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My guys I need fresh ideas please. I'm a nine to fiver and I've been able to save up to the above amount. I need a good offline business idea I can begin with the amount stated above. I don't want to quit my day job immediately but with time as my business grows.

I don't need anything online because most of online businesses in this country which are making profits began as an offline business. God bless y'all.

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Pistotita:
2. Plantain and Banana
Plantain is one of the crops that I know one can easily get it right because of the input of IITA. One of the mandates of IITA is to improve food production in Africa; therefore, there are templates for subsistence practice of plantain and banana.

I looked into these two crops when I was researching cocoa since they are both used as shades to nurture cocoa from seedlings to matured plants in Africa. I really enjoyed everything about these crops because research materials published by IITA are too numerous. The information is just out there. I mean same applies to Cassava too. And from these researches, I diverted into horticulture which I will forever be grateful to all the people I have met in the journey.

Suckers Sold by Farmers are Dead Traps
The first mistake most new comers and even old farmers continue making is using suckers directly from another farm. It is what I call direct licence to import foreign diseases to ones farm. It's simple as ABC. No matter how the farmer treats the seedlings, diseases are surely in them. Do those things called suckers packed in those vehicles look like success to you? I can just imagine the population of foreign diseases imported to new farms via these suckers. OK. "Business don pafuka for suckers sellers. Lol. They will soon be out after me like hungry lions. Hehehe!

Tissue Culture and Macro Propagation
Get your seedlings via these two means. Recently, I was discussing with a seller who does not even understand the difference between the two. I was trying to outsource producing tissue culture seedkings since I do not have much time to do it myself. He was not able to differentiate the two, and this is an OP of over 30-something pages of plantain suckers thread on nairaland. I just swallowed the disappointment and left him in peace.

Irrigation
Make no mistake, all crops need irrigation. It is old form of farming to rely on rain. Rain fed farmers do not always have full benefits of their crops. And I realised this because some fruits are just tiny and too small in the market that I begin to wonder what could be wrong with these fruits since it is absolutely not necessary to bombard these crops with high dose of fertilizer. It did not occur to me that rainy season fruits are robust than dry season fruits, and that water is the main difference until I saw a banana farm (those cultivars with over 100 fruits in a bunch) thriving in the dry season. Why? The owner chose a slight swampy land for his banana plants. That was when I realised the necessity of water because I used to think since banana and plantain don't die (but keep coming up), water is not needed. That was a wrong assumption. lol. But I also know it is impossible to cultivate with irrigation everytime, and good swampy land is scarce.

Threats
Theft is the main obstacle. Workers on farm, other farmers around, and even villagers are all dangerous to these crops.

Glut is another challenge for rain fed farmers, but I can say food is extremely becoming expensive that glut period still comes with reasonable profit for most agricultural products. Just from my personal observation.

Opportunities
Chips making in different forms is very profitable. And this is a very good reason one can decide to cultivate 50 hectares of these crops. The idea is to get the right cultivar for what you want to do. There are chips that are brown and soft, and in the shape of potato fries from McDonalds, while there are ones that are in the shape of fried plantain called "Dodo". Some processed with salt, while others are dressed with chilli. Or perhaps just plain chips without special spicies. Chips can last very long without using power to preserve them.

Recommendations
1. Look at the cost of production very well before embarking on it.
2. It is a profitable venture, but the threats can easily make it a frustrating venture.
3. It is possible to use manual and human resources for processing as long one can monitor workers properly.
4. Make sure you get the right cultivar for your end products. If you use a bitter plantain to make chips, buyers will ignore your products, likewise you need to know the cultivar market women purchase more in your area of selling raw fruits.

If you are in diaspora, let this venture slide if the venture is not big enough. It is not just for you. The main threat which is theft will consume your efforts. Please, there is no gain for you in this venture. Except you do it on a very large expanse of land and you are into different kinds of end products like fruit juice, chips, flour, etc. In this case, thieves will steal and will eventually get tired. Or you can provide security.

Caution
Do not join the league of producers, wholesalers, and retailers who are in the habit of using deadly chemicals to preserve plantain, banana, oranges, and mangoes. Please, stop it if you are doing it, you are giving consumer of your products cancer which is extremely painful. It is just plain wickedness.

Nice thread. God bless you for sharing this information and more. Can you please explain better how banana/plantain seedlings can be gotten through tissue culture and macro propagation. Thanks

Please is anyone here into sending foodstuff from Nigeria to European countries?

