 Politics › Re: NLC President, Ajaero At COP28 In Dubai, Weeks After Attack Sparks Reactions by dawnomike(m): 10:15am On Dec 07, 2023 |
Smh! Comerade don go flex |
| Nairaland General › Re: Does NIN Expire? by dawnomike(m): 9:21am On Dec 07, 2023 |
kripen:
My fellow Nairalanders, I just found out that my i.d card has expired when I inquired about the renewal I was told to pay 5000 Naira. Does one identity to a nation expires? Like my local government of origin, does it need to expires also? If it expires that mean I seized to be a bonifide citizen of Nigeria which I am now.
I am not understanding this please some one need to explain to me. Your NIN does not expire... I've been using mine since 2014 |
| Politics › Re: Atiku Abubakar Would Run For President In 2027 " -zamfara Gov. Dr Dauda Lawal by dawnomike(m): 2:26pm On Dec 06, 2023 |
They should calm down for now... 2027 if still a long way!!! |
| Crime › Re: Police Fined N2m For Unlawful Detention by dawnomike(m): 2:23pm On Dec 06, 2023 |
Right way! The DPzo should be made to pay... It will serve as deterrent to many |
| Politics › Re: Yusuf Bichi Lobbying To Be Nigerian Ambassador To Saudi Arabia After Retirement by dawnomike(m): 2:19pm On Dec 06, 2023 |
Man still gotta hustle for his future |
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| Career › Re: Please I Need Your Advice My Business Is Crashing by dawnomike(m): 10:32am On Dec 04, 2023 |
Sammyikechi:
Good morning Narialanders, My name is Samuel, and I'm confused,
I am currently 20 years and a 300 level student of Architecture in a State University in the east, I have made up my mind to Make Money in a pure way.
But of recent a business which has been a major source of income for my Family that has help my civil servant Parents train my siblings and I through secondary school, and now university, is not going too well
The business is an event business, we are into Decorations of all kinds of events, catering services, and Cakes, and other pastries,
My mom has developed this business for like all her life as a married woman, infact she single handed organized her wedding,
Here is the issue, in the past 18 months, we have invested over 1 million naira into this business but not seeing returns yet, reason being we that we are very undercharged, I'm not saying we don't go for jobs, we do but at a very little rate, if we don't accept our costumers charge, believe me there are people who are ready to do it at cheaper rate, but there job is not as standard as ours. and when I check what your are bringing, compared to what the are price the want it for, I just accept it so atleast I still have something at hand, but as time goes on i get discouraged,
I have studied what these companies on Instagram do, and have tried to raise our standard close to thier's, in a way.
For Over 3 years, I have tried to upgrade all aspects of the business, I went for a refresh course in Port-harcourt, where I paid some amount of money which was heavy on our side, for the cake aspect.
While we also went into flowers, lights, new stages, grass rugs, amongst others to step the game in decor.
Sometimes I would go for events and find companies from others areas coming in to do exactly what I can do, but they are willing to pay them hug amount, but not us, the price is and be like, "is it not just to decorate canopies, and stage" it is very discouraging,
Ohh sorry I did not mention, it stay in OKIGWE, a town in imo state, I often hear people when I go for outside Jobs, saying, "are you sure you are from okigwe" because of how standard our works are.
Most times I think about leaving this town, but this is where we already have a name, we have a shelter but business is not encouraging, at all. we have stopped investing for now, as it tired funds down,
I open for advice and business talk, here is my WhatsApp line, 09031744228,
we cover cover events around South East and some part of South South.
I'm very open for advice Try sourcing for clients online, build an Instagram page and grow it! Okigwe is not so lucrative for such business... you may need to relocate the business after your schooling!!! Keep at it! It is a good business and don't let the set back deter you |
| Literature › Re: After Slaughtering Okadabooks, Will Okechukwu Ofili Slaughter Writers' Creativit by dawnomike(m): 9:21am On Dec 04, 2023 |
AKANDAK:
AFTER SLAUGHTERING OKADABOOKS, WILL OKECHUKWU OFILI SLAUGHTER WRITERS' CREATIVITY TOO?
A brief introduction of Okadabooks which was just brutally slaughtered by Okechukwu Ofili : Okadabooks was a brainchild of Okechukwu Ofili. She came into existence in the year 2013.
Okadabooks allowed authors to self-publish & self-promote their books online without having to go through the challenges of traditional publishing platforms that had sent many writers to the depth and expiration of their creativity. The advent of Okadabook and other self-publishing platforms revived the purity of literary art by ensuring writers' independence.
