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What nearly killed blackberry was that android and iOs became popular and everyone dumped them but they now build on android OS. Blackberry is really back and booming. To show you how good they are in building secured phones, they co-manufactured boeing black with boeing, a phone used even by US security chief. Even iPhones has not been certified safe as it stil prone to hacking and security threat.

mufutau55:
What! Do they still have those thing around? I have never used any before... but they were popular at one time.
I also heard that WhatsApp is not supporting them anymore. Thanks.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:
Oga mi Sir. No Apple for me o... I actually almost bought the Apple iPhone 8Plus. But comparing it side by side with Samsung Note8, the size made me choose Samsung. I have a big hand and so the fingers are big... I need something big in my hand.
I bought the Note with 64G because they did not have the 256G version, but since Samsung can also accommodate external sdcard, I intend buying 1024G card to add, but I have 256G card in it now. But you are right, I think Oga Spyder deserve a good phone... I will get in contact.

Hajji M.

As an expert who keeps classified information, is always better to go for blackberry phones (like blackberry KEYone), they are business oriented and one of the safest phones in the world. You wouldnt bother about malware, call tapping, data hacking et al.

BlowJobs:
If your family put money above everything else: Trust, love, respect, encouragement, understanding

You don't need them.

Family are one group of people that annoys the most but are important. You wouldn't blame them, they have the mindset that you pluck money from trees. Find a place in your heart and forgive.

Vicktor18:
Hello. please I'm looking for a co-signer. if you know any pm. thanks

Don't you have relatives in yankee, no one wil co-sign for you if they don't know you.

This reminds me of Angelapinktoes from za oza thread.

Where is the next rated areas for owning property in the south east

I dey smell say one family member don carry your money go "Allen" rather than to use the money buy/build property for villa wey make you send am.

BlowJobs:
Deep family issues bro. Hopefully, i can tell the story when it is all over.

Money, trust, responsibility, lies, betrayal, fraud (in no psrticular order)

Ole. How you take no say na fake she buy you. You no no say naija girlfriends require cash funding to operate.

MRSHYCAT:
Oga bj and Oga lionlee216, una story just dey totori me. Can you imagine that since I was born, the highest investment of a girl in my life is just a pack of fake lux inner shirt. Tell me why I will not come there, fall in love and stay inlove. I am Sending that one that calls herself my girlfriend a break up SMS. I'm done with this poo of a relationship. I cannot be funding a relationship like I'm funding a building project. My oga's in Yankee, abeg start looking for house for me there. I'll park out of Nigeria soon and park into the land of love aka amelika. I NEED A GIRLFRIEND THAT WILL BUY ME A TESLA PERIOD!!!! please don't call me a gold digger abeg, I'm not feeling fine.

Lol. Am single and searching.

Fish123:
Baba shebi you don marry and born 6kids. Shey you still won marry again ni

PS..Blowjobs sorry for the challenges your having ha home,God will make you overcome them. Compliment of the season boss
your love story dey sweet us here o

May God give me your type of wife. AMEN.

BlowJobs:
I must kiss my wife everytime i see her (doesn't matter if i haven't brushed my teeth). Reply to her "i love you" sentence. Cuddle when we watch movies, talk about our issues (na dis one hard pass. We aint raoswd to comnunicate our problems). Tell her what i want for lunch/dinner. Tell her the gift i wanr for xmas ( Na gift nah, why should i say what i want)
She's sensitive. She says i make her happy everytime and she's never been this happy her entire life. So, I have to be happy too. I had issues recently from home and i broke down. I didn't communicate, and kept it all to kyself cos i don't wanna bother her. She became sad (she doesn't have to tell, her face becomes pale and eyes pink). She can't bare watching me struggle. She aske me over and over. Now, i am learning to connunicate better. We still get into arguments, silly arguments

I think part of it is how we are raised. We don't question things. We do things because that's what we are told to do. We can't question elders. So most of us don't communicate when we have issues. We kept them bottled in trying to deal eith it ourselves.

lionlee216:
Haba bro. Nigerian women dey try nah

Try wetin. If you be man (in Davido's voice: "IF YOU NO GET MONEY, MAKE YOU HIDE YOUR FACE"

spyder880:
Night time.......

wow... Congrats.

bixton:
Documents can all be verifiable and genuine and if the client has bad intentions then you're lost in oblivion.
Always ensure you inform at least 2 persons if you must move outside your location giving all relevant data of supposedly client.

