burp18:
So i had to get a couple of things at computer village Ikeja I'd need for a job I'm doing. I went to the market and after getting the things that I needed, I received a call from my friend who's in need of a STARLINK device. Who would have guessed? Coincidentally, that had it at the store. I confirmed the price and sent the details to my friend. He had a bit of trouble making the payment so I collected the contact of one of the sales rep in the store and told them I'd give them a call.

Following day, I was on my way already out of Lagos, I was at the park when my friend called and said he was ready to initiate tge transaction. I told him I wasn't anywhere close to computer very but I have a contact that works there. Had a bit of trouble convincing him to go ahead and completing the transaction with them since he needed it the following day.

After much convincing and he finally agreed, he made the payment amd the said sales person got a dispatch rider to take it to the park.

Waited the following day for the item to arrive and we heard nothing. Then came the second, third, fourth, and even fifth day. Our patience was wearing out and we were already asking for a refund.
The item finally arrived on eve of the sixth day. It was already getting dark and it was too late to get it to the clients location for installation.

Dear Op,

I am not sorry for you because you deserved what you get. How do you expect to get a new starlink for 400k in Nigeria are the prevailing exchange rate?

If you and your friend had done your due diligence, you would have realized that currently, that starlink has no local agent selling the device, it must be order directly from starlink and before ordering the device, you must have created a user account that the device serial and product number would have been tied or egistered against.

It is obvious the device was stolen or sold by the user without giving the buyer the account details.

Next time do your due diligence before buying item from computer village.

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skultrick:


But let's be frank, this woman may have contributed to her death. How would you disobey authority when flagged down. Moreover, the car had no plate number. Obviously she felt since she's lawyer she can do and undo. This was how a custom officer was killed by a soldier after they declined to stop.


Whoever you're please respect authority to avoid stories that touch.

What defense do you expect the police to put forward? The defense put forward holds no waters:
1. The car failed to stop.
2. The car has no plate number.

Go and listen the words of the deceased husband before making basket water like assumptions.

Let's assume the defense put forward are true, I would like the prosecutor to ask the man these questions:

1. Was the car not stopping and having a plate number in any way threat to the life of the killer policeman or to any passerby at that material time?

2. At what speed was the car going to conclude it failed to stop?

3. Were the occupants of the vehicle a threat to the killer policeman at that material time?

4. Was any weapon brandished by any of the occupants to warrant the policeman to discharge a bullet?

5. Is taking a fatal shot the only alternative to immobilized the vehicle, assuming the driver was trying to run away?

[/b]Five stations have been completed, with 13km of the rail tracks laid in the first phase. This first phase will transport 250,000 passengers daily and, when completed, the entire 27km will transport about 500,000 passengers daily. Each train comprises four coaches and each coach can take up to 180 passengers conveniently.[b]

Haba, this lagos state government can lie. How can four coaches transport 250000 passengers daily?

Let assume there are 2 set of trains with four coaches move at the opposite directions concurrently, the two trains would work for 22 hours per day, ferrying 1440 passengers, and if the end to end trip takes 15 minutes.

jelel6:


Just curious bro...

looking back now, what did you deduce made her leave you the first time?

She met another guy in her church and fell in love with him.

Her aunt invited me to her wedding 4 years ago (2018) but declined the invite because i felt it was not a good idea and I explained to her. She got married 16 years after we pathed ways.

I know it's difficult but you've to give her a space.

I faced the similar situation years ago. I dated a lady for 4 years, it was at the fourth year, she told me, she was not interested again without any reason, and that I would be wasting my time sending people to appeal to her, referring to her mum and aunty.

It was bitter pill to swallow because l fell sick and it was too difficult to forget or not to think of her. I had to recondition my mind and started a weekend professional training course to free myself because I was used to seeing every weekend.

The training helped to refocus my attention. Guess what? Precisely three months after she made those statements, she came to my office to apologize, saying she was under some from of pressure and not thinking right, now she had realized her mistake and would like us to continue the relationship.

I told her, I've redirected my energy to develop my career, I dont have time for any relationship now, after much pressure and crying, I asked her to give me one month to think about it. A month later when she came, I told her I've decided to move forward without her in my life and wished her all the best.

Op, don't kill yourself, if after begging she remains adamant, just give her a space.

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A poultry farm in Abeokuta needs a farm manager with three years poultry management and attendants experience.

If interested, send your application and Cv to omoniyi.est@gmail.com

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OP,

If you're upto date with your loan repayment, and they come back threatening you. Tell them you will report and forward all threat messages to NITDA, they will back-off.

