saxywale2:

Nairaland generally is wild. LOL

Check guys that are quick to insult and are boastful. They always have lots in common. Seen something similar on a different thread on Nairaland. I fear nairalanders.

As I exit this thread.
I will like to drop this here.

1st pic: His picture.
2nd pic: Downloaded pic from the web.

Be careful out there. Lots of scammers everywhere. Ciao.

Oluwole.

Anyone with a coloured printer and photo frame can create a matriculation photo of st edmund's or any similar college, and within the same amount of hours it took him to create one. I see that he has advanced from posting a Business Administration certificate of a lowly university in either Scotland or somewhere in England to Cambridge collegiate.

Perhaps, you are not a frequent visitor NL's foreign section. If you trigger him enough, he would go ahead and post an expired UK student permit or an expired EU temporary residence card. He has posted the latter documents in atleast a dozen thread on NL's foreign section. He has an undiagnosed acute case of superiority complex.

His condition is so bad, that If you were Nigerian, he would tell you that he is better than you because he has an iPhone/MTN network and you don't.

As per your last paragraph. Best you ignore him. That's what we do on other threads he shows up at. He is jobless, so he has lots of time on his hands to create 100s of usernames whenever he gets banned. I would be suprised if he hasn't created like 3 or 4 this week alone.

IjeBos:


Please stop. Even if that picture is real, you went to St. Edmund's College. Enough Said. Maybe house help would be impressed since they don't know any better, but I do. And just an aside. You pointed out that thing is hanging in your living room? Is that what you're living room looks like? Look at the picture frame (beat up), the tile on the wall (beat up), and whatever wood it's sitting on(beat up). Honestly, you think that picture makes you look like you have any type of wealth?

I assumed your persona was a joke. But, you don't seem to be a well person. I'm sure you have some psychiatric issues going on, maybe induced by all the drugs you do. I do hope your family reaches out to you and gets you help before you embarrass them any further.

There is a good quote that goes. "Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference". So, I'm bowing out. This will be my last response to you. Get some help. You're not representing yourself or your family well.

Esthered:


Thank you so much for this information.

spearman:
New York Times: The Biafran Minorities
It had been Biafra's non‐Ibo minority that suffered most.

Several things must not go unnoticed by a world horrified at the Nigerian tragedy and baffled by its complexities. At the showdown, Colonel Effiong, one of the few non‐Ibos in Biafra's top echelon, was left to cope with the collapse and preside over the liquidation of the secessionist effort. Nor should the world overlook that part of Colonel Effiong's surrender broadcast that said: “Our people are disillusioned and those elements of the old regime that made negotiations and reconciliation impossible have removed themselves voluntarily from our midst.”

The fact is that some Biafran leaders had long desired to negotiate for some form of Nigerian reunification under Organization of African Unity auspices rather than persevere with a hopeless secessionist struggle at appalling human cost. But these men never prevailed over the Ibo hawks who always had their way with General Ojukwu and now, judging from Colonel Effiong's remark, have presumably fled abroad with him.

Another fact which General Ojukwu inadvertently dramatized in leaving the final responsibility on Col nel Effiong is that at least until the last stages of the thirty‐month war it had been Biafra's non‐Ibo minority that suffered most. The attitude of these five million—forty per cent of Biafra's original population —toward secession was always questionable.

Many of them never wanted an independent Biafra, having resented Ibo domination in Nigeria's former Eastern Region for many years. Some of the minorities suffered savage reprisals at Ibo hands for refusing to leave their homes and accompany the retreating Biafran troops. They made up the vast majority in Biafra's refugee camps as the secessionist enclave was reduced to the Ibo heartland. It may seem unkind to recall these things at the moment of Biafra's collapse after a tremendous struggle against overwhelming odds. But the record of Biafra's agony must be kept straight even at a time when the world's attention is rightly concentrated on alleviating the suffering and restoring peace.

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/01/17/archives/the-biafran-minorities.html

Esthered:

My mum told me of her uncle who starved to death as he was forced to be a fighter by Biafra as he was offered lizard to eat during the war. We Akwaibomites have our reservations about them if it's actualized and we're in the map because they may bully us and take over the few oyel resources in the state.
Even in the current Nigeria, how many people from AKS and CRS are major players in the oil industry. We have our issues when it comes to individual aspiration but if the secession happens I see us being marginalized.

Esthered:


I'm told that he has someone that he consults who even trained him and doing well in the business. I asked him upon my last visit what is he not doing right as he even loses the fishes sometimes after hatching.
I want him to do something else that may be worthwhile. Thanks for your comment.

