The Nigerian government has made a big mistake by killing people who are decent and asking for better life.

It is a grave mistake!

Yes it is getting out of hand, it has now become a revolution that cannot be stopped.

All of you pro-government should just shut up and watch as it unfolds. This will be a televised revolution.

More dangerous and more virulent than the Arab spring.

If you stop the revolution now, you are just fast forwarding it.

Oya stop it!

Confirmedzombie:
I have observed with total dismay how the protesters have decided to carry the laws into their own hands and thereby giving the Federal government a genuine reason to use force and stop the protest.

The Federal government had at no time, asked any one not to protest.

The federal government through the vice president have brought alot to the table.

The idea of blocking roads and infringing on peoples fundamental human right of freedom of movement is not a good idea.

How can protesters block road against soldiers or civilians going about their days business.

Politicians have ironically decided to hijack the protest thereby seeking for a cheap political goal.

I call on all youths protesting to have a rethink and stop the protest. Lets give the government at leadt one month to come up with good reforms and whereby it fails then we can carry out a protest.

I am afraid that most of our youths have allowed politicians who do not care about them to hijack the protests just to secure a cheap political goals.

What have this politicians done to better our lives. I feel pity for those who are still on the street protesting as it has turned to a childs play.

The demands of the protest is not something that can be done in one day. Lets give the federal government a little time to act.

Enough is Enough.

How can a adult type this kind of garbage.

Wait, how old are you?

naija4life247:


And what is the result of the Libyan Revolution? Sorrow, Tears and Blood. Isn't it?

Let me tell you this, if this Protest goes on for two far and the Libyan Revolution you are dreaming about comes to play, one Major General Aboki Almajari Muhammed will take over government and we are all back to square one. Islamization and Fulanization will be implemented in full force.

What an Elder sees from where he is lying on a mat, even your drone cannot see it.

I said in another thread that military coup is likely to happen as you have rightly predicted but even if that happens, it will only be for a while.

The youths I am saying will not let them think of staying for any long before deciding to call for election that takes APC/PDP out.

In a way, I see an election that excludes both party before 2023.

GeneralStan:


Molested where?
guy checkmate your words please, he was simply asked to leave cuz he is also a politician and we don't want these protests to be tarnish by any form of political racketeering or propaganda.

See your life....

Other politicians can join, governors can join. Sowore can't join.

Hatred won't lead you anywhere

Sowore the guy with the mind of Einstein and the Body of Christ!

Sowore you are blessed
Sowore you are blessed
Sowore you are blessed

You are the real fighter!

Sowore God bless you!

Sowore is actually the unsung hero of the whole thing and he will be judged along that line in the New Nigeria.

I believe that posterity and history will judge him well. Youths should know that Sowore is one of the people you can trust to negotiate on your behalf.

kilonshele101:


As a Christian and a Yoruba I'm telling you that we don't need you people if all what you want is to divided us.

north are known for their intolerance towards anything relating to Christianity.

you people (Igbo) are known for your hatred towards anything relating to Muslims or Islam

don't drag us in to your religious intolerance sh!t. we don't do that. we are together, 99% of us have at least one person in our family practicing other faith.

all the presidents both elected and interim that Yoruba produced are Christians , majority of all SW governors are Christians. our current VP is a Yoruba ,guess what? he is also a Christian. but yet you people keep hating the Muslims coz of your hatred towards their religion.



if tinubu is your obsession then you should deal with that and stop mixing political issues with religious issues.


once again WE DON'T WANT YOU with your intolerance, you are not different from the north

Well said!

Yoruba's don't do Muslim/Christian, we all roll together. This people just want to cause unnecessary division that is not there.

God will pass them.

TooMuchStuff:
Nemesis on Sowore at last.
When Tinubu and Elrufai hired him against GEJ in the past, little did he know that Fulanis don't share power but can ride your back as tiger to get your own brother out of power for them to take over. After getting the power they now come fully for your own very head

liar liar, pants on fire.
Look at blood on your mounth

Fmghewzy:
I am beginning to think Nigeria breaking up would be the best for us.

Even if breaking up is the solution. It would happen when some people shake the table.
It seems this is the time to me...

If you can negotiate with terrorists, why can't you just listen to your citizens who you have ignored.

If by Sunday the 18th of October 2020, the government does not address the requests of young Nigerians, I bet if this will lead to a Revolution that has never been seen in Nigeria's history.


But I have a hunch that the government is trying to get it way through shady means and will not hearken.

Welcome to New Nigeria!

Let's all get ready for the film that is about to unfold.

Why not organise yours and call it "Peace treaty" or whatever you like.