NITDA is the agency that regulates the loan companies .

hurryup123:
Six of us in a family all graduates no job@ll
please who get any link in any federal parastatal/ Multinational companies please help any of us

B.SC Computer sc (2:1) male UNN

B.SC computer sc (2:2) female UNN

B.sc Accountancy (2:1) M.sc statistics PhD statistics. female UNN

B.sc Accountancy (2:2) Female UNN

B.SC Hospitality/tourism mgmt (2:1) Female and best graduant M.sc inview IMSU

B.sc soil science tech (2:2) male Futo

THANKS, AND GOD BLESS

Hello,

It is quite disheartening to read of you and your siblings' plight. I will like to know the following if you don't mind, your answers will go a long way to ..............................

1. For the two grads of computer science, what is your area of specialization?

2. The two two accounting grads, are you qualified CA, and which financial applications are you familiar with?

3. Are you fixated only on Federal and multinational jobs?

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Rossiminku:


Biggest middle class in Africa and biggest economy in Africa, with an annual GDP of 1.16 TRILLION dollars per annum, calculated by PPP (Purchasing Power Parity).

Twitter, by comparison, earned 1.2 billion dollars last year.

That is chicken change for top Nigerian business conglomerates, not to mention the Nigerian govt.

Twitter is shiit compared to Nigeria.

Bros, why you dey lie like small pikin. If Nigeria earns 1.16 trillion dollars per annum, Nigeria will never go begging China for a loan. Nigeria's 2021 budget is 13.6 trillion Naira, with estimated revenue of 7.99 trillion Naira ($16.65 billion) from all revenue sources. While
Twitter earn 7.2% of Nigeria revenue from only two sources - tweets and adverts.

Stop defending the indefensible and spewing out falsehood. If Nigeria earns $1.16 trillion as you claim annually, it implies the managers of Nigeria economy have a lot to answer and needs the anini treatment.

The government is using the social media saga to divert our attention away from the serious maladministration inherent in this government.

Dear Op,

Farm supervisor role is available in Abeokuta, are you interested? If yes, DM me.

VTJN:
i can teach Geography, Economics and civic education absolutely well. i had a degree in Geography and planning and i came out top of my class

I can also venture into farming, which i really had passion for right from my childhood

I've cultivated maize twice back then in school besides the hostel i was managing (on a half plot of land belonging to the landlord) sold some and shared some within the neighbourhood

I've also attempted mini poultry (broiler precisely) but i couldn't push up (continue) due to finances, poultry farming is good but requires funding

I wish to venture into cassava farming, it's also a lucrative idea in this present state of the nation

It's just to lease some lands probably an hecre or 2 and get the cassava inputs with some other necessities

Ugwu
Maize
All these can also be added to it

I don't have the financial muscles to execute it!

I'm sincerely sorry for intruding into someone's else post

The Federal Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has reportedly penned a letter to the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) to beg former Delta State Governor, James Ibori to withdraw his suit against the United Kingdom on the planned repatriation of about £4.2 million linked to him.

According to a report by Barrister NG, the Federal Government also promised UPU that it would create an enabling environment; for the consideration of the appeal by the union that the looted asset be used to implement projects in Delta state.

1st News had learned that the UPU, under the leadership of Joseph Omene, had asked the FG to use the said loot; to implement projects in the state when it is repatriated.

Malami had also disclosed that funds looted by the former Delta Governor, will be repatriated to Nigeria soon.

The AGF attributed the delay in receiving the £4.2m loot to issues around bank documentations.

However, in a letter addressed to Omene, Malami noted that the suit filed by Chief Ibori; against the United Kingdom on the confiscated assets has become a stumbling block for repatriation.
The AGF letter with the title, “Re-Commendation for Retrieval of Delta’s Stolen Funds and request for Review of Projects to be Executed with the Retrieved Funds”; was signed by Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, the Special Assistant to the President on Justice Reform and International Relations.

The letter reads in part, “I am also directed to inform further that the decision of the council; is also guided by bilateral negotiations between Nigeria and the country from which the asset will be returned.

“Accordingly, Nigeria and the government of the United Kingdom or any other country for that matter; must agree on a specific project in a transparent and accountable manner before a project is approved.

“However, the HAGF has directed that I inform you that the stumbling block in negotiating the return of assets; linked to Ibori to Nigeria is the ongoing litigation by Mr James Ibori; against the government of the United Kingdom in the confiscation hearing in London.

“It is advisable that you approach Mr James Ibori to advise him to withdraw his appeals; against the confiscation and repatriation of the assets linked to him, his family, and associates back to Nigeria.

“This is the only way to provide an enabling environment for negotiation of the use of the identified assets for Delta State.”

The Federal Government, through Malami, had on March 9, 2021; signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the UK on the return of the Ibori loot.

