My name is Jonathan Simon. I am a 16-year-old developer from Bauchi. I want to share a small story and a solution I built.
Sometime ago, someone sent me and my friend a fake payment screenshot. We thought we had received ₦1,000. We were happy. But when we got to the POS terminal to withdraw, our balance was ₦0.67. The embarrassment was real.
I realized that many people who sell on WhatsApp face this same problem every day. So I decided to build NaijaStack. I built it entirely on my mobile phone.
NaijaStack is a free business app for Nigerian small business owners. It has 105 features, but I will explain the main ones in plain English:
1. Fake Transfer Checker (AI): You can upload any payment screenshot. Our AI will scan it and tell you if it is real or fake. It catches OPay, GTBank, Kuda, Palmpay, etc.
2. Order Book: No more losing orders in your chat. Keep all your customer orders, prices, and names in one place. You can move orders from "New" to "Paid" with one tap.
3. Stock Manager: Know exactly what you have in your shop. The app will warn you when your stock is low and even predict when you will finish it.
4. WhatsApp Helper: Send receipts, polite reminders to people who are owing you, and even message your delivery rider, all with one tap.
5. Your Own Shop Link: Get a free online store link that you can share with your customers on WhatsApp.
6. Business Sense: Record your daily expenses, track your profit, and see simple charts of how your business is doing.
I am just a young builder trying to help our local businesses. I don't have money for ads, so I am begging for your support.
If you are a vendor, please try it for free and tell me what you think. If you just want to encourage a young developer, please share this post.
Billionaire businessman and real estate mogul King Ochacho has reportedly gifted newlyweds Peller and Jarvis a brand-new mansion worth ₦400 million in Abuja as a wedding present.
The surprise happened during their grand wedding celebration when King Ochacho took the microphone and addressed the couple and their guests.
According to him, houses around his palace are worth no less than ₦400 million. He then revealed that the decision to give Peller and Jarvis the property was inspired by his children, who told him that the couple deserved the gift.
He announced:
“Peller, on behalf of my children, I am presenting a brand-new house for you worth ₦400 million in Lifecamp, Abuja. Congratulations, Peller.”
The announcement reportedly sent the wedding guests into loud cheers.
Peller, who appeared overwhelmed by the unexpected gesture, thanked King Ochacho repeatedly and recalled how he first met the billionaire at another wedding.
He said he had jokingly invited King Ochacho to his own wedding at the time, without expecting that the billionaire would actually show up.
Peller also prayed for God's blessings upon King Ochacho and his family and expressed his appreciation for the extraordinary wedding gift.
The couple had already received another major gift before the mansion presentation — a plot of land in Abuja reportedly valued at ₦150 million from Promiseland Estate.
Peller and Jarvis, whose real names are Habeeb Hamzat Adelaja and Amadou Elizabeth Aminata, have had a highly publicised relationship since their proposal in Ghana in June 2026.
They subsequently completed their traditional marriage rites and bride-price payment in Benin City, Edo State, before their civil wedding in Lagos on July 29.
Their grand wedding celebration brought together celebrities, influencers, content creators, friends and family members.
With the reported ₦400 million mansion, King Ochacho's gift has become one of the major highlights of the couple's lavish wedding.
What do you think about this generous wedding gift from King Ochacho?
Olawani: It’s something you’ve probably heard about
Writing emails, Blog posts writing, Virtual assistant services, Data entry on Excel etc.
Writing emails for customers to be precise
Personally, I have written hundreds, possibly thousands of emails for clients and can back this claim up with proof So, writing emails for businesses can ensure your account gets CREDIT ALERTS weekly.
This is best for those who need something extra on the side.
If you’re already a big boy, you can ignore this post.
Now, let me be honest with you… The bulk of work done in my agency concerns writing emails and marketing content for foreign businesses.
Emails as short as 200-400 words that are capable of generating thousands of dollars in sales for these clients
I write some of these emails in 5 mins tops and yes, they convert enough
You can do this too. You can make money from this if you learned it too.
Many companies are ready to pay you well if you offer this service to them.
Now, I am not teaching this…., but, there’s someone who is TEACHING this successfully. And I also earn from this same job weekly.
When you follow his exclusive guidance, you will learn: - Exactly how he writes the emails - How he gets the business clients - How he receives his dollar payments
You can start this in the next 72 hours, depending on your speed.
However, there is a condition, you MUST get the Upwork Dollar Income for All Devices.
Are you ready to start winning and earning more starting today?
Reach me out on (WhatsApp or Email) Good luck.
If the company has a marketing and sales department why then do they need an external person to write marketing emails for them?
Igbophobia: He had no chance of leaving and was never given the option of leaving. TY Danjuma is still alive and can testify what happened that night since he was part of the coup that killed both men.
