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Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 2:19pm On Nov 06, 2025
Shalom428:
With all modesty , I have multiple of that in my NGX and my money markets but that doesn't mean I will look that amount less. I don't live in Nigeria, I'm well travelled, so I can tell you for a fact that if you take care of your daily needs and you have 137K ( N200M ) saved , you are RICH by the world standard.

No be everybody wan be like Dangote. It's all about mindset . No be everybody wan build by 5 , 6 duplexes. Some people are very much okay with a bungalow, after all , house Na house. No be everyone wan buy Lamborghini , some people are okay with their Toyota. No be everybody wan buy super yacht and private jets.

No need for unnecessary pressure
Kudos to you for what you have and the positive mindset too.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 1:35pm On Nov 06, 2025
Shalom428:
For the record I'm completely against Oyedele's stance on CGT as regards NGX , the market is just opening up , the policy is ill - timed , it will definitely kill the momentum and it has started happening.

The amount in question in 200M not 50M . And I will say it again and again, if you are debt free and you have 200M in good dividend paying companies on NGX , you are RICH by the world standard

Since you guys always dollarize everything... Answer the simple question; What percentage of people in the world have $137K , debt - free

Make a decent case with an answer to the above question.
There so many people on this forum that have multiples of N200m in their portfolio and they are still hustling for more because they dont see it as huge enough. Remember, the more the higher the taste. Reason why Dangote still dey find money grin grin
Politics › Re: What Is Currently Happening In Nigeria Is Pure Christian Genocide - Mike Pence by mikeapollo: 1:29pm On Nov 06, 2025
EDGEof2MORO:
whats funny is that jews are killing christians in west bank. Pedophile jews destroyed the oldest christian village in west bank (jesus stayed in that village).

Whats even funnier, jews claim they are peaceful but hamas and islam are the problem. Then why attack christians? No hamas in west bank. No islam just jews being jews.

if nigerian christians even bothered to read their bible, something i doubt any of them even do, they will see that it was even the jews that killed their jesus christ. yet go through all the posts on nairaland supporting genocidal Israel and the fingers behind it belongs to a nigerian christian.
Please give us a break and shut it! Which ''Christians in West Bank'' are you talking about?
Judea and Samaria (aka West Bank) had more than 80% Christian in population when it was under Israel's control. Today, the Palestinians have marginalized and isolated the Christians to the extent that there is less than 20% Christians in Judea and Samaria. So what are you talking about?
The Christians in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) are not the ones fighting Israel because they know the truth and history of the land, as contained in the Bible. It is the Islamic fundamentalists among the Palestinians that are fighting Israel and Israel is also fighting back.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 1:20pm On Nov 06, 2025
Toluway:
Are we not talking about 200m because naira value is seriously decimated?
I assume that someone with a hundred million and above surely have a house, a car for himself and another car for his wive.
If not, what is the essence of having all the millions in your account?
You are not entirely wrong.
But in this context, we are discussing if N200m is a really big sum of money assuming you still need to build or buy a house from it and continue living fine as an average Nigerian
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 1:16pm On Nov 06, 2025
Shalom428:
N200M in any part of the world is a decent amount. With that amount, you are richer than 90% of the world populace.

200M in good dividend paying companies in NGX is RICH. We should stop the act of dollarizing everything. Nigerians settle their local obligations in Naira.
My brother, I appreciate your point.
For me, N200m was huge money up to 2023. But the way things are going now with successive govts, N200m may not be that big anymore.
Just ask yourself: how much will remain after you build or buy a 4-bedroom bungalow flat or duplex?
Politics › Re: Oando Bows To Dangote Refinery, Suspends Fuel Imports by mikeapollo: 12:47pm On Nov 06, 2025
SarkinYarki:
The people that bought Oando shares 15 years ago have not recovered but yiu want to?

