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See heaven..

This kind empwerment good, but d effect is less in the economy. Nigeria no need more Tailor's, sewing the normal cut and see..

We need Tailor's to go industrial not local.

Our leaders no dey try...

And sm say juju no dey work.

We don't know the power in Africa...


Can we see the solution to our problem...

Nobody will steal if it's done the African way..

Lolz.

If only daddy go will see the comments in this post...

SideshowBob:
Long post alert.
I was scammed yesterday on Saturday. Call me a fool, dunce, naive whichever name you finally decide to settle on. I accept but I just want to recount my experience for the unaware like me before who were not hoodwinked off guard.
I was to get 1k to give to my ailing brother for small drugs so I headed to the bank to get cash and seeing as only one ATM terminal out of three was functioning. I had to wait for my turn patiently in queue. Suddenly a man probably in his mid thirties approached me asking for the direction to prayer city pleading that he just came from epe I and didn't know anybody around to help him. I replied unaffirmatively which has been my custom for months stating I don't know just to face what brought me there. He was then persuading me to help me ask other people around if they could direct him. While I was wondering why he couldn't do that himself one jobless looking youth came and asked what the problem was (He knew the man asking for directions unknown to me) The man in problem explained that he needed to get to an estate in an imaginary prayer city that he was having several amount of dollars with him. That's how Scammer B (to avoid repetition) feigned shock, called me aside and advised me to help the man that we both knew where we were (CMS) was very dangerous and if the area boys around got to know Scammer A will be in big trouble which was actually true, I honestly then didn't know what came over me next but I just remembered following both of them to board a bus to ajah with scammer B telling Scammer A he will have to settle both me and him 25k each for taking time to help him and saving him from the area boys, Scammer A first said he will give out 3k before later agreeing to give us 25k each. We entered the shuttle with scammer B telling the driver to hurry up. As we were on the road heading there he was just telling me different cock and bull stories (which I didn't realize at the time) of how God used us as scammer A's angels saving him from the touts, How he was sent to get something from his workplace but decided to be a godsent, how he impregnated an akwa ibom girl and wanted her to abort the pregnancy but didn't want to do so cause of his mum and what the child might become in the future. All sorts of mumbo jumbo.
We got down at maruwa and boarded another shuttle which took us in an inner large expanse of land with some estates by the side and plenty tents (some housing prostitutes) in the centre. While we got down scammer A was just thanking us especially me for "helping" him. Scammer B walked ahead and walked up to the front giving me some instructions on what to do like changing our identifies and doing all we were asked to do without lying or interjecting those others. Next thing I saw was we meeting a "baba Ogun (witch doctor) before entering a tarpoulin tent, I noticed scammer B greeted him well but I was still largely oblivious at that moment.
The remaining turn of events shook my soul, I then knew he was a "witch doctor" who told us we were going to get 1.2 million waiting for us at home. He chanted some prayers and ordered us to repeat some words after him. It got to the stage Scammer B then reminded me of what he said consigning saying the truth when there. The witch doctor then told both of us to produce everything on in our pockets especially ATM cards and cash on us, I was lucky my phone had spoilt if not it would have gone too, He then asked for the pin of our ATMs and how much the content was, at this point I was shaking and sweating profusely, the formerly docile and thankful scammer A suddenly raised his voice that I should cooperate. Scammer B "lied" and gave out his own contents plus 200 on him. I next followed suit. Out of fear I then gave out two different passwords. Next thing scammer B started barking on me telling me he had already told me what to do and and that we were in a place of a dangerous witch doctor. He also gave me several cock and bull tales of death and madness that happened to people who defaulted. I also noticed he changed his own pin to something similar to my own but I was too agitated to fully grasp it. Seeing all that I foolishly gave it all. One major part of the "rituals" that won't leave my memory was when the witch doctor took our ATM cards and told me and the two scammers that he would put the them in our stomachs in which that when we were completed all the "rites" he instructs to do, we will later use our left foot to hit the ground three times and our cards and imaginary 1.2m will suddenly appear. At this point I wasn't interested asap about any money as I just wanted to leave there as I became afraid. He told me to lift us my shirt, he said some lines before slapping my stomach with the card two times which suddenly disappeared into thin air due to his tricks. That was the last time I ever set eyes on that card. Scammer B then went outside to talk to him ,"on our behalf" Mumu me. (All through Scammer A didn't bring out a single thing during our time there) The witch doctor came back, gave us instructions to go home, not answer any body that calls us else we'll run mad, pick every cash we see, put it in a nylon bag and call him on a number he jotted down for us both, Scammer B also reaffirmed it there telling me there would be consequences if I fail to do it. He then gave both of us transport fares with scammer B shouting the words "Go Home now", And the witch doctor telling us to take different paths instead of the same away from the tents straight home. I managed to board a bus doing as I was told. I arrived home, took my brother's phone without answering anybody with brought about puzzled looks from everyone at home. I called the man who then told me to pack all the money in the house and call him again. I lied that I have gotten it all but he said I should be sure, get it all and call him back for the next line of action. I suddenly got 100% of my senses that moment and realized I might have been scammed. I then went back to talk to the family relating all my experiences from A to Z before my worst fears were confirmed when my ailing brother asked me to check my bank's app on his own. Lo and behold my 30k I worked for and saved during this period of ASUU strike was wiped off with an Opay gateway. I sat down not knowing whether to laugh or cry . My mum was livid telling I've not been close to God and I should be thankful to him I'm still alive cause I could have been killed if things went south which was true seeing as I was in an isolated area known to those 3 and unknown to me. Someone suggested it have been a case of hypnosis which also happened to his friend. I for my own part was still replaying the events prior to when I returned home wondering why I was scammed like a fool despite my most eager attempts to see it not happen to me. Me being rendered penniless was the least trivial of my issues at the moment. I could imagine the three of them celebrating "their conquest" of me being added to their list of victims and waiting for me to again foolishly bring more money from the house to add to their bounty. I that was searching for money. ,.
I don't know whether it was naivety, greed, my good will, hypnosis or whatsoever that made me get that experience to share my own story now but I also take it as one of those things that happen to some in life that would sharpen you up and make you realize the kind of world we live in today. But what I do know is that since I've been trounced with this method I might now be better placed to deal with this kind of situation next time knowing as the street is of course cruel. Fool me once, Shame on you, Fool me twice shame on me
Here is what I noticed and heard about them after relating it to people:
-They usually tend to hang around ATMs or other busy spots to sniff for victims
-They usually ask for sometimes unknown addresses or ask you to do things pertaining with large sums of money especially foreign currency
-They usually claim to come from far away or outside the country, some may feign they don't understand English, All scammers spoke to me in Yoruba
-They usually focus on you especially when they can get some decent degree of attention from you, Try your hardest not to answer strangers and if you must talk, let the Convo not go past 10 secs
-They usually have their co- scammers which won't come into the scene early when the instigator tries to first get the victim's attention but will come in later when you are reciprocating or losing interest, they try to persuade you to help the first instigator, They are also willing to follow both of you to even hell fire so far their target "YOU" is trapped, They may be just one person or in groups of at least 2.
-They usually target those pressing phones, youth, women, those with calm and decent demeanors or those waiting at a place for more than 3 mins.
God help us.

