doncartel:
Instead of building Lagos-Calabar highway with N15 trillion, the same amount can be invested in the power sector to give Nigerians 24-hour light.

I am arguing with someone who says that the money is better spent on the highway because Nigeria cannot achieve 24-hour electricity until like 100 years time.

At least millions of people will be taken out of darkness with N15 trillion.

It definitely will improve the power condition of the country if properly managed but we have definitely spent more than that in recent past with no significant improvement.

Have you heard about the $16 Billion Dollars OBJ spent on power and nothing to show for it?

ChristCee:

The only way to detox this platform is to enable phone number verification and even a verified badge for people who completes a KYC verification process.
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Then there should be an algorithm that ranks comments based on the choice of words and ratio of likes to dislikes.
When people know that getting a new account after a ban is impossible, they will behave. Also KYC will allow people to own up to their posts and be more responsible online.
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Right now, one dick and harry will just post nonsense as a first comment and it automatically stays.
Likewise this is the era of AI, mods cannot effectively manage a huge forum like this. Employing advanced AI to remove and moderate trashy contents will even speed up the site and server storage space.
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Mr. Seun should reach out to me and let me give him a good contract.

I totally agree with you; I have also suggested this verification system too, in fact only verified people’s post will be on the front page.

Comments should be ranked by sets of criteria which should include verification and likes; that way these tribal and troll comments will easily get lost
Seun please consider all these

Nice one OP, keep the update coming. I will contact you shortly

MadamVanessa:




Says who is he? He's nobody as far as Nigeria politics is concerned. He's only a demi god in the confinement of Lagos state, outside Lagos Tinubu is nothing .

For someone that doesn’t know the difference between elected position and appointed position talking with so much confidence

Sixfiguresmart:
Do you have something troubling you about what I wrote? Are you going to direct my expression and command me? I can back up whatever I say if I am called to the stand. I am not naive. I have much more injustices that I witnessed during my time there and if I blow the cover, it will be worse off than this. Why are you trying to defend an nentity and who gave you that right? Where are you when chevron pollutes the Niger Delta region. Where is your voice? Where is your voice against tribalism in Chevron?

Oga, if you do not like what I wrote, who cares? I wrote what I wrote and it must stay that way. I have my fundamental right to tell my tales. Stop trying to hush victims because you want to protect an entity's reputation. You will never believe me even if I call names. I do not need your vote of confidence. I simply need you to get lost and never be found. If you do not understand me, get lost again. Go and interchange with those whom you believe.

You are a liar…..your story is a lie. Simple.

We are not talking about tribalism neither are we talking about environmental pollution here so don’t mix up issues, that’s what liars do when they are busted.
You don’t just accuse someone or an entity and expect us to believe you hook line and sinker.

This is not an attempt to hush any victim, victims should tell their stories in truth without maligning others.

Learn to tell your story with Truth.

Sixfiguresmart:
Thank you, Mr. Chevron. You remain the sagacious emperor and almighty knower. Same reason that I chose not to be brought before people like you. Cos' a victim has to prove his innocence. You are the kind that sit on panels to judge victims. What case can a victim present to someone with your antagonistic judgement stand?

What you need now are details. Provide this and provide that... while debunking everything presented. Are you a jury to demand details? You went ahead relegating the victim further by categorising him. What difference does category provide in crediting your antagonism? If I mention your father's name, What would be your next move? Simply push back and vilify the victim the more.

Stop exuberating in your contumacious pride. The world is larger than your bubble. It is over a decade now and I am not here to seek your support. I am only telling my history to pave the way for others who are or may experience this in the future. If you read what I wrote correctly as the Mr. Sage that you are, you would see the timeline.

I said that my final YEAR was horrendous. I didn't say that I was fired outrightly for declining sexual requests. It was a chain reaction.

I won’t go on an emotional rant/blackmail like you just did……….Also the title of your post read “Fired” by a gay boss”………….Anyways When you include half-details in a story, you will be challenged. When you put names of people/organizations/places you will be challenged because you maybe making an unintentional damage to the reputation of such name and you should be ready to defend it if called upon.

Your story could be told without naming the company just like you didn’t name the supposed person that harassed you. This will in no way diminish your “truth” but when you include names then be ready to defend yourself.

Like a stated earlier, your story is not 100% true and you know that in your mind. To all victims out there, learn to tell your story with the truth that it demands. I believe victims should share their stories but I also believe if supposed victim includes a name then such name has the right to defend their reputation.

