Apologies. She has been working since 2010 till date.
I doubt though that she pension records for all her years because some companies did not pay her pension while she worked with them. I hope this wouldn't pose a problem.

I was of the opinion that she has to have written the Australian qualifying exams as a pharmacist before she can assess and apply. Please correct/confirm this assertion.

I intend to study data analytics/science which is a growing field and hopefully get a job in that field

What I deduce from your post is that studying in a regional university is the best approach. I was wondering if one would be able to get a job to pay off outstanding school fees if one decides to enrol in schools like that.

tunlex01:


It not look like your spouse has experience as a Pharmacist cos you skipped that part and if she has, she should be the one assessing.
I would advise processing everyone together so she can get through the Pharamcy registration as soon as you land and can get you PR.
Job prospects is relative. These days, jobs can be done remotely. Your target should be about getting PR and cities like Sydney or Melbourne may offer good jobs but nominations hardly come except you work for an organisation willing to sponsor you.

Getting a job anywhere is relative. Most of the time, you have good prospects only after you graduate due to your visa restriction. If your spouse is the one studying for example while you are the dependent, that may be a better option as you will have full work right and companies may be willing to offer you full time role.

Getting PR after studies as an accountant may be a tall order but things change. Hopefully, it's going to be for the better for the accounting profession in the coming years.
At this time, studying in regional area is the real deal due to the extended years on the post graduate and more options of getting nomination.

Age: 40

Qualifications.:

Bsc -Economics- Olabisi Onabanjo Uni- 2006
Bsc Applied Accounting- Oxford Brookes Uni, UK- 2008
MBA Anglia Ruskin University-2011
ACCA- 2008

Occupation: Management Accountant 7-8 years verifiable experience

IELTS score : listening-8, Reading-8, Writing-7.5, Speaking-7.5 (projected from my last attempts in 2018)

Wifey
Age -36
B Pharm, Kwame Nkrumah Uni, Ghana- 2008

IELTS score : Listening-9, Reading-6.5, Writing-7.5, Speaking-8.5 (projected from her last attempt in 2019)

Dear gurus,

So here's my plan. I plan to immigrate to Australia via the study route specifically to study Data Analytics in a school in one of the big cities because of job prospects. I plan to get some work experience in Australia as an Accountant too before the end of my studies.

What are my chances of getting a PR after my studies, and does studying in a regional university make a difference in my case?
I plan to apply first for the student visa before applying for my wife and daughter.


Please help assess this plan.

Damn nigga

Slawormiir

obembet:
Year 2021 has been a blessed year so far and nairaland has been a wonderful forum full of wonderful people that can make can forget your sorrow with thier wonderful comments.

I also want to reach out to All nairaland football lovers. believe me this guys are so wonderful, people like OJEEMAH JohnnyPalmer Paulolee PlayMaker14
Kilishihunter PECON1 ThierryJay Chloraseptic . I can not forget you guys in a hurry.

Also, I want to appreciate our Nairaland Senior pastor Righteousness2 . I will not forget snake master Lalasti.clala and my sweetheart mynd44 , this guy has ban me 3 times this year.

I love you all guys and I wish you prosperous year ahead.

Sebastian's post rings true for many though. I will frame it.
It reminds us of the exploit Big Tech has discovered in the human DNA. With this they have will continue to milk this till eternity.

It is not a coincidence that you see animal posts on the front-page of this forum. The admin knows that these posts get them one of the highest engagement. They fuel these types of posts repeatedly.

If one studies good time management techniques and one sticks to them in applying what you have learnt then one can achieve success in curbing the excess time devoted to the internet.

Irrespective of what preferred platform is, these are just tech companies that have chosen a niche to focus on. They constantly have meetings with their stats and metrics on whiteboards where they examine the numbers and decide how to make their content more engaging. There are thousands of niches out there and they will always have a crowd.

This conversation is an inter-niche debate. "My tribe is better than yours".

BoomBucks:




Quora is a question and answer forum.

if you want a forum for just about anything, try reddit. You'll enjoy it.

Meanwhile, nairaland is like a barrack, soldier come, soldier go, barrack remains. I don't think you'll be missed.

I first joined this forum in 2007, deactivated and here I am again.

The cruise on nairaland is there for the taking. It's a really funny place. Sometimes I just open the forum as a guest just for laughs.

