If you want a certain brand; why don't you apply to be the sole distributor in Nigeria. You make tons of money and can use ur favorite brand.

thank you guys. stay sexy

Does anyone know the population of Lagosians online?

Cheers

" I'm gay"
--Anderson Cooper

And in other news, Nairalanders have learned that water is wet.
If water hasn't publically admitted it is wet then it really isn't wet yet.

You talk as though homosexuality is learned behaviour or passed down by parents. You forget that most homosexuals are offsprings of heterosexual couples. Just because that boy has homo parents doesn't mean he ll become gay too. It is not a choice to be gay; if he is attracted to women, he is attracted to women. The fact that he thinks ppl should be free to be who dey r and his parents r homos doesn't mean he'll become homo. Get it right!

Kay-Dee:



Nope, I mean . . . it is increasing by addition of new entrants. Like the lil boy I mentioned who may be originally straight (or destined to be straight) but now thinks it is okay to hit the other side because his parents are homos. Now thats +1 to the gay population, whether or not he's in the closet or openly gay.

Aint nothing new about it; what is new is that people are coming out. And its better dat dey r coming out. Imagine being married to a person who is not attracted to you but feels forced to be married to you becos of societal pressure. Behind your back he/she is screwing some1 of d same gender. I ll rather have it all out in d open.

To those of you that are homophobic; no amount of hatred or punishment would make homosexuality go away, I am afraid. Homosexuality is as old as your great great great grand parents. The only reason why it appears new is because there is because societies like America encourage openness and self expression and there is also the technology for societies to access information.
I have a great-grand uncle who never got married (if he were still alive, he'll be 113yrs old this year); my mum said he was extremely neat, dashing, and d mist well dressed man she ever knew. He always said he couldn't stand women. I told my mum he was gay but because of the times he lived in, he couldn't come out.
In my opinion, societies are better off if they allow this people come out so that we all know who we are dealing with.

This guy is as gay as they come. I am guessing he pays off those women to keep their mouths shut about his sexuality. He is probably only marryin to curtail suspicions about his sexuality. I mean dis guy gives gifts to mostly men in his church, keeps divorcing with no kids, d jerry curl, d suave dressing, his church is always squeaky clean, d signs r all dere. He is Gay!

U hv a pretty cool website. Just go for it. There r always skeptics: but one thing is for sure; if u hv good clothes, trendy, fashionable n very good service, d word would go round, so keep at it. Nigerians r gettn more western by d day, n plus nigeria is not exactly d easiest place to drive around town shoppin for needs/wants(hot sun, humid, n awful roads). Stay focused

Dukesy: Hi all ,

I recently started an online retail site with an aim of bringing the UK High Streets to Nigeria via online shopping (in addition to a personal shopping service). Since starting the site I have had an equal amount of skeptics and customers alike with the skeptics not really giving much of constructive feedback as to why they do not believe the site is real.

Seeing as this is an open forum I would like to throw the question out to those skeptics as to why they will not shop online and to those that have shopped online will they do so again.

Hopefully we can convert another skeptic!

All views welcome.

Neneh
www.NWB-it.com
www.facebook.com/needitwantitbuyit
www.twitter.com/NWBit

U sound like some1 with no exposure

born2fuck: 1.21-24 ladies: pros- they insist they cannot date a poor man either is working or not , they don't consider his future ambition,all they care about is ready made guy.

Con- Some pretended rich guys or rich guys take advantages of them and jump to next lady

Pro con: they attend clubs uniforms girls,show pictures of bosoms, accuse poor guys,called people bitches and say they don't care about anyone

2.24-28: pros: they change from rich to working class,even if he doesn't have money,he must be working and they can build their goals where areas all their beauty have faded away and using mary kay as cover up with different make up, some of their Kitty has devalued due to some guys taking advantage in the past
Pros: they start listening to every guys,making friends with guys, while the rich running away,the average working sleeping with them
Pro-con: they pretended to be good girl,advising the young girls

3.28-32:Pros- this is the stage they turn to guy of any tribe ,any job and most desperate end up in jobless guy and accept to handle responsibility by herself, they termed their relationship true love

Con: they are good to any guy and reduce rate they give Kitty out, some even will never let you sleep with them but will kill you with good food.

