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GloriousGbola:
the truth is many have tried and failed.

s.e.u.n put in serious work when he was starting this platform. he has been running this for over 18 years and he knows what makes it tick. nho amount of vc capital can break out the secret sauce that makes this platform run

Other web forums that started about the same period with NL fizzled out or morphed into instagram blogs. Nigeria Village Square, Naijaloaded, Naijaryders, L.!nd∆|k£j! etc readily come to mind.

At this point. na only social media apps like IG, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook be NL competitors.,and thats because the Gen Z's are more into them.

Recently, I chatted one of my students and the talk got around to NL (See attached screenshots) and I realized that for Nairaland to grow, it needs to capture the GenZ's, and I don't know how that can be achieved with the virality, popularity, stardom and money making possibilities that tiktok, IG, twitter and facebook offers to them.

Na wetin S.e.u.n need figure out be that.

AbokiWam:
Be like Seun de inhale white substance

So if I want to tell somebody say "I don't know" or shout "Goal ball" on Chelsea thread..

I must populate the sentence to be 40 characters minimum

Seun you never ready

Make one serious person for Nigeria create one better alternative, you go jonze

Not gonna happen.

NL don go far, and the headstart advantage, huge threads archive and search engine dominance (on issues pertaining to Nigeria and Nigerians) will always put it ahead of any competitors that spring up.

Still, there's room for improvement and growth, and the Boss is working on just that.

BlueRayDick:
That's what U get when u have somoene like Tinubu in power. If person talk now, the voltrons will come out in full force to defend & justify the self-servicing and sycophancy.

E don dey too much, and its sickening. GEJ built 12 new universities. None was named after him. Not even the one in his state, Bayelsa.

Even Buhari with all his sycophantic appointees did not resort to this megalomaniac behaviour of naming everything after himself.

Bluelines69:
His face might just appear on our Naira notes soon at this rate

I doubt you not.

BlueRayDick:
Na true Sha, na everyday the country dey tire person. He now still went ahead to change the national anthem wey dey make people dey ginger once in a while like when the national football team wants to play.

Our National teams, especially the Super Eagles na my own clubside. When match wan start and dem play Arise O Compatriots, I go stand in front of TV and bellow the anthem with pride and fervour but now I no dey even bother. PBAT don kill that ginger for my bodi with his ill-advised change of the anthem.

Whoever succeeds PBAT should make it a priority to reinstate the Arise O Compatriots anthem. Hardly anyone knows or connects with Nigeria We Hail Thee. It's a relic of our colonial past and does not resonate with the generality of Nigerians.

Also, national monuments, institutions, roads, and other public assets that have been renamed after the president should be returned to their original names. Governance should not be reduced to sycophancy and self-glorification.

Leadership is about service and not about forcing your name into the history books. Do your best, leave your mark through your works, and let the people decide your legacy.

Theflint1:
Lol, baba no wan hear say e dey face political tribulation and na e children fees, priced in USD na im go dey suffer for am. The games rigged sha.

The guyman even edged against naira fluctuation and exchange rate volatility by paying in dolapo. Truly, the game's rigged.

This school fees matter just reminded me of White Lion who paid his kids school fees in advance until their graduation.

Levels

BlueRayDick:
I know schools accept in bulk, but will they accept in bulk knowing fully well that they will short changing themselves if they accept in bulk at old rate

The new rate hasn't being announced yet. It will be announced via a newsletter attached to students report and will only come into effect at the end of this term so if I pay before then, they'll still collect the bulk payment at the old rate.

The HM specifically advised me to pay for the 3 terms if I can.

BlueRayDick:
Are u sure the school management will accept the school fees in bulk which will short change them?

My kids school accept bulk payment. I used to pay for 1st to 3rd term at once when it was only my daughter. Na when my son join, I begin dey pay per term.

Theflint1:
Hmmm...in truth, Tinubu's government has been a bad one for families looking to keep their children in school, even those in schools, their education has faced one mishap after another.

PSA

Schools will review school fees upwards for next session. So if you get the bar, tidy your kids school fees before the end of this 3rd term to utilize the old rate.

If you fit pay the 3 terms at once, better. If na only one term you fit pay sef, e no bad.
That's what the HM of my kids school told me in confidence, and she said it was decided at their last Private School Proprietors and Proprietress Meeting in the state.

Fake account, fake news and the real Ashleigh Plumptre has debunked the news.

Thread closed.

olaolaking:
This looks like a typical Obi's and Co analysis. Why do you come here to put out things you don't know in the public. Don't you know you are ridiculing yourself?

You are doing a terrible job for your principal. Do better to earn your pay.

