Fred is a great and considerate family man and affectionate too…
(cursing furiously under her breadth… I hate all this corporate dinners where I have to keep the image and lie through my teeth. Affectionate my foot! Fred has not even made love to me in two months...)
Ohhh… That’s so romantic… Mrs. Coker, how lucky you are…
Hmmmm… Yes, indeed (why did I even come here?)
I am sure I will still see you later Mrs Coker, it’s been nice talking to you.
Thank you Madam, do have a great evening.
The cocktail was almost over before Mrs Randberg was introduced to Erica Osogbe by Mr. Goldberg. He was busy going round to greet a lot of dignitaries coming in…
Mrs Osogbe, how are you. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too… I hope your stay in Nigeria has been eventful.
Absolutely! This is my third time in Nigeria in the last four years and I always enjoy the buzz of Lagos…
Ohhh that’s great. Indeed Lagos is really buzzy…
Your husband spoke so highly of you Mrs Osogbe. He said you are a brilliant insurance broker here in Lagos…
Erica: Really?…I am flattered…I thank him for telling you that but I wish I can speak so highly of him like that right now…not that he’s not good at what he does here at Renato but I wish he can be that good to us like that at home.
BM: Oh never mind, men would always be men sometimes, don’t take it to heart Mrs. Osogbe…
Mrs… Errmmmm
Ranberg… Just call me Hannah…
Okay Mrs. Ran… Ohhh… Hannah, you know not all men are mean. My husband is a good man, just that he’s mean when it comes to money. Not that he doesn’t have the money but he rather waste it on other people than me, his wife…can you imagine I ask him to buy me a new car and he refused saying my old car is still okay… (thinking… I am going to spoil his parade here with one of his colleagues…if he thinks he can make me unhappy at home, I will also make him look bad with one of his colleagues)…
Never mind, I am sure he would still get it for you…(whispers in Erica’s ear..) I will help you nudge him….its been nice meeting you.
Same here Mrs....Hannah..
Monday morning at the Board room of Renato Oil & Gas, Mrs Randberg is briefing the Chairman, other board members and the MD of her encounter and conversation with both Fred and Nosa’s wives. She confidently and without hesitation told them Fredrick Coker has a more stable and settled family life than Nosa, therefore it would be better to appoint him as the next MD of Renato Nigeria.
The Chairman wanted a more detailed explanation and why Mrs Randberg arrived at her position. She posited that if you want to know a man very well, talk to his wife. A wife is the best representation of her husband and a sure reflection of his home. The position of a chief executive needs a man with a clear mind and a non troubling family life…running Renato takes a lot and if your home is not conducive and peaceful enough, your output might be affected.
But can we use a one encounter with Nosa’s wife to pass a judgement on his family life? I have worked with him for 7 years and there has never been anytime his family life affected his work here at Renato…the MD responded.
Too bad, Mrs. Randberg quipped. First impression last longer. We all agreed we will use this encounter to make our final choice and break the deadlock. Not that we are passing a vote of no confidence on Nosa. He might have a great family life just like you said, I don’t doubt that but his wife talks too much and there are some matters between husband and wife not meant for outsiders you are meeting for the first time. For all I care, Fred might have a more volatile marital life but his wife kept it under wraps and put up a good representation for her husband.
Okay, the deal is done. Mr Goldberg, please call a meeting of management for 9 am tomorrow where I would announce the appointment of Fred Coker as the new MD/CEO of Renato Nigeria. Meanwhile, prepare his letter of appointment for me to sign while you inform him to see me at my hotel tonight at 7pm to inform him personally before the official announcement tomorrow morning.
*The End.*
*COPIED!!!*
*Sisters, let us be careful how we run our mouths with regard to our spouses in public...*
Monday 18 May 2020
The Realities Of Covid 19 And Post Covid 19 Times
RUN, GET PREPARED BEFORE THE IMPENDING BAD ECONOMIC RAIN STARTS
By Anayo Nwosu, OON
The economic hardship that will befall on countries like Nigeria after and during COVID-19 is better imagined than experienced. It is akin to what the Igbos suffered after the war.
Unfortunately, even the Igbos whose population are now mostly post-1970 have lost the post-civil war economic survival experience and may be exposed to the same hardships other Nigerians would suffer in months to come.
The worst of is that foreign nations who normally come to our aid are also challenged because the suspension of economic activities due to coronavirus has hit them so hardly. They will first focus on their recovery than to look for who to help. Nigeria will have to enjoy all their years of maladministration and lack of focused leadership.
All can testify that both Federal and State governments could not reach out to everyone with COVID-19 palliatives despite their best efforts. They simply cannot because there is no enough money or resources to achieve that. Even those charged with distribution needed the palliatives more than the intended targets. So, it boils down to "onye ọbụla chebe onwe ya" meaning "everyone should fend for himself or herself" also know as OYO.
Only those who escaped abroad before now shall be better of as most western nations have closed their borders to tourists and immigrants. We are all trapped in here.
"Ma eze ma ochi ikpe" meaning "we all" shall now use those hospitals we refused to equip or even abandoned, the schools we failed to adequately staff and equip, the roads we refused to build or built on TV and social media.
In weeks to come, many employers of labour will shed some weights. Marriages standing on one foot are waiting for relaxation of lockdown and curfew to collapse. The federal and state governments would begin to delay or owe salaries because oil and other revenues have dipped or not received. States who depend only on federal allocation would beg to be merged with other states. Southeast will soon find out that they only need one house of assembly not five. Other states will realize the same thing and cry for restructuring will rent the air.
With high unemployment rates, crime rate will rise and the rich will park their SUVs at home and fly okada (which will have to be unbanned) to avoid being noticed as rich. The prostitutes will be offering credit sales while many junior pastors will revolt to start their own business centres.
Many former almajiri youths in the north will move enmass towards the south for economic survival. The massive movement being noticed now is going to be a child's play when inter-state lockdown is lifted. Southern states must plan to build a holding accommodation for them since there is no law prohibiting the movement of any Nigerian. Don’t think it’s a northern agenda to send soldiers to islamize the south. No, it is akin to southerners' migration to Europe where they plead for economic asylum. Don't they engage in economic malfeasance and drug peddling there? The almajiris will of course arrive with their own vices.