Esthered:
Good morning Fam,

I have a relation who lost his means of income (white collar job) over 5 years ago. He has tried his hands in catfish farming to no avail after not breaking even in rearing to maturity and selling. He also tried backward integration in the Value chain of catfish farming by going into hatchery but yet to break even till date.
He's about to dispose a land to invest in this catfish hatchery and I don't forsee him making profit.

Please what do you think a man of that age can do as his children are graduates trying to find their feet and not dependent on him.

ADUKKY:
A lot of changes.

1. I added a small business to my 9 to 5 job.

2. I buy in bulk and ensure I go to the cheapest market around me, ile epo. No shopping on the street.

3. I also cook beans in bulk.

4. Pressure cooker for most food except spag. Saves gas, beans is cooked in less than 20 mins while rice is less than 10 mins

5. I make pap and nourish it with ginger and cinnamon. I don't sieve my pap so no room for wastage only that it cost me additional 100 naira when blending it. All grains and blending cost me 2,000 early August and I still have over 4 litrs left for September.

6. I plan changing my line to post paid. Hubby pays 5k for calls, data and sms and it lasts for a month while I spend over 10k on data and calls. My job and business requires that I am online always.

7. No eating out except on few occasions

8. Potatoes to the rescue anytime yam moves mad

9. No wasting of food no matter how small. I pack and freeze it for future need

10. I don comot hand for titus. I do mostly shawa(I know it has bones but once you airfry it, even the bone becomes chewable), gizzard (1 pack lasts 2 weeks) and chicken for sundays.

11. Switched to measured unbranded cereals like oats, milk, cocopops, cornflakes, fruit and fibre etc. That's my side hustle anyway. I was sceptical about the unbranded at first but as I do my investigation and got a good supplier, it has been a life saver. I eventually turned it to my side hustle and I supply mostly bank staff and office people.
12. Every month end, I carefully go through my kitchen to identify what is needed and what can still be managed and draw up a list. Na me and my list dey go market, anything not covered in that list doesn't follow me back home expect it is very important. No impulsive buying.

I do esusu too, compulsory saving so no room for laulau. It has helped me a lot. I pull the esusu out of my monthly income before spending a dime, whatever is left must be well managed.

dmostcheerful:
I cook soup and dish in small portions into the fridge, if I warm and dish and it wasn't enough for you, you keep your garri next time you can continue.

Since we use unmetered electricity we use more of electrical stove to gas.

As for baby milk, I make loads of soya beans grounded with crayfish add to the milk to make it more tasty and more nutritious.
We use to buy one tin of baby milk
every week but now, 3weeks one milk.

As for adult milk, I buy milk and chocolate in rolls, 2sachets of milk and 2 sachets of tea per person any morning we will have tea for breakfast.
Initially, if you leave milk and tea in tins for my husband he will scope 3 to 4 spoons each.
Ask him for money to refill he will be the person asking you what happened.
Time no dey.
This are the little little adjustment I have made so far.

Aparche:


To get remote job, you need the following:

1) A skill: what service(s) can you offer?
Example: graphic design, web design/development, UI/UX design, 3D-animation, social media management, data entry, lead generation, copy/content writing, proof reading/editing, transcription, appointment setting, Admin Assistantetc...there are so many services you can render.

If you don't have any skill, I'll advise you to choose one based on your interest & the need for it in the market and learn it.


2) A Laptop: the type you should get depends on the skill...if you're into programming or 3d animation, & maybe graphic design you need a higher grade laptop than if you're into writing.

3)High speed Internet: You can buy a modem, use wifi, etc whatever works for you.

4) Dedicated work space in your home/room: basically comfortable table & chair, so you don't develop back pain.

After getting all these things, you can then do the following:

5) Sign up to Freelance Marketplaces such as Upwork, Fiverr, People Per Hour, Freelancer...there are so many of them.

6) You can focus on any two of these...set up your profile and optimize.
And be truthful while at it...if you're from Nigeria, state that as your Country and use your real name...

7) Start sending proposals on these platforms everyday...send as many as you can, it's a game of numbers.

It won't be easy initially because you're just starting out, but if you're consistent you will get clients.

And most times, if you do a great job for them, they will keep coming back to patronize you...some may even beg ask you to become a permanent team member and offer you a salary.

Also on some of these platforms, you'll see some agencies or businesses advertising for positions... if you apply and get the job, you don get guaranteed long term remote job be that.

7) For payment: Most of these marketplaces have escrow services, which means your client pays money to them, they take their share and give you the rest...you can link your local bank account to receive your funds.
You can open a Payoneer account, you can open a domiciliary account etc...there are so many you can get your money.