Pro con- they start going to church and mosque, you see them in ulcer or choir group, they start preaching

3.32-35: I am married to Jesus group, sadness is their worried, they start blaming their parents and old boys, they knew they have mess up in the past, they get jealous of young boys marry each other and getting pregnancy
Pros, they attended all different places, do all different things they even slept with someone who will impregnate even if they will not marry

5. 35- upward- the world is their friend- condemn group! Guys see them as irrelevant

Note: that doesn't mean all of the above will not get married, they can still get a guy but chances is low while choice is limited compare to others

Get ur old fashioned arse n go sit do somewhere. Its called being young! Ppl like dat don't want to marry ur archaic arse anyway. What makes y'aLl think only things girls want is marriage anyway? Ppl r marrying much later dese days anyway...D world is changing - deal with it! And dont u dare talk about d whole western ish...ok? If u r sooo african, drop ur fones, ur cars, pcs and anything d very immoral white man has made to make ur useless brained consuming only non productive Morally Superior african life easier.

High_Chief: Most gals are not just marriageable, they claim to rule the world. With such mentality how do you expect them to be submissive. Like someone posted on his facebook, wat kind of man would want to engage a babe with status' like - "liquids loadin" "Elegushi loadin", "movida on point“ "wine bar Abuja toh badt“# "6 bottles on point" "clubbing mode activated"Champaign rain” "missing my bed tonite" "i l♥√ع u, u knw urself#" off to... " "A̶̲̅m gonna party real hard 2nite" "Owerri, Benin, lagos, Abuja, Asaba on my mind =-?" " painting accra blue and red " "who is fooling who?!!!

Jay z was very disturbed when he saw rihanna dressed half naked walking around town last week.
She has also been partying excessively every night of the week in any country she is in (its always clubbing every nite). She seems to be mentally exhausted and needs a therapist. If she is not careful she might run crazy. Here is the source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2158070/Rihanna-steps-revealing-outfit--friends-urge-to-rehab-seek-help.html

I think u ll get higher quality education if u go to the UK or USA though I would recommend US. In the US, a lot of fresh graduates move right into business cos schools actually have small business labs where u can go in voluntarily to get lots of guidance and free stuff to start a business. You would also learn innovative ways and all round new ideas u can adapt to nigerian society once u return. Only issue is 2million naira is hardly enuff for a UK or US college education. Since u absolutely have to go to uni, I guess u can try ghana and perhaps do business on d side so long as one won't really distract from d other. Cheers

judebeyou: Hello Fellow Nairalanders,
My parents are both from 9ja and gana, I am presently in Ghana, with approximately two million naira in my account. I was thinking about venturing a farming business and at the same time am having the thought of going europe for a degree. Please guys what do you think about these? You comments and suggestions will be most appreciated.

It is a worldwide phenomenon. Family and sociocultural dynamics r changing everywhere. I read in huffington post and newyork times sometime last year dat women are starting to earn a lot higher and get more education than men in the US; even where I attended college, there noticeably more girls in many of my classes than guys. And girls tended to even make higher pay and got jobs faster. What's more, both articles mentioned dat a lot of these successful and highly educated women were single and very preTty. I dunno y. More recently, I read on a south african blog (by popular Khaya Dlanga) dat there r lots of very very hot beautiful and highly successful women in south africa (both black and white) who r surprisingly single.
In my "arrogant opinion", I think it boils down to choice - money gives power and when u have power, u have d ability to make more choices. A girl who is not sooo pretty or not earning dat much money, I am afraid, has less choices; she would take any man dat comes to her. More money means I can choose my own lifestyle and possibly live on my own terms.

deshclones: Am really troubled...had a meeting with some of our auditors from pwc...was really amazed to see beautiful well educated working class girls without husbands....anybody that has been to pwc or kpmg offices will attest to this fact.