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mikezuruki:
Nigeria is always on the wrong side! What exactly can Venezuela offer? See 'ties'! LOL

What is common between those men there is inflation!

Crypto for money laundering. Simple. Not illegal drugs or inflation. Venezula has a national crypto currency. so it is a future safe haven for crypto investments by guys who don't want to leave paper trails.

Rays123:
Funny how life is.. Your here talking about visiting your babe in Lagos. Why wouldn't you have trust issues when you can't control matters of the heart? Psychologically you need to see a psychiatrist. It being four months and counting that have been patience with you. I will just have to do this for the world to see... Guy pay my Twenty One Thousand Naira (21k)....Pay me my money..

Lols. You mean more expenditure to the tune of 21k on a business venture that ended in a loss to the tune of over 50k? I paid u 250k to procure items for me of which I made 190k after sales. Asides my other expenses on that deal, that's a 60k loss. On further enquiries, imagine I found out that 250k should have gotten me more items of even better qualities. I've confirmed this on subsequent deals with your tribesmen. Which is why I told u that either u swindled me or u got swindled. You don't get paid for that on anyone's books my guy cause you're not an employee, you're a procurer - a businessman. So should I increase my losses further by paying you the quoted sum for an imaginary expense .You must not be a good business man to propose that as a resolution. The only loss I told u I was ready to bear was any loss by theft or accident on the road cause those were the instances baba mentioned. Not a loss caused by your inability to bargain properly or choice to cheat me on the deal. In fact for bringing up our private issue openly on this platform, lose my contact. I expected u to bring me a reasonable resolution. But apparently you've got nothing for me.

How do I go about this guys? Textplus/Nextplus doesn't seem to be working anymore. Neither does Primo. I need to register on a few specialized affiliate programs and I need a working foreign number which I can sync with WhatsApp.

Any useful info is appreciated. Thanks.

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dante0147:
First of all are you a GEMINI? Because Gemini’s like putting pieces together and most times they come to the real fact.. ...

Secondly are you sure you are in love and not obsessed about her... Cause obsession can make u think you are in love so bruv don’t mix the two...

Thirdly I wouldn’t say you should conclude on your thoughts but one thing You should know is this .. A lady sleeps with a man (ladies call it date at that moment) for favours generally (Hypergamy - ladies call it love because he can provide for them). When he goes broke they move on to the next level just to keep up.

Now the man start giving gifts of all forms (moneys, houses, car etc). Gifts he has never or can never give his own family (mother and sibling).

Because of the ladies bedmatic skills or submissive skills which is deceiving and cracking is brain. In his head he thinks he has found love (whereas he is in self denial and destruction). Because he is investing in a place where nothing can come out apart of more investment (kids, marriage, children out of wedlock etc).


We are all in a TRANSACTIONAL RELATIONSHIP! So saying she spent money for you is nothing cause I am sure she ain’t spent half of what you have given her or done for her..


Bruv if you claim she loves you she would do the do lol to make you see reasons that she is trustworthy and who she is who she say she is .. That’s why if you ask me I will tell you honestly after I left my 5 years abusive relationship I have always sticked to having plenty GF’s and treat them all the equally nobody is special that the other person..

Lagos girl are funny ...Don’t be surprised she might be staying with her boyfriend and her BF’s friend.. That person you spoke too might be just one random person ... Hahaha fear Lagos girls ..

I'm a Gemini yeah. Thanks a lot.

I'm a businessman in my early thirties. In my lifetime, I have dated only thrice because of issues I have with the female gender which revolves around my inability to trust a woman. None of these relationships lasted above a year.

The girl I'm currently dating has the makings of the girl I'd love to marry. We met in February so we haven't dated long enough but we have a strong connection (perhaps we are still in the lust phase). We also live a long distance apart. She is in Lagos while I'm in Port Harcourt so we only meet periodically.

In Lagos, she squats with two guys who are not related to her. The circumstances that led to that is a long story for another time. When I found out, she played it down and assured me they were like brothers to her. I've even spoken to one of them (or so I think). But my trust issues are always in overdrive when she is not available to talk or chat. We quarrel and make up. Truth is the whole thing is driving me insane because I believe she loves me. She has spent on me and shown other signs that she is in love with me. More so because I love her too.

See the thing is, we have made some plans and we agreed she will learn a trade. She learned the trade for two weeks, although the trade she chose isn't the one I wanted for her (Because I know my future plans). Now she wants to start off her own. The amount she needs is not something I can't raise for her, but I feel... Something is off. Something is not right.

