Right now there is a tunnel vision in the media and the lives of the people is a secondary scene. But if we can take a blink and see the disaster in many states caused by the flood and not the campaigns by the political party; we can save lives.

The water level has gotten to an unprecedented height, the road to Delta state has been eroded severely to a state of disuse. In fact, many have lost their lives in bid to escape to safety. The road to Port harcourt suffers same fate. What this means is that, there is no interstate trade! The prices of goods in the state is at the moon. Just this morning, we bought fuel at 650 per litter from a filling station. A small bulb onion sells for over 200 Naira and above all, there lies abject poverty for the day-to-day hustler who is automatically deprived of his office.

People are suffering and fake government schemes collecting money for individual particulars for promise of government fund/food intervention has begun, and people are sheepishly falling for these out of sheer desperation.

Families have relocated temporarily from their homes and the bars and locks are insufficient defense against the night marauders and hunger-driven thieves. There are countless accounts of property raids in vacated accommodations already.

This is a time when the government and political players should indeed win the hearts of people by rehabilitative majors like food, shelter and money. Lend help to people you know in the state, they’ll need it.

In as much as the flood is said to abate from 18th, it will take some days for Bayelsa to feel that because of the current overflow from the southwest areas, so I believe ours may persist a while. People indeed need help.

One estimate places the number of pornographic websites on the Internet at least 4 million, or around 12% of all websites. How facinitating is that? It is not strange that adult content sells a lot in the web. Why this contributes to the general internet traffick and growth, the curtailment of these content is the responsibility of search engines and other concerned parties. To ensure that these content don’t spill out of their boundries to under-aged and uninterested netizens, search engines are in need of raters; people who will identify that a page is adult or not and they get paid for doing this.
So how can you work as a judge and make money.
First you need to sign up for a search engine role and there are countless of such but the easiest is uhrs. To sign up for uhrs, click on the link that pops up above or click the link in the description, follow my steps in the video and create your own account

