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rmx:
Your numerous bikes nko baba

Na Make God help person o , you go get money you no go fit afford even basic comfort of a new car like Toyota or hyundai out of fear , not luxury fa , after achieving a certain level of success

For me , some basics are non negotiable . Other suggestions are in order and on point

This is the summary of living in Nigeria.

20$? UBA should come out straight if they're not interested in international transactions.

Its funny how official financial institutions can't provide USD but black markets can provide as much as 20k$ daily.

Guess the people supplying the black markets?

otokx:
That is the new style na o, that long hammer but it can be defeated if you construct your door in a certain way and make it not to have any corridor that way they cannot swing it but then there is always the window to cut.

corridor as how

falcon01:
That's sexual harassment, report her to HR Immidiately. Don't tolerate this abusive nonsense.

Thanks for this! OP! Report her and her fired

Can a man walk up to a lady and kiss her?

MMotimo:
Show us where this happened, Mr bearer of false witness.

And this one too is a graduate, another example of the continuing deterioration of our academic institutions. These are the ones that cause western countries to ask Nigerians to write TOEFL. Do these boys not write WAEC anymore? How did someone like this pass English? Do they not teach English comprehension anymore? Capable of reading yet zero comprehension skills.

2017, you were still in university. Unless you are one of those people that entered university at old age (yes, some of us did JAMB only once and got first choice university and course), it is quite likely that I graduated university when you were still running around naked in your Ori oke village in the hinterlands. I see your kurukere, kubekube village mischief, it is not the first time. I am not always patient so pick a number and wait your turn. Who knows, your time might come sooner than you think.

To all the others running their mouths , every dog has it’s day. Stay hopeful, each bush boy will get what he has coming . Life is turn by turn.


Redgem , please accept my apologies for the insults you have received. You do not deserve any of them. A lot of these boys are acting out of the frustrations of their daily existence. You being a woman building a home is another aggravating factor for many of them. I wish you all the best in your endeavours.

Lionsabre, what can I say? They are the people you share a gender with, you know them better than I do. Best wishes

Okay Ma, thanks Ma.
God bless America

FANTASER:
Make i talk my own,first of, DrGoodman is an uneducated fool,pay no heed to him,secondly,all this nonsense arguements between you two dosen't help anything,nor be to google fancy things online or screenshot someone else's stuff and posting it here means you're rich,even celebrities do give away once in a while to show that they are loaded,even Nairalanders are not left out,so since when all this nonsense talk start about sending money to stranger online anyone that claims the other is an #audioinvestor should do give away to the guy then and post screen shot here,then as that nice guy kelvincoaster said,since sonnie10 said a big no,that dosen't stop you mmotimo from doing the give away,let's see who the real #AUDIOINVESTOR is

EOD

dukeboss:
mistake you made is you should have ignored him. Not worth your time.

Exactly

Ggee:
Madam, please free this man.
No matter how much noise a man makes, he cannot give what he does not have. Just give him a soft landing.

This statement though, is painful this is coming from a fellow man, it's a very biased statement.

Man can not give what he doesn't have? A man asked for help and another lady asked for 100$ and she cunningly pushed the demands to Sonnie?

Is he entitled to help any one of them? Is he Running a charity organization? Why can't others help?

See that yeye Redgen too, ahh, may God save we men from ladies , she said "at least, if you can't help me, help your fellow man"

MMotimo:
Undercover agent kwa? How pathetic, paranoia pretence don enter. Kai! You fall hand sha smh! Fear has consumed you, you’ve bitten more than you can chew. You go find fight now you got your tail between your legs. You must finish this one o!

Nna, I was pitying you on my last post last post night after you posted the bend down select but I see that you are incorrigible.

Now, I don vex patapata. You see this your bolded above, you must do am! When I post balance with historical statements showing it’s been there for long, you too go post your own x$100 balance with historical statements. You go dey match my balance x $100. If you can survive the first account balance, we’ll move on to the next statement. Next time, you go dey look face when your mouth begins to work faster than your brain.

There is no entry qualification for any thread on Nland. I am not an mgbeke, no thread intimidates me. I walk where I wish. Go and create your own website so that you can exclude people you don’t like.

