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One of Africa’s richest men is plotting to buy a stake in Arsenal in a move that could trigger a full-blown takeover battle for the Premier League football club.

Aliko Dangote, a billionaire Nigerian industrialist, is in talks to buy the 16% stake being sold by Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith, the club’s fourth-largest shareholder. Dangote is understood to have ed his interest in buying the holding with Blackstone, the American finance house that has been given the job of finding a buyer for the shares.

Bracewell-Smith’s stake is currently worth £96m, but she is seeking up to £160m for the shares. Her holding is key to the future ownership of the north London club.

Arsenal’s two biggest investors, Stan Kroenke, the American sports tycoon, and Alisher Usmanov, the Russian oligarch, are also contemplating buying the shares. If either of the two men were to buy the Bracewell-Smith holding, they would be forced to launch a full takeover offer for the club.

Nigerian billionaire enters battle for Arsenal

SwtzMinx:

^^SO?? *c0nfused*

How can you call becommrich's post confusing?

A couple of people who claim to know one of the prodigious Imafidon kids claim she's depressed and maladjusted because of being hot-housed.

Just exercise some patience.The news will soon be out.

Nigeria is going to play Cameroun this Thursday.

solumto:

ALMOND E .S .You .T is a higher institution here in naija enugu state

My have u attended one before ?

This same guy don come back again.Your fellow ESUT "graduates" don run,nobody else want come here claim say im go ESUT.

Ol' boy,just respect yourself and re-enroll for University again.No be University be that. I dey tell you as a fellow Nigerian,just have some respect for yourself.No go present "degree" certificate to employers from ESUT. . . . . .na jail you go find yourself next.

@almondjoy

I no sabi wetin to call the place.Have you heard of OSISATECH Or St Paul University?Its along the same lines.

Jakumo:

So, I-man, shall I take it you are of the opinion that my job interview at Jet Propulsion Labs is unlikely to fetch me anything more than a "don't call us- we'll call you" letter ?

With this kind of reasoning,you certainly won't get a job as a sociologist. . . . . . .unless its with the University of Mogadishu.

The quality of the reasoning on Nairaland can be nothing short of absurd.Now,someone purports to establish Igbo dominance of 419 by referring us to 419eater.com where he claims to have traced the provenance of the accents.

Whether or not Jakumo is a linguistic expert is moot.This "scientific study" is bizarre to say the least. There are probably millions of Nigerians engaged in 419,the overwhelming majority will never make or be in a position to make a call to 419eater.com.

Its a bit like claiming that Edos/Deltans dominate prostitution amongst Nigerians on the basis of the origin of Nigerian prostitutes in Italy.What about the prostitutes plying their trade in Nigeria,South Africa,UK,e.t.c. To even debate whether 419eater.com tells us much is the height of absurdity.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama surged to a big lead over Hillary Clinton in California hours before "Super Tuesday" voting began in 24 states, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.

In California, which alone provides more than one-fifth of the Democratic delegates needed for the nomination, Obama led Clinton by 49 percent to 36 percent, the poll found. The margin of error was 3.3 percentage points.

Clinton pulled into a 5-point lead in New Jersey, 46 percent to 41 percent, after being tied on Monday. Obama held a 45 percent to 42 percent edge on Clinton in Missouri. Both polls had a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.

Obama had a 20-point edge in Georgia, aided by a more than 3-to-1 lead among black voters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0345866120080205?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true

larekey:

do not mind them i have always been proud of my ESUT background . e no easy to go ESUT graduate intact no mind them

. . . .especially with all the gunshots. We used to call your school the "Wild Wild West".

larekey:

if there are any other ESUT graduates then it would be good to identify with this thread and prove to this bad belle people that we ESUTITES (EX) are proud of where we are from

Na only una 3 wey no get shame come it say una go ESUT. I sure say na the same person with multiple names

Dem suppose close that ESUT down jare.No be school be that

hotfunmi:


Because it can never be proven just like the loud farts unless you have peelizer.

If you are in a public gathering,how do you know the farts came from a man?

Women are sneaky with their business,not everyone is as open as Lizzie the Queen of Farts.

Perhaps being with obsessive compulsive farting men has made you specially attuned to the uniqueness of a male fart

hotfunmi:

Can you swear you haven't farted in school, church or any public place? Don't lie!

This might beyond the realm of your imagination but I can't ever farting in public.Not that I have never done it,but it must have been years,its not a quotidian occurrence. . . .unlike the folks you seem to associate with

hotfunmi:

Tell 'em girl! One guy released a loud fart in a wedding on saturday and was even laughing loud about it. Can you imagine?

Why didn't you call the Police?

4Him:

with a name like hotfunmi . . . i'm not surprised you were hooked to someone giving u hot public farts. You simply asked for it.

she should change her name to hotfarts! Whenever she goes out with her man,her pals know they are coming,they can smell them from a mile away.

Rebellious:

I have a high taste in guys if I might say so myself. . .the guys whom I speak of are "friends" which I meet at[b] gatherings, outings and shit like that.[/b] White, Black and Asian guys alike. If they don't fart, they burp fuckin' loud like mannerless kids.

These "gatherings,outings and shit like that" that you go to,are they those of Farter's Anonymous? You would think you will have a clue what is amiss when you are invited to something called "gatherings,outings and shit like that"

@Rebellious

Pele o You seem to have dated the same group of men hotfunmi has dated,no wonder you guys are so angry

But y'all just fart and act like you don't know what you just did.

You guys should form Farters Victim's

For those accusing men of farting shamelessly in public.Just look and listen to this video of a woman doing her thing:http://www.boreme.com/boremerigid/funny-2005/queen-of-farts-p1.php

hotfunmi:

Where did you see that cleaning belongs to women in the bible or koran or whatever doggone religion you practice? Cleaning and house management is 50/50 between the couples as long as they are both working.