Do they have LGTBQ in chevron Nigeria? Hell yes….I know a couple myself but the likelihood of them harassing the OP the way he described is low due to the company open policies (which is known to them) and their training.

So OP, provide more details by answering the questions or edit your story to remove the names

Sixfiguresmart:
Happy to get an oil and gas job. Dream come true. Everything was perfect with me. 3 years into my job, a new boss showed up. A light skin Nigerian male. His wife and kids were in Canada. I visit the gym 3x per week.

He requested to go to the same gym. Pretended to work out and asked that I mentored him. It all happened fast. I thought he was responsible as he was married. He started touching my body inappropriately. Caressing my chest holding my arms. Thought he was enamored by the muscles only. I would somehow break him off and redirect him to the session.

Then, after work it was about meeting me, talking to me, confiding in me. Initially, I was happy to build a close relationship with a boss. Of course, that's my career growth right there.

Not until, this night, he invited me over to his lounge. As soon i arrived, he undressed to a G-string, I was dazed for real. He tried to kissed me. I blocked it. Then, came the love, the feeling, and sex plea. So, I took my leave quickly. Felt disappointed and betrayed. I told no one but my bestie who laughed over it and made a mockery of the whole thing. Telling me that he would have busted his ass for the money.

All I needed was my job and no drama. He advanced toward me several times. Showered me with expensive stuff. I rejected everything he offered. I couldn't shake him anymore, no hugs, nothing. I felt truly perplexed cos he was very connected and has brothers and relatives in top positions in Chevron. I met with him, talked to him man to man politely. He told me he had been in it since he was 14. I asked him if he would love that life for his kids. He said, no! So, I told him that I have a faith, a conscience and a commitment to my God. That I would not entertain homosexuality. So, after more attempts, the hate set in.

Well, my final year in Chevron was horrendous until i finally got axed 17 months after my new boss showed up. I moved on with my dignity but with a bigger lesson in life. I kept it a secret for many years. Only my bestie new about it.

Many men are victims. People hardly believe the few who cry out. Many will question the authenticity of my history and blame me afterall. Making it harder for the next man to come out.

Many argue that they will beat, hit, or punch a man for advancing toward them. There are consequences. Read your room. Justice hardly comes in a world of injustice. Sometimes, the best thing to do is walk away.

Your story is either pure lie or fiction and the least you can do is say the story with facts.

1. What Dept were you working for Chevron?
2. Apparently the way you sounded, you are not a blue badge, I doubt you are a green badge too. So tell me are you a community worker or someone just brought you ?
3. What location are you? Warri/Escravos/Lagos or which of the flow station or where?
4. Do you know chevron is one of the companies that supports LGBTQ and have an inclusive policy for them? So if you have an LGBTQ boss that’s a blue badge he definitely knows not to harass you
5 do you know chevron has an anonymous hotline to report every kind of workplace harassment anonymously? This number is placed in every facility and it goes straight to Houston or San Ramon? Why didn’t you use it?

Like I said, your story is pure lie until you provide some facts based on above questions.

Righteousness2:
There was also an Earthquake in Mexico today..
We Live in very interesting and Incredible Biblical times,
Scriptures are being Fulfilled at warp speed right Before our eyes.
Earthquakes and Volcanoes ripping through the Earth.
3 Earthquakes in Zealand in a space of 24 hrs
Earthquakes in Chile
Earthquakes in philpinees
Earth quake in Greece
Earthquake in Japan
Earthquake in Algeria
Earthquake in Japan again
Earthquake in Mexico
All these and more in a space of 30 days..

Folks! You don't need to be told that JESUS is Coming!!
Be Prepared!!

Have you ever heard of the word/phrase “Tectonic Plates” (and its movements)? This has nothing to do with the coming back of Jesus or end of the world.

Get yourself enlightened a little bit please.

ALL MAN MUST MARRY.......No Man deserves to go unpunished!!!!

PS: if you don’t have money for marriage, call me I will sponsor you.

clintz:
May God bless your wisdom

Thanks and you too.

Beginning of October 2020 heralded the #endsars protest in Lagos, a clamor that has been on since 2017 due to the brutality of the police force on the Nigerian youths. The cause of this protest is very real and valid, while I may not have personally experienced it, I have witnessed so much brutality on the youth that sometimes I have to intervene.

The likes of Falz, Debo Macaroni and Aisha Yesufu amongst others spearheaded this round of protest and with the negative sentiments around the nation, they got the masses support including that of myself......and personally I still believe the cause is valid.

