₦airaland Forum

StubbornWife:
The location was Ikom, Cross River state circa June 2014, I was at a vulcanizer’s along the Ikom — Ekok — Mamfe (A4) highway, I told him I was a doctor and we chatted away. While we yet spoke, a Toyota Prada SUV sped past, with 5 or 6 other cars in its trail — driving so dangerously that other cars had to veer off the road. The license plate was covered, we were also covered with the dust it had raised, then I noticed my vulcanizer friend was smiling and gesticulating wildly; “Na my town’s man be dat, first time our community get House of Reps member, at least, make our pikin still go there go chop money; na our turn”. Hon. Member could drive at top speed because we were on the good portion of the highway, though the nearby Calabar — Ikom — Ogoja highway was a death trap; a 4-hr trip taking roughly around 12 hours.

For the average Nigerian, myself included, when any appointment is made or new policy announced, before checking the merits, we check the name of the appointee or beneficiaries, state of origin, tribe and if deductible from the name or the internet, his/their religion. Every national happening is viewed through the lens of its implications for the 2023 elections. Before common sense or truth can be applied, the question is — would it hurt my tribe’s chances of producing president? In the southwest, leaders and followers are increasingly worried that the ruling party might not honour its gentleman’s agreement to hand over power to the West in 2023; the issue is more distressing than food price inflation, shut borders, insecurity amongst other ills. In the Southeast, rather than collectively push for development from a government that has not minced words in stating that they might get only crumbs considering their meagre 5% contribution in birthing the present government, their leaders are bickering, scheming and crossing carpets in an attempt to be president in 2023; again, this is more important than fixing bad roads, insecurity, unemployment etc The political situation is unclear in the south-south, but like other Nigerians, people would rather sacrifice development on the altar of producing the next president.
The north’s case is special. The presidency’s response to the shocking execution of 43 farmers on Saturday in Zabarmari, Borno state reeked of diplomatic-speak — describing the killings as ‘senseless’, weary of repeatedly threatening stiffer measures for the severely degraded Boko Haram, the blame was shifted to the security agencies adding that “the President had given all the needed support to the armed forces to take all necessary steps to protect the country’s population and its territory”, and concluding with “My thoughts are with their families in this time of grief!” Just thoughts, not intentions, not actions, not a live address, not a trip to the affected community. Thoughts. Cold, impersonal, self-absolving, from-a-distance, more like how the UK government would react to local issues in faraway North Korea. 43 slaughtered in an open field, 66 unaccounted for.

The latest killings are a mirror image of happenings in the Northwest where bandits (or Boko Haram?) tax and kill farmers who insist on reaping where they have sown, but we live in denial refusing to admit that BH is now operational in the northwest and the whole of Nigeria, and also refuse to admit that the rising food prices are a product of the fact that farmers have been banned from going to their farms. If food prices are so high in harvest season, what would it look like during planting season? One of my patients from Dipchari even joked that they now kept Savings, Current and Ransom accounts, and insurance companies might need to look into providing Comprehensive Kidnapping insurance cover.
Despite these, the communique released at the end of the recent Northern Governors Forum meeting was unequivocal in their main agenda that the recent #EndSARS protests were aimed at removing their son, the president, from power, and that there was a pressing need to regulate social media. The topics of rampant kidnappings, dwindling fortunes of agriculture and general economic decline were barely touched. 2023 election permutations are more important than securing lives, properties, highways and railways. I agree with the commonly-held belief that no one dies unless God permits, I would add that no one can eat unless God permits and no one can gain power unless God permits, yet, we go out to work so we can eat, we don’t wait for God to throw down a leader from heaven — we go out to vote, but when the topic of holding our own leaders to account is raised, the hypocritical Godcentric nigerian-ness is brought to the fore.

While we continue our obsession with 2023, we might need to prepare for harder times as we continue to gloat over owing a big car that doesn’t have an engine. This is 2020, we still have three years to go…
https://rexkpit.medium.com/the-dividend-of-democracy-presidency-or-development-8a59e87ebf13

Man is a wicked being

cynthia500:
“The only thing standing in the way between you and your goal is the BS story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.