Cleaning and house management is only to be done by the man where the woman is physically incapable of doing such.For instance,where she suffers a massive stroke(transient ischemic attack won't even do).A woman who allows her man to do any housework is no woman at all.

Secondly, if you can't aim straight, sit down on the toilet and piss.

Ehmmm,the toilet seat is meant to be defecated on,not sat on.Besides,its much more fun aiming and shooting .

Thirdly, instead of farting loudly in public, why not go to the side and do it?

The fart of a man is louder than that of a woman.Sometimes we try to control it but the dam just bursts _{You seem to be into heavily constipated men}

D-reloaded:

You mean those same two round things and stick that goes into the back of ANOTHER person with the same two round things and a stick?

For most people(98%),it goes into that hideous thing called ****** that chattels possess unless the chattel is called Leilah,in which case it can also go in through the back,without the said chattel's permission. . . . .unlubricated

I tell you,carrying 'em 2 round objects around all the time is the most powerful mark of authority.You can think of it like the crown that the Queen of England wears.

hotfunmi:

Question:
Why do men hardly clean up after them, piss on the toilet seat and fart in the public?

1)Isn't cleaning up the job of the woman?There is division of labour in relationships. . . .the woman has such roles as cleaning,cooking,washing,e.t.c

2)Do you know how bloody difficult it is to aim accurately at the toilet while standing "miles" away?

3) Its better to let it all out than to keep it inside._{girl,you really have dated some men}

@toh_{that freaked me out}

So you belong to that specie of the human race that walks around with 2 round objects between their legs? Well,those 2 round objects and the little stick that comes with it gives you an entitlement over the rest of the human race.

That is what I have been stressing to Busta and Rebellious. . . . .these people don't appreciate that they belong to the same category as my sofa,just beneath my PlayStation.

With polls showing Obama rapidly closing in on Clinton's lead,ahead in a few.Clinton has resorted to the tried and tested tactics of shedding a few tears.This "lachrymose" strategy helped dig her out of a hole the last time,will it work now?

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Sen. Hillary Clinton teared up this morning at an event at the Yale Child Study Center, where she worked while in law school in the early 1970s.

Penn Rhodeen, who was introducing Clinton, began to choke up, leading Clinton's eyes to fill with tears, which she wiped out of her left eye. At the time, Rhodeen was saying how proud he was that the sheepskin-coat, bell-bottom-wearing young woman he met in 1972 was now running for president.

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/02/clinton_crys_in_connecticut.html

@D-reloaded

Don't know what you are talking about. As long as you agree that you are a man's property,case closed.

Abeg,who get more questions for men?

Come up with your questions and I will answer them for you!

Rebellious:

Funny enough, it's the same way we lie when we tell y'all that you are handsome or our first or we reached orgasm.

Since when did your orgasm become our major concern? You still have a lot to learn. Who cares whether we are your first or whether you genuinely think we are handsome You will learn with time

hotfunmi:

You've not answered my question on why men sleep with their housemaids and you don't believe we are queen? won't that make men a liar when they are the ones that tell us so while they were hitting on us? We are not self acclaimed queens, you know, guys made us believe so.

Those who say that only do so to get laid. I have never told any girl that she is my queen

You are certainly not queens,more like ehm,_{what's that word again?}CHATTELS!

buzzgonz:

Come i go BAN una oh

Leave those 2 chattels,make dem dey talk. They won't be talking to their owners(husbands) like that.

Busta:

@i-boy,

u're sooooo ignorant, it stinks all over u!
Grow up and learnt he facts of life . . stop living in the land of peterpan.

"learnt he facts of life"

More evidence that you are best as a chattel.

Rebellious:

Becoming one flesh means that we BOTH make choices together. We both are the head and followers of the family. You also belong to me as I belong to you.

With this kind of driveling commentary,the only choice any man would entrust you to make is what quantity of Maggi to use while cooking.

Busta:

was refering to u . . .FOOL!!

Given such level of emotional incontinence,you have to agree with me that women's position in society as mere chattels is wholly appropriate.

hotfunmi:

Why do some men stoop so low to sleep with their housegirl when their wife is a queen?

Queen ko,king ni-If the wife is the queen,who is she "reigning" over? The husband?The children?

This warped idea women have that they are queens is pathetic.Since when did chattel become monarch? Very soon my sofa will declare that he is the king of the house

Busta:

Quote from: Rebellious on Today at 08:02:54 PM
Just so you know, we asked for MEN's opinons not boys like you. Now run away and go play with sand or whatever you do.

who the mess is this? wasn't even talkin to u . . .thats how u get a black eye. Men are talking, stupid ass too opened his dirty mouth.

stupid nincompoop!

Tell her Busta! She doesn't know women are chattel.

Busta:

and that means that they belong together and not that one person owns the other.

We own you.You are nothing but chattel,now deal with it.

tkb417:

Manuchoooooooooooooooooo
baddest goal of the tourney.
what a goal!!!!
we aint going to loan this dude. saha should go on loan instead.

Chacal:

@ tkb417,
He has to go on loan in Europe to qualify for his work permit.
Too bad we can't play him until summer.

We can disguise him as Saha,white folks can't tell one black person from the other.

Send Saha to Panathinaikos as Manucho,and Manucho comes in as Saha.We need a top class plastic surgeon for this purpose.

@Spora

You think say this news na joke.Very soon,I will be having the last laugh.

@Emperoh

Don't mess with the official Fashola Butt-Kisser!

I suggest you wait till 2011 when his Oga gets thrown out of office.Until then,you have to watch what you type.