Telcom Satellite Television (TSTV) is the latest entrant in Nigeria's highly competitive Cable TV industry.
TSTV hopes to pioneer the introduction of Smart set top boxes to Nigerian Cable TV subscribers. What this means is that those of us without Internet compliant Smart TVs can now acquire TSTV decoders that will help our regular palasa LED TVs to have sense. This is a plus, just that we hear TSTV's Decoder is heavy and shaped like a 5000VA Binatone Stabilizer. If this is true, it diminishes the aesthetic value of the said product. In this day and age when 'smaller is better,' portability of certain domestic electronic appliances is desirable. TSTV's competitors like DSTV and Startimes have portable decoders some with 'smart' features.
TSTV is promising over 100 Channels & services in High Definition and Standard Definition - this is good. TSTV Decoders (set top box) will also allow you to browse content from Twitter, Facebook, Daily Motion, video on demand sites - what a WAWU! Subscribers will be given free Internet data monthly - OK o!
TSTV was billed to launch on Nigeria's independence day Oct 1, 2017 but have now shifted it to November 1st. So far TSTV has created a huge buzz through informal avenues with narratives centered around taking down DSTV, their perceived main competition. On Social media it's been Highs and Lows for TSTV; some people are genuinely excited at its prospects while others are cautiously skeptical. Days to its initial October 1st launch, a scanned letter purportedly from CNN's representatives flooded the Internet where threats were made to TSTV for illegally including CNN as one of the channels in their bouquet. We heard more foreign TV channel representatives wrote similar letters.
Beyond all the hype, by the time TSTV eventually opens its doors to subscribers on November 1st, we can only hope that it meets the expectations of excited new customers and douses the skepticism of cynics.
A major task before TSTV will be continuity and consistency in its brand promises and services. The secret to successful Cable TV business is quality of content and quantity of subscribers. TSTV has pledged a number of premium hybrid services, but will they be able to attract the right number of loyal subscribers over time? Beyond the 'initial gra gra', TSTV has a herculean task ahead.
DSTV is not sleeping.
Market leaders DSTV have already heard the premature noise and battlecry from TSTV's quarters. The right strategy might be to sit back and watch to see if TSTV has what it takes to be a worthy adversary. DSTV might want to gauge subscribers reaction towards having a Decoder the size of a miniature Microwave oven.
We suspect DSTV's next marketing narrative will talk about the portability of its devices. Will the prospects of Internet browsing with Cable TV devices attract multitudes to TSTV? Are Nigerians not mostly satisfied with Internet services gotten from their mobile Phones, why Television? DSTV will have to wait and see. Our prediction is that TSTV will SURELY attract Tech savvy, smart subscribers but can they make up subscriber numbers in terms of mass appeal? Remember, quantity/number of subscribers is very key to the survival of Cable TV companies
Another strong hype which TSTV has push forward is its promised Live broadcast of European/Premiership football league matches on its basic bouquets...Nigerian subscribers will love this. Some of us are guessing DSTV has something up their sleeves, something like making selected premium UEFA matches available on their cheapest Bouquet. Let's also not forget that beyond foreign leagues, DSTV over the years has invested heavily in the organisation and live coverage of local sporting events in Nigeria. Let's see if TSTV can match this over time.
The next few months will 'hopefully' be fun for Nigerian Cable TV subscribers as DSTV, TSTV, Startimes and a host of others face off with each other in order to win our hearts.
Greetings to u all,please I need a candid advise because am fed up and confused at same time.It all started in 2011 when I met my wife through my collegue in the bank. I used to work in operations and hardly have time to truly search for a wife that is what I thought back then.so I had this collegue of mind who appears responsible and is also a church worker in a responsible church,not all these money making churchs.so I confided in him , so one day he came to me that he has this lady where he normally goes to worship atimes that he will take me to meet her ,that she is God fearing ,a church worker and her father is a pastor in one of the northern states,which he did and introduced us and gradually we started dating,
I even took her to see my parent.to their amazement she woke up around 4am and swept and cleaned the house before we could even wake up for morning prayers.when my Dad saw this he was really please and was like this truly is wife material.but my Mum was like don’t conclude oh as per girls of nowadays that we should keep praying.at first I wanted us to do our traditional marriage in April 2012 and after that white wedding but she started indirectly pressuring me that we should do trad in August and white in November,2011.i thot about it,and with my naïve mind said to myself that since she seems nice and am ready to marry.