Hello Spyder

Kindly share your contact details, please.

Thanks

debbleopto:


Your head is already bugged

You're uncivil and a halfwit. Can't you express your opinion without vilifying and reasoning like a poo?. You need an urgent mental evaluation because your brain is functioning like a damaged Peugeot 504 carburetor.

Does cleaning or sweeping your room automatically transcends to your kitchen? Slowpoke like you find it difficult to comprehend.

The major work on the 3rd mainland was the replacement of joints and the stabilizing rubbers while the Adekunle linking 3rd and off the 3rd mainland requires the scraping and relaying of asphalt - two different activities.

Adekunle link, especially onward Oworosoke, needs attention. Let's be more specific.

Dear OP,

This is the Adekunle bridge linking the 3rd mainland.

The Adekunle link bridge needs quick intervention, so let's spread the right information to get the minister's attention

With N500 you can load you stomach and have some change:

Bread: N100
Beans: N100
Meat/fish: N100
Coke Cola': N100
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Total: N400. N400
Eva Water: : N100. 2 Pure Water: N20
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks in the country to close all naira ledger accounts opened specifically for the purpose of receiving proceeds from international money transfer operator (IMTO) with immediate effect.

The apex bank, in a statement released on Wednesday, jointly signed by Bello Hassan, director banking supervision of the CBN, and O.S. Nnaji, director trade & exchange of the CBN, said IMTO beneficiaries/recipients are to receive their proceeds in foreign currency (USD) or have it deposited in their domiciliary account in a Nigerian bank.

“It is the sole discretion of the recipients to either choose foreign currency cash or have the proceeds deposited into their domiciliary accounts in Nigeria.” the statement said.

This is coming days after the CBN relaxed rules on foreign remittances and dom accounts.

The CBN had said the changes are necessary to deepen the foreign exchange market, provide more liquidity and create more transparency in the administration of Diaspora remittances into Nigeria.

Under the new guidelines, operators of export domiciliary accounts will continue to operate based on existing regulations which allow account holders use their funds for business operations only with any extra funds sold in the import and export window.

Also operators of ordinary domiciliary accounts where accounts are funded electronically or wire transfer, would be allowed unfettered and unrestricted use of these funds for eligible transactions. And where accounts are funded by cash lodgments, existing regulation will continue to apply.

Nigeria is currently using 4 naira out of every 10 naira earned to service her internal and external debts. The country's current debt profile stands at $85.4 billion or NGN33.7 trillion naira. According to the Debt Management Office (DMO), Nigeria’s debt profile stood at approximately N12.12 trillion as at June 2015, while the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says, the country’s foreign debt stood at $11.41 billion dollars, while its domestic debts was N14.02 trillion respectively, amounting to N17.5 trillion.

The quantum leap in the country debt profile in the last five (5) years is staggering and of great concern. Nigeria moved from a near debt free nation engineered by Obasanjo/Ngozi, to be a debt filled nation in 2020. How can a country be using over 40% of her earnings to service debt? There is not economic logic in borrowing to consume; borrowing should be for the purpose of expanding the economy, providing revenue yielding infrastructure, thereby making Nigeria the manufacturing hub for Africa, and first choice for foreign direct investments.

The level of our borrow to consume must be curtailed, else we become a pariah state to direct foreign investors. It is important for our leaders to know that the country's loss, is another country's gain.

The Holy bible says ' A good man leaves an inheritance [of moral stability and goodness] to his children’s children. (Proverbs 13:22 AMP)'. What inheritance are we leaving for our children and the ones yet unborn? We need not plant the seed of debt for generation yet unborn to harvest poverty and it will be a great disservice to mortgage the future of generations yet unborn today.

Dear Op,

Please what's the price of 300/11 and 300/33 distribution transformer.

No fewer than seven (7) days after the proscription of motorcycles and tricycles in some parts of Lagos, the state government has allegedly made another move that may compound trouble for commuters in the city.

We learnt that the Lagos state government has started clamping down on rideshare companies such as Uber and Bolt by implementing stiff laws for their drivers.

It was further learnt that one of these laws includes commercial vehicle driver including those on the ride-hailing platforms must be certified by the Lagos Drivers’ Institute (LASDRI) before they can operate in the state.

According to Pulse Nigeria report, this certification by LASDRI is mandatory for all professional drivers in Lagos and it is to be rectified once in a year.

The law states that all commercial drivers must have hackney permit; a permit for vehicles (commercial or non-commercial vehicle) involved in moving people and goods in the state.

Reacting to the new development, Uber declined to comment but confirmed that there is ongoing talks with the government.