If Nigeria had central identification number like Social Security Number (SSN) all these wouldn't have been an issue. That's why banks hardly give loans to new businesses even with collateral.

Aventures:
please beware of kidnappers and 419. It has happened to a renowned builder here, he spent his money to travel by air only to discover it was a scam, thank God it was not a kidnapping issue. please ask a lot of question, let him revealed his identity and his genuine intention. You can initiate a design deal with just survey plan and let him know that the foundation may be subjected to review prior to construction after visiting the site and proper investigation is done. Ihebrooke is bases in east and he has done several design for many NLders without visiting there and some of is has executed his design successfully.

If possible demand for official documents like CofO, Survey plan, driver's license/International passport and video call. Verify the documents and ensure you're dealing with a genuine client. It should a standard for top contractors.

Merry Christmas Ndi-Anambra

cunny88:
Mr oga gates is d name of the world richest man. Wot is in a name, just identification

The name Gate must have paved way for him to be one of the richest man in the world. A Gate is an access point to a destination, so the name gave him access to his destiny.

Go back to the former phone and update your whatsapp on google play store also download and activate google drive after which you synchronize your chat using your old phone (will cost you much data). Go to the new phone, open your google drive and restore back up (will cost you much data again). Your whole chat will be there.

mufutau55:
If you have sent me a WhatsApp message and you are expecting a reply from me.... sorry for none reply!
I have just upgraded my phone to Samsung Note8, and I thought that it's a matter of simply copying my old folders from the old phone to the new phones and input my phone number and everything will be dandy in the new phone... sorry NOT.
I have been frustrated trying to get all my chats from 2014 back into the new phone but no luck and WhatsApp has been disabled in the old phone.
Luckily I have all my 40,000 pics and contacts all saved but the chats are gone for now...
So if anyone has a suggestion to remedy my problem, I will surely appre4ciate it. If not, I will just be starting a new chat database with the new phone.
Thank you.

Hajji M.

Muafrika2:
Laurence is derived from the name of a tree. I don't see how different it is from an animal's name.

Why don't you just call yourself a king?

Lol. Funny indeed.

Please, what's your question.

ibietela2:
Am asking......

It is unetical to pay a contractor for quote either for transportation or what so ever and I see no reason a contractor should hesitate in giving out quote, if actualy the contractor should market himself very well and be convincing, why shouldn't the client hire him.

Memejem:
As for travelling long distances for potential jobs, the client described in your scenario is not nice at all. But also, it’s an important lesson to iron out all deals before travelling such a distance.

As for giving price, what is the need for holding price? How will the potential client ascertain whether or not to use your services if you’re padlocking the price? Your quote/price should not be moving up and down depending on the client but the economy.

I don’t understand why people are so hesitant to name price. If you don’t want to do it on nairaland and would rather discuss with the client privately that is your choice. But that is not how a transparent business does things. Even if it’s not the exact price, an estimate should be available to allow the potential customer see what is available and if it’s affordable or competitive with other similar services.

This is how it’s done all over the world. I don’t know why Nigeria’s case must be different.

Ex. You want to purchase some paint or an accessory or tool. You enter Home Depot’s website. The prices are laid out for you. You can compare between brands. If you like you can now check a similar stores inventory and compare the prices between the two.

I don’t understand the mentality behind this at all. In Nigeria in order to get a quote for a new building project the contractor will charge you. It’s ridiculous. One contractor here told me that abroad customers pay for quotes of work.

I have NEVER paid any contractor to give me a quote. They’ve come to my house, looked at the job that needed to be done and then gave me an estimate/quote of labour (that didn’t fluctuate) and also materials needed. My contractor even followed me to Home Depot to help me purchase the materials and took time to educate me on the differences between products and quality.