I AM READY, LET’s GO BUDDY. I TRIPLE DARE YOU,

Property section

Guys, before you get married, make sure you have MONEY! You will get away with a lot of things and your wife will be submissive.

Sammie's wife would have left never to return if Sammie is poor.

Lol, but big cars, vacations, Big houses, attention here and there... Only a foolish lady would leave all that just because of infidelity.

She knew MILLIONS OF LADIES ARE WAITING TO TAKE OVER

badbreathcure101:
good question maybe he already have enough money he's not in need of more.. their mouth for this forum will be their downfall. You asked me to mention names of those heavy mouths who do nothing, there you go!

You woke up on the wrong side of the bed, take your frustration out on your offline defaulters

MMotimo:
If you think someone that said his household income falls in an average of 100k per year is buying 18k carpets and 12k sofa sets and 8k guest room bed frame - sorry nna/nne but you deserve to be duped. There is a class of people who can afford such without breaking a sweat but they are the class that will not come to Nland to shout it out.

For the ones being peppered, understand that a lot of people will do anything to impress the gullible. Used furniture costs a very small fraction of brand new and a lot of Nigerians patronize the auctions for furniture, just like they do for vehicles. A lot of these furniture auctions have merchandise from the estate of deceased, wealthy Americans whose inheritors are trying to dispose of very high quality house furnishings so you can buy very nice pieces at a small fraction of the cost. It is a fact that some Nigerians only ever buy big ticket items at auctions because they believe that’s the best value for their money.

For those that want things they can’t afford brand new, these auctions are a treasure trove. For things they like but can’t afford, you have instalment payments or the deferred payment arrangements with stores for almost everything in the household, from electronics to furnishings. Heck, even brand new clothing and shoes have layaway arrangements so that you don’t have to pay all at once.

Nothing wrong with auctions or instalment payments if that’s how you roll but the unending deceit? The constant need to pretend to be what you aren’t in the name of pepper them? The outright lies and misrepresentation? The constant need for validation from people who could not care less? #mazialltalk

These braggarts are a dime a dozen, I already gave the 411 about them. Stay woke! Don’t allow anybody pepper you. I get dis, na me do am, na we dey dere, the truth is in the net worth, the credit reports. . . . . . . . But sha, somebody should remind me when he opens his village house because he has promised to dash out the latest iPhone as souvenirs. My phone is already 4 years old, I await the awoof.

And lastly, I doubt if anyone is getting peppered because to a reasonable extent, most of the contributors on this thread are doing well.

Michilin, with his company
Twinskenny, with his company supervising several projects
Egun Mogaji, Nigeria today Atlanta Tomorrow with projects in Nigeria and outside (lover of bike)
Somehow, doing well with projects on the island (you need to be loaded fo have properties here)
Spyder, odogwu mazi mazi of properties
Imran, Popular on Twitter and here as a roofer
Bolu, Pop
Value Paint, paint
Gbadexy, paint producer since way back
Topsy, the real electrical engineer
Oga Hajj (Muftau), Doing exceedingly well too
Rotech, handling projects
Hargbo, owner of wpggroom, doing well

I can go on and on, while others are clients building their various houses without asking anybody for any financial help.

I've been active on this thread for years and I am yet to witness anybody asking for financial help.


People should merely be careful not to fall into scam, but peppered? No

MMotimo:
If you think someone that said his household income falls in an average of 100k per year is buying 18k carpets and 12k sofa sets and 8k guest room bed frame - sorry nna/nne but you deserve to be duped. There is a class of people who can afford such without breaking a sweat but they are the class that will not come to Nland to shout it out.

For the ones being peppered, understand that a lot of people will do anything to impress the gullible. Used furniture costs a very small fraction of brand new and a lot of Nigerians patronize the auctions for furniture, just like they do for vehicles. A lot of these furniture auctions have merchandise from the estate of deceased, wealthy Americans whose inheritors are trying to dispose of very high quality house furnishings so you can buy very nice pieces at a small fraction of the cost. It is a fact that some Nigerians only ever buy big ticket items at auctions because they believe that’s the best value for their money.

For those that want things they can’t afford brand new, these auctions are a treasure trove. For things they like but can’t afford, you have instalment payments or the deferred payment arrangements with stores for almost everything in the household, from electronics to furnishings. Heck, even brand new clothing and shoes have layaway arrangements so that you don’t have to pay all at once.

