When talking about a Country with huge number of football fans, I believe Nigeria is among.
There are many professional players and football stars who are known around the world. A lot of young people are inspired by these stars and dream to become great players like them.

Today the situation in the country changed, and there are more and more abilities to become a professional football player. So, what are the steps to professional football career?

The first step is to have a passion for the game, it is obvious but highly important. The passion for the game is much better motivation than, for example money or fame. The path to a professional career is not easy, so you should love the game to be successful.

One should have several basic skills or Learn.
It is better to practice if you already have some basic grassroots skills. Talent and hard work are equally important but if not, adequate practice can do.

Be Persistent and Persevere
Only perseverance, and persistence brought football stars their success and results. There will be a lot of difficulties, such moments define a player who will go ahead. Any sport requires strong character, and persistence is the key to success.

Attend a Football Training Academy
If you have the mentioned qualities it is high time to go to football academy. This is the place where your skills and passion can be polished. The academy is a great step to realize your dream. Football academy gives the experience, knowledge, right atmosphere to feel yourself inside the process of the game. You should note that a good result of the graduation can be considered as a ticket to contract with some football club.

Sign the contract
Of course, there can be good or bad contracts. A young player should be very careful at this stage because some contracts can become a kind of bondage. It is better to invite a lawyer to help you with the legal matters.

The first contract is a chance to show your skills in terms of the real game. After that, all you need is to play as good as possible and go to new heights. When a player signs the contract, he or she becomes a professional football player, and this is only a start of the long journey.

Where to find the best football academy in Nigeria?
Nigeria as of today, there are top academies in the country where you can receive adequate and great training, experience, knowledge and the key to professional football, among others are...

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When talking about a Country with huge number of football fans, I believe Nigeria is among.
There are many professional players and football stars who are known around the world. A lot of young people are inspired by these stars and dream to become great players like them.

Today the situation in the country changed, and there are more and more abilities to become a professional football player. So, what are the steps to professional football career?

The first step is to have a passion for the game, it is obvious but highly important. The passion for the game is much better motivation than, for example money or fame. The path to a professional career is not easy, so you should love the game to be successful.

One should have several basic skills or Learn.
It is better to practice if you already have some basic grassroots skills. Talent and hard work are equally important but if not, adequate practice can do.

Be Persistent and Persevere
Only perseverance, and persistence brought football stars their success and results. There will be a lot of difficulties, such moments define a player who will go ahead. Any sport requires strong character, and persistence is the key to success.

Attend a Football Training Academy
If you have the mentioned qualities it is high time to go to football academy. This is the place where your skills and passion can be polished. The academy is a great step to realize your dream. Football academy gives the experience, knowledge, right atmosphere to feel yourself inside the process of the game. You should note that a good result of the graduation can be considered as a ticket to contract with some football club.

Sign the contract
Of course, there can be good or bad contracts. A young player should be very careful at this stage because some contracts can become a kind of bondage. It is better to invite a lawyer to help you with the legal matters.

The first contract is a chance to show your skills in terms of the real game. After that, all you need is to play as good as possible and go to new heights. When a player signs the contract, he or she becomes a professional football player, and this is only a start of the long journey.

Where to find the best football academy in Nigeria?
Nigeria as of today, there are top academies in the country where you can receive adequate and great training, experience, knowledge and the key to professional football, among others are...

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http://www.acemag.com.ng/how-to-become-a-professional-football-star-in-nigeria/

As a young boy, my dream is to be a Traffic Warden. But when I grew into my teens and learnt of their atrocious pay, I abandoned that dream. My Mum was a teacher and went to school every week day. Daddy (Alhaji) was a civil servant and the ‘servant’ in that job description always pissed me off as a kid. I was still seeking admission two years after graduating secondary school and I still wasn’t sure of what I wanted to become.

All I knew is that I enjoyed ramming my rod through Shade, a girl in our neighborhood and after my Mum have caught us together on Alhaji’s sofa, she has been walking funny the following week and refused to look at my direction each time I saw her, I knew I needed to find a new victim.

That was when Alhaji retired from civil service and was always at home. So I knew bringing girls home was no longer an option and I had to find another alternative. I decided I would never be a civil servant also as I wouldn’t want to block the shine of my kids when they need the house to Bleep.

That was when I heard that a guest house 3 streets from our house charged N500 for one hour. I learnt they called it ‘short time’. It was at that moment I knew ........

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Introducing you to Errand Business.

Errand service involves the execution of tasks for payment. And these tasks may vary from time to time. It is one of those rare businesses you start without any experience or skill and still make some good income from it.

The reason for this is because people are becoming very busy these days to do their running around themselves.

