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0luwatope:
Am an introvert and its not easy i swear. At 18 am still a virgin, introverts hate sex

you lack swag and are unaproachable. it has nothing to do with you being an introvert.

i'm an introvert and i recently dumped a babe some of my neighbors were struggling for.

step up your game brah

100%. especially the part about relaxation. most of my friends always find it wierd that i don't club but like to go to beaches, exhibitions and anything that has to do qith less noise.

most times i sneak to the beach alone(not all these nonsense noisy beach like elegushi, oniru), get a personal spot, buy some drinks and meat, light up miss jane, plug my earpiece to listen to some indie rock and enjoy nature..

Sabrwahaqqo:
LoL. This is mere Speculation. Buhari will soon surprise una. Remember; 'I'm for everybody and I'm for nobody ' ... That's how we roll baabe!

keep deceiving yasef.
una don enter one chance.

Henry120:
Your photos are truly appreciated, keep posting them man!

*It is selfless sacrifice.

You took the words right out of from my heart.

mzilakazi:
ARMED WITH CANON YES.

Read the Bolden again cos I don't want to think you are slow

They've had canons on them for long now. Only rockets or missiles will do that kind of damage to two fully loaded trailers.

In case you are still slow, Destroyed not captured

azimibraun:
To be honest I don't want to offend or discourage any hard working person but last I saw a documentary on snails on Aljazeera they are being destroyed in Florida because they have been declared not good for humans. I don't have details but I know they are searching for snails and destroying them. If you love snail then search for more info about this.

bro, please not everything america does is worth copying. where is our sense of pride?

the same americans will chose junk food over nutritious ones. does that mean junk is better?

na wa o. so meaning person wey no get money to take these courses no go get work be that? because these courses don't come cheap.

@op is just one of those interviewers who would ask stup1d questions just to disqualify an applicant in an interview. i've met their type

and if you look carefully, he probably got employed with basic computer skills.

i'm not saying your advise is bad (for those that can sfford it) but there are other qualities you look for in an applicant to qualify him or her for the area he/she is to be employed for.

IT'S CONFIRMED.. NIGERIAN AGUSTA IS NOW ARMED. CAN'T SAY HOW MANY FOR SURE.



PM NEWS
Published on August 24, 2015

Two trailers suspected to be carrying logistics support to members of the Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) sect have been intercepted and destroyed by the Nigerian Air Force Agusta helicopter on armed reconnaissance mission around the Nigeria-Cameroon border, Air Commodore Dele Alonge Director of Public Relations & Information Nigerian Air Force said in a statement on Sunday.

According to the NAF spokesperson, the trailers were covered and parked at different locations in the bush around the border town of Belel.

Alonge also informed that the recent air operation against Boko Haram targets was commanded by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar from NAF reconnaissance aircraft, the King Air 350i.

“The CAS coordinated the various NAF
platforms involved in the operation to
provide close air support to ground forces, led by the Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, as they advance from Dikwa to Gamboru Ngala,” said Alonge.

He also revealed that NAF 260, a Mi-24V attack helicopter was hit during the operation, leading to a damage of one of the main rotor blades. He however added that the pilot was able to successfully fly the helicopter back to base to land.

He added that the affected aircraft has since been repaired and is back to the theater of operation.

MikeCZAR:
Between paratroopers and pathfinders?

Yeah

frumentius:
I'm disappointed with the cannon strafing run. I thought the point was to completely obliterate the fvckers.

Nigerian military is just picking up on the whole publicity thing.

A better release footage IMO should be strikes on the targets.. Not after the whole thing.

Our military is gradually catching up in propaganda warfare.

Cos from things on ground, BH is taking some serious as5 whooping recently. They lost another 2 of their top commanders this week alone (captured alive)

gidjah:
Ok,do u mean to say that u get this kind of cars after u already made ur money or u use this exortic cars to cool off?,i am saying for one familly to keep this class of cars at their asernal, is a misplaced priority., though once again we all choose how to display our resources.

Bros no vex but na poor man mentality you just dey display with your comments.

Any made person will definitely go after the vanity he desires. It doesn't have to be exotics cars, it depends on what you like as a person.