“We cannot at this time speak of any potential or ongoing policy and regulatory conversation with the government” – Efosa Aiyergbomvan.

According to Efosa Aiyerbomvan; the head of communications (Uber West-Africa), he stated that Uber continues to work closely with the lagos state government to ensure that the operations align with the best practices locally and internationally.

Reacting to the development, BOLT also disclosed that “we will also continue to work with the government in ensuring that drivers are able to earn a living whilst riders are also to move from point A to B comfortably and connecting at the touch of a button”.

Warning to our ladies and gents - my experience.

I was in a this situation some years ago, I dated a lady for four years; we met when she was in ND 2 in a library when we were both preparing for our professional exams. She was studying for her first professional exams while I was two stages ahead.

On this day of the Lord, I sat at the other end of the table, directly opposite two ladies, they were discussing on a topic that drew my attention, from what was filtering out of their discussion, I could deduced that they were having challenges on the subject matter, I scribbled something on a paper on the subject of discussion and passed it to her without saying a word. The following day, I shared a note with her that help simplify the topic and the calculations. And so the journey started.

Least I forget, I was 24 and single while she was 20. I had a stable and good paying job, a car and living in a 3 beds apartment and the job affords me the opportunity to travel to all our outside stations to carry out unscheduled audit and accounting assignments in and outside Nigeria.

Back to the professional exams, her exams center was in Lagos, while mine was in Ibadan: we sat for the exams, she passed all her papers, while I had one referral and had to wait another 5 months to retake the referral course/paper again. Before going for the exams, I requested for her home address and cell phones mumber, so that I could retrieve my notes. Few weeks after the exams, I called her to inform her, I would be coming to her house on Saturday to pick up the notes (she spends the week days in school and weekend at home). I went as planned, met her mum and siblings and was well hosted. There and then, I said to myself, I don see my wife - what a lovely family, beautiful sisters.

I started seeing her in schools atleast 2 times in week and at her house atleast once in a month. Once I close from work, I would drive to her school to see her, leave by 7:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m., this was my regular routine for 4 years, except during her 1 year industrial attachments period. My parents and friends would tell you, any Saturday, you go to his house and you don't see him, go to Isolo, he would be there. Her family knows my brothers and friends because I must take somebody with me whenever, I go to her house.

Fast forward to her second semester HND 2, I went to her school as usual, we exchanged pleasantries and about 45 minutes later, she said, she had something she wanted to tell me, I said, ok, lo and behold, she dropped the bomb, her words 'I am sorry, this relationship cannot take us any where, I know what you're expecting, it cannot work, I can't see you in my future', before my brain could process what she said, she turned back and left. I had this strange dizziness, struggled to stand on feet, enter the car sat for close to 30 minutes, not knowing what to do, I managed to drive home, asking myself what has gone wrong, what did I do wrong, whom had I wrong, wetin dey happen? All begging for answers but no answer. Two days after, I fell sick seriously.

She had been showing signs, I noticed the signs but I let emotions override my thinking. For example, a friend selected my to be his best man, the wedding was to take place in the Ijebu, my girlfriend's home town. The uncles and aunties were far above the middle class level, it was an opportunity for her, the sisters and I to meet with their uncles and aunties, so I extended the wedding invite to her and the sisters as my special guest, fortunately, her school was not in session. The arrangement was that they will stay in one of their uncle's house, while I stay with the groom's team at gateway hotel, Ijebu. The elder sister and the mum made all th arrangements and one of the uncle agreed to host them.

The plan was to leave Lagos on Friday, drive them straight to their uncle's house and go sought out my hotel. I arrived their house of Friday around 2 p.m., behold, she said, she was not interested in going again, all effort to make her rescind her decision fell on deaf ears. Her elder and junior sisters were already prepared and after all the begging failed, we decided to let her be because it was getting to almost 4 p.m. When we got to her uncle's house in Ijebu, he asked, who is this? It was the elder sister that answered him, I am a friend to the family, especially a friend to Ms. ABC, he said, hope you're not the 'Fisi Fayo Fashe' type, the sister said no and I answered in the negative as well. This was the first obvious sign that I ignored.