As a matter of fact, even mothers aren’t left out; gone are the days when some are expected to take care of the house by doing its chores. Everyone one seems to be very busy with personal business and office work activities: Hence, the need for errand service.

Owing to this, it is important to note that there’s no saying when errand service will come to a halt, at least not anytime soon, because more people are becoming too busy now than ever.

What does errand service entail?
Errand service involves the execution of tasks for payment. And these tasks may vary from time to time. Sometimes it might be as ordinary as buying foodstuff from the market or serious like picking up kids from schools.

To simply put it, errand service entails the carrying out of everyday activities such car washing, grocery shopping, etc.

And for the record, you really don’t need much equipment wise or financially to start – a vehicle is important, but actually, a bicycle may just be able to do the jobs just fine.

But if you have a van or truck, you certainly increased your job options, and the prizes you can charge.

So, if you are interested in the business and would want to generate some income from it, read on to see some useful guideline.

Here are some tips on how to kick-start the business
1. Give your business a name
People like standards, and giving your errand service a name is of them. However, when you do, contemplate something memorable and catchy; something no one else is using or has not been previously remarked.

Think about putting your own name in it, alongside your city name if possible.

2. Register your business legally
Getting your errand service business registered will enhance your reputation. Although this is not very common as some are known to neglect it, but it has been observed to place some limits to business opportunities and help define how you are seen by some reputable clients.

However, you’ll need to conclude on the legal form of your business. Is it a partnership, sole proprietorship, or limited liability corporation? This is important because whatever you choose will totally affect what taxes you settle and what your responsibility will be.

In addition, ensure you license your business based on what your state’s process is. You’ll also need to obtain a federal tax identification number.

3. Insurance
The importance of insurance cannot be overemphasized. It can totally protect you in the situation of a claim or lawsuit. Check within your state about auto insurance. Some need it if you are still using your car for commercial purposes.

There are also other insurances you might consider, like if you’ll be conveying seniors, driving one of your client’s car, or house and pet sitting.

It’s professionally best to check in with your insurance company to know what is needed.

4. Advertise your business
There are many ways to publicize your business. You can advertise your services through handbills and print items and words of mouth.

You can also promote it by taking your flyers to different places like dry cleaning offices, events, inserting it into publications that have wider executive readership, grocery stores, food store, and bakeries.

The Internet can also be of great value to you as you can even set up a blog about your services.

5. Add personal touches
As a startup, your services should distinct itself by having some real personal touches. This will help give you the needed edge over other companies who are the business with you. Find out what other delivery services are charging and make yours highly competitive.

In addition, it is important to note that being friendly with your clients keeps them looking for you at all times.

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Many people are familiar with the Obudu Ranch Resort in Obanlikwu Local Government Area of Cross River State which is four hundred kilometres away from Calabar, the state capital. Its beautiful and alluring environment makes life pleasurable and the comfort attracts thousands of visitors every year. However, what many people who visits the Ranch Resort are not conversant with is the rustic tradition called ‘Money Marriage’ practiced by the people of the 18 villages of the Becheve community who inhabit the base of the mountainous area.

‘Money Marriage’ is akin to modern day slavery. It is a culture where girls, some as small as three years, are given out in marriage to men, old enough to be their great grandpa, to settle one form of indebtedness or the other by poor parents. The girl so given out loses all her rights, including to education, as she becomes the “property” of the man who has the rights do whatever he wishes with the girl and if, per adventure, she dies during the course of the marriage, her family replaces her with another girl. And if her husband passes away, another family member inherits her. The debt in question may be as meagre as N3,000 borrowed during the burial of a family member, to pay hospital bills, or to undertake one form of communal activity of the other. The debt, oftentimes, increases as the ‘husband’ visits his in-laws with gifts which monetary value is calculated and added to the initial sum collected by the family.

According to [url]acemag.com.ng[/url], As a ‘Money Wife’, the girl spends her entire life working in farms or hawking her body to other men to raise money to fend for her husband and her children and the children from the man’s other wives. This is one of the reasons for the influx of girls to the Ranch Resort during events like weddings, seminars, workshops and the mountain race to hawk their bodies to raise funds to meet their obligations. Any money so raised is usually handed over to the husband. The head of the community, said that the average Becheve man seeks to have a ‘Money Wife’ because the children from her are the children the man can look up to as his own.

They have what we call love marriage where the man marries a woman he loves but the children from that marriage do not belong to the man but the wife. Whenever she like she goes with her children but the children of the ‘Money Wife’ belong to the man and he can use any of them for anything including ritual and nobody can question him,” In the community, any Becheve man who has no ‘Money Wife’ is not seen as worthy of being called a man because, when he dies, his homestead fades away as his wife would go away with her children. “If you don’t have a ‘Money Wife’, when you die, you will

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