Nothing wrong with auctions or instalment payments if that’s how you roll but the unending deceit? The constant need to pretend to be what you aren’t in the name of pepper them? The outright lies and misrepresentation? The constant need for validation from people who could not care less? #mazialltalk

These braggarts are a dime a dozen, I already gave the 411 about them. Stay woke! Don’t allow anybody pepper you. I get dis, na me do am, na we dey dere, the truth is in the net worth, the credit reports. . . . . . . . But sha, somebody should remind me when he opens his village house because he has promised to dash out the latest iPhone as souvenirs. My phone is already 4 years old, I await the awoof.

But Maama, I really do not understand this write up o, let's try and maintain peace.

You really came out at Sonnie with full force like you've been waiting for him for a while.

This is a faceless forum, this is the few places left where people can join conversations, share private things without the fear of people linking such to them. (security reason)

And let's respect people's views on things, NORMS fo someone might be LUXURY TO OTHERS, outside naira land, I hardly join conversations because no matter how I tweak my conversations, it will come out as if I am bragging, but is it?

You talked about where you eat, I replied with where I normally eat it. They see it as bragging
You talked about the kind of footwear you wear, I unconsciously said my cheapest slide is 20k.

I've come to the realization that what is normal to some people is LUXURY to others.

Let's respect people's opinions..

hamtabfawaz:
Thanks for this post.

Learnt something new Today✓

Thank you Chief

somehow:
Why not make a business out of this?

Buy from them and refine them?

It's not my forte and I do not have the processing link, left to my own "limited" idea on it, na PONMO I go use am run �.

EgunMogaji2:
Personally I think you’re looking at the wrong demographics.

Using my inner circle as an example, none of us are interested in creating any large scale enterprise in Nigeria and mostly just came for retirement.

I sincerely wouldn't blame anyone either too, Nigeria wahala can be choking some times.

But anyone that can bring and recreate "abroad" thing in Nigeria will swim in bastard Money.

No money in Nigeria but NIGERIANS will pay for "unique" taste

sonnie10:
Where is this?

You see why our economy is the way it is. The same thing is going on at almost every segment. No value added.
The same leather we export for 20k (less than $40) is processed and sold back to us for $1000 per whole cow size.
Similar situation with cocoa. A full jute bag of cocoa is sold for less than the price of a packet of chocolate bar.
The other day I saw processed finished oak plank of 6 feet length for $40 a piece on Home Depot. While we sell correct mahogany of 12 feet (unprocessed) for less than #5k ( about $5 for 6 feet length)
The biggest pocket drain. We export crude oil to pay subsidies for refined products, at the detriment of the country’s fiscal reserve.

Kano.
The dream is too big for them, they merely want to sell immediately and make cool money. The man even showed me a size enough to make a pair of shoes, he said 500naira.

The foreigners are seeing the untapped resources in Nigeria, the reason why they are coming in droves to set up companies in Nigeria, we can't blame ourselves sha because we have limited exposure on how to process things.

Why I low key fault those that have traveled and stayed for years over there, look at those things the whites are doing easily that we are still struggling with, come back and recreate it, you will make easy millions.

That is what PEAK did, peak used to import dairy milk for their milk production in Nigeria until they discovered that the Fulanis sell a liter for less than 500naira, guess what they did? They set up collection centers in various Fulani settlements, sensitize them on how to collect clean milk, and even helped them to plant pastures so their cattle won't have to graze long distances to feed.

The collection centers are now buying milk for 2k to 3k per liter daily from the Fulanis, win-win.

Fulanis Earns more without hawking THOUSANDS of miles just to earn 500naira
Peak milk also gets cheaper raw milk right in Nigeria.

We have many untapped resources in Nigeria, hardship no too make us see them

Fashola is not getting all the accolades he deserves, the man is really really working and it would be good if he can be retained as the minister of works

sonnie10:
These ones look more genuine but they are not finished. Probably for onward export to those with the capacity to manufacturer finished leather.
Please where is this place?

Did you ask for the price?

Yes, they merely skin it and transfer it to those that would be finishing it,.
1)The goatskin is around 5k to 6k (everything)
2)The whole cow shouldn't be up to 20k.

I couldn't really negotiate better due to the language barrier.