But if you want real discussion like you said earlier, go to reddit or may be quora.

The Crown of Joy Foundation had its annual Christmas party on the 14th of December 2019.
See post below

https://ohiozoya.com/2019/12/20/annual-christmas-party-2019-of-crown-of-joy-foundation/

Foods to cure Premature Ejaculation – Premature or Early ejaculation is a sexual disorder where a man is unable to control ejaculation during sexual intercourse with his partner. PE is again a condition where a man ejaculates so quick; right before having sex or immediately after stimulating the male organ.

According to research, some of the common causes of Premature ejaculation include but not limited to:

Physiological factors; being sexually-inexperienced, being over-excited, getting overly-stressed, excess depression, etc.
Certain diseases; diabetes, thyroid conditions, prostate diseases
Others; excessive alcohol intake, overconsumption of drugs, hormonal imbalance, certain injury, etc.
That being said, early ejaculation has engendered a lot of problems in many relationships and homes, showing how crucial it is to overcome it as soon as you possibly can. In this article, you will find top 10 foods that can help cure premature ejaculation and boost your sexual performance.

Starting with:

1. Brown Rice

Brown Rice is considered one of the healthiest foods we have around. It is an excellent source of key minerals and vitamins, including fiber, manganese, iron, zinc, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, potassium, selenium, vitamin [B1, B2, B3, B6, E, K].

Studies reveal that the vast majority of people with ejaculation-related problem are often found to have unbalanced hormone levels.

However, one of the things brown rice do in the body is to help raise your serotonin levels without triggering any negative effects. This goes a long way in giving your ejaculation health a huge boost.

Apart from being a great remedy for Premature Ejaculation, other health benefits associated with brown rice include – Reduced risk/effect of diabetes, Reduced stress levels in lactating mothers, Enhanced Digestive health, Improved heart health, Lowered cholesterol levels, Reduced cancer risk. Improved nervous system functioning, Relieved insomnia, Strengthened immune system, Improved bone health, to name but a few.

2. Carrots

Carrot contains good amount of beta-carotene, flavonoids, antioxidants, iron, manganese, folate, potassium, pantothenic acid, Vitamin A, Vitamin B8, Vitamin C, Vitamin K and some other key properties that can help strengthen the penile muscles and improve blood flow around the male genital area to give your overall sexual health a huge boost.

Other health benefits of carrots include – Reduced mouth plaque, Improved eyesight, Reduced aging signs, Healthier skin, Reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases, Lowered cancer risk, Elimination of harmful toxins from the body, Improved liver functioning, Lowered blood pressure, Reduced cholesterol levels, Increased satiety, Reduced spikes in blood sugar levels, Lowered risk of stroke, Strengthened immune system, etc.

3. Avocado

Avocado is an ideal food option for people struggling with premature ejaculation. This is majorly because it contains numerous vitamins, such as Vitamin B, C, and K as well as fibers and proteins – all of which has a way of boosting sexual performance in a natural way. The Vitamin K in Avocado also helps in improving blood flow to vital organs in the body.

Other than improved sexual performance, some additional health benefits of Avocado include – Reduced blood pressure, Lowered risk of cardiovascular diseases [such as stroke, kidney failure and heart attack], Reduced inflammation, Reduced body weight, Lowered blood sugar spikes, Reduced cholesterol levels, Lowered blood triglycerides, Improved eye health, Reduced cancer risk. Relieved symptoms of Arthritis, and the host of others benefits.

4. Banana

Banana is yet another food that can help cure premature ejaculation among men. It is an excellent source of key minerals and vitamins, including Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, dietary fiber, potassium, manganese, biotin, copper, fiber, etc – all of which are linked with reduced risk/effect of early ejaculation.

Studies also reveal that Bromelain, a powerful enzyme found in Banana can help increase sexual drive and boost sperm count in men.

For best results, eat good amounts of bananas every day.

5. Asparagus

Asparagus is well known for its versatile nature and many health benefits. Apart from being nutritious and delicious, this vegetable can give your sexual health a huge boost when consumed moderately.

To start with, Asparagus contain potent properties that can help prevent/cure premature ejaculation, including Vitamin A and C.