Buying Oando any time is bad news
Oando got to as high as N90 so why didn't the people who bought 15 years ago sell and make profit?
I bought Oando at N5 some years back and I am happy I did.
Just limit yourself to what you know personally from experience and not generalized loose comments.
Politics › Re: Oando Bows To Dangote Refinery, Suspends Fuel Imports by mikeapollo: 12:41pm On Nov 06, 2025
BreakingNews21:
Looks like a good time for Oando to switch from importing to mining if they have the investment capital to do a feasibility study and then commence domestic operations.
I think they already have a subsidiary that is going into mining.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 12:11pm On Nov 06, 2025
Toluway:
Mikeapollo, be far na, how can you say that an investor with 200m portfolio is a struggling investor?
Even with my about 150m, which was only possible because I sold a piece of landed property, I consider myself rich. In fact, I'm a multi-millionaire.
If you feel that you're a struggling investor with 200m, when then are you going to enjoy your life? With my present portfolio, even the dividends alone is enough for me to live like a king.
I give the glory to God Almighty.
grin grin
Remember N200m is not up to $150,000 any more ooo.
If you buy one house (a 4 bedroom flat bungalow or duplex) from the N200m or N150m, how much would remain assuming you decide to retire?
Remember that some people also borrowed to invest and they have to repay the loan from the gains.
We thank God for his mercies; N200m may sound huge but the actual value has dropped.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 11:15am On Nov 06, 2025
Payunsin:
With this current bear, which stocks are now underpriced to jump in.
I mean very good deals
Just follow the market and monitor the prices.
Access Bank seems underpriced right now, but you have to be very patient for the long term.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 11:06am On Nov 06, 2025
GeeKudi:
I think the apprehension about the CGT is the fact that the new law becomes restrospectively effective from the date of inaugurating the NGX. That can only be described as cruel and could even be illegal.
It is not only because of the retrospective application, which Taiwo Oyedele himself agrees to be unfair, unreasonable, punitive and insensitive.
It is also because they have increased the pre-existing CGT rate for companies from 10% to 30%; and then introduced PAYE tax rate on gains made by individuals, which may be as high as 24%. How does a a struggling investor risk his/her life savings to make N200m and then give govt N48m?
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 10:08am On Nov 06, 2025
KarlTom:
Ding cool
EFCC should not complain when this dude makes his several billions in NGX.
Dude has been paying his dues selflessly to this forum and humanity!
Oando, Aradel, Seplat, Conoil must vomit the billions!
Politics › Re: Stop Celebrating ‘worthless’ GDP Figures, Osinbajo Warns African Govts by mikeapollo: 10:06am On Nov 06, 2025
Prigidypogodo:
Everybody knows that GDP does not signify growth but HDI
but will yoruba agree ?
You ignore Osinbajo who made the statement and the journalist the published the news.
But their ethnicity/tribe is what you want to attack.?
Interesting
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 9:06am On Nov 06, 2025
Potvalor:
Exactly, this explains the oversubcription. USA Federal bonds hovers around 4.0-4.5% yield, so a 9ja Eurobond of 8-9% yield is very attractive to both local and foreign investors. Which isn't necessarily a good thing for Nigeria in the long term with our rising debt servicing cost and static dollar revenue. So I don't get why we are the celebrating the oversubscription news.
Excellent!
Any Eurobond issuance by a relatively stable democracy in Africa with 8%-10% yield would be oversubscribed at the moment because yields are low in US Europe, Asia.etc
Politics › Re: Oando Bows To Dangote Refinery, Suspends Fuel Imports by mikeapollo: 8:56am On Nov 06, 2025
AfahaAbia:
No wonder their stocks fell so much. I bought 3m worth of their shares in January today what I'm seeing is 1.6m in my stock trading account. I'm so disappointed.
Politics › Re: Oando Bows To Dangote Refinery, Suspends Fuel Imports by mikeapollo: 8:56am On Nov 06, 2025
AfahaAbia:
No wonder their stocks fell so much. I bought 3m worth of their shares in January today what I'm seeing is 1.6m in my stock trading account. I'm so disappointed.
If you really bought Oando shares and also follow or monitor news about the company, AGM, and read their financial reports then this should not be news to you. All these have been mentioned or highlighted by Oando several months ago before now.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 5:00pm On Nov 05, 2025
Agbalowomeri:
Abi these people dey mad ni. Shey na our problem be this one?
grin grin
Until these people made Agba annoyed!

The annoyance dey go round small small! grin
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 4:32pm On Nov 05, 2025
KarlTom:
What year are they touting for the phase out?

That will let us know if they are serious or just following the trend... smiley
Do you take this Senate under Akpabio very serious?
In Akpabio's own words, you can continue to take them serious while ''Akpabio continues to eat"!
How does a nation that produces and relies heavily on oil revenue for almost everything make this kind of law? Jokers!
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 2:58pm On Nov 05, 2025
leo1234:
grin grin grin
Why are you smiling?
Guys are frowning everywhere you go ooo! huh
Education › Re: 16-Year-Old Naomi Olayinka Emerges Top In IGCSE English by mikeapollo: 2:07pm On Nov 05, 2025
peekspot:
https://punchng.com/16-year-old-nigerian-emerges-top-in-igcse-english/
See the kind of dress the British woman is putting on! Spits!
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 1:27pm On Nov 05, 2025
Prof, please calm down. If you don't mind, can I open the fridge and bring some couple of cold bottles?.....you know what I mean now? grin grin grin
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 1:10pm On Nov 05, 2025
Namaster:
Sounds like Tax Planning to me.

NTAA 2025 says you MUST disclose this.
And that the Tax Authority has the power to INVALIDATE such arrangements and tax you accordingly.

Even though Tax Planning and Tax Avoidance is LEGAL, the New Laws have a provision that OBLIGATES you to tell them how you are planning to avoid tax and essentially gives them the power to REJECT your tax planning and tax avoidance measures.

It's one of the most RIDICULOUS things I've ever read in my entire life.

Oyedele really COOKED with the New Laws.
Don't mind Taiwo and other promoters of the new law. They just copied and pasted laws that they don't have the right infrastructure and environment to implement.