Born2conquer:
I think you can only get pure leather in the north

They skin every animal they slaughter for meat and they sun dry the skin for leather, I see them every market day

As promised, what I saw today

sonnie10:
Bros, no games in this arena. As they say it, that is how it is.
Let me give you one example. Did you know that some brake pads at Autozone store have lifetime warranty? At least this one I have used.
You make a normal one time purchase (no extra charges) and then, each time the brake pads get worn out, you return them for a free replacement. Completely no charge, and no questions asked.
Don’t ask me how the manufacturer make their profit, because I don’t know.
When will Nigeria reach that level, in terms of quality assurance?

Jesu!

Pascopele:
It's usually in prison they burst your yansh, the situation in Nigeria correctional facility is a slave and master relationship. You don't talk to the warden standing, you MUST squat at every given point in time talking to the warden. The female sanitary pads are usually cotton wool and in the event you don't have any they use a piece of clothes.

Conjugal visit are a rare privilege. If you new (maybe your case is not so strong let say you hit someone and the person is in the hospital recuperating and it a court case-if the person dies, if you don't have a good lawyer you will languish in prison forever), they are bed spaces for sale, 500 a night, 1000 a night then we have the executive suit and the also have grades, the one with AC, without AC and WC, with AC and domestic staff, with AC, domestic staff, TV and the perks that comes with it- Bode George enjoyed this while in prison. Their cell block is different from the rest of the prison. Watch closely these VIP don't come to court with handcuffs, they may at the intial stage afer some time, no handcuffs and indication that the have been moved to the VIP.

In the prison cell I was, we had the Christian leaders and the Muslim leaders. We were about 356 in a very small prison cell. Once it 5:00am we all wake and give space in this small cubicle to the Muslim to pray, no one dares make a noise while they are praying, once they are done they give way to christian to do their morning devotion. The food is nothing to write home about, if you see egusi, stew, beans, rice and eba you prefer to go hungry that eat it, but this prisoner eat it with joy, I couldn't not eat it the very first 3 days, they kept telling me, "you go die of hunger". Nobody told me, I had to start to eat and eventually enjoyed it.

We all had duties assigned to us, from cleaning to washing, weeding the grass and maintenance. There is also classes for vocational courses.

Your cell mates were rapist, robbery, serial killers, cultist and many awaiting trial for crimes they know nothing about. All these guys have compelling stories to tell only a few who have been sentence to death either by hanging or life in prison actually open up and tell you how, why and the genesis of their being in prison. Some of these guys in prison had some warder on their payroll (how do you explain a cell mates telling you he watched the champion league match and had access to his wife and kids and had a medical check up.

K, who is awaiting trial for 8yrs.
D, is petty thief has been in and out of prison for years
H, been in prison for a crime he know nothing about
V, has been in prison since 90's, probably has less than 3 yrs in his sentence, but says he prefers it here (prison) than outside.

Donation (such as toiletries, soap, detergent, biscuits, noodles) doesn't get to the prisoner, they are sold those those that have cash. In prison cigarettes is like cocaine 10 people can share one stick 1 person one drag. Warden are heartless and wicked Nigeria Police toture dey learn for were warder dey.

One thing about Nigeria prison system, HAVE MONEY otherwise you will rot in prison.

You reading this freedom is beautiful, value your freedom

Thank you for this piece, may God come through for everyone

EgunMogaji2:
Part of critical thinking.

Learning from you Sir

michlins:
yes I get your point. That's why some people do jobs meant for the majority because of their understanding of their target market.

What I frown upon is when someone is paid for a specific quality and he or she delivers subpar. That's obtaining under pretenses and a criminal act.

Now you get it Chief.

Happy Sunday

EgunMogaji2:
Borehole is being drilled opposite my house. They started at 11PM. The interesting thing is that the owner lives in the USA. Shit that he won’t dream of attempting in the USA is done in Nigeria. Talk about using your left hand to describe the way to his fathers house.

Can Nigeria be redeemed?

Part of the problems we have too, the citizens.

They become law-abiding once they travel and break same laws in Nigeria.

sonnie10:
Can those be used for upholstery?
I would never buy any imported upholstery in Nigeria. Locally made ones have more quality. Left for me, all those knock-off chinese furniture won’t sell. Nigeria has been conditioned to accept everything as normal.