Many youths will no longer go to church as they have learnt during COVID-19 that churches offer no immunity to a common virus not to talk about their existential issues. They would feel that some people have been scamming them. The orthodox churches would suffer what their western counterparts suffered that made them unban homosexuality to attract members.
It is going to be a chaos.
But how do you as a person feature in all these? The following are suggested ways you could navigate through the coming economic psunami:
1. Hold on to your cash. Cash is king. There will be a lot of opportunities for those who have cash in hand. So, save as if your life depends on it. Foreigners will sell their businesses to leave Nigeria. Many people will sell their prime land or houses at a give away prices.
2. Get ready for sack. Organisations must reduce cost to survive. If you are not the owner of the business or are not an essential staff, start thinking of an option B now. Don't be deceived by rhetorics. All jobs are under threat. Many have already sacked their drivers and other domestic servants in the name of COVID-19 safety concerns. Many of them may never return. Same goes for side chicks and side women. Guys are now learning how to only plug to the same sockets.
3. Start thinking of going into agriculture but you must study the risk properly. If you’re a white or blue collar job person please start from sales or distribution of farm produce.That’s where the money is made. Farming is more of a passion except for commercial farming which is capital intensive.
4. Forget getting into selling of goods purchased abroad which prices are denominated in foreign currency.
5. As a new timer, avoid fashion, beauty products business, gold and other giffen goods now as the mass market are in existential goods.
6. Cut all unuseful friends; all those “bros take or give me one bottle attitude”. Not now. Learn how to drink alone at home for now. You need some tincture of alcohol to think straight at this time. If you cannot drink please pray and shout a lot, it has the same effect.
7. Read a lot to acquire new knowledge. Read motivational and professional books online if you cannot buy.
8. Stop pursuing or the craze to invest in government contracts. It is more dangerous now as you may not be paid. Get involved only if the advanced payment would cover your cost and profit. Governments have so much to do with reduced revenue.
9. Move your children to schools you can afford even while you are out of job or when your business slows down.
10. Get married to someone who can help carry your load as Simeon de Cyrene.
11. Wed now using COVID-19 protocol of ban on number of people assembling in one place as an excuse to save a whole lot.
12. Pray a lot for God’s direction and grace.
The bad times would only get worse for anyone who doesn’t get prepared now.
Do know what? In the weeks and months to come, there would be new a group of former rich men and women. They are those who resisted change. They failed to read the signs of times.
Some businesses will crumple as typewriters and touch lights did following the emergence of computers and phones.
Everyone should wear a thinking cap to face this new normal. It is scary.
A war foretold doesn’t consume the cripple.
Cc: Anayo Nwosu
👆🏼what do you think ..far fetched or closer to home!!!!
By Anayo Nwosu, OON
The economic hardship that will befall on countries like Nigeria after and during COVID-19 is better imagined than experienced. It is akin to what the Igbos suffered after the war.
Unfortunately, even the Igbos whose population are now mostly post-1970 have lost the post-civil war economic survival experience and may be exposed to the same hardships other Nigerians would suffer in months to come.
The worst of is that foreign nations who normally come to our aid are also challenged because the suspension of economic activities due to coronavirus has hit them so hardly. They will first focus on their recovery than to look for who to help. Nigeria will have to enjoy all their years of maladministration and lack of focused leadership.
All can testify that both Federal and State governments could not reach out to everyone with COVID-19 palliatives despite their best efforts. They simply cannot because there is no enough money or resources to achieve that. Even those charged with distribution needed the palliatives more than the intended targets. So, it boils down to "onye ọbụla chebe onwe ya" meaning "everyone should fend for himself or herself" also know as OYO.
Only those who escaped abroad before now shall be better of as most western nations have closed their borders to tourists and immigrants. We are all trapped in here.
"Ma eze ma ochi ikpe" meaning "we all" shall now use those hospitals we refused to equip or even abandoned, the schools we failed to adequately staff and equip, the roads we refused to build or built on TV and social media.
In weeks to come, many employers of labour will shed some weights. Marriages standing on one foot are waiting for relaxation of lockdown and curfew to collapse. The federal and state governments would begin to delay or owe salaries because oil and other revenues have dipped or not received. States who depend only on federal allocation would beg to be merged with other states. Southeast will soon find out that they only need one house of assembly not five. Other states will realize the same thing and cry for restructuring will rent the air.
With high unemployment rates, crime rate will rise and the rich will park their SUVs at home and fly okada (which will have to be unbanned) to avoid being noticed as rich. The prostitutes will be offering credit sales while many junior pastors will revolt to start their own business centres.
Many former almajiri youths in the north will move enmass towards the south for economic survival. The massive movement being noticed now is going to be a child's play when inter-state lockdown is lifted. Southern states must plan to build a holding accommodation for them since there is no law prohibiting the movement of any Nigerian. Don’t think it’s a northern agenda to send soldiers to islamize the south. No, it is akin to southerners' migration to Europe where they plead for economic asylum. Don't they engage in economic malfeasance and drug peddling there? The almajiris will of course arrive with their own vices.
Many youths will no longer go to church as they have learnt during COVID-19 that churches offer no immunity to a common virus not to talk about their existential issues. They would feel that some people have been scamming them. The orthodox churches would suffer what their western counterparts suffered that made them unban homosexuality to attract members.
It is going to be a chaos.
But how do you as a person feature in all these? The following are suggested ways you could navigate through the coming economic psunami:
1. Hold on to your cash. Cash is king. There will be a lot of opportunities for those who have cash in hand. So, save as if your life depends on it. Foreigners will sell their businesses to leave Nigeria. Many people will sell their prime land or houses at a give away prices.
2. Get ready for sack. Organisations must reduce cost to survive. If you are not the owner of the business or are not an essential staff, start thinking of an option B now. Don't be deceived by rhetorics. All jobs are under threat. Many have already sacked their drivers and other domestic servants in the name of COVID-19 safety concerns. Many of them may never return. Same goes for side chicks and side women. Guys are now learning how to only plug to the same sockets.
3. Start thinking of going into agriculture but you must study the risk properly. If you’re a white or blue collar job person please start from sales or distribution of farm produce.That’s where the money is made. Farming is more of a passion except for commercial farming which is capital intensive.