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA48SNc5-P8

Two weeks ago, I was in a park in Burkina Faso waiting for my bus; as I had already booked a ticket which bus was slated to leave by 10 a.m, but due to the unavailability of the bus, we finally left by 6 pm. That 8 hours wait was enough for me to feel the harsh reality of sex trafficking and how the pitiable Nigerian socio-economic difficulties have orchestrated the “Japa syndrome”, irrespective of the level of development of the country they wish to relocate to, Nigerians really just want to leave their country!
The story of a pregnant 17-year-old victim of sex trafficking
Before now, I have written a paid article 2 months prior to this experience for a UK-based student. And 3 months back, I read a BBC recount of the story of a victim of sex trafficking in the UK and how she finally met a man that became her husband. In all my encounters with this topic, I have felt no particular connection with this theme, rather I handled it like research work. But this was about to change when a young girl putting on an orange polo and wrapper around her waist walked past me in the most downtrodden demeanor.
A couple of minutes before my first sight of her, I met two Nigerians also in the park, waiting for the same bus as me, a guy of about 30 years and a young lady of 20 years (which I confirmed later as we established a friendship). They both narrated how their journey had been hectic i.e from Mali down to Burkina Faso, and they were here as trans-loaded passengers. I took a break from the convo and went to get something to eat. When I returned, he told me there was an issue on the ground. He narrated how a teenager had complained to them of her plight and that there was the need for a donation so we can afford to pay for a transportation ticket for her to get her back home. She was just 17 and already pregnant. I could see the protuberances already, or so I think, because of the awareness of her circumstance. She was just 17!
She happened to have been deceived by a lady that stayed in her neighborhood in Abuja that there was a good job opportunity in Mali and she could make 200 dollars in a week by working as a nanny. Whether she took permission from her parents or not, I didn’t care to ask. She was assisted to escape from Mali down to Burkina Faso by a good Samaritan who promised to help her from Burkina Faso to Nigeria, apparently, he grew wary of the favor for reasons unknown to us.
I was briefed on the risk of escaping from the love-vendor that owns the trafficked girls. It was a grave experience if one was caught on the run. The girls in the village where they work (prostitutes) will gather and beat the living hell out of her and she will be fined by the love-vendor. Again, the travel documents of the victim are ceased upon arrival so she can’t travel across borders. But thankfully, she was able to escape from Mali.
I was very interested to see that we left with her, and as the hours progressed, many Nigerians were in the park for the same bus we were waiting for. A general contribution went around and we paid for a bus ticket for her. Without papers, we were saddled with the responsibility of transporting an unidentified person through the borders of Burkina, Togo and Nigeria. There was the suggestion of contacting the Nigerian embassy on the issue, but I was not ready for the whole read tapes of their office, I understood that it was mainly a suggestion of people who were not interested to contribute financially, and since we have already been assured by the transport company of coverage through the border, we went for the risky line.
On the journey, I had a more intimate conversation with the first Nigerian girl I met, and she explained that the situation was more common than I think. She told me that every lady on the bus is a prostitute from Mali and other neighboring countries. That was when I froze. I asked how she knew, then she said they all know themselves (not meaning that they knew each other before, but rather they could tell each other who work as a prostitute). Then I asked what you mean by “you all know yourselves” (obviously insinuating my inquisitiveness of her involvement).
She narrated how a friend of hers was told by her aunty of an opportunity in Mali and how she could make 200 dollars monthly by working as a nanny. When her friend talked to her about it, she pleaded with her friend to ask her aunty about any other vacancy, so they could go together. They both just concluded secondary school and were hoping to make some money before uni.
She narrated how they both plotted their first escaped and how they ran for hours in a watery mud area, falling and rising with several bruises. They caught them and were about to give them the beating of their lives when her madam pardoned them.
She explained that the victims (same as her) had to work a sum of 1.5 million CFA ( which is about 1.5 million Naira too) for the madam. With their regular short-time sex price of 5000 CFA, it meant that the victim would have a total of 3000 short times to come up with a 1.5 million CFA and this calculation excludes the cost of feeding and clothing.
It turned out that after about a month as a sex worker, her friend found a route and escaped without her. She was finned to pay half of her friend’s dept, making her total balance 2,250,000 million. She was determined to clear all dept, and she finished payment by a record time of 6 months (I choose not to imagine or calculate the number of short-times a day raised that amount)
I didn’t care to ask why she didn’t return back to Nigeria immediately after clearing her debt, some things are better deduced. To be forced to have sex until you become strong enough to accept the profession and make enough to be free has already become a part of their lives, even to the extent of now joining to beat an escapee. It goes far to explain how our orientation can be changed with situations and long-enough time.
She told me many of the abusive experiences that I will obviously elude you. She told me about the experience of a victim who came with her 13 year old daughter along with her, not knowing the gore that she will experience. You really don’t want to ask “what about the 13 year old”
The journey wasn’t easy, but we crossed all borders and waved goodbye in Cotonou, close to the border of Nigeria.

Lol, you no wan evolve abi

Basically, crowdsourcing is a way big tech analyze data that AI may not understand on their own so they require human intelligence. I’ve been working on Microsoft crowdsourcing platform for close to a year now.
However, about a month ago, a new crowdsourcing project was released for Nigerians who speak the above listed language. This will allow search engine perform better in local language related search.

I have made a video explaining the role and the application process. It pays 5.4 dollars per hour. This will cover for you data and minor expenses


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSvXvxdpNfo

Ofodirinwa:
Imagine being so stupid that you leave Nigeria to go to Burkina Faso

Believe me, being daring is a virtue. Life changing opportunities come sometimes. Despite my experience, I still won’t stop to be daring. It appears stupid because you are a third party.
However, the purpose of this post is to inform people on their operation. Hopefully no one falls into this again.

The guy that advised against traveling to African country is actually right. Unless you know for sure what you are doing. Nigerians are suffering, I played a major role in facilitating the return of a pregnant 17 year old victim of sex trafficking. You need to see our girls in these neighboring countries, you will shed tears. That is a topic for another day sha

What will be your reflexive reaction if you are told that you have an opportunity to work with international gold cooperation that pays 200 dollars per week and a palatable working hour! All you need to do is come with 600 thousand Naira (or your local currency equivalent) for your work permit, medical fitness check and other working preliminaries for an immigrant. Wow! Sounds like your dream opportunity and a way to JAPA (JAPA is a common parlance for leaving Nigeria for a better country as a result of the debilitating condition of her economy, politics, and general societal flaws)

With the apparition of such opportunity, there is the inherent Thomas that serves as a scrutiny and check for every opportunity of scandalousness nonetheless the other side of us trumps this cynical clairvoyance with the sentiment of trust for the carrier of the “good” news. After a period of tussle with your inner matrix and your rationality, you decide to be daring and give it a risk, Afterall, you know this person offering the opportunity.