You have no balls simple!

He has the right to call it whatever fits the situation and we need nothing short of a revolution.

OP you probably live in a poverty stricken boysquarter in one remote area of God knows attacking people's lived experiences in another country.

Get a life
Get a job

People have a right to complain about inequities in their own society. There are many in your soceity too. Find them and speak out or actually, you can F off.

Consider this in your calculations.

I believe you can work at least 20 hours a week in the UK while you are studying, with that you can earn up to £600 per month at the minimum and you can do better if you have useful skills. Let's put that at £6000 per year which works out at N3 million multiply that by 3 years (9 million naira). Means you only need to fund your education and living by 7 million naira.

There are many scholarships for Nigerian/African students and you should look out for that. I suggest you take your your current offer but actively seek scholarships from your second year. There are many opportunities out there, find it.

If you can get a job that pays N700k per month in Nigeria and triple outside of Nigeria, why bother about the cost.

Go ahead brother, just make sure you are doing the right course and are not in it for the fancy tittle.

Good luck.

Hmmm,

Well let this be a positive PR for yeyagbaomola. I know that no adult yoruba woman and mother who is in a spiritual profession will defraud anyone or use human blood sacrifice for anyone.

More so, we have seen evidence that Nwabueze Stephen Nonso was refunded for his failed ritual money attempt.

Yeye, eku ise, eku agba, eku ogbon. Olodumare (God) will continue to bless your work but please be wary of this people who give people bad name.

If Nwabueze wants to prove you otherwise, let him show us a proof from his account statement that he never got a refund from you.

And let it go down on this public forum that even though I do not know Yeyeagbaomola, mothers in Yoruba land do not have selfish character such as the one claimed by Chinonso stephen. It is pure character assasination.

God bless Yeye

For saying that Yoruba Moslems are slaves to fulani, I am sure that you had a very bad upbringing.

Well, that is no one's fault here.

It is a shame to have people like you in Yorubaland...

For your information yorubaland is the most religously resilient place you have on planet earth.

Woe to people like you who want to bring politics and division to a place whose resilience to religious diversity is not comparable to anywhere else.

DenreleDave:
Pls give your reasons and no insults pls.. These two had one time struggled for freedom of the people and they are been harassed by the Buhari government regime...

Honestly I must confess, I am a yoruba Christian but they way this country is going, I don't like it... Booooohari isn't doing well at all, to make it more worst, igbos, yoruba and abokis are hating each other.

Yoruba nation: Yoruba Christians shud be fully alert cause yoruba mooslem are slave to fulani, they are saboteurs

I am sorry for you ooo. How come Buhari has turned our back against each other? The old yoruba nation I use to know was a peaceful one.. Christians and Muslim celebrates wit each other but now, fulani masters have hijacked our yoruba brothers from us.. So pityful

Igbo nation:

I apologize for having insulted you guys over ur clamoring for freedom. I made a grave mistake, everyone deserve to be free especially in this time of fulani regime... I fear what may become of Nigeria soon but let's be honest, Igbos, are your governors and influential leaders ready to let you guys go separately?
Don't you think there are saboteurs amongst you guys too?



Pls let's answer this without no insult


Who deserves to be a leader between

Sowore and Nnamdi kanu

Pls state your facts without insults

Says a religious apologist

sulasa07:

There is nothing like Moderate Muslim,you are either a Muslim or you are a Munafiq(Hypocrite)

Ask your husband to support a law that bans children from been used as maids and servants.

He wanted to overthrow the President within the premises the court.

Hmmmm, interesting!

100% in support.. Marijuana should be developed for export and medical purposes..

Some things to note:

If you have highly trusted friends, family member or someone who can start a business with you. The Start-up visa is even more ideal because they usually prefer if you are 2 or more founders. I recommend for 3-4 people to come together as it would even be easy to surmount the fee that some countries are asking for.

If your want ultimate aim is to travel to make money, the startup visa is for you, only that you have to earn in a legit/organised way.

The startup visa don't force you to spend money on attending any college or university by force, investing all your hard earned cash just so you can earn a degree that you may not end up using.

Most start up visas can be processed within 3 months, some within a month.

Start-up visas are the beginning of a new journey, they are not the end. They can actually open the door to a better future if you are committed to it. You can be in the front of Venture Capitalist and Angel investors in few months down the line and be talking hundreds of thousands and millions in dollars.

You have no limit and can use your initial visa as a gateway to a bigger future that you desire.

If this is for real then it is bunkers.

The writer didn't apply any initiative at all. I can't even analyse further.

It's just bunkers.

Latvia is probably the easiest right now.