Part of the things the abundance amount of Vitamin A in Asparagus do in the body is to help regulate testosterone levels while the Vitamin C content is effective for increasing sperm count and improving blood flow to the penile area, both of which can help alleviate premature ejaculation.

To use Asparagus for sexual purpose, all you need do is to boil the roots in milk and drink it two times in a day. It will help strengthen your penile muscles and boost your sexual health.

6. Watermelon

Watermelon contains a phytonutrient called ‘citrulline’ and some other powerful properties that are proven to be effective for increasing libido. It also stimulates L-arginine production in men, which can further help prevent premature ejaculation.

You can eat watermelon slices or better still add it to your fruit salad for positive results.

Some other health benefits of eating watermelon regularly include – Reduced risk of macular degeneration diseases, Relieved muscle soreness, Lowered inflammation and Oxidative stress, Improved heart health, Reduced risk of cancer, Increased hydration, Supports weight loss. Reduced diabetes risk, etc.

7. Spinach

Spinach is one of the healthiest dark leafy vegetables, and more importantly it can help control early ejaculation. This is majorly because of the potent properties it comprises of, including folate, iron and zinc – all of which are linked with strengthened penile muscles and improved sexual performance.

That being said, it will please you to know that spinach isn’t just ideal for preventing early ejaculation, but also in – Preventing high blood pressure, Reducing the risk of heart disease, Preventing cataracts, Combating macular degeneration, Promoting healthier skin tone, Reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, Improving eyesight, Boosting concentration and memory, to name but a few.

8. Ginger and Honey

Ever since they were discovered, Ginger and Honey have been found to be effective for treating myriads of health and sexual conditions, including premature ejaculation. They both contain aphrodisiacs properties, meaning they can help increase your sexual drive and performance on the bed.

Ginger and honey also increases blood flow to the penile muscles to help control ejaculation. All you need do is to grate ginger and add moderate amount of honey to it, then drink the mixture regularly until you get satisfactory results.

9. Green onion

The seeds of green onions exhibit aphrodisiacs effects, and multiple studies reveal that consuming them regularly can help prevent/cure premature ejaculation, increase your stamina and strength, which may go a long way in prolonging your sexual capacity. For this purpose, mix some crushed green onion seeds with water then drink regularly, until you are satisfied with the results.

10. Garlic

Garlic is aphrodisiac in nature and contains potent anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties that can help improve blood circulation to vital organs of the body. Studies also show that consuming garlic on a regular basis can help elongate the duration of your sexual intercourse while preventing early ejaculation. For this purpose, chew the cloves or better still fry them in ghee, then eat every morning, before eating any food.

https://healthyliffe.com/2019/11/02/foods-to-cure-premature-ejaculation/

Seconded.

peterson:
Hmmm...

I'd rather dare to be different by carving and maintaining a niche in "motivational living" as opposed to the traditional and saturated "motivational speaking".

Most speakers end up doing the talks with big big grammars and never walk the walk.

Motivational living does it for me...

Tee A...

I concur with you...

Seconded

Gaby

Do you offer money back guarantee?

What is your specialty?

booked

Assistant Accountant Job Duties:
Preparing financial documents such as invoices, bills, and accounts payable and receivable
Completing purchase orders
Completing financial reports on a regular basis and providing information to the finance team
Assisting with budgets
Completing bank reconciliations
Entering financial information into appropriate software programs
Managing company ledgers
Processing business expenses
Verifying balances in account books and rectifying discrepancies
Verifying bank deposits
Managing day-to-day transactions
Recording office expenditures and ensuring these expenses are within the set budget
Assisting the finance department and senior accounting staff members with various tasks, including preparing budgets, records, and statements
Posting daily receipts
Preparing annual budgets
Completing the year-end analysis
Reporting on debtors and creditors
Handling accruals and prepayments
Managing monthly budgeting tasks

The office is in Lekki, Lagos

Send your CVs to jobsnownigeria@gmail.com before the 16th of September 2018

Dear Op,


How can I get the premium Gramarly?

My his soul rest in peace

Nice story but I question why someone who had done ICAN would go for a Security Job. I believe that if you plan to do a job below your level it should at least be related to your industry e.g lecturing or working for an audit firm for little or no salary but not security. Perphaps, the job could have come quicker if you had done something related.