Saying the protest was peaceful is just trying to be politically correct; the protest was never peaceful but the protesters were unarmed; you cannot say the protest is peaceful when the protesters are denying you your rights to enter your home. You don’t protest a grievance by denying other people their rights and claim you are peaceful, that’s not peaceful. We all saw what the protesters did to other citizens (right) while they were going about their normal lives.

Between the 4th and 14th October, the FG repeatedly announced the disbandment of the notorious police unit SARS in different forms along with banning the police from checking phones and laptops of the youth. The FG largely accepted and acknowledged the 5 demands of the protesters and call for dialogues but the likes of Falz, Debo Macaroni and Aisha Yesufu insisted that they wanted a miracle.....Aisha specifically said she doesn’t belong to the table but on the street, I hope she is still on the street till now.

The stupidity of the protests was glaring at this point because it was clear that the protesters never had a realistic end game plan, they don’t know what the end should be. They kept on insisting for the government to EndSARS that already was disbanded. This was the lost opportunity for the fools above to sit with the FG and chart a direction towards a lasting solution to this monster.....alas their naivety and stupidity was brought to the fore.

20th October 2020, the demons we (40yrs and above) have always known Nigeria to be came out, the military in the command of our lifeless president Buhari unleashed terror on the unarmed protesters and the escalation is what we all witnessed; but the aftermath is what we will all live with.

I took a drive this morning along the lekki axis and saw the damages first hand and the first question was “does it really worth it?”. The many lives (both protesters and security personnel) lost, the many livelihoods lost and looted, buildings burnt, cars and properties damaged, does it really worth it?

If those fools above had sat down with the FG on the 15th of October after most of their demands have met, would all these have been prevented? the numerous jobs that are lost due to this carnage would that have been prevented.? the irony is that they will be happy to sit down now with the FG to discuss, something they would have accepted long ago to prevent all this.

Falz, Debo Macaroni and Aisha Yesufu et al, need to sit back and ask themselves if this is the outcome they were hoping for; they need to tell us if their plans include having “freed” criminals loose on the street possibly with stolen guns from the police.

We always need to understand that Nigeria is unique and different, the solutions to our problems must be unique and different too; we cannot just hope/expect the outcomes of protest in other developed countries to be same in ours; it’s not possible because we have our own peculiarities which must be factored in our own quest for betterment.

Once again, I hope those fools above are happy with their outcome.

Quran 57 vs 20 (Suratul-Hadid): This verse summarizes everything we know about this life:

*****Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion****

Quran 53 Vs 42 -55 (Suratul Najm); These Verses will make you cry as it describes the mightiness of God.

وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الْمُنتَهَى53:42 (And that to your Lord is the finality)

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ - 53:43 (And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep)

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا - 53:44 (And that it is He who causes death and gives life)

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ - 53:46 (From a sperm-drop when it is emitted)

وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْأَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ - 53:47 (And that [incumbent] upon Him is the next creation)

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ - 53:48 (And that it is He who enriches and suffices)

Conti..... to Vs 55


Then finally for me:

Quran 25 Vs 61 downwards (Suratul Furqan): These are beautiful verses that tells how great Allah is and defines how a believer should behave; If you read these verses and you don't feel it then your faith is really low. May Allah continue to guide us and increase us in Imaan.

In Islam, you can pray Standing, sitting or even while lying down. If you have a medical condition why you can’t assume any of the position in the way the Muslims pray, you can choose any comfortable position you want including sitting on a chair. You can also lie down if that’s what is comfortable for you. This is particularly common amongst older people but younger people can also do same.

So what Buhari did up there is normal nothing exceptional in islam.

Franky826:



I absolutely love your advice!

Can we be friends?

Yes of course, we are friends!!!

studentofTruth:


Please sir, I'm sent you a DM for mentorship. I thought I was trying hard, but you just slapped my face.

Sorry Cheif, I couldn't see your email (i do not use that email address anymore). We can however do any mentoring (at least start here) online (Nairaland) without the need for face-to-face meeting.

I am not here always too but we can workout something on the business section weekly.

Cheers

obillyj:
Lately, I have summoned the courage to start up a business. I have several business ideas but had being afraid to make the move because of all that is involved. I am ready to do so now but faced with the challenge of getting funds.
I will need about half a million to kick off and don't want to start with loan.

Do I need to write a proposal and submit to my prospective helpers or do I just meet and explain to them. I hope also to raise the fund from family and friends. How do I go about it please.