4. Forget getting into selling of goods purchased abroad which prices are denominated in foreign currency.
5. As a new timer, avoid fashion, beauty products business, gold and other giffen goods now as the mass market are in existential goods.
6. Cut all unuseful friends; all those “bros take or give me one bottle attitude”. Not now. Learn how to drink alone at home for now. You need some tincture of alcohol to think straight at this time. If you cannot drink please pray and shout a lot, it has the same effect.
7. Read a lot to acquire new knowledge. Read motivational and professional books online if you cannot buy.
8. Stop pursuing or the craze to invest in government contracts. It is more dangerous now as you may not be paid. Get involved only if the advanced payment would cover your cost and profit. Governments have so much to do with reduced revenue.
9. Move your children to schools you can afford even while you are out of job or when your business slows down.
10. Get married to someone who can help carry your load as Simeon de Cyrene.
11. Wed now using COVID-19 protocol of ban on number of people assembling in one place as an excuse to save a whole lot.
12. Pray a lot for God’s direction and grace.
The bad times would only get worse for anyone who doesn’t get prepared now.
Do know what? In the weeks and months to come, there would be new a group of former rich men and women. They are those who resisted change. They failed to read the signs of times.
Some businesses will crumple as typewriters and touch lights did following the emergence of computers and phones.
Everyone should wear a thinking cap to face this new normal. It is scary.
A war foretold doesn’t consume the cripple.
Cc: Anayo Nwosu
👆🏼what do you think ..far fetched or closer to home!!!!
Sunday 17 May 2020
Categories Of Income Classes In Nigeria
Nigeria's income classification per annum according to a private report.
Upper Class: > ₦60M
Lower Upper Class: ₦12-59.9M
Middle Class: ₦1.2-11.9M
Lower Class: ₦150k-1.19M
Poor: < ₦150k
Where do you belong?
Income Class [Adult Pop.]
Upper: > ₦60M 0.8%
Lower Upper: ₦12-59.9M 4.2%
Middle: ₦1.2-11.9M 26%
Lower: ₦150k-1.19M 32%
Poor: < ₦150k 37%
People with incomes above ₦60M [Upper Class] make up 0.8% of the adult pop. while people with incomes between ₦12-59.9M [L. Upper Class] make up 4.2% of the adult pop.
People with incomes between ₦1.2-11.9M [Middle Class] make up 26% of the adult population
.People with incomes between ₦150k-1.19M [Lower Class] make up 32% of the adult pop. while people with incomes less than ₦150k [Poor] make up 37% of the adult pop.
Upper Class: > ₦60M
Lower Upper Class: ₦12-59.9M
Middle Class: ₦1.2-11.9M
Lower Class: ₦150k-1.19M
Poor: < ₦150k
Where do you belong?
Income Class [Adult Pop.]
Upper: > ₦60M 0.8%
Lower Upper: ₦12-59.9M 4.2%
Middle: ₦1.2-11.9M 26%
Lower: ₦150k-1.19M 32%
Poor: < ₦150k 37%
People with incomes above ₦60M [Upper Class] make up 0.8% of the adult pop. while people with incomes between ₦12-59.9M [L. Upper Class] make up 4.2% of the adult pop.
People with incomes between ₦1.2-11.9M [Middle Class] make up 26% of the adult population
.People with incomes between ₦150k-1.19M [Lower Class] make up 32% of the adult pop. while people with incomes less than ₦150k [Poor] make up 37% of the adult pop.
WHY?
DO YOU KNOW WHY????
1. WHY?
Why do men's clothes have buttons on the right while women's clothes have buttons on the left?
BECAUSE
When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich.
Since most people are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left.
Because wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on the maid's right!
And that's where women's buttons have remained since.
2. WHY?
Why do ships and aircraft use 'Mayday' as their call for help?
BECAUSE
This comes from the French word m'aidez - meaning 'help me' - and is pronounced approximately as 'mayday.'
3. WHY?
Why are zero scores in tennis called 'love'?
BECAUSE
In France where tennis became popular, the round zero on the scoreboard looked like an egg and was called 'l'oeuf,' which is French for 'the egg.'
When tennis was introduced in the US, Americans (naturally), mispronounced it 'love.'
4. WHY?
Why do X's at the end of a letter signify kisses?
BECAUSE
In the Middle Ages, when many people were unable to read or write, documents were often signed using an X.
Kissing the X represented an oath to fulfill obligations specified in the document. The X and the kiss eventually became synonymous.
5. WHY?
Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called 'Passing the buck'?
BECAUSE
In card games, it was once customary to pass an item called a buck from player to player to indicate whose turn it was to deal.
If a player did not wish to assume the responsibility of dealing, he would 'pass the buck' to the next player.
6. WHY?
Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?
BECAUSE
In earlier times, it used to be common for someone to try to kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink.
To prove to a guest that a drink was safe, it became customary for a guest to pour a small amount of his drink into the glass of the host.
Both men would drink it simultaneously. When a guest trusted his host, he would only touch or clink the host's glass with his own.
7. WHY?
Why are people in the public eye said to be 'in the limelight'?
BECAUSE
Invented in 1825, limelight was used in lighthouses and theatres by burning a cylinder of lime which produced a brilliant light.
In the theatre, a performer 'in the limelight' was the centre of attention
8. WHY?
Why is someone who is feeling great said to be 'On cloud nine'?
BECAUSE
Types of clouds are numbered according to the altitudes they attain, with nine being the highest cloud.
If someone is said to be on cloud nine, that person is floating well above worldly cares.
9. WHY?
In golf, where did the term 'Caddie' come from?
BECAUSE
When Mary Queen of Scots went to France as a young girl, Louis, King of France, learned that she loved the Scots' game, 'golf.'
He had the first course outside of Scotland built for her enjoyment.
To make sure she was properly chaperoned (and guarded) while she played, Louis hired cadets from a military school to accompany her.
Mary liked this a lot and when she returned to Scotland (not a very good idea in the long run), she took the practice with her.
In French, the word 'cadet' is pronounced 'ca-day' and the Scots changed it into 'caddie'.
10. WHY?
Why are many coin collection jar banks shaped like pigs?
BECAUSE
Long ago, dishes and cookware in Europe were made of dense orange clay called 'pygg'.