Don't get me wrong...marriage is not a measure of success for ladies..but am just worried that these pretty damsels are not yet taken....i see alot of pretty girls in the filling stations,banks,malls,airport,my office,churches etc..ladies that virtually have everything going for them except a man...these are ladies in their late twenties and early thirties..ladies that have virtually everything a man wants...beauty,good job/business,degree,exposure..etc..infact go to different churches on sunday and you will be amazed at the array of pretty single ladies of marriageable ages there...

let nobody gimme the ""some ladies do not want to get married crap"" cause its a blatant lie...i don't think there is any healthy lady that would not love to wake up everyday with a man by her side...or do not want to have kids.

Are men now scarce in nigeria?? what could be the problem?? i used to have this belief that every man wants to marry a pretty independent lady...why then are single ladies so rampant in nigeria??
Back then you are sure of being invited to a wedding every saturday..nowadays...weddings are rare..i have only been invited to 4 weddings this year,..

would like to know the reason of this anomaly...why are single ladies so rampant these days??/

Thanks, how can I get their contact details.

nthnymarce: Approach the medical sales representatives in nairaland,they will be able to give u a guide. i know a couple of them anyway.

Hello Guys,

I am trying to compile a list of Supermarkets with contact info and number in the following states/cities:
Lagos
Port Harcourt
Abuja
I need a combined total of atleast 2000 supermarkets and pharmacies.
I would need their most accurate addresses and phone numbers as I will be mailing product samples to them.
I am sick of looking for distributors! (I'll make a larger profit margin anyway by selling direct to retail). How can I do this?
meanwhile, I am willing to pay whoever can complete this in 2 weeks (no delay and no excuses). I would have to verify the numbers and addresses before payment, I am afraid. So honest ppl only.
Thanks

The only limits we have, are the ones we set for ourselves (Think about that)

Phymeify: Well for me contract marriage is not the best in any way.

would u just read it and then give an opinion? Okay doesnt help much. It is an article by Khaya Dlanga

Mynd_44: Okay

Sorry its so long; this is the bottomline - We should not seek perfect people, because they don’t exist. If they did, we would find fault in them anyway. Let’s just find other imperfect people to be perfect with. If they accept you for who you are, even with your greater faults, then I suppose that makes them perfect. And if you accept them with all their faults, then I suppose that makes you perfect too.

Godmother: This is too long. Cudnt read it all

I am a girl; and I have thought of this many times over. I dont think marriage (living with people) is my thing. It just never works out cos i really really like to have my own space. I want to come home, shower, relax, and get some solitude.
Many times I feel like i just want to have a guy gimme kids and that's it. It might be western; i am not so sure...i feel like it boils down to personality more than a cultural thing...

fubbyy: I've taken a good look at my life , from inception till date,though am always on the lucky side when it comes to relationships with women but I think the best for me is a contract marriage(give me a child,I pay u and u walk away) I choose this because of some personal reasons and I think singlehood is the best so I have been planning this in my mind for a very long time but sometimes I wonder if anyone else ever taught of this

If you are with me let's rob mind
Your insults are also welcome because am expecting them in the sense that this is naija , mentality here is still shallow when it comes to issue like this, its a western thing, I know that

Settling for imperfection*
The problem with imperfect people looking for perfect partners is that there is no such thing as a perfect person – only one that is perfect for you

Human nature is a funny thing. Not funny as in slap my thigh, ha ha ha – the kind of funny that causes you to shake your head in a mild sense of bemusement and disbelief. I’m sure you agree with me, because you too are an actor in this play called life. Our relationships resemble a romantic comedy, a tragic romance or a dramatic comedy – the list is endless, but you get my drift.

Everyone wants an ideal relationship, but hardly anyone knows how to act when they get one. That is the conundrum of the human condition. We know what we want, but when we get it, we don’t want it. No one has taught us how to want what we wish for. When God finally answers our passionate prayers, suddenly, we tell him it’s not what we were really asking for.

When you get what you want, you best want it when you get it. This is as true for love as it is for life. Want what you have.

Of course, wanting the ideal woman does not mean you should have unreasonable expectations. The ideal woman can never be ideal. You must know that she will not have everything you want. To get the perfect woman, you too must be a perfect man. And you know just as well as I do that you are far from it. In fact, some men aren’t even trying to be perfect, even though they are looking for Miss Perfect. Not that there is anything unusual about it – but it should be. People generally have higher standards for others than they do for themselves. The world would be in a much better shape if it were the other way round.

