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Lol. Iran fell for the bait. Cease fires only favours the stronger nation and Iran just fumbled

If at all there had to be a cease fire, Iran should have negotiated for a permanent cease fire and made sure every issue is addressed but agreeing to a two weeks cease fire is what they will regret it they do not use their number 6.

The reason is because US and Israel has more advanced firepower, yes I know in this two weeks Iran's allies like Russia and China will flood Iran with more weapons and more air defenses but time and time again we've seen these Chinese made air defenses fail.

They failed in Pakistan war against India
They failed Venezuela
They failed in Iran during the 12-day war
They even failed in this recent war as US and Israeli planes moved freely in Iranian air space

So counting on Chinese air defenses is a big mistake and also their J-20 aircrafts which countries like Nigeria, Vietnam, Pakistan etc have abandoned because they malfunctioned and failed in combat. Perhaps Russian air defenses can do better but those ones also have shown signs of serious failures in Pakistan and Venezuela and some parts of Iran. So stopping US bombers will be difficult when US and Israel use the two weeks break to restock their arsenal's and come back.

Secondly, Iranian leaders will be picked like flies. You see during the 12day war, Israel killed many of Iranian leaders while the rest ran to underground bunkers but when a cease fire was agreed, they all came out of their bunkers and during this recent war Iran and US have killed even more. Do you think it's just a mere coincidence? No it's not.

When they hid in those bunkers, US and Israel have satellites that scans the whole of Iran. Immediately those leaders come out of their hiding, Israel and US can see where they are coming out from, their hiding places and will keep that in record. When hostilities begin again they already know where those leaders will be hiding so they easily pick them one after the other that is why in this recent war they killed alot of leaders in Iran.

Now that a new cease fire has been announced, feeling safe those that went into hiding will come out again not knowing that the US and Israel are in the sky watching with their satellite and they will see where they came out from and when hostilities resume again, more will be killed

Immediately I saw videos of US presidential dooms day plane in the air for the first time in 50yrs I knew Trump was about to do something nasty and Iran will hastily agree to his demands

I am not a supporter of a this Tinubu's govt because I believe he has failed in many areas but seeing the work they did in Lagos at my Alma Mata in Tolu school complex Ajegunle, I must commend them

I school in Tolu complex. Alakoto secondary school to be precise and for anyone that schooled in that complex we can tell that the schools weren't that bad because Fashola and Ambode did alot of renovations before we left but Sanwo Olu has taken it a bit further. Tolu school complex has been totally revamp rivaling and beating all the private schools in Ajegunle by a thousand miles.

I wish you people can come and see what it looks like now. I fear for private schools right now because many of them will shut down.


School buses have been provided, all the classes with computers and very good environments. What they need now is proper training for teachers.

If you do not know Tolu school complex let me explain.

Tolu school complex is the biggest school complex in Africa with over 16 secondary schools (now increased to 30) and about 5 primary schools (now 6) making it a total of 36 different schools in one complex.

It's a serious hall for learning and I am glad it has been modernized. I am a proud alumni from that complex

Only delusional people will believe this lie.

You think if Iran had the downed Pilot they wouldn't be parading him all over the media for a bargain?

Why are they not showing the captured pilot on their media for the world to see?

Anybody that thinks Iran is winning this war is a very stupid dumb ass.


The people fighting against Iran is just less than 20% of US Navy. Just 20% of US Navy oooo not entire Navy or US complete military might.

What people don't understand is that US Navy is the second most powerful air force in the world just behind US air force. Think about that.

The Naval wing has their war ships and carriers that can move dozens of plans and personnels as a floating base to show strength.

Now to Iran, only a fraction of that Naval strength is engaged and worse is that they are using old planes more of F-15, B2 bombers, Warthog etc these are planes designed in the 1970s.... The newer planes are not yet in action and not been revealed.

If these outdated wares and 20% of just the Naval air superiority can cause severe damage to Iran and kill most of their commanders what do you think a full military might of the navy including all their planes, submarines, carriers and personnel would do to Iran not to talk or when US declares all out war on Iran and the full military wing and arsenal is launched?

The damage US Navy has caused to Iran will take them almost a century to rebuild again because almost everything is being blown out, the brain behind their 4 decades rule have been killed.