This is not only in the furniture business, even electronics. Take for instance the Samsung ridge I bought for $4500, it has 10 warranty. Which company would give 10 warranty on their electronics in Nigeria? They all get away with dumping substandard goods in Nigeria.

It is not just a matter of purchasing power, it’s also an issue of weak regulatory actions.

I believe they will need further processing, but I really can't give a straight answer now, I merely know it's a tradition to deskin animals after slaughtering.

Mhen, one of the problems of Nigeria is that most of the regulatory bodies are not working and even the JUDICIARY is not helping matters, reasons why banks and telecommunications get away with a lot of ripoff.

You pray before buying any product or service because whatever you see after buying is strictly and sadly on your head.

sonnie10:
Thanks for the update and your effort. However, I can tell even without physically touching them that they are substandard grade.
1) Real leather does not fold like clothing. They roll (rug carpet).
2) Real leather doesn't have uniform color in a single piece. Like wood, there is always variations in tone
3) The back of real leather is grainy and not white
4) The ones in these pictures don't look like a "whole cow" which is the standard form of cowhide leather
5) The price.

I think you can only get pure leather in the north

They skin every animal they slaughter for meat and they sun dry the skin for leather, I see them every market day

michlins:
how many people in Nigeria and this thread can pay such amount for a set of chairs

Some things are not meant for everybody,
Why you need to understand who you're targeting before creating a product.

You do not create a product and start looking for your audience, you look for your target audience and create the product for them.

somehow:
I wanted to buy some chairs from vava earlier this year, my wife discouraged me due to the cost and said we should build one instead.

We checked various furniture makers, they are mostly displaying their jobs on major highways Lagos-Abeokuta express way etc.

We decided to try out one of those guys displaying good looking chairs.

I gave him specifics, down to using 100% fibre for the covering, do you know that 1 week into delivery (After delaying by 5 days), the arms of at least 2 of the seaters started shaking?

Called him several times to come fix these issues, he kept giving excuses until I stopped calling him.

He even used the wrong color and wanted more money to have the fabrics changed to the color I chose.

There are things I wont be allowing Nigerian artisans handle for me, it's just getting out of hand. Almost all the furniture makers I have patronized for the past 5 years disappointed me one way or the other.

I don't know why this is so, is that that perfection is no longer a yardstick?

Artisans no longer want to stand out or what exactly is happening?

About giving jobs to artisan in Nigeria, you need to be extremely prayerful, only very few can recreate what you want even though 100% will reply with "oga, I fit do am na"

Is it about when we paid a carpenter for roofing and he ran away for over 6 months after stopping midway or the one who took our chairs away for over 1year?

When you meet a good and creative Artisan, hold HIM TIGHT

Yampotatocarrot:
True... There is an orphanage home my organisation visit during festive periods and other seasons like Valentine, you'll be surprised the kind of "good life" these guys live. The senior ones even use iPhones.

I really applaud the fact that most Nigerians are now open to giving to orphanage homes, some have made it compulsory to always spend their birthdays with this kids. It makes these kids feel more loved, which is a good thing.

We visited an orphanage once and my pastor kid didn't want to leave, I was around 15years then and sincerely, those kids were LIVING BETTER THAN US.

We had to trek for over 1hr just to save transport cost only to get to the orphanage to see beautiful FACES! no cap, they were all using good phones and they had a generator (mikano) running 24/7.

My pastor kid said "Daddy, I want to live here".

About where they school, they were enrolled to a big private school from primary to secondary school

Dirkcoyt:
I love this thread , what have deduced . Underground beefs Dey gbogbo eyin arabanbi family and west and east coast bone straight and harmony thugs

Price vs Value wahala
Akagum vs spender whalala
Young vs older wahala
Abroadians vs homebasedians wahala
Team Artisans vs team patronisers whahala

Critics vs don’t kill me with destructive crictism wahala

Team pepper dem vs team shey na like this we go Dey de

Team founding fathers vs the young shall grow wahala

Team story of my life vs we don’t need motivation

Team how to spend your money vs elegushi spenders

Team like and share vs team we are here for violence only

Team we never get money for cement vs hope this quotation is right




Are you a tailor vs I’m a fashion designer wahalai


everybody go Dey alright

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