To quote from a song by the greatest entertainer to have graced this planet (and the moon), Michael Jackson: “I’m starting with the man in the mirror. I’m asking him to change his ways. And no message could’ve been any clearer. If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and then make a change.”

The great wordsmith William Shakespeare put it in timeless eloquence when he put the following words in Cassius’s lips, in his play Julius Caesar: “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” Can you imagine how much trouble we could save ourselves if we looked at every single problem with a person through that prism? Of course, there are people out there who are just wrong – take Bruno for example.

I digress.

Since this person is everything you want, we have to agree that there is nothing wrong with them. Then, if we find reason to fault them, we should question ourselves. What is wrong with me? What do I need to fix in me? “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”

Maybe we don’t really want the perfect person. Think about the Michael Jackson lyrics. The mirror. What do we know about a mirror? A mirror is perfect. It reflects everything. Nothing is hidden. It shows everything for what it is. Perhaps that is the problem with getting what we want. The perfection. If you are not perfect, the mirror will tell you. Naturally some people will take the reflection in accordance to their level of maturity or insecurities. Those insecurities cause us to find wrong where there is none.

What do I mean by this? Allow me: I have had conversations with women who have what they have always dreamed of in a man. “He is everything I want,” they say, and then the pregnant pause. We all know what the pause will give birth to – a “But.” How can there be a “but” if he is what you want? Perhaps it is reasonable to assume that the reason people say “but” is because they are not ready to get what they want. What they want might be too mature for them. Or they are not ready to learn about themselves, or to improve who they are. They are just satisfied with no personal internal progress. The greatest expression of love we can show is to be honest with ourselves.

These people will usually find fault in other people, but never themselves. “We never fight. He calls me everyday. He gets me flowers. The lovemaking is great. He is honest. He makes me laugh.” The truth is, they are just not ready for what they want. Maybe it is the realisation that they might not deserve the person they are with, thus they find reasons to fault them for being everything they want. But who is to say who deserves who?

It reminds me of an episode of Californication where a young girl says to her mother about her dad: “Mom, love him for who he is, not for who he could be.” If your partner loves you with all your flaws, then you should be happy that you are loved for who you are, not who you could be.

We should not seek perfect people, because they don’t exist. If they did, we would find fault in them anyway. Let’s just find other imperfect people to be perfect with. If they accept you for who you are, even with your greater faults, then I suppose that makes them perfect. And if you accept them with all their faults, then I suppose that makes you perfect too.

Cool. talk about working hard. What uni did u attend. I went to south fl. Not top school though...but finished summa cum laude also. Were u in any fraternity? Social or dept frats?

Danka7777:

Work hard? I hate to be immodest, but to set the record straight, like Emmanuel, I graduated at the top of my class (Summa cum laude) from a top school in the U.S also. Winner of Lockheed Martin scholarship out 10,000 applicants. Also graduated at the top of my high school class: Loyola Jesuit College. So, speaking of "hard work" I have been working hard all my life.

dont be a dyk head...There is nothing occultic about joining a fraternity in college...atleast not in the US.
I am a member of a Business Fraternity (Delta Sigma Phi); which I joined in my university in Florida cos I maintained
a high GPA. We dont do anything occultic so shut your mouth if you dont have any evidence. Just cos the frats in nigeria
are filled with murderous losers doesnt mean frats/sororities abroad are like that.

lyfe: This guy would be lost in the crowd if he was in Nigeria. I think the educational system in the US brings out the best in you. Through out my final year as an undergraduate I used candle and light illuminating from my mobile phone to read, the incessant strikes and bad lecturers; that would tell you that you would fail his course at the beginning of his class and only bright student would manage to have C. It's no fun at all schooling in Nigeria.
My only concern for the dude is the Phi Beta group he joined has some elements of occultism.

the sensor doesnt expire. It works just as a key would work, but just that its not a key. I would say, though, that Mercedes cars are pretty costly to maintain. Just my two cents, as I dont know what your maintenance budget is like; but German cars are just as sexy as they are strong.

elite: Tnx yungboss.
I've been doing some mkt surveys and I noticed that some of dem don't use the conventional metal keys, they use sumtin dat looks like a sensor to start d ignition.
Does dat sensor expire? At purchase are u given two ignition starters? Wat of d ac? Is it as chillin as dat of the 01 camry?