BankyGee:
Goalkeepers:
Stanley Nwabali
Maduka Okoye

Defenders:
William Troost-Ekong
Igoh Ogbu
Felix Agu
Ola Aina
Calvin Bassey
Benjamin Fredrick
Bruno Onyemaechi
Bright Osayi-Samuel

Midfielders:
Alex Iwobi
Wilfred Ndidi
Raphael Onyedika
Frank Onyeka
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
Christantus Uche

Forwards:
Olakunle Olasegun
Samuel Chukwueze
Ademola Lookman
Victor Osimhen
Tolu Arokodare
Cyriel Dessers
Moses Simon

Starting XI below:
Chukwueze and Iwobi can play interchangeably on the wings and AM positions during the match...

I'll drop Olakunle Olusegun for Chidera Ejuke.

If you dey stan Davido, stan am well cos na Naija future presido be that.

https://www.nairaland.com/8444543/davido-president-pastor-john-anosike

Davido Will Be President, God Has Chosen Him To Unite Nigeria - Pastor

MorataFC:
I get that some people found the ads funny, but honestly, the NOA did the right thing by stepping in. There’s a saying: “A small spark can start a big fire,” and “a stitch in time saves nine.” If you don’t address disrespect early, it can grow and cause real damage.

This isn’t about being too serious or lacking humor, it’s about drawing the line. You can’t keep mocking civil servants publicly and expect no response. In many small businesses with just 20 or 50 staff, you’d face consequences for publicly insulting your boss or coworkers. Why should it be different here?

Even on Nairaland, if you disrespect people or use the wrong words, you get banned. Is Seun scoring an own goal for keeping order on his platform? Of course not. He’s protecting the space. So how much more important is it to defend the dignity of civil servants across the entire nation, people who, at one point or another, include our fathers, mothers, and yours too, or even ourselves, ( though some may have retired?)

That’s exactly what the NOA did: defending the dignity of those who serve the country dutifully and faithfully.

Yes, the guy may have gotten more attention now, but good attention is better than bad. Unfortunately, in this age of moral decay and the so-called "woke" generation, any kind of attention is seen as success. But not for people like us, we still value moral standards. And the internet never forgets, this could come back to haunt him in the future.

The NOA’s move also sends a clear message: there are limits, and not everything is fair game for jokes.
So kudos to them.

Broski, I liked and shared your post because two opposing views can be valid. However, one thing I've learnt in life is that not every provocation requires a megaphone response. Safe.

MorataFC:
God bless you richly for this post.

I believe the federal government is genuinely acting in the interest of its staff. When the government fails to address national issues, people are quick to complain. But now that action has been taken swiftly, some are still complaining. We must learn to be balanced in our criticisms.

There are certain things that, even if they are obviously true, should be said with wisdom and discretion. For instance, imagine I start calling out our names and moniker here saying , “Even if you sell all your family’s properties, you still can’t afford a private jet.” That may be true, but is it necessary or helpful to say?
How will you react if I mention your moniker and said such a derogatory words like dat to you.
The statement may be truth or not but because of how it can make one feel it shouldn't be said at all.

You don’t need to bring others down in order to lift yourself up. Let’s promote truth with empathy and make our points without belittling others.

I be FG employee, and I'm not offended by his car ads mocking civil servants. Rather, I find them amusing and I think the NOA scored an own goal by issuing that statement because instead of shutting him down he's gotten more visibility, virality, momentum and a huge boost.

I mean, this guy has been posting these ads since last year but was ignored and tucked away in a small corner of social media. Now, thanks to the attention from the NOA, he’s scheduled to appear on Channels TV’s morning show today and other media outlets.

In this case, silence and ignoring him into oblivion would have been the better strategy.

See how dem delete Sodiq

TrebleChamp:
See wetin the Phoebe wear for the Camera, OS masquerading as content creator...

You don see the one wey hin do with Peller? Hin call Osimhen for video call for Peller to speak with

That fake Victor don turn full time content creator. E good sha as hin don get wetin e go do when him retire from football.

Instead of rabbits, rear albino rats. They acclimatize easily, are less stressful, cheaper to maintain and have good profit margins. Also, their reproduction rate dey high, and dem no dey catch disease easily.

They're the go-to research animals and are much sought after by students doing their final year projects. One goes for like 3500 in my location presently, and students typically buy 36 or more during their projects.

Students in

Biology
Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Microbiology
Anatomy
Physiology
Animal Science
Veterinary medicine
Medicine
Chemistry
etc

departments/programmes dey use them for research, and in my experience, the demand dey always exceed the availability and supply.

liveLongNprospa:
Lmao.. No too much talk

Bot chop this post but I found it hilarious so I unblocked it.

Goated response that cracks me up till date

Michelle Alozie is the definition of black beauty.