Having fully recovered, I called the elder sister to let her know what the younger sister told me, she invited me to her office and told me to relax, she would talk to her and also inform their mum, I said ok; true to her words, she told their mum. On this faithful day Wednesday precisely, I was in meeting, after the meeting my colleague told me that I had a visitor waiting for me at the reception, he told the receptionist to tell the visitor, I was in a meeting, the visitor should wait. When, I finished the meeting, I was told I had a visitor waiting for me at the reception, I didn't mind to ask who the visitor was, I just dashed to the first floor, and behold, the visitor was her mum, she had been waiting for almost an hour, I was surprised, greeted her, half prostrating 'Se koi si ma' was my first question.She said, I just want to see you, I took her to the conference room, we were there for almost 2 hours, she encouraged not to stop, I should fight for what belongs to me, she said, she inquired from her reason(s) for severing the relationship and she couldn't give any reason(s). The mum said, probably she was going through some academic stress because she is in her final year and you know project wahala. The mum encouraged me so much, I should not to let her slip off my hands just like that, I thanked the mum and said, I would give her some space for now - no going to her school, house, phone call or email.

The mum attended a very popular pastor's church and a she was an active member and deaconess. Immediately, the mum left my office, she went straight to the pastor's wife to discussed the issue with her, and the pastor's wife called me to come to her office immediately, that someone came to report me to her. I was like, wetin I asked for the address and the pastor's wife mentioned the church name and address, immediately, I know it was mum that gave her my number. As an Omo Luabi, I drove to the church (my office was in Ikeja and church to was in Ikejai), I was ushered into her office, the mum was jejely seated there, the pastor's wife asked series of questions, which I answered to the best of my ability, the pastor's wife encouraged me not to close her chapter and she would speak to her on Sunday and she would be waiting for her 'Aso Ebi', I smiled and said by God's grace. (Note: we attend different denomination)

My sister also tried her best, she had a friend in her school, her friend and my then girlfriend were in the same department, level and hall of residence. She asked her friend, if she knows Ms ABC, she said, Yes. She pleaded with her friend to meet and tell my girlfriend that her brother is a good person, our family is good and the family has been earnestly looking forward to the day her brother would bring help her to introduce her to the family. According to my sister, her friend spoke with her, yet she didn't change her decision.

All efforts made to change her stance failed.

Three months after my discussion with her mum, I got a call for the receptionist that I had a visitor by name Miss ABC, asking for me. Wonderful, she came to my office, I told my colleagues, guess who was asking for me, my girl - wetin happen. I made her sit there for 30 minutes because it was towards my lunch break, went down to see her, exchanged pleasantries, what do I hold this surprise visit, hope no wahala. She said, no wahala, she was wants to discuss with me, I said ok, it's almost my lunch break, I took her to an eatery close to the office in order to have an uninterrupted discussion.

She apologized for what she said, that she was going through some academic pressure or stress and needed to clear her head of somethings - including me, now that she is done with her education, awaiting her NYSC call-up and posting, her head was cleared, she wants us to be together again. Also she said, the issue had caused serious wahala in her family. Her mum and siblings were not talking with her any longer, the pressure to undo what she had done was so much, so to bring peace to her family, she was willing to rescind her decision. I listened to all she had to say without uttering a word. When she was done talking, I told her, she can go, I will think about it.

Don't forget, I said when she broke up with me I fell sick for about two weeks, my sister told my parents that it was because my girlfriend broke with me, and I was thinking about it. Immediately, my mum heard that, she said came to my hospital bed and said, 'o fe ku nitori obirin, ara birin ye, kon se eni to ole fe, mi oni je ko fe' meaning 'you want to kill yourself because of a woman, infact, you can't marry that girl and I won't let you marry such person'.

Meanwhile, in order forget all that had happened and to use my weekend productively, I enrolled in an IT training program, three weeks after she came to my office, she called, saying she would like to see me, I gave her the training venue address. When she got to venue, I came out of the class to met me her, she said, since she didn't hear from me, so she had to come, that it seems I have decided to move forward without her. I said, not really, I am married to my professional and career development now, I have closed the chapter on going into any relationship for now until, I achieved my career objective. Immediately, I said that she busted into tears, my heart melted and felt for her, I had to immediately ferry her out of the venue to avoid ' the wetin happen questions and you don give the woman belle gossips'.

I took her nearest eatery, I told her, I am still thinking about it and asked her, do you want the relationship because she strongly desired it or she wants us to reconcile because her mum and siblings are pressuring her to do so. I also pointed out I know your family liked me and probably saw something in me that you've failed to see, hence, the pressure, I don't want you to say many years later that you were forced into a relationship or marriage by your mum and siblings, and end up been unhappy and/or regrets going into. I told her go and think about it and let's meet back in two weeks time, same place and time.

I thought deeply about it and decided, I will like to move into the future with her but on my terms. One of the terms was that within one week of our getting back together, she must make plans to come know my family. It must interest you to know that for the 4 years of my seeing her, she didn't know my house, my parent's while her sisters knows my parents house, my house, the business my mum is into, my dad's profession.

Lo and Behold, the two weeks came and she didn't come, neither did she call, my calls were not answered, hence, the discussion we had at Mr. Bigs was the last time I saw and discussed with her.

