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PMForce:
US President Donald Trump said that Venezuela would turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil to the US.

The “interim authorities” of Venezuela will be turning over the “high quality, sanctioned oil to the United States of America,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

I wonder what is worse: watching a toddler take control of a jet, or Trump as president?

PresidentMUGABE:
Fatima Atiku Abubakar, first daughter of former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has officially joined the African Democratic Congress, ADC.

The former Commissioner of Health, Adamawa State was received into the party in Abuja on Monday.

The medical professional turned politician registered and received her party membership card at her ward in the Wuse area of the nation’s capital.

The FCT Chairman of ADC, Chief Clement Oba Ehigiator, AMAC chairman of the party and other stakeholders were present at the event.

She expressed excitement to join the party housing the coalition of opposition leaders plotting President Bola Tinubu’s removal in 2027.

This is allegedly. I doubt there's any truth in this.

Let's wait and see.

Someone like VDM can easily make 100m monthly through social media if he decides to taking monetization seriously. There was a day he was on Tiktok and the gifts flowing in every minute was astounding. He does not take monetizing his contents seriously. He is more interested in assisting people than making money.

So, accusing him of stealing is bewildering.

What I find bizarre is that he should fund a quest related to what he does online which is to find for the rights of people rather the public education.

He should set up an NGO whose job is to free people awaiting trial. I'm certain he could free thousands yearly. Many have spent years awaiting justice which has never come.

Donations would pour in so much and he won't know what to do with it. Any successful case he does and posted online would go viral, encouraging more donation

He is wasting his time with public education.

They will lose by a landslide, if I may add, all down to Trump!

He knows it's basically a vote against him, a vote against his bunker busting blunders since he has been there.

The world economy would pick up if that happens.

What may save Trump is if the US Supreme Court rules his tariffs unconstitutional, which means all tariff increases by him will scrapped. This would give the US economy a big boost which may accidentally benefit Trump. He will definitely take credit for any boost it gives.

pheezylyon:
You self I won learn too abeg I won dea Ur dm

Those are bad domain names. Don't make the same mistake.com

Learner47:
People don't want to read from page one to get the basics but they can afford to do 5yrs in Uni, 2 yrs Masters, 5years PhD 1 year nysc, 6 years primary school, 6 years secondary school. Yet, something that can change your financial trajectory forever you don't want to commit a year to learn. Some will complain of food, all these years spent on other things where did the food come from. Yet sometimes those other things, still didn't change your finances after all the years.

Instead of looking for shortcut, you can read smartly with dedication..for example read the intro to get the basics...skip to where the sales were hot..I too, didn't read the whole thread, but I read well enough, about 4 months or thereabout consistently before regging a name. Or choose some pros, and follow all their post.

What I have realised is that in your rush to start, you will buy worthless domain names, and when you have difficulty selling them, you will now start reading from page one.

That is how life works for a lot of people. Call it the school of hard knocks. You learn through from your mistakes.

lordhemmy:
Please I need to learn outbound correctly. I have just started domain business in March, 2025 and i bought some names

HealthImperative.com
DigitalValleys.com
TrippleCare.com
CreekGame.com
BlueridgeShop.com
VisuallyTech.com
AgentLingua.com
AgentAbsolute.com
AgentCustomer.com
VoyagerAgent.com

I haven't gotten any major sales, the highest was $40 for HealthYours.com, others like newwebspace and flippedpro $25 each, others like digitalfoyer and guarantee agent $16 each

I'm thinking of doing outbound but I noticed that I don't know much about it at all.

I got these around october
iNFTBlockchain.com
Valiantry.com
FitnessEmbodied.com

I got these last month
Xylobot.com
GamoChain.com
ConvexPay.com
GenyxBio.com


I don't mind coming to your WhatsApp for mentorship.

I will be glad if I can work things out, salvage by selling most of them to buy better names

Your names I must be honest with you aren't good.