God no dey help people..

The whole God tin is part of our problem.

Has problem come, God save u ?

Dump tis God mentality... Face this wicked world as u see am.

Abobi no dey smille or laff with ppl, expecially strangers. U no owe person anything.

No train ya kids to be caring as society will encourage. See wia ur caring nature has landed u.

Guy e go beta if u are a bad boy wey no like problem..

Op sorry.

Stop been nice to people, the world is full of evil. Dey mean and wise, u no owe anybody anything. When u go out, avoid smiling..

Death to simps!

Devdevdev:
I'm a university drop-out and a lot of job listings I've been seen have BSC in computer science or related field as a requirement. Is there hope for me in the job market since I'll be competing with those with degrees?

What should I do to increase my chances of being employed?

What would you advise that I do given its too late for me to go back to school?

What useful certifications can I get to add to my resume?

No hope..

Just disembark on ur journey..

Sorry!

Jen96:
I never knew I met a demonic psychopath.

I met this man when I went to eat . He insisted to pay for my food. I had already paid. So he was like he must buy something for me. I didn't know he wanted me to v something from him to gain access to me. I kept refusing. But we sat outside for long. I later accepted. He ltr told me he had a marine altar( a custodian) that's when I knew I was finished. I pretended



Those with spiritual depth, pls help me explain why he was so persistent. I met him just once.

Ur problem is fear... Stop been friendly to strangers... When u go out, remember u are not going out to smile or be nice to people. They goal is to conquer life problems. Learn to be mean and very though the moment u live ya house.


I don't think this man did any spiritual wickedness to you. It's just ur fears manifesting..

I don't think d prayers of ur spiritual father has any spiritual effect.

Sorry!

Just ignore Dem.

Naso Nigerian biz be..

When d managers start fucking Dem, dey start to misbehave. This lady no suppose dey attend to customers , she suppose no are weakness..

What will distroy her is calling her...
U can port or dump glo..

