@Xking332 So many of them that aid the terrorist are sympathizers. They are not extremist but they helps extremist perpetuate terrorist crime. That's the problem Nigeria is facing with radical terrorism in the north because neighbors support these bandit and terrorists indirectly.
Dear Lagosians,
In 1980, Alhaji Lateef Jakande started the construction of the then non-existent Lekki-Epe Expressway, to connect the Eastern axis of Lagos State by road to the rest of Lagos.
By December 1983, when Muhammadu Buhari & his band i of coupists struck, he had completed it to up to 53km, at Ibeju-Agbe town.
Buhari ordered a stop to ALL development works in Lagos State, including the Metro Rail Line Project that had already been paid for in full, & the Lekki-Epe Expressway.
Commodore Gbolahan Mudashiru, appointed Governor by Buhari, an indigene of Ikorodu, Lagos State, instead reduced the scope of the project to single carriageway and connected Ibeju-Lekki to Epe regardless.
In 2003/2004, Tinubu, from Iragbiji, in Osun State, signed the Lagos State PPP board. In 2006, he suddenly announced that LCC had "won" the concession for the Lekki-Epe Expressway, with no public or private bidding process, & the project was valued at ₦50b at the time.
He then also announced the transfer of 1500 hectares of prime, beach front land to Messrs ARM Ltd, gratis, as Lagos State's "contribution" to the funding of the Lekki-Epe Expressway "expansion" project. Lagos State was selling plots at Abijo Residential Scheme at the time at ₦5m per plot. The 22,500 plots at Lakowe would therefore cost about ₦67.5b, with a 40% discount off Abijo, just 10 minutes away.
Not long after, a $42m "mezzanine loan" was granted to LCC/ARM by LASG! Again, more state contribution to the ostensibly "private" project.
The concession agreement grants sweeping powers to LCC, & is reminiscent of colonial "protectorate" agreements in its letter and its spirit, but that was always the intention, as we have seen over time.
The Lakowe land was used as collateral for a $340m syndicated loan, provided in tranches of $85m each by UBA Capital (Elumelu - now you understand the "Prezzdential" visit), Stanbic IBTC, Standard Bank of South Africa and African Development Bank (years before Akinwunmi Adeshina).
Tolling began when construction barely reached km 6, and the construction remains UNCOMPLETED till date. 17 years under construction, for a dual carriageway that was at 53km within 3 years, FORTY YEARS AGO!
I keep hearing 4th Mainland Bridge, at almost ₦1 trillion as of 2019. With the devaluation of the ₦ since then, we're looking easily at over ₦1 trillion now, plus another 20 years to complete, based on their record on Lekki-Epe Expressway, plus 50 years tolling, and the near complete demolition of Ikorodu, Badore and parts of Lekki from behind the Lagos Business School.
If you still vote for APC in Lagos State after reading this, you deserve everything that will surely befall you if they win.
Postscript: At the height of Tolling of Lekki-Epe Expressway & Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge, a certain individual was earning a fantastic sum running into hundreds of millions DAILY in CASH. Now you understand the kerfuffle surrounding the new notes.
You also understand the why of the #LekkiTollGateMassacre
@grok@HOSEAIMHAN48468@MobilePunch@grok will dropping an egg In a boiling rice not kill all bacteria on egg shell or what other risk factor is the newspaper warning is trying to establish and verify if true
All the militant groups that once claimed to be fighting for the development of the Niger Delta are now sitting quietly at the table, enjoying billions in government contracts.
Has the Niger Delta been developed? NO.
The struggle was ultimately about personal interests, not development.
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IMPORTANT FOOD FACTS THAT SOUND FAKE BUT ARE TRUE!
1. Ginger works as well as ibuprofen for pain.
Trials put ginger head-to-head with ibuprofen for arthritis and period pain and found no real difference. Same relief, without tearing up your stomach.
2. Cloves have more antioxidants than any food on earth.
More than blueberries, pomegranate, and acai combined. In the biggest antioxidant study ever done, over 3,100 foods, ground cloves came in at number one. A pinch of your tea does more than a shelf of expensive supplements.
3. Moringa leaves have more protein than beef, ounce for ounce, dried.
Dried moringa runs about 25 to 29% protein. Beef is around 26%. And it carries every essential amino acid, more calcium than a glass of milk, and more vitamin A than a carrot. One tablespoon.
4. Dandelion, the weed you rip out of your yard, beats most of the produce in your store.
More beta-carotene than carrots. More calcium than milk. More iron than spinach. Plus compounds that help your liver and kidneys clear out waste.
You've been poisoning it. It's been trying to feed you.
5. Broccoli needs to be chopped and left to sit for 40 minutes before you cook it.
Sulforaphane, one of the most-studied cancer-fighting compounds in any food, only forms once the plant is cut. Cook it whole and you get almost none. Chop it, let it rest, then cook it light. The preparation is the medicine.
6. Oregano holds more antioxidants than most berries, fresh or dried.
In that same study, dried oregano landed in the top five spices on earth. It's full of rosmarinic acid and quercetin, both studied for calming inflammation and fighting off microbes. A teaspoon is working harder than you think.
7. The white pith of a lemon is more medicinal than the juice.
That spongy white layer everyone scrapes off carries hesperidin and naringenin, flavonoids studied for lowering blood pressure, easing inflammation, and protecting your blood vessels. The juice is mostly acid.
Most people throw the medicine in the trash.
8. Turmeric without black pepper is almost a waste.
On its own, only about 5% of curcumin, turmeric's healing compound, actually absorbs. Add black pepper and that jumps by roughly 2,000%.
South Asia has paired the two for thousands of years. They didn't have a lab. They had eyes, and time.
None of this came from a lab. It came from the ground, and from people paying attention. Food was always the medicine. 🙏
@coookwithchris Keeping major meal appointments down to a minimum each month.
No matter how healthy restaurant food tries to be, by default they will optimize for profit.
And use cheaper ingredients as a result.