GloriousGbola:
as an aside, this is where professional experience comes in. as i have been working as an engineer in deign and construction, if i say i want to venture into that on a commercial level, i know what i need. i know where my margins are - i have networks of suppliers etc.

it is very dangerous to enter a business with a business plan but no actual operational knowledge. more so in nigeria where your so called greatest asset is more likely your greatest liability

Egbon, you no lie.

A point I neglected to mention is that siting a fish farm in a strategic location is also important.

In my city, the biggest fish farm is located on the same road that has the interstate commercial bus parks. ...,..and many bush bars, beer parlours , pepper soup joints line the adjoining streets.

And one thing about those interstate bus drivers be say dem sabi chop life, and mentor babes so those joints dey get plenty customers.

nihilistjnr: Omo my dad suffered trying to run piggery and fishery back in the day.

He bought some land around the Sango toll gate area and setup a few ponds and a couple of sheds for some pigs. I used to hate school holidays back then because it meant working long hours on a dirty smelly farm with all kinds of insects biting you from every angle.

Once a week, we would go to Nestle factory in Agbara estate to buy waste product from producing golden morn then bring it back to the farm in huge buckets which was already back breaking work, but then we'd have to break it down into smaller bits to feed the fish which was just mind-numbingly boring.

Then we would have to make our own pellets for feeding the some of the other fish as well, which was even more boring. In addition to this, we have to spread nets over the ponds to protect from the herons that would often swoop in, break them and eat our fish. The problem was that the fvcking fish too were eating each other, so we also had to keep draining the ponds to sort the fish by size and move them to different ponds, because Catfish are joyless cannibals when they see their smaller brethren.

And that's also not accounting for the locals in the area that would hop our fence with net and basket to steal fish as well. We caught one particular guy in broad daylight on Sunday afternoon when my dad decided we must go and farm after church, and my brothers and I used annoyance and frustration to beat the guy to almost an inch of his life.
Then the locals gathered to threaten our whole family, my Dad pulls out a machete from the boot, and it becomes this whole mess that only the local Baale could resolve...which required my dad to to squeeze something to the actual thief, and act that pained him and all of us die

Anyway after draining the ponds you have to clean out all the muck and disgusting sht at the bottom, check the gills of the fish for fungus, and all manner of othet disgusting activities.

The piggery side of things was only slightly less disgusting. Pigs don't have hair so they coat themselves in all kinds of literal shit to protect themselves from flies and insects, and given that the farm was basically by a canal, you can only imagine what the hellscape looked like. The stench was unbearable sometimes. Some pigs are also f<cking aggressive and will happily bite your hand off if they could, so we had to watch out for the odd Napoleon when the sows were in hear. The boars will try to bite you and each other, as well as fvck each other. The sows will try to bite you and each other as well as fvck each other. And they're also cannibals.

I say all of that to say this - after enduring all of that BS, when it came to selling the meat and fish, the market women would price you down to almost a kobo if they could, and I saw my dad close to tears on one occasion when he realised that his side hustle wasn't just going to fail to generate the type of revenue he expected, he was going to be disrespected repeatedly during negotiations with the exact type of people he absolutely despises.

After running at a loss for a few years, the nigga just disbanded the whole thing, did a giveaway sale and shutdown operations, but that wasn't even the end of the L. The area where the farm was located is too marshy to support house building without sinking stupid amounts of money into just the foundations alone, and nobody with the kind of money to do that is going to want to live anywhere close to the area, and so he sold the land for I think close to 50% loss.

Monumental L all around. I pity anyone trying to do that business at a small scale. You're just pissing in the wind.

Omo, this post na 4 units university course in agric business and farm management. I feel am gan.

Make I just chip in small as I get small experience for catfish farming.

Catfish farming dey chop people because most folks just stop at rearing and selling fresh fish. Profit no dey that side. The real margins dey inside processing, smoking, packaging and selling as the finished dry product.

Also, make we rear fish and sell to market women doesn't work. Customer must dey ground. Most people making money from rearing catfish have locked-in supply deals and a steady stream of customers. Think hotels, eateries, bush bars, pepper soup joints etc

How the fishes are reared is important too because earthen ponds are better than tarpaulin container ponds. They're more cost effective with no stress in water & waste management The fishes are in a natural habitat so they're healthier and grow better. Also cannibalism is almost non-existent.

Lastly, I think that your pops combo setup of catfish and pigs was wrong. The ideal setup would have been an integrated poultry + catfish farm. The hens are kept in pens, and poop directly into the earthen fish pond underneath. The droppings enter the water, fertilize and grow planktons, and micro organisms that the fishes feed on. It's cheaper to manage, less stressful and you go still make money from selling the birds and their eggs.

Your dad try. No social media, no proper marketing system, no steady buyer and still had the mind to run that kind thing. Maximum respect to him. E no easy at all.