When people saved coins in jars made of this clay, the jars became known as 'pygg banks.'
When an English potter misunderstood the word, he made a container that resembled a pig.
And it caught on.
THIS IS WHY.
SENT
1. WHY?
Why do men's clothes have buttons on the right while women's clothes have buttons on the left?
BECAUSE
When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich.
Since most people are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left.
Because wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on the maid's right!
And that's where women's buttons have remained since.
2. WHY?
Why do ships and aircraft use 'Mayday' as their call for help?
BECAUSE
This comes from the French word m'aidez - meaning 'help me' - and is pronounced approximately as 'mayday.'
3. WHY?
Why are zero scores in tennis called 'love'?
BECAUSE
In France where tennis became popular, the round zero on the scoreboard looked like an egg and was called 'l'oeuf,' which is French for 'the egg.'
When tennis was introduced in the US, Americans (naturally), mispronounced it 'love.'
4. WHY?
Why do X's at the end of a letter signify kisses?
BECAUSE
In the Middle Ages, when many people were unable to read or write, documents were often signed using an X.
Kissing the X represented an oath to fulfill obligations specified in the document. The X and the kiss eventually became synonymous.
5. WHY?
Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called 'Passing the buck'?
BECAUSE
In card games, it was once customary to pass an item called a buck from player to player to indicate whose turn it was to deal.
If a player did not wish to assume the responsibility of dealing, he would 'pass the buck' to the next player.
6. WHY?
Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?
BECAUSE
In earlier times, it used to be common for someone to try to kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink.
To prove to a guest that a drink was safe, it became customary for a guest to pour a small amount of his drink into the glass of the host.
Both men would drink it simultaneously. When a guest trusted his host, he would only touch or clink the host's glass with his own.
7. WHY?
Why are people in the public eye said to be 'in the limelight'?
BECAUSE
Invented in 1825, limelight was used in lighthouses and theatres by burning a cylinder of lime which produced a brilliant light.
In the theatre, a performer 'in the limelight' was the centre of attention
8. WHY?
Why is someone who is feeling great said to be 'On cloud nine'?
BECAUSE
Types of clouds are numbered according to the altitudes they attain, with nine being the highest cloud.
If someone is said to be on cloud nine, that person is floating well above worldly cares.
9. WHY?
In golf, where did the term 'Caddie' come from?
BECAUSE
When Mary Queen of Scots went to France as a young girl, Louis, King of France, learned that she loved the Scots' game, 'golf.'
He had the first course outside of Scotland built for her enjoyment.
To make sure she was properly chaperoned (and guarded) while she played, Louis hired cadets from a military school to accompany her.
Mary liked this a lot and when she returned to Scotland (not a very good idea in the long run), she took the practice with her.
In French, the word 'cadet' is pronounced 'ca-day' and the Scots changed it into 'caddie'.
10. WHY?
Why are many coin collection jar banks shaped like pigs?
BECAUSE
Long ago, dishes and cookware in Europe were made of dense orange clay called 'pygg'.
When people saved coins in jars made of this clay, the jars became known as 'pygg banks.'
When an English potter misunderstood the word, he made a container that resembled a pig.
And it caught on.
THIS IS WHY.
SENT
We Are Slaves In Our Own Land
I have a question for you all my friends of this generation.
It is as follows.
What will be your achievement if in your old age, the child you sponsored through university education right in front of your eyes becomes a slave working for an illiterate Chinese man for $100/month, not in China but right there in Nigeria, your own country?
Think about that. Yes, you will ask me, where is this coming from?
Thank you for asking.
Let me quickly say that the internet is overflowing with videos and information about the dealings, actions and activities of Americans, Europeans and Chinese governments and citizens towards Africa and Africans, so you can substantiate everything you are about to read from me
Firstly, for over 500 years, the white man has continually robbed us, Africans, and we have failed to learn from it.
Let me sound it from the mountain top
*THE WHITE MAN HAS NEVER AND WILL NEVER LIKE OR LOVE YOU. EVERY TIME THEY COME TO YOU, IT IS TO ROB AND KILL YOU. FINANCIAL AIDS, VACCINES, FOOD AND EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR YOU IS MEANT FOR THEIR OWN ADVANTAGE AND CONTROL OVER YOU*
Yet, our leaders continue to receive them with open arms.
America, Britain, France and co, all have the same *agenda* towards Africa, they see us as glorified monkeys that cannot think.
*For so many years, we've proved them right*
Secondly, today, our leaders are repeating the errors of 500 years ago, when our forefathers sold their brothers for mirrors.
They sold them into slavery in foreign lands.
Today, our present leaders are selling our land and people to the Chinese for bribes of $100k to $1m.
*A black man cannot buy a property in China, he can only rent or lease but in Africa, Chinese are buying acres and hectares of land outright*
.
As much as I will not like to bore you, I must share my revelation with you.
In a dream, I saw myself and 2 other men working for peanuts in a labor camp owned by a Chinese doctor.
What does this mean?
It means, that the Chinese are about to own Africa and turn it into a labor camp where the next generation will be working for them.
Guess what?
It's already happening, in Ogun state, the Chinese have a place where they buy farm produce directly from our farmers, totally unsupervised by either the ministry of agriculture or commerce.
The young men that work for the Chinese merchants toil from 7am to 7pm for N700/day in Nigeria.
That is less than $2/day in your own country.
My problem with you my friends is that we continue to play "helpless" while all these things are happening in our own time.
You are educated, you are able to educate your kids but look ahead of you, 10, 20 years from now, when China owns everything in Africa, you would have educated your kids to slave for an uneducated Chinese in your own land.
It is time to do something, to mount enough pressure on our leaders.
Call your senators, carry placards, pressure your governors until they bring the discussion to the forefront, to change the laws and say no to foreigners owning our country.
They can only lease a property for a maximum of 10 years. No outright sales of properties to foreigners.
It is as follows.
What will be your achievement if in your old age, the child you sponsored through university education right in front of your eyes becomes a slave working for an illiterate Chinese man for $100/month, not in China but right there in Nigeria, your own country?
Think about that. Yes, you will ask me, where is this coming from?
Thank you for asking.
