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chiagozien:
What concerns me in your Nigeria election?

Chigozie okay. Make I dey look you.

chiagozien:
That's if I about your Nigeria election like you.
😂😂🤣🤣🤣

So get ready to do it with Soyinka🤣🤣😂

How was election in Anambra yesterday? We learnt that Peter Obi lost his ward and Polling Unit. There was also massive vote buying allegedly for 30k. So, una dey rig elections for SE and una dey point finger give INEC. E no pure na. Una no get mouth to condemn INEC again.

Cos all of una keep silent now as if nothing sup, if if na North or South this thing happen, una no go let us rest for internet, you know?

chiagozien:
That's if I about your Nigeria election like you.
😂😂🤣🤣🤣

So get ready to do it with Soyinka🤣🤣😂

Lol 😂😂😂

Na only that Nigeria got give you your Biafra you know

kokoA:
but if dem convict am now wetin he go do? Let's be honest.

He go call Chiagozien to riot on the streets of Agulu

dederocs:
Do we care about us?

Unfortunately, No. Our policy makers don't care. But I will still chose my country over foreign force coming in without diplomatic agreement.

dederocs:
Every reasonable good Nigerian should be happy we are getting help, the jihadists are the ones that should be worried.

The point is, they don't care about us. They don't care about Christians, there are Christians in other countries being bombed by US weapons. The insurgency didn't start today, 20 years ago, and we have been overwhelmed for more than 10 years. At à point under GEJ US refused to sell weapons to Nigeria to fight which led to black market purchase in SA that embarrassed the country.
Under the smokescreen of stopping "Christian Genocide" is a clandestine neo-colonialist agenda or aim.
Now if they genuinely wanted to help, US had before Niger kicked them out a military base drone strike center in Agadez, if they truly wanted to help us, they have Africom, we never felt any sort of assistance or collaboration from them. They didn't use these resources to help us in the last 20 years, all of a sudden. We became a darling, and our Christians in Nigeria suddenly became important to Trump, and Nigeria need to be saved urgently. I'm not buying it.


They could use drone to bomb Boko Haram and bandits terrorists by just calling the president and informing him of the need to neutralize those existential threat to our nation.

Some American citizens were kidnapped in Yobe State years ago, the US came in, neutralized all the skinnies terrorists and took away their citizens. They had left before we got wind of the info. They know the terrorists and their hide outs, use drones and bombs on them. But don't come to Calabar , Lagos or Warri to set up base, you can assist from your war ships in the ocean bomb enemies hide outs and vamoose. My own take

dederocs:
Will you join the army and fight?

By the way US did not say they are coming to fight Nigeria, or are you a jihadist?

They will soon be here. The reality will play out and all questions will have clear answers before our eyes.

abc115:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5596076-trump-g20-summit-south-africa/

He will be shock when in 2026, other world leaders refuse to attend Us hosted G20 summit because of Us and Israel complicities in the Genocider and mass murders going on in Palestine.

Emu4life:
Okay! Trump is against Genocide in Nigeria and South Africa but he is giving Isreal Billions of US tax payers Dollars to perpetuate Genocide in Gaza.

The Dumbest White Man ever

He is not dumb, he is evil, devilish and has a mind of Lucifer. Him and his partner in genocide, Satanyahu.

saintokwuluora:
All you have said ends here...ask Maduro the arsenal Trump has station in his front door and backyard, from ranting to begging, Maduro has not slept for weeks,. Tinubu lover, that is what you wiah for him, abi? Meanwhile Venezuelas strategic partners China and Russia are looking the other side, most they can do is to condemn US actions in strongest terms, dassol. Iran is a witness.

Na you dey rant here. Who told you US is not here already? They should bring it on. They are world bully. The way they are disgraced in Afghanistan and always lying to cause war, that same strategy is what they want to do in Nigeria. They will come and steal resources and solve no security problem till they have their fill of our oil and leave in a hurry again. Leaving behind a more serious insecurity than the one they vow to want to end initially.

AqualinaXYZ:
Any day Tinubu go leave office or die ehnn




The remarks Nigerian politicians will make about him will be worse than that of Buhari



His biggest criticism will come from wike



Mark this comment

You think he cares about your criticism or that of Wike of anybody?

kettykin:
This is getting very interesting, does anyone have an idea of how lopsided countries end up. I saw a whole North East scoring 0 and south east scoring less than 10% even North West is less than the average of 17%. No region got 15% aside SW.