When writers publish on Okadabooks, the deal is 70/30. Okadabooks take 30% of our earnings while they remit the 70% balance in our account. But here is the twist, Okadabooks won’t be paying us the 70% until we reach the #5,000 threshold (It used to be #10,000). I won’t be going deep into how hard it was for authors to reach this threshold before they get paid but you can read this Nairaland thread (https://www.nairaland.com/6037550/dont-fall-into-trap-okadabooks) written by one of the riders on Okadabooks who sustained an emotional injury while riding their bike with his helmet on.
For a business to thrive, promotion is pertinent. It is the responsibility of writers to promote their books on OkadaBooks while it is the sole responsibility of Okechukwu Ofili and his team to promote OkadaBooks. Unfortunately, we observed that Ofili and his team were doing poorly in performing their end of the bargain for our dear OkadaBooks. Maybe they did the best they could but evidently, their best was not enough.
For an organization whose operation is based online, getting your social media page verified for more visibility is the least any responsible management would do for an online publishing platform they care about. I dare you to check OkadaBooks X and Instagram page, go through their posts, and you will find yourself asking OkadaBooks, “Poor kid, how did you survive this long?”
She survived with the promotion made by individual authors whose books and funds are trapped in her account. Maybe the 30%(s) Ofili and his team deduct through Okadabooks is insufficient to sustain the business, maybe the withheld 70%(s) that did not meet the threshold is also insufficient to give Okadabooks a #6,000 verified badge on Twitter. Ofili and his team designed Okadabooks with policies that discourage authors from withdrawing their funds yet Okadabooks was starved and looked malnourished till the managing team decided to brutally murder her on November 30.
Maybe someday we will be able to prosecute parents for starving and slaughtering their brainchild, but not today. Today, we seek to save the future of literary art by saving the freedom of the blazing writer’s spirit from the claws of Ofili and his team.
Before the death of Okadabooks (May her soul rest in peace), they called on authors to request a payout for their funds on the platform. After the request was made, they replied to some of the authors that their payment would be made after Okadabooks compiled the payout requests on their desks. This is where we suspected foul play. Okadabooks gave a deadline for withdrawal requests, why aren’t they telling us the exact date that writers should expect their pay? “When we are done compiling the payout request list” is indefinite. It could be next week, next year, or the next ten years. So we asked how the payment will be made. We wanted to hear them give an exact date that writers should look forward to.
Two days before the company closure, we expressed our concerns on a WhatsApp group created by Okadabook to resolve writers' complaints. Even though the Okadabook admin saw our messages, they chose to ignore them until November 30 when they started removing writers from the group chat.
Despite all the calls and cries, Ofili and his team did not bat an eye like they heard the writers. Ofili was busy posting about the Squid Game show he watched on his Facebook account.
This is no longer about the money. The greatest tool of a writer is his mind, the moment he feels small, limited, and powerless within – the art he expresses will no longer be true. Ofili and his team already murdered their brainchild, Okadabook, in cold blood, we appeal that you lend your voice to stop them from murdering the purity of our literary arts.
Our request from Ofili and his team is simple, make the payment or write us the exact date when the payment will be made.
At this juncture, I must state clearly that OkadaBooks does not owe me a dime. But if I choose to ignore the owed writers who are currently receiving silent treatment, nothing I and other writers earn on other online platforms will be secured because we may receive the same treatment someday. This is also why we are calling on other online publishing platforms in Nigeria to reassure their users by responding to the question:
@Bambooks- Can you give your writers a silent treatment like Ofili and his team are doing right now?
@Libribooks: Can you treat your users with such levity that Ofili and his team are doing right now?
Adieu Okadabooks, we wish you peace in a faraway land – far away from all the traumas that your handlers put you through. As for Okechukwu Ofili and his team, I care not if they rot in the hottest part of hell for all they did to Okadabooks and are doing to writers right now. #Okadabooks #MakeDpay #WriteDdate Go back to the terms and conditions... And get a good lawyer to file a case against them 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Over 60 Refinery Licences Inactive 18yrs After As Fuel Import Thrives by dawnomike(m): 8:29am On Dec 04, 2023 |
Even though I am not a fan of Tinubu... I really appreciate his efforts in trying to get refineries working in the country. |
| Romance › Re: A Catholic Priest Opinion On Why Men End Up Marrying Women Who May Look..... by dawnomike(m): 8:28am On Dec 04, 2023 |
He is right to some extent... |
| Pets › Re: Cat Lovers Here Abeg Attend To Me I Need Advice by dawnomike(m): 8:27am On Dec 04, 2023 |
Nancy311:
Please I need advice on how to care for baby kittens. We found two yesterday morning but the mother was dead already. So we decided to keep them.