I agreed and we got married in 2011.we did both court and church marriage.immediatly we came back from honey moon my life has been one hell of a life or another.it began when my former collegue in the bank sent her sister to bring her cv to me incase we are recruiting so that I can submit for her.so the lady called later to thank me for the assistance and my wife was with me in the sitting room.it was around 7-8pm.after the call my wife started quarreling,that who is that lady calling me that am cheating on her,she went inside the room and brought out our wedding cert.that she will tear it and that we should go our separate ways.i became shocked ,I then told her that she can take the lady’s number or I can call the lady in her presence.that I don’t even know the lady. I did not even have the lady number in my phone,the lady collected my number to follow up and that is all.
I left her with my phones and entered the room.this was happening barely a month and a half after our wedding.as the days go by she started bringing different quarrels and problem.after like a year two month into the marriage,one faithful Friday night after I came back from work and I was fast asleep she woke me up around 11pm that we should talk.and I told her that if we can leave it till morning knowing fully well that the next day was satuday unless if the matter is btw life and death then I can wait.she said it is not btw life and death and was insisting that we talk before I knew it she brought out a knife and wanted to stab me so I manage to collect the knife and threw it into the wordrobe.
By then the sleep in my eyes cleared immediately and I was like what is the matter what is wrong or what wrong have I done to her,my people up till tofday she has not given me an answer.so she stood there speechless so I assume all is well then as I was going tom bed she took one of her high heel and struck me behind my head I fell down and went blank.after a while I woke up and saw her looking at me.so I got up and entered my car with blood all over me to her uncle’s house and showed them and told them what happened.before I continue we live in Abj,so the uncle called her parent and her mum came to Abj the next day.before then I had written and taken my divorce letter to the pastor that am not doing again.
After that the pastor and her people intervened and talked to her. I went to that my colleague that introduced her to me that what does he know about her that I may not know so he said she told him in confidence that she was in cult in the university and that her boyfriend then was the capon.she also told him that the boy friend was shot in school then and died in her arms.when I confronted her she down played everything and wanted to pick a quarrel,so that one died down.
Before I continue,am a banker ,and my wife has a boutique that she sells men wears in Abj. She hardly laughs but b4 we got married she was always laughing.i havs severally asked her what the matter is but she will say it is nothing. Before now I did not know that my wife is a runs girl,after our baby’s birth in Dec 2012 my wife went and did family planning without my consent,it was in the evening when the stuf started disturbing her that I got to know. In August last year that is 2014,I was watching news when she came back by 9:30pm,she started making it a habit of coming late in 2014 and that has caused serious quarrel btw us. So when she came in she droped her phone on the center table and went inside to take her shower.as I was watching the television I now said let me go through her gallery because she likes taking pictures.after that I now checked her messages.i was shocked what I saw.
She sent a text to a married man,saying that she cursed him with the sperm he pured inside her and the man said it was mutual that she is the one came to his house to collect money for the shoes and shirts he bought,he also said he will curse her with his children’s life that she is not the only one that has a child and insisted that it was mutual.at that point my hands started shaking and before I know I she jumped out of the bathroom with soap on her body to take her phone.immediatly she came to the sitting room and saw me with her phone she frozed for like 15seconds not knowing what to say after that I asked her who is the man and she said that I was one of her friends from owerri that used her phone to chat the man.