Well, an average SE can complain about this, but no Northerner should come and rant for us, we saw how PMB concentrated all development and construction 🏗️🚧 to the North as a norther president while ignoring what happens anywhere else, except the completion of Lagos Ibadan rail and express, what did the West got out of Buhari? Even appointment favoured the north more. So what is this one saying. The mallam should rest, we didn't question your Buhari and you thought was it's all good so far it's Buhari doing it. He should apply same for Tinubu. Person wey talk say him Mama no go sleep, him ma sef him mind no go touch ground

AbelAbdul:
It's lucrative if you do it yourself

God bless your hustle. I still believe Ehailing is better. By the time you have enough customers, you will switch to hiring and offline engagement s

Dlemy:
The weekend is here again, contact us today.

How is business going sir?
You should be well grounded now and be able to offer experience and advise.

How would you rate your experience so far?

Brainbox0806:
I've been a member of the Uber partner thread for some years now, I started from reading for fun then fell in love with the hustle.... so I ventured into the business 3 years ago, all strategies that kick-started the business were derived from here. I hate to fail, hence I always do my DD very well before embarking on any business so I abandoned my personal car at home then bought a big daddy to test the waters, I registered on Uber/Bolt platforms and drove for like 6 months in my free time.



Having gathered enough experience I supposed, I bought four cars (very sound Local used) to start the business, things were going normal then i bought additional 4 to complement my quest for financial freedom via e-hailing. Within the space of seven months I already bought 15 cars all from my savings literally because I couldn't account for where the previous gains were going per se but I was hoping for better days but my hopes kept dashing away.

My goal was to use the cars for a year period then resell all of them before they start falling apart, for example buy a car for 3m, make 1.2m profit in a year, use 200k for revamping, then sell back for 3m

To shorten the story, I was really overwhelmed by the severe headache in the business, ranging from bad drivers, unfaithful mechanic, traffic law enforcement, police and so on. I became a frequent visitor to the police stations and lastma, this was taken toll on my mental & general health, I'm this easy going person but the business changed my personality to a trouble maker kind of, you know that agbero lifestyle, wether someone is looking for my trouble or not I was always on the edge to spill fire, always feeling so edgy, wether they (drivers) are communicating with me in a cool or harsh manners,my words are always fire and full of anger. I became so paranoid, so bitter because those devourers just don't wish me well.

NB: I handled this business all alone, visitation to the guarantors, verification, inspections are all done by me alone, I believe that was the reason I was having a constant breakdown. Then my mechanic started selling my own vehicles parts to me, like removing my coils (even if I put marks on them to differentiate mine) and whenever I'm not on ground selling same coils to my driver's, sabotaging the cars to constantly extort me and the drivers.

I feel worried whenever I see calls from the drivers because they never called for any good reasons, either to have me send money to them for repairs that occurred through sabotaging far away from my location intentionally or to visit the lastma/ police that seized the car. most of the repairs they call for are fakes and it's just to extort me so they can use same foe weekly remittance.

Two cars were totalled while in operation, both are due to drunk drivers. I got a call from a drunk driver around past 12am, he could hardly express himself well on the phone, he mumbled : trailer hit me, i left the car on the road, I shouted Jesus my heart skipped so fast. I asked him to get the car off the road at least, he said he can't because he was afraid of vandalizer not to attack him, then he said: my mummy will buy you another car.. mogbe.. I couldn't sleep well all through the night. By 5am I rushed to the accident scene, car has been removed off the road by the police to the station causing multiple accidents because the drunkard didn't put a c caution or at least put on the hazard lights. I was detained at the police station because two of the cars involved are luxurious ones, drunk driver had bolted and a visit to his house and that of his guarantors wasn't fruitful. It was a messy one for me.

My method of operation: you are to pay 50k for caution fee before giving you the car then subsequent 30k weekly for rental fee, 50/50 repair fee between drivers and owner, any damage incurred by the driver will be fixed by him. Unfortunately some of the damages incurred by my drivers saw to the end of some of the cars, like engine damage caused by driving in the flood, damaged gear box because the driver didn't bother to gauge the oil or due to oil leakage etc.

Only four of the drivers were so responsible,you don't need to call them before payment, the rest you will have to call, threatening them continually before they pay, it was so draining.. One morning, I woke up with irregular heart beat and I said to my self, enough is enough. I accepted that I've failed and I decided to move on, I decided to sell the remaining 13 cars of which almost all of them were in a bad condition due to a constant use or badly used even though we service them monthly. Having decided that I was going to stop the business, I started using the remittance received from the business to repair two cars at a time then sell off, I continued that way until I sold 11, remaining two with a damaged engine parked in my compound. By this way, I incurred little or no loss capital wise but imagine what I would have gained if I had invested the money in bonds or treasury bills.

Insurance (compherensive) was very helpful but they were also overwhelmed by the constant accidents reports and one (mutual benefits) decided not to partner with me any further while other increase their fee.