We only gave them milk yesterday, one was responsive and the other was being quite stubborn we had to force feed her. They'll be fine and stronger in a week... Try your best to keep feeding them. |
| Celebrities › Re: I Want To Return To YBNL – Lyta Begs Olamide by dawnomike(m): 6:04pm On Dec 03, 2023 |
Iz a pirry... That time is gone,! |
| Nairaland General › Re: Book Of Moses by dawnomike(m): 1:38pm On Dec 03, 2023 |
That book has got so many people down the psychiatric ward lane! |
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| Travel › Re: "My Wife Walked Out Of This Accident Without A Single Scratch" by dawnomike(m): 3:03pm On Dec 02, 2023 |
Congratulations to your family!!! |
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| Car Talk › Re: Where to buy New Car Part In Ibadan by dawnomike(m): 11:02am On Dec 02, 2023 |
Icon2007:
Please I need a location of a market to get a new headllight and back light for my toyota camry 2007 im ibadan. and where I can repqir my car seat leather thanks The name of the area is 'Gate' |
| Family › Re: My Wicked Stepmum Has Requested For My Help by dawnomike(m): 12:09pm On Dec 01, 2023 |
Testimony988:
When I was staying with her... my dad and siblings she had showed me shege pro max ... if my mum didn't rushed to picked me up maybe I wouldn't be alive to tell the story..... the issue is my dad passed away last year .... my stepmum and her 4 children are really suffering.... she begged me for help since September but I ignored her message...... I am married .....I did my traditional marriage in April this year.. ...
.my hubby and I are capable of helping her to start up something for her to cater for her children .... or to even accommodate one of her children .... her only daughter who is 12 and put her in school..... although my mum and her family will be against it ..... because we all hate her with a passion ...but I am find it hard to help her because of what she has done to me....... she had mistreated me to the extend of asking her children to beat and spit on me ..... and she will be laughing asking them to do it harder.... I know is not the children faults they were innocent ......they only did what they mum asked them to do ..... but still I don't feel like helping them .... just to clarify my late dad was a irresponsible father to me..... he denied the pregnancy and returned back after 12 years he took me to his house where his wife and children mistreated me .... most of the abused were happening in his presence .... but he didn't care...... my mum picked me up from him when I was 14....... he didn't bothered about me .... my mum and grand mum had suffered a lot for me... althought they've done so may upsetting things in the past that made me so angry but I still love them because they were there for me when I needed them the most.... please if I were you will you help them  ? Help but keep your distance! |
| Family › Re: Ugandan Woman, 70, Welcomes Twins After Years Of Barrenness by dawnomike(m): 7:10am On Dec 01, 2023 |
A real work of miracle.... I can imagine her joy |
| Crime › Re: Lagos DSVA Hunts For Boy Who Boasted About Raping Girl In Viral Video by dawnomike(m): 8:33am On Nov 29, 2023 |
naptu2:
The Lagos State Government has converted the Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) into the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA). Nice information |
| Family › Re: Men Who Married At 24, 25, 26, 27. Do You Regret It? by dawnomike(m): 9:43pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
Stephen2324:
Men who married at 24, 25, 26, 27. Do you regret it? If you could, would you have it different next time? I have no reason to regret that this far!!! |
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| Romance › Re: . by dawnomike(m): 12:49pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
You're not yet ready... Let us know once you are! |
| Jobs/Vacancies › Re: I Need A Job by dawnomike(m): 8:58am On Nov 28, 2023 |
mikmash:
Hello nairaland.
I need a job. I am from kaduna, my experience cuts across customer service, sales and marketing, logistics, agriculture and advertising. I'm above average when it comes to using MS OFFICE TOOLS.
Kindly assist. Where do you reside? |
| Romance › Re: OAU Student Lands In Hospital After Breaking World Record Wash-a-thon (pics/vid) by dawnomike(m): 6:39am On Nov 28, 2023 |
Nackzy:
Omo she try, but do they even give anything the appreciate record setters and record breakers No they dont... But the recognitiin and endorsements that come with it is mainly worth it for so many. |
| Romance › Re: What Is The Meaning Of This Dream, After Visiting A Particular Brothel. by dawnomike(m): 7:13am On Nov 27, 2023 |
Odogwubitters78:
Good morning narialander's, please i have this thing, disturbing me for so long now, insults is allowed despite the fact i get a permanent solution here, besides i just had the dream right now, that's why i wake up to write about it..
