₦airaland Forum

PiccoloBrunelli:
It's "hearing" not "hereing". And your monika too. It's "ANXIETY" not "ANIEXTY". But I agree with you. I love hearing good things about Nigeria.

who told you it is anxiety he meant? When did nairaland monikers compulsorily turn English words?

It beats me as to why most Nigerians don't believe the boko haram is real or that our military is making progress towards the annihilation of those bastards.

the elections are over and Buhari is in-charge. Let's stop all this rubbish already and give credit to those men who gave their today for our tomorrow. Lives are being lost on daily basis and our gallant soldiers are being made to pay the supreme price and all we do is stand behind a china phone on bonus data and type rubbish.

E dey pain me o.

Meanwhile, God bless our gallant men.
Long may they live.
More bullets to their guns.

I am having a hard time coming up with a title for this post, but let the above suffice.


I know it hurts feeling betrayed or shortchanged, sometimes it makes one map out a particular angle on the "aggressor's" body and imagining how well a dagger or bullet would fit through, but men, save the bullet; that person you would rather have dead could be a saviour tomorrow.

I have instances where I nearly wrote people off for a perceived wrong, but coincidentally, those same people became instrumental to overcoming some difficult circumstances and looking back, I get to realize that those "unfortunate times" they supposedly hurt me to earn their death warrants actually set us up for the more palatable circumstances where they became the knights.

Had I "terminated" them, I just probably wouldn't have gotten a chance at redemption which obviously could have come from them alone.

I have various instances to give, but since this is motivated by my daughter's birthday, I will cite one that relates to her birth.

When my girlfriend got pregnant years back, we moved in to a new area and in my bid to make life a little more comfortable, I brought along a generating set I had acquired but left with the previous owner because I didn't have much need for it. I was a complete novice in the maintenance of the machine and as such all I knew was the turning off and on of the engine. Eventually the engine refused to come up someday and I searched the neighborhood for an engineer and got a recommendation of this guy, Fineboy. He came with me and saw it but insisted I bring it along to his home as he doesn't work outside his workshop and I obliged him.

This guy took his time to dismantle the whole machine creating the impression that he was doing a very big work, wasting my whole day and his actually, only to change the engine oil at last. parting with my hard earned money was quite painful as I could have as well bought the oil and put in the engine myself. I vowed never to give him any job to do again, not knowing that that was the price I had to pay for the future.

Fast forward to May of the same year, my baby was due any moment from then and being that the hospital where her mum attended ante-Natal clinic was a bit far from home, I made plans with taxi men to be on the alert should I call them.

So while I was away one of those nights hustling, I got a call from my sweetie that she thinks she is due, I had to hurry home. She was strong and quite impressive with the signs from the onset. Yes, very impressive for a first-time pregnancy but she was also headstrong. I wanted us to rush to the hospital already while it was still light but she said we should wait till the contraptions increase (or something like that). We kept a sleepless night and then she told me we must go. I ran about looking for a means of conveying her to the hospital, went to the taxi man who had earlier told me all I needed to do was call him when I need him, banged on his door, called his phone and could hear it ring without him picking up, my world was crumbling and I didn't know what to do, I couldn't handle any complications as I already had a long standing battle with the lady's family. Hope was nearly lost as they kept calling me on phone to know what was keeping me. At that moment I cursed and wished she wasn't that stubborn to not have agreed to our leaving earlier, then a beam of hope as I remembered my friend, Fineboy. He had a bike so I ran to his place and asked that he helps me take her to the hospital. His no was emphatic and I nearly broke down in tears before he added that it was risky to carry a woman in labour on a bike, but that was the least of my problem, I could damn the consequence as all I needed to do was get to the hospital no matter how.

He took me to a neighbour of his who owns a car and pleaded with him to take us there. It was a great sacrifice as he had a visitor and it was late in the night and I was a complete stranger.

We got there in the comfort of a car, at a daisy moment free of charge as I was actually going to plead with the taxi man to take me there on credit. To crown it all, Fineboy and his friend visited days later with cash gift worth more than I spent fixing the generator with him.

Moral:

If the generator hadn't broken down when it did for me to meet and get acquainted with Fineboy, it would have been a different story.

If I had told him off for "cheating" me, I wouldn't have gotten the opportunity to go to him for help.