I won't advise anyone against this business but make sure you are ready physically, mentally before embarking on it. Set out your rules. One of the challenges I faced was to get a car ready n fit for another driver after a failed partnership with a bad driver who would have damaged the car very badly and his caution fee can't afford the repair.

If I have to do this again in year 2024(rental), these are the things to consider:


1. Insure the car ( compherensive)
2. 150k/200kk for caution fee
When caution fee is exhausted, retrieve your car
3. 50k for weekly fee
4. Only have small numbers of fleet you can manage, because you will be vulnerable and easily overwhelmed, one car, one headache
5 don't depend or expect much responsibility from the guarantors, most of them are poor.
6. Select your drivers carefully, some of them are drug addicts, gamblers and womaniser. I've had to retrieve a car from a hotel where the driver lodge with an olosho but refused to pay rent for three weeks.
7. Inspect your car weekly or bi weekly
8. Avoid familiarity with your mechanic, be ready to change him at any time and avoid him buying parts for you to prevent sabotaging, buy your own parts your self.
9. Install tracker to enforce shutdown of the car
10 avoid amateurs/novice drivers, some of them only know how to move the car forward, they don't listen to the car functionality or know the warning signs on the dashboard. A driver knocked my engine because he doesn't know the oil spillage logo on the dashboard

I wish you all the very best

Thanks for taking time to do this. Sorry for your losses. At least you learnt some valuable business lessons that will be handy by next business try.

My question is that, comparing your experience when you drove just your car to test the business for 6 months. Would you say it's better to just have a car drive it yourself make some profit to cater for family needs instead of having fleets?

Ezeama400:
Bigotry haven't allowed you to Unite your country, it's United Africa you are clamouring for.. The joke is on you

Shukudi calm down na. You can't unite what does not want to be united. Abi you no wan Biafra again?

Ezeama400:
https://punchng.com/us-lawmakers-urge-sanctions-on-miyetti-allah-others-over-alleged-religious-violations/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAN4pKlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeOeSPoTo3XMi_lci5IKtxnRyoJWrC-rxEVIe5mqxVO_MVzurrqiG2XUxuV20_aem_yml4fuPjZd5VmsxNSVCvuw

Nlfpmod Nlfpmod

This is good. And I happy to hear that there might me a pin point target of camps of insurgents, Boko Haram and bandits. This will end the insecurity in the country in 1 year

Brendaniel:
So the killings should continue?

He is only telling you there will be far more killings and insecurities as a result of the invasion. This time not north alone, the south too. That position is what you need to respond too not asking another question that you know the answer to already

Sifte:
You want to exploit the suffering of people to claim asylum. The real people that needs asylum is Evang Dachomo and his people and all the persecuted. He might not even take it

What does he do?

SeverusSnape:
The Chinese should take the backseat please.

China wey selfish pass devil, You can never benefit anything from them, Let them try giving out the kind of aids and assistance that the US gives before they can even have an opinion.

Trade is better than Aid. Everytime, everyday and all year round, Trade over Aid.

BlackViper:
Imagine committing a criminal offence on October 7th 2023 and crying because you were made to face the consequences of your offence.

What a world we live in where honesty and intelligence no longer matter

Give them their country and let them be on their own, as the Israelis are. And we won't be here talking about any conflict. It's simple as ABC. But No. They are the lab rats to test una blood thirsty killer weapons.

Brendaniel:
Read and help yourself...

https://www.nairaland.com/8554458/donald-trump-come-save-us/5#137362847

That was to protect their embassy and staffs. Not to stop civil war in Liberia. Just 21 marines, and you call that an intervention?

Don't give the glory of Nigeria and Ecowas to US just because you need a Visa and want to be seen as woke

Brendaniel:
The Nigerian citizens don't trust the government of Tinubu to resolve the security issues facing Nigeria...




All the countries you mentioned are all Islamic countries, is Nigeria an Islamic country? You refused to mention countries like Liberia that U.S intervention has brought peace to till date...

So if the Nigerian government cannot protect its citizens then people should keep dying abi?

Look at the way you people reason, tribalism and religious bias makes you people throw common sense and logic away

There was no US intervention in Liberia. It was Ecowas intervention led Nigeria. Not only in Liberia, it happened in Sierra Leone too. US did not intervene in both countries cos they have no oil. It's not an Islamic thing, it's a resource thing. And US always damage those countries more before leaving in disgrace. Thank you

commoditiesnig:
Gbam! So many ignorant folks on NL

They are not ignorant, majority of them are obidense Ipob-ian-tic ESN Monday Sir at home and Ekpa Massob elements, for them the loss of the election means Nigeria can never be great again. Everything about Nigeria is doomed. Nothing good can come out of the country because they can not hold the country to ransom by their ideas and ethnic needs.