Finally, anyone can do remote work... it's not for a special group of people.

Just set your mind on it, and gradually it will start falling into place.

pocohantas:
It was exactly November 2nd, 2021, I was cruising around Nairaland and I saw THIS COMMENT by a female Nairalander.

wellmax:
"DOCTOR I AM PREGNANT FOR MY ELDER SISTER'S HUSBAND: DO I ABORT THE PREGNANCY OR DO I MARRY HIM? SCARY TRUE LIFE STORY FROM INSIDE MY CONSULTING ROOM"


Expect another intriguing write-up from me soon.
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okoroemeka:
for you to call the above story a lie shows you are not familiar with history,the steppes of central Russia and mostly Ukraine has two things that protects them from foreign Invaders,the russian mud or rasputitisa and the bitter frezzing cold, [bgNapoleon Bonaparte was first to experience the bitterness of Russian winter and the sinking black mud that he lost 80% of the grande armee retreating from Russia,also Adolf Hitler had operation Barbarossa to conquer Russia but the cold frezzing weather stopped the Germans a few kilometers from Moscow and caused more casualty than from actual combat,it is now a bitter irony for Russia that their own natural defence is working against them

Malcolmprincex:
Former Miss Croatia, Ivana Knoll, has responded to criticism over her revealing outfit to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Knoll, who dubbed herself "the world cup's hottest fan," sparked controversy after she attended her country's match against Morocco wearing a risque outfit, before changing into another, even more exposing dress for Croatia's second match against Canada.

The beauty queen can be seen in photos that surfaced online posing for selfies with fans while wearing a checkered minidress that bares her breasts.

After the photos went viral, Knoll came under fire from social media users, who berated her and warned her to respect the cultural code of Qatar.

Well, reacting, Knoll said she was "super angry" when she heard about the modesty rules in Qatar and decried that she wouldn't stop wearing outfits that expose her body.

According to the 26-year-old, she has no fear of being arrested by the police.

"I think how can my dress or bikini hurt someone? Please explain me that. First I was thinking if the World Cup is happening there (Qatar), for sure they will allow us everything to make it comfortable for all fans without any of the restrictions.

"Then I heard about the rules and I was shocked. The dress code forbids showing shoulders, knees, belly and everything and I was like, 'Oh my God, I don't even have the clothes to cover all of that'. I was super angry because if I'm not a Muslim and if we in Europe respect hijab and niqab, I think they need also to respect our way of life, our religion and in the end me wearing dresses, bikinis because I'm Catholic from Croatia who is here because of the World Cup.

"But when I arrived I was surprised they were not making any problems about dressing, they allow you to wear everything what you want - except in government buildings, and in the end that's fine." She said.

Asked if she had felt there was any risk of being arrested for her outfits, Knoll replied, "I am never afraid of something like that."

"The reactions are very good. Many of the Qatari people came to me to photograph me. If they hate it and they have something against it, they wouldn't do it. I think it's just another way of life, me and them." She added.

See more photos of Knoll below,

https://twitter.com/Jesuspi64069418/status/1598034491096076288?t=S4yhNLN4au0DKHPeFAxomA&s=19


https://www.instagram.com/p/CleEImPPkqs/?igshid=YzdkMWQ2MWU=

Aladeintl:
As far as the bride price is concerned in Nigeria, the Yoruba list remains the cheapest.

Attached in this article is the bride price list that my girlfriend's family gave me for marrying their daughter let me shock you, I still divide some of those items into two.

Note:
1. almost all the items here are general items that will be requested in any part of Yorubaland

2. Some may add one or two things to it, e.g., live goat or chicken.

3. The quantity of each item may be more or less but I can bet you that it won't be outrageous.

4. The bride's father writes the list not the community but if he likes, he may ask for the input of his elderly ones preferably his elder brother (or sister).

The input most time is for the first daughter. After that, the remaining daughter's is a photocopy.

5. It is negotiable.

6. Except for the monetary materials, all other bride price materials will be shared equally by the bride's father and mother and some portion send to both grandparents' families.

7. Any family in Yoruba that gave you a bride price worth 300k should be reported to their religious leaders for greediness and covetousness.

Guyman01:


'If anyone is caught wearing this shirt in Bauchi, we will rape his mother.