Well, the above is just a prelude to a one week of adventurousness and first-hand experience of how I fell for the Qnet job scam in Burkina Faso. Hence, it is a moral responsibility to unmask the hideous operation of this swelling swath in bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Hopefully this will save any one from the whole daringness and desperado of going down to Burkina Faso, and serve as an information for security personnel to put these people in check. Hopefully, the companies being impersonated, sees reason to make a public disclaimer and proceed to legal action as this is a case of impersonation and sabotage of company’s reputation.

So, what are we talking about?
In the simplest way of expression, the whole job whisk is disguise of a marketing company called Qnet! Because of its stampeded image in the internet, many branches of their operation have found it impossible to garner more members, which is the only way of retrieving your startup capital. Bombay HC order better describes the ideological conception of Qnet when he said “It is a chain where a person is fooled and then he is trained to fool others to earn money”.

A simple query in the web with the following key words “is Qnet a scam”? will fetch several articles warning against their unethical operation. Wikipedia extensively exposes Qnet, down to revealing that its operation is considered illicit in many countries “The company operates legally in some countries, but has been charged as a Ponzi scheme and multi-level marketing in countries like India. The government of India and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India banned the site in the country after a protest spread in Bangalore”.

Now you see why they take different names to obfuscate their true identity; because if you are told “Qnet”, you will do your findings and save yourself the hassle and futile escapade.

Inside Qnet bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
the operation of this unethical group is easy to flaw in an in-person view of their lodging accommodation and supposed company house. They operate sanctimoniously and talk so much about being millionaires back home and being “on a low” in Burkina Faso.

They stay in a rented 2-bedroom flat apartment which is uncomfortably overcrowded with over house mates. They reverence the new intakes and try to act like it’s just a process of acculturation, but in reality it is a bait.

Their office of operation is stamped with motivational quotes and they try to compel you to sign a form of membership. On this form, there is a section that confirms your willingness to join and ensures you are not coerce but in reality, they coarse you with every non-violent way possible. A retrospective view of the setting can easily make one associate them with a level of sectism and even cultism by extension of reasoning.

So why do they still operate and gain new members?
Imagine telling your friends and family that you are finally leaving Nigeria for search of a greener pasture, if you are that type, you may even brag about it and to crown it, this swath is bobo Dioulasso advice you to come without doing your proper immigration paper and working with a syndicate of currency exchangers and illegal transit agent, they manage to smuggle you through the blind spots of the borders between countries.

Hence, when it is dawn on the new recruits that they have just been swindled by their friend or family, they undergo a period of shock and disillusionment, considering their trust that has been trampled upon, this matures to a state of compromise and salvage when they consider the people back home that they have bragged to about their relocation and the entire journey back home especially alone, without the assistant of the Qnet agents that plot the illicit travel; they regret it all but reluctantly ossifies to a level of salvage, a spirit of resilience that motivates them to thrive irrespective of the odds. And like religion, once they accept this fate, they start to believe in it and begin their own campaign to recruit more people, using new pseudonym to seduce more people to this trap!

My take and solution
To tackle this syndicate is something beyond the writings of a scholar. Well, a couple person will be saved from this Burkina Faso job scam, but in the near distance, the Qnet operation in Burkina Faso will find a different synonym to mask their identity and in fact, facilitate more illegal migration and scam. The onus therefor lies in the hands of the government of Burkina Faso and the companies being impersonated to expedite action to stop this sect. The banning of their operation by countries like India and many more is the best call to action and I hope Burkina Faso follows suit.

Finally, before traveling out of your country or going for any opportunity, make sure to do exponential research of the opportunity, ask for images, videos, and every other thing that can clear every doubt.

I have chosen to exclude name mentioning and exact location description unless I am required by the rightful parties. I for one will make sure the rightful parties are informed of this scam, stay safe and daring!

