I've noticed that only the guys are forthcoming with their intentions and ideal match for a partner. But my question is are the ladies too not looking or are they just being shy about it?

girls are also searching but as u know it looks improper for a girl to make her intentions known.Looking at it the way it is done,a guy is supposed to make the intentions known but it's the role of the girls to catch guys attention by either making themselves beautiful or putting on smiles with a white set of teeth(if at all they have it)

Well lemme lend my voice here.. Okwy, that's where you (and a lot of other females.) get ot wrong.. There's nothing "unimproper" about a gurl making he intentions known to a guy... i would even dare say it's in her interest to do so, cos otherwise chances are that she could loose out on an otherwise good thing, just becos of some unwritten rule.. Times are chaging girlfriend.. in just about every aspect of life, females should join the wagon and change in this respect...

Just my 5 kobo anyways..

No, the ladies dont search, as the saying goes, he who finds a wife... the guys will have to search to find, while the ladies wait to be found.

You make sense though especially for African guys. If a girl walk up and talk to them they thing she's something else. But, I think i need a nigeria experience too, b/c, My last 3 ex-girlfriends were Brazilian, Idian (i still miss her), and iranian.

maybe

well some girls just dont want to be conidered as being desperate.