This is the correct translation, that chop is actually rape

FarahAideed:
Boy Who Criticized Aisha Buhari Also Mocked The Death Of Deborah Samuel

Aminu the 23 year old undergrad who was arrested for allegedly insulting Aisha Buhari also made mockery of the death of matyred christian student Deborah on his Twitter page .
Can we call this Karma?

https://mobile.twitter.com/aminullahie/status/1526067370397155328

Blessed3434:

'If anyone is caught wearing this shirt in Bauchi, na him mama we go chop'

Anoibi:


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/news/20590293/massive-crocodile-rips-off-boys-head-body-beasts-stomach/amp/

Gemma11:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63810468

The late Queen's lady-in-waiting Lady Susan Hussey has apologised and resigned after she repeatedly asked a black British charity boss where she was "really" from.

Ngozi Fulani, a charity founder, was questioned about her background at the charity event at the palace on Tuesday.

Ms Fulani, said she was "totally stunned" by Prince William's godmother's comments.

The palace described the remarks as "unacceptable and deeply regrettable".

A spokesperson for Prince William said "racism has no place in our society".

"The comments were unacceptable, and it is right that the individual has stepped aside with immediate effect," they said.

Lady Hussey, 83, was a close confidante of the late Queen and accompanied her at the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh last year.

'In shock'
Ms Fulani, in an interview with the Independent website, said the issue was "bigger than one individual. It's institutional racism".

"I was in shock after it happened and anybody who knows me knows I don't take this kind of nonsense," she said.

"But I had to consider so many things. As a black person, I found myself in this place where I wanted to say something but what happened would automatically be seen as my fault, it would bring [my charity] Sistah Space down.

"It would be 'oh, she has a chip on their shoulder'."

Ms Fulani said she did not want to see Lady Hussey "vilified".

An eyewitness to the conversation, Mandu Reid, told BBC News that Lady Hussey's questions had been "offensive, racist and unwelcoming".

The leader of the Women's Equality Party said she had felt a "sense of incredulity" about the exchange in which Ms Fulani was interrogated about where she was from, even though she had already explained she was born and lived in the UK.

naptu2:


Obadele Thompson, Nehanda Isoke Abiodun, Assata Olugbala Shakur, etc.

Familyplug:
A 50-YEAR-OLD NIGERIAN WOMAN SHARES HER REGRETS ABOUT HER PARENTS SENDING HER ABROAD TO SCHOOL AS A TEENAGER.

I came to the UK in the 80s and went to Skinners school for girls in Stamford hill where I failed woefully. I come from a family where going abroad was like going to the market for us. I lived with my sister-in-law who I happened to have appeared to as a burden at the time. I had no one to take me out as a child, didn't enjoy McDonald's treats. I remember being bought KFC once by my mother's younger sister who was in the UK at the time. Most days I had to walk from Pembury estate, Hackney to Stamford hill because I had no transport fee. An uncle got me free school meals from the government so I always had lunch at school but other meals were not guaranteed...

No one ever asked me how I was doing in school even though I was a failure, never disclosed my report sheet because my results were always 'U- Unclassified' worse than F9. I lived at the expense of a few of my brother's friends who were ready to give me £5 in exchange for me seating on their laps whilst they used my nipples as a toy. On a few occasions, my immediate family would give me £5, £10 but NONE EVER TOOK ME ON AS HIS OR HER RESPONSIBILITY. One glorious day, a brother of mine took me on when he noticed that I have been associating with friends that were smoking and sexing at the age of 12 but due to malicious beating every day I had no choice other than to run away from his house. ....

I became streetwise, smoking heavily at the age of 11/12, and did my first abortion at the age of 14/15. I was unable to contact my mother because I had no access to the telephone moreover I didn't know how to use the phones then. I lived with a Jamaican friend who was a few years older than me and we had a man friend aged 50t who was impotent but would pay our rent whenever we allowed him to lick/suck us. Hhhhmmmm I'm sobbing as I'm writing this; I don't know why my spirit has led me to share this horrific and pathetic story but I am sure it is to bless someone out there so I am not ashamed of letting it out because someone outthere will think twice before making the mistake my family made.

I and friends began to find it easy to befriend men for money at night clubs (Gullivers, Petter Stringfellows, etc) at a very young age which I found disgusting, they molested my body orally. I can't even carry on expressing my bitter past experiences because I have learnt to see them as the strengths that made me who I am today...

The Koko of this post is this... Now in the UK, we see Nigerian children killing, shooting, stabbing, selling drugs, raping, etc and we wonder why they are ridiculing our darling country's name... Hhhhmmmm it is not the kids' fault it is the fault of the parents that weren't ready to prioritize their priorities.

I can't blame my mother and neither can I blame my father because they thought sending me abroad to school was the best for me. They also trusted my siblings and didn’t like to get involved in the way they were raising us. They believed when you give a goat to someone, you let go of the rope. They didn't know their darling daughter had become something else.....