Please what is (what do you mean by) BS story ? ?

This award is a Total disgrace .... I have lost complete respect for Tony Elumelu. This is ridiculous and toxic to younger generations.... (All because of stupid wealth )

After all the Belgians did to humiliate Congo and Africa

Read this

Leopold extracted a fortune from the Congo, initially by the collection of ivory, and after a rise in the price of rubber in the 1890s, by forced labour from the natives to harvest and process rubber. Under his regime millions of Congolese people died.

Leopold II implemented a forced-labour system in the Congo that was quickly copied by other European colonial powers. This brutal practice was a catastrophe for the population of the Congo and whole of Africa countries

This man is a seasoned philanthropist and medical practitioner but Soludo is a refined and well travelled man with sound economic strategy...

I would have loved to support Maduka (reason being that he's still a virgin in Nigeria politics and for the fact that to some extent he has not been corrupted by politicians via godfatherism) but I'm the same time scared that he will be naive and can be easily played by some dirty politicians in Anambra...



But I will reluctantly support Soludo because he has experience and has seen it all at world, federal and local politics ....... and i love his practical approach to economic transformation agenda.

I'm desperately looking forward to see how he can turn Anambra's major cities to African-Dubai-Taiwan .... (because I feel that when the international airport in Anambra is finally commissioned come April next year it will so much help the incoming governor of my beloved state. THE LIGHT OF THE NATION)

dfrost:
I guess you meant PR team.

Murtala Mohammed - X
Chief Obafemi Awolowo - X regional leader
Ken Sawo-Wiwa - X - regional interests
Winnie Mandela - lost it at some point, I won't blame her though
Steve Biko, Robert Saboukwe and Amilcar Cabral - deserve to be mentioned with NM

But like you said, your opinion. I respect that.

Thomas Sankara - A man/force that was stopped

Nigeria is yet to have such leaders that are truly selfless.

Thank you my brother...you've said it all.

May God multiply your wisdom

Fuckingmallam45:
A lot of people tend to celebrate Rawlings because the optics are good. Yes, he came to power via a millitary coup detat but left as an elected civilian president. He stressed financially judicious policies, struck down on corruption and overall actually did more to develop Ghana than anyone since Nkrumah.

But these actions do not make one a Revolutionary. A revolutionary challenges and attempts to change a system in place that oppreses or otherwise subjucates. Rawlings never tried to change the system in place, in fact he only wanted to make the preexisting system “better", and like I stated, some of his policies ended up hurting Ghana badly down the line.

At the crux of it, he either lacked the balls to challenge the West (like a certain Nelson Mandela) or simply just had great ideas but not a transcendental leader by visionary proclivities (Haile Selassie etc). Thus there's little to no chance why the West will ever see him as a threat. It's not like Rawlings was actively challenging for African control over commodity prices, the debt trap of Neo-colonialism or any other facets which represent the continued domination of Africa and Africans by the West.

In my opinion, Rawlings is so overrated, I guess he has a really good PF team. As individuals like Murtala Mohammed, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Ken Sawo-Wiwa, Winnie Mandela, Steve Biko, Robert Saboukwe and Amilcar Cabral deserve far greater credit and adulation than JJ Rawlings.
My opinion though

You started well and ended so badly by even mentioning any Nigeria person name at all....
WTF!!!!

Mtcheew

Ok

Hmm.... E dey hungry me to beat that useless person holding the camera...

Your job was just to hold the goddam camera steady...


Wtf !!!!!

Lies

missimelda01:
The way this dating issue has suddenly become a matter of concern

Some ladies will wear the best clothes, put on a beautiful smile and all, yet someone who hardly comes out and who is less interested in fashion will get a man effortlessly.

If you're not desperate, go about your normal life and someday you'll find that person that fits perfectly.

Your sense is too much jareeee...

I will buy you a bottle of Andre joooor

tripplephi:
Lemme just explain it here.