GloriousGbola:
apparent;y if you run a bakery there is a bakery union that sets price of bread, or something like that. all this small small facyoid that you will not know until youn have started

like doing construction project in lagos where you have to factor, lasbca, local govt, community, etc in your project cost make mistake no put am and you go hear am

It's ironic that one of the best businesses in terms of ROI and safety a person can invest is one that is addictive, fuels a culture of instant gratification, causes financial ruin, and forbears mental health issues.

I'm talking about Gambling, and precisely setting up a Bet9ja outlet or Agent shop. Earning is commission-based but if established in a strategic location with good decor, aesthetics & multiple betting terminals and lots of patronage, cash out is guaranteed.

One of the best & biggest bet shops here is owned by a Doctor. We gisted briefly when we met a while back during school runs, and he revealed that his Bet9ja shop is the best investment he's made.

BlueRayDick:
I don't think u are far from the truth at all. There was a time a news trended that his elder sister and her elder brother called him out over money issues. I think that alone suggested he didn't get much love from his family as much as someone like Lookman.

Family was in survival mode so there couldn't have been love. His parents threw him on the streets as a kid to hawk pure water to support the family. Also he used to run errands for people in their neighbourhood just to get tips or food to eat.

As per the emboldened, those ones are just silly, and I blane the elder sister. Instead of protecting her brother, she allowed her husband to manipulate her to call him out over $500k they claim was their cut from the Lille to Napoli transfer deal.

Osimhen's younger sister later appeared on Daddy Freeze to debunk it, and said Osimhen single-handedly pulled their family out of poverty and everything the family had achieved; the businesses established for them, houses built was due to Osimhen.

Shey na that kind person the elder sister suppose dey drag?

KingTom:
Meanwhile my brother Lookman came to Lagos and e do him thing go, e no send any smelly influencer

Lookman's family is close knit and his parents seemed to have imbued him with good values. Also shy and not outgoing like that.

Osimhen on the other hand grew up in the streets. Seems to me like someone who didn't receive love as a kid, and hence seeks it as an adult from friends, and acolytes.

Just seeing that Osimhen flew some friends/influencers to Turkey for Galatasaray victory parade.

Hmmm, at this rate make him just go Saudi.

As BankyGee is to Victor Osimhen so is COOL10 to Cyriel Dessers.

GloriousGbola:
I dey fear quote semid

That is some messed up xxxt

Damn

30 minutes ban and a blocked post that can be unblocked.

What's there to fear?

Boy Who Scored 170 In JAMB Gets 333 Resit Score

https://www.nairaland.com/8435081/boy-scored-170-jamb-gets

I saw the headline and initially thought it was referring to Ministers of the Gospel.

Must be Nairaland's christian slant on Sundays.

TheSuperNerd:
Ladies and Gentlemen, in the light of the Osimhen summer transfer uncertainty, I will come out now and say this...

I personally dont want Osimhen in Saudi Arabia in his prime years. It would be the worst footballing advice to follow but at the same time, it would be the best financially, to follow.

I personally believe Victor can go to Saudi PL in his 30s (say from 32 or 33) and make all the money in the world after further cementing his legacy in Europe's Big 5 leagues in the Prime period of his career. He is 26 and will be 27 by december this year.

But again, if no top 5 league club wants to pay the Monster Machine what he is worth, then who am I to blame whatever decision he makes from a financial point of view?

The saudis are ready to offer crazy money that no team in Europe can match. But Victor isnt even asking for or demanding same from the Euro teams. He is only asking to be paid what his last salary at Napoli was. It is not greed. It is business and self awareness of the highest value.

You dont leave italy (a lesser paying league) to England (highest paying league in Europe) IN YOUR PRIME YEARS and expect to cut down on your wages. Nooooo... there should naturally be an increase.

Also, you dont move from Napoli to one of the Elite Top 5 euros sides and expect not to get a bump up in your weekly wages.

So please... if a move to any of the top 5 elite sides fails this summer and he lands in Saudi Arabia on ACCOUNT OF THEM IN EUROPE NOT EVEN MATCHING HIS LAST SALARY AT NAPOLI... i will mourn his european exit but I wont blame him because it is unreasonable on their part.

See how much Florian Wirtz is being offered. Smh.

End of the summer, we know for sure where Vic will end up.

If no elite club from the top five European leagues comes for him, Victor Osimhen should stay at Galatasaray, provided they can meet his release clause and wage demands.

At least there, he’ll be at a club where he’s valued and appreciated, while remaining in mainstream European football. He’ll still get to compete against top sides in the Champions League or Europa League.

Playing in Turkey will help him maintain match fitness, sharpness and form, while keeping him visible on the European stage, something he wouldn’t get in Saudi Arabia.