You may be boosting that your child lives in London, America, etc but do you ever ask yourself how life is treating them where they are??

So many parents in Nigeria believe the field is greener on the other side forgetting that NO ONE CAN TRAIN YOUR KIDS THE WAY YOU CAN EXCEPT LOVING & GOD-FEARING PEOPLE.

In the UK so many Nigerian parents have misplaced their priorities, they rather work 24/7 and make all their monies to build mansions in Nigeria at the expense of their children's lives.

So many Nigerian parents in the UK don't even attend parents' evenings at their kid's school, some can't even help their kids with homework. Some believe their kids are at home and they are safe not knowing who is there with them. Some would rather spoil their kids with money & expensive outfits instead of investing quality time in them.

Sending your kids abroad to be looked after by someone else is a pure waste of time and bringing your kids from 9ja without giving them all the time needed is an irresponsible move and to be working all God-sent hours, making sterling, dollars, and euros, naira, etc without spending quality time with your kids is a disgrace to parenthood.

This is one of our bad irresponsible cultures even back home ….most children in Nigeria were brought up by housemaids/gatemen/next door/grandmothers/neighbors etc. Some Nigerians don't believe in family planning rather they will have so many children and start using them to hawk sweets, bread, etc after school...

Having a child is not by force, God did not say YOU MUST HAVE CHILDREN, YES HE STATED 'MULTIPLY' but he didn't mean we should do it to suffer for them. Having children does not mean you will live your life joyfully and it doesn't give you a place in heaven either, instead, your children may make you miss heaven if care is not taken.

I am a product of a neglected, nonchalant, cultural upbringing and I WILL NEVER WISH IT ON MY GREATEST ENEMY BECAUSE I HAD IT ROUGH AND IN SADNESS.

Let us stop being selfish and stop pushing our problems/burdens on others. Your child should be with you no matter how poor or rich you are and you must teach them in the ways of God.

Some parents in Nigeria, have children in Diaspora and know nothing about their life , only the fact that their child is abroad.

naptu2:


https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20600815/buckingham-palace-staffer-accused-racism/

FreeStuffsNG:
This is a very quick response. Well done to the media team.

Aonkuuse:


Source: https://salemgists.com/ex-benue-council-chairman-asawa-joe-beaten-to-stupor-for-wearing-atikus-shirt-at-ortoms-pdp-rally-photos/

WriterNig:


Scientists have revived a 50,000 year old zombie virus that had been trapped deep within the Siberian permafrost in Russia.

Over a dozen prehistoric viruses were discovered by researchers from the French National Centre for Scientific Research.

They made the foreboding discovery within ice cores deep underground in Siberia, Russia.

The preprint study revealed 13 never-before-seen viruses that had been laying dormant within the ice for tens of thousands of years - and are now being brought back.

Researchers revived a virus that was 48,500 years old, called Pandoravirus yedoma.

However, this is not the first time the boffins have found such ancient diseases trapped within the ice.



Back in 2014, the same researchers found a 30,000-year-old virus trapped in the permafrost and found that, after all that time, it was still able to infect organisms.

Now, with the thirteen new viruses in hand, scientists are thawing them out to assess their impacts on public health.

However, the find raises a very real and worrying possible threat to the world.

As the permafrost, or permanently frozen ground, melts and thaws, the ice is releasing the chemicals and microbes that were trapped there.

This is happening more and more because of climate change and could include releasing more ancient viruses we know nothing about.

Aonkuuse:


https://www.facebook.com/100069123281551/posts/pfbid0cUuNcLZRwQqhdj9GfLWBMbCmjwgpRrrUZmUG3qxgebH1Qae7CmubE3DAG43fDp4el/?app=fbl

Ngasky:
wind or solar are only good at peak load situations. but generally inefficient in terms of base loads. which Nigeria needs desperately
the two systems are open system machinery which have the efficiency of between 40-45% only at best case scenario.
it is also very expensive to install and also to maintain. it takes huge area of land/sea which cannot be used for any other purpose after installation of such system.
ask anybody who installs solar system in his house what is his experience? that is why people are going for inverters only rather than solar / wind system.
what Nigeria needs are mega power stations with the capability of base load requirement. and these can be achieved through conventional Nuclear. gas or hydro plants
i dont see where the massive job opportunity is in the phantom wind energy.
for 13 sites to give you 6000MW each site must contain thousands of wind pylons and covers thousands of hectares of area. whereby a single major power plant can give you 8000-10000MW which is better?

God1000:
She has added a lot of weight.

pregnancy will surely change the body and shape of a woman.