One of the dangers of fighting a super power is that you may think because they pulled out you war but what they mostly do is to lay your lands waste and set you 400yrs backwards.

That's what Russia is doing to Ukraine. It will take a century for UK to recover

Look at Vietnam, and Afghanistan. US pulled out but where is vietnam or Afghanistan today?

Even if you win the fight, you will lose the war because 100% the war will be fought in your country causing massive destruction while the super power you are fighting feels nothing, cities in tact, their people feeling nothing while your nation is ruined taken 100yrs backwards.

Wise leaders accept deals and diplomatically build their country until they are strong. A case study of Japan, Germany and Italy should be a framework for leaders and the lessons learnt by ghadafi, Saddam Hussein etc should also be learnt. Do not fight a super power that is stronger than you until you are ready and strong enough.

China stayed low for years until it builds it's military and economy but even at that they are cautious around US

Says a criminal who does not respect the sovereignty of francophone countries.

Na Trump fit these people

Exousiang01:
Not everyone is a tenant in Lagos young man

So if you are not a tenant why are you disputing what is common everywhere?

Exousiang01:
That is an absolute lie and you know it.
That is under a staircase.
A room around yaba should be going for that same rate so, expect the agent took you for a fuul which he seems to be right about then...

You obviously never find house for Lagos before or maybe the last time you looked for house was 5yrs ago

Listening2:
I was in town for some business and it was inevitable that I catch up with an old friend.

His babe prepared a delicious meal that she sent to me through him.

The fact that she's from my state, I had to appreciate her specially. So I asked him for her account and wired her some token of appreciation.

Even though my guy was very appreciative, I've been feeling uneasy, like I shouldn't have done that. And information reaching me right now is that he and his babe had a quarrel that same day. But I don't want to believe it's because of that.

Either way, I just want to know guys, was I wrong to send money directly to his babe?

If they fought over that then your friend is very stupid

I visit my friends home sometimes and when I am going I bless the wife with some cash to show my gratitude.

As a matter of fact I have a Bossom friend that travelled overseas and left his family back, things are not yet settled for him because he is still schooling.

To make life easy for him so he can focus on his goals abroad from to time I send his family some money. Sometimes I tell him how far bro, how U dey hope U dey cope for there. Then I will be like I have small something to send to your family , make them use am guide so the money you don hustle u fit add am pay for your school fees this month and my friend is always grateful.

Sometimes I ask should I send to you and he will say no send to my wife directly make she dey see incase I settle and choose to reward you heavily make she know say U deserve am.

That's me and my friend all the time.

I get like 2m monthly but bro I am not comfortable anything.

I don't live luxury life, I don't dress , I am married with no kid yet, I don't drink or smoke or even keep friends still I am not comfortable, I struggle.

The minimum rent for 2bed in Lagos now cost 2m

Shop rent takes 1.5m.


Transport everyday to work cost me 2-3k

Other bills like Nepa, waste etc I pay double ( in the shop and at home)

I still have to cater for my wife, my mom and other unforseen events and by the time month ends I barely have something to save even with my minimalist lifestyle.

VOsimhen144:
You want to settle down with the love of your life and her family people gave you this bride price list.

What will you do?

This is not real. It's clearly for fun because no tribe is crazy enough to give such list

Islie:
https://punchng.com/full-list-eight-countries-offering-cash-incentives-to-attract-new-residents/

Lol they clearly don't want Blacks. If you apply as a black they see you as a threat to their race superiority. They don't want you to come and interbred and produce black children.

Try apply and see the swiftness in which they will decline your application but let a white skinned fellow apply they will accept it immediately

My own pastor don japa with his family go US since 2024 and only comes back once in a while may 2 or 3 times yearly and zooms back na for large TV screens we dey watch am and shout Amen

Last time he came back he got himself a tattoo

I think the Christians in America needs salvation more than those in Nigeria as the holy spirit moves better in colder climates

SafariHunter:
How can someone make you feel bad for doing good? I was in your friends position once, not drugs just alcohol ,but I never made my friends who made it feel bad, I prayed for mine, took life on and small small man don dey see light. I still have have one guy like that, I know he feels jealous of the fact that I have left the trenches but we were both in there together.

I vividly remember when I suggested we both go to school and change our lives,Baba chop him jamb money twice, I jejely followed through, now I get one small government job, him wan dey come dey do anyhow, Baba I bone am.