Let me quickly say that the internet is overflowing with videos and information about the dealings, actions and activities of Americans, Europeans and Chinese governments and citizens towards Africa and Africans, so you can substantiate everything you are about to read from me
Firstly, for over 500 years, the white man has continually robbed us, Africans, and we have failed to learn from it.
Let me sound it from the mountain top
*THE WHITE MAN HAS NEVER AND WILL NEVER LIKE OR LOVE YOU. EVERY TIME THEY COME TO YOU, IT IS TO ROB AND KILL YOU. FINANCIAL AIDS, VACCINES, FOOD AND EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR YOU IS MEANT FOR THEIR OWN ADVANTAGE AND CONTROL OVER YOU*
Yet, our leaders continue to receive them with open arms.
America, Britain, France and co, all have the same *agenda* towards Africa, they see us as glorified monkeys that cannot think.
*For so many years, we've proved them right*
Secondly, today, our leaders are repeating the errors of 500 years ago, when our forefathers sold their brothers for mirrors.
They sold them into slavery in foreign lands.
Today, our present leaders are selling our land and people to the Chinese for bribes of $100k to $1m.
*A black man cannot buy a property in China, he can only rent or lease but in Africa, Chinese are buying acres and hectares of land outright*
.
As much as I will not like to bore you, I must share my revelation with you.
In a dream, I saw myself and 2 other men working for peanuts in a labor camp owned by a Chinese doctor.
What does this mean?
It means, that the Chinese are about to own Africa and turn it into a labor camp where the next generation will be working for them.
Guess what?
It's already happening, in Ogun state, the Chinese have a place where they buy farm produce directly from our farmers, totally unsupervised by either the ministry of agriculture or commerce.
The young men that work for the Chinese merchants toil from 7am to 7pm for N700/day in Nigeria.
That is less than $2/day in your own country.
My problem with you my friends is that we continue to play "helpless" while all these things are happening in our own time.
You are educated, you are able to educate your kids but look ahead of you, 10, 20 years from now, when China owns everything in Africa, you would have educated your kids to slave for an uneducated Chinese in your own land.
It is time to do something, to mount enough pressure on our leaders.
Call your senators, carry placards, pressure your governors until they bring the discussion to the forefront, to change the laws and say no to foreigners owning our country.
They can only lease a property for a maximum of 10 years. No outright sales of properties to foreigners.
Saturday 16 May 2020
Phase Reopening Of COVID 19 Restrictions By The Federal Government
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT's ROADMAP FOR EASING COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS
Elinegist
Government's roadmap to ease Covid-19 restrictions will be set out in 5 phases. These phases will be on 3 week review process, the current phases would commence on the following dates:
Phase 1 - 18th May
Phase 2 - 8th June
Phase 3 - 29th June
Phase 4 - 20th July
Phase 5 - 10th August
If coronavirus cases begin to increase, we will revert to the restrictions set out in the previous stage.
🔮 PHASE 1 🔮
Phase 1 of the roadmap will lift the following restrictions:
🔸 Construction workers, landscape gardeners and other outdoor workers may return to work
🔸 Garden centres, repair shops and hardware stores may reopen
🔸 Fitness & sport activities (non-contact) in small groups (max of 4 people) may resume (golf included)
🔸 People may meet up with friends and family in small groups outdoors (size of a "small group" is defined as up to 4 people)
🔸 The majority of regular health services will resume
🔸 Outdoor public amenities and tourism sites may reopen (beaches & mountain walks)
*NOTE - social distancing guidelines will remain in operation for all
🔮 PHASE 2 🔮
Phase 2 of the roadmap will lift the following restrictions:
🔸 Restriction will be extended from 5km to 20km
🔸 Specific retail hours will be allocated for those currently cocooning
🔸 Home visits will be allowed to those cocooning, by a small number of persons for a short period of time
🔸 Up to 4 people may visit another household for a short period of time
🔸 Slightly larger family gatherings at funerals will be permitted (limited to maximum safe social distancing can still be applied)
🔸 Solitary workers and workers that can maintain social distancing can return to work
🔸 Small retail outlets that can control staff and customer numbers and maintain social distancing may reopen
🔸 Public libraries will reopen
🔸 Outdoor sporting activities, involving small group training (no matches) can recommenced (no contact still allowed)
🔮 PHASE 3 🔮
Phase 3 of the roadmap will lift the following restrictions:
🔸 Commence opening of creches and pre-schools for children of essential workers
🔸 Commence a phased approach to visiting at hospitals and other healthcare settings
🔸 Businesses where employees have low levels of daily interaction may reopen
🔸 Phase in the opening of all other non-essential retail outlets, restricting customer numbers and applying social distancing (limited to retail outlets with street level entrance and exit, i.e. not in shopping centres)
🔸 Playgrounds will be reopened
🔸 'Behind closed doors' sporting events may recommence
🔸 Cafes and restaurants may reopen as long as social distancing is maintained
🔮 PHASE 4 🔮
Phase 4 of the roadmap will lift the following restrictions:
🔸 Travel will be extended to outside of your region
🔸 Larger household visits will be permitted
🔸 Small social gatherings will be permitted (baptisms, small weddings etc.)
🔸 Creches and pre-schools will reopen for all other children
🔸 Other employees return to work - beginning with those who cannot work remotely and then staggering the working times to ensure social distancing
🔸 Barbers and hairdressers may reopen
🔸 Museums and other cultural outlets may reopen
🔸 Sports teams (GAA & soccer) may recommence and public swimming pools may reopen
🔸 Hotels and other hospitality units may reopen based on limited occupancy. Hotel bars are to remain closed.
🔮 PHASE 5 🔮
Phase 5 of the roadmap will lift the following restrictions:
🔸 Social gatherings will be permitted except for large gathering and gatherings in households of suspect cases
🔸 Schools and colleges will reopen on a phased basis and will recommence in the new academic year
🔸 Normal hospital and other residential setting visits will be allowed
🔸 All employees may return to work on normal onsite arrangements, except organisations that cannot maintain social distancing plans
🔸 Enclosed shopping centres may reopen
🔸 Tattoo and piercing parlors may reopen
🔸 Cinemas may reopen
🔸 Close contact physical sports may recommence (rugby, boxing etc.)