So whatever happens no matter how unfortunate, take it as a currency for future dealings, never regret so much or wish someone else evil for a perceived wrong. An enemy today might me the most useful friend tomorrow.

Happy Birthday to my Princess, Miracle.

sweetlily2818:
Please,how do i stop my three years old son from touching his penis,I've tried every means of stopping this behavior but it keeps getting worst.what ever he's doing his hands is always inside his pant touching his penis.Please help me how do I stop this.

is your joystick? Why not let the boy be?

magicminister:
Suffering too much for my country.
I heard over 750,000 people applied for a position of about 10,000.
The really sad part is that the political office holders have atleast 2 slots for every federal appointment.
this implies that a good number of the positions have been filled up already.

Anyway, i wish all candidates the best of luck.
The moment you get accepted in to NPF, you will automatically become my enemy....

are you a criminal?

blackberlin:
I don't cuss back @ people. . . free world

Good of you.
Keep it up

ladypearl45:
I kept wondering

Is my birthday mate here?


5th April
Aries loading


we rock

if only u weren't in a hurry to be born.
April 6th here.

blackberlin:
Funny things are making people popular nowadays. Olajumoke was famous for selling bread, this one too cried for P-Square and b4 u know it, she's on magazine covers as the girl who saved Africa's best music duo.

I still dey think wetin I fit do . . . *cracking me brain*

Oga abeg we no want see any akamu brain spill for here abeg.

Ironla

I think the credit goes to #theunknownsoldier who put his life on the line.

"They gave their today for our tomorrow"

God bless #theunknownsoldier

post here or call or text/whatsapp 08065145793

I would appreciate help getting the flex of the Pavilion G6 laptop I was working on, I have sourced my area but couldn't find any as other Pavilion G6 flex did not match it.

Attached are Pictures

MessedUp:
So Young
So Damaged.
Silence is the loudest shout for help.

when faced with difficulties, one is presented with two choices; to hand in the glove or keep up the fight, knowing he isn't strong enough but yet determined to fight through.

When one is engrossed in self love and/or chooses to compare his or her life with others whose lives are supposedly better than one's own life, the end result is often suicidal and depression.

I have taken out time to read some grass to Grace stories, and no matter how cruel I perceive life to be, I live through it.

There are many poeple who like I, have vowed to wade through it and they are the brave amongst us, while others chose the fool's way out.

This is daisy, but believe it or not things may never be set to perfection again.

The Great Zik in cases like this would say "a broken bottlle has no mmekwatarism"

if she was going to take all the time making up and coming, then she should have had an earlier start.

mamaafrik:
OP,you were what my mum'll call "a real sobongo"(stubborn goat).

lol, I guess you gave her reasons to call you that.

zonax:
Yes you did but environment has its toll too

guess I should be grateful the effect of the environment on me didn't get there.

Thanks.

scrap it

I have the most amazing wife in the whole world, words cannot describe how happy she makes me feel.

the only problem is that I





















never even see am with my eye

Kaysalas:
I am @ Agege, Lagos. Can we do it for 20k?

sorry, I've quite lazy with phones of late, reason I didn't reply your text... 10 will do, will call you hopefully before the week runs out for a deal.

especially with their condition of saving for upto six months with them, if I had such savings, will I be asking them for a loan?

warrenweste:
micro finance can hardly give startups

end times indeed

THat's a good one I must say. A wonderful parenting style

PLANE FLYING WITHOUT PILOT

God showed me, I saw a plane carrying top government official without a pilot to control the direction of the plane, I don’t want to sound negative but God revealed to redeem, I will want the government official at the aviation industry to be more alive in their responsibility not to allow aircraft below the international aviation standard to fly on the air

na naija be the plane na, we get government

amp01:
I don't agree with you.micrifinance bank is the best place for startup.i have taken loan there many times and it's ok.

if you read well, you'd note my inferences are from informal lenders which are more flexible than the so-called micro finance banks. too many people hardly can access loan from the banks.

Dotmax53:
thanks op..this helpz

you are welcome

I may not be a Warren Buffet or the likes but this is my honest view from the little may inconsequential business experience.
Starting and running a business with the hope of growth and expansion may be the next sweetest feeling on earth. As a matter of fact, most beginners see themselves making a billion in less than a year from a fifty thousand Naira investment, this excitement more often than not pushes one into taking risks and signing pacts without crossing the Ts. We find it safe to assume that money at hand is the only hindrance to more money.