I would have suggested you accept the offers you've gotten so far, and use it to buy new names.

Target names linked to geos and a type of service like miamicarrentals.com, manhattanflorist.com, manhattandentals.com and so on. People who live in those city and provide those services would like to purchase a domain name related to those services.

It is the easiest way to get started.

AboutMarty:
Mailsuite

I Mailsuite good? Ikepromotions said it is good. I just want a second opinion before I take the plunge.

A thief is a thief.

I am certain he gets a pension in the country he lives. Pensions take a good chunk of the budget of many developed nations.

brain54:
Fishing for sentiments...

Did you agree or did you agree not to give anyone 35% of rivers money at any point?

You can't fool all the people all the time!

Some contracts are not worth keeping.

Keeping to such can even put the governor in trouble. This is a win-lose situation.

brain54:
Just say body of a woman...


Which one is "igbo" woman again na. Why the stress on igbo? And "another " have they been other incidents or targets on them?

All in the bid to create sensational headlines.

Rip to her!

I too wondered about the 'Igbo' emphasis.

Even if this was the second case of an Igbo woman being killed, it shouldn't wary the bias so early.

Nevertheless, not be too quick to judge that the poster had bad intentions.

It's the courage to carry it out is what leaves me in awe!!!

This might be more common than we think in Italy.

Back in the 1990s, it was common for siblings to share passports to japa. It was difficult for the immigration officers to differentiate blacks face. It's like a Chinese mam uses his brothers passport to travel down to Naija.

However, they caught on to this. At the immigration in Heathrow airport, there are lots of black officers there now. The last time I travelled in 2020, an immigration officer who was Igbo (I'm not hating the tribe) threatened to deport my dad who had medical issues (dementia). A white officer was wondering what all the fuss was about. Pray you don't come across one of those. Many are as nasty as Badenoch to prove themselves worthy of the post.

I had to call my sister who is British before they let us go. She must have wasted at least 30minutes of our time

"Daddy, I'm broke, please send me some cash"

"What, you're broke! Please manage this $40,000."

Are present position as a commissioner is way below her station in life!

Kaczynski:
Putting immigrants on welfare is a bad idea . They will take it for granted.

I doubt these statistics.

It really depends on what these "welfare support" are.

An Obi-kwankaso mix seems to be a match made in heaven, especially one supported by OBJ. Hate him or like him, many have a grudging respect for OBJ. His endorsement of Obi is probably down to his relative clean image compared to either Atiku and Tinubu.

Kwankwaso is well respected among Hausas and his ability for his underling to become the governor of Kano state despite stiff competition from Ganduje speaks volume of his popularity.

Should Tinubu be scared? Yes. What are his chances of winning the coming elections? Still very high.

The numbers for some countries are exaggerated due to smuggling

There are 4 listed:

1. Iran
2. Iraq
3.Algeria
4. Libya

Subsidised fuels makes it immensely profitable to smuggle it to neighbouring countries where they are sold at market prices.

It's a good thing Tinubu ended the subsidies here.

Pride is before a fall, and a haughty spirit before stumbling.

Hin go hear wen!

PlushyRealtor:
What does “NGX Market Cap crosses ₦100 trillion” mean?
NGX = Nigerian Exchange (the Nigerian stock market)
Market Capitalization (Market Cap) = the total value of all companies listed on the stock exchange
So when people say:
“NGX Market Cap has crossed ₦100 trillion”
It means:
👉 If you add up the value of every company listed on the Nigerian stock market, the total is now over ₦100 trillion.
How is market cap calculated? (Very simple)
For each company:
Share price × Total number of shares = Company value
Then:
All company values combined = NGX Market Cap
Why is this important?
It shows the stock market is growing
Companies’ share prices have gone up
Or new big companies joined the market
It reflects inflation & naira devaluation
Because the naira has weakened, asset prices (shares) look higher in naira terms
So part of this growth is nominal, not pure wealth creation
Investors are moving money into stocks
People prefer stocks to cash because cash is losing value
Big investors (local & foreign) are hedging against inflation
Does it mean Nigerians are suddenly richer?
❌ Not necessarily
The economy is still under pressure
Many people are struggling
A lot of the increase is:
Inflation-driven
Currency-driven
Concentrated in a few big companies (banks, cement, telecoms)
Simple analogy
Imagine you own land bought for ₦5 million in 2015.
Today, because of inflation, it’s worth ₦30 million.
👉 You didn’t add new land
👉 The value just adjusted to inflation
That’s similar to what’s happening in the stock market.