Abeg make them flex. Our turn go come ijn

brandymcmb:
I currently manage a cleaning company bro, I tell you it's not easy
There are loads of cleaning companies around and the competition is fierce

And also it is somehow capital intensive to start as you need to buy at least basic machines like dryers, vacuum cleaners, blowers just to mention a few for a start


But I assure u if you get your acts right and know what you are doing as well as establish the right contacts, you would make it

*talking from experience*

thanks. i heard like 200k is enough to buy equipments for start up. do you think so?

are there other statea where the business thrives?

i believe there'll always be oppirtunities for startups in the business in a place like lagos because of it's population, wealth and urban development.

so i believe i have a chance if i follow a good marketing plan.

Lastly, would you say it's worth leaving your career/job for?

i appreciate all your advise and feel even more motivated. thanks

oloyetomoye:
Whatever business you want to do, i advice that you start it while you still keep your job. That means you have to stretch yourself a bit to keep the business running for a while. Hire competent people and those you can fire. Pls keep your job untilllll your business stands firm. The reality is that Nigerian business environment is very harsh on newly startups especially if you're going to be your own government - generate power, dig borehole, provide security etc for yourself. And this gives account for the failure of more that 85% of new businesses in a year.
Go after your passion but apply wisdom. "Outside" is not that rosy. Goodluck!

Thanks. one of the reasons i like domestic and commercial cleaning sevices is that you can run it from home for a start till you can afford an office. all you need is to have a place to store your equipments.

CriticalThought:
No where in your write up did you mention anything about a business plan. Do you have one? Have investors looked at it in order to give you advice, feedback and funding?
I strongly urge you to start from there
When you create a business plan, it will critically allow you to think about all the things relating to your business idea and determine the feasibility

Yes I have a business plan. That's why I was considered for a loan.

That's why I'm considering leaving my job so I can put my all into it to enable me grow by God's grace.

By the way, I'm not married and my relationship ended like two months ago. So i don't have any responsibilities except rent money.

I have written my business plan and even applying for some entrepreneur training programs too.

And my target is Domestic and commercial cleaning services

yusuftosho:
Hi Chief. I'm into Cleaning biz and I also need someone to partner with, if you don't mind? Here my contact: 08026330173 WhatsApps

Okay bro. Will give you a call

mekussays:
Reading through comments, I observed no one is actually answering his concerns.

My advise is;

You have to decisive and make the decision. Procrastinating the decision will just keep the issue lingering in your mind.

Do you have capital or access to capital? if yes, then what are you waiting for? Secondly, there are investors everywhere you just need to find them and pitch your idea.

Do you strongly believe in your idea? if yes, then commit yourself totally to it and you will surely make it. First year will be difficult no doubt, but if you hang on and pass through the difficult period, you will soon become an employer.

Are you a family man? if not, then this is the best time to leap into entrepreneurship. it is very liberating especially if you know what you are doing.

How much are you receiving as salary? can you save from it to start your business? if yes, save some money which you will use personally so you don't depend on any1

Is entrepreneurship your dream? if yes, then take the leap out of the plane. when you do, you will slowly build your self.

People fail to realize that entrepreneurship is a job and you can even have different businesses. Nigeria has groomed most of us to believe that you can only make a living from a white collar job. But guess what, it is a lie. Having your business at a young age is the best feeling.

People think only of failure. Am not saying that failure is not possible. it is and you will probably fail. if you do, you become tougher and more focused to be successful. Furthermore, just think you are successful in your business. You become a role model to so many.

In summary, assess yourself and make the decision. With Planning, hard work, smart work and determination any business you do will be successful

Hope I helped out.

Peace

Wow!! Very uplifting.

I have done all the points you raised and I just spoke with one cleaning service worker to go supervise some jobs during the weekend as my learning process too.

I would have loved to keep my current job as side money, but it will also limit my push for business.

I haven't saved enough but I can start with what I have and I have access to quick loan from next year.

I even intend to have a conglomerate if possible because I have a lot of business ideas I'll love to achieve too. But one step at a time.

That's my dream

jammani:
Can't you get someone to do that for you while you become the CEO/MD?

With your present job, that's Multiple Streams of Income

I thought about it too. But my current job will not give me the chance to do anything else.