Each loan has it terms, and most businesses require that some amount of money be retained in it once started to maintain growth. Unless you are already a Dangote who can afford to default and not suffer losses by way of incarceration and confiscation, don't take that loan.

REASONS:

1. Like stated earlier, if you invest 50,000 in a business, to power that business to growth, you may need to have at least fifty thousand naira at all times to do so. with most loans you make remittances, sometimes way above your income as a start-up and before long you discover you just collected the money to make them richer. Ever wondered why some small businesses fail?

2. Interest rates are killing:
In the absence of formal structures to lend to budding entrepreneurs, the informal sector has this cut-throat Shylock like system that would kill your dream.
I will tell you my personal experience.
I had this noble idea I was certain would give me money and was all out to invest, but cash was a challenge. Personally, I am the type that would hardly beg or depend on someone, so instead I broached the idea to a friend to see if he knows how I could access a loan from the informal sector with the bank not being an option, so he introduced me to one and the way it was painted, the only factor that stopped me from getting it instantly was a guarantor which I sufficed wouldn't be a problem. According to him, I was to make a daily return of forty naira per 5000, it sounded cool until I did the maths and discovered I was supposed to return a total of twelve thousand naira in 30 days if I go for a 50,000 naira loan and about 24,000 for a 100,000 naira loan. and this is only in interest as it does not in any way mean I have paid part of the loan and I would have to keep paying same until the loan is separately paid for to the last kobo. Check it out friend, I would have to make a 100 bulks a week in profit to be able to bay that much in interest and still remain in business, itherwise you all will have to pay me a visit in detention as those guys don't smile with their money.


3. You need peace of mind.

Starting a business is not a cakewalk, to remain in business, you need to be in a perfect state mentally, taking a loan will deny you just that. When you take a loan, it automatically means someone has paid for your peace of mind and can use it at will especially if you are someone like me who'd be worried about my inability to keep to terms. Believe me, you don't need that as a beginner.

Alternatives:


1.Getting Your Relatives To Help out.
This is very difficult especially in these times when people would rather have you wash their cars for a plate of porridge and a carton of alcohol but will hardly give you 200 naira to transport yourself to a job interview. but if you successfully get a little cash from relatives invest with it, and grow from there.

2. Get a Partner
Don't be selfish, get someone as passionate as you are in the line of business and merge resources. However a concrete arrangement should be reached regarding roles and benefits.

3. Sell off Luxury Items
Sell of those gadgets you don't need, they can always be replaced when your business booms. Besides technology keeps evolving, meaning you can get even more sophisticated ones when you hammer.

#My2naira
Comments and criticisms are most welcome as we are all learners.

Raynee:
bosses please help guys im in a serious mess. my old acer aspire 7800 desktop sound was working fine with my headphone untill i
messed up the settings in realtek room\sound
settings. i think i disabled some jack stuff or
something then the settings control wasnt visible
anymore and i got the red X sign on the volume
nob saying no audio device installed, in device manager i didnt see realtek i was using under the sound and controller option, i only saw high definition audio and when i clicked on properties it says "working properly" but still no sound and everything linked to the realtek i was using on my pc (the room settings, files in program files is gone) i downloaded new realtek audio device and after installation and restart i wont find it anymore . Lexusgs430 help pls, whats the prob ?

click continuously on the redmarked speaker icon, it should lead you to the solution.

Yes!
As I want use am download manna

So touching... God will answer your prayers, amen. In the meanwhile, hope you've explored and eliminated all possible medical related impediments?

uchesa:
Though I try to be calm ,I just can't help it, it is eating me a lot. Please God, you and only you can answer this prayer.

Of course you can but be rest assured that both does not and will not guarantee protection on your system. Get and updateable anti-virus

Ebao2:
Can someone use smadav Antivirus and USB disk security together. Hope it will not affect the system

My friend smadav is not an anti-virus.

MRXELA:
but i av smadav usb scaner

go to eset.com and download and instal. The trial version of 30day will clean and keep you protected for the meanwhile

Kaysalas:
Waranty on laptop with bad board, I don't understand O! I got it brand new in 2012

what is your location and how much do you intend to sell?