See wetin him dey talk about your wife, your man broke the bro code for real, thats violation right there. Baba as you turn your back ,e good.

All I am saying is that it's normal to have survival's guilt but bone any man wey wan bring you down under.

My brother the envy too much and he pass his boundary.

You did the right thing by cutting off the friendship.

I had a childhood friend like that too. We lived in the same compound, grew up together and were considered siblings.

Though he was always hot headed growing up but we were fine.

We grew up in a ghetto in Ajegunle where at a young age we watched bros smoke weed and even send us to buy weed for them. It was normal at the time but growing up I think that experience changed us in different ways.

Some of our friends took to alcohol, cultism and drugs. About 3 became mentally unstable and we stayed far from them


Then in 2010 during the rise of night clubs and lounge in the area, I noticed that this friend of mine started frequenting them and even visiting local brothels. I wasn't the type that goes and stay out late at night so I wasn't going with him.

Fast forward to 2011 dude was already drunk. Taking huge number of alcohol on a daily then in 2012 cross over he started his smoking habits. That was when I decided to give him space.

Fast forward to 2018 our worlds and reality changed. I left the area and when I returned I met a different person entirely.

Joined cult gangs, always partying, drinking and smoking. Even on social media all he does is to talk about sex and tag me to it.

The one that broke the camel's back was when he started making statements that sounded like envy... Statements like " you will have money you will not bring it for us to go and flex it", " mugu drink, no dey do like Jesus" then knowing fully well I just got married he said "mugu this your wife go sweet o"

At that point I knew our worlds and reality has changed. It was no longer healthy for me to be around such person anymore. So my rent was still reading, infact I recently renewed the rent but I had to pack out of that environment entirely, changed my SIM, deactivated my socials and cut off every form of communication with him.

Since 2019 till date I haven't seen or heard from him and it's cool with me

When will house rent inflation drop?

Naya261:
I am planning of travelling to the UK for my Msc programme. My main purpose of travelling is as a means of jakpa not that I really need the Msc. I sold the land i bought in Asaba in 2018 for N22m. I plan to use the money for the tuition fee deposit ( £5,000) and other travel expenses. The complete tuition fee is £15,330. I will study and work in other to pay the remaining balance.

My plan is to remain in the UK and work after my study. Please I need your advice.

I had a similar option. I got the admission and had 20mil in savings with other assets available to sell would have propelled my capital to above 35m. Then I looked at everything critical and choose to stay back and got married within a month of changing my mind.

Several factors informed my decision.

1. I think it's crazy for me to spend so much and still have so much to still pay in school fees when I get there.

2. To me spending every hour working and thinking of bills to pay and also family to send money home is too much pressure for me.

For these reasons I refused to proceed with japa plans and sincerely I don't regret it

This is one thing I love about Lagos.

As an Igbo, Lagos is the only all inclusive state in Nigeria where government treats everyone as equal whether Yoruba, igbo or any tribe.

I schooled in Lagos public schools from primary to secondary and didn't know that waec is not free not until I went to South east for my tertiary education and was shocked to see that people were paying to write waec. All my life I thought waec is free of charge o.

Only problem with Lagos is the divisive politics where tribal slurs are used and that is no thanks to our politicians and some brainless children but aside that, 100 over 100 I will pick Lagos over my state of origin

You call that fight? Man beats a king cobra that slithered into his house mercilessly

In a sane country your highest denomination should feed you for atleast a week but here we are arguing whether a bunch of plantain is cheap or not for 1k

99thEnemy:
Right now, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) is in very high demand. in-fact it tops all others.

Followed by these in no particular order:

Data Engineering

Data Science

Data Analysis

Remove data analysis and science from your list as that is the first sector AI will eradicate. Data analysis plays to the strength of AI. Even at learning stage AI is very good at analysing data. Unless you can be better and faster than AI in that regard.

Govt has no business building malls 😆

Create an enabling environment and private investors will troop in to build those malls and many more.

As an Igbo I am not impressed. These governors should learn from Lagos templates. How many mall's have Lagos state govt built? Private investors built them and many more

We saw this coming

Like INEC like JAMB

I am not disappointed a bit

I keep saying it that unionism is one of the problems in Nigeria and as a govt I would have banned them since.

