Spain Nominates #PanamaPapers Leak Minister For World Bank Job

The Spanish government brushed aside global concerns to name its former Industry Minister, Jose Manuel Soria, as the country’s proposed representative at the World Bank.

Mr. Soria’s nomination is coming despite being linked with an offshore company listed in the Panama papers leaks earlier this year.

Although he denied any wrongdoing, Mr. Soria was compelled to resign his appointment last April, apparently to forestall any negative backlash on Spain’s caretaker government, the conservative Popular Party (PP).

But, few months after, the Spanish government has sent his name as its nominee to be voted one of the 25 executive directors by the189 governors at the Washington-based Bretton Woods institution, the Economy Ministry said on Wednesday.

Mr. Soria was named in the Panama Papers leaks scandal with details about his relationship with U.K. Lines, an offshore firm owned by the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.

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British Divorcee Reveals How She Was Duped Of £4,000 By A Nigerian Online Con Artist

British divorcee Sheila has revealed how she was duped by an online con artist who targeted her through a reputable dating website. The divorcee in her late sixties told Channel 5 show Secrets Of The Scammers how she was contacted by a man claiming to be called Glen Almond and got caught up in a whirlwind romance.
She ended up giving away £4,000 before she discovered she was the victim of an elaborate scam based in Nigeria. Even to this day, Sheila has no idea who she was actually talking to or where her money went.
The couple then started planning their future together. Glen told Sheila his time in Afghanistan could be coming to an end in a matter of weeks and he would move to the UK to be with her. He said he planned to set up his own business there importing goods from the Far East.
     “We were planning to walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand and live happily ever after.”
Sheila said she didn’t know anything about his business but ‘I thought we were to be a husband and wife team and I would support him in any way I could.
     “He told me our whole future was at stake if he didn’t pay and we risked losing everything.”
Desperate to help the man she loved, Sheila was able to sell some shares and delve into her savings to give £4,000 in total to Glen.
She also put her house on the market so they would have some money to buy a new place together. It was only thanks to sharing her excitement over the plan with a prospective buyer that she discovered she had been conned.
 “As I was showing prospective buyers around my house I was so excited as Glen was due to be coming home tomorrow. I couldn’t help telling them all about it and showed them Glen’s picture on my laptop.” she recalled.
The prospective buyer was a former soldier himself and was suspicious of Sheila’s situation. After doing some research of his own, his fears were confirmed and he contacted Sheila and told her she had been duped.
     “The moment I found out it was a fake profile and it wasn’t for real I was emotionally devastated. My whole world fell apart. I contacted the police who found I was one of hundreds of victims of this professional, international scam and they traced it back to Nigeria. I have no idea to this day who I was corresponding with. Someone out there in the world was writing these emails and I have no idea who it was.”
Alexis Conran, presenter of Secret Of The Scammers, was able to track down a reformed Nigerian con artist who was part of a team perating dating scams like that experienced by Sheila.
The remorseful scammer called Kingsley admitted that divorcees were deliberately targetted because they are often emotionally vulnerable and easy to manipulate.
     “I mostly made money through romance scams, we would pretend to be interested in dating them and along the line we con them out of money using various methods.” he said
     “We are looking for someone who is divorced as there is always an emotional attachment, they feel some sort of emptiness.” he added.
He said they would send the woman a picture of a handsome man they would ‘fall for’ and concoct a back story about their life. He said they often pretended to have a military background as this is attractive to women and gives them a plausible reason why they can’t meet.

“Most women say they want security and someone with a good job. One of the best jobs we believe is in the military and with a military man you can say you are travelling. It is a game of emotions.”

He added that you have to dedicate time to each ‘mark’ and he would only be in contact with a maximum of five women at a time so his lies didn’t get confused.
     “The more time you spend on them the more attached they become and then the sooner you will get money, sometimes it is only between one and three months,” he said.
     “If you want to stay organised I would limit it to between one and five, when you are lying to them you don’t want to forget anything.’
Kingsley admitted he is now sorry for what he has done and is no longer working as a scammer and regrets duping women out of their life savings.
He said: ‘A lot of people have been permanently damaged and some will not recover, if I had the chance to undo everything I would.”

Source: MailOnline

Old Age Won’t Affect My Job- Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari declared, yesterday, that his age will not affect his job as president of Nigeria.

He said that at 72 he has in quantum, the wisdom, the patience, the temperance and forbearance that age brings and has brought all these virtues to the presidency to make a difference in our national life.

The president said this ,yesterday, in Abuja, in response to reports quoting him as saying while addressing the Nigerian community in Johannesburg, South Africa, that his age will limit his performance.

A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said the president’s comments in South Africa were totally taken out of context to mean that he was too old for the demands of the office.

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The First Pound

I once read a quote that went thus, “The quickest way to make money out of photography is to sell your camera.” Seems like good advice, doesn’t it? I would advice against that, though.

When everyone starts photography, I doubt they’re in it for the money. They usually start by doing lots of free jobs in order to get some experience, that is, to improve their portfolio. But, bear in mind that I am speaking from experience. I did have my fair share of free jobs, but one day I thought to myself, “you’re quite good at this and people do love your pictures”. It took a while and I did a lot of reading on event photography (which is the most common way photographers make their money), so I decided to go for it.

If there is one piece of advice I am in a position to give, it is that every photographer must have patience because jobs don’t come very easy, especially if you’re just starting.

I would also encourage you to have the confidence to go out there and ask people if they need a photographer for their event. Then, maybe after a while, you won’t need to go out there and ask, because you have already built a brand and people just come rushing. My dream is to build a brand, but with everything in life, we always have to start small.

Luckily for me, I was able to get two jobs in two weeks. The first was a birthday party for kids, and the second was for the African/Caribbean Society (ACS) committee at London School of Economics.
The one thing that came as a shock to me was the amount of time I spent editing the pictures. I know most people look at photographers and think, “Oh, everyone’s doing photography now,” or “What’s so hard about that?” I spent three days editing pictures from the birthday party alone; now imagine how long some photographers spend editing wedding pictures. Please, respect your photographer. It’s not an easy job. It IS NOT an easy job.

I was extremely pleased about both jobs, and I still am because I learnt so much and I also discovered ways in which I could improve next time. You learn something everyday with photography, and there is always room for improvement.

You can view some pictures from the birthday party and the university in the slideshow above.

Maria

He sat across me on the train and I thought he looked quite interesting and full of unconventional wisdom.

Lady on the train. I thought her hairstyle was amazing.