Fast forward to 14 years later, I ran into her elder sister in Victoria Island, she was very happy to see me, we spoke for almost 35 minutes, I asked about the mum, I was told she was no more, asked about my girlfriend junior sister, she got married, ask about her own children, they were all doing fine; finally asked about my sister that refused to moved into the future with me, immediately, she said, I thought you won't ask for her, I would have been disappointed. I said, haba, why won't I ask, the fact that it didn't work out does not make us enemies.

The next statement she made baffled me. She said, the family had been looking for me, that do I know that Ms. ABC was not married. I asked what happened - is there no suitors coming her way or what. She said, they don't know and that was one of the pain their mother took to her grave - not see her getting married before she passed on.

I asked her, so why did you say your family had been looking for me. She said, before their mother died, they sought spiritual counselling to know what was wrong, and the pastor they met said, she met a young man when she was in school, dated from some years and she broke the relationship herself, that Ms. ABC was the woman ordained for the young man but she used her hand to chase the man away, the person fell sick and almost died. She said, the pastor told them, she has to look for the person and tender sincere apologized and let the person pray for her. The elder sister said, when they got home, she was asked, who could be this person and she said, mentioned my name as the only person she ever dated for more that one year (we dated for four (4) years) before breaking up with me and also heard I fell sick during the period. Since then, she said, they have been looking for me and good she has found me.

I told her there and then, I am not holding your sister from getting married, since she said, she didn't see me as part of her future and pressure was mounted on her to reconcile with me, I told her, she should not be pressured to go into a relationship, so that in the future, she would not say, I won't have been in this relationship or married to this person, if not for the pressure from my mum and siblings, I told her to go think about it thoroughly and that was the last time I saw her or she called. I've moved forward with my life, happily married with kids. Subsequently, I prayed for Ms ABC using her sister as a point of contact, that God will direct her husband to her, and should I be holding her my mind and/or heart consciously or unconsciously, I release her and bid her sister bye bye.

The good news today is that 17 years after she threw away the man that wanted her in his future, she tied the knot at the age of 42. Glory be to God

The import of sharing this is to encourage gents and ladies not make hasty and cast in stones/iron decisions, always make room for decision flexibility.

Dear Ops,

Tell your sister to go ahead with all her marriage plan prayerfully, singly and dancingly. God done butter her bread.

I was in similar situation some years ago, I dated a lady for four years; we met when she was in ND 2 in a library when we were both preparing for our professional exams. She was studying for her first professional exams while I was two stages ahead.

On this day of the Lord, I sat at the other end of the table, directly opposite two ladies, they were discussing on a topic that drew my attention, from the what was filtering out of their discussion, I could deduced that they were having challenges on the subject matter, I scribbled something on a paper on the subject of discussion and passed it to her without saying a word. The following day, I shared a note with her that help simplify the topic and the calculations. And so the journey started.

Least I forget, I was 24 and single while she was 20. I had a stable and good paying job, a car and living in a 3 beds apartment and the job affords me the opportunity to travel to all our outside stations to carry out unscheduled audit and accounting assignments in and outside Nigeria.

Back to the professional exams, her exams center was in Lagos, while mine was in Ibadan: we sat for the exams, she passed all her papers, while I had one referral and had to wait another 5 months to retake the referral course/paper again. Before going for the exams, I requested for her home address and cell phones mumber, so that I can retrieve my notes. Few weeks after the exams, I called her to inform her, I would be coming to her house on Saturday to pick up the notes (she spends the week days in school and weekend at home). I went as planned, met her mum and siblings and was well hosted. There and then, I said to myself, I don see my wife - what a lovely family, beautiful sisters.

I started seeing in schools atleast 2 times in week and at her house atleast once in a month. Once I close from work, I would drive to her school to see her, leave by 7:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m., this was my regular routine for 4 years, except during her 1 year industrial attachments period. My parents and friends would days, any Saturday, you go to his house and you don't see him, go to Isolo, he would be there. Her family knows my brothers and friends because I must take somebody with me whenever, I go to her house.

Fast forward to her second semester HND 2, I went to her school as usual, we exchanged pleasantries and about 45 minutes later, she said, she had something she wants to tell me, I said, ok, lo and behold, she dropped the bomb, her words 'I am sorry, this relationship cannot take us any where, I know what you're expecting, it cannot work, I can't see you in my future', before my brain could process what she said, she turned back and left. I had this strange dizziness, struggled to stand on feet, enter the car sat for close to 30 minutes, not knowing what to do, I managed to drive home, asking myself what has gone wrong, what did I do wrong, whom had I wrong, wetin dey happen? All begging for answers but no answer. Two days after, I fell sick seriously.