Thanks.

Tg

TG,

You are not asking the right question here, at least not now. You do not raise fund from just an idea stage; you raise fund after starting out and proving the concept in the market.

Other than family and friends, nobody will give you money for an idea in your head so i will suggest the following for you.

1. Start the business idea in your head, bring it to fruition first.

2. Prove and show that the idea is sellable and scalable. Be ready to show data/results over a period of time.

3. Come up with your expansion plan showing your growth plans, how much you need and prospective profits that may come out of it.

If you are creating a good value with your idea, people will come around you to invest. Do not also go around with the notion that the first person you pitch to will fund your business, No sometimes it might be the number 100th person so keep doing the business while seeking for funding.

To put this in perspective Jeff Bezo's was turned down more than 60 times before getting funding for Amazon despite the fact internet boom was already on, so count the number of times you have been turned down, if it's not up to 60 keep asking. Steve Jobs was turned down more than that so who are you? That should always be your motivation.

Finally, keep believing in your dream and vision and one day, you will meet someone that shares same vision and the person will buy into it.

PS: You are free to share your idea here though but go and start it first.

contumely2:
I am a man in late 20's.
I grew up in lack. I suffered so much growing up. In fact, at a point the court had to eject us and threw our properties on the streets for inability to pay rent.

School fees were paid in instalments. Not like the fees were much even. But the funds were never there.


God has blessed me reasonably in the past few years. I made a lot of sacrifices too, denying myself pleasure, delaying gratification etc.

Lately, I noticed that I have been extravagant. Some of the extravagance is masked as charity to people.

I hardly say no requests and I empathise and pity people a lot.

If I lend money to 10 persons, only 3 will pay back.

I also buy some things on impulse; without planning. I regret some of these purchases later.

HOW DO I STAY motivated so as to save more to invest because the future is uncertain. And money is not always there?

I also understand that those we help may abandon us in time of need.

I don't want to learn the hard way.

Kindly share your experiences with grace to grass; or with people you helped in times of plenty.

Or your regrets with finances especially early in life.

Thanks!

Good for you to appreciate where you are coming from in terms of paucity of funds and even better that you do not want to return to that state; trust me, I know what you are talking about and i will give you some suggestions or advice to hold on to.

1. Always remember that it is possible to go back to that state of lack of fund you grew up and use this thought as a motivation never to return to such.

2. PAY YOURSELF FIRST: I don't know how much you earn per month/week but whatever it is; pay yourself first. If you earn 100k /month, before anything, remove 50% and save in an investment account (start with this option: STANBIC Money market can help you here) and build up capital there for future business/investment. Now you might ask yourself can 50% of my money take me till the end of the month? my answer to that is "you never had that money before and you survived till now", trust me it will take you. This money is yours for growth alone. When I was growing like you i was saving 90% of my income until i became very comfortable. I still do ~70% till date and I earn big. I can boldly tell you I own couple of companies now in Lagos and still have over 100M cash in account for someone that started with #0 just about 10years ago.

3. Separate emotions from reality and opinions from fact; this is what people around you will use to get money from you. They will say things like if you do not help them they will die. It is a lie!!!. If you are not alive will they die? Learn to separate reality from peoples opinion or emotions especially about your money.

4. Give yourself financial yearly target and try to hit it through savings/investment/business, e.g tell yourself you want 10M in your account by end of the year and do everything to achieve it; you will be amazed how much you will get. Extend this target to your businesses and everything financial around you.

5. Get a financial mentor; someone you want to be like and try to learn from him/her. You may not have one close to you so just get someone you can get books on and read about how the person made his money and try to replicate it.

6. Start reading books on financial and money matters and how to grow them. it will really help you. start with "The Richest Man in Babylon", try and read it more than once. Then start practicing what is inside you will be amazed.

7. Never try to run a business by proxy; not at this stage, you will loose the money. Do businesses that you can be part of. As you grow you will know when to run by proxy. So if any family member tells you to give him/her money to run a business and you will get returns, do not do that.

8. Always go to financial seminars/workshop or just watch them on youtube if they are expensive for you. The idea here is to stay close to people who want same thing as you and work for it like you do. If you have to change friends to do this, never blink an eye.

I hope with this God willing you should never go back to where you came from. Enjoy the financial growth journey my friend.

bloodofthelamb:
A friend send this picture to me through WhatsApp. This is clearly two pictures marched together to make one, because the ground are different. It is glaring to those who have eyes to see.