Is it my trust issues or my instincts? I feel I should visit her, and this time insist on hanging out with her roommates abi brothers. But I also know she will understand my motives and be hurt by the fact that I don't trust her, especially if our relationship is genuine. Lol. I don't know. Is this the right decision or am I pushing it too far?

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LordAdam16:
I see some commenters putting it down to speed. And while that is a valid concern, there are two other factors in play:

1. Unlike in Nigeria, mobile broadband is not the primary way much of the developed world access the Internet. As any diasporan Nigerian in the Western hemisphere would confirm, broadband (whether wireless or wired) is fixed and connected directly to a user's home. The user then uses a Wi-Fi router to share the connection with all of their devices, from smartphones to IoT devices (smart appliances and the likes).

Fixed broadband allows for insanely fast and relatively cheap internet. This explains why on your phone you'd notice your OS/Manufacturer/Developer notifying you to use Wi-Fi for large OS and file downloads. This is because the infrastructure for fixed broadband is more capable of dealing with immense bandwidth demand than that for mobile broadband (which we are familiar with in Nigeria).

It also explains why they can get unlimited internet with gigabit speeds for less than 100 pops per month on fixed broadband, but most mobile broadband plans have capped plans with much higher costs. And why telephone and cable fixed broadband is often bundled with telephone/cable service, while mobile broadband is bundled with text/calls/internet subscriptions.

2. Relative cost of living. Nigeria's current minimum wage is $50 per month. That's not up to the daily [8 (9am-5pm) hours] minimum wage in much of the Western world.

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Now the important question is can there be fixed broadband in Nigeria? There are some firms in Nigeria trying to make it happen, but I do not think it is feasible in much of the country. Maybe in affluent neighborhoods of some of the economic powerhouses--Abuja, Lagos, PH. But the economics of scale does not favor piecemeal roll out.

The primary reason is not cost, but security. In one word, vandalism. With the high level of unemployment and sh*t policing, good luck to the company that decides to install the expensive equipment to connect millions of homes. The quoted insurance premium will certainly make any such company take a closer look at their business plan.

Funny enough there are some African countries with widespread fixed broadband, even in West Africa as some diasporans living in African countries will confirm.

Bottom line, the chart does not paint a true picture of the state of Internet cost in the world.

Fun fact: This is also the reason why we have satellite tv providers in Nigeria and no cable tv providers.

-Lord

Two good points. But you forget to mention mb/price ratio. Data may be cheap but the rate at which it is charged by the ISP is a cause for concern. IGB bought at approx $2 doesn't last more than 36hrs for an average internet user (not to mention heavy users). So how do you say it's cheap if this is factored in?

WisePer:
SINUS INFECTION:

If you have bad breath, you've probably tried breath mints, chewing gum, mouthwashes and improved oral hygiene to cure it. ... You may not realize, but blocked sinus is one of the bad breath causes dentists see often. Post nasal drip bad breath can cause bad taste and is associated with chronic nasal infection


This is a bacteria infection most Nigerians do not treat or are unaware of.

No matter how many times you brush you teeth and tongue, if you have sinus or chronic sinus infection, forget it, very bad smell will be oozing out from your nose and mouth.

Thank you for your contribution. Maxiliary Sinusitis. Something for your local dentist.



Halitosis aka mouth odour aka bad breath.

No one likes being told they have mouth odor but when you're ignorant of the fact - or its causes and treatment, it can lead to uneasiness or chagrin and could result in turning off those around you.

Everybody has bad breath at some point, for instance when you get out of bed in the morning. Nonetheless, maintaining a healthy dental culture makes it non existent after the morning brush.

95% of we Nigerians don't schedule dentist appointments. Most people only remember such a thing as a dentist's office when we have severe toothache. More than half of so called dentists are quacks anyway, the other half charges more than the average Nigerian patient can afford. About 50% of us brush just once a day. Twice a day is wasting the toothpaste (or perhaps you're just showing off to your new girlfriend lol) while the concept of flossing is as foreign as the thought of snowfall. Mouthwashes though are becoming increasingly popular.

Good dental practices shouldn't be limited to a particular class in society. It doesn't cost an arm or a leg to take care of the teeth and gums, neither does it take any time at all off our busy schedules.

Let's first discuss causes of mouth odour.