🔸 Gyms and dance studios may reopen
🔸 Mass sporting events may recommence where social distancing can be maintained
🔸 Indoor recreational venues may reopen (bowling, bingo etc.)
🔸Small festivals and other outdoor cultural events may resume
🔸 Tourist travel to offshore islands may resume.
Elinegist
Government's roadmap to ease Covid-19 restrictions will be set out in 5 phases. These phases will be on 3 week review process, the current phases would commence on the following dates:
Phase 1 - 18th May
Phase 2 - 8th June
Phase 3 - 29th June
Phase 4 - 20th July
Phase 5 - 10th August
If coronavirus cases begin to increase, we will revert to the restrictions set out in the previous stage.
🔮 PHASE 1 🔮
Phase 1 of the roadmap will lift the following restrictions:
🔸 Construction workers, landscape gardeners and other outdoor workers may return to work
🔸 Garden centres, repair shops and hardware stores may reopen
🔸 Fitness & sport activities (non-contact) in small groups (max of 4 people) may resume (golf included)
🔸 People may meet up with friends and family in small groups outdoors (size of a "small group" is defined as up to 4 people)
🔸 The majority of regular health services will resume
🔸 Outdoor public amenities and tourism sites may reopen (beaches & mountain walks)
*NOTE - social distancing guidelines will remain in operation for all
🔮 PHASE 2 🔮
Phase 2 of the roadmap will lift the following restrictions:
🔸 Restriction will be extended from 5km to 20km
🔸 Specific retail hours will be allocated for those currently cocooning
🔸 Home visits will be allowed to those cocooning, by a small number of persons for a short period of time
🔸 Up to 4 people may visit another household for a short period of time
🔸 Slightly larger family gatherings at funerals will be permitted (limited to maximum safe social distancing can still be applied)
🔸 Solitary workers and workers that can maintain social distancing can return to work
🔸 Small retail outlets that can control staff and customer numbers and maintain social distancing may reopen
🔸 Public libraries will reopen
🔸 Outdoor sporting activities, involving small group training (no matches) can recommenced (no contact still allowed)
🔮 PHASE 3 🔮
Phase 3 of the roadmap will lift the following restrictions:
🔸 Commence opening of creches and pre-schools for children of essential workers
🔸 Commence a phased approach to visiting at hospitals and other healthcare settings
🔸 Businesses where employees have low levels of daily interaction may reopen
🔸 Phase in the opening of all other non-essential retail outlets, restricting customer numbers and applying social distancing (limited to retail outlets with street level entrance and exit, i.e. not in shopping centres)
🔸 Playgrounds will be reopened
🔸 'Behind closed doors' sporting events may recommence
🔸 Cafes and restaurants may reopen as long as social distancing is maintained
🔮 PHASE 4 🔮
Phase 4 of the roadmap will lift the following restrictions:
🔸 Travel will be extended to outside of your region
🔸 Larger household visits will be permitted
🔸 Small social gatherings will be permitted (baptisms, small weddings etc.)
🔸 Creches and pre-schools will reopen for all other children
🔸 Other employees return to work - beginning with those who cannot work remotely and then staggering the working times to ensure social distancing
🔸 Barbers and hairdressers may reopen
🔸 Museums and other cultural outlets may reopen
🔸 Sports teams (GAA & soccer) may recommence and public swimming pools may reopen
🔸 Hotels and other hospitality units may reopen based on limited occupancy. Hotel bars are to remain closed.
🔮 PHASE 5 🔮
Phase 5 of the roadmap will lift the following restrictions:
🔸 Social gatherings will be permitted except for large gathering and gatherings in households of suspect cases
🔸 Schools and colleges will reopen on a phased basis and will recommence in the new academic year
🔸 Normal hospital and other residential setting visits will be allowed
🔸 All employees may return to work on normal onsite arrangements, except organisations that cannot maintain social distancing plans
🔸 Enclosed shopping centres may reopen
🔸 Tattoo and piercing parlors may reopen
🔸 Cinemas may reopen
🔸 Close contact physical sports may recommence (rugby, boxing etc.)
🔸 Gyms and dance studios may reopen
🔸 Mass sporting events may recommence where social distancing can be maintained
🔸 Indoor recreational venues may reopen (bowling, bingo etc.)
🔸Small festivals and other outdoor cultural events may resume
🔸 Tourist travel to offshore islands may resume.
Regrets In Old Age
*THINGS THAT CAUSE REGRET AT OLD AGE*
When younger we make various choice's without the future in mind. Sometimes those choices bite us in our mid-life. These are some of the things one might regret when they're older.
1. *Marrying the wrong person*
When you're young, check your motives for marrying. Don't marry to copy your peers, or for social standing or out of pressure. Marry for love and companionship, marry the right person, marry your best friend. For if you marry the wrong person or for the wrong reasons, you will have to put up with that person the rest of your life. Things might get worse between you two; then depression, physical abuse, affairs, pain, shame, court cases, bitterness will define your mid-life years all because you chose the wrong one. Things will get worse when children are involved. Make the right choice of a spouse when you are young.
2. *The opportunities you did not seize*
When you are younger many doors will open, you will get many chances. Many young people let these opportunities go because of fear, laziness, or pride; yet well younger and with more energy is the best time to start a venture and a name for yourself. Some think the opportunities are too big for them. Take advantage of them or one day when you're older you will want to go back and grab those missed chances.
3. *The bridges you burned*
When we are younger, we care little for relationships, what most think about is getting money and moving up the ladder of success at all cost. Many use and trample on people to progress, they take relationships for granted, messing up bonds, sleeping with people for personal gain. But these bad actions will catch up with you ahead. When you will realize how empty life is without love and friends. When you will have success but no one around you or no one to trust you.
4. *The child you aborted*
You are a young lady, you get pregnant and you are scared. You take the aborting option quickly thinking of that moment then. But when you are much older, you will look back and wish you kept that baby. When you will be rich and successful you will wish that child you gave up on would be around to enjoy the fruits of your hard work. Being a single mother doesn't mean you can't make it in life or you can't find a man in future.