There is barely no part of the internet I have not indulged in (career wise) I have done affiliate marketing, I own a YouTube channel, I trade on forex, I buy and hold cryptocurrency, I have blogged, I’m also a web developer, and a freelancer. I have lost money online and I have made gains online but all in all, I must tell you, the internet is the way.
Every day I update my little followings on the might of the internet. Everything is no going online, and I see Nigeria participating hugely in the very near future. Though one can say that we already do online food orders, online purchase, online service finding, online job applications, and online interviews, but I tell you, the near future, the growth of the role of the internet in Nigeria will be explosive. Before now, online banking wasn’t rampant, we did not have a website like 9jaupwork.com where people can register their service and skills and get bookings online, just like fivver and upwork. Befor now we did not have whatsapp businesses, we did not have online food bookings. But now, me have begin to welcome the internet, and I repeat, this is just the beginning.
I always advice Nigerian youths to participate now in this growth. Information is cheaper than ever, you can learn a skill on coursera, solo learn and the others, then register on websites like 9jaupwork, where you can sell your skills to fellow Nigerians. You can also learn about cryptocurrency, buying and holding or trading of cryptocurrency. In internet is the new cool.

If you are like most Nigerian students, I bet you are wondering what the world outside the four walls of the university holds, especially knowing fully well the nature of unemployment in the country. Nigeria’s unemployment rate as at the second quarter of 2020 is 27.1% indicating that about 21,764,614 (21.7 million) Nigerians remain unemployed. So, it’s clear now that going to school is not a blueprint for career success. Unfortunately, most Nigerian youths are slow to adapt to the current dystopic trend. They still fold their hands while in school and hope they graduate to find a good white-collar job beckoning on them. Many ends up disillusioned at the bump of reality. How then should a student prepare him/herself in an advantaged position in the sight of this dreadful state? Firstly, if you are still in school, work hard to get a good result. Many jobs require a minimum of second-class upper result to qualify you to apply, so don’t pay heed to those who say “school na scam” However, if you don’t have good grades, this does not mean that you’ve got no luck, things are still good for you. So, you are studying hard, what are the things I have to do
Learn a skill
This can never be over emphasized; skill acquisition has proven its relevance in recent years and this relevance has been heightened even more by the strike of the current pandemic. Many people, including prior full-time workers, students and more, have resorted to their skills and handiwork to be able to sustain their selves in the period of the lock down. A skill is a distinguishing mental asset that an individual own. Spend time developing a skill, it is worth it, especially as you will have less pressure while you are in school as opposed to learning a skill after school and hoping to sustain yourself with it. You can select any handiwork you have passion for or learn a soft skill. There are many websites that provide free course on soft skills ranging from web design, digital marketing, graphics design, video editing, and many more. Websites like Solo learn, code academy and W3 schools are good and free resource to learn computer programming. Currently, you can learn a beginner level but solid skill in digital marketing from google. There are many free courses on EDX, skill share, coursera, alison and youtube. Spend time learning and develop interest in learning as it is the trend onwards.
Make money while schooling
Remember we talked on the importance of having a skill? Now lets talk the good stuffs that come with owning a skill. You can register on websites like fivver, upwork and the rest to get proposals from service finders looking to hire a freelancer with your skills. The downside to these websites is that they are not Nigeria friendly. You can get paid through your paypal account, but there is always the complication of how to withdraw funds from your paypal account. For this reason, I will recommend 9jaupwork.com. this website is fully Nigerian and easy to navigate. It boasts of 12000 monthly service finders. You can sign up as a service provider and input the category that you want to offer service under. You can even register to do assignments and project work for people. So sign up and begin to make some money freelancing. All this is to speak less of the wonderful services that 9jaupwork.com offers. Another great advice for you is that you should take risk. While in school, you have less pressure on you. Leverage on that! Try out new things, don’t be scared of cryptocurrency trading or holding (comment bellow to get a complete guide on how to begin with cryptocurrency. Stay away from ponzi schemes and every other get-rich-over-night-stuffs.
Gather experience
If you think you have to finish NYSC before applying for jobs, then you are mistaking. Its not too early to start gathering experience! Search for internship roles, trainee positions and assistant jobs at start ups and small organizations. When you get step into the labour market, you may be surprise to see recruiters requesting for humongous experience years. Now you see where your internship experience comes in! You can work part-time at an uncle’s organization, school or any position you can access. Note, you may not be paid or paid little stipends, but it is worth it. Find such job positions on websites like , 9jaupwork.com, hotnigeriajobs.com. your freelance jobs can also be added to your personal profile section on your CV
Entrepreneurship
If you have a small business, then work hard and groom it. Anticipate our complete guide for small business and start-ups.

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