ratracerebel:
As for me, it will never be fair blaming this guy for going into it in the first place. Because, my people it takes an actual blocked ears and lion heart to turn deaf ears to the pressure upon single men in the society especially if you are from a religious home. I'm a typical example and victim of this crucify ingeneer pressure...sometimes I want to commit suicide or go on exile because people want me to go into what I'm not ready for...emphasising on my age...It's hell for single men like me right now....and fed up cus I don't know what to do.

Nawa to you o. Even as an only son and almost the same age as the op, nobody get mind to tell me nonsense. Shebi dem never beat the person before, or I no fit leave the person comot if I no fit beat am?

If I see person wey fit my personality, I marry. I no see, I stay on my own. Either ways, it must be after I have considered what is favourable for me. #**k that shit about lineage continuity. I have come to understand that people can only make you feel pressured when they sense that you're not convinced on your chosen stance. Who go see sure boy go dey pressure am? Abi na marriage make the boy sure in the first place?

perambulator:


she will wish she was dead in the end. However this case ends she is finished. Who will employ her, who will marry her? she will always be living in fear, or on the run living in disguise. ordinary visa will be a problem.

The girl is fuc ked!!!

You read my mind. Whichever way the case goes, she is f**ked for life. E get some kind mumu things wey fit tarnish person image forever. Who would want to deal with a "murderer"? Make I leave "prostitution" for one side.

Even if she is acquitted by the court, men of the underworld fit still come for her. na human being she kill, no be goat. E come be billionaire for that matter. She buy serious market

seunny4lif:
I know Alex was great but man don’t live long to watch is empire

More like he didn't live long enough to be defeated. One of the few advantages of having such a marvelous short life.

Trust me, if he had lived long enough, he would have met his match. Monsters are born everyday

MisterMan123456:

Heard so too. He's never been spotted with a lady.

And that's what makes a man gay? Nawa o. Ezege has a coded personality. No be careless man

SmartPolician:



I feel women can only get bolder because we are racing to embrace everything the West does at the detriment of our culture.

@debbydams, that's not entirely true. When you are married, sex is no longer fun but a responsibility. A man may not be in the mood. However, whenever his wife touches him in bed, he must do something. It's a two-way street.

At that point, most men begin to understand that they do all the work during sexual intercourse, while the woman watches like a log of wood and moan at the top of their voices.

And how are the women in the West living now? A good number of them are either divorcees or "spinsters for life". Na why dem dey fall "maga" to Yahoo boys. Their own men are avoiding them.

The same thing go still happen here. It's just a matter of time

Nawa o. So nobody for the church get mind to collect mic from the olodo?

These women are getting bolder. I shaa believe Newton's laws of motion: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. As unbelievable as it may sound, this might be the last generation of simps. The next generation of men might evolve into frigid males who are not moved by women. I repeat that it may seem impossible, but who would believe several centuries ago that women would have equal as their male counterparts?

Maybe....this is what the Bible meant by the futuristic statement "In the last days....MEN shall become LOVERS OF THEMSELVES"

perambulator:

of what relevance is that? the guy resigned because he had issues with the US, Trump witheld support because he thought she wasnt US friendly. She got the job only after placating the US including sucking up to the US by getting US citizenship....what did she expect?

She isnt going to resign because she is a Nigerian and she knows WILL NOT get a higher job in public service. I repeat, it is as good as it gets for her!!!! It is the height of her career as a public servant and She has ruled herself out of any high office in Nigeria by taking American citizenship. Those who resigned have options in their country NOI doesnt!!!! If she leaves this job, she will NEVER enjoy the high profile she enjoys today. The best that can happen to her after this is some private sector board role. This is not like Christine lagaard leaving IMF to become ECB president. NOI has no higher public service career path ahead of her if she leaves this job. So as a typical Nigerian she knows that and IMHO she isnt resigning. No need for insults, I gave my opinion, you can state your opinion without insults.

NOI was entitled to American citizenship for many years but never took it up, she took it for this job with the implications and you think she will resign 7 months into the job? The same Ngozi that did not resign despite all the corruption in Jonathan's govt?.........get real!!!!