I travel alot. And I intend to really grow into any business I want to go into.

So I'll need to go in fulltime

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frumentius:
That's funny, though I've yet to walk into a cyber cafe kitted out like this:

Nice command center there. Well above standard IMO.

Nothing beats raw footage. So please if you have access you can feed us with more.

Or you can just make someone else do the dirty work fo you

shoyemiayodeji:
People are lazy when it comes to washing especially clothes that is why every car wash business seems to be booming........if people have the opportunity to take their dishes to plate "washer" they will not hesitate.....As long as humans are still humans Washing business will strive . Anyways people are already aware of this explaining the reason you see up to Ten car wash in a steet and tons of laundry business in a street. The only way you can stand out is if you are innovative and creative in the business e.g branding and packaging e.t.c. I have a brother ( not related) he started with his friend cloths this year March precisely , coming back from school I went to his place (house ) see cloth everywhere and with the rate @ which he's planning to get a two bedroom flat # going corporate with a small ride .

Thanks bro. I forgot to specify the area I want to go into and I have done so in the bolden.

INTROVERT:
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thanks. i went through their profile and all. they are yet to respond though.

shoyemiayodeji:
It's a very good business......

please can you shed more light

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Good day. i have decided to quit my job and go into the cleaning services business and i need advise from a professional in the industry like your humble self.

I've always had that entrepreneurial mindset but my parents' pressure for a white collar job made me look for work and i got one in a telecoms servicing company as a project supervisor (of which the PM has left me to do his job while he still goes home with his fat check while i manage my peanut).

To cut the story short, i've always wanted to be an entrepreneur in the cleaning industry and every passing day in this frustrating job makes me feel like my life is slipping away every passing day.

i have the knowledge after extensive research and due to my strong interest, i've also gone for training.

i want want to know how the industry thrives in Nigeria especially from a professional like you.

is it a profitable business in an envirinment like lagos? whats the prospect for a start up like me etc...

please i will appreciate if I can get a good advise from you as i intend quitting my job by december and pursue my dream from next year.

thanks.

Henry120:
Beautifully tricked out AK-103!

Nigerian army's love for AK is undeniable.

I wonder why they haven't decided to put pressure dicon to upgrade the OBJ(I wish they could change that name though).

Good day all. i have decided to quit my job and go into the Domestic & Commercial cleaning services business and i need advise from those in the industry.

I've always had that entrepreneurial mindset but my parents' pressure for a white collar job made me look for work and i got one in a telecoms servicing company as a project supervisor (of which the PM has left me to do his job while he still goes home with his fat check while i manage my peanut).

To cut the story short, i've always wanted to be an entrepreneur in the cleaning industry and every passing day in this frustrating job makes me feel like my life is slipping away and a passion inside me dying.

i have gained the knowledge after extensive research and due to my strong interest, i've also gone for training.

i want those in the industry, or those with the knowledge of how the industry thrives in Nigeria to help me with professional advise.

is it a profitable business in an envirinment like lagos? whats the prospect for a start up like me etc...

please i will appreciate if this topic hits frontpage so i can get good advise as i intend quitting my job by december and pursue my dream from next year.

thanks.

NA SF commando

jln115:
Decided to watch the Hurt Locker today, last time i saw it was about 6 years ago, And in the first 50 seconds of the movie I see US Soldiers jumping out of this truly American APC:

Hahahahahaha.

Oh.. I thought it was south african

Henry120:
Nigerian Navy Special Boat service Commando

I'll envy these guys if I was in the army They are everywhere.

Maybe the government should consider carving them out to be an independent spec ops brigade or something.

bidexiii:
CHINA’S FIRST DRONE WAR IS HERE

The United States is still by far the world’s leader in the field of military drones, with hundreds of high-tech, missile- and bomb-armed robot aircraft and thousands of smaller, unarmed models deployed across the planet.

But China is catching up fast. And now we can confirm that Beijing’s remote-controlled warplanes have had their combat debut—in a seemingly unlikely place. A social media post seems to verify what observers have suspected since January: China’s killer robots are at war in Nigeria, apparently helping Abuja’s military battle the deadly Boko Haram extremist group, which controls much of northeastern Nigeria and has kidnapped and enslaved hundreds of girls.