If these policies are embarked upon by GEJ or Okonjo Iweala, the internet will be flooded with praise of the duo by these elements

Mandate1:
The elite who benefit from this govt will always support her bad policies.

Tarrif is to discourage importation according to them, but what happens from the domestic side of manufacturing and selling cheaper to tame import? Rice importation that was banned, how far did we go?

Fuel imported from far away countries selling and competing cheaply with local product, isn't that economic suicide? Same crude we export to other countries, we no import and sell even comparatively to locally produced. Isn't this an obvious indictment on our producers that they are our major problem?

A country devoted to building comprador bourgeoisies as against national builders will continue to suffer.

Nigeria is irredeemable.

As for me, I support the policy. Not to put Dangote Refinery at advantage but to save us from spending the dollars we don't have on fuel imports so that the naira can gain a bit more strength. Most importantly, our rich and influential people needs to enter refinery business especially the modular refinery for those who have limited capital. State governments can come together to build a refinery through Public Private partnership, the private sector manages it and the profit is shared like NLNG model. I believe this will reduce the chances of Dangote becoming a Monopoly.

Emmy000seun:
When matter that is popular like the isreal and hamas issues, then we need to ask ourself a simple question which is who started the whole shenanigans?? If hamas has not kidnapped and kill people just at their boundary with isreal will Israel launch any attack in the first place?..the answer is capital NO.. to make it clearer the way isreal eliminate their (Hamas) leader shows they(isreal)know their modus operandi even before they(Hamas) launch the deadly massacre..
In short i believe in sincerity and human treatment towards our fellow human.. because at the end of the day all religions will taste death and we all go to the durst the same way..so we need to be fair in our doings and judgement... remain bless

Una know the truth, una no go ever talk truth. But una go dey shout God God up and down, small truthfulness and viewing issues holistically, na wahala.

When it's not robbery or stealing, people go just wake up and attack? Ask questions, do research and analyze conflicts with open mindedness. Peace 🕊️

okito:
I am a Christian and I intend to remain so, for the rest of my life.

But how do I view religion?

The same Europeans who brought Christianity to us, brought slavery - the worst of man's inhumanity to man. What about colonialism?

The Arabs brought Islam and out of Islam, extremist groups like Alqueda, Boko Haram etc sprang up. Not forgetting the violent Islamic conquest in Nigeria from North to South by Uthman Dan Fodio.

So, for me I have decided whether anyone professes Christianity or Islam, it means nothing to me. It's the humanity in them that counts.

God bless you.

The islamic Muslim that does suicide bombing, the crusading Christian that drops bombs on children and women and defends it as their Gods prophesy, they all have no humanity in them and belongs to the same class of bigotry and extremism.

Emmy000seun:
If not for some religion extremist, and politician trying to break us through religious line, interreligious relationship has been so good in Nigeria except the northerners.. imagine alfa dancing with his Quran..but let his other extremist brother saw the video now, dey will claim it's Aram..

What you said is true 💯. But you are also culpable. Didn't you rejoice, happy and defend the murder of innocent women and children in Palestine under the Israeli Occupying Army led by Lucifer Satanyahu himself? Believing it's God will or prophecy or some sort of Christian Jihad?

So, how una take better pass northerners?

You no holy pass them abeg.

joyteachdaily:
Last week, something happened in my class that left me thinking deeply about parenting and discipline.

I gave my students homework on Friday, to be submitted on Monday. Come Monday, I noticed one of them quietly scribbling away in class. I walked closer and yes, she was writing the same homework I gave days ago.

When I asked her, she denied it immediately. Boldly. Without blinking. I felt disappointed, not just because she didn’t do the homework, but because she lied.

So, I raised my voice a little (in love, not in anger), and told her to kneel outside the class for lying. No beating. No insults. Just correction.

The next day, her mother stormed the school.
“Why did you bully my child?” she asked.
I was stunned.
Bully? Because I corrected her child for lying and doing homework in class?

That moment made me realize something. Many parents today don’t want teachers to correct their children, yet they still expect those same children to grow into disciplined adults.

Dear parents,
When you defend your child’s wrongs instead of addressing them, you’re teaching them that lying is fine as long as someone covers for them.

Discipline isn’t hatred. Correction isn’t bullying.
Teachers are partners in raising your children, not enemies.

What do you think, should teachers stop correcting children to avoid being misunderstood, or should we keep doing what’s right no matter what?

The decay started when Yahoo Boyz started having wives and children. Morally dysfunctional people became parents in the last decade. We are in on a long ride now. As a parent just hold the standard in your home and early one, screen the type of friends your children will have. That's all

casualobserver:
I was reading with apt interest until he suggested joining the Ibos with others. Nobody, I repeat nobody, wants to be joined with the Ibos.

Why? Are they a problem?