5. *The child you rejected*
Young man, you impregnated a woman, she told you she's pregnant with your child. You rejected her and the baby and ran. But years later when you're 50 something, you will wish you were responsible, you will wish you manned up and became a father to that child. You will see that child excel and become an adult but will have no claim to that grown child who you rejected from the beginning. You will regret being a Dead Beat Dad by choice
6. *The marriage you destroyed*
So you get married to your good fiance; the first months in marriage were good but shortly after, with your money and charm, you started having affairs. You became unfaithful. Your spouse begged you to stop, your children started hurting, your marriage was collapsing. One day when you are older, it will hit you how foolish you were to destroy the good marriage you had began to build for mere temporary thrills in affairs that did you no good. You will realize the damage you caused to your children and spouse.
7. *The God you disowned*
When you are much older you become wiser, God becomes more real as you see life in a more meaningful way. But don't wait to get older to start enjoying a relationship with God. Know God when you are young, build your future with God. Don't be a young rebel who runs back to God when age catches up.
8. *The body you messed up*
You have only one body to live with all your life. The cigarettes, the alcohol you are abusing, the drugs you are taking, the unhealthy food you're consuming; all that will destroy you slowly. When you are 50 and lifestyle diseases catch up with you, you will wish you took care of your body when younger, that you exercised more; but now the damage is done.
9. *The time you wasted*
The time you are wasting when younger in worry, wrong relationships, laziness, being a couch potato, giving excuses and pursuing meaningless things; you will never get it back.
10. *The dreams and talents you shelved*
Are you talented when young; are there things you love to do and you are good at them? Nurture those talents, exploit them, don't give up even if you encounter set backs, don't give up on your dreams. If you give up, when you're older you will look at your peers who stuck to what they love and made it and think to yourself, "That could have been me". Pursue a career, study a course you love. Don't waste years of your life in a field that doesn't fulfill you.
11 *The name you defamed*
When you are older, a legacy is very important, the value of your name is crucial. You will ask yourself what is your reputation, what are you leaving behind? Your legacy is a sum total of your actions since youthful days. We write our biography by how we live life everyday. When you look back your path and you see the mud you threw at your own name, the shame you attracted and the little value you have added to the world; you will regret.
12. *The wealth you threw away*
Are you riding on good money during your productive years? Earning good money? Don't throw away that money in clubs, reckless living and wasteful shopping. Invest with that money, widen your revenue stream, make that money work for you and keep it safe to take care of you in your older years. Leave an inheritance for your loved ones so that you will never say "I wish I knew better"
13. *The good love that got away*
Is there that great person in your life loving you good? Don't push that person away, or else that person will walk out your life and you will never ever find someone that incredible and who connects with you all your life. It will torment you to grow older with thoughts of "What if I was still with that person?"
14 *The parents you despised*
When younger, it is easy to show contempt to your parents; what do your parent's know? They are old-fashioned, shady and small -minded. But your parents are still your parents whether you agree with them or not, whatever their style. Don't let your parent die or age separated from you, reconcile and make up. When you get older, you will realize why your parents wanted to be close to you. The older you get, the more you see the value.
Thanks for reading
To realize
The value of a sister or brother
Ask someone
Who doesn't have one.
To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.
To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.
To realize
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
To realize
The value of one month:
Ask a mother
Who has given birth to
A premature baby.
To realize
The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize
The value of one minute:
Ask a person
Who has missed the train, bus or plane.
To realize
The value of one second:
Ask a person
Who has survived an accident.
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more when
You can share it with someone special.
To realize the value of a friend or family member:
LOSE ONE.
Do not keep this with you, lt might bring blessings to everyone you pass it to
Remember....
Hold on tight to the ones you love!
When younger we make various choice's without the future in mind. Sometimes those choices bite us in our mid-life. These are some of the things one might regret when they're older.
1. *Marrying the wrong person*
When you're young, check your motives for marrying. Don't marry to copy your peers, or for social standing or out of pressure. Marry for love and companionship, marry the right person, marry your best friend. For if you marry the wrong person or for the wrong reasons, you will have to put up with that person the rest of your life. Things might get worse between you two; then depression, physical abuse, affairs, pain, shame, court cases, bitterness will define your mid-life years all because you chose the wrong one. Things will get worse when children are involved. Make the right choice of a spouse when you are young.
2. *The opportunities you did not seize*
When you are younger many doors will open, you will get many chances. Many young people let these opportunities go because of fear, laziness, or pride; yet well younger and with more energy is the best time to start a venture and a name for yourself. Some think the opportunities are too big for them. Take advantage of them or one day when you're older you will want to go back and grab those missed chances.
3. *The bridges you burned*
When we are younger, we care little for relationships, what most think about is getting money and moving up the ladder of success at all cost. Many use and trample on people to progress, they take relationships for granted, messing up bonds, sleeping with people for personal gain. But these bad actions will catch up with you ahead. When you will realize how empty life is without love and friends. When you will have success but no one around you or no one to trust you.
4. *The child you aborted*
You are a young lady, you get pregnant and you are scared. You take the aborting option quickly thinking of that moment then. But when you are much older, you will look back and wish you kept that baby. When you will be rich and successful you will wish that child you gave up on would be around to enjoy the fruits of your hard work. Being a single mother doesn't mean you can't make it in life or you can't find a man in future.
5. *The child you rejected*
Young man, you impregnated a woman, she told you she's pregnant with your child. You rejected her and the baby and ran. But years later when you're 50 something, you will wish you were responsible, you will wish you manned up and became a father to that child. You will see that child excel and become an adult but will have no claim to that grown child who you rejected from the beginning. You will regret being a Dead Beat Dad by choice
6. *The marriage you destroyed*
So you get married to your good fiance; the first months in marriage were good but shortly after, with your money and charm, you started having affairs. You became unfaithful. Your spouse begged you to stop, your children started hurting, your marriage was collapsing. One day when you are older, it will hit you how foolish you were to destroy the good marriage you had began to build for mere temporary thrills in affairs that did you no good. You will realize the damage you caused to your children and spouse.
7. *The God you disowned*
When you are much older you become wiser, God becomes more real as you see life in a more meaningful way. But don't wait to get older to start enjoying a relationship with God. Know God when you are young, build your future with God. Don't be a young rebel who runs back to God when age catches up.