OBJ said it.... "she is a smart woman but she is weak" thats why whatever she achieved under OBJ, was undone under Jonathan who was a weak man but still she did not resign. Some people excel under a strong man, as deputies but cannot function as a leader. She always needs someone to fight her battles for her, its the same thing happening but she wont resign. i repeat it's all a bluff, or at best a cry for help. A woman who didnt have the conviction to resign as finance minister of one of the most kleptomaniac regimes in Nigerian history that could have potentially damaged her reputation as she "signed all the cheques" is not going to resign as DG WTO. If she does resign then you can rightly call me an idiot, until then I am right...like it or not!!! The man who resigned did so after 7 years not 7 months, he had 1 year left af his second term. Only a fool quits positions like in 7 months this or thinks they are there to save the world!!!.

If NOI leaves this job, you will probably never hear of her again....and thats a fact!!!!! Very few people can deal with that!!! Her problem is the weakness OBJ highlighted, this is the 1st time in her career she is the top dog, she has no one to fight her battles for her, her entire career she has always been the head of a unit, a deputy but not the OGA at the top, she always had a boss she could run to. It's like Osinbajo, some say he will make a good president because he has so far been a good VP. But being VP and being president are 2 different things. A Nigerian president IMHO needs a gangster mindset and Osinbajo hasnt got that. So It wouldnt surprise me if he was a disaster as a president.

Bros I never like comment before for this Nairaland, but as I see your own, I has to change status quo immediately. You're very spot on.

That one is a good deputy doesn't always mean that the person would also be a good leader if given the chance

ahnie:
Open marriage should be practiced in naija it would save us the stress of cheating.
Funny enough most of these people shouting **send her away*go for DNA test** are fucking people's wives and or people's husbands are fucking them.

Most of their kids does not even belongs to their house-bands.

The only ground I would advise the man to divorce his wife is...if their child does not belong to the man.but aside that...they should trash this infidelity issues out and settle their lacuna.

Sister no be open marriage solve the issue. People should go into marriage as if it is a business. Discuss the interests, terms and conditions wella. It is a partnership for God's sake. Treat it like one. Treat it like you'd treat a partnership business. Learn how to split bills and other responsibilities together. Don't dump all or most of the responsibilities on one party- that is parasitism. If both parties can invest equally in making a union work, I think it will be devastating to both of them if it fails.

But the problem is this...men like to impress. Them go dey carry all the burden like oluku, leaving only natural responsibilities such as childbirth to the woman. Shebi dem wan answer "real men"...their eyes go clear by fire by force. Dating and premarital relationships can be done on the basis of "love" and sexual attraction, but marriage is a business. It's just sad that people don't see marriage for what it truly is.

adonainana:


Wow such an intelligent analysis and for the demand for all this Groups to be almost 98 percent of the total means we are in big trouble sha

Imagine terrorists coming to the open market to buy arms all the time so much the price goes up and once they finished using the weapon they bought the last time they are back again to buy new ones

The buyers too you said thier goods are banned from Fx by the CBN from
Getting it through the bank at a cheaper rate. Kilode what did those one do, are there goods terrorists goods too that they have been banned from getting Fx from the CBN

And the first category of people who don’t have the docs hmm what Doc could a bank possibly want from me to help me exchange 100 million naira to dollars at the cheaper official 410 naira rate

If you like keep deluding yourself and don’t listen to correction, that one is your own problem

Even common travel allowance walk into any bank and say pls I need $4000 PTA and I have naira, pls give it to me and let me know what the bank tells you

Pls stop the delusion and grow up

Oga stop arguing with that boy. Im still dey write WAEC. He's typing for typing sake. I no even sure say Im don hustle one Naira for im life before.

I remember when I planned on tendering an official request for FX to CBN using my bank. It's called Form Q application. My account officer was the one who advised me to give up on the process. She showed me such forms with her which the FX requests has not been granted by the apex bank since three months. Brother I enter black market buy my thing. I can't just keep such huge amount of money at a spot for months because I'm looking for cheap FX...which is not even guaranteed.

Abeg no dey follow am argue.

philip0906:
Let them be deceiving themselves. Today, the dollar sold for 595. The real black market are the guys on the streets not AbokiFx who simply curates.

We shall see if Buharinomics can beat the basic economic principle of demand/supply.