Nations at mega war are not experiencing mega reccesion, but peaceful African countries with viable economies are hit hard with reccesion...


Something is so wrong my people..

Russia on the other hand no longer has a viable economy, we all know that. Russia has been almost crippled by sanctions, yet are currency value is higher than countries with viable economies.

Western economic principles were created to favor only the west...

If Russia was an African country, we all know the reality by now... 1000000 of that nations currency will be equal a sheet of tissue paper.

Judging by the rules of Western economics, a nation like Ukraine should have the most worthless currency on Earth at this stage.

They don't manufacture anything, the don't trade anything, they are plagued by war, their nation is in ruins, etc..

In summary they no longer have an economy....

Ukrainian economy and much of her country has been destroyed,decimated and bombarded to Ash and smoke, by the Russians yet the value of her currency only diped by -35% since the war started in Q3 2022. Just -35%...

Imagine an European country without any economy, infastructure and many more, yet the value of their currency does not reflect that.

Let's get serious, if Ukraine was an African country the value of their currency must have dipped by a -1,000,000% rendering the countries currency totally useless.

Here is a country Ukraine without an economy and means of generating any meaningful revenue, yet the value of her currency is still higher than countries with a working economy.

On the other hand, the value of the Russian currency should be less than the dirtiest tissue paper by now judging by the billions of sanctions imposed on Russia and the commatose state of her economy, but the reverse is the case.


They will say African countries don't manufacture and export, that's a reason our currencies have very low value.

My people please ask them, What is Ukraine manufacturing and exporting at this moment, what is Ukraine generating at this moment?

Guys we are been taking for a ride.. African nations must wake up. Say no to the devaluation of our currencies...

Africans must create our own economical barometers, enough of this anti African economics. African nations must fight against any call to devaluate thier currencies.

I for write plenty, but I know say una hate to read long stuffs.

Abi1985:
Few make it , not a lot. I hope you are not suffering from Ikoyi Blindness as suggested in One of Fela song where the rich do not see the poor around them. If Nigeria is doing well, why is the Naira becoming useless.

My guy forget about Nigeria and her problems.

Just be focused on ya success. Nigeria is a big destiny distraction.

Also few people are successful cos success is for a few naturally.. We just have to become successful...

That's all..

Abi1985:
There is a lot the government do to boost the economy, they choose not to for selfish reasons e.g

The government can work to provide constant electricity. With constant electricity., business can come and jobs will more available. There is no develop country that have poor electric output. Generators kills business amd the mony for profit often go to repairing gemerators and oil. Road - the government need to better , transport is key. Security - another aspect the government can do.

How some others still make it big, despite bad govt?

His church members are among those killing the country..

Abi1985:
The rate Nigerians are getting poorer is horrible. The govt do not care and no one wants to the be associated with poverty. Even the bible states that the rich man has many friends but the poor man is hated by his neighbor. Is being poor a curse? Some peoople were born poor and you cannot blame them. To wake up and to have barely anything to eat is a very hard life. The church cannot help everyone who is poor.

People are also getting rich... Making money is a personal struggle. Govt can't do anything much.

No b govt make Asake blow..

OsunOriginal:
It baffles me when Nigerians complain that their country is not working. Each time I hear this, I look the complainer in the eyes and ask (inside myself though), what have you, in your capacity, done to make things work in Nigeria?

- governors, ministers, civil servants, etc are looting and stashing cash running into billions in their houses
- the appointed technocrats (most of whom are well-read - prof, PhD holders, etc) can't do without using their offices for self-enrichment
- oil-marketers are out there looking for every opportunity to hoard fuel and sell it at higher prices
- BDC hoard dollars to make it seem scarce and sell it higher rate - sabotaging the economy
- Nigerian bankers are even worse than the BCDs and the reason giving dollars to banks instead of BCDs hasn't helped
- the so-called youths are mostly professional criminals (yahoo-yahoo, kidnappers, etc) looking for riches without commensurate efforts/work
- electricity distribution companies prefer to use estimated bills so they can extort consumers despite their obvious incompetence
- the churches are cashing in on their gullible followers and giving them false hope in exchange - creating billionaires without commensurate addition of value to our GDP
- nobody wants to farm or do hard work again - both literates and illiterates. And they all want to be rich in billions
- Nigerians now running to other countries (they call it japa) as if they don't work for money in those places

We need a madman to rule this country - I don't care how he comes - military or civilian.

May be that Peter Obi mad man friend can lead us..

soundOsonic:
Think how does one prevent the other from happening.
Can't they teach both?

At the end, no mata d sex, we still need money. Which is very important.