The only thing is that one's temporary stay can be withdrawn in the case that you can't raise enough money quickly.

But highly recommended.

Richystar4:
Latvia is another option with less financial implication

[b]Start-up Ideas that you can build on

[/b]

Automobile

As you know, Nigeria produces Innoson cars and I believe that there will be more producers in a due cause. Ghana has a car production company too and South Africa has. The problem is that not even one Africa made car such as Innoson, Katanta, etc is sold anywhere outside Nigeria-Africa (Except some South African ones).

You can set up company in Europe that negotiates financing and hire purchase for buying Africa made cars such as Innoson - for Europeans, Canadians, etc. Unlike Nigeria, people in Europe and the West do not buy cars with full cash, they go to their bank or find a dealer who can offer them a deal such as hire purchase where they can pay monthly for 2-5 years when they get their salary.

You can pull this off by working with existing car dealers who have financing deals and structures already in place.

I recommend finding a business model where you don't need to buy or display these cars in the showroom, you can simply advertise all over the place and when someone buys, you ship directly from Nigeria. Guarantee that if you have a local advertising/marketing in Europe and anywhere in the World people will buy and you can make your profit per car. There is no end to this, I am only giving pointers.


Investment scheme for people in the Diaspora
[/b]You can set up a platform in Europe/Canada that shows viable public/private projects in Nigeria/Africa which people in the diasporas can invest in. Your platform can help them to process these investments transparently and ensure that they get their returns effectively. For example, when people from abroad want to build a home in Nigeria, they give their money to families who end up messing up. If you give such a person a platform where they can contribute little by little towards building or buying their home over a long time, they will be saved from families. So, imagine that in your platform I can see a list of all housing estates each unit in different states which I can buy or lease and I can directly set up a payment scheme and get all my documents where I am. Same can be applied to other investments such as treasury bill, etc. A platform as this can be in control of millions of dollars in a matter of years.

Investing
Your platform can pull high value projects in Europe/Canada, etc together to show high network value Nigerians and Africans and help them to invest easily. While I don't like this so much because it encourages capital flight from Nigeria, it would be highly considered in a Start-up visa scenario because it encourages inward investment for them.

Franchising
If someone from Nigeria/Africa wants to negotiate a franchise from Europe vice versa, e.g. I want to set up my own McDonalds, it is currently difficult and people get put off by the process. Your platform can be the one to help people set it up, negotiate and make it happen through a well defined process..

Construction

You can set up an UBER for renting construction equipment by bringing all companies and renters under your platform. This is also a huge opportunity in Nigeria. The process is Europe and elsewhere is currently fragmented.

Education

An online platform that lets people learn in their local languages, there are already companies called MOOCs (edx.org) etc,. Yours will manage a platform from anywhere around the World to learn in their mother tongue without knowing English.

Health
Platform for Europeans/Canadians etc to consult with certified traditional doctors/healers. Could be online....
This will specifically focus on people whose ailments cannot be treated in the natural way or would like alternative methods. This is a big area and people from China are capitalizing on it big time as there is a growing number of people in the Western World who want alternative sources of treatment, etc. Once, I met someone who cured my migraine by asking me to rob one of my toes, and afterwards asked me to go buy a leaf, put it in water and drink it. I did exactly same and my migraine never came back again. But I have used Paracetamol before several times without any end. Your platform can bring something like this to the mainstream...


Logistics

eCommerce shipping
A logistics company that help African eCommerce companies to ship their products directly to Europe or Worldwide cheaply and effectively. I know of nice few companies in Nigeria called Jand2gidi and so on, but many of them are not focused on eCommerce shipping for small online retailers, rather, they tie up with DHL and the likes which makes them costly, for example, for a seller of pure Shea butter in Nigeria because it's too expensive. You can tie up with airlines? negotiate a deal with NIPOST? etc. There are shipping companies you can align with. ePackets in China is already doing something similar, you can learn from them and build on it.

[b[Container sharing:[/b]
[/b][/b]I have seen hundreds of Nigerians/Ghanians ship products abroad using containers with lots of spaces left. How about an e-platform, app or whatever that links people who want to ship with people who have space left in their container. You can even build the platform for shippers who are already in the business of shipping and containerizing, these folks can then use your platform to help their clients to minimize the cost of shipping. Imagine if four people are sharing one container to ship different products to UK, we can share the cost instead of one person baring it all as it is currently. This will be an acceptable idea as a Startup because you can also say that you are replicating the idea in Europe.