when I checked the chat history it was not just one day chat it spans four days becos the chat was very lengthy. So I was pissed off, I reported the issue to the pastor where we got married and he down play it that she cannot do such a thing.. My wife has quarreled with all my neighbours in my compound of 8 flat,she has also quarreled with our security guards at the gate to the extent that they have refused to wash her car.On 25 of dec 2014 after returning from the church my wife spreed her cloth under the sun and my neighbour’s puppy came and played with the cloth and tore part of it.the next day she went to tell then but she did not grt a good response so she went behind and boiled hot water and pured on the puppy. My neighbor’s wife went and call police for her the next day being Sunday.but their aim is to keep her in cell till Monday to teach her a lesson.unknown to them my uncle is a top police officer so I called him and we were able to bail her putting Monday date.since then small thing my wife will start saying things that she is suspecting me , that am having am affair.i now told her how,she now said a man that does not drink alcohol and does not smoke will surely womanise.i then asure her that I have done nothing of such.and truly since I married her four years ago I have never looked at any woman aside her.
To cut a long stry short,February this year as usual during valentine I to her to a shop and asked her to pick whatever she wants.then she picked cloths and shoes worth 70k and I paid. After that February ending I usually give her 50k for upkeep so tha day I had keep the 50k but there was a plumbing problem that I had to take 5k out of it to solve so I gave her 45k promising to bring the balance home or I credit her,and that faithful morning we were having a meeting in which a top official is coming from head office and my head of operations was nor around so I was sitting in for her.
so I asked my wife to help me take our daughter to sch that day as I have to rush to the office b4 time. After giving my wife the 45k she threw it on the floor that it is not enough and started insulting me that what kind of useless job is that ,unknown to me she had gone and locked the entrance door and taken the key,as I was about to go out I discovered that the door was lock,so I called her aunte to talk to her,as she was on the phone with the aunt I went through the back door. As I was about to drive out I saw my wife rushing to close the gate with only pant and singlet,I mean pant and singlet not bump hort or rapper.i was surprise,but before she could close the gate I had already passed she now took a big stone and stared running after the car. she threw the stone at my suv ,it sounded like a bomb very loud.at first I did not know what happened untill I saw her running towards the car so I stoped,she now came held my side mirrow and started breaking it so I had to drive off. I was devasted and could not make it to work,so I called someone in the office that I won’st be able to make it to the office that am having some issues at home.
She went back to the house and called my Dad that if I come back she will kill me.so my Dad called me and I explained to him immediately what happened. so he said I should not go back home that day, I went and slept in a hotel In town .so the next day her mum came and I went home.Now it is not that am afraid of her but because I respect women and will not want to beat ofr fight her,I am far biger and taller than her if I decide to cough she will vanish so is not that am afraid of her am only respecting the marriage institution. When I got home the second day to resume work the third day I discovered that she had tore all my cloths,my shirt both office and casuals,all my suit including my wedding suit,.so I had nothing to wear the next day.so I missed work wednesdy,Thursday and Friday,during all these happening I have been in touch with my office and told them am having some family issues and could not make it to work.
I resumed the next Monday to work and everything seem to be going well, then on Tuesday I got a sack letter from human resources of the bank.unkonwn to me. the new manager that was posted to my branch got a querry for myself and the head of operations not being around for the initial meeting. so he was angry and he wrote to the bank’s human resources and when they checked that I was not logged on for the three days I was sacked,all because of my wife.most times she sends abusive texts messages to me while in the office.For instance if am attending to customers and she is calling and I did not pick on time she will now send a nasty text that I delibertly don”t want to pick her calls.i have even told her to come and see how we work in my office.so since march am yet to get any serious thing to do. I January I had 2.5m I paid our rent 1m and part pay for a land 1m and the remaining 500k lasted us from march till june.as usual with banks I was not paid anything.so when my savings finished in june the major financial burden fell on her,with little coming from me now.Since then my wife has made my life a living hell with all sorts of insult. For example in November,there was nothing in the house so she went to southern fries and bought rice and chicken for herself,then bought a watery oha soup with out meat that I should make garri and eat with it.it was when I wanted to microwave it that I discovered that it was watery and has no meat.i did not say anything.