I like the A B C way you handled this.

meobizy:
Short answer: no.

Long answer: no.

Any reason? Or do you feel local supermarket chains like Ebeano or Blenco should take over?

I was stunned a few days ago when I went to Shoprite at the Ikeja Mall and met it closed. A lady had already mentioned it on NL but now confirmed it with my eyes.

The Nigerian buyers had messed up.

I feel the government should invite them back. Perhaps, offer them a 5 years tax holiday.

I thought they left the country due to the difficulty of sourcing forex during Buhari's government but I was told otherwise. A source here on Nigeria stated that they left in order to concentrate on South Africa. They were also withdrawing from other African countries for that reason.

It's a shame they had to go. It's an icon the country can't miss. If they have to be bribed through tax breaks to return, that won't be bad.

They created lots of jobs, directly and indirectly. My family's house it at Alausa, Ikeja, just 7 minutes walking distance. My street has been transformed, with hotels everywhere, and with executive flats springing up to cater to highly paid employees.

They were a job creating machine.

So, what's your take? Should they be encouraged and bribed to come back? I feel they should. However, if they withdrew for the purpose of focusing on their home market, South Africa, it would be a hard sell.

Please drop your comments.

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Tinubu is in very big trouble.

He has to cope with two demons: under production of crude oil locally and falling oil prices.

That leaves a massive hole in the budget.

The budget was too ambitious in the first place. Any economist worth his salt would tell you so.

As I have said earlier, Tinubu wants to get re-elected using his achievements in his first term. The huge amount to be spent on capital project is testament to that.

The Governors are pleased with his achievements so far. The ending of the fuel subsidies and floating of the Naira has filled the state coffers with money. He has also promised to fix the lopsided federation sharing formula which benefits the federal gocernment to the disadvantage of the states and local governments.

He has the Governors on his side. It remains the masses.

The ambitious spending program is to get the masses in the bag.

Already, it is certain he would win.

With 30 Governors on his side, the prospect of achieving the necessary 25% threshold in 25 states is certain.

saphiere:
Post the people deported from Nigeria let's see.
I have never heard that Nigeria deported someone before

They did so to some Indians some time back.

I'm sure they deport many yearly.

Google is your friend.

Canada for pity those wey come from Haiti.

That country is a real sheethole. There's anarchy.

I wonder what Romanians are looking for in Canada. Their EU memberships gives them to ability to work in any EU country like Germany, Austria, Belgium and so on.

Killing of those Venezuelan soldiers may haunt many of the American officers for life.

The soldiers killed probably hated the government as much as other Venezuelans. They were just doing their job.

It seems the takeover was done in such a way as to minimise human casualties.

I remember the day Abacha died. There was celebration all around. There were police officers shooting into the air out of joy.

Some people are cursed to be poor for life.

That's definitely going to be the lot of the "errand boy."

I doubt the adulterer would fair any better.

Tutsis and their pronounced foreheads.

Many ethnic groups from the Hotn have pronounced foreheads.

Lexzeey:
In every family there's these uncles and aunts who knows nothing about you, they don't even know your name sometimes or how you survived into adulthood but feels you owe them allegiance whenever they see you.

first off I know it's an African thing to always respect people older than you, and before you crucify me I am also an adult now with his own adult life, I keep to myself and I don't force people to respect me as respect is earned.