This city deserves a better class of criminal and I'm gonna give it to them - Dark Knight

I am sorry I gotta say, do not come back to this country as a fresh medical school grad. I recently finished college(got 15mths work exp) and returned home. It is one of d biggest mistakes of my life, and I am planning to return to d US when I can. For someone who has been away for atleast 7years (since u said med school), I am not sure u would enjoy workin in d unusually harsh conditions in Nigeria, excpt u get work in some of d nicer hospitals like Reddington. Even if u r not money motivated, d lack of research, inadequate facilities can d frustrating. I think a better way to return and b really useful to society is to garner a lot of work experience especially in whatever specialty u r in...(Naija needs major medicine in all specialities as dere is a serious lack) and den come home to set up ur own clinic/hospital. I know a couple of ppl who did dat and dey r incredibly successful not just financially, but dey r actually making a difference. Dere is a guy with uk experience now in lagos dat does ivf; he saves women d cost of travelling out to do this; he is also a lil cheaper dan many ivf places abroad. He gets atleast 1400patients a year and charges around $10k for d treatment; he is doin so well and so r many of his patients. Same goes for d US-trained paediatrician in my neighbourhood. In general, comin back home to b employed isn't such a great idea; better to return a ceo to really make a difference. Cheers

waoh!:
thanks for your advice,,,i am not married. i want to come back to Nigeria,,cos it's my home. i still need more contribution guys,,,,,,

U r soooo right. Dunno d point of d salt water diet N starvation ppl r goin on about.

Miss EZ: @ OP if you skip meals and go on salt flush diets and such, you will not be helping yourself in the long run. Health complications can arise from such restrictive diets such as gallstone and even sometimes organ failure due to lack of proper nourishment. Remember that in such instances, your body feeds on not just fat but muscle to compensate for lack of calories. Did you know that your heart is also made up of muscle? just putting that out there

Once again eat well and exercise. Cut out soda and sugared drinks and drink water only. Cut down on starchy carbs, fried foods and oily foods. Also reduce intake of baked goods and eat clean, meaning more fruits and veggies and the weight will come off. Do not starve yourself or under eat, you will gain weight that way. The weight will come off initially, but once you start to eat again, it will come back with a vengeance. Also one reason why i suggest reducing the intake of the above mentioned foods and not completely cutting them out is because you want something that is sustainable. You will always eat rice and other carbs, so rather than cut them out altogether, reduce how much you eat them and replace them with veggies and fruits. Once again weightloss is 80% diet and 20% exercise. slow and steady wins this particular race o

In trying to lose weight, these are the things that i have found to be helpful and it has worked for me, hope they work for you too. Good luck

Y do some of u guys keep telling her not to eat. It is good to lose excess fat/weight but not at d detriment of her health. If she wants to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight; d sustainable way to do it is to form a healthy habit of eating properly and perhaps short exercises per day or several times a week. She shouldn't stop eating because she would be denying body essential nutrients it needs to function daily. She needs to just learn to eat low calorie meals dat r nutritious; eg replace cow milk with rice milk or soy milk. Replace yam/bread breakfst with oatmeal. For protein, learn to eat different beans diets (moin moin, akara, beans without palm oil), more chicken, less beaf, more white fish, less oily fish, small portion of rie with huge portions of veggies n hearty soups. Make fun lean recipes u ll enjoy eating healthy for d rst of ur life pretty much! In my "arrogant" opinion, dis is d most sustainable way to lose weight n keep d weight off. If u starve urself now, u ll gain all d weight back because u ll develop unhealthy cravings

davidylan: Easy. Stop eating.
i did it once (not by choice... i had swallowing problems for months that resolved on its own anyway) and it worked brilliantly. Didnt eat rice, eba, bread for six months. only ate soups once a day and perhaps a salad twice a week. i lost 30 lbs in less than 6 weeks. Started eating furiously when i noticed how thin i had become...