She had been showing signs, I noticed the signs but I let emotions override my thinking. For example, a friend selected my to be his best man, the wedding was to take place in the Ijebu, my girlfriend's home town. The uncles and aunties were far above the middle class level, so it was an opportunity for them to see their uncles and aunties, so I extended the wedding invite to her and the sisters as my special guest, fortunately, her school was not in session. The arrangement was that they will stay in one of their uncle's house, while I stay with the groom's team at gateway hotel, Ijebu. The elder sister and the mum made all th arrangements and one of the uncle agreed to host them.

The plan was to leave Lagos on Friday, drive them straight to their uncle's house and go sought out my hotel. I arrived their house of Friday around 2 p.m., behold, she said, she was not interested in going, all effort to make her rescind her decision fell on deaf ears. Her elder and junior sisters were already prepared and after all the begging failed, we decided to her be because it was getting to almost 4 p.m. When we go her uncle's house in Ijebu, he said, who I was, and the elder sister answered, I am a friend to the family, especially, Ms. ABC, he said, hope you're not the 'Fisi Fayo Fashe' type, the sister said no and I answered in the negative as well. This was the first obvious sign that I ignored.

On getting well, I called the elder sister to let her know what the younger sister told me, she invited me to her office and told me to relax, she would talk to her and also inform their mum, I said ok; true to her words, she told their mum. On this faithful day, I was in meeting, after the meeting my colleague told me that I had a visitor waiting for me at the reception, he told the receptionist to tell the visitor, I was in a meeting, the visitor should wait. When, I finished the meeting, I was told I had a visitor waiting for me at the reception, I didn't mind to ask who the visitor was, I just dashed to the first floor, and behold, the visitor was her mum, she had been waiting for almost an hour, I was surprised, greeted her, half prostrating 'Se koi si ma' was my first question.She said, I just want to see you, I took her to the conference room, we were there for almost 2 hours, she was encouraging not to stop, I should fight for what belongs to me, she spoke with her to inquire her reason for cutting off the relationship and she couldn't give any reason(s), that she could be going through some academic stress because she is in her final year; she encouraged me so much, I thanked her and said, I would give her some space for now - no going to her school, house, phone call or email.

The mum attended a very popular pastor's church and a she was an active member and deaconess, she discussed the issue with her, and the pastor's wife called me to come to her office immediately. I drove to the church, I met her mum there, we discussed and pastor's encouraged me not to close her chapter and she would speak to her on Sunday and she would be waiting for her 'Aso Ebi', I smiled and said by God's grace.I said, no wahala, left back to go back to the office.

My sister has a friend in her school, her friend and my then girlfriend were in the same department, level and hall of residence. She asked her friend, if she knows Ms ABC, she said, Yes. She pleaded with her friend to meet and tell my girlfriend that her brother is a good person, our family is good and the family has been earnestly looking forward to the day I will bring help her to introduce her to the family. According to my sister, her friend spoke with her, yet she didn't change her decision.

Three months after my discussion with her mum, I got a call for the receptionist that I had a visitor by name Miss ABC, asking for me. Wonderful, she came to my office, I told my colleagues, guess who was asking for me, my girl - wetin happen. I made her sit there for 30 minutes because it was towards my lunch break, went down to see her, exchanged pleasantries, what do I hold this surprise visit for, hope no wahala. She said, she was wants to discuss with me, I said ok, it's almost my lunch break, I took her to any eatery close to the office in order to have an uninterrupted discussion.

She apologized for what she said, that she was going through some academic pressure or stress and needed to clear her head of somethings - including me, now the she is done with her education, awaiting her NYSC posting, her head is cleared, also her mum and siblings are pressuring her to undo what she had done. I listened to all she had to say, when she was done talking, I told her, she should give me time to think about it.

Don't forget, I said when she broke up with me I fell sick for about two weeks, my sister told my parents that it was because my girlfriend broke with me, and I was thinking about it. Immediately, my mum heard that, she said came to my hospital bed and said, 'o fe ku nitori obirin, ara birin ye, ko se eni to ole fe' meaning 'you want to kill yourself because of a woman, infact, you can't marry that girl and I won't let you marry such person'.

Meanwhile, in order forget all that had happened and to use my weekend productively, I enrolled for an IT training, three weeks after she came to my office, she again came to my training center, she said, since she didn't hear from me, she needed to come and find out what my discussion was. I said, ok, I am still thinking about it. I asked her, do you want the relationship because she strongly desired it or she wants us to reconcile because her mum and siblings are pressuring her to do so. I also pointed out I know your family liked me and probably saw something in me that you've failed to see, hence,the pressure, I don't want a situation years later, she would say, she was forced into a relationship or marriage her mum and siblings, and say she regretted. I told her she should go and think about it as well.