Warm regards,

The Economist published for the 25th -31st of March 17, in an article titled Contraceptives in Egypt, A Bitter Pill, the magazine wrote about the difficulties in getting contraceptives and medicines because of foreign exchange shortages Egypt is experiencing at the moment.

Crux of the matter is Egyptians favour birth control pills rather than condoms and a woman who was given a condom thought she was meant to swallow it. See quote below:

"Hassan turned to the black market to
get birth-control pills, until those disappeared.
Others adapted in different ways.
Egyptian couples tend to shun condoms,
but some have resorted to them. There is a
shortage of sex education, too. A pharmacist
in Cairo claims one woman tried to
swallow the condoms she bought."

Hello poster! poster! Last time I checked no 3 on the list, White House is a restaurant and not a canteen. . These two are different.

Do you know that kawokudi.com is the online marketplace to shop for your shoes, bars, perfume, mobile phones, womens shoes, first aid kits, reflective jackets etc. When you talk about online shopping in Lagos and Nigeria think kawokudi. Kawokudi offers shipping to anywhere in Nigeria and we offer the best quality products with the best prices.

I think he has signed a one-year extension on his current contract which will expire at the end of the new season

DEALS for oilfields can be as opaque as the stuff that is pumped from them. But when partners fall out and go to court, light is sometimes shed on the bargaining process—and what it exposes is not always pretty. That is certainly true in the tangled case of OPL245, a massive Nigerian offshore block with as much as 9 billion barrels of oil—enough to keep all of Africa supplied for seven years.

After years of legal tussles, in 2011 Shell, in partnership with ENI of Italy, paid a total of $1.3 billion for the block. The Nigerian government acted as a conduit for directing most of that money to the block’s original owner, a shadowy local company called Malabu Oil and Gas. Two middlemen hired by Malabu, one Nigerian, one Azerbaijani, then sued the firm separately in London—in the High Court and in an arbitration tribunal, respectively—claiming unpaid fees for brokering the deal.

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The resulting testimony and filings make fascinating reading for anyone interested in the uses and abuses of anonymous shell companies, the dilemmas that oil firms face when operating in ill-governed countries and the tactics they feel compelled to employ to obfuscate their dealings with corrupt bigwigs. They also demonstrate the importance of the efforts the G8 countries will pledge to make, at their summit next week, to put a stop to hidden company ownership and to make energy and mining companies disclose more about the payments they make to win concessions. On June 12th the European Parliament voted to make EU-based resources companies disclose all payments of at least €100,000 ($130,000) on any project.

The saga of block OPL245 began in 1998 when Nigeria’s then petroleum minister, Dan Etete, awarded it to Malabu, which had been established just days before and had no employees or assets. The price was a “signature bonus” of $20m (of which Malabu only ever paid $2m).

The firm intended to bring in Shell as a 40% partner, but in 1999 a new government took power and two years later it cried foul and cancelled the deal. The block was put out to bid and Shell won the right to operate it, in a production-sharing contract with the national petroleum company, subject to payment of an enlarged signature bonus of $210m. Shell did not immediately pay this, for reasons it declines to explain, but began spending heavily on exploration in the block.

Malabu then sued the government. After much legal wrangling, they reached a deal in 2006 that reinstated the firm as the block’s owner. This caught Shell unawares, even though it had conducted extensive due diligence and had a keen understanding of the Nigerian operating climate thanks to its long and often bumpy history in the country. It responded by launching various legal actions, including taking the government to the World Bank’s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.

Malabu ploughed on, hiring Ednan Agaev, a former Soviet diplomat, to find other investors. Rosneft of Russia and Total of France, among others, showed interest but were put off by Malabu’s disputes with Shell and the government. Things moved forward again when Emeka Obi, a Nigerian subcontracted by Mr Agaev, brought in ENI (which already owned a nearby oil block). After further toing and froing—and no end of meetings in swanky European hotels—ENI and Shell agreed in 2011 to pay $1.3 billion for the block. Malabu gave up its rights to OPL245 and Shell dropped its legal actions (see timeline).


The deal was apparently split into two transactions. Shell and ENI paid $1.3 billion to the Nigerian government. Then, once Malabu had signed away its rights to the block, the government clipped off its $210m unpaid signature bonus and transferred just under $1.1 billion to Malabu.