Bros talk true. 595 Guy abeg take am easy make you no give me BP for here

FuckEveryday:

Club Brugge dey play really well...Messi has been dissapointing in all honesty.. Let me not even talk about that Ronaldinho wannabe

The team needs to play more and gel against those french farmers else if they continue to play Messi and Neymar for only Champions League..na RO16 dem go comot

You said my mind. They need to play more games together. Let the French league matches be their training. The duo can't be playing only champions League matches, as they would get very match rusty

emae009:


Microsoft signed Nokia to the contract not the other way round. Microsoft wanted to enter the mobile phone industry, they had no hardware experience and no customer base (really expensive and time consuming to start from scratch). So they created just the software and look to sign a phone OEM to run the software. Nokia on the other hand had just finally admit defeat with the SymbianOS and having such a massive customer base at the time wanted to be the 3rd force in the market. The timing, profitability and other logistics was perfect for Microsoft and Nokia to come together.
Same thing when Google wanted to start making their own phone to run their own vision of clean android. If you remember Google Nexus was owned by Google but the phone was manufactured by Motorola and one of either Sony or HTC (can't really remember).
Coming to the duration of the contract, in Stock market and even FX trades, the baseline for judging a company's profitability is 5 years. If your 5 YoY is negative profit, then there's a problem. Because of this, rarely do business contract runs for less than 5 years and an exist clause before that usually attracts heavy penalty.

I had to read on the Nokia's deal with Microsoft before I'd mention you again. Truly, I was underinformed, and I think many people here are. Microsoft dragged them into the deal of using Windows on their phone, as Microsoft had already acquired the Nokia company. Nokia had little or no choice in the deal, and the then Nokia CEO was an American who wanted more "American influence" in the affairs of Nokia, which is originally a Finnish company. Maybe he thought that by doing so, the company would gain more popularity in America. It never did.

With these new facts, I think Microsoft was largely to blame for Nokia's decline. The phone company should have had some form of autonomy. That would have made room for flexibility, which is very important for business growth. It was a bit of misjudgement to acquire a business with the very intention of using their devices to test your innovations. And it backfired

Aurelius1:
The budding trend you are talking about here is the android market right? In a way you are correct. Even when they did introduce their own android phones it was too late because other brands had already grabbed hold of nearly all the customers. They tried catching up up but their pricing was way too high. Take a look at Tecno. They introduced cheap, affordable android phones into the African market and that has kept them in business.

That's the thing. Time: it waits for no man. Even if Nokia was on contract with Windows to use only the latter's software on its phones, at least the contract duration shouldn't be too long. Eventually if the market likes the phones with Windows, then Nokia can renew their contract with the company. Otherwise they can switch to the next trending software company without losing much time. I don't even want to ponder on the price factor. Most critics assert that Nokia phones are overpriced. They really miscalculated. No two ways about it

emae009:


As an analyst you can't fault Nokia's decision at the time. Nokia position in the phone industry was massive. At the time Windows was developed, BlackBerry was on a decline, Android was coming up. With their customer base it was possible for them to open up the market to a 3rd OS, the mistake came from WindowsOS and not Nokia. Microsoft misjudged what the market really wanted and Nokia being under contract had no choice but to see it out.
The same misjudgement cost BlackBerry their place in the phone industry. It was never about having a 3rd choice in the OS market, it was all about apps availability and ease of share.
Microsoft signed Nokia to a contract to only run the Windows OS. So Nokia couldn't produce Android phones alongside Windows'. Samsung was also producing Windows phone but not on that same contract.
You can't possibly predict consumers' behavior with absolute certainty in such a competitive market. Like right now, why is Samsung not producing phones running HarmonyOS? Or Oppo or Techno. Can you tell me with 100 percentage certainty that they will regret the decision not to in 5 years time?? I'm sure you can't neither can I. But if it happens, you'll see people come up with articles like this.

I don't know what business you do but running family business is different from running a business where you answer to shareholders. You don't make decisions based on instincts. You have to do market survey, data analysis and trend prediction.

I understand better now. I must admit, some facts you stated here are new to me. That's impressive knowledge.