Behold, that was the last time we met. 14 years later, I ran into her elder sister at Victoria Island, she was very happy to see me, we spoke for almost 35 minutes, I asked about the mum, I was told she was no more, asked about my girlfriend junior sister, she got married, ask about her own children, they were all doing fine; finally asked about my girlfriend, immediately, she said, I thought you won't ask for her, I would have been disappointed. I said, haba, why won't ask, the fact that it didn't work out does not make us enemies.

The next statement she made baffled me. She said, the family had been looking for me, that do I know that my girlfriend was not married. I asked what happened - is there no suitors coming her way or what. She said, they don't know and that's one of the pain their mother took to her grave - not see her getting married before she passed on.

I asked her, so why did you say your family had been looking for me. She said, before their mother died, they sought spiritual counselling to know what was wrong, and the pastor they met said, she met a young man when she was in school, dated from some years and she broke the relationship herself, that she was the woman ordained for the young man but she used her hand to chase the man away, the person fell sick after cutting off the relationship and almost died. She said, the pastor told them, she has to look for the person and tender sincere apologized and let the person pray for her. The elder sister said, when they got home, she was asked, who could be this person and she said, mentioned my name as the only person she ever dated for more that one year (we dated for four (4) years) before breaking up with me and also, she knew I fell sick during the period. Since then, she said, they have been looking for me and good she has found me.

I told her there and then, I am not holding your sister from getting married, since she said, she didn't see me as part of her future and she said pressure was mounted on her to reconcile with me, I told her, she should not be pressured to go into a relationship, so that in the future, she would not say, I won't have been in this relationship or married to this person, if not for the pressure from my mum and siblings, I told her to go think about it thoroughly and that was the last time I saw her or she called. I've moved forward with my life, happily married with kids. Subsequently, I prayed for Ms ABC using her sister as a point of contact, that God will direct her husband to her, and should I be holding her my mind/heart/state consciously or unconsciously, I release her.

The good news is today is that 16 years after she threw the man that want her to be in his future, she got married married. Glory be to God.

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Whose Fault Is It Anyway?

Good evening nairalanders!

I need serious opinions on this issue, as it has bothered me so much so I decided to bring it up here. It's about my younger sister and her girlfriend.

About 2 years ago my younger sis girlfriend met a guy that indicated interest in her, according to my sis her friend wasn't into this guy, in fact her friend was using him from the onset, my sis said that her friend told her that she doesn't like the guy at all because the guy according to her was a teacher in one private school and he isn't really what she wanted in a man.

But this guy loved her and my sis recounted one time the guy paid her tuition fees and gave her money for her project work. The guy was always there for her but her sis friend never liked him sometimes my younger sister will tell me that she should go for him she thought she was joking but little did she know that her girlfriend was serious.

When it was obvious she couldn't play the guy anymore, she had to confront the guy and told him face to face that they can't continue together, that she can't put up with him anymore and that he can have my younger sister as a friend since my sister is her roommate.

The guy was shattered and devastated, and it equally shattered my sister as well because my sister knew how much sacrifice the guy has made for her girlfriend. So the guy would meet my sister and start begging her to talk to her friend, and each time my sister tries to talk to her girlfriend to reconsider, she would turn it down.

So the guy gave up his efforts but maintained communications with my sister.

As time went by my sister and this guy became close, and they were good friends, so early February this year they guy got a contract job with Exxon mobile for 5 years at Akwa ibom, and he is now asking for my sister's hand in marriage. He's so serious that he has brought wine to my Father with his family members.

My sister told him let her put it in prayers. Because she's currently doing her NYSC.
Upon hearing the news of my sister and this guy, her silly girlfriend that rejected him because he was low, is now beefing my sister and telling the whole world that my sister snatched her boyfriend away from her. it was so bad that she even tried to re establish communication with this guy again.

My sister told me that her girlfriend sent a message to this guy and told him that my sister once had an abortion when she was in her 3rd year, and some stupid lies. But she said that the guy knew that her girlfriend was lying and decided to block her. This got my sister infuriated and me also but the guy begged us to let her go That she's just desperate.

But I'm really really really angry now because she has been spreading malicious lies about my younger sister. And my sister is planning her traditional wedding with this guy by January So please I need suggestions on how to deal with this issue because I don't see my sister at fault here, and I only see a wicked and desperate friend trying to cause wreck in someone's happiness..

Mods I really appreciate if this topic is on front page because it's a serious issue..

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