If it was Nigeria they will charge you for fuel to get to site, time to go to store and inflate labour prices if you buy your own materials. It’s ridiculous. And most of these contractors that charge you to look at a site are not serious for the job. It’s one thing to say you need transport fare if the contractor doesn’t live within the same area and the client is adamant on working with that specific contractor. BUT if they live in the same area, WHY would I pay?

When you go for an interview, does the potential employer pay for your transport fare regularly?

You don’t pay a lawyer to hear about your concerns in the first meeting before they decide to take your case or you hire them.

I’m tired of this thing to be very honest.

ibietela2:
This is name thingy is confusing me.

Am answering my father's name and my grand father's name joined together with my name.

So whose name is ought to be beared as surname.

Baker77:
please what's your definition for the word "Romantic"?

Giovanni Cassanova out to give a perfect answer to it.

donbuchi1:
Nweke means a child born on Eke day and not son of a Python as you have implied. People bear Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Yea. Thanks for your input.

baby124:
Nice thread. Nothing wrong with your surname OP. It’s just like people that bear Monday or Friday. Not a big deal like you make it. It just shows one of your ancestors was born on a certain day. This is interesting because most people will want to dig deep into their family history with such information at hand. Not trying to change it. Without a certain Nweke, you won’t be here today. So honor your ancestors. Don’t let anyone claim that your name is a curse to you. Be proud of the son of whom you are, and embrace yourself. Don’t let any prophet or fake pastor rob you of that.

Ancestors I can't even traced down, because here in African, we do not keep record. I can't even trace down the 6th generation before me talk more even 10 or more.

Ishilove:
Let the man speak for himself

He/She is correct, but I've decided to choose another native name as surname. Graçias.

sholay2011:
It is well bro. That guy is nasty though from your story.

I remember when I was working at superstore, one of the Philippino guys (they were like 60% of the people in the Produce Department) who was actually friendly asked if I was from Africa.

I was like "obviously".

He said: "Africa must be a very big country".

Ah. I sharply did some Geography 101 for him that Africa is a continent and there are over 50 countries. My country, Nigeria, is just one of them. I asked if he had never heard of Nigeria before, the most populous black nation?

He continued: "I have heard of South Africa. Isn't that the Southern part of Africa? And you are saying Africa is not a country?".

Na so I just ignore am.

Most of these so called oyibo na confirm olodo. If Africa was to be good, we won't travelling there for opportunity. Even me, there is no country in this world, I wouldn't know little or much about them.

BlowJobs:
I always give my Mrs work to do as long as i say "please and thank you"
"Could you scratch my back please"
"Could you help me move my car"
"Could you do this, can you do the for me please"

Blah blah blah.
It makes her happy (somehow). That feeling i can't do basic things without her makes he feel good.
Few times tho, e no dey work

My Mrs wants me to pet her everyday, rub her hair, rub her feet, kiss her everyday everytime, hold her hands, play with her. I dey try though. I don tell her say den no raise us like that several times but now I'm a change man . I be african we no dey do all those kain mushi-mushi things. I'm changing though.

It's not like our Nigerian men who marry with the aim of having children, having someone to cook for them and to chop kpekus. Many naija men no dey romantic at all.

BlowJobs:
. Who get that kain time for yankee . Everything na outsourcing.
you go outsource your event to an event planner. common spoon, you no go bring to the event. most times people that RSVPed will be charged for their food. So, they will be asked before hand what they would like to eat based on the menu. The event place will plan the food for the number of guests coming. So, if you RSVP and you no show, be sure to get charge

Same thing with Birthday celebration. IF someone here invite you to birthday, no be to come chop and go ooo. hold your money. cos you are paying for yourself.

But for some parties, they will specify what is free. Most BYOB party (bring your own booze), snacks are free. Most african parties, food is free. Most Barbeues/cook out, food is free but they might tell you to bring some part of what you have

giving souvenirs na personal thing. Some people give, majority don't. No time for all that "nonsense" (apologies for the word nonsense but why i go feed the whole community and some people go still complain say dem no chop for my wedding on top that, be in debt. Maka gini? on top wetin?)

