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.

Showing posts with label how much is your wrist-watch. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

A $170,000 DOLLAR WRIST-WATCH FOR A NIGERIAN ARMY MAJOR'S WIFE?

Our beef, writing this commentary is that the "culprit" here, is an ordinary army major's wife. Icheoku asks, how much is her husband's salary or is he a trust-fund child to afford such superlative luxury? How did he come about such a huge amount of money to splash on just a wrist-watch? A whopping $170,000.00 USD for a wrist-watch? That is incredulous as it is scandalous, and it is by a Nigeria army major? However the wrist-watch is not the most expensive wrist-watch ever made, sold and bought; no, as the black diamond-clustered CHOPARD, top left, retails for $1,130,620.00 USD! But for a petty army major's wife to be able to afford such a watch, that is the lead-story here!

Were she Bill Gates wife, Aliko Dangote's wife, Carlos Slim's wife or any of the harems of a Middle Eastern Sheik, Icheoku will not give a damn as we do not begrudge riches. We are a capitalist bunch who strongly believe that such off-the-chart ornamental-valuables, should be made and bought by some people of means. But for an ordinary major in the Nigeria army to afford this piece of luxury, that calls for somebody's head on a platter! It is ridiculously pathetic that such is happening in a Nigeria, where so many people go to sleep every night without food in their stomachs. This is a glaring example of an oasis of extreme extravagance surrounded by abject poverty and want where bread is a luxury for most families. The near state of hopelessness in Nigeria was caused by the likes of this Major Mustapha and yet he finds the temerity to display his ill-gotten wealth in this blingy form? Icheoku says it is shameful and encourages that business man whoever he is, to pawn away the wristwatch and use the proceeds for some charitable work of mercy. He should utilize the proceeds for something more important than an army major's wife egotistic wrist; after-all, it came out of the purse of Nigeria, a product of corruption.

Icheoku says, the EFCC should not involve itself in this private and personal family-friends matter. Why should the government agency be used by the Mustaphas' for privately investigating what happened to their little piece of bling-bling? Who cares if a family-friend breached the trust of a very corrupt woman-owner of a wrist-watch who is married to another corrupt despotic-enforcer? The EFCC should not have arrested the Lagos based business magnate and philanthropist over his alleged involvement in the controversial wristwatch? According to the story, the wristwatch valued at US $170,000.00 (N23.4m) allegedly got missing since 2005 after the major’s wife, Hadjia Hafsat Al- Mustapha reportedly gave it to the business man said to be a family friend for repairs. The business man was to help her replace the dead battery and fatigued strap (band) during his then upcoming overseas trip. But unfortunately, according to the businessman, the wristwatch alongside other of his valuables were stolen at the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja during a visit, which burglary was immediately incidented with the police.
The wristwatch's value has been described as ridiculous by one official who, like Icheoku, could not understand the mindset of this army major splashing a whopping $170,000 on his wife's wristwatch? Moreover, how did he or she come about such a large sum of money for such a foolery? In the words of the official, “You mean somebody is wearing a wristwatch that cost as much as that?, that is madness."
Because of the ridiculousness of this Nigerian army major's expenditure on a wrist-watch, Icheoku went to town to research costs of wrist-watches. Our findings however shows that there are very expensive wrist-watches out there; but the question remains, how was this army major able to afford this piece of jewelry? From our investigation, there are some ladies' wrist-watches dripping with jewels which cost a fortune. From premier Swiss watchmakers come such fine masterpieces such as Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Girard-Perregaux etc. Chopard pictured above, at $1,130,620.00 is about the most expensive wrist-watch presently available. There is also the Ulysse Nardin at $408,000.00; Vacheron Constant at $340,000.00; Girard Perreguax at $280,000.00; Patek Philippe at $240,000.00 and so many other timepieces for the well healed of the society!

According to one critic, such wrist-watch under advisement here is "a mere luxury that has no soul." They are otherwise called "complications found at the priciest levels! Like many of such world's most expensive watches they are produced in severely limited quantities--including infinitesimal editions of one sometimes--and frequently have buyers lined up long before they're finished, often at rates of just a few per year. However in 1999 the most expensive watch ever sold, a 1933 gold Patek Phillipe with 24 complications, was auctioned off at Sotheby's for $11 million dollars USD!

Icheoku says, this exposes once again the rot the northern men of power has driven Nigeria into. If an ordinary army major's wife from the north could afford a $170,000.00 USD wrist-watch, can you imagine what the northern generals' wives themselves own? Or better still, try to fathom what wealth their men of power have personally siphoned from the southern oil wells? It is a pity that the south has left them have their way and for so long; but the EFCC must butt out and leave the Lagos business man alone to enjoy his share of the national cake of Nigeria, courtesy of a major's wife?