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 MY DAUGHTER WILL NOT MARRY A POOR MAN Bill Gates explains why his daughter cannot marry a poor man. Couple of years ago I attended a conference in the US on Investment and Finance. One of the speakers was Bill Gates and in the Q&A phase, I asked a question that had everyone laughing. If he, one of the richest men in the world, could accept his daughter marrying a poor or modest man? Bill replied: First of all, understand that being rich doesn't mean having a bank account with a lot of money. Wealth is first the ability to create wealth. Example: Someone who wins money from a lottery or playing a game. Even winning 100 million is not a rich man, he is a poor man with a lot of money. This is why 90% of lottery millionaires are poor again after 5 years. You also have rich people who have no money. Example: most entrepreneurs. They are already on the path to wealth, even if they don't have money, because they are developing their financial intelligence and that is wealth. What...

  Buhari Government Shuns Military, Awards N718million Contract To Private Security Outfits To Protect Abuja-Kaduna Rail From Terrorists The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello, said the approval was granted by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday. Mr Bello said the Buhari-led regime had been considering its best options with regard to surveilling Nigeria’s rail system. This includes concessioning it in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. The minister explained that a total sum of N718,193,250 was approved to engage two security outfits to provide security to the entire 45 kilometers of trail track and 20 stations across the country. “Council approved Messers Al-Ahli Security Guards Limited and Messers Seaguard Security and Protective Company Limited. They are going to provide security to their entire 45 kilometers of track including 12 stations,” Mr Bello said. “These security services are meant to protect the key infrastructure on the rai...

I deliberately wore sneakers to NBA Conference, Shettima reveals The vice-presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, has said that he deliberately wore sneakers to the Nigeria Bar Association conference on Monday. The former Borno State governor had become a trending topic on social media and even the subject of a ‘challenge’ over his choice of outfit for the conference. Shettima said, ” I’m a banker, trained by one of the best bankers in the world. I’m a Jim Ovia boy. I deliberately wore sneakers to the NBA to mock (sic) at them.” Credit: Facebook | Ayekooto Akindele

EFCC Hands Over Forfeited Properties of Convicted Fake Army General to Victim in Lagos The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has handed over a property located at 1A, Joke Ayo Street, Riverside Estate, Alagbado, Lagos as well as a Range Rover Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, a black BMW car, a black Toyota Land cruiser car and a white Toyota Hilux recovered from a convicted fake Army General, Bolarinwa Abiodun, to one Bamidele Safiriyu Olusegun. Abiodun had posed as an Army General to defraud Olusegun of the sum of N266,500,000 (Two Hundred and Sixty-Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira. Upon his conviction on July 8, 2022, the trial judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, had sentenced Abiodun  to seven years imprisonment and also ordered him to forfeit all the proceeds of the crime. The Lagos Zonal Commander, Ahmed Ghali, while handing over the vehicles on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at the EFCC’s...

A healthy relationship is one where love, respect, kindness, and generosity are mutual. Anything less than mutual giving and taking, and the relationship will be full of problems. When one party is always  apologizing  for one wrong after the other, the other party will get frustrated. Many people say they want a partner who is understanding, kind, and totally accepts both their good and bad sides. What most people don’t like to focus on is the fact that they need to bring the same energy to the table. Many people say relationships should be a  give-and-take  thing, but they are ready to take more than they’re willing to give. Love covers many wrongs, but not all wrongs. If you continue to say or do negative things that hurt your partner, you will lose him when he’s  had enough . Are you in a long-term relationship that is about to end because of something you said? Does your Partner always walk away from you after you make a particular statement?...