Key to trading is price competition where I am allowed to sell at my own rate and profit margin but these unions fix the price and kills off all forms of competition.

Especially in south west regions no wonder they barely progress in business because in south east these unions are not effective that is why Igbos have groups of people called Oso Ahia (dropshipping in English). Igbos have competitive prices.

If Emeka imports from USA and sells his goods for 100k, Uchenna can goto the same USA to import his own and sell for 90k, Ebuka can goto china to import his and sell for 60k, Chibuzor can run to India to import his and sell for 50k then Emeka will be forced to review his prices, look for more cheaper suppliers to remain in the competition.

That is how business should be but In south west you have all sorts of stupid unions fixing prices

Barbers association
Market women association
Hairdressers association
Pepper sellers association
Mama put association
Bus drivers association
Orishirishi association

You are not allowed to fix your prices, you are not allowed to operate your business unless you register with their association.

I have seen a friend who is a hairdresser got his generator seized because he isn't in their association.

I have seen someone's pos confiscated because he didn't register to join their stupid association.

No wonder you goto price their market and next thing is they haul insults at you because they are not competitive and they know that the other shops won't reduced their price but an igbo man will keep bargaining with you to make sure you don't leave his shop to get it elsewhere even if it means selling that market for 1k profit he will make sure the deal closes.

I know some of you blinded tribalists will be blinded to my points of view to come argue stupidly when you know the truth

Reminds me of the trauma I just recovered from

A female friend I met on Facebook came to visit me but almost died in my house. It wasn't a funny experience.

So I have been friends this babe online for about 6yrs now. We've been talking on phone very well. This year she needed a job as things have been bad so she reached out to me about looking for a job and I began the search for her.

She got an interview invite close to my side but she lives very far and asked if she could stay over at my place so she can arrive early at the interview venue.

I told my fiancee about it and she approved and asked me to allow her to come around.

She came around on Sunday evening, it was the first time we were meeting after over 6yrs of talking on phone. When she came we gisted and even had to call my fiancee on video call for them to greet.

I am someone who usually sleeps very early so at about 9pm I retired to my room to sleep and left her at the parlour where she was watching a movie by dawn she went for the interview and returned back with high fever and shivering.

I thought it was something mild so I got her paracetamol to drink which she did and slept off. She was too weak to go home and time was already gone so she spent a second night at my place and that was when my nightmare began.

All through the night she was stooling, vomitting with very high fever.

I was so confused, she looked so weak and Fragile, her eyes turning white. I became scared because she was looking weak. There I realized that I didn't know this person. A stranger in my house what if anything happens? I will be in a deep mess and social media will tag me a ritualist that lured a friend from Facebook to kill.

Thoughts filled my heard. I know one cause of casualty for someone with severe diarrhea and vomiting is loss of bodily fluid so I quickly gave her oral drip (salt and water) to replenish lost body fluids.

She kept drinking and vomitting, it was midnight I couldn't raise alarm and besides it's a compound I recently moved in.

It was morning and she was still very sick. Let's goto the hospital she refused, let me call a nurse she refused.

The stooling and vomiting only became intense, I suspected it was cholera and quickly rushed to a pharmacist to explain her symptoms. She gave me a pack of oral drips, some antibiotics and some drugs which I brought to her.

She refused to still take the drugs. I had to find eba and wrapped the drugs inside then fed her myself which was a struggle.

On day 5 she gained small strength and was strong enough to leave.

She left the house and I was relieved.

What would I have said if it went beyond that?

My fiancee where she is was already panicking because we didn't know this person except from Facebook.

I learnt a lesson and will never allow a stranger into my house again.

U go use mouth chop am finish worse if u have kids

See this business if you don't have enough capital hovering over 2m to go into it big and Stack up goods immediately anything is sold you will lose

1. First the business is mostly favourable to wholesalers who sell in cartons and quickly go and replace them (reason I suggested 2m)

2. The profit is laughable. You can buy a carton of biscuit for 4k and hoping to make profit of ₦100 from each carton. If you are not selling in bulk and choose to sell one one before you finish selling no 3 may happen

3. You have various enemies like rats, cockroaches and even breeze. Most especially if a rat enters your store it could wipe off both your capital and profit in a day by damaging your goods. Some mitigate this by putting cats inside the store but what about breeze and ants?