The first evidence that the Nigerian air force had gotten its hands on Chinese-made unmanned aerial vehicles came on Jan. 27 this year, when Twitter users in Nigeria’s Borno state, in the war-torn northeast, posted photos of what appeared to be a crashed drone.

And not just any drone. The wreckage matched the profile of a CH-3—boomerang-shaped, roughly 25 feet from wingtip to wingtip and powered by a rear-mounted “pusher” propeller. Capable of flying an estimated 12 hours at a time at a cruising speed of around 150 miles per hour, the camera-equipped CH-3 is a “a capable system. Not cutting edge, but capable,” according to Peter W. Singer, a drone expert at the New America Foundation and the author of several books, including the newly-released Ghost Fleet.

Most surprisingly, the crashed drone in Borno was packing a pair of what looked like AR-1 air-to-ground missiles under its wings. The January Tweets were the first indication ever that armed Chinese drones had flown in combat. America’s own unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, have been flying strike missions since late 2001.

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, which makes the CH-3, did not respond to an email seeking confirmation of the CH-3 sighting. Nor did the Nigerian air force. On July 24, Nigerian news outlet Naija247news posted a story online featuring several photos of Air Vice Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar, a top air force official, visiting a military airfield in Yola in northeast Nigeria.

One of the photos depicts Abubakar inspecting—you guessed it—a CH-3 drone.

To be sure, Chinese officials have been saying for years that they would happily sell UAVs to, well, pretty much anyone—meeting a demand for robotic warplanes that the United States refuses to satisfy. Export laws bar American companies such as General Atomics, which manufactures the iconic Predator and Reaper, from selling to many countries.

“The United States has a responsibility to ensure that sales, transfers and subsequent use of all U.S.-origin [drones] are responsible and consistent with U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, including economic security, as well as with U.S. values and international standards,” the State Department explained in a February press release.
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The United States is still by far the world’s leader in the field of military drones, with hundreds of high-tech, missile- and bomb-armed robot aircraft and thousands of smaller, unarmed models deployed across the planet.

But China is catching up fast. And now we can confirm that Beijing’s remote-controlled warplanes have had their combat debut—in a seemingly unlikely place. A social media post seems to verify what observers have suspected since January: China’s killer robots are at war in Nigeria, apparently helping Abuja’s military battle the deadly Boko Haram extremist group, which controls much of northeastern Nigeria and has kidnapped and enslaved hundreds of girls.

The first evidence that the Nigerian air force had gotten its hands on Chinese-made unmanned aerial vehicles came on Jan. 27 this year, when Twitter users in Nigeria’s Borno state, in the war-torn northeast, posted photos of what appeared to be a crashed drone.

And not just any drone. The wreckage matched the profile of a CH-3—boomerang-shaped, roughly 25 feet from wingtip to wingtip and powered by a rear-mounted “pusher” propeller. Capable of flying an estimated 12 hours at a time at a cruising speed of around 150 miles per hour, the camera-equipped CH-3 is a “a capable system. Not cutting edge, but capable,” according to Peter W. Singer, a drone expert at the New America Foundation and the author of several books, including the newly-released Ghost Fleet.

Most surprisingly, the crashed drone in Borno was packing a pair of what looked like AR-1 air-to-ground missiles under its wings. The January Tweets were the first indication ever that armed Chinese drones had flown in combat. America’s own unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, have been flying strike missions since late 2001.

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, which makes the CH-3, did not respond to an email seeking confirmation of the CH-3 sighting. Nor did the Nigerian air force. On July 24, Nigerian news outlet Naija247news posted a story online featuring several photos of Air Vice Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar, a top air force official, visiting a military airfield in Yola in northeast Nigeria.

One of the photos depicts Abubakar inspecting—you guessed it—a CH-3 drone.

To be sure, Chinese officials have been saying for years that they would happily sell UAVs to, well, pretty much anyone—meeting a demand for robotic warplanes that the United States refuses to satisfy. Export laws bar American companies such as General Atomics, which manufactures the iconic Predator and Reaper, from selling to many countries.