Someone reading this rubbish would think you were there when the incident happened
Igbophobia: That Fajuyi 'elected ' to die for Aguiyi Ironsi is a lie concocted by the Lagos- Ibadan expresway media houises. Fajuyi was clearly marked for death by the coup-plotters. They even lied that their source was a palmwine tapper who witnessed the execution of both men. When the fact of the matter is that when the coupist first arrested Fajuyi who went dowstairs to find out what was happening, Fajuyi actively tried to negotiate for his life in a bid to sell Ironsi away.
Fajuyi was in the 'marked for death' list of the coup plotters especially because they suspected him to be a part of the January '66 coup because he was the convener of the course under which canopy the coup was hatched.
This country is a crime scene, not just because of the evil perpetrated daily in it but also the propaganda and lies used to cover the bloodsheds and betrayals.
The children of the man have rendered their own account of what happened, what's your own business in the matter?!
No dey make this kind comment without reasons. Shebi people are into the business and are doing well!
At some point some of the people who rented the power banks will not return them, some will use them roughly and cause serious damage to the power banks.
Infact the cost of repairs and replacement for stolen and damaged power banks will erode whatever profits he hope to make in the business
shortgun: Your comment is exactly the kind of mindset that is killing entrepreneurship and business growth in Nigeria. Imagine generalizing over 200 million people and boldly saying “it is not in our nature as Nigerians to pay loans.” Where did you get this statistics from? What you said is nothing but bitterness mixed with stereotypes.
The truth is simple, Nigerian banks are extremely reluctant to support small and medium businesses unless you already have money, connections or heavy collateral. Many account officers disappear immediately loan is mentioned because they already assume the average person is not worth the stress. That was the exact point I was making.
Banks love rich customers, not struggling entrepreneurs. They still give the loans to fat bank account holders who still default.
The moment my account balance grew elsewhere and my business starts succeeding without them, suddenly they began calling, checking up on me and offering products. Is that not an irony? What many bankers in Nigeria do is to approve loans only to themselves or cronies.
Yes some people misuse loans. That happens everywhere in the world, not only in Nigeria. There are Americans, Europeans, Asians and Africans who default on loans daily. But reducing an entire country to onigbese behavior is dishonest and intellectually lazy.
The funny thing is that these same banks themselves write off billions in insider loans owed by politically connected people but become ruthlessly aggressive when chasing ordinary Nigerians over small business loans. So spare us the moral lecture.
Today many Nigerian businesses have developed alternative financing ecosystems outside the traditional banking sector. Banks are supposed to be central to capital allocation and business expansion. However, when financial institutions become structurally detached from productive sectors of the economy, businesses naturally adapt by building parallel survival mechanisms outside the formal credit system.
Nigerian banks will eventually face institutional decline within the business lifecycle framework. Like firms in the maturity-to decline phase, institutions that fail to innovate, efficiently allocate capital or maintain relevance to emerging economic actors will die off naturally. I can tell you for free that the banking sector has become irrelevant in this economy where businesses increasingly have learned to survive and scale without them
Nigeriana don't like to hear the truth, that is one of our main problems!
Out of our population of 200 million people I can assure you that only about 20% or less will take a loan from a friend or bank and willingly pay it back when it becomes due.
Nigeria is a country of onigbese people, joy can deny it all you want it does not change the facts.
Someone will come to you looking all sober to ask for a loan with a promise to pay back on a certain date.
When the time for payment comes he starts avoiding you or he pretends to have forgotten, meanwhile he has the money to pay back but he won't pay back cos he thinks your money is his entitlement.
You will practically beg to get your money back, that is if you are ever able to recover it.
Tonystory: Please who have an Idea how I can get something like this so I can be renting in my area too Also how do people who are already in this business run it, I appreciate every idea thank you I'm talking about this solar power bank
Make you no put your money for this business if you no want make e enter water!
yinkaoke: Please house l need your advice and best practice. My family ave our land to a developer to build on lease.he has now completed the building and released a flat to my family has agreed in the lease term but then made us an offer on our flat. He wants to manage our flat on our behalf to ensure utility and other maintenance compliance for the incoming tenant and also would pay us the rental fee on exact due date regardless of where or not the tenant has paid him, which is very good but here is the challenge for me, he wants it to be that his lawyer will be the one that would draft the agreement and take the agreement fees for this proposal. I am not comfortable because his lawyer was the one that already drafted the building lease term agreement, so am very confused and needed help
I would advise that you strongly resist his offer.
His lawyer might be a good person but his primary objective in this instance will always be to look out for his client's best interest which in this case is the developer.
As far as this agreement is concerned I would recommend that you use a lawyer who is retained by you and your family who will look out for your own best interest.
TheWebbers: So, a friend introduced me to this website pnmax.com
You buy a product on the website. After a few days the same website helps you sell it and you make a gain. Everything is done with dollars and company is based in Singapore.
Lets say you buy a product of $100, you can sell it for like $130 or something. My friend showed me his dashboard and he has been making hell of money since about 8 months.
So I want to know, is there anyone here who has heard of this website or trades there? What can you say about it?
Everything you have described about this website screams SCAM!