Guy's there is this particular brothel nearer to my Street, sometimes when I'm less free mostly in the evening, i will go there and take a drink and enjoy there music, then if by any chance I see any fine girl that enter my eyes i will take the person inside then we Knack, but the thing there is this, anytime i finish Bleep*kng any girl from that brothel i see myself dreaming when I was still in secondary school, secondary school that i Left like 8 year's ago now, and when i have to read about that particular dream here on narialand is scaring, the dream means 'backwardness' like i should pray against any spirit of setback in my life... Please guys help me out 🙏🙏 i want to stop, concerning the dream who have had similar dream, and how do you go about with it. You know the cause already and the solution at well!!! Stop visiting brothels!!! |
| Family › Re: My Partner And I Dont Love Each Other But We Respect Each Other by dawnomike(m): 7:10am On Nov 27, 2023 |
ademola2017:
In 2017, i expressed my deep concerns on nairaland about my now ex wife double dating game before we got married, her attitude towards me and how the relationship was one sided.
I got several advices to let her go but decided to give the marriage another chance but it eventually crashed in March 2022. We did all we could to save the marriage but to no success. We were done patching. No child was involved and absolutely nothing to show for the marriage after 8years of being together. I still feel the pain but it gets better everyday.
I credit myself for not cheating on her till our last days together and even months after our separation.
After several months of being celibate, I had sex with a young 25year old lady. I met her through a family friend 2 months before she got pregnant
Just one intercourse, she became pregnant. At first, i doubted it because I laboured very hard to father a child for 8yrs and with just one sexual intercourse, someone is carry my baby?? with me being very knowledgable about calculating ovulation dates and timely intercourse, it conformed so I had to accept the pregnancy as a sign from God.
Deep down, my new partner and I do not love each other but the respect for each other is on point. We have ZERO expectations from each other. We communicate well and have started living together in peace. No arguements, no drama and no issues at all.
I changed my mindset by taking her as my younger sister and she does same by taking me as an older brother.
It feels strange to be at so much peace with someone that I dont love at all. Our baby is coming and I am scared things may change when the true reality sets in.
What do you guys think? Start loving each other except you're both cool with she been a baby mama and nothing more. |
| Travel › Re: Can I Relocate From Nigeria With 3m by dawnomike(m): 1:29pm On Nov 26, 2023 |
adaperry25:
I want to use student visa to travel to small countries like malta.
Please explain to me like a 5yo in detail what is involved and the breakdown.
Can 3m take me there?
Expecting good feedback. Before the new exchange rate - Maybe! But now, that money will not get you to anywhere outside Africa |
| Gaming › Re: Help Guys! Laptop Charger Goes Off While Gaming On Dell G5 5590 Gaming Laptop by dawnomike(m): 11:49am On Nov 26, 2023 |
Lewalexzy:
Thank you for the response. I thought so, would a new charger fix the issue or just get a charger with higher wattage like say up to 200w instaed of the 180w rating the laptop need? Visit a computer store, test different chargers while running your game. Buy the one that works better |
| Gaming › Re: Help Guys! Laptop Charger Goes Off While Gaming On Dell G5 5590 Gaming Laptop by dawnomike(m): 11:35am On Nov 26, 2023 |
Lewalexzy:
Laptop charger goes off while gaming on Dell G5 5590 Gaming Laptop, what could be the cause?
It doesn't happen while the laptop is idle or in light usage. Anytime I start a game, it just goes off and the game becomes really annoyingly slow.
The laptop charger is 180w,
Specs: 2TB, 32gb ram, Nvidia GTX 1660Ti 6gb, 144hz refresh rate.
Could the problem coming from the charger or the laptop itself? Your charger is bad... It gets overwhelmed by the power consumption of your laptop during gaming due to high performance of your CPU and GPU. |
| Romance › Re: I Want To Move On, I Need To Move On by dawnomike(m): 2:11pm On Nov 25, 2023 |
LammyBillionz:
I received this from a friend "I am have been looking for my ex-husband to sign a divorce papers but i have not been able to see him over 5years. I desire to move on but i cannot because i am still legally married by law. I have found someone and i do not want to loose him. He wants the divorce settled before agreeing to marry me but i cannot locate my ex and he is not ready to sign the papers. Please advise."
She needs help. Her lawyer is in the best position to do this. |
| Celebrities › Re: Portable Call Out UK Show Promoter, Bilique After Embassy Refuse His Wife Visa by dawnomike(m): 2:09pm On Nov 25, 2023 |
When s man thrives on wahala... |
