GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

A Nigerian is African richest man!

Behold the face of an African Billionaire!
At last, an African has made it to the list of the world’s richest persons in a yearly survey conducted by Forbes, the influential American magazine. With an estimated net worth of $3.3 billion, Nigeria’s industrial magnate, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, is ranked the 334th richest person in the world.He is one of the only two Africans who made the record-breaking list of 1,125 billionaires worth $4.4 trillion – the first time the rich-list would cross into four figures.The other African on the list is South Africa’s gold merchant, Mr. Patrice Motsepe, who is ranked 503 in the world.However, the overall wealthiest person in the world is no longer the Microsoft co-founder, Mr. Bill Gates, who had continuously enjoyed the richest-man label for 13 years.His friend and investment guru, Warren Buffet, is now the richest man in the world with $62 billion – an increase of $10 billion from the previous year. Buffet has enormous investments in Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and Tesco, among several others.Although Gates’s fortune soared by $2 billion to $58 billion during the period surveyed, the Mexican communications magnate, Carlos Slim Helu, is ranked second with a net worth of $60 billion, pushing Gates to the third position.Dangote’s source of wealth, described as “inherited and growing” by Forbes, is traced to sugar, flour and cement manufacturing.The magazine wrote: “Nigeria’s first billionaire hit the jackpot when his sugar-production company listed on the Nigerian stock exchange last year… Began career as trader at 21 with loan from his uncle; built his Dangote Group into conglomerate with interests in sugar, flour milling, salt processing, cement manufacturing, textiles, real estate, haulage and oil and gas.”Sources said last night that Dangote may worth more than $3.3 billion as Forbes’ evaluation may not have covered non-quoted companies that are privately owned by the business mogul. Such businesses include Obajana Cement, Dangote Cement, Alheri Engineering, Port Terminal Operations, Transport and Oil & Gas. Sources close to Dangote confimed that when Forbes contacted the billionaire, they were only able to ascertain an estimation of his net worth on the basis of his quoted companies such as Dangote Flour, Dangote Sugar and Benue Cement Company. Forbes was also said to have approached Dangote to feature him on their cover for this billionaire list edition which he politely declined.Speaking to THISDAY on phone from Dubai yesterday, Dangote said he was grateful to God, but was confident that more Nigerians would make the list next year.“The country is moving in the right direction,” he said. “Things are happening. I am very confident that in the years to come, Nigeria alone will boast of 100 billionaires who are entrepreneurs. The signs are very good for Nigeria. Next year, I expect at least five Nigerians to be on the list.”Dangote’s optimism is obviously shared by Forbes which noted that for the first time, the list cuts across the world."The reason for this explosion in wealth is that we're in the midst of a phenomenal global boom," Steve Forbes, Chief Executive of Forbes Magazine, said. "Never before in human history have so many people in so many parts of the world advanced so quickly economically as has happened in recent years."Americans account for 42 per cent of the world's billionaires and 37 per cent of the total wealth, but Forbes noted that those shares are down two and three percentage points, respectively, from last year. And 16 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia, with 87 billionaires, is the new No. 2 country behind the US, overtaking Germany, with 59 billionaires, which held the honour for six years, the magazine noted.The world's richest woman is the French L'Oreal chief, Liliane Bettencourt, who is 17th on the list with a net worth of $22.9 billion. Other notable names on the rich-list include US chat-show host, Oprah Winfrey, worth $2.5 billion, property mogul, Donald Trump, $3 billion, and Harry Potter author JK Rowling $1billion.

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