My intended discussion with my stock brokers is only to ensure that I don't miss out on units of the particular stocks when I want to repurchase it in future. But I will pay all the brokerage fees, NGX commission, VAT on the transaction etc.
If it is permissible by NGX/SEC rules, the FIRS would not do jack! All that would be required is to pay the right taxes, if any.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 12:42pm On Nov 05, 2025
awesomeJ:
Wouldn't this have been better to do while the laws were being drafted? I think stakeholders like the NGX management, CIS, and all these numerous shareholder associations didn't do enough.

While it might be harder to amend or repeal the CGT provisions in the current laws, It's a much easier possibility to fight for a suspension of its implementation, so if you know any platform where I can join such fight, please sign me up. Even if na to protest on a saturday morning grin
Theoretically, you are correct.
There was a similar 10% CGT in Finance Act 2021 which was never implemented. So let's see what happens

The main focus was on 15% VAT which was later reversed to 7.5% by NASS.
The whole law was more or less smuggled and rushed in after the govt got the political class to support it after VAT increment was dropped.
Most Nigerians were not aware of the 30% CGT and other aspects.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 12:14pm On Nov 05, 2025
While it makes sense for us to have backup strategies to avoid or minimize the impact of the CGT, let us all add our voice to condemn it on every forum and support the move to get it suspended, reversed or scrapped if possible.
We have nothing to lose, but everything to gain if we are able to do that.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 11:51am On Nov 05, 2025
awesomeJ:
If you hold any stock with a low purchase price, you'd be better off rebasing the cost than just hoping on a suspension of CGT. rebasing will conly cost you 2-3% trading fees vs 15-23% in potential CGT.
Yes, that is correct.
But in my case, I will be fine selling about 35% of my portfolio before Jan 2026. The remaining 65% is strategic investment. I can even afford to sell below the N10m gain annually to beat the CGT law.

But I will also discuss with my brokers if I can arrange some cross-deals with them to beat the CGT law if possible.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo:
The shallow and hollow argument some people make sometimes is to compare taxes being paid in developed countries and say the same must be paid here, without putting things in proper context.
They are not even able to demand accountability from those who collect and embezzles the taxes and public funds. Sometimes, they even support the looters.

Developed countries provide jobs to their graduates and qualified citizens. They provide unemployment benefits, housing and accommodation., They take good care of the aged, elderly and sick ones.
Their president and politicians live a modest lifestyle, and some even use public transport to go to work on daily basis.

Over here, graduates roam the streets for 5 years without a job, no unemployment benefits, no govt housing or accommodation, your parents are old and sick with no govt support. The politicians are living an ostentatious lifestyles. An illiterate Councilor or LG chairman is earning more than medical doctors , lecturers and professors. You provide accommodation, water, electricity, neighbourhood security, roads etc. by yourself. The additional responsibilities and services that you provide is more than 35% additional tax to the govt.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 11:15am On Nov 05, 2025
pluto09:
You don't want to sell before January and you don't want to pay CGT.
wish you well grin grin
I cannot sell EVERYTHING in my portfolio. E get why!
But I can sell SOME for my strategic needs and projections, while I keep the rest because I know this govt and CGT cannot last forever.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 11:10am On Nov 05, 2025
pluto09:
The CGT will not affect everyone.
Someone like Agba has sold all, waiting to reenter the market at at his own convenience.
You also can sell and follow him to escape paying heavily for CGT.
The CGT will affect everyone because prices will drop drastically when liquidity evaporates in the market.

I can only sell based on my strategic needs and projections, for now. Every investor is not the same.
I cannot just sell off everything just because a clueless and gullible govt. has come to disrupt the market because they want to extort investors.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 10:59am On Nov 05, 2025
Agbalowomeri:
Na only the rich like una go cry grin
grin grin
Really? You mean only the ''rich'' have stocks that would fall in price?
It is the so called ''rich people'' who trade in large volumes (i.e. provide liquidity) in the market that enables the ''not-so-rich people'' to also trade and make profits and gains.
Once a section of the market is affected, others will be affected too. It is not only about the CGT. It is also because prices and trades will fall drastically
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 10:52am On Nov 05, 2025
Agbalowomeri:
Lol e don fall from 25k to 15k grin
grin grin
You better join us to tell Taiwo and his master that they better suspend that CGT thing before it is too late!
Otherwise, the ''kasala'' go reach city, town, village and hamlet....everybody everywhere
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 10:42am On Nov 05, 2025
Agbalowomeri:
Lol if it doesn't reach my junction I no dey enter
You are however free to create your own happiness
Does it mean you don't have any stocks in your NGX portfolio that has fallen in price, so far?
If there is, then you are also in the red.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 10:02am On Nov 05, 2025
The CGT tax kicks in whenever an investor attempts to cash out. Rolling over from Dec to the following year does not exempt anyone as long as the proceeds exceed N150m or the gain exceed N10m.
The historical purchase costs will be deducted from the sales proceeds and then the relevant CGT tax rate will be applied.
Unless this law is suspended or reversed, it would affect the NGX very badly.
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by mikeapollo: 9:32am On Nov 05, 2025
Agbalowomeri:
Make una dey calm down o

The red you see yesterday na Fanta

Atarodo red ♥️ is coming
Orun ya bo, kii se oro enikan!
When heaven falls, everyone will be affected.

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