Can't they teach both?
They can, by they won't. They hide important skills from d masses. While the kip us distracted with nonsense..

soundOsonic:
Wow there are so many people here that doesn't understand what sex education is, lol.

They should teach self control What do you think Abstinence is in sex education?
The mind isn't evil, simply because yours is, others are not.
Abstinence isn't always the case, this is because you can't control your body hormones.
Let children learn about their bodies, how they should relate to other genders, how to avoid unplanned pregnancy, understand what sex is, and how they can respect each other when sex is involved.
Rape cases is on the rise, and you think sex education isn't important?

Sex or money?

Chose wisely.

Road2Success:
Nairalanders, Please I am really scared right now. I saw this mark on my neck and I don't know what it is. Today I was surprised when I saw it on my wife back as well and then this morning on the neck of his brother who is living with us.

This is the first time I am seeing this mark and I don't know what it can be. My friends said it is eczema that it will go soon but I am curious to know what it is.

Doctors/ anyone here who know knows what can cause this mark should be tell me what it is please�

Moderators please help me move it to front page to get more response.

Ezema

budaatum:
And as I said, you don't tell me what I may or not do, and I at least don't listen to you or what you want.

A rich woman is the most feared on the planet.

Stop spreading dis false doctrines.

soundOsonic:
Are you sure he is the minister of education?
Does he think they teach the children how to have sex in sex education?
I don't understand, does he know what sex education is?
Why all this aboki dey do this na

Sex edu is not important.. They should teach self control n hw to overcome d evil mind, plus hw to make money, productivity instead.

Sex edu will not help any body generate one Kobo.


Sex edu is a lame Western ideology...

budaatum:
A survey of people in the Orolu Kingdom found a 25% prevalence of HiV/Aids.

Most with HIV/Aids were women and children (they submitted to be tested, so that's to be expected). Unfortunately, if one wife was infected, so were all the man's other wives too, it was unfortunately found.

Any attempt to educate women on the use of condoms was met by opposition from their husbands who usually had more than one wife and lots of oloshos too.

The only reason not to teach sex education is so girls can be exploited. Mothers please take note.

The world need rich women... Not strong woman.

Them dey use that strong woman concept distract women from d money.

The same way they use the strong n rugged man concept decieve African males from making money.

Nigeria has the highest number of strong men in the world, yet we are d poverty capital of the world.

China has more female billionaires than the USA, despite the fact that the USA has a higher number of strong women aka feminist.

All this strong human tins na scam. Who gt money 9 strong.

officialwdhtv:
Why sex education shouldn’t be taught in schools — Education Minister, Adamu

Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has said that sex education should not be taught in schools because it’s targeted at undermining and destroying the moral and religious fiber of our society.

In his keynote address at the 66th National Council on Education (NCE) meeting in Abuja, on Thursday, November 3, the minister said that all available evidences indicated that sex education in schools does more harm than good to the students.

Adding that he has directed the Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to quickly review the curriculum and expunge any sexual education content in curriculum being used in schools in Nigeria.

According to him, “While I accompanied the President to his recent trip to the New York, one highly placed government official called my attention to certain materials on sex education being used in schools, and I almost collapsed because I never expected that.

I am one of those persons who believe that sex education should not be taught in our schools. Rather, such knowledge and experience should shared through other means that are known to man.

For me, there are three ways through which sex education could profitably be impacted on adults. First is instinctual. Instinct will be the first teacher for you as regards sex and several other things when the time comes.

The second way is through the process of socialization. Many other things that are not taught in schools or at home comes through the process of socialization which most often, are acquired through interactions or engagements with peers.

Then the third way is through the religious and cultural instructions. From all indications, the increasing advocacy for sex education in schools is targeted at undermining and destroying the moral and religious fiber of our society. Regrettably, it’s being promoted through the social media and other forms of westernization.”

I surport...

Wo sex ep?

Not even money education or manufacturing, innovation,etc?

Urheadmaster:
Gadafi move to make Africa one global entity was actually the best step he was up to before he was killed

That's his biz...

I no get time.

Worrying over nothing...


It's not all about getting jobs, make ya self a beta man..

Learn ya craft very well...

U can code plugins.

Build components for sale

Build ya own site for services, etc

Write books or create tutorials

Have your own Chanel for teaching.

Have ur own web dev comp

Etc

So calm down..

Even if people loose jobs, it's not a biggie.

dedonfranco:
NATO killed Gaddafi for a reason best known to them.

NATO will end this world.

Gaddafi Sabi u?

Wetin Gadafi do for u?

Oga forget all this long talk.. it's dia problem not ya problem.

Focus on making money... No b u create d world.

Lies!