Most times I stay back at home unless I have an appointment or an interview just not to spend unnecessary .so I was checking one of the cupboard in our room and I saw somethings she got from a native doctor,they include a bottle of concosion with the label witches and wizards destroying oil,the second one was two of her bathing soap with burnt candle on it when I looked at the soap closely I saw small cross buried inside,the third thing I saw was the complimentary card of the native doctor.All these things I just mentioned are real and I have their pictures that I snapped.i picked them and went to her uncle’S place to show him and he was mad,he immediately called her parent to come to Abj immediately and I called my parent to come becos I told them I don’t want the marriage again. Both parties came and the meeting lasted from 5pm to 12 mid nite and continued again the next day.
she could not defend her sellf and I said am not doing again and everyone started beging that I should give her one more chance.and it seems the issues was resolved.i started my investigation and discovered that unknown to me my wife is a runs girl even b4 I married her and after marriage she continued .that is why she went and did family planning without my knowledge so that she can be sleeping with me with out condom.and this days she dresses sugestivly.i have reported to the pastor ,her parent about her dressing but she has not changed.presently she is fighting with a lady in her former church the lady is a leader in the church.she said the lady has been attacking her in the dream and anytime they lady sees her the lady calls her prostitute.She told me that the lady is sleeping with her pastor.My wife has bad mouth and insult at every provocation,she hadly laughs always moody but when some kind of men call her she will be laughing as if tomorrow no dey.
Today being Christmas as we were preparing to go to church,she was noW feeding our daughter who just turned 3 last week.becos the baby was being slow to eat she started shouting that if the baby does not eat quikly that she will injure her.when I heard that I came and told her that such statement to a baby is not good,I have cautioned her severally not to be telling the baby that she will injure her.because there was a day I was playing with our baby and the baby was telling me that she will injure me.so becos of that I cautioned her.that was all,instead of her to take corrections she started insulting me.that am useless,that the whole burden is on her that she regrets marrying me.that she will surprise me one of these days.
My dear brothers and sisters in the house especially the married ones I frankly need ur candid advise as I am tired of her ,her bad and unrepentant character and her evil ways but am only looking at the term Christian marriage in terms of divorce as I ultimately want to make heaven just as every one.
Thank u for taking ur time to go through my ordeal.
ebenco2000: so what should he do. To perform magic within one week? Your brother was in power for 6 years and didnt achieve anything. U dont have to comment if u don't have anything good to say.
You people are still insisting that GEJ was in office for 6years? This is serious o!
Femistico: That no 5 sha...@op do u know karma...Be xpecting exactly d same thing when u also put engagement ring in ur woman's hand and someone came from nowhere to use dat no 5 on her again...
There's no Karma there bro, if a woman (or man) bumps into her(his) true love while being engaged to some else, i call that pure LUCK cos one can easily opt out.
It would have been a tragedy if she/he was already married.
Mariojane: sorry no 3 can never work in my father's house. no date in my parent house. the rule in my house is no girl brings a boy home and no boy brings a girl to the house until when i see a sign of seriousness in u and I am included in your future.
my dad hates the idea of bringing diff people to the house, he believes it gives the family bad name or something. he keeps telling us 'no matter how spoilt the world is, there r guys and ladies somewhere that will search to settle for decent people with decent background and upbringing'.
IN SUMMARY you r welcome to my daddy's house after i see how serious you r. u r not to tell me u r serious, i will see it myself
We are saying the same thing. The theme of this thread is about men that are serious about getting married.
Any man that insists on visiting you in your father's house (in this day and age) means business.
Tvegas: Your number 5 point is quite weird. Never,ever chase a woman in a relationship else you get burnt. If she is vulnerable after collecting anothers man's ring,what is the proof she wont be vulnerable after you give her a ring?. If she wants to date you let her leave her boyfriend first . Women of integrity dont change anyhow,when they are with you there is no vulnerability.
If you prove to a SINGLE woman and she's convinced that you are a better product than the man she's already engaged to...she will choose YOU. INTEGRITY also means being honest to ones self.
prettyrosiemua: The point about girls who wear engagement ring is so true. Guys shouldn't leave an engagement ring on a girls finger for more than 3 months. Only engage her when u're ready to settle down.