ALL ADMOB ADVERTIZERS IN NIGERIA AND NAIRALAND ARE 90% SCAM....
COMMON SENSE IS REALLY NOT COMMON
Real Admob can not be done here... not even with VPN...

I DO THE REAL ADMOB.... and it works but guess what... you have to get someone from FIVERR, UPWORK,SEOCLERK to do it for you.... someone from another country...
AFTER THAT, you need to pay google $25 to get your app on playstore
then you market your app.... get at least 100 downloads and you will MAKE MONEY FOREVER WITHOUT BAN.

Lastly a little sense I applied, is to have a group of 100+ people who will click each other's apps.... and PEOPLE GET PAID... its a quiet money... as little as 80k monthly or more... based on how many people are in your own little group. Its something no one will teach you but sense will just fall on you once you understand how google thinks.... YOU ARE NOT SELF CLICKING... you just have 100+ friends who download your clouded app and click on it daily for each other.

So you see, It's very simple... all these people here shouting ADMOB IS SCAM.... never took time to learn how ADSENSE/ADWORDS work, they do not know how to DEVELOP APPS FROM SCRATCH.... but because schemers and scammers who have little knowledge have paraded themselves as ADMOB VENDORS.... they have scammed many people.


Like I always say... THOSE OF US WHO TRULY MAKE MONEY DO NOT HAVE TIME TO DO WHATSAPP CLASSES OR SELL EBOOKS.

I am not here to mentor anyone, I have just explained it clear for anyone who is smart to know that IT IS A LEGIT WAY TO EARN.

God bless our hustle o.
Kittex7
Baleeson
KomonSense

Ok... Thanks can I have your phone number

showafrica:
Dont let small obstacles deny your destiny. Paypal is possible in Nigeria as a Nigerian but not paypal Nigeria

You're confusing me....


Please explain more

TechCapon:
I have PayPal and I withdraw every week

How ?

McAustin92:
It seems offline hustle seems to pay more than online hustle

In Nigeria Yes but outside Africa capital NO.

I would have made so much money if PayPal was accepted in Nigeria...


I know uptill now Nigerians don't have access to PayPal because you can't withdraw your money....


Most affiliate marketing programs pay well in America and most of them (especially Wal-Mart , clickbank) requires you to have a PayPal account and you need PayPal to cashout

tripplephi:
Your only PROBLEM in all this is........................... YOU HAD NO MENTOR.

Any mentor would tell you that
BLOGGING takes years before it can give tangible results.
FOREX at its best can only be a small side hustle....NEVER A MAJOR SOURCE and to mitigate the stress of forex you have to do PAMM.
FREELANCING only profits you if you do it as ARBITRAGE... and on at least 6 top platforms...
WEBDESIGN is not profiting because it is now a common skill unless you upgrade to FLIPPING DOMAINS and PARKING your domains then paying influencers to market them for you....



In all these, am only trying to show you that you got burnt because your knowledge about these things were not VAST ENOUGH because you were not trained by someone who was really EARNING from them consistently. So I suggest you get a mentor and watch how they will all turn to profitable streams of income.

NOTE OF ADVICE:
Consider Real Estate & Agrotech.... it is very profitable... even for webdesigners, many naija agrotech do not have websites or even a media manager... it is still a new niche in Nigeria.
Also learn how to do ADMOB and make endless income without depending on clients...

Help...

I'm interested in Agrotech and ADMOB


Please explain more or send me your phone number so I can call you

Ok



As at 2011, I would have made so much money if PayPal was accepted in Nigeria


I know uptill now Nigerians don't have access to PayPal because you can't withdraw your money because our shitty government has refused to amend INTERNET law to international standards as required by America and European directives


Most affiliate marketing programs pay well in America and most of them (especially Wal-Mart , clickbank) requires you to have a PayPal account and you need PayPal to cashout

Nice one

I think I'm interested...

How much?

Anuoluwa1234:
God of Israel , see those deep tribal marks. Oga hoo , pls how is this fascinating now

Nah your people ooo

Rest on Papa

But Afonja people should stop this tribal mark thing naaaaaah...