4. If you have small children your own is finished. They will eat and drink your profit before you breath. You will think your husband is understanding but e go shock u say Na from your store children school snacks will be taken from before and after school. Oga will be pleased to get that burden off his wage bill

5. I will stop here. You will be surprised to see that from your purse everyday you are using your own savings to support the business. Even house upkeeping money oga gives to you.

I am not discouraging you ooooo but if you are not going big with at least ₦2,000,000 for wholesale sales be sure that your husband is supportive and the type that will be ready to inject more funds into the business when empty cartons and shelves are rising faster that actual goods

My 2 cents

Fiscus105:
If u married, i pity the woman in your house, .. ...."for she married one of beasts in man form. Such woman only leaving in bondage called marriage.

Meanwhile, why should you even married with mindset that the marriage will not last.

Anyway, I have diagnosed and also told you, ur problem in my last comment.

Bye.

You are a fool. You are calling someone advocating for court marriage a beast? Like I said you have brain but reason through your anus.

Only beasts like you avoid court marriage because you want to hide under tradition to use and dump someone's daughter, abuse her and leave her with nothing.

I am a liberal, I believe in fairness, equity and Justice that is why I will toll the legal path to protect but myself and my wife with the law.

But fools like you seek for slaves not wives.

Reason before you talk. No dey open mouth waaaa like Mumu for public

Fiscus105:
What's correlation of wedding with story u narrated? Hope u re not a toxic man oo.

Shut up. If it was a court marriage they had that man dared not abandon her and the kids.

You have brain but don't reason

Realashbobby:
Dear Nairalander,

How do you cope with your life after your spouse failed you and took the whole matter to the worse level by seeking for divorce?

I woke up everyday of my life in the past nine months thinking about this man. I heard he has moved on in Lagos, while I am still here bothering myself about him. This is the only man I have ever known in my life. He just left without looking back not even to check on his son.
What can I do to forget him totally?

I am down emotionally and it's affecting me.

Kindly advise.

This is where I get angry at ladies and parents that force in-laws to do elaborate church wedding that doesn't protect them or their daughters when what they should be pushing for is court wedding.

I have had serious arguments with ladies who insist that they cannot marry a man that insist that there will be no white wedding.

Whenever I hear a girl say that or their parents say that I shake my head and marvel at their ignorance.

I lost a good friend of mine because of her abusive husband. This man so tortured her emotionally and ended up sending her packing empty handed after years of labouring and suffering with the man, he decided that she wasn't good enough when money came.

My friend went back to her parents house empty and died from frustration after 5yrs.

I remember their elaborate white and traditional marriage all for nothing since her experience I vowed never to allow my daughters marry any man that is not willing to bind the marriage legally.

To hell with white wedding, you can skip it but you must go-to marriage registry and seal the union with my daughters.

Earlier we realize that it is only the court that protects wife's right in the country the better. An average Nigerian man is domineering and has the tendencies that traditional men have.

Abusive and egocentric like what we watch in nollywood where at the slightest provocation the man throws the lady's bags out shouting leave my house, at slightest provocation he hits her, at slightest provocation in-laws meddle in their lives. The court brings checks and balances.

If you misbehave there are consequences both the man and the woman must behave themselves and make their home work else there is a law waiting to punish the guilty party.

God bless lagos state for this.

Those retail gas operators I fear for them everyday


You will see them inside their shop surrounded with gas cylinders and they will be making calls. Even going to fill my cylinder I give it to them and stay faraway until they are done.

Last year I witness a gas explosion 10 buildings away but the blast was so loud that it shattered glasses of buildings around. Even my building shook.

We came out to see dead bodies packed like sardine. Just one cylinder that exploded cause that harm how much more when more than one explodes.

Make we no see bad things o

Resisting pressure from my family to join the japa wave is my biggest win in 2023.

Good governance is not by building humongous projects.

Mr Gov do the little things that have the greatest impacts on the lives of lagosians first.

The inner roads are terrible. 80% of streets roads in lagos are in terrible conditions. If we cant drive out of our houses of what use is this 4th mainland bridge or the blue line or red line?


I know some hediots will come and talk rubbish under my comment but that's your headache.

Fix the goddamned state roads first. Fix the streets