Research has shown that about 80% of bad breath isn't in depth. It come from the mouth. For instance, cavities or gum disease can lead to bad breath, as can tonsils that have trapped food particles; cracked fillings, and less-than-clean dentures.

Several internal medical conditions also cause your breath to go bad. Persistent bad breath or a bad taste in the mouth may be a warning sign of gum (periodontal) disease. Gum disease is caused by the buildup of plaque on teeth. Bacteria cause the formation of toxins, which irritate the gums. If gum disease continues untreated, it can damage the gums and jawbone.

Other dental causes of bad breath include poorly fitting dental appliances or dentures, yeast infections of the mouth, and dental caries (cavities).

The medical condition dry mouth(also called xerostomia) also can cause bad breath. Saliva is necessary to moisten the mouth, neutralize acids produced by plaque, and wash away dead cells that accumulate on the tongue, gums, and cheeks. If not removed, these cells decompose and can cause bad breath. Dry mouth may be a side effect of various medications, salivary gland problems, or continuous breathing through the mouth.

Many other diseases and illnesses may cause bad breath. Here are some to be aware of: respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia or bronchitis, chronic sinus infections, postnasal drip, diabetes, chronic acid reflux, and liver or kidney problems.

Fix it.

Like earlier mentioned, good oral hygiene is really important. Ideally, you should brush and floss after every meal to help reduce the odor-causing bacteria in your mouth. If you don't brush and floss teeth daily, food particles can remain in your mouth, promoting bacterial growth between teeth, around the gums, and on the tongue. This causes bad breath.

In addition, odor-causing bacteria and food particles can cause bad breath if dentures are not properly cleaned. While a regular toothbrush works just as well if you use it as recommended, an electric toothbrush is way better, for two obvious reasons.

"First, because many electric toothbrushes have timers on them and the majority of people do not brush their teeth for the right length of time. And secondly, because electric toothbrushes distribute a uniform motion, which I find helps remove plaque more efficiently than when my patients use manual toothbrushes."

Brush twice a day with fluoride toothpaste to remove food debris and plaque. Brush teeth after you eat (keep a toothbrush at work or school to brush after lunch). Don't forget to brush the tongue, too. Replace your toothbrush every 3 months or after an illness. Use floss or an interdental cleaner to remove food particles and plaque between teeth once a day. Rinse with an antibacterial mouthwash twice a day. Dentures should be removed at night and cleaned thoroughly before being placed in your mouth the next morning.

Stick to an antiseptic or antibacterial rinse that kills bacteria, rather than a cosmetic rinse that just focuses on freshening the breath.

Watch What You Eat

What you eat affects what you exhale. That's because as food is digested, it's absorbed into your bloodstream and then is expelled by your lungs when you breathe. Basically, all the food eaten begins to be broken down in your mouth. If you eat foods with strong odors (such as garlic or onions), brushing and flossing -- even mouthwash -- merely covers up the odor temporarily. The odor will not go away completely until the foods have passed through your body. Chronic garlic users cannot only have chronic bad breath, they also often have body odor.

Eat a healthy, balanced diet and regular meals. Certain diets -- such as extreme fasting and very low-carb diets -- can give you bad-smelling breath.

Consider snacking on raw carrots, celery, or apple slice.

Here are a half dozen more ways to banish bad breath - hopefully for good.

Stay hydrated. If you can't brush your teeth after a meal, drinking a lot of water can help speed up the process of cleaning harmful bacteria and debris from between your teeth. Drinking milk can even help deodorize some offensive breath odors. Avoid sugary drinks.

Don't drink too much coffee. It may be tasty, but coffee is a tough smell to get off the back of your tongue. Consider switching to an herbal or green tea, Frangella says.

Don't smoke. Smoking or chewing tobacco-based products also can cause bad breath, stain teeth, reduce your ability to taste foods, and irritate your gums.

Cut back on alcohol. Alcohol can lead to a dry mouth. Too much beer, wine, and hard liquor can make your breath reek for up to eight to 10 hours after you finish drinking.

Chew sugarless gum. Doing so 20 minutes after a meal can help with saliva flow. Gum that's 100% xylitol-sweetened can help reduce cavities, but it's also kind of cooling and gives you really nice fresh breath.

Be careful with breath mints. Sugar-free mints are OK for a quick fix but only mask the offensive smell and don't do anything to remove harmful bad bacteria. Tempted to pick up a sugary mint as you leave your favorite restaurant? Don't. The sugar will only sit on your teeth and make the problem worse.

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