Your random friend sent you a random picture; you believe it. Channels TV (and other reputable media houses) have been showing various videos of the man in Japan; you don’t believe that.
Don’t you think you need help?

Tolexander:
it was actually semèn, not urine.

Well, good he was sacked.
The holy books should be respected

If it was a Quran, trouble would have happened in Kaduna, Zaria, Kano and Gusau just because of the cartoon

You guys are horrible and hypocrites; what concerns the Quran/Muslims with this issue? Are the editors Muslims? Is the News Outlet own by Muslims? If you want to react, react the way you want do not drag the Muslims or Quran into this; it is none of our business.

When a Christian does something horrific, you all rally behind your religion and separate his/her actions from your faith; and sincerely the Muslims care less because we understand. But when a Muslim does same horrific thing you spin your media and find a way to attach the action to the religion just to tarnish the religion to the best of your capacity.

And when it is a Christian on Christianity attack like this case, instead of you guys to deal with it as you wish, you all will still find a way to bring Muslims into it.......What is the problem with you guys?

I wonder if this COZA issue was a high profile (known Imam); I can only imagine what you all will be saying about the Religion instead of the action of the individual. Don't you see how you all separated his action from the church?

Leave the Muslims/ISLAM out of this PLEASE

Otuegbe:
Yoruba amaka

Kilokan Amaka ati Yoruba.

Otuegbe:
Yoruba amaka

Kilokan Amaka Ali Yoruba.

theoldpretender:
Well, the problem is long standing grievances.

I have lived up North. There have been several times when in the ethnic and religious riots that affect the north, many Southerners have been killed and injured. This leaves a lot of bad air and at the end of the day, a knife crime committed up North is a sign of how evil the whole North is.

At the same time, there are millions of law abiding Northerners who don't do knife crime.

I see how some Northerners too castigate the South as a immoral violent and baby mama area too.

One sees the same thing in America. Whites use black crime as a means to castigate all black people as violent and low IQ. Blacks use white crime, especially if the victim is black, as a sign that all Whites are racist and evil.

Anyway, bigotry is evil. I have seen evil Northerners, but I have also seen plenty good northerners. Same for Southerners. And the truth is we still have a lot of small minded bigots in this country who need urgent treatment.

It is silly to accuse all. Northerners of being violent due to one knife crime, and at the same time refuse to say all. Southerners are violent as a result of knife crime.

But one thing I know, I feel a lot safer walking the streets of a Northern city than I do a southern city. In the Night

Good submission, so how do you think this can be reduced even if it cannot be totally eradicated?

This thread is created to bring to bare one of the issues we have in this Country and how the Southerners have continued to make the Northerners look bad even though they are basically the same set of people; the only difference is that one set have access to the media and uses it to the disadvantage of the other.

Now compare the responses to these two similar posts yourself:

https://www.nairaland.com/5064314/teenage-boy-stabs-football-coach

https://www.nairaland.com/5063727/obituary-lady-stabbed-death-during

Now both posts show how knife crimes resulted in death of two lives (No motive is considered here). Now see how the southerners have successfully castigated the Northerners (their region and religion) for similar crime.

Now this type of response cuts across religious lines too; The southerners find it difficult to separate the Northerners from their religion while for the same crime committed by a southerner (in fact sometimes by a clergy man), they will gladly tell you its a fake pastor and separate the man from the religion but never cuts the Northerners some slacks.

The main aim of this post is for us to know that we can't keep doing this and expect us to move forward as a group of people; we need to start being open, receptive and truthful towards our brothers/sisters up North.

If you have observed this same trend, please go ahead and share.

PS: Southerners here are majorly SE & SS; Some SW also fall in this category

Armaggedon:
...and so it came to pass. What changed? where are those online fools and political neophytes thinking they can liberate Igboland through the ballot? They should now swallow their pride and know that Biafra remains the only answer.

You are Smart, your analysis is on point devoid of sentiment.

The Igbos are typically not logical when it comes to Nigerian politics; their sentiments tends to control their decisions.

Any agitation for Biafra now is null and void because they actively participated in the electoral process and lost.

That is TRUE.
Although Sowore attended UNILAG and was even the student union president at a time; he had issues with the authorities that led them to rusticate him from the school.
He tried resolving these issues back then (Gani Fawehinmi chamber was involved ) but I guess it was unsuccessful.
He later moved to the US and continued his activivism cum journalism with SR.

Herlertah:
Hello Nairalanders, Lol, never thought I would one day post anything on Nairaland. I used to come here just to read news and funny comments by you guys. People like simplykush .