It's disgusting ...

Meanwhile an Afonja betrayed an Afonja but a flat head came to rescue the people of zoo nation and killed the rebellious Afonja in a coup ..

The rest was history

Igbo Amaka

Onyekachi419:
Nigeria will forsake you

Seriously

Rossididdy:
She was mercy john of her time... Fucking romantic in most of her movies

You're damn right...


Her seductive eyes those years were killing...


Social media would have made her popular if it existed then

vivaciousvivi:
GTB

I bank with GTB too...

I will go to one of their branches tomorrow to get more info.

Thanks

DominusPrime:
Before I say anything when your husband wanted to get married which of your own brothers contributed to the wedding? Now your own brother, a full grown man like your husband wants to get married and they want to bill him another 120k? A man who is managing 70k salary? Anyway I blame your husband. You are earning 70k per month and you went to marry from a poor family. Their demands will definitely be higher than you can afford. Like I always say poverty dey kill love!!! It is better to cut your coat according to your cloth than deceive yourself to marry with poverty hugging you because you are in love. Sheybe the love dey help una foot una bills nah? Even if the wife gets a job things will never be the same. Even if the man gets a higher well paid job they will either hate him for the previous way he treated them or milk him more as money don come...


Meanwhile if you are looking for an investment do reach me via my signature. I am not collecting a dime from anyone or asking for any subscription fee or whatever people charge on Nairaland for one service or opportunity. I am simply sharing a wonderful opportunity. You can check out the thread I opened on it too.

I am interested .... I want invest too

vivaciousvivi:
I honestly didn't hear about this.
I bought TBs in Jan 2020 from one of my banks for 190 days which will mature next month.
Your bank could easily have given you this information.

So sorry to ask , please which bank do you use?

Multiplier7:
You can invest as low as 100k upwards in Treasury Bills through your broker and I hope you have a CSCS account.

Meanwhile, which bank is that that told you that?

Sterling bank

Galaticos444:
there's no ban on treasury bills.CBN only made investing in treasury bills less attractive by reducing d ROI to jst 3%

Thanks a bunch

Seriously


But please who has the latest information about Treasury bills in Nigeria.... ?


The last time I checked CBN placed a restriction on individuals from buying Nigeria treasury bills in November 2019...

Please what's the latest info?

Have the CBN lifted the ban ?

Can individuals now buy Treasury bills?

Venerable612:
Hi all,

There is no shame in not understanding. Let me help you guys understand.

Think of mutual funds as the three of you bringing your money together - and giving it to someone like Charles Soludo (Because the assumption is that Charles Soludo knows how to invest very well and Can make you guys a lot of money).

Charles Soludo, in this scenario, will be called the Fund Manager.

The funds that the three of you have contributed is called the Mutual Fund and Charles Soludo must make sure That he invests (In different Portfolios) according to the terms as agreed by all of you (investors) and this will depend on whether you want to invest in Shares, Government Bonds, Foreign dollar investment funds etc.

This is usually how rich people like Dangote, Otedola invest their money outside of doing business. But the average poor man in the street lacks all these financial information.

Now you know - the next tome you make your next 1 million - you may think about keeping your money with Mutual Funds and getting a return at the end of the year!

1) What's the lowest amount someone can invest in mutual fund ?

100K, 200K or more .....?

2) please mention or tell us Mutual fund managers you know...

3) Do banks offer mutual fund services too

Efiosej:
I don't think the ban has been lifted
and tb is currently at 2% now

Outrageous... I was even thinking of investing about a million naira. I saw 5% somewhere on nairametrics website yesterday...

But my bank was encouraging me to come and buy last week Wednesday. Maybe they're not sure

TB seems to be the safest place to invest money in this unstable covid 19-infested economy

bizhop01:
With syndication of 50 million naira you good to go.

Outrageous... I was even thinking of investing about a million naira.

TB seems to be the safest place to invest money in this unstable covid 19-infested economy