“The United States has a responsibility to ensure that sales, transfers and subsequent use of all U.S.-origin [drones] are responsible and consistent with U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, including economic security, as well as with U.S. values and international standards,” the State Department explained in a February press release.

Chinese officials have been saying for years that they would happily sell drones to pretty much anyone—meeting a demand for robotic warplanes that the United States refuses to satisfy.
"Recipients are to use these systems in accordance with international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law,” the State Depatment added.

That would disqualify Nigeria, whose military and police can be as brutal as the insurgents they fight. “In its response to Boko Haram, and at times to crime in general, security services perpetrated extrajudicial killings and engaged in torture, rape, arbitrary detention, mistreatment of detainees, and destruction of property,” the State Department claimed in a 2014 human rights report.

Washington has been keen to help Abuja battle Boko Haram, but has been reluctant to arm Nigerian troops. Last year, Goodluck Jonathan—then Nigeria’s president—proposed to buy U.S.-made Cobra gunship helicopters, with Israel acting as the middleman. But the United States nixed the deal.

Instead, in May 2014 the U.S. Air Force deployed a Reaper drone squadron to Chad, on Nigeria’s eastern border, and flew the Reapers—without its weapons—over Nigeria to help locate Boko Haram fighters.

In April, Michael Lumpkin—the senior Pentagon official for special operations—told a Senate subcommittee that the drone ops in Nigeria were “exerting significant pressure” on Boko Haram. (PDF)

Capt. Tamar Fischer Carter, a U.S. Africa Command spokesperson, confirmed that the drones are still flying over Nigeria and feeding intel to officials in Abuja via the U.S. embassy. “Our intent is to build partner capacity in this region so they are more capable of managing the threat posed by Boko Haram,” She told The Daily Beast.

The Reapers weren’t alone. Nigeria has possessed at least two CH-3s—the one that crashed and the second example in the hangar at Yola—plus missiles to arm them and the ground stations to steer the robots via satellite. It’s unclear whether Nigerian operators or Chinese contractors actually controled the drones.

In any event, with unarmed American robots and armed Chinese models flying top cover, Nigerian troops and warplanes have stepped up their attacks on Boko Haram. In July, air force attack planes bombed Boko Haram positions in Dikwa, a village in Borno state. The air raids “paved the way for the Nigerian army to move in and recapture the town with less resistance,” Naija247news reported.

The air force also destroyed a smuggling outpost on the Nigeria-Cameroon border allegedly supplying fuel to Boko Haram. The Nigerian air arm “was able to achieve the recent feat through its air patrol activities, covering both land and water,” a military spokesperson told a Nigerian news outlet.

In perhaps the most encouraging sign that Nigeria and its drone helpers are making progress against the militants, on Aug. 2 Abuja’s army claimed it had freed 178 hostages, including 101 children, from Boko Haram camps.

Some U.S. officials worry that Chinese drones could beat out American models on the world market and give authoritarian regimes and U.S. rivals access to the same high-tech capabilities that Washington would prefer to belong only to America’s closest allies.

“China is advancing its development and employment of UAVs,” the Pentagon concluded in the latest edition of its official report on Chinese military capabilities. “Some estimates indicate China plans to produce upwards of 41,800 land- and sea-based unmanned systems, worth about $10.5 billion, between 2014 and 2023.” (PDF)
The RAND Corporation, a California think tank with close ties to the U.S. Air Force, warned in that the spread of Chinese drones “could have worrisome implications for United States.” (PDF)
But in Nigeria, Chinese missile-drones are apparently helping the government beat a militant slavery ring that the United States also wants to defeat. And while the Nigeria war zone gave Beijing’s UAVs their first shot at combat, there are sure to be many more opportunities for robotic warfare in coming years. “China is becoming one of world’s bigger producers and exporters of drones,” Singer said, “so we shouldn’t be surprised to see its systems popping up in more and more war zones around the world.”

The military could just reverse engineer the tech to make our gulma bigger and armed.

This is why I advocate we invest in missile technology. We could even arm our LUH with homegrown missiles.

Heck, we can just do it the south African way and mount missiles on everything movable.

I just hope buhari is really serious about developing a local defence industrial complex. We were long overdue for such development a long time ago.

Good work you are doing bro. Keep it up