But my question is this, was it possible for Nokia to have signed a contract where they could also allow other softwares apart from Windows to run on their phones? Or even if the contract would only be with Windows and no other software company....why not make the duration of the contract short? Maybe 1 or 2 years? At least you get to see if the market would love Windows. Where this isn't the case, Nokia then switch sides without losing too much time.

emae009:
Everybody saying Nokia made a mistake by choosing Windows over Android just because Windows never caught on. If Windows had succeeded, would y'all still maintain the same statement??
Nokia took a gamble with Windows something every company does. Nobody can accurately predict how the market will react in the future!. Something y'all always overlook is that it wasn't only Nokia that produced Windows phone, Samsung and one other were in too. Nokia only mistake was that they were the flagbearer so they couldn't pull out even it was obvious they should when others did. Windows failed because Microsoft didn't understand that the market doesn't really care about diversification and choices so they focused more on making Windows the 3rd choice instead of wooing developers to make sure apps are steadily available when they are out on other platforms. Something iOS is good at.
Nokia took a gamble which if it had paid off could have made them one of the top players in the market. It just didn't work out

But why choose "Windows" over "Android"...why even make a choice? Couldn't they run both at once? Imagine an arm of the company focusing on Windows while another majored on Android as early as possible. By now, Nokia would still have maintained its position. It's foolish to put all your eggs in one basket.

My parents taught me this lesson when I was learning from them to manage the family business. Right now, I don't mind importing what I've not seen in the Nigerian market before. If the resources are available, I buy. It doesn't also matter if I know how saleable the commodity is or not. If my mind just tell me it's going to be a hit based on its purpose, I buy it immediately. And if it happens to get to the shores of this country and I get the said commodity into the market, being the first importer to have such commodity in the market, I can fix any price to the commodity. It doesn't matter if it's thrice the cost price. People will buy it like that, since there's no other competitor who has this "new" commodity.

Nokia bleeped up. Their inability to cue into a budding trend cost them their place in the market

Nokia played a bad game and it backfired. You just can't ignore the "Android" phenomenon like that, especially when the resources were probably available to create your own model of Android. There's no crime in copying your competitor's creative and marketable idea, so far as they aren't patented, and the trademark rules are respected.

They paid for their "elitism" and "arrogance/over-confidence"

E no pass these two things:

a) He has seen better options outside and is thinking of discarding you

b) You too dey bill am. Personally, I hate leeches. How you go dey ask person money as if to say na me be your papa Even if my love for you is more higher than Mount Everest, once this silly habit appears, I go just start to dey hate you. The worst is doing it with a sense of entitlement and shamelessness. I'll just decide within myself that you aren't my class. Contentment still remains the greatest gain

Iyaebe:
Why on earth will I pay a man's bill if I don't demand from him,why?why should I also give my body to someone's son all because of a relationship? do I owe him sex?if a man wants sex let him marry,its that simple. The same you saying these now wanted to slut shame me until I corrected your wrong assumptions. Be forming redpill for all I care there will always be a bbn Ozo and Saga.I have noticed one thing in my little experience and interaction with men,you can have a firm grip on any man as long as you are in full control of your emotions as a lady.

same way you won't win if the man is in control of his emotions. Sister, there is always a meaner person. Just pray that you don't jam what is bigger than you. Clear road and no dey raise shoulder for here

GeneralPula:


Abi oo my brother..

Nigeria won’t be like this if people are getting wiser..

GeneralPula:


People are not too wise. People are getting more dumber..

General, e be like say na you talk am well. How you dey "too wise", yet everytime na dumb decision you go make?

But is that you became a sl√t, Gbo miss Op? Because of male attention?

Women sef. E be like say na other people brain dem dey use think

Tedpgrass:




As much as I agree with most of your assertions, marriage as an institution will be around for awhile..
There can be changes to it. Such as intermittent open marriage.. But its here to stay.

But as humans, our desire for security is bone marrow deep. Instantaneous security is wrought through marriage. Hence women clamour for it, no..... agitate vigorously for the status - - MRS..

Its a shame that some turn the "security" on its head into some form of control. Yes its good to be mutually accountable to one another.. But to be controlling... is frankly witchcraft

Despite the fact that Cohabitation has been given the same legality with financial access as marriage in some climes, you still find people willing to change age-old laws to enable access to marriage... That says there is something special about marriage.