You are very right. I once had a female friend that was engaged to here 'foreign-based' bobo for about 3 years. He still married some else over there.
abbey621: Young men listen up, there's only one sure way to have women swarming over you and that is to have plenty of money, with money comes great confidence and with great confidence comes leadership. Ever wonder why geeks like Bill gates, Zuckerberg and others are able to marry gorgeous chicks, it's simple: Money, Money , Money!!!!! Money will get you the girl, now keeping her is another story
Money does not breed self-confidence; there are lots of rich men that can't step up to a decent lady. Such men rather use/waste their wealth on high class pro$titudes or gold diggers.
1. Are you a fine boy? Forget all you've heard, the truth is NIGERIAN GIRLS LOVE HANDSOME MEN. Though many do end up with not-too-handsome dudes, and it's not their fault. A lot of good-looking Nigerian men rely more on their looks and invest little in character and other qualities. 'Ugly men' on the other hand invest a lot in character,wealth and other qualities unrelated to their physicaL appearance. If you are a good-looking guy,but also focused more on character, making good money, God etc, A Nigerian girl will pick you ahead others.
2. Be Bold and Blunt: This may sound ridiculous, but a Nigerian single lady will register a total stranger in her subconscious if he walks up to her from nowhere and says, "I think I want to marry you". This does not mean she'll say "Yes" or that you (the stranger) won't get a dirty slap (very unlikely though), she'll most probably laugh, hiss and walk away. This scenario is in the event that you met her at a random public location. If you met this Nigerian lady say in her office, and told her you want to marry her from day one...with subsequent, persistent and follow up visits, she'll say "Yes" in 3 to 6 months.
3. Let your first date be in her parents house: when you've seen a Nigerian lady that you want to marry visit her in her parents or guardian's house first before taking her out to cinemas, malls, beach etc. If she's not staying with parents or guardians, insist on meeting them first (even if dem dey village) . This move/gesture has a psychological effect on Nigerian ladies, makes them let down their guards and take you VERY SERIOUSLY.
4. Ensure your current house is at least a 2 bedroom flat with no male squatters. When a serious Nigerian lady comes to visit you, and she meets a mini-flat with mattresses on the floor and one or two of your guys wearing boxers and 'hailing' her, chances of her marrying you diminishes by 60%. If a more serious suitor walks into her life at that moment,and he lives ALONE in a 2 or 3 bedroom flat, SHE WILL MARRY HIM.
5. If she's already wearing another man's engagement ring then your chances are brighter: Yes, this is a very controversial point but Nigerian ladies that are already engaged tend to be very vulnerable, relationship wise; they tend to feel as though being on the edge of a cliff and waiting for a 'reasonable voice' to tell them "DON'T JUMP". You can end up being that 'reasonable voice' when you fall in love with a Nigerian lady that is already engaged to another man. Hey, she hasn't said "I do" yet, hence all is fair in love and war. If you really love her, take advantage of her vulnerable state of being engaged and sell yourself as a better product. SHE WILL LISTEN and there's a 49% chance that she'd say "Yes" to you. 49% is NOT a bad probability ratio at all considering the circumstances.
I read the Glory Okon thread on NL's front page, a propaganda story wholly twisted and designed to exenorate Buhari's military regime and implicate Babangida for that young lady's death in 1985.
Obviously, pro-APC Nairalanders created this thread with their 'LIKES' crew on hand to post a supporting comment, "This is why Buhari is the next President", and all the LIKES begin to flow in.
I no longer understand the job of NL moderators, i wonder if they proof-read these threads before pushing it to home page.
The pro-APCs are not the only guilty party here, the GEJites also create appauling threads.
Unfortunately, while Nairaland mods have the uncannying ability to push pro-PDP ish threads to homepage with titles that can easily convince a one-year old that it is mere propaganda, they allow CLEAR pro-Buhari threads to fly into front page as FACT.
It's getting disgusting.
That Gloria Okon story has no business on front page.
During the run-up to Feb 14th Presidential elections date, with roughly 60% PVC distribution, I was surprised at the mindset of APC leadership and its supporters.