A family member died and we all came back for it, coupled with the holidays, the whole extended family was present including some of those in diaspora, I'm an introvert so I keep to myself, I generally greeted everyone when I came and sat in my corner.

Then there's this useless Cockatoo who drank free beer until his brains froze, first he kept talking about yahoo boys, how they dress a certain way, how they do all sorts to be rich, how they kill people to be rich, they both with soap gotten from herbalist, they don't go to work yet they're living fine, they have cars at a young age etc.

Now when you're talking and you don't call my name trust me I won't answer you. Even if it's obvious you're talking about me, and from all indication this man was talking about me, one my mom is dead, two I earn online and don't physically go to work, third I am not begging I'm doing okay, but I still didn't pay him any mind, then he indirectly started talking about how they don't respect people enough, he was so pained for some reason and condescending.

I just got up and went to a shop outside our family house, as I was buying something this weyrey came, I got what I wanted and turned to leave and that was when I felt it, waaam at my back, this guy slapped me on my back, then he asked me directly, didn't you see me? Don't you know I'm your uncle?

I lost it, and like a reflex I slapped him back hard it was a resounding slap, he staggered backwards, and my cousins held me, before I know it has spread that I just slapped uncle whatever his name is, what's painful is everyone blamed me, for being disrespectful and suddenly it didn't matter what he did, I'm somehow supposed to attone for it.

this man didn't know how I survived till adulthood, not even a penny of his went into my upbringing, I don't know why he felt I owe him respect and allegiance, even if I did, why does he have to go about it that way.

The fault is entirely yours.

You must give off a proud, arrogant "I no send you " image to your relatives or to some of them. Character is like smoke, you can't hide it.

I had problems with some entitled relations when growing up. My dad's oldest living sister was extremely entitled. To get the picture of what I'm saying, her daughter, my dad's niece, wrote to my when he was a struggling student in England, complaining that, had he not married, he would have been able to assist her. My mum came across the letter.

I bore a huge grudge against my dad's sister due to my mum's dislike of her. She caught unto my dislike for her and once asked me why did I hate her?

You need to stop giving off an "I don't owe you anything" attitude. It screams hostility.

Read Matthews 5:45-53.

Bonab:
It is like the more civilised a society is the more selfish their citizens becomes. Everybody starts pursuing what does not benefit the society, in the name wokeness.

The problem with South Korea is that they have long working hours and kids go through a very competitive education system that sucks the life out of their parents.

Long working hours and ultra competitive education curriculum are the main drivers of the plummeting birth rates.

Nevertheless, couples in advanced countries nowadays don't want too many kids. The max is 2 for most. Even in developing countries, where children enrolment is high, and family planning is encouraged, birth rates have plummeted towards the replacement rate of 2.1 or below.

Nigeria lack of widespread family planning enlightment is why the average woman here is births 4.5 kids.

In the 1960s, Singapore launched "Stop at Two" campaign. This worked incredibly well that by the 1980s, that it reached the target and even went below it.

Today in Singapore, it's about 1.1 children per woman. They too are encouraging more women to have more but they aren't listening.

They're now compelled to bring in loads of foreigners to fill in jobs. 36% of people living in Singapore are foreigners with permanent residence permits.

Oludiary:
Story...
You get right as a Nigerian?

Meanwhile,What happened to Nairaland?...Before I went to Jail in the UAE in 2022, there were over 5m registered members and the site was buzzing with people like wesse90, osas etc.But now everywhere just dry with just 3m members.abeg make Una reason me.

Which yeye 5m?

Anyways, AI is working 247 to delete any post it "deems questionable."

So, it is subjective. You post is immediately deleted and a 30 minutes ban no posting is placed on you.

Why are people making noise over her certificate which isnt the elephant in the room.

The elephant in the room are the lamentable economic policies of Buhari which she lacked the power to end

Though I don't support the invasion of Venezuela, I wonder who wrote this for Kamara Harris.

She knows next to nothing about international relations.