Tom Mayne of Global Witness, an NGO, has followed the case closely; he believes things were structured this way so that Shell and ENI could obscure their deal with Malabu by inserting a layer between them. Mr Agaev, Malabu’s former fixer, lends weight to this interpretation. It was, he says, structured to be a “safe-sex transaction”, with the government acting as a “condom” between the buyers and seller.

It is not hard to see why the oil giants would want to avoid being seen to be dealing directly with Malabu, a shell company with tainted provenance. Its ultimate beneficial owner is widely believed to be Mr Etete, the very minister who had awarded it the block while serving under Sani Abacha, the late, staggeringly corrupt dictator.

In 2007 Mr Etete was found guilty of money-laundering by a French court. His conviction was upheld in 2009. The trial centred on bribes he had allegedly demanded from foreign investors while in government. He used these to buy, among other things, a French mansion and about €1m-worth of Art Deco furniture, according to French court documents.

Then in 2011 Mr Obi, one of the middlemen in the final deal with Shell and ENI, took his claim for unpaid fees to the High Court in London, calling on Mr Etete to give testimony. For unclear reasons, he agreed to do so—but the hearings had to be moved briefly to Paris so that Mr Etete could give evidence, because he had been barred from Britain for failing to disclose his French conviction on entering the country.

Mr Etete claims he has never been more than a consultant to Malabu. If so, he is unusually hands-on. He was the company’s main negotiator and its representative in the High Court, where he admitted to being the sole signatory on its bank accounts. Indeed, there is no evidence of anyone else making decisions for Malabu.

When asked in court about others purportedly linked to the company and its record-keeping, Malabu’s company secretary, Rasky Gbinigie (who describes Mr Etete as a “family friend”), insisted that he had lost the firm’s copy of the register of shareholders and all minutes of meetings, that there was no written correspondence between him, the directors and the shareholders, and that he had no documents to verify who put up the company’s original share capital.

A not-so-secret alias
Last year Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) looked into Malabu after Mohammed Abacha, a son of the former dictator, complained that he had been a founding shareholder but had been illegally cut out. In an interim report later in the year, the commission said that one Kweku Amafegha “stood in” as a nominee director for Mr Etete. In the High Court’s hearing in Paris Mr Etete admitted that he had himself used the surname Amafegha to open accounts in the past. It was, he said, an alias that “I have always used when I go out for secret missions internationally.”

In the same hearing Mr Etete said of OPL245: “I put my blood, I put my life into this oil block”—quite a commitment for a mere consultant. Yet, when asked directly if he was its owner through Malabu, he denied it. When presented with transcripts of a recording in which he supposedly claimed that “It is my block”, he dismissed the transcripts as inaccurate.

Shell and ENI did not respond to The Economist’s questions about whom they believed to be the beneficial owner of Malabu. Whether or not they suspected it to be Mr Etete, their dealings with him were extensive. He met ENI executives repeatedly. High Court testimony indicated that Shell officials had met him as recently as December 2009, after his money-laundering conviction was upheld. In an e-mail that came out in court, a Shell man talked of having had lunch and “lots of iced champagne” with Mr Etete, who had requested figures from Shell on what it was willing to pay Malabu for the block.

ENI says it considered cutting a deal with Malabu directly, until it emerged that the firm might not have full ownership of the oil block because of “existing disputes”, including with Mr Abacha. Mr Obi testified that Shell broke off direct talks with Mr Etete for the same reason, and because he was “an impossible person to deal with”.

But the oil giants were clearly reluctant to throw in the towel. Shell was loth to walk away from a block in which it had already invested tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars. (The company will not say how much.) ENI was attracted by the size of the block, the prospect of accompanying tax holidays and a waiver of the usual requirement that production revenues be shared with the national oil company.

Shell and ENI reject the suggestion that their joint purchase was a thinly disguised transaction with a dodgy brass-plate company. Shell says it made payments to the Nigerian government only and that it has acted at all times in accordance with Nigerian law. It previously said it had “not acted in any way that is outside normal global industry practice”. ENI says its payments to the government “were made in a transparent manner through an escrow arrangement with a major international bank”. That bank was JPMorgan Chase. A Lebanese bank had earlier declined to handle the payments, it emerged in court.