The narrative of President Jonathan being 'clueless' must have eaten deep into the psyche of the APC. So, seriously, they (APC) expected an incumbent Nigerian President not to have an elaborate success strategy that must have been planned for months before the elections?
Did the APC really think that an experienced/incumbent PDP will go into a crucial Presidential elections without being atleast 80% sure of victory? APC must be filled with learners.
In all honestly APC's Campaign train has been very impressive, especially on the social media. At some point, many GEJ fans wondered (worried) why the PDP was not matching the APC 'campaign for campaign', propaganda for propaganda, lie for lie.
APC bought up most of the media advert spaces in major Nigerian cities, spending billions in the process. Unknown to APC, the PDP led them on, acting the 'clueless' script.
The APC 'foolishly' assumed that the Feb 14th election date was constitutional and sacrosant. When it dawned on them that a postponement was actually VERY constitutional, they began to cry ahead of time, counting on some U.S / International allies to discourage Nigeria from shifting poll dates.
Today, presidential elections have been shifted to March 28th, APC is facing near bankrupcy leaving many of their State Governors owing salaries.
Buhari's momentum is near dead on many platforms, still solid in the core-muslim North, but battling for survival every where else. Buhari's UK visit, fake Tony Blair and Abuja Hotel interview pictures did not help matters.
The Chatham house fiasco simply re-ignited calls for Buhari to attend a Presidential debate in Nigeria, in front of actual voters
On the social media, APC is feeling the heat. On Twitter for example, one @MrAyeDee has sent many pro-Buhari tweeps into hiding. On Nairaland, the story is the same as some prominent pro-Buhari Nairalanders have abandoned the 'CHANGE' train. Remnants of team 'Sai Buhari' on Nairaland now rely solely on their ability to conjure up as many LIKES as possible on any pro-Buhari thread or comment-that's where it ends.
The PDP-led federal government on the other hand has been pounding Boko Haram decisively, winning back lost territories and winning more Nigerian hearts in the process - the best campaign strategy ever.
I'd like to see who IDPs returning to their homes will end up voting for.
The APC for months had maligned and disrespected the Nigerian military's war on terror, many times helping to spread unverified rumors of Nigerian soldiers fleeing the battle front, or organising interviews with renegade soldiers accusing the military hierarchy of corruption.
Goodluck Jonathan kept faith with the Nigerian army, and today, I dare say that the Nigerian army as presently constituted has shown more loyalty to GEJ than any Nigerian President of living memory, not even Abacha (my own opinion).
Unconfirmed gist suggests that many Buhari campaigners have begun to secretly reachout to President Jonathan looking for soft-landing deals in exchange for support.
Years before i got married, I thought sleeping with same woman over & over again would get boring. Well, i've come to realise that this is not the case ESPECIALLY when a man endeavours to marry a woman he is $exually attracted to.
It was a Pleasant surprise for me to realize that a good wife is more than willing to satisfy ALL her husbands' $exual urges and desires if only he's bold enough to tell her what he wants (lots of hubbys are pussyz).
It gets better when the husband reciprocates this by making his wife comfortable enough to also share her inner-most $exual desires, and makes real effort to fulfil them.
Yes, $ex is the most important subject in marriage especially for young couples.
The AWFUL part about marriage (from the male perspective & in my own opinion) is that, Yes, you could love your wife more than anything on earth BUT for some strange reason(s), you can't get your eyes off other beautiful women that come your way. You DON'T want to keep them as second wives or mistresses, you just want a piece of the pie, for the road. (Yes I know, it's evil)
A number of married men have the capacity to bump into a hot $exy babe, appreciate 'God's creation' and move on. While for some other married men, possessed with the spirit of 'marksmanship' in their DNA, as hard as they may try, will end up going for the 'adultrous' chase...with a 90% success rate.
Well, you can guess which category I belong to. LOL!
TV/Movies / Why TSTV Will Fail...or Succeed. by RedEboe(m): 11:45pm On Oct 13, 2017 
that such lady won't be snatched from u.