Before I go further, I will forever be in debt of the mods if they can pls let this reach front page.

My name (nickname actually) is Herlertah, 18, graduated from secondary school last year with 4 distinctions and 4Bs in WAEC and prospective student of OAU pharmacy (got 281 in jamb but still waiting on that slow school)

I decided to discuss a very important thing with you guys as I know we have many intelligent guys here who, as I have witnessed, have helped many people here.

I discovered when I was in Jss classes that I have the ability to multiply, divide, add and of course, subtract numbers (even big ones, I mean very big ones) without using calculator within a short time or no time at all!!

I am very also very good in squaring numbers within twinkle of an eye, just like, Scott flansburg.
I can find the square of 98765 within 10 seconds with my brain. I know the factor of ever number from 1-more than 10,000 or even more (don't know my limit). I once found the 3^40 and got 12157665459056928801with my head (took me few mins though). It's the longest record I have for now.

I also have the ability to know on what day of the week a date falls, I mean any date, whether past or future. Like asking me on what day of the week June 3rd, 2065 will fall and I will tell you that it's gonna be Wednesday.

I have known this for a while, buh where I am living here in Osun State, its hardly recognised. Although, I was given A MacBook upon from graduation from sec school mainly because of this ability of mine. Still I need help, I want to show this to the world, I want to make the country proud. I can do much more and I don't even know how I am able to do it. Although, I work them in my head buh in a rapid manner.

Thank you as you help with your invaluable comment.

Thank you!!!

And please don’t study pharmacy or related courses; go for Maths or Computer Science; engineering should be third considerations.
Send me an email and we will take it up from there.

......other than the part where he specifically mentioned raising funds aggressively through bonds to develop our failing infrastructure, the “youthful “ presidential aspirant couldn’t articulate how to salvage this country point by point.

The rest of the statement are just mumbojumbo that we have heard before.

Saraki is definitely not the solution we are looking for, he is just like the rest of them.

hollywater:
Why not partner with Innosco motor.

So that Innosson can forge the documents and scam the bank like he did GTBANK?

I love this����

oneluv11:
Pls help a depressed soul

I have been having temporary sharp needle pain inside the left side of my throat and a dry throat every morning that does not go away for the pass 8months,I have visited 3 different hospital and I've done several test like sugar test ,RBT and my sugar level is ok, I even did 7 HIV test which d last one was carried out dis month and all were negative.The first hospital's doctor gave me antibiotic drugs for 5days after the test which I took but no sign of relief. I went back to him and he said I should repeat d drugs which i did bt still dsame,i went to another hospital and i was as well tested and said am okay nd gave me drug. still d feelings didnt go away i went back nd e said mayb is my anxiety and e priscibed another drugs bt d pain and dry throat keep disturbing me.

This has really affected my social life,feeling really depress dont knw what to do.pls help me if U heard of someone that went through similar problem or a doctor here

PS: Whenever I swallow something I do not feel the pains, its occasional and mostly in the morning

Mods, please take it to FP for wider view and suggestions

Let me share my experience with you, maybe it will help.
I had persistent cough for over 3 months and took all the syrup and drugs I know, after a couple of hours of relief, the cough will come back.
All my doctors keep saying it’s allergy so I stopped taking drugs and start checking my lifestyle.
I identified everything I started doing just around the time the cough started; I moved house, just came back from a journey with clothes, perfume, toothpaste and brush, and a whole lot of other things.
So I started knocking them off one after the other, fumigating the new house all over, changing bedsheets, clothes and other house hold items, the painful one is the perfume collections I gave out.....last last, the problem was the toothbrush, charcoal infused tooth-fu*king-brush, after about six months of coughing, it was a sad experience for me. I threw all of them away, including the toothpaste.
I will suggest you look at the changes in your lifestyle when it started and start from there.

Omooba77:
I grew up from the background of Priests preaching sermons only; but when I joined Pentecostal, interjectedly I will the Lord says there is someone here..... I will open my eyes if it was during prayers and try to see who is with the Pastor at the altar.
After sometimes, I get use to it and when testimonies began to come out, I began to be filled with expectations.
Later, I began to pray to God to speak to me too and God answered my prayers.
I can tell you God does speak, but will need to pray to God to give us hearing hears.

This is the basis of all the errors in Christianity. Where someone will wake up and claim God has spoken to him and a large number of people will just believe him hook line and sinker.

Paul Started it......and the rest, well.... we are all witnessing it.