The companies’ claim that they bought the block from the state, not Malabu, is disingenuous, says Mr Mayne of Global Witness. It is also contradicted by Nigeria’s attorney-general, Mohammed Bello Adoke, who told a parliamentary committee last July that the companies “agreed to pay Malabu”, with the government acting as an “obligor” and “facilitator.”

The attorney-general was unusually active in helping the deal along. He held meetings with Shell, ENI and Malabu, helped to structure the final agreement and even advised on payments to middlemen, according to Mr Obi. In Nigeria it is highly unusual for an attorney-general to be so involved in a big oil deal. The lead is typically taken by the petroleum ministry, which in this case was said to be livid at being sidelined—particularly when Mr Adoke requested that it extend the deadline it had given Malabu to pay its long-owed signature bonus. Mr Adoke, it was suggested in the High Court, had been lawyer to none other than Mr Etete before serving in government. (Mr Adoke could not be reached for comment.)

Where did the money go?
The attorney-general has rejected as “without basis” claims in the Nigerian press that much of the money the government paid to Malabu in the 2011 deal was “round-tripped” back to bank accounts controlled by public officials. But where that money did end up is shrouded in mystery. Of the $1.1 billion, $800m was paid in two tranches into Malabu accounts. This was then transferred to five Nigerian companies that appear to be shells. One of these, Rocky Top Resources, received $336.5m, some of which seems to have been passed on to unknown “various persons”, according to the EFCC’s report. Some $60m went to an account controlled by Mr Etete, who has said that he received $250m in total for his role in the deal. He said in court that “Malabu shareholders decided to spend their money the way they deemed fit” and that he is investing on their behalf.

Among the listed owners of three of the recipient companies is Abubakar Aliyu, who is reported to have close business ties to a senior politician, Diepreiye Alamiesegha, the former governor of Bayelsa state. Mr Alamiesegha’s skills in escapology would impress Houdini. Detained in Britain on money-laundering charges in 2005, he jumped bail. After returning to Nigeria, he was sentenced in 2007 to two years for each of six corruption-related charges, though he served only a few hours in prison. In March 2013 he received a controversial pardon from Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s president. Local press reports have made unsubstantiated allegations linking both the president and Mr Alamiesegha to the Malabu deal.

The EFCC’s report states: “Investigations conducted so far reveal a cloudy scene associated with fraudulent dealings. A prima facie case of conspiracy, breach of trust, theft anmd [sic] money laundering can be established against some real and artificial persons.” Officially, the EFCC’s investigation is still open, but a source familiar with it says that its sleuths have been discouraged by higher-ups from moving forward. However, other countries’ fraudbusters have taken an interest. At least one of the parties involved in the oil-block sale has been contacted by America’s Department of Justice.

As for the legal actions brought in London against Malabu by the middlemen, the High Court is expected to rule soon on Mr Obi’s claim for $200m. Mr Agaev’s separate arbitration case, in which he sought payment of a $65.5m “success fee”, was recently settled behind closed doors.

Shell and ENI now each own half of an attractive oil block. To get it, however, they have had to strike a deal that brings with it reputational and legal risks. They might conceivably face action under their home countries’ anti-corruption laws, if enforcers reject their claim to have dealt only with the Nigerian government, not Malabu. Shell “would obviously have preferred to secure OPL245 without going within a million miles of Malabu and Etete,” says someone who was involved in the negotiations.

Ethical dilemmas
The saga is a striking example of an ethical dilemma that is growing more acute for international oil companies. They are desperate to replace their shrinking reserves with new finds, but many of the most attractive fields are in unstable or poorly governed places. Worse, the industry has to contend with increased resource nationalism in oil-producing countries, making it harder for outsiders to secure reserves, and with greater competition from state-owned firms in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, which may not have to operate to the same ethical standards.

As a result, firms that refuse to touch any deal with the slightest whiff of impropriety risk eventually going out of business, says Peter Hughes, an energy consultant and former BP executive. They may feel that the best they can do, short of walking away, is to put as much distance as possible between them and the source of the bad smell, as Shell and ENI apparently tried to do with their two-part transaction.