So the couple no be fit carry the remaining food, maybe the share for those those wey no turn up but pay money, carry go house. U na no snap pre wedding pictures.

BlowJobs:


Oyinbo people, financial obligations made by the men to the parents of the girl

maybe rich oyinbo people will do it, you know, one person sponsor the wedding and everyone comes to eat for free.

No financial obligation bro. I just told her pale say i wan "kidnap" him daughter for life (i told him as a courtesy and as a responsible adult and also cos our naija culture no go allow us marry another man pikin without actually knowing the dad. I really don't have to if i want to go by American ways. We go just marry and tell everyone we are)

My marriage cost less than 500$ (i don't remember but check this thread i think i posted it). The most expensive part is Mrs K's dress.

life is simple bro, let's not complicate it wit all those crazy request by the bride's family (Naija is hard enough. i belive marriage preparations in naija makes things harder on the couples to be).

Next year, we are having a big celebration for everyone. And anyone/everyone that RSVP will be charged for their food (the American way ). So, if you RSVP and you no show up, we go still charge you. shikena


oh, her dad sent us a $70 check (cheque) after the wedding and a really fancy card. Oh i don remember sef, Mrs K suppose give me $35. make i go wake am

So e no be like naija wey the couple go cook fried rice, jellof rice, rice and sauce, egusi soup, bitterleaf soup, ewedu soup, afang soup, edikaikong soup, salad, chicken plus assorted drinks and after the guests chop all these things finish, him go come put N100 for envelope go give the couple still come collect souvenir on top. For naija, if your wedding no be talk of the town, e means say you broke.

1Sharon:
Why did you pm me for?

The birds doesn't know how far it can go until it set to fly.

nazablossom:
At Op, to me I don't see any bad thing in nweke and it's meaning. Every tribe have their culture and tradition. Eke,orie,afor na nkwo simply means four market days in igbo no strings attached. Igbo's don't have seven days in a week like the White's. And these four market days is what they use to know which day is which till it get to a month which is simply (onwa=moon),then till one year, and that's how they have been counting it from generation to another before the coming of white men. And mind you all this current week Monday-sunday that is widely accepted now has it's own meaning. To me nweke is ok but if you are no longer comfortable with it, you can change it but let it be native igbo name. I don't fancy using English name as surnames, it doesn't make sense to me. Eke (market day) eke(python) eke(God)to some group of people, eke(to create). Is one word but different meanings.any igbo person that said that nweke means child of python just wants to mock the person bearing the name. Jisie Ike

I've decided to replace "Nweke" with a native name. I really appreciate your contribution.

bigfrancis21:
Few things here:

1) Nwaeke simply means a male born on Eke day. It is never interpreted as 'son of a python' or intended to mean that, even though both sound familiar when pronounced.

2) A quick check up on the name Lawrence shows that it means, "from the place of the laurel leaves". When you mentioned, 'Lawrence...(sic) which has a better meaning and acceptance', is that the meaning you were referring to or you just want to pick up an English surname so you sound fancy/sophisticated? Your motives for wanting to change your surname are important here and to me it just seems you want to pick up an English surname because it sounds 'fancy' to you.

3) Nweke is quite a popular Igbo last name, thus I see no reason to change it. It carries no deep ancestral meaning to a native god, for the 'deep christians'. My family surname has been passed down since 4 generations now unchanged. We've had no reason to change it, and in fact we are very proud of it due to the feats my great-grandfather (his name- our family surname) achieved.

4) If at all you do decide to change your last name, then go for your father's Igbo name instead, rather than the English one. English last names are foreign to us and are very unIgbo or unafrican. There is nothing special in that, when you have thousands of beautiful Igbo names with deep meanings to choose from. Lately we have had hundreds of african americans and afro-descended peoples dropping their English names (which are relics of slavery) for african names and surnames instead.

Choose wisely.

I've decided to replace "Nweke" with a native name. Thanks for your contribution.