Express Delivery Platform
[/b]You know Jumia right, the eCommerce company. Imagine if Jumia do not have to invest in all the okada riders and trucks because someone like you can put an agnostic logistics together to serve Jumia and others. You will be saving them lots and lots of money. So, the idea goes like this, you set up a platform that brings independent trucks, vans and bikes together, you contact eCommerce companies say (Jumia, Konga, etc) and offer them cheaper and faster delivery to their customers. This would fly because logistics is a big nightmare to them and they would rather outsource it to a third party that is efficient. In Europe, Canada and the rest, there are lots of eCommerce companies who are struggling for one reason. Customers want same/next day delivery of their items but most companies only offer basic second class (3-7 days) because they use public post and logistics companies that are not built for the same purpose. You can set up a delivery company without buying any van or truck, only create a platform for existing owners and allocate jobs to them. I know of Hermes and DPD in the UK but these companies use their own vehicles and have invested a lot. You don't have to and can create an alternative model.

Will stop here, happy to discuss more ideas later.

Brilliant!

The Italian scheme is so interesting too (4 million naira) basically for a team of 5 and the good thing is that you are not giving the money away to any government or school, it's all yours to spend on your company and that is wonderful!

Although, some other ones in Europe within the schengen area have no capital requirements at all, but Italy is a good place to base and you can live anywhere you want in Europe if the same idea can be replicated elsewhere.

If there is a group of people who want to come together to start a company and pull resources together, the merrier it is.

I will try to post some startup ideas as I promised earlier..

Richystar4:
The Italy startup visa is looking interesting; below is an extract from the guidelines.

http://italiastartupvisa.mise.gov.it/media/documents/Guidelines%20ISV%20ENG%2020_03_2018%20def.pdf

Applications from entrepreneurial teams

The Italia Startup Visa programme also applies to multiple entrepreneurs who wish to set up, as a team, a single new innovative startup in Italy. To be eligible for ISV, an entrepreneurial team can include up to five non-EU citizens, of any nationality. In exceptional circumstances, the ISV Committee may agree to grant more Certificates of No Impediment, up to a maximum of 10 per project. All applicants must meet the conditions required for the issue of self-employment visas. This means that they cannot merely be employees: they must be co-founders of the new innovative startup, have a self-employment relationship with it, and own part of its capital shares. There is no statutory minimum limit for the percentage of the share capital held by each team member. The minimum financial availability required to be considered for assessment amounts to 50,000 euros for the entire team. (this is like 4m naira for a team of 5) However, as the assessment of these financial resources is closely related to that of the soundness of the business idea, for team application this threshold must be considered as purely indicative: the judgement on the adequacy of the financial resources is at the discretion of the Committee. Therefore, depending on the circumstances, the threshold considered adequate by the Committee may be even considerably above the statutory minimum.

Hope the US will join the Start-up visa gang at some point, current as the current business visa regime seem to be only for the top performing guys..

Thanks anyway

EgunMogaji2:


I didn’t learn anything new, just though I’ll share what’s available in the USA as we don’t have startup visa specifically

I’ll bow out now.

Your thread.

Well, I may have enlightened you sir but that's not a big deal, it could be my turn to learn from you next.

Business visas can be used to run start ups too but the limitations are too much. If you are a big boy with enough money, it should not be a problem at all.

Here are the pros and cons f or the average hustling joe:

1. Business visas are just visas, Start-up visas are usually temporary to permanent permits.. In many of European countries, Startup visas usually give pathway to permanent stay or naturalization.
2.. Business visas are for the applicant lone, Start-up visas usually allow you to take your family and employees along
3. Business visas are very expensive, Startup visas can be free sometimes
4. Business visas will usually not qualify you for any benefit, such as business grants, innovation/investment funds, accelerators, etc. whereas Start-up visas usually qualify you for that. In some countries, if you have a Startup visa and a viable business you can apply for VC and angel funding. Some folks I know got a seed funding of $500,000 the other day and they've barely operated for 6 months.

I can go on and on..

EgunMogaji2:


The interesting thing is that you're probably thinking you've educated me on something new.

Sure, USA attempted to write a startup visa in to law via an amendment which did not come to fruition. What is stopping you from using a business visa to run a startup?

Please get your facts right, business visa is different from Start-up visa.
The US does not have a Start-up visa but they do have a business visa which other countries do have too.
Some start-up visas does not require to pay a dime and most are new unlike business visas that has been in existence for ages.

EgunMogaji2:
I have attached a screenshot of the requirement for the USA.

Before moving to Nigeria I’ve always wondered why Nigerians don’t take advantage of this opportunity as I’ve never met one. Now that I live in Nigeria I have my answer.

$500,000 = N180,000,000
$1,000,000 = N360,000,000