Mr Etete in his heyday as oil ministerHow arm’s-length is arm’s-length enough? That depends on the company’s “threshold of ambiguity”, says Cory Harvey of Control Risks, which helps companies to manage political and reputational risk. This will vary from company to company and will be perceived differently by management, regulators and NGOs. Ms Harvey has seen oil-industry clients walk away from deals because of concerns about the reputation of, or lack of reliable information on, a seller or local partner. But energy transactions in difficult places can be “spectacularly complex”, she says, making it hard to gauge the acceptable level of risk. Nigeria is “arguably the most complex environment of all”.
Mr Hughes argues that when foreign companies turn a blind eye to questionable aspects of a deal, it can sometimes benefit developing countries with natural resources. The publicly traded oil majors are, on balance, a force for good, raising overall standards of behaviour by trying to operate as cleanly as possible in most circumstances, he says; better that than leaving the field to less scrupulous operators. Ethically speaking, the industry “has to be viewed in relative, not absolutist, terms,” he argues. Mr Hughes points out that Shell periodically talks of scaling back its Nigerian operations, which he believes to be “part of a political-risk management strategy” to exert pressure on the government to act more cleanly and predictably.

Global Witness prefers to see the OPL245 affair as “a lesson in corruption” that demonstrates how important it is for rich-world governments to press on with transparency initiatives, on two fronts. The first front concerns payments to governments. In the past year America and the EU have begun to require resources firms listed there, and large unlisted firms in the EU, to report, project-by-project, their payments to governments. Had this been in force at the time, it would have picked up the $1.3 billion transaction with Nigeria. This would have prompted public scrutiny of the deal and the subsequent money flows through Malabu, which in the end came to light only because the two middlemen decided to sue.

Shell says it favours greater transparency, if applied globally. It opposes the existing project-by-project initiatives because they omit companies not listed in America or Europe, thereby handing them a competitive advantage.

The second front for improving transparency concerns the use of murky corporate vehicles. Hopes are growing that the G8, which meets next week with Britain’s David Cameron in the chair, will take steps towards ending the use of anonymous shell companies. Had corporate registries been collecting, and making publicly available, information on beneficial owners back in 1998, the identity of Malabu’s owners might have been clear from the start. And it would have been much more difficult to move the proceeds of the sale to Shell and ENI into the corporate equivalent of a black hole, seemingly out of the reach even of Nigeria’s anti-corruption commission.

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21579469-court-documents-shed-light-manoeuvrings-shell-and-eni-win-huge-nigerian-oil-block

He's Britain's most successful player, but we know nothing about his life. He's worth £24m, but lives within a mile of where he grew up. Is Ryan Giggs the last good man in Premier League football?

Giggs has had a remarkable career. Having won a record 11 Premier League titles with Manchester United and countless other trophies, he's Britain's most successful footballer.

At the ridiculously old age of 35, years after most wingers have hung up their boots, he was voted footballer of the year by his fellow players. Last December, at the even more ridiculous age of 36, he was named BBC sports personality of the year.

Giggs has a surprisingly complex identity. He grew up as Ryan Wilson, playing for Manchester City Boys and captaining England Schoolboys, and ended up as Ryan Giggs, making more appearances for United than any other player and captaining Wales.

Mixed race
Most people think of him as white, but he's mixed race – his father, the former Swinton rugby player Danny Wilson, is black.

His father has been a huge influence on him. "He was my first hero. I never really had footballers I worshipped – I loved Bryan Robson, Mark Hughes, people like that – but watching him perform for three or four years every Sunday home and away, he was so talented. Going to training with him, he was someone I looked up to."

But he also despised him – Wilson was an aggressive bully to Giggs's mother, and walked out on the family when Giggs was 15. In his autobiography, Giggs described the welter of emotions as he carried his father's bag to the station for him for the last time – loss, hurt, anger.

A year later he changed his name from Wilson to his mother's, Giggs. Was that a big decision? "Yeah, it was. I'd always been Wilson through school. United were in Italy for a youth tournament and I'd just had my passport done, and the referee came in and he read out all the passports, and he read my name out and I said, 'Yeah, that's me' and everyone just went, 'What?'"

Racism
Was he disowning his father by changing his name? He ums and ahs. "No, not really. Not really. It was more that 'I'm with my Mum' than a statement to my dad." Today, he is extremely close to his mother and rarely sees his father.

As a boy, he suffered racism, even though most people assumed he was white. "Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton – they'd go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black."

Is his blackness important to him? "Yeah, of course it is. It's your roots. It's who you are, it's what you are."