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You're right. Marriage will always be there, with some tweaks in order to accommodate modern realities. Or it may become extinct. Any which way.

Dem no dey argue this kind thing . Na future tense e be. Time will tell

Tedpgrass:



It's about setting boundaries...

The minute your wife starts to disrespect your family... those boundaries are eroded.

Likewise the same applies to your family members. Everyone should be occupied with their livelihoods and stay on their lanes..

Na wen pokenose pokenose start and people stat 2 chook mouth in other people's business, mostly out of boredom or entitlement behaviour, problems start.


.

Oga, we all know that family system is very much valued in Africa to the extent that when a man marries a lady, it's said that two families are now married to each other. The problem with some marriages starts from the very "intial beginning"(sic). The lady knows very well that her man's family resent you and don't want her, yet she believed erroneously that "love conquers all" and that "it is their brother and son that I'm getting married to, not them". That marriage is on its way to collapse from the start. If the man's family doesn't want the lady, and she has made every geninue effort to present herself as a likeable and good person to no avail, then it's better she respects herself and move on. But desperation will not allow some of these ladies reason well.

On a more serious note, the marriage institution doesn't look like it will still exist in the next fifty years. There's something wrong with the human beings of this age. Maybe it's because of too much education and too much knowledge, as well as too much propensity to overturn age-long practices in the name of "wokeness" and the dire scarcity of loyalty and trust in ou time. The worst is that women are acquiring more "freedoms" than ever before, and the men are not comfortable with the new dawn of change. No two captains can sail a ship, so I perceive in the near future, the marriage institution will crumble and collapse. Others forms of relationship and commitments will take its place, for nature does not like a vacuum unfilled, and we are seeing some of those "less commitment" relationships today. I expect them to displace marriage

Jodano:
Women are dangerous, especially when you are rich and weak, their greed will come to play, they will cage and use you every one from your family and friends are evil, except she and her people and they have nothing to contribute to your success only to bring confusions.

Brother, na as person dey grow na im the person dey get more sense. Any small misunderstanding, even my own elderly mama go be like "Na so. That's how your father's family are". I didn't understand the extent of that statement till I put myself in a picture where my future wife will be telling my future son that his father's family is a bad family...bla bla bla. Chai. I come feel for my Okoman. And I have this same statement from some women to their children. The husband's family is always bad, na the wife own be family of saints. Since that day, e come dey do me two minds to marry. Make person no go use im money, time and resources go carry person wey go dey badmouth im family.

Left for me, the institution of marriage should collapse. It has outlived its use. People are now too wise and unbearable. Babymamaism and voluntary cohabitation should take over

begge:
Do you know what my lady friend told me? She said penis is so sweet that they are suppose to be the one paying for it not men.

Women are different. There are others who love masturbat!on like there's no tomorrow. In fact, my experiences made me start to think that majority of ladies prefer masturbation to d!CK. Maybe it's because female orgasm is far more achievable by stroking the clitoris with finger than by digging the vagina with pen!5, and most men are oblivious of this fact. Women arguably enjoy MouthAction and fingering more than penetrative sex.

It's time to abolish the bride price rule. Let both genders cheat the way they like

earthsync:


Not all men offer money and not all women offer sex. Some men offer sex some women offer money. Some men have nothing to offer some women offer money and vice versa.

Since you know all these initially, why you come dey ask the stupid question of wetin men dey offer apart from money Why not focus on the individual in question? Why would you generalize?

As for me, I believe that there are women who can offer more than sex. Na to find them be the Koko

earthsync:


yen yen yen you don't even have an argument

you wey get argument...wetin do your own money? Is it that you're perpetually broke, perpetually parasitic abi perpetually stingy? Which one? Since men only offer money in relationship, offer money too so that the equation go balance.

earthsync:


What else do men bring to table aside money?

Nothing else. But how about your folks also bring money to the table? At least use that one equalize

20jaybee:
pirate of the Caribbean

More like Pirates of the Gulf of Guinea

Reeberry:
You talks like them.

Because I've stayed there over the years. Talk about environmental influence

Reeberry:
This matter is something you use that laughing emoji, when talking. It doesn't make sense.

Shebi make I kill myself? Na me dey sponsor the touts? Abeg kponkpi. No carry your pepper body come my side