8. *The body you messed up*
You have only one body to live with all your life. The cigarettes, the alcohol you are abusing, the drugs you are taking, the unhealthy food you're consuming; all that will destroy you slowly. When you are 50 and lifestyle diseases catch up with you, you will wish you took care of your body when younger, that you exercised more; but now the damage is done.
9. *The time you wasted*
The time you are wasting when younger in worry, wrong relationships, laziness, being a couch potato, giving excuses and pursuing meaningless things; you will never get it back.
10. *The dreams and talents you shelved*
Are you talented when young; are there things you love to do and you are good at them? Nurture those talents, exploit them, don't give up even if you encounter set backs, don't give up on your dreams. If you give up, when you're older you will look at your peers who stuck to what they love and made it and think to yourself, "That could have been me". Pursue a career, study a course you love. Don't waste years of your life in a field that doesn't fulfill you.
11 *The name you defamed*
When you are older, a legacy is very important, the value of your name is crucial. You will ask yourself what is your reputation, what are you leaving behind? Your legacy is a sum total of your actions since youthful days. We write our biography by how we live life everyday. When you look back your path and you see the mud you threw at your own name, the shame you attracted and the little value you have added to the world; you will regret.
12. *The wealth you threw away*
Are you riding on good money during your productive years? Earning good money? Don't throw away that money in clubs, reckless living and wasteful shopping. Invest with that money, widen your revenue stream, make that money work for you and keep it safe to take care of you in your older years. Leave an inheritance for your loved ones so that you will never say "I wish I knew better"
13. *The good love that got away*
Is there that great person in your life loving you good? Don't push that person away, or else that person will walk out your life and you will never ever find someone that incredible and who connects with you all your life. It will torment you to grow older with thoughts of "What if I was still with that person?"
14 *The parents you despised*
When younger, it is easy to show contempt to your parents; what do your parent's know? They are old-fashioned, shady and small -minded. But your parents are still your parents whether you agree with them or not, whatever their style. Don't let your parent die or age separated from you, reconcile and make up. When you get older, you will realize why your parents wanted to be close to you. The older you get, the more you see the value.
Thanks for reading
To realize
The value of a sister or brother
Ask someone
Who doesn't have one.
To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.
To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.
To realize
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
To realize
The value of one month:
Ask a mother
Who has given birth to
A premature baby.
To realize
The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize
The value of one minute:
Ask a person
Who has missed the train, bus or plane.
To realize
The value of one second:
Ask a person
Who has survived an accident.
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more when
You can share it with someone special.
To realize the value of a friend or family member:
LOSE ONE.
Do not keep this with you, lt might bring blessings to everyone you pass it to
Remember....
Hold on tight to the ones you love!
Friday 15 May 2020
Madascar coronavirus solution
MADAGASCAR'S ''SOLUTION TO COVID19''
1. NEEM LEAF (DOGOYARO)
2. PAWPAW LEAF
3. LIME ORANGE
4. GARLIC AND
5. GINGER.
6. GUAVA LEAVES
7. MANGO LEAVES
8. LEMON GRASS.
TOGETHER BOIL AND TAKE IT 3X PER DAY.
1. NEEM LEAF (DOGOYARO)
2. PAWPAW LEAF
3. LIME ORANGE
4. GARLIC AND
5. GINGER.
6. GUAVA LEAVES
7. MANGO LEAVES
8. LEMON GRASS.
TOGETHER BOIL AND TAKE IT 3X PER DAY.
Sunday 10 May 2020
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CORONA VIRUS
_*1.* / Postpone travel abroad for 2 years.._
_*2.* / Do not eat outside food for 1 year.._
_*3.* / Do not go to unnecessary marriage or other similar ceremony.._
_*4.* /Do not take unnecessary travel trips.._
_*5.* / Do not go to a crowded place for at least 1 year.._
_*6.* / Completely follow social distancing norms.._
_*7.* / Stay away from a person who has cough.._
_*8.* / Keep the face mask on.._
_*9.* / Be very careful in the current one week.._
_*10.* / Do not let the any mess around you.._
_*11.* /Prefer vegetarian food.._
_*12.* / Do not go to the Cinema, Mall, Crowded Market for 6 Months now. If possible, Park, Party, etc. should also be avoided.._
_*13.* / Increase immunity.._
_*14.*/ be very carefull while at Barber shop or at beauty Salon parlour.._
_*15.* / Avoid Unnecessary Meetings, Always keep in mind Social Distancing.._
_*16.*/ The threat of *CORONA* is not going to end soon.
*17*/. Dont wear belt, rings, wrist watch, when you go out. Watch is not required. Your mobile has got time.
*18.*/ No hand kerchief. Take sanitiser & tissue if required.
*19.*/ Don't bring the shoes into your house. Leave them outside.
*20*/. Clean your hands & legs when you come home from outside.
*21*/.when you feel you have come nearer to a suspected patient take a thorough bath.
*Lockdown or no lockdown next 6 months to 12 months follow these precautions.*
_*2.* / Do not eat outside food for 1 year.._
_*3.* / Do not go to unnecessary marriage or other similar ceremony.._
_*4.* /Do not take unnecessary travel trips.._
_*5.* / Do not go to a crowded place for at least 1 year.._
_*6.* / Completely follow social distancing norms.._
_*7.* / Stay away from a person who has cough.._
_*8.* / Keep the face mask on.._
_*9.* / Be very careful in the current one week.._
_*10.* / Do not let the any mess around you.._
_*11.* /Prefer vegetarian food.._
_*12.* / Do not go to the Cinema, Mall, Crowded Market for 6 Months now. If possible, Park, Party, etc. should also be avoided.._
_*13.* / Increase immunity.._
_*14.*/ be very carefull while at Barber shop or at beauty Salon parlour.._
_*15.* / Avoid Unnecessary Meetings, Always keep in mind Social Distancing.._
_*16.*/ The threat of *CORONA* is not going to end soon.
*17*/. Dont wear belt, rings, wrist watch, when you go out. Watch is not required. Your mobile has got time.
*18.*/ No hand kerchief. Take sanitiser & tissue if required.
*19.*/ Don't bring the shoes into your house. Leave them outside.
*20*/. Clean your hands & legs when you come home from outside.
*21*/.when you feel you have come nearer to a suspected patient take a thorough bath.
*Lockdown or no lockdown next 6 months to 12 months follow these precautions.*
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