In the past, Giggs has said his parents' fraught relationship helped his football – toughened him up. Today, he says he's not sure that's quite right. "Maybe not toughened up. Maybe escapism from the tough times at home. It was a release."


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I bet you're all wondering what this post is all about. Its no secret that the average Nigerian considers a full buttocks a big asset and there have been countless stories about how far people have gone and continue to go, just to have a big "BOOTY". We've heard of injections that nearly cost people lives and the debilitating effects of many procedures.


Could this be the reason why people go to great lengths to get bigger butts?

Its only natural for people all over the world to seek to look better than they already do. Some opt for natural solutions like diet and lifestyle modification while others would go for extreme measures such as surgery or medicine use/abuse.

One fateful day, if I remember correctly, in 2011, while working at a pharmacy store in Ajah and a lady walked up to me and handed me an empty drug sachet. She said," I want to buy Yodi (pronounced yaw-dee)" which when translated from Yoruba to English means "bring out the bum bum, buttocks, booty, yansh, etc.
The famous butt enlargement drug, Yodi.

On inspecting the sachet, I discovered the active ingredient in the drug is a compound called Dexamethsone. In order to clarify I asked her why she wanted the drug and she said she wanted her butt to grow bigger. With growing confidence she informed me that her friend used it and it worked.

What she wanted was available in other brands nonetheless, I didn't offer her that option because I knew her only intention was to abuse the drug. I advised not to use the medication and tried to explain to her the dangers of abusing the drugs but in response she raised her voice and said she was going to get the drug elsewhere.

You may begin to wonder what my reasons were for refusing to give her the medication. These are the reasons:

1. Dexamethasone is a drug classified under the class called GlucocorticoSTEROIDS.
2. Dexamethasone is actually indicated for use in conditions such as severe allergies (when regular allergy medications are ineffective), hypercalcemia associated with cancer, thyroiditis and so on.

3. The tablet has never been indicated for booty enlargement.

4.When Dexamethasone is abused the following results;
Cushigs syndrome:
a. Rapid weight gain (especially in the trunk, back stomach)
b. Moon face (fat on the shoulders and neck with a round moon-shaped face)
c.Thin skin and stretch marks
d. FAT AROUND THE BUTTOCKS
e. Baldness (in women and men)
f. Hirsutism (Facial hair growth in women)
g. Insomnia (inability to sleep)
h. Infertility in women
i. Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)
j. Depression and anxiety

A comment by a user of Yodi. Excerpt from here

Now there are a lot more consequences but I believe that this is enough for anyone with the ability to reason. Drugs are not toys to be played with. IS IT WORTH IT? For now, I do not know of any tablet with a confirmed safety profile that helps with butt enlargement.

My dear sisters and brothers ( I say brothers because, these days, they say some guys want to have big butts...... For what? I wonder!!!!)

If you have already started taking this medication and need help stopping the right way, please send me an email here

Please share this post because anyone could fall victim to this menace. If a new and certified butt enlargement drug is discovered, you'll be the first to know but till then, avoid such medications.

Stay Safe.

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I beg to disagree with Ruggedman. The interview with the Civil Defense man was not a promo or courtesy call kinda of interview. Rather, he was invited to the station to explain the allegations published in the Tell Magazine about three weeks ago that some government bodies, the Civil Defense inclusive where involved in "money for employment" schemes.

According to the magazine, one of the ways these government official use to defraud unsuspecting job seekers is to use fake websites.

With this premise, the Oga at the top man had no excuse not to tell the world the authentic website instead he was faking coughs intermittently.

Therefore, the Channels TV presenters had no moral obligation to shield the man from public scrutiny when he clearly doesn't know what he is doing.

I remember a younger Ruggedman who didn't fail to ridicule Rasquie and Idris Abdulkareem for being incompetent rappers so why shouldn't the Channels TV presenters do what they did. The problem with Nigeria is we always accept mediocrity and this is now the norm. It is only in Nigeria that things don't work and we never ask questions.

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Okupe's statement smirks of arrogance. The question is there are so many other criminals with lesser crimes in this country yet they have not been granted pardons. Nigerians have every right to question this dubious pardon. He was only pardoned because of his closeness to the President.

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What are the odds of a